PRIMARY SOURCES OF TROUBLE & HOW TO FIX THEM

 

THIS THREAD CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE PRIVATELY DISCUSS WITH PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME TO US FOR HELP. SINCE SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US, OR ARE TOO EMBARASSED OR SHY TO COME FORWARD, THIS THREAD IS GOING TO BE YOUR GOLDEN GO-TO FOR REFERENCE.

I have decades of experience in working with troublesome spirits and living entities, and there's very, very few on earth who match my wealth of knowledge because I've been doing this for so long, and partly because during a time in myjourney I learned things the very, very hard way. Of course, I don't, in anyway, shape, or form, condone anyone else learning by fire, learn from those who've already been in the fire and made it out alive.

When you are trying to figure out what is causing you trouble in your home and life, you need to use different criteria to drill-down suspected culprits.

Always give them the opportunity to leave. Tell them you are giving them the opportunity to leave of their own will, and if they refuse to do so, then you'll have to take steps of your own.  Make sure they know that you aren't just going to take it lying down, you're ready,willing, and able to fight them. Sometimes, that's all that has to happen for them to walk away from you.

For living entities they can be more difficult to get rid of, for spirits (unbounds, not the ones you bring into your home) they can usually be easily remedied. If it's a black arts spirit, then you need to get rid of the vessel to which it is attached, obviously.  In all cases, once they move on, they usually move on for good. There's billions ofpeople in the world they can bother and trouble, they don't usually stay long where someone is combatting them, they are like any predator, they like an easy meal.

Knowing the true culprit, or at least their typeof class, is the only way you are going to rid yourself of the problem.

The primary classifications of trouble arephysical, emotional, energy, and sleep. The majority of the time the culprit will be within one primary classification, and any other symptoms you sufferare the side effects of the primary channel.  When you try to discern what you have troubling your life, think about when the signs first started and what was going on. If it first presented as physical problem, then it developed into emotional, etc., the emotional is just a side effect of the primary acts that were physical. You may be suffering from multiple issues, but think about how it all first started in order to find the true culprit.    

PHYSICAL: ARE THEY CAUSING YOU PHYSICAL HARM?

LIVING ENTITIES TEND TO CAUSE PHYSICAL RESPONSE WHEN THEY ARE ATTACKING A TARGET. USUALLY PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS INCLUDE ANY VISIBLE SIGN OF DISTRESS TO THE BODY. WHEREAS SPIRITS TEND TO CAUSE PHYSICAL RESPONSE WHERE THE ATTACK IS FELT & NOT SEEN.


EMOTIONAL: ARE THEY MAKING YOU FEEL COMPLETELY OUT OF THE ORDINARY?

LIVING ENTITIES TEND TO CAUSE A COMBINATION OF EMOTIONAL-PHYSICAL EFFECT. THEY PLAY WITH YOUR EMOTIONS TO PROVOKE A PHYSICAL RESPONSE FROM YOU. THEY RILE YOU UP, THEY MAKE YOU ANGRY, THEY GIVE YOU A SHORT-FUSED TEMPER, THEY TRY TO GET YOU TO MAKE OTHERS AS MISERABLE AS YOU ARE. WHEREAS, SPIRITS TEND TO MAKE YOU MORE INTROSPECTIVE, SAD, DEPRESSED, ANGRY, DISTANT.


ENERGY: ARE THEY DRAINING YOU PHYSICALLY, OR MENTALLY?

LIVING ENTITIES TEND TO DRAIN YOUR ENERGY THROUGH YOUR PHYSICAL BODY, MAKING YOU FEEL LETHARGIC, SLOW, ACHY, WITH FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS. WHEREAS, SPIRITS DRAIN YOU MENTALLY, MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOU TO FOCUS, HARDER FOR YOU TO THINK & REASON, & MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR HEAD IS IN THE CLOUDS.

SLEEP: WHAT ARE THEY MAKING YOU DREAM ABOUT?

LIVING ENTITIES BRING YOU BAD DREAMS ABOUT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE, PEOPLE YOU KNOW, THEY WANT THAT TERRIFYING SITUATION TO CONNECT IN YOUR REAL LIFE, TO BRING THAT TERROR FROM YOUR SLEEP INTO THE DAYLIGHT SO YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE YOU KNOW WITH APPREHENSION & STRESS. WHEREAS, SPIRITS TEND TO JUST GIVE YOU BAD DREAMS, MAKE YOU FEEL STRESSED & UPSET.


PRIMARY CULPRITS OF THE VARIATIONS OF SYMPTOMS. BEAR IN MIND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENTITIES & SPIRITS ACROSS ALL 3 REALMS CAPABLE OF BEING ASSIGNED TO EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES. THEY ALL SHARE SIMILAR TRAITS WITHIN THEIR CLASSIFICATION, SO FIND THE PRIMARY LISTED THAT MOST CLOSELY MATCHES YOUR ISSUE TO DISCOVER WHICH METHOD YOU SHOULD PROCEED WITH.

HANDLING A LIVING ENTITY VERSUS HANDLING A SPIRIT, ARE TWO DIFFERENT BALL GAMES. WE WILL REVIEW ALL THE ACTIONS YOU SHOULD TAKE ACCORDING TO EACH BELOW.

In all situations, your primary focus should be to immediately stop feeding the situation. Likely through your misfortune you've become attached to the situation in many ways, you need to separate yourself without delay. It's really difficult for most people, but thefirst step is to remain calm. Which means that you stop reacting and responding to anything the entity or spirit does. You need to become oblivious to anything they are attempting to upset you with. You know how with some predators on earth they tell you to play dead?  Well, this is your version of playing dead. 

One of two things will happen if you correctly play dead and cut your ties tothe situation:

1. Things will immediately intensify:  yes, it's a possibility, but you have tohold your ground. The entity or spirit may go into "look at me, look at me" mode, but your job is to not give them any credit. Think of them as a stubborn child throwing a temper tantrum, you wouldn't give into the child, and you sure as hell don't want to give into the entity or spirit.

2. Things will immediately lessen: they'll realize you're going to be the kind of prey that fights back, and they already start looking for another host to make a meal of.

Before you begin any of these remedies there are two things you have to do:

1. Cleansing: use all methods available to you to cleanse yourself and yourspace.  Spirits, spells, smudging, castings, use it all, everything you've got at your hands. This is one time in your life you don't need to be lax, give it all you've got.

2. Protection: use all methods available to protect yourself and your space.  Spirits, spells, herbs, castings, whatever you have, use it.  Balls to the wall with this, don't you leave one spirit or spell untasked for this, tell them all hands on deck.

You must cleanse yourself and your space first because you need to get rid of all the residual energies that have been building up through this entire ordeal you've suffered, and you do not want that residual energy causing any sort of blockage.

Then, you must have protection in place, once cleansed, to give them the best possible foundation for assisting with the remedy.


Where the hell is it coming from? Is probably the question you've asked yourself the most through all of this. You have to think back to when it all started, not only to identify which of the four  classifications was the first clue something was going on, but also because you need to figure out the following:

1. Did you buy anything that coincides with the first symptom?  Antiques, estate sale items, garage sale goodies, or anything spirit or living entity related that was black arts?  Or, described as dark arts, but had a far more sinister description?

2. Did you perform any type of summoning ritual, connection ritual you found online from an unauthenticated source? Or, did you practice anything from anold book you've found or own?

3. Or, did it seem completely random as though the entity or spirit just appeared one day out of the blue?

Put your thinking cap on, and really, really try to remember how it all started.

One thing you can do is sit down and start writing out a time line and ajournal-like description of significant days, significant experiences, any smells, odors, electrical mishaps, anything disturbing.    

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REMEDIES FOR EACH CLASSIFICATION: 

YOU WILL NEED TO REPEAT THE REPELLING INCANTATION AS MANY TIMES AS NECESSARY UNTIL YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE SITUATION. YOU CAN'T SAY IT TOO MANY TIMES AND YOU CAN'T HURT ANYTHING BY SAYING IT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT.

PHYSICAL

THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE, & YOU NEED TO BE EQUALLY AS AGGRESSIVE & CONFIDENT WHEN YOU DO THIS.

LIVING ENTITIES

CAST OUT YE EVIL DOERS
YOU WHO SEEK A HOST
YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE
I SEVERE YOUR BOND
NEVER TO KNOW A MOMENT'S PEACE
YOU WILL ONLY WRITHE DISCOMFORT
ESCAPE IS YOUR ONLY DOOR

SPIRITS

YOUR DEATH IS NOTHING TO BAR ME
CASTING YOU OUT INTO THE SHADOWS
YOU ARE THROWN FROM THIS THRESHOLD
UNWELCOME & UNINVITED, DO NOT RETURN
TO STAY MEANS YOU'RE DISQUIET FORM
NEVER TO SETTLE OR BE ROOTED
LEAVE & FIND YOUR PEACE ELSEWHERE



EMOTIONAL

IT IS VITAL THAT YOU DO NOT SPEAK EITHER OF THESE WITH EMOTION. BE AS BLAND, DETACHED, & VANILLA AS POSSIBLE WHEN DOING THESE. YOU DO NOT WANT ANY SORT OF EMOTIONAL TIE TO THESE INCANTATIONS, YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE NO EMOTIONAL FOOTHOLD.

LIVING ENTITIES

YOU WILL FIND NO HOME HERE
WITHOUT COMMITTAL TO MY LIFE
THERE IS NOT COMMITTAL TO YOURS
WITH ABANDON YOU ARE CAST
UNDESIRABLE & ILL-FAVORED
LOST IN THE VOID OF WILL
I CAST YOU FROM THIS PLACE

SPIRITS

NO FEEDING GROUND, NO LONGER
DETACHED FROM THE HUMAN ESSENCE
YOU ARE BEYOND THE REACH OF ALL
I DO NOT FIND YOU PROVACTIVE
NO REACTION FROM ME YOU'LL RECEIVE
YOU ARE CAST WITH MY DISPLEASURE
FOR YOUR LUKE WARM SOURCE




ENERGY

BE FIRM, & FULLY COMMITTED BEFORE YOU BEGIN, & DO NOT SHOUT, YELL, OR EXPEND ANY MORE ENERGY THAN YOU HAVE TO WHEN YOU SPEAK. THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS BE COMPLETELY RELAXED, BECAUSE WITH ENERGY FEEDERS, OF ANY KIND, THEY THRIVE ON ANY PROVOCATION THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAVE AN ENERGETIC RESPONSE, IF THEY CAN'T FEED FROM YOU, THEY MOVE ON BECAUSE THEY NEED THE ENERGY.

LIVING ENTITIES

THROWN FROM THIS PLACE
YOU ARE REJECTED
YOUR PRESENCE IS DILUTED
NO EFFECT & IMPOTENT
YOU ARE CAST OUT

SPIRITS

NO POWER ABSORBED HERE
YOU WILL NOT FEED ON ME
I AM NO GOOD SOURCE
YOU WILL SPOIL ON ME
YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE




SLEEP

BE FILLED WITH POSITIVE ENERGY WHEN YOU SPEAK THESE, REINFORCE POSITIVE THOUGHTS, IT WILL REPEL THEM.

LIVING ENTITIES

MY DREAMS FIND JOY
NO ROOM FOR YOU
I LOVE ALL I KNOW
INSPIRED BY THEIR LIVES
HAPPY BEYOND YOUR REACH
SLUMBER, SWEET
YOU ARE CAST OUT BEYOND ME

SPIRITS

THE GENTLE NIGHT TIME
I DREAM OF ALL THAT'S GOOD
YOU ARE NOT EFFECTUAL
MOTIVATED BY POSITIVE LIGHT
HAPPY IN MY LIFE & SPIRIT
YOU ARE REPELLED FROM HERE

Beverley Taylor: MONTHLY ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW FOR JULY, 2013

Hope everyone is now enjoying some summer weather, wherever you are. Here are July’s horoscopes. There is some planetary movement as Mars moves into Cancer halfway through the month, and the Sun and Venus towards the end of July, but Mercury stays put in Cancer until early August, traveling Retrograde until 21st July. Uranus also starts traveling Retrograde on that date, making Uranus, Neptune and Pluto all Retrograde for the next 3 months at least.

The Sun starts the month in emotional, sensitive, changeable Cancer, and can make us feel vulnerable in certain situations, or with some people. On 23rd July the Sun moves into bossy, dignified, extravagant, organized and regal Leo, with a need to take control where possible. The Sun starts the month in active, excitable, impulsive Aries.

The New Moon is on 8th July in changeable, emotional, sensitive Cancer, with a subjective, at times self-centered approach. The First Quarter Moon is on 15th July in charming, harmonious, peaceful Libra, bringing a need to aim for and achieve goals. The Full Moon is on 22nd July in aloof, pessimistic, responsible and realistic Capricorn, causing some over reaction. A Last Quarter Moon is on 29th July, in active, excitable, impulsive Aries, with a need to make appropriate changes.

Mercury remains in imaginative, intuitive, compassionate and sensitive Cancer, until early August. It travels Retrograde until 21st July, and may cause misunderstandings or communication issues.

Venus starts the month in affectionate, demonstrative and extravagant Leo, giving a need for personal attention and to feel appreciated and loved. On 23rd July it moves into analytical, shy, critical, curious Virgo.

Mars remains in energetic, intellectual, sharp Gemini, causing restlessness until 14th July, when it move into detailed, hard-working, practical Virgo, with a need to watch stress levels at times.

Jupiter is now settled in caring, considerate, generous Cancer. Saturn remains in enduring, purposeful, resourceful, and strong-willed Scorpio, until the end of 2013. It only travels Retrograde for a week, then starts moving forward again.

Uranus remains in energetic, courageous, self-willed, proud Aries, for the next few years, and helps brings out our individualistic, rebellious side, unexpected events or disruptive emotional matters, may distract us, or help us see things differently. Uranus starts travelling Retrograde on 21st July, giving us plenty of new ideas, and different, unique ways of acting on these.

Neptune is settled in sensitive, intuitive Pisces, and can help us develop empathy, compassion, and understanding, with a need to remain realistic. Neptune begins travelling Retrograde on 6th June, and make us daydream more, with a need to remain realistic.

Pluto remains in Capricorn for quite a few years, so is a very long term influence, showing knowledge gradually acquired on deeper levels, with balance, and more realistic ways of recycling and developing our intuitive knowledge further, to use practically. It travels Retrograde until Mid September, giving a strong need for self-knowledge and inner truth.

Planetary Aspects For July, 2013

Sun and Jupiter conjunct to 4th July – Confidence that affairs will eventually work out.

Sun square Uranus to 11th July – Impulsiveness, with at times an impractical approach.

Sun trine Saturn to 6th July – Responsibilities and difficulties are handled with minimal struggle.

Sun trine Neptune to 7th July – Lots of new ideas and interests, but some boredom and problems concentrating.

Sun opposite Pluto to 13th July – Probable defensiveness if challenged by others.

Sun conjunct Mercury 5-17th July – Fixed views and possible problems seeing things objectively.

Sun conjunct New Moon 8th July – Changes need to be in everyone’s best interests.

Sun square Saturn 23-31st July – Strong ambitions, but possible fear of rejection.

Sun trine Uranus 25-31st July – A more progressive outlook on life.

Sun inconjunct Neptune 23-31st July – Personal responsibilities can seem overwhelming at times.

Sun inconjunct Pluto25-31st July – Taking on other people’s workloads can prove stressful.

Moon conjunct Uranus 1st July – Deep intuition and a very independent approach.

Moon sextile Mars 1st July – Impulsiveness, but with respect for other people.

Moon square Pluto 1st July – Intense emotions can cause some relationship issues.

Moon trine Mercury 1st July – Shrewd evaluations, with a sensible approach.

New Moon conjunct Mercury 8th July – Sympathy and understanding shown to other people.

New Moon square Uranus 8th July – Try to use imaginative ideas positively.

New Moon opposite Pluto 8th July – Try to avoid controlling partners, family or friends.

Full Moon square Mercury, Mars and Jupiter 15th July – Possible conflict between logic and emotions. Beware becoming too volatile or taking matters too personally. Being overly generous and indulgent can cause problems.

Full Moon square Pluto15th July – Close relationships can feel a bit limiting.

Full Moon opposite Uranus15th July – Conflict may arise about unstable situations.

Mercury square Uranus 5-31st July – Very fast perceptions of people and situations.

Mercury opposite Pluto 8-31st July – Stress or tension can be very hard to deal.

Venus square Saturn to 8th July – A self indulgent, careless approach to some relationships.

Venus trine Uranus to 15th July – A broader, more humane viewpoint for many people.

Venus inconjunct Neptune to 9th July – Inspiration but possible stress using this appropriately.

Venus inconjunct Pluto 2-15th July – A need to keep a balance in friendships or partnerships.

Mars conjunct Jupiter from 14th July – Plentiful energy and enthusiasm, challenges are readily accepted.

Mars and Jupiter square Uranus from 14th July – A need for complete personal freedom of movement. Any inhibiting conflicts can limit personal goals and achievements.

Mars trine Saturn from 14th July – A lot of hard work put into finish assignments.

Mars trine Neptune from 14th July – A successful integration of forceful action and dreams is possible.

Mars opposite Pluto from 14th July – Defiance or aggressive tendencies can alienate some people.

Jupiter trine Saturn all month – A more serious purpose to life, perhaps with a materialistic outlook.

Jupiter trine Neptune all month – Gains can be made in various ways by following intuitive and instincts.

Jupiter opposite Pluto all month – Assertiveness of personal views, but possible misunderstandings from those around you.

Saturn remains sextile to Pluto – Inevitable changes trigger personal growth.

Saturn trine Neptune all month – Idealism and imagination combine with practical organization.

Saturn remains inconjunct to Uranus – Problems may arise in establishing priorities.

Uranus remains square to Pluto – A need for personal space in interactions with others.

Neptune and Pluto remain sextile long term - A need for positive reactions to changes in society.

ARIES 21 March - 20 April

Your main focus is on family and domestic matters, maybe building deeper understanding with loved ones, you may worry about a relative, but share some very happy, positive times. From 23rd you have more time for your personal interests and to get out. You’re creative, romantic and flirtatious. From 23rd you might have to watch what your diet. You can be tactless, but from 14th may take on a home project. You’re serious but enjoy improving your mind. You have a unique, original approach, you need time alone, are impressionable and focused on your profession.

TAURUS 21 April - 21 May

Your relations with neighbours, siblings and those around you are important and you enjoy spending time with them. You communicate positively, and can learn quite a lot in this way. From 23rd you enjoy spending time at home with loved ones, feeling secure there. You’re very caring towards your family. From 23rd you’re resourceful, and enjoy personal attention. You deal with your money astutely, but from 14th might be a bit argumentative. You’re serious about a partnership You’re very perceptive, but view friends idealistically. You enjoy learning, but may obsess.

GEMINI 22 May - 21 June

Your financial situation is very important at present, especially if you’ve been overly generous, or buying more luxury items than usual. You might need to re-evaluate your accounts. From 23rd you focus on building positive communications with others. You need to be with people of a similar wavelength. From 23rd you make the most of family time. You’re direct and driven in your approach, but from 14th are acquisitive, driven to succeed. Take care of your health. You’re friends with many different people, want career changes. You remain compulsive with a partner.

CANCER 22 June - 23 July

Your outlook on life helps you handle people and situations with sensitivity and understanding, and you express yourself in moving but positive ways, and this earns you a lot of respect. From 23rd you might have more expenditure and need to be careful financially. You appreciate life’s luxuries and status symbols. From 23rd you enjoy getting out more. Your own problems may feel intense at times, but from 14th you’re enthusiastic and driven. You enjoy personal interests. You’re ambitious and seek professional success, and are philosophical. Beware power games with a partner.

LEO 24 July - 23 August

Your personal space, privacy and time spent alone to follow your feelings is important now, but you should try to avoid worrying too much especially about things you can’t really alter. From 23rd you impress other people with your optimism and humour. You’re very charismatic and enjoy being with others. From 23rd you may be prone to overspending. You’re prone to verbal sparring with friends, but from 14th will offer help to others. Home life limits you. You’re adventurous and imaginative, but restless, and very intuitive. You still need to focus on ongoing health problems.

VIRGO 24 August - 23 September

Your social life, friendships and maybe expanding your acquaintances are a focus now, especially if you haven’t had much time to get out and mingle with others that much recently. From 23rd you quite enjoy having peace and quiet and time to yourself. You feel emotionally overwhelmed for no reason. From 23rd your charm and kindness wins you admiration. You’re impatient for success in your career, but from 14th may see more of exigent friends. You’re cautious and watchful. You may seem changeable to a partner, so build dreams with them. You’re over emotional at times.

LIBRA 24 September - 23 October

Your ambitions and career goals demand a great deal of your attention at present, as success is very important to you, so you willingly put in a lot of hard work, and are methodical. From 23rd you have more time to get out and socialise. You’re drawn to close friends whom you empathise with. From 23rd you need time alone but can feel overwhelmed. You’re enterprising but quite restless, but from 14th you’re prone to tension and impatient for success. Take care with your money. You need space in a partnership, and may suffer health problems. Home life can stifle you at times.

SCORPIO 24 October - 22 November

Your plans for a vacation or just getting away for a while may be something you’re planning now, as you enjoy travelling, expanding your horizons and exploring different cultures. From 23rd you focus on your professional life, and fulfilling your ambitions. You have many professional responsibilities. From 23rd you have more time to see close friends. You need to feel wanted by a partner, but from 14th need some excitement in life. You lack confidence at times. You’re innovative, enterprising at work, imaginative and creative. You’re secretive but observant.

SAGITTARIUS 23 November - 21 December

Your love life and having a close bond with a partner are important, as you fixate at times, you’re intuitive, sensing issues beneath the surface, but deal well with business matters. From 23rd you’re adventurous, having a strong urge to travel a bit. You enjoy different experiences and cultures. From 23rd you need your career to be more satisfying. You might quarrel with a partner, but from 14th can become obsessive at times. You may be introspective. You should focus on your ideas and skills, and try to organize your home life. You’re driven and can succeed financially.

CAPRICORN 22 December - 20 January

Your marriage or partnership and spending positive time and mutual understanding with your other half brings you a great deal of satisfaction and pleasure now, as you share similar goals. From 23rd you may become much more emotionally intense on occasion. You’re emotional and intuitive but jealous at times. From 23rd you might get away for a romantic break. You feel impatient at work, but from 14th should avoid arguing with a partner. You rely on close friends. You may feel restless at home, are intuitive and imaginative. You’re inscrutable and unfathomable.

AQUARIUS 21 January - 19 February

Your health and any problems you’ve been suffering from recently may need further investigation, especially if you’re working really hard, so don’t ignore symptoms make an appointment. From 23rd you have more quality time to share with your partner, and can relax a bit. You share a strong with them. From 23rd you might feel more emotionally intense. You’re passionate and impulsive, but from 14th you find stress affects your health. You have many professional responsibilities. You can be stubborn and contrary, so be careful with money. You might still bottle up problems.

PISCES 20 February - 20 March

Your children, personal interests, and time you enjoy spending with friends or lovers means a great deal to you at present, and you can make the most of any opportunities coming your way. From 23rd you have to focus much more on your health and job. You need a calm atmosphere at work. From 23rd you’re very giving and feel much closer to your partner. You may have to take charge at home, but from 14th are creative and enjoy taking risks. Improving your knowledge is beneficial. You need to watch your money, and are gullible. Your closest friends are tolerant and supportive.

Disclaimer

I can’t guarantee anything shown on these horoscopes, they can only offer general information, as written by Beverley Taylor or Astrologymix so please note that they should be considered for entertainment purposes only. However I do make every effort to ensure the information I give is as accurate as possible. If you do have any queries please feel free to contact me.

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Heidi Stevenson: GM Cabbage with Scorpion Poison Coming Soon

Originally published on Gaia Health.

Agribusiness is in a mad rush to take over the earth, and seems willing to stop at nothing. Coming soon is cabbage with scorpion poison engineered in every cell. Of course, they claim it's safe and will result in less pesticide use, but history and logic say otherwise. Who will wake from the insane mating between Agribiz and GMOs?

Get ready for genetically engineered cabbages that come complete with their own scorpion poison, just for you to eat. It's touted as requiring less pesticide use and being, of course, completely safe. Close investigation, though, indicates that neither claim is likely true.

A pesticide made with scorpion poison genetically engineered into a virus was first tested back in 1994. Interestingly, the scientists who sprayed the test field wore full body suits to protect them from this "harmless" poison. One must wonder at just how safe it could be when the developers themselves don't trust it more than that! Of course, the head of the trial, Professor David Bishop, insisted that the trial was safe—though he himself opted to take a vacation, rather than be there for it.

In the newer incarnation of scorpion poison genetic engineering, genes from the scorpion, Androctonus australus hector, for production of poison are being genetically engineered into cabbages. The goal is to produce them for public consumption. With the FDA's history of rubberstamp approvals for genetically modified crops, it seems unlikely that anything will interfere with their production and entry into a supermarket near you.

Let's examine the justifications given for this never-to-be-found-in-nature cabbage-scorpion chimera:

1. It will result in the use of less pesticide.

At first blush, this seems to make sense. But it's specious reasoning. The reality is that, instead of spraying pesticides onto the plants, the plants will contain them in every single cell. The result is that the pesticide will end up in the bodies of people who eat the cabbage. Thus, human beings will become the unofficial pesticide sinks, instead of the environment. I suppose there's a plus in that, but I do not personally intend to be one of those pesticide sinks. Do you?

2. It's completely safe.

Where have we heard that before? In this instance it stems from two things:

• The scorpion venom has been modified so that it won't hurt humans: This isn't quite true. What they've done is select a section of the genome  that codes for a toxin, called AAiT, which is known to be poisonous to insects.
• A study that purports to show that it does no harm to humans^[2]: Well ... not exactly. The human testing was not performed on live people, nor was it performed on normal healthy cells. It was tested on MCF-7 breast cancer cells—not exactly normal human cells. Do you find that comforting? I certainly don't.

Will Frankencabbages Be Effective At Stopping Pests?

This is, of course, the real issue, because it's why farmers Agribusiness would want it. That could prove to be a problem. According to the study on AAiT's toxicity against insect cells, the toxicity is greatly limited by ingestion. The authors wrote:

[L]ow toxicity with an LC₅₀ of 18.4 μM was recorded in artificial diet incorporation assay in which the toxin was consumed by the testing insect through feeding. We suggested that this might be a result of toxin degradation by digestion.^[2]

The LD50—the point at which 50% of the insects die—was recorded at only 0.13 μM when AAiT was applied directly. They found a difference of "2 orders of magnitude" when the toxin was directly applied instead of ingested. That's a huge difference—and would tend to suggest that the scorpion toxin won't be all that effective in the plants, since it must be ingested by insects. So, in all likelihood, sprays will still be used.
Will this matter to the buyers of Frankencabbage seeds? It's hard to say, but the history of these products would tend to indicate a remarkable gullibility. Consider that production has never been much better in genetically engineered seeds, and when it has, it's tended to deteriorate over time.^[3] The legacy of Roundup Ready, glyphosate-resistant, crops has been superweeds that not only are resistant to glyphosate, but grow much bigger and faster than the original weeds.
Keep in mind, also, that the use of genetically modified seeds tends to come with codicils that lock the buyer, and even subsequent users of the land, into buying nothing else.

Perhaps, ultimately, it will be the Frankenseeds themselves that destroy Agribusiness! They're locked into a system that is proving not to work. The real question, then, is whether they'll destroy the earth—and us—before they've destroyed themselves.
The concern posited by the image at the top of the page is serious: Once Agribusiness got into bed with recombinant DNA produce, they made a bargain with the devil. Ultimately, it seems unlikely that even Agribusiness will wake up from their attempt to take over the earth.

Sources:

1. Scorpion pesticide test goes ahead: Scientists undeterred by fresh evidence about potency of virus
2. Recombinant scorpion insectotoxin AaIT kills specifically insect cells but not human cells
3. Sustainability and innovation in staple crop production in the US Midwest

Heidi Stevenson is Allopathy's Gadfly. She's an iatrogenic survivor whose prior career in computer science, research, and writing was lost as a result. She has turned her skills towards exposing the modern medical scam and the politics surrounding it, along with providing information about the effectiveness of much alternative medicine, without which she would not be here today acting as Allopathy's Gadfly. Find her work on GaiaHealth.com

Sayer Ji: New Study Links Wheat To Weight Gain and Diabetes

A new animal study published in the journal PLoS sheds light on a possible mechanism behind the weight- and diabetes-promoting properties of wheat observed in humans, and perhaps offers some vindication for Dr. William Davis' New York Times best-selling but heavily criticized book 'Wheat Belly,' wherein the argument is made that wheat is a major contributing factor to the epidemic of obesity and diabetes presently afflicting wealthier, gluten-grain consuming nations.

In the new study, researchers from The Bartholin Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, explored the role that gliadin, a difficult to digest class of proteins within wheat, plays in promoting weight gain and insulin secretion in both animal and cell models, finding that gliadin-treated mice gained 20% more weight (by day 100) than gliadin-free controls, and that gliadin fragments induce insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells, the cells responsible for producing insulin, and which in type 1 diabetes are destroyed or rendered dysfunctional.
Gliadin does not break down easily in the body because they are extremely hydrophobic ("water fearing"), and contain disulfide bonds (the same kind found in human hair and vulcanized rubber);[1] as a result, undigested wheat gliadin fragments can enter through the intestinal wall, gaining systemic access to the human body. This can result in inflammatory and autoimmune conditions, among many other possible negative health effects (note: we have documented over 200 adverse health effects associated with wheat exposure).

Gliadin fragments have even been found in mother's milk, indicating they are capable of traveling freely throughout the body (not unlike another wheat toxin known as WGA), and can therefore affect the health of newborns. Indeed, the association between gluten consumption and conditions such as juvenile-onset type 1 diabetes is well established in the biomedical literature, with 11 studies on the topic indexed on GreenMedInfo.com alone: see Wheat Type 1 Diabetes Connection.

The researchers referenced previous experiments demonstrating a gluten-free diet lowers diabetes incidence in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice from 64% for chow fed controls, to 15% for the gluten-free group,[2] with a further 6%  reduction by keeping the mother on a gluten-free diet during pregnancy. [3]

While the new study did not find gliadin treatment "caused" type 1 diabetes, they did conclude that based on their observations of gliadin's weight-promoting and insulin secretion inducing effects "[G]liadin fragments may contribute to the beta-cell hyperactivity observed prior to the development of type 1 diabetes." They also described two implications of their findings: 1) gluten peptides may cause higher insulin secretion at basal glucose levels. 2) gluten peptides may lower the insulin response to glucose over time. In other words, gluten may contribute to the development and exacerbation of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, by causing both and/or either beta cell overstimulation and burn out (type 1) and insulin resistance (type 2).

The researchers describe a case of type 1 diabetes put into remission through a gluten-free diet:

Observations implicate gluten's influences on the development of diabetes in humans. A particular compelling T1D case describes a patient, who remained healthy, devoid of insulin therapy for 36 months, after being prescribed a gluten-free diet at the time of T1D diagnosis. His stable fasting blood glucose levels at 5.8 mmol/l, indicate that a gluten-free diet may be a method to protect beta-cell function in patients. However, the protective effect remains to be tested in clinical trials of T1D patients. This gluten-free diet approach may enhance beta-cell rest, by circumventing gliadin-induced increase in beta-cell activity, which we have described in this study.

The researchers also conclude that a "...gluten-free diet may also be beneficial in preserving beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes (T2D)."

This study, like many that have come before it, indicate that reducing and especially eliminating wheat and related gluten-containing grains from the diet is the best strategy for preventing the development of diabetes and weight gain associated with elevated insulin levels. Learn more about the dangers of wheat by reading the Dark Side of Wheat or exploring our Wheat and Gluten education page.

Also, consider that even after severe damage is done to the beta cells in the pancreas, resulting in type 1 diabetes, there are plenty of natural compounds that have been studied to stimulate beta cell regeneration, opening the door to natural alternatives to conventional treatment. Our recent article on the topic addresses this research in greater detail:  10 Natural Substances That Could Help Cure Type 1 Diabetes

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[1] Ji, Sayer The Dark Side of Wheat: New Perspectives on Celiac Disease and Wheat Intolerance, 2008

[2] D P Funda, A Kaas, T Bock, H Tlaskalová-Hogenová, K Buschard. Gluten-free diet prevents diabetes in NOD mice. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 1999 Sep-Oct;15(5):323-7. PMID: 10585617

[3] David P Funda, Anne Kaas, Helena Tlaskalová-Hogenová, Karsten Buschard. Gluten-free but also gluten-enriched (gluten+) diet prevent diabetes in NOD mice; the gluten enigma in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2008 Jan-Feb;24(1):59-63. PMID: 17607660

Sayer Ji is an author, researcher, lecturer, and advisory board member of theNational Health Federation.

He founded Greenmedinfo.com in 2008 in order to provide the world an open access, evidence-based resource supporting natural and integrative modalities. It is internationally recognized as the largest and most widely referenced health resource of its kind.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 30, 2013

Yo mātaraṃ pitaraṃ vā,

jiṇṇakaṃ gatayobbanaṃ --

pahu santo na bharati

taṃ parābhavato mukhaṃ.

Though being well-to-do,

not to support father and mother

who are old and past their youth --

this is a cause of one's downfall.

Sutta Nipāta 1.98

Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), 
translated by Narada Thera

THICH NHAT HANH: THE SOURCE OF LOVE

The source of Love is deep in us and 

We can help others 

Realize a lot of Happiness. 

One word, one action, one thought 

Can reduce another person’s suffering 

And bring that person Joy ...

-- Thich Nhat Hanh

Raghavan Iyer: Individuation and Initiation, I

    The Daimones are . . . the guardian spirits of the human race; 'those who dwell in the neighbourhood of the immortals, and thence watch over human affairs,' as Hermes has it. In Esoteric parlance, they are called Chitkala, some of which are those who have furnished man with his fourth and fifth Principles from their own essence; and others the Pitris so-called . . . The root of the name isChiti, 'that by which the effects and consequences of actions and kinds of knowledge are selected for the use of the soul,' or conscience, the inner Voice in man. With the Yogis, the chiti is a synonym of Mahat, the first and divine intellect; but in Esoteric philosophy Mahat is the root of Chiti, its germ; andChiti is a quality of Manas in conjunction with Buddhi, a quality that attracts to itself by spiritual affinity a chitkala when it develops sufficiently in man. This is why it is said that Chiti is a voice acquiring mystic life and becoming Kwan-Yin.

The Secret Doctrine, i 288

    The integral relationship between initiation and individuation can be grasped through the essential logic of the entire process of evolution. From the standpoint of matter, the logic of transformation involves increasing heterogeneity, differentiation and complexity. At the same time, there is pari passu a commensurate withdrawal of subjective and spiritual faculties which cannot function freely through limited projections or distorted reflections. The degree of spiritual volition depends upon the texture of the reflecting medium. In the collective thrust of evolution every single life-atom in all the seven kingdoms of nature is touched by the same primal universal impulse towards self-consciousness. Within the broad perspective and purpose of evolution as a whole, the possibilities of initiation are enriched by individuation at a high level of self-consciousness. Initiation, in its most hallowed meaning, must always involve the merging of minds of Guru and chela into a state of oneness with the ineffable Source of Divine Wisdom. This mystical and magical relation of Manas and Mahat was comprehended and transmitted in secret sanctuaries. It was intimated in the enigmatic etymology of the word upanishad, 'to come and sit close', so that there could be direct communion of minds and hearts. Sacred teachings are conveyed and communicated through the eyes and not merely through words, although mantramic sounds have a sacred and vital function. In the Bhagavad Gita Arjuna's earnest enquiries and Krishna's cosmic affirmations and psychological adjustments bring to birth within the mind of the chela the seed of chiti, a level of consciousness which negates, transcends, and also heightens individuality. Initiation is the highest mode of individual communication, and it necessarily involves a mystic rapport between one who has gone before and one who is to come after, rather like the magnetic transference between mother and child. Such a relation is inherent in the logic of evolution because, as a result of an extremely long period of evolution, it is impossible to find any mechanical sameness between all human beings. They are identical in their inmost essence but so markedly different in the internal relations of their vestures that there cannot be complete equivalence between any two persons. Hence experience and reflection reveal both the mystery of each individual human being and the commonality of what it is to be human.

    At one level of communication The Secret Doctrine is a metaphysical treatise on cosmic and human evolution. But at another level, for those who are Buddhic, it is not merely a book, but the initiatory presence of the compelling voice of the Verbum or Brahma Vach, reverberating in the society of sages, the Rishis who are of one mind and one lip. For the ardent seeker of Divine Wisdom, The Secret Doctrine is a series of stepping-stones, as theUpanishads and the great scriptures of all times have been, towards initiations into the mysteries of Selfhood. Through ever-renewed contact with the teaching, the chela begins to enact self-consciously and by degrees the realities which ordinary individuals sporadically experience at some level through deep sleep. This process comes alive through prolonged meditation for the sake of universal compassion, making one's breathing more benevolent for the purpose of elevating all beings in all the kingdoms of nature. When a person begins to do this, it is the awakening of Bodhichitta, the seed of enlightenment. It is the first step in translating knowledge into wisdom, words into realities, and resolves into actions. Having turned the key of compassion in the lock of the heart, the disciple will come to realize, through inward communication with the Teacher, the fuller meaning of the Upanishads:

    Upa-ni-shad being a compound word meaning 'the conquest of ignorance by the revelation of secret, spiritual knowledge' . . . They speak of the origin of the Universe, the nature of Deity, and of Spirit and Soul, as also of the metaphysical connection of mind and matter. In a few words: They CONTAINthe beginning and the end of all human knowledge . . .

The Secret Doctrine, i 269-270

    The practical import of the metaphysical teaching of The Secret Doctrine lies in the fact that the highest spiritual powers are partly used by each human being every day but without fully knowing it. Light is universal, but it makes all the difference whether one has a blurred sense of perception and merely consumes light, or whether one can take a magnifying glass and concentrate light. There are also those who are like the laser beam which can direct a concentrated shaft of light to destroy cancerous cells and produce a range of extraordinary effects upon the physical plane. There is something of Kundalini at work in every human being. Electricity and magnetism are sevenfold and work at the highest cosmic level of Akasha, but they also work at the most heterogeneous and diffusive level because everything is electrical and magnetic, from the occult standpoint. The aspirant must grasp, even at a preliminary level, the moral and psychological implications of this metaphysical "power or Force which moves in a curved path" in man and nature.

    It is the Universal life-Principle manifesting everywhere in nature. This force includes the two great forces of attraction and repulsion. Electricity and magnetism are but manifestations of it. This is the power which brings about that 'continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations' which is the essence of life according to Herbert Spencer, and that 'continuous adjustment of external relations to internal relations' which is the basis of transmigration of souls . . .

The Secret Doctrine, i 293

The two aspects of this omnipresent power mentioned here have to be totally mastered by the initiated yogi in all their possible manifestations. Long before this stage is reached, the disciple must begin to learn to govern these internal and external relations through Buddhi Yoga in order to fulfil the prerequisite conditions of magnetic rapport with a true Teacher of Wisdom.

    The universal process of adjustment of the external to the internal, which leads to involuntary reincarnation for human beings, must be understood in terms of karma. At the most primary level, whenever human beings entertain and succumb to emotional reactions, they establish mental deposits and astral grooves which require many lives for proper adjustment. That is why over eighteen million years so many people approach the Path again and again but stumble and lose their track just as often. They cannot make a fundamental breakthrough even when in the presence of great teaching. For those who have made the teaching an internal living power in their consciousness, this is comprehensible as essential, just as the world seems clear to a child when its eyes are directed to the light of the sun. Whilst this is true for all human souls, the philosophical recognition of how this works is important. Every emotion registers an appropriate record in the astral vesture. It is wear and tear on the linga sharira and is at the expense of something or someone else. Thus selfishness is increased. This is true even if the emotion is benevolent for emotion itself is a form of passivity. Emotion is quite different from deep feeling which is unmodified by cyclic change or external event and is totally independent of outward demonstration. Emotion is like cashing a check: whilst it makes money available, it depletes the account. It is a way of demanding proof. As a form of external indulgence it is a passive fantasy which weighs heavily upon the astral vesture. To that extent it obscures one's inmost feelings which are detached and compassionate. All the higher feelings are ontologically powerful and at the same time they constitute a pure negation psychologically. Though only an initial understanding of the problem, this is sufficient to explain why merely sitting down to postures and trying to control the external breath by hatha yoga exercises cannot make a significant difference to the inevitable adjustment of internal and external relations inherent in life itself. There is no substitute for facing oneself, asking what one is truly living for, how one is affected by likes and dislikes, and how one's temper – or sophrosyne – is unbalanced through various irritations.

    In the ancient schools one would not be allowed to begin serious study of yoga until one had mastered one's temper. In the school of Pythagoras candidates were tested from the first day in regard to their personal vulnerability. That was the stringent standard of all schools preparing for the Mysteries of initiation. The laws have not changed even though the external rules may seem to have been modified. It remains an inescapable fact of nature and karma that if one loses one's temper even after a lifetime of spiritual development, one's progress is destroyed in a single mood. Like a city or a work of art, the time to construct is long, but destruction can be swift. One has to think out one's true internal and external state of being, even if one goes to the Tolstoyan extreme of seeing every kind of fault in oneself. Tolstoy did not do this out of pride but rather because he was so thoroughly honest that he simply could not think of a single fault in anyone else which he could not see present in himself. This sense of commonality, rooted in ethical self-awareness, leaves no room for judging anyone else or for running away from anyone because one sees that the whole army of human foibles is in oneself, and that every elemental is connected with internal propensities in one's astral form. To think this out Manasically is crucial in the Aquarian Age. The wise disciple will recognize that thoroughness, urgency and earnestness are quite different from fatuous haste and impulsiveness. Even if it takes months and years to think out and learn to apply the elementary axioms of the Science of Spirituality, it is necessary to be patient and persistent, rather than revel in fantasies that leave residues in successive lives. When something so obvious which one can test and comprehend is taught, this is an opportunity for growth which demands honesty in thought and intelligence in response. To receive the timeless teaching in this way enables the self to be the true friend of the Self. Not to do this is one of the myriad ways in which the self becomes the enemy of the Self because it is afraid of facing the facts and the laws of nature connected with relations and patterns in the vestures. Self-regeneration is a precise science and it is possible to test oneself in a manner that fosters sophrosyne.

Hermes, June 1981
Raghavan Iyer