The frequency is rising.
        That’s the report, and yes, it is that simple.  
        Here’s the slightly longer version: the Earth has reached a point, in its 26,000 year cyclical journey through the galaxy, where it has entered a vast cosmic energy field.  This field consists of energy of a higher frequency, and as the Earth continues on its course into this field, the frequency will continue to rise.  This is what is meant by “the shift” or “the Great Shift of the Ages.”  It is a shifting of the Earth’s vital energy fields.  It happens every 26,000 years, or so, and when it does, the Earth and all of its life forms experience monumental transformation.

         It is essential to an understanding of all this to understand what is meant by “energy” in this context.  Energy here does not refer to the electromagnetic energy we are all so familiar with, such as the kind that radiates from the Sun, or the kind that flows through the wires that run our electrical devices.  The energy we are talking about here, of which the visible electromagnetic spectrum is only an infinitesimal part, is infinitely vaster.  This new energy is holographic.  This means it also consists of consciousness.  This is energy that thinks.  It is the unseen intelligence at work in the universe, which governs the behavior of energy, and the multitude of forms it takes.  It is the cosmic consciousness of a living universe. 

         How do we know this?  There are lots of ways.  One of the most important are the ancient prophecies from indigenous cultures spanning the globe, such as the Mayans, the Egyptians, the Hopis, and many, many more, who understood these galactic cycles and spiritual principles.  New Science also clearly establishes that the Earth is already experiencing these shifting energies.  Examples include the fact that its electromagnetic field is diminishing in intensity; its base resonant frequency is increasing, and its temperature is rising (the vast majority of which is not caused by humanity). 

         But for my purposes here, the source I want to cite is us.  We, as spiritual people, with higher consciousness, know these things because we are feeling them.  Everybody can feel that something is happening.  Our world is changing.  Time seems to be speeding up, which it is.  The experience of living is intensifying.  More and more experience is packed into smaller and smaller increments of time.  Our old paradigm world, built as it is upon the foundation of materialism and control, instead of spirituality, is falling apart. 

         Most people don’t know these things.  So, they lack a frame of reference, and the world just seems like it’s going haywire.  And most of these people are going haywire along with it.  For those of us, as spiritual people, who do have an awareness of these things, this colossal challenge morphs into a monumental blessing.  To us, the world feels lighter and brighter, and our primary responsibility is to personally raise our own frequency to match the rising frequency of the forces around us. 

         What about the date December 21, 2012 and the ending of the Mayan Calendar?  In my opinion, far too much emphasis is placed upon this date.  The Mayan prophecies were just one of innumerable others, which came from indigenous people all over the planet.  Plus, the Mayans were the only ones, to my knowledge, with a specific date, and even what was prophesized for that date is open to interpretation.  Virtually all of these other prophecies refer to this time in general. 

         All of these ancient prophecies share one other major thing in common, and it is the one thing we need to remember here, if we are to persevere in this great challenge, and create the new world.  And it is this: it’s up to us – the human inhabitants of this magnificent Planet to make this happen.  And there’s only one way to do it, and this is with the power of our higher consciousness and spirituality.  The old paradigm of materialism and controlling the forces the nature cannot possibly sustain itself.  To create the new paradigm, humanity must reestablish its lost connection with life’s vital energy and with the rhythm and flow of life.  Losing this connection was where everything went off track to begin with. 

         Once again, it’s just that simple.  One of the reasons so many people struggle with all this, and cave in to feelings of fear and doomsday, is because most of the so-called experts on the shift make it so complicated.  There seems to be an obsession with dates, and predicting all the possible scenarios, such as calculating those places that will remain above water, and astral bodies or ships that are due to arrive, and on and on.  I believe most of the prophecies would agree that this can be a distraction.  There are limitless possibilities regarding what might happen, and nobody knows for certain what will happen.  People really only need to hear one thing – relax your body, quiet your mind, raise your frequency, and harmonize your energy with the forces surrounding us.  Our spirituality is the primary source of our protection in the face of these Earth changes, and the primary source of our power to make the dimensional shift to the new world of light and spirit.

        The Earth has entered an exceedingly rare geophysical and astrophysical age, known as The Shift or The Great Shift of the Ages. It is the completion of a 26,000-year cycle, which was well understood, and predicted by ancient cultures spanning the globe, including the Mayans, the Hopis and the Egyptians. The Shift involves forces of colossal magnitude, such as the reversing of the Earth’s magnetic poles, and its entrance into a vast intergalactic energy field, known as The Photon Belt. In general, The Shift involves shifting the Earth’s vital energies, and forces that have the potential to change the face of the planet, and life on it, forever. I have heard both December 12, 2012 and December 21, 2012 cited as the specific dates for the turn-over point for The Shift, kind of like the clock striking midnight on New Year’s Eve. These dates also correspond to when the Mayan calendar ended.

        There is much debate, confusion and disagreement regarding these specific time frames. When you consider the multitude of diverse and ancient sources, as well as the vast length of the time periods involved, it is reasonable to assume that there is a significant margin of error regarding these predictions. Much of this information is also derived from the oral traditions of these ancient cultures, which can be imprecise. Besides, there’s no reason we should trust the accuracy of our Gregorian calendar any more than anything else.

        My friend Cayelin Castell, Co-Founder of the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School, informs me that from the point of view of Shamanic Astrology, The Shift is a more gradual process, lasting in the neighborhood of 150 years, and that we are currently just past the midpoint. The 26,000 year period is called The Great Wheel of Time, which is the time it takes the Solstices and Equinoxes to pass through all the constellations, and return to a starting point. The Earth is currently at the end of this cycle, and the 150 year period is the time the Earth is aligned to certain key points in the heavens before the cycle starts over. (see www.CelestialTimings.com).

        At the time of this writing, October 2007, that would seem to be the case. The Shift appears to be well underway. One clear manifestation of this is the dramatic increase in extreme weather, earthquake, volcano and tsunami activity. The Earth is feeling it.

        Another is the shocking move toward fascist world government that is taking place throughout the world, spearheaded by America and Europe. The hidden powers that rule the world are well aware of The Shift and of the energetic forces that are at work, and they are doing everything possible to make sure these changes don’t upset the apple cart of their power structure. Essential components of this are keeping the human race enslaved, unaware of what’s happening, and dependent upon them for their survival under any and all circumstances.

        People are also feeling these energy shifts in their bodies. The world feels different, more intense. Time itself seems like it’s either speeding up or slowing down. People are feeling things they‘ve never felt before, and it can feel both enlightening and overwhelming. Many people sense that things are going haywire, often to the point where they feel like they‘re losing their marbles, but this is only because they lack a frame of reference for what’s really happening. As always, understanding dispels fear.

        It’s a pretty good guess that things are going to get quite a bit more intense in the years ahead. Its probably going to get a lot worse before it can get better, and the chaos that results might be just what is needed to shake things up, and help create real change. Some of this may be caused by humanity, and some not. On the man-made side, certainly the world economy, built as it is on the vacuous foundation of fiat paper money and mountains of unpayable debt, could topple at any time, with a ripple effect that would be felt by all. On the non-man-made side, it is a fact that the north and south magnetic poles reverse themselves on the order of every 26,000 years, perhaps even more frequently. And we are being told this is due to happen. If it does, the technological infrastructure of the world would certainly wobble severely, if not collapse.

        Yet, my purpose here is not to fan the flames of doomsday scenarios. Quite the contrary. Again, perhaps chaos is just what is needed to cleanse the Earth, and its human inhabitants, and create the opportunity to create the new world. Whether The Shift hits its apex on 12/12/12, or before, or after, or whether there even is an apex, doesn’t make any difference. It’s happening, and it’s happening now. It’s time for us to gear up, and prepare ourselves to ride the wave of these forces, rather than be submerged in them.

        One thing is for certain: we are living in a time with the potential for unprecedented transformation. And the outcome of all this is by no means certain. It could go either way. Many people believe these are the end-times that were predicted in the Bible. Then, there are also those of us who see this challenge as a blessing, and a monumental opportunity to create the new paradigm.

        The solution, which to many might seem terrifying and overwhelming, is really quite simple. It all comes back to us. The fate of the planet rests in our hands. Changing the world starts with changing ourselves. In order to create the new paradigm we must do a few exceedingly important things. We must reclaim our minds and our spirits, and we must take back responsibility for the world we create. We must wake up to the fact that we have allowed ourselves to be duped by the hidden powers that rule the world into seeing the world the way they want us to, instead of the way it really is. And we must align ourselves with the shifting energies in the world, so that rather than being overwhelmed by them, we are in harmony with them.

        And there’s nothing new about any of this. The primary reason the world is so messed up is because humanity has allowed itself to become unplugged. We have lost our connection to life’s vital energies, and to the rhythm and flow of life. When enough of us reestablish that connection, we become a force that cannot be stopped. This is what is known as critical mass. I am going to deal more extensively with critical mass in my next blog.

        As Robert Ghost Wolf, a Hopi elder, reminds us in Last Cry – Native American Prophesies & Tales of the End Times (www.wolflodge.org/bluestar/bluestar.htm):

        No living thing will go untouched, here or in the heavens. The way through this time it is said is to be found in our hearts, and reuniting with our spiritual self. Getting simple and returning to living with and upon the Earth and in harmony with her creatures. Remembering that we are the caretakers, the fire keepers of the spirit. Our relatives from the Stars are coming home to see how well we have faired in our journey.

        Yes indeed, things are shifting, and they are shifting now!

        On Wednesday, January 30, we kicked off our 2008 Infinity’s Flower book tour with a presentation, with powerpoint, and snacks, at Yogasylum in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Nine days later I was speaking to a packed house at the LA Conscious Life Expo. My talk is based on the novel, and it is entitled Transforming Challenges into Blessings. It deals with this time of monumental transformation in which the Earth’s vital energy fields are shifting, and this unprecedented opportunity to create an entirely new world. However, this isn’t just going to happen on its own. It’s up to us, the human race, to make it happen by creating a vibration of peacefulness, joy and love. Then, two days later, at the finale of the Expo, I had the honor of participating in a distinguished panel, discussing 2012, the Shift, and creating the new world.

        Here’s the progress report: the Shift is most definitely happening. Our world is changing, and it is changing at an exponential rate. The old paradigm is crumbling of its own inertia, and the possibility of the new paradigm is beginning to take shape in our minds, hearts and spirits.

        One of my most significant observations from the last few weeks is how people are shifting in harmony with the shifting energy in the world. The venues were all packed, and they were packed with people who are doing two vitally important things. First, they are waking up to the truth about how our world really works, and how for thousands of years the hidden powers that own and control the world have suckered them into a game that robs them of their freedom, their power and their spirit. These people are no longer willing to play this game. And second, they are becoming aware of the awesome, unstoppable power of their higher consciousness and spirituality .

        As a speaker, I was struck by how different these audiences were than in years past . As recently as five years ago, I would have been lynched for saying the things I was saying. But now, people were open and listening. Obviously, people are gaining the awareness that the old paradigm just isn’t working, and if we are going to make it, we must start to look at things completely differently. I was struck by how locked in these people were. Everyone stayed in their seat, and every eye in the house was clear, focused and alert. There was none of the customary yawning, glassy eyes, or going to the bathroom, or walking out. And what was this replaced with? It warms my heart to say it was replaced with nodding. That’s right – a whole room full of people nodding. They may not have understood it all, but they got it. It felt right.

       We are becoming extraordinarily powerful. We could feel it at Yogasylum, and we could feel it at the LA Expo. We are approaching critical mass. Critical mass is the final ingredient that is needed to create the new world. It is that energetic point, where our numbers reach a certain quantity where the dominoes will start to fall, and the unimaginable will start to occur.

       Many people struggle with their understanding of critical mass. This is because it does not work in the accustomed, mathematical, linear way. It does not work according to the rules of the old paradigm, but rather the new paradigm. Critical mass works on the basis of energetic, spiritual and magical principles. Critical mass is not of this world. It’s power is other-dimensional.

        Most skeptics of changing the world base their doubt on old paradigm thinking. It goes something like this: it is impossible to change the world because of “the masses.” The vast majority of the people in the world are brainwashed, dumbed-down. They don’t understand any of this, and they don’t care. They believe what they see on their TV’s, and all they want is to perpetuate the illusion of material, third dimensional reality, with the primary emphasis on their money, their property, and all their other “stuff.” Majority rules. If you don’t have the masses on your side, it’s impossible to change the world.

        The truth is you don’t need a majority. This is where critical mass comes into play. In fact, it is only necessary to have a small percentage of impassioned and powerful people to change the world. Critical mass works on the principle that small groups of people with a connection to the true source of their power have exponentially more impact than much larger groups with little or none.

       Critical mass can not be measured in the accustomed quantitative way because you’re dealing with more intangible variables – energy, consciousness, spirit and magic . It also does not work in the accustomed way, as in which ever side has the biggest army, with the most guns and bombs, and the most money, will win. We also don’t know at what precise point critical mass is. The only way we’ll know is by all the amazing things that will start happening when we get there.

        With critical mass, the outcome also cannot be foreseen in the traditional, old paradigm manner. We are operating in an arena where an entirely different set of rules applies. The new world we create will not be a variation of the old, built on the same foundation. It will be a totally different world, built upon a fresh foundation of light, energy and spirit. It will be other-dimensional. The only thing we know for sure is this will be a world in which the primary emphasis is on spirit, peacefulness, joy and love – not matter and control. All we know for sure is the new world will be magnificent beyond what we can imagine with old paradigm thinking .

        Yes, we are becoming very powerful. We are definitely approaching critical mass. I wish all of you could have experienced what Peter, Cayelin and I did, spending an entire weekend at the LA Expo with something like 10,000 other like-minded, kindred spirits. And the feeling of hundreds of these gentle souls crammed into a ballroom for the panel on 2012, The Shift, and creating the new world. It was awesome to behold and feel.

        Yes, we are becoming powerful, but we must remember that the hidden powers, the forces of darkness, are not going to give up without a fight. And needless to say – they don’t play fair. They’ve had a firm grip on this planet for thousands of years, and they’re not about to just let it go. I fear the time may have come for them to blow up another building, invade another innocent country, unleash a killer virus, or some such thing, in order to manipulate people back into fear and helplessness mode, so they can consolidate their power and control . I hope that this time our power has become so great that we will not be fooled.

        And we will continue to flow toward critical mass, and creating the new world by connecting with the divine spirit with our vibration of peacefulness, joy and love. Therein, lies the true source of our power, which is unstoppable.

        “People are freaking out! It’s worse now than ever. What the hell’s going on?”

        I seem to be hearing this more and more often these days, and it seems to be true. Even the most sane and stable among us are feeling things they’ve never felt before, like time itself is speeding up, and strange forces are at work, causing many to flip their lids. And the health care community, both traditional and alternative, is fanning these flames. It seems like a day doesn’t go by when I don’t hear about some new snake oil, gimmick or technique that will help people get rid of their stress forever.

        My purpose here will be to cut through this hysteria, and get back to the basics of stress management, which never change. In spite of what our apparently crazy world would like us to think, the principles of stress management are the same today as they were six thousand years ago.

        The most important thing to know about stress is we create it ourselves. Stress is a function of how we think, how we see ourselves and our world, and the choices we make regarding how we live our lives. These are all things over which we have control. If it seems like we’ve lost this control, we have the capability to learn how to get it back. This is one of the primary things I teach in my work. For example, if we see the world as a terrible place, and see ourselves as powerless in our lives, we will be stressed-out, anxious and depressed. If we see the world as a glorious place, and see ourselves as empowered to create our own destiny, we will be relaxed, healthy and happy. It’s just that simple. Stress management 101. End of class.

        According to the Law of Attraction, one of the sacred laws of the universe, the lives we create, or attract, are a reflection of how we see ourselves and our world, and our attitude or vibration, which means how we feel about our lives. One of the primary mistakes stressed-out people make is they blame the world. They see the world as an inherently stressful place, and they see themselves as helplessly caught in this web. What they don’t understand is that the problem is not in the world. It is within them. In this context, as silly as it might sound, stress is a choice.

        The stressed-out profile goes something like this: “I’m so swamped, I don’t have time for myself. With the mortgage and car payments, credit card payments, taxes, and the children, it takes two incomes just to keep our heads above water. My work demands more and more of my time, and then we have to find quality time for the kids, and shuttle them back and forth. And then there’s the housework, meals, errands, etc., etc.” In summary: running around like a chicken with your head cut off, chasing the American materialist dream.

        Stress is an automatic feature of this picture. The reason is very simple, and it brings us back to another of our sacred laws of the universe, probably the most important of all. It is this: the most important things in life, our peace of mind, our health, and our happiness, all spring primarily from our spirituality, not from material things. Spirituality also can be defined very simply, which quantum science confirms. Everything in the universe, including us, consists of two basic things: energy and intelligence or spirit. This energy field is in a state of lightening fast movement or vibration, and every aspect of it is connected with every other aspect. There is also an unseen intelligence or divine spirit at work here, which governs the behavior of this energy and the various forms it takes. We derive our power to create our lives from our connection with this energy and with the divine spirit. We make this connection with our vibration. Our vibration is the most powerful, like a magnet attracting positive things, when we experience life with feelings of peacefulness, joy, love and acceptance. Everything we have in life, and this includes all the material things, springs from this vibration. This vibration, this attitude, this mindset, is the key to stress management. If you don’t have it, you can learn how to get it. But first you must make the choice to do so. If you want to learn more about the specifics of how to do this, I suggest you read my article The 9-Steps of Self-Transformation, which you can find on my website.

        Stress is an inherent feature of the stressed-out profile above because of its emphasis on materiality, to the exclusion of spirituality. Tragically, this has become the hallmark of our culture, and this is the primary reason why things are so messed up. There’s nothing wrong with the world. The problem is us.

       There is also a practical aspect to our choices. Choosing the spiritual path also means changing our lifestyle. It means slowing down, and smelling the flowers. It means replacing the materialist emphasis on outcomes, control and accumulating stuff, with living fully in the moment. In this context, health care providers do their clients a grave disservice with their drugs, gimmicks and techniques without teaching them the essential importance of changing how they live. You get a massage; feel great, return to your frenzied lifestyle, and pretty soon you’re all stressed out again. It was all just a Band-Aid, a quick fix.

        When one learns to live with the proper vibration, the stress just melts away. This doesn’t mean that life isn’t filled with challenges. It is, but these challenges no longer break our spirit. Challenges become welcome and blessed opportunities for further learning and growth.

        And as far as material things are concerned, when one has one’s spiritual house in order, they take care of themselves with more of a natural  rhythm and flow. We no longer worry about them because we trust the spiritual path we have chosen. Often, the lesson is learning how to live happily with less. Having lots of money, just for the sake of having it, or to keep up with the Jones’s, is simply a defense against our fears and insecurities.

        When I say there’s nothing wrong with the world, this does not mean I am in denial of how totally screwed up our world is today. However, when one follows the spiritual path, a few other things invariably come into focus. One is an understanding of our purpose – in other words, why we are here. A natural by-product of the spiritual path is service. Service basically means sharing what we’ve learned with others, and playing our part to make the world a better place. This can take a wide variety of forms, but in general, service always boils down to two things: teaching and creativity, which invariably go hand in hand. In other words, we are here to play our part in creating wisdom, harmony and beauty in the world.

        Another common mistake people make is they see how screwed up the world is, and then, like the person in our stressed-out profile, they proceed to get sucked into it. As individuals, the best thing any of us can do to make the world a better place is to simply live a life of peacefulness, joy, love and acceptance, and put that vibration out there. That’s where it all starts, and it’s very powerful.

        No discussion of stress management would be complete without discussing one critical aspect of our world. This is The Great Shift of the Ages. This is not something you will hear about in the mainstream media, or anywhere in the mainstream system. It is also a primary reason why even the most stable among us are feeling things they have never felt before, and having a more difficult time holding it together, and why the less stable are losing their marbles completely. The planet Earth is currently in the midst of an exceedingly rare geophysical and astrophysical time, the completion of a 26,000-year cycle, prophesized by the Mayans, the Hopis and numerous other ancient cultures spanning the globe, which involves forces of colossal magnitude, such as the changing of the Earth’s electromagnetic field, its resonant frequency, and much more. This is an exceedingly rich subject, the details of which are way beyond the scope of this article. You may go to my website to learn more. Suffice it to say that the energy fields of the Earth are in a state of profound transformation. One manifestation of this is the dramatic increase in extreme weather, earthquake, volcano and tsunami activity. Since our bodies are connected to these energy fields, we can also feel these things. These feelings are stressful because of their lack of familiarity, and because we don’t know what’s happening. It’s also a pretty good guess that this is going to get quite a bit more intense. We could be in for a very bumpy ride in the years ahead.

        There are those who believe these are the end-times predicted in the Bible. For those of us on the spiritual path, who see challenges as blessings, we see this as an extraordinary opportunity to discard the old, and create a new paradigm of higher consciousness and spirituality. It could go either way. Once again, the choice is ours.

         Before we begin to tip toe through the minefield of this, probably the trickiest political issue of them all, the environment, it’s necessary to state one of the central themes of what’s forthcoming.  I must do this in order to prevent you, the reader, from jumping to a lot of unwarranted conclusions about what I’m about to say before I even say it.  Invariably, people fall into the trap of polarized thinking, where they label things as politically “left” or “right,” and once they do, they assume they know everything about you, based upon whichever category they’ve plugged you into, and how they understand that category.  This is very unfair and frustrating for those of us who think independently, who are neither left nor right, and who attempt to evaluate issues objectively, and come to conclusions based on their merits.  It always infuriates me when people assume I’m a liberal because I oppose the war in Iraq, and I have long hair. 

       Here’s the statement: if ex-Vice President Al Gore’s theory on global warming, as presented in his smash hit documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, can be proven to scientifically incorrect, this does not mean that humanity on planet Earth is not currently facing an environmental crisis of life-threatening proportions.  We are – just not that one.  Please read that over a few times, and let it sink in.  When the topic of an environmental crisis comes up, it’s stunning how virtually everybody leaps to the conclusion that you must be talking about global warming.  Clearly, this idea has subliminally taken root in the mass consciousness.  This is hardly surprising when you cannot turn on the TV or open a newspaper without hearing some mention of it.  It’s also equally disconcerting when you don’t accept the validity of Gore’s theory, how people automatically assume you must be one of those heartless right-wingers, who doesn’t give two figs about the environment.  This too does not necessarily follow. 

       At the conclusion of this article, I am going to refer you to another documentary film, which I believe pokes enough holes in the orthodox theory of global warming, as presented in Gore’s film, to turn it on it ear.  Until I saw this film, in mid-March of 2007, I had been stuck in the mud on the issue of global warming.  I didn’t know what to believe.  Getting to the bottom of global warming presented several unique dilemmas.  Intelligent, well-intended people on both sides of the political spectrum, right and left, seemed to make credible, convincing cases supporting their points of view, and at the same time, both exhibited serious blind spots.  It was difficult to trust either.  Plus, this is a topic that requires a level of scientific analysis that is far beyond that of the layperson.  I do not possess this level of knowledge, nor does Al Gore.  Somebody else was going to have to do the scientific legwork.   

        Before plunging more deeply into this dilemma, I think it would be helpful to present a few of the premises from which I approached the topic.  I learned a long time ago from the philosopher Ayn Rand that endless confusion can be avoided on any topic, if you simply state your premises at the outset.  If you don’t accept these premises, then there’s no point in reading on. 

        Premise number one: never believe anything you hear anywhere in the mainstream media.  It is all propaganda, which is carefully designed for the purpose of frightening people into believing that the world is a dangerous place, far beyond the ability of the individual to cope with, and that people need bigger and bigger government with more and more government controls in order to protect and take care of them.  Turn off your televisions!  And if you buy an establishment newspaper, skip right to the sports section or the funnies. 

        Premise number two: the government and the established political system are total scams.  The governments of all the major nations of the civilized world are owned and controlled by a global elite, which consists of a relatively small group of the richest people in the world, who own the huge international banks, the huge multi-national corporations, and all the major media outlets.  The global elite operates entirely behind the scenes, and the established two-party system in the US is one of their crucial tools for wielding their power.  The two major political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, sold out to the global elite a long time ago, at least since the end of the civil war.  They no longer serve the people, as they pretend, but rather their masters at the top of the pyramid of power.  They have basically sold their souls to the devil.  This is why nothing ever really changes in Washington, regardless of who’s in power.  The Republicans and Democrats are simply two different masks covering the same duplicitous face, with both serving precisely the same agenda: higher and higher taxes, and bigger and bigger government, which always endeavors to exercise more and more control over the private affairs of its citizens.  The Republicans are the party of warfare and the Democrats are the party of welfare, but the end result is identical. 

        More recently, there is a new twist to this common agenda, and this is the erosion of US sovereignty, and the movement toward global consolidation and fascist world government, or New World Order, which we see taking shape around us at such a shocking pace. 
In light of the horrific atrocities perpetrated by the Bush administration, this premise might not appear to hold up as well.  The Republicans might look like the bad guys and the Democrats the good guys.  Don’t be fooled by appearances.  The elitist, big brother agenda will continue to move forward, regardless of who’s in power.  It did under Slick Willy, and it will under his wife, or whatever Democrat is elected in 2008.  It’s all one big club, and the game is rigged.  Nobody rises to power without being selected and blessed by the global elite.  There are no exceptions.  Well, one – Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, who remains as pure as the day he was born, and who, by the way, is running for President in 2008.  Haven’t heard much about that in the mainstream media, have we? 

        With this backdrop, it’s pretty easy to understand how those of us who don’t trust traditional politics smelled a rat when Al Gore surfaced, or resurfaced, with his documentary film on global warming.  After all, here is a man who served as Vice-President under Bill Clinton for eight years, and came within a hanging chad of being elected President.  An Inconvenient Truth revolves around two main themes.  The first is that the Earth is currently in the midst of an unprecedented period of warming, which, if it continues at its current pace, will cause geophysical and climatic events of such a catastrophic nature that they  pose a serious threat to the survival of human civilization.  The second is that this warming is created by the industrialized world through the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2), as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.  Excessive quantities of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere trap significant amounts of the electromagnetic radiation from the sun, which would otherwise be reflected back into outer space, thus causing the warming. 

        Dilemma number one consists of confirming or refuting scientific data and conclusions from an untrustworthy source.  I had been reading reports for quite some time, which seemed credible, from my sources on the right side of the political spectrum, which maintained that global warming was part of a natural, cyclical process, and not man-made.  They didn’t so much dispute the existence of global warming as its cause, and they seemed to be pretty evenly divided on whether or not this warming was even a problem. 

        However, this presented as much of a dilemma as Al Gore.  These right-wing sources couldn’t be trusted either.  They had a serious blind spot.  This was the fact that they tended to be anti-environment, or at least anti-environmentalism.  They had a major ax to grind with liberals, and they tended to lose their objectivity and credibility due to their obsessive need to prove that liberals were always wrong. 

Global warming aside, the folks on the right tend to deny that there is currently an environmental crisis on any kind.  They believe in the primacy of humanity over nature, and that anything that is in the best interest of human progress and the advancement of civilization is OK, and any effects on the environment are secondary.  In my humble opinion, this gives conservatives a huge black eye, and deeply affects their credibility across the board.  Anybody who does not recognize that the civilized world is poisoning its soil, water, air and food supplies, to the serious detriment of the health and welfare of its people, is seriously missing the boat.  The civilized world is currently experiencing levels of sickness and disease of epidemic proportions.  This is one of the primary reasons. 

        From an even broader perspective, this disconnection in the civilized world between people and the environment is the source of all of our problems.  Civilized people have lost their connection with life’s vital energy and with its natural rhythms and flow.  Native Americans, prior to their conquest, had this connection, as did indigenous cultures spanning the globe, for whom sickness was the exception, not the rule, and for whom civilized diseases like cancer and heart disease were non-existent.  There is a fundamental rule of life that can never be violated.  It is imperative for human beings to live in harmony with their environment, not to exploit it.  It they don’t, it is only a question of time before they perish. 

        However, my dilemma was compounded by the fact that the folks on the left had a few blind spots that were almost as bad.  Blind spot number one is they continue to believe that since the Republicans are the bad guys, then the Democrats must be good guys.  They see the big-time liberal Democrats as honest and virtuous people, as opposed to the puppets of the global elite that they really are. 

        The Democrats are simply the flip side of the same rotten coin, serving precisely the same big brother agenda, which leads us to blind spot number two.  The left-wingers never seem to get it, as far as the harmfulness and ineffectiveness of bigger and bigger government.  They are way too trusting that big government programs, administered by Democrats of course, are the most effective way to solve our problems.  They fail to see that big government is the problem, with its ever-increasing controls over our individual freedoms.  Think about it for a minute: if human beings are so nasty and greedy that they need to be regulated, what sense does it make to trust government to do this regulating, when government is run by these same nasty, greedy people?  Who’s going to regulate the regulators? 

        Blind spot number three of the left-wingers is crucial in understanding what Al Gore might be up to with his global warming theory.  The left-wingers fail to see how environmentalism, or any issue that appears to be humanitarian, can be used by unscrupulous politicians for the purpose of their own big government agenda, or ultimately to further the global elite’s agenda of world fascist government.  It’s an old, tried and true formula: hop on the bandwagon of a popular, emotional issue, fan the flames of fear through your propaganda machine, and then propose the only possible solution for a helpless humanity, which always means more power in the hands of the government. 

        The sad fact of the matter is the environmental movement was infiltrated a long time ago by hoards of individuals and institutions that don’t give two figs about the environment.  The list is long and infamous, but let’s just take a look at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for example.  The EPA is notorious for its reams of silly, meaningless regulations, like denying building permits in order to preserve an endangered species of field mice, which stand in the way of reasonable human progress, and which makes environmentalism, in general, look frivolous, and gives it such a bad name in the eyes of so many.

        Another case in point is the United Nations.  The UN currently is playing the preeminent role worldwide in environmental programs and environmentalism, in general.  The UN is also one of Al Gore’s closest allies in embracing the notion that global warming will soon result in monumental environmental catastrophe, with CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels in the industrialized world the culprit.  Gore and the UN also agree upon the solution – an all-out attack, both domestically and internationally, on CO2 emissions.  This, of course, means more regulations, both on corporations and individuals, more taxes, and more government bureaucracy.  Because global warming is viewed as a global problem, beyond national boundaries, this would also mean more authority in the hands of the UN and its various environmental agencies, as well as in the hands of the new breed of international institutions, such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization, which are playing such a powerful role in the modern world.  These global institutions are the creation of the global elite.  They are autonomous, non-elected, and not a formal part of any national government.  They answer to no one, except themselves, and they have basically bribed the US and the other major governments of the world into following their lead.  

        Now the question begs to be asked: should we trust the UN any more than we trust Al Gore?  The answer is a resounding, “No!”  I realize this begins to sound like a broken record, but such is the nature of the illusion of the modern world.  The UN was created by the global elite, and it is a puppet of the global elite.  It poses as one thing, when its true purpose is quite another.  It poses as a union of the nations of the world, dedicated to humanitarianism and peace, and providing a forum to resolve problems that are beyond the scope of individual nations.  In fact, the UN is a mechanism and a stepping-stone to the ultimate prize of the global elite: a centrally controlled world government, under their control.  This is an area where those on the far right, the Libertarian and the John Birch types, have one up on the far left.  On the far right, the true nature of the UN is common knowledge.  It’s a given.  On the far left, still stuck in the mud of trusting big-time liberals and big government, they’ve never heard of such a thing. 

        So, this is the spot where I was stuck on global warming and the environment.  I was determined to find the answer, but doing the scientific research myself was not an option.  Fortunately, as it turned out, I was not alone.  There was a bunch of other people in exactly the same boat, and searching for the same answers.  There was also a batch of renowned, independent-thinking scientists worldwide, who also smelled a rat in the orthodox global warming theory and in Gore’s film.  Unlike me, they were competent to do the research, and did.  The result was a 74-minute documentary film, produced by the BBC, and aired on Channel 4 in the UK in early March 2007, entitled The Great Global Warming Swindle. 

        I invite you to watch the documentary, and judge for yourself.  At the time of this writing, this video was still available free on the Internet.  You may click the link at the conclusion of this article to watch.  However, be advised it may not be there for long.  If that’s the case, I’m certain you can do a search, and find out how you can purchase it on DVD.   

        The film does not dispute that the Earth is warming up, but takes the position that this is nothing unusual.   It also presents a credible scientific     analysis, by numerous credible scientists, which concludes that there is no connection between this global warming and CO2 emissions from humanity in the civilized world.  The pivotal point of their analysis, as well as Gore’s, deals with the findings that were derived from digging deep holes in the Arctic ice cap.  These findings show, over a 600,000 year time span, that there is a correlation between the fluctuations in the Earth’s temperature and the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.  Both sides are in agreement up to this point. 

        Gore’s scientists then conclude that this correlation must mean that the levels of CO2 are the cause of the temperature fluctuations.  This is where the scientists in the BBC documentary say he misses the boat.  First of all, the fact that there is a correlation in this, or any, scientific data does not mean there is causation.  There might be, but not necessarily.  More proof is needed.  Secondly, they claim Gore errs in not looking more closely at this data, and other data.  A closer examination of these fluctuations shows that there is a time lag of a few hundred years between the rises in the temperature and the CO2, with the CO2 always lagging behind.  Therefore, it is more reasonable to conclude that the temperature fluctuations are actually the cause of the CO2 fluctuations, just the opposite of the orthodox, Gore theory.  

         Furthermore, they explain this by including another critical variable: the significant part that is played by the Earth’s oceans.  When the Earth warms, the oceans slowly warm also.  When they do, they emit massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere.  This also explains the time lag because it takes time for the oceans to warm up due to their immense volume. 

        In addition to poking these holes in the Gore theory, these scientists are also in agreement regarding the primary factor that is responsible for the Earth’s warming and cooling over the millennia.  This is solar activity in the form of solar flares, which is currently heating up the rest of the solar system as well, most notably Mars, where CO2 is not a factor.   

        So, where does all this leave us?  I’m certain we have not heard the last of this debate.  A liberal friend of mine, after having heard the case against An Inconvenient Truth, replied that if any good could come from the film, such as people buying hybrid cars or living in a more environmentally harmonious fashion, then it was a good thing.  It’s difficult to argue with good, but let’s take a look at the bad that could come from the film.  To repeat: we are currently facing an environmental crisis of life-threatening proportions on the planet Earth.  If we don’t get our act together, and learn to live in harmony with our environment, as opposed to exploiting it, we will reach the point where the Earth will no longer sustain us as a species.  I don’t feel the need to expound on that any further.  If you don’t get it, you’re part of the problem, regardless of where you stand politically. 

        As we have already discussed, global warming can be used by unscrupulous politicians to advance the big brother agenda, both domestically and globally, at the expense of our precious freedom.  Just because something is dressed up to look humanitarian doesn’t necessarily mean that it is.  In addition, if the orthodox, Gore theory of the cause of global warming is incorrect, then the solution, a big brother attack on CO2 emissions worldwide, will divert our focus from the real environmental problems – the poisoning of our water, soil and food supply, and the fact that humanity in the civilized world has lost its connection with its lifeline – the environment in which it lives. 

        Another message I hope I have conveyed here is the critical importance for us all of learning how to look at the world through our own eyes, and not the eyes of the media or the government, or through the eyes of this polarity thinking, whether left versus right, us versus them, Christian versus Muslim, up versus down, or any of various forms it takes.  The issue of environmentalism vividly demonstrates how polarity thinking leads us down the wrong track.  This is not an all black or all white issue, and thinking about it in this manner leads to endless confusion and mistakes. 

        Polarity thinking also leads us very quickly into the trap of the “divide and conquer” scenario.  “Divide and conquer” is one of the most powerful techniques of the big brother manipulators to keep us under their thumb.  As long as we are divided into mutually exclusive camps, we become easy prey.  It’s all really very simple: united we stand – divided we fall.  The world today is a crazy, mixed up place, and those in power serve their own interests, not ours.  If we have any hope of taking back our world, and creating a better one, it all starts with waking up to how we’re being deceived and manipulated for the purpose of being pawns in somebody else’s game, and uniting in this understanding.  This single issue eclipses all the others.  And then the next step is reassuming responsibility for our world, and learning to trust ourselves again, rather than relying on big brother to do our thinking and solve our problems for us. 

To watch The Great Global Warming Swindle,
Produced by the BBC, and aired on Channel 4 in the UK in early March,
Click here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4499562022478442170&q=global+warming+swindle

        I am a teacher of personal growth and awareness. This consists of two basic things. The first is teaching people how to overcome the obstacles or problems that they create in their lives. People usually seek my help because they are unhappy, which, specifically, means they are experiencing such things as depression, anxiety, anger, or a general malaise or sense of unfulfillment.

        And second, once these problems are overcome, it is necessary to teach them how to change, or to reinvent themselves. When the sick part of them is gone, people invariably experience a gap in their life, a hole that was always previously filled with their problems. Now it’s empty, and this is very scary for most because what people seem to fear more than anything is the unknown. They would rather cling to their old, familiar self, like an addiction, than transform themselves into something totally different. Once they open themselves up to it, reinventing themselves becomes the most enjoyable and exciting part of this process. And for most, the path of personal growth and awareness becomes an ongoing lifestyle, and the primary purpose of their lives, from which everything else sprouts.

        This article is a manual, which goes through the 9 essential steps of self-transformation, and developing your unlimited potential. However, first it is necessary to go over the philosophical foundation of this work, without which it cannot possibly succeed. If you reject this foundation, then this obviously is not for you.

        Fundamental to this are the concepts of energy and spirit. It is built upon a view of the world, confirmed by quantum science, that everything in the universe, at its core, including us, is energy. This energy is in a state of lightening fast movement or vibration, and every aspect of this energy field is connected to every other aspect. This pulsating and interconnected field of energy is also governed by an unseen intelligence or spirit. We have the power to manifest health, happiness and magic in our lives as a function of learning how to connect with this energy field and with the divine spirit that governs it. We accomplish this with our total beings – mind, body and spirit. And specifically, we do it by experiencing life with feelings of peacefulness, joy, love and trust. These feelings get our energy vibrating at a frequency that resonates with the energy field and the divine spirit. This is the ultimate source of our power.

        That’s it in a nutshell. Now here’s how to do it.

        The 9-Steps of Self-Transformation

        #1 – Making Observations

       Making observations means beginning to pay attention to ourselves, and to life. Most people are sleepwalking through life, going through the motions, without really living. Making observations is a wake-up call to begin looking at those things that are the most important – either positive or negative. Paying attention to ourselves, and to life, is a launching pad for personal growth, and the first step in learning how to live each moment to its fullest.

        An important aspect of this is making observations about those things we want to change about ourselves. Rather than trying to ignore them, or hoping they’ll vanish, it’s necessary to bring them out into the light of day, where we can see them. Only when we are aware of something, do we have the power to change it. When it’s hidden beneath our awareness, we lose our control over it. If we can’t see it, we can’t change it.

        #2 – Meditation

        All the different types of meditation boil down to the same basic thing. Meditation is relaxing the body, and quieting the rational mind. For beginners, I recommend taking 15-minutes, twice a day, where you remove your self from your normal routines, and sit comfortably, by your self. Your sole focus is your breathing, relaxing the muscles of your body, and emptying your mind of all thoughts. It’s just you – being. And there’s no such thing as success or failure. What’s important is doing it, and practicing it. Then, if you choose, you can learn about different meditation techniques, and try them.

        #3 – Programming

        Programming means deprogramming the negative, unhealthy thoughts from our mind, and reprogramming it with positive, healthy ones. In our crazy world, we are conditioned to see the world and ourselves very negatively, such as: life sucks, and we are helpless to do anything about it. Programming basically boils down to learning how to see ourselves, and the world, differently. A great place to start is to embark upon the path of personal growth and awareness, and conscientiously follow these 9-Steps. You will soon learn that life is, in fact, a spectacular adventure, and you are the master of your destiny.

       #4 – Body Awareness – Food

The next two steps, food and movement, deal with the maintenance of our physical body. The physical body is an integral part of our totality, together with the mind and the spirit. It is an essential medium through which we experience life in this world, and through which we connect with the energy field and the divine spirit. As such, it is imperative that we keep it in peak operating condition.

        With food, there is a popular misconception today that nutrition is the sole means of achieving optimal health and happiness. Food is critically important, but it is only one variable among many. Proper nutrition can be reduced to a few simple principles, and it’s been the same for eons. Let’s begin with: everything in moderation, and the importance of a balanced diet. Cover all the major food groups. Do your best to eat natural, non-processed food, without chemical preservatives or pesticides. Eat slowly, and chew your food thoroughly. Good, clean water is a must. And pay attention to your body! Eat when you’re hungry. Stop when you’re full. And enjoy it!

        #5 – Body Awareness – Movement (Exercise)

        Moderate, non-stressful, non-extreme exercise is optimal for fine-tuning our body. Stretching and relaxing all of the muscles in our body everyday is essential, particularly as a means of getting our energy flowing. I am a big fan of yoga and martial arts, like Tai Chi, because they focus on our totality – body, mind and spirit. Getting your heart rate up moderately every day for at least 20-minutes is also a must. This can be accomplished with a brisk walk or fast dancing. Again, body awareness, which means paying attention to our body, should be a regular part of all our physical actions. When you are doing errands or chores, or simply walking, do it briskly, with the proper attitude and body mechanics, swinging your arms, bending your knees, and with an erect posture.

        #6 – Spending Time & Connecting With Nature

       All of the answers to every metaphysical question can be found in nature, which surrounds us always, and of which we are an integral part. It’s right outside the window, even if you live in a city. The divine spirit can always be seen at work, in the seasons, in how the majestic oak tree grows from the tiny acorn, in the miracle of how our DNA instructs the cells of our body what to build. Connecting with nature is one of the best ways to connect with the divine spirit.

       #7 – Inspirational Music & Literature

       Spend time every day listening to inspirational music, or reading inspirational literature, or both. Connecting with the divine spirit means getting our energy vibrating at the proper frequency. Music is a great way of retuning our vibration, and reading a great way of reprogramming our thoughts. If you don’t have any of this type of music or literature, set out to discover it. There are few better uses of your time. Go to the New Age or classical section of a music store, and start sampling the CD’s. Same with books. A good general rule when sampling: if it feels right, it is right.

        #8 – Do Something Different

        Make a point to do something different, every day. Life is a spectacular adventure, but not if we’re stuck in the mud of mundane habits, routine, and tedium. The path of personal growth and awareness is all about discovering your true self and your true purpose in life. But you won’t find them if you don’t look. In Step #1 we talked about the vacuum we face when we begin to strip away our old self. The remedy for this is simple: explore, and do it like a child who is discovering the world for the first time. If what you find isn’t right for you, try something else. You will soon learn that the joy comes from the experience of the exploration, and living each moment to its absolute fullest.

        #9 – Service

        Service means doing your part to create the embodiment of the divine spirit here on Earth. Service is also a natural outgrowth of the path of awareness. Once you wake up, you will want to share what you’ve learned, and help others wake up. Once you’ve discovered your true self and your true purpose, you will discover that you are here in this world to serve the divine spirit, and to create truth, wisdom and beauty. This is our most sublime virtue: we are creators. And this can take a multitude of forms. The form you choose is up to you. Once enough of us have developed the higher powers of our consciousness and spirit, we will create a paradise on Earth.

        This coming Tuesday, May 9, ABC Television will be airing a new made for TV movie, Fatal Attack – Bird Flu Comes to America.  I have not seen this movie, and all I know about it is what I saw on the promos during the NBA playoffs last weekend.  But on the basis of that, I can safely say that never has network television sunk to such sleazy, reprehensible and wicked depths.  It’s abundantly clear what kind of a picture is going to be painted here.  It’s the same catastrophizing and fear mongering, without any regard for the facts, which we see in the headlines of the mainstream news on a regular basis.  The promos even made the claim that this movie was “ahead of the headlines,” or words to that affect, virtually bragging about foretelling what’s in store for the poor American people.  Other things that jumped out and grabbed you were a reference to 20-million people dying, a shortage of vaccine, the fact that there was nothing that could be done to stop it, and one of the characters saying, “We’re all going to die.”

        Never has the blurring of the lines between truth and fiction been more glaringly obvious.  Never has the pure propaganda motive of a TV drama and the attempt to brainwash the American people more transparent.  People are waking up in droves to the fact the mainstream media and the government are owned and controlled by the international power brokers who rule the world, including the international banking establishment, the multi-national corporations, and very importantly, the international pharmaceutical industry.  And here it is being played out in broad daylight, right before our eyes: the mainstream media being used to promote the agenda of these power brokers. 

        It is the use of the formula called “problem-reaction-solution,” which they have used to control humanity for thousands of years.  Problem-reaction-solution, a phrase coined by author David Icke, is the creation of a horrendous problem, which “the people” feel helpless to do anything about, and to which their reaction is: “Something must be done.”  And then the power brokers step forward with the solution, which is always the same: more power and control in the hands of the puppet governments that serve them, at the expense of the liberty of the people.  It is the manipulation of catastrophic circumstances, for the purpose of creating the very reality that they seek.  And their goal: a totalitarian world government, for which they pull the strings.   

        Never mind the fact that the science behind bird flu rests on very shaky ground.  That’s not even the point.  Even if the bird flu hypothesis was 100% scientifically valid, and the spreading of it to America and the rest of the world a done deal, this movie would still be exploitive and cruel.  But if that were the case, this movie wouldn’t be necessary, would it?  If a pandemic was truly coming, what possible purpose would it serve to whoop up a lot of fear and panic?  None whatsoever.  It is even the height of irresponsibility.  This would need to be a time of calmness and prudence.  Certainly the proponents of this movie would maintain that it is educational, but that too is pitifully transparent.  And if we’ve sunk to the point where the American people get their information from primetime network dramas, then we are in serious trouble.  And then there are the political slants, such as the promoting of the obvious vested interest of the pharmaceutical industry to produce vast quantities of vaccine.  And I have no way of knowing, but I’d be willing to bet the farm that the various big pharmaceutical companies are the primary sponsors of this movie.  Wanna bet?  Talk about sleaze.  Scare people half to death, so you can sell them drugs.     

        It is not my purpose here to analyze the science of bird flu.  There is a mountain of credible scientific evidence that this entire hypothesis is loaded with errors, if not a complete hoax.  To learn more, I refer you to three articles written by investigative reporter Jon Rappoport,  or to the work of Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, and many others, which is compiled on the excellent website devoted to this single issue, www.panhealth.org.  Let it suffice to say that up to now there have been only about 100 reported cases of so-called bird flu in humans world-wide, and in all of these cases, the actual testing done to find the correlation between the symptoms and this virus was very questionable, if not totally non-existent.  Like with 9/11 and so many other things, it all boils down to the fact that they simply tell us it is so, and on that basis alone, we are expected to believe it, which brings us back full circle to the real purpose behind this insidious ABC movie.  If it’s on TV, it must be true.  

        It’s all about brainwashing.  It’s all about mind control.  It’s all about conditioning the people of America and the world to believe they are not in control of their own destiny, and that they are the helpless victims of catastrophic, doomsday forces.  It’s all about problem-reaction-solution, and convincing an increasingly dependent populace that they need to be taken care of, and they need these big brother, totalitarian controls to survive.  And let’s not forget the drip, drip element to all this, in which this mind control gathers steam over time. If not bird flu this time, then something else next time, and the stage is being set.  Those who are puppets to these kinds of external influences are quick to forget, and jump ahead to the next thing that is fed to them, the next catastrophe that’s on the screen or in the headlines.  Bird flu is eerily reminiscent of the AIDS scare in the 80’s, and the pandemic of death that we were told was inevitable, and which has been all but forgotten because it didn’t happen.  And then there was Swine Flu in the 70’s, and after AIDS, there was West Nile and then SARS, and it goes on and on.  It is the feelings of fear and powerlessness that matter.  This is what endures. 

        This movie is a blatant slap in the face to the people of America, who are being treated like they are too ignorant, and too asleep at the wheel to see the truth, and to know the difference between truth and fiction, even it is dangled right in front of them.  It appears as though the movers and shakers of the global totalitarian agenda are getting very cocky, and with good reason.  The track record of the American people, as far as allowing themselves to be duped in this manner, is pitiful.   

        I continue to fervently believe that enough people in America and the world are waking up to how this game is played to actually change the game, and create a better world.  The area of health care is ahead of most of the others in this regard, as it has become painfully obvious that established medicine, under the spell of the pharmaceutical industry, just isn’t working.  And waking up to how we have been deceived and manipulated into giving up our freedom and our power is the first step in reclaiming that freedom and power. 

        I also continue to hope that the power brokers and the manipulators might misjudge the power of the forces they are up against, and misplay their hand.  Perhaps they’ve done that here, and that is another reason why I’m making such a big stink out of this.  People are waking up to a lot of the other baloney we’re being fed by the government and the mainstream media.  If you lump it all together, hopefully there’s an element of “critical mass” to all this.  If enough people can look at this shameful act of brainwashing straight on, and see through the lies and manipulation, and see through the game, perhaps it could help to tip the scales.  And once the dominoes start falling in the other direction, it will be a glorious thing to behold, and a wonderful thing to be a part of.  The power to change the world is within our grasp.  We simply need to take hold of it.   

        These are monumental, even apocalyptic, times in which we live. We are in the midst of a confluence of events and forces that make this a truly unique age, with the potential for unprecedented transformation. Some of this is man-made, and some not, such as The Great Shift of the Ages, an exceedingly rare geophysical and astrophysical age that the Earth is entering. This was prophesized thousands of years ago by cultures spanning the globe, possibly making this a once in a millennia opportunity to change from an old and collapsing paradigm to a new one, where life on this planet will be totally different. Others see all this as far more ominous, believing that the end of the world is upon us, and that these are the end-times that were prophesized in the Bible.

        There is a strong element of truth, as well as much hysteria and fear mongering in all this. Obviously, this is a colossal topic that can be a very confusing, overwhelming and distressing. And as you will soon see, there is not one clear-cut direction to this. As is usually the case, it all depends on us. There is also no making sense of any of this unless we look at the big picture, and look at it through the lens of our higher consciousness and spirituality. If we are going to survive these turbulent times, this is where we will derive the courage, power and creativity to rebuild the world. Nothing else will work. The choice is ours.

        On a purely mundane level, probably the most significant and ominous force in our world today is the emerging fascist world government, or New World Order, that is taking shape around us at an alarming pace. Understanding how this works also allows us to take a huge step in making sense out of our apparently nonsensical world. It all makes perfect sense. It is just made to appear as though it doesn’t – by design.

        As shocking and infuriating as it is to realize at first, for thousands of years, since the beginning of “official” history, the people of the world have been kept completely in the dark about how the world really works. This has been perpetrated by the global elite, a small group of individuals and families, who operate entirely behind the scenes, and who rule the world by virtue of owning everything, most significantly the banks, the multi-national corporations, the major media outlets, and the governments of all the major nations.

        On the basis of this tremendous power, they orchestrate world events, such as wars and financial collapses. Keeping the world in a state of continuous chaos is their means of maintaining their power. In this scenario, the people of the world are deceived and manipulated into giving up their freedom and their power to the elite, so that the elite can resolve all this horrendous chaos, which they’ve created in the first place. Not a pretty picture, but we must go where the truth leads us. Our awareness of the truth is an essential first step in setting us free.

        As we discuss the events and forces in the man-made arena that could blow up in our face at any minute, keep in mind that the elite always enhance their power from calamity. They can step into the fray, and offer the solution for helpless and dependent humanity, and the solution is always the same: more power in the hands of their puppet central governments at the expense of the liberty of the people.

        The list of potentially explosive factors is vast. At the top is the perilous state of the world economy, which is a colossal speculative bubble, blown up on the foundation of fiat paper money, and mountains of unpayable debt, both public and private. This could pop at any moment. The US government, including the village-idiot President, the Congress, and both parties, is also currently under the control of a criminal cabal that appears intent upon pushing all the buttons of world war, and fanning the flames of a clash between Christian and Muslim civilizations that is reminiscent of the Crusades of the Middle Ages.

        There are also crises in health and ecology, which demonstrate how hideously humanity has been knocked off its natural course. The rates of cancer, heart disease, mental illness and drug addiction, just to mention a few, are epidemic in scope. And the causes can all be traced to the same thing. Humanity has lost its connection with life’s vital energy, and with the rhythm and flow of life, of which it is a fundamental part. Precisely the same thing is true in ecology. If humanity doesn’t learn to live in harmony with nature again, as opposed to exploiting it, the whole ecosystem will collapse.

        However, these forces in the man-made arena are pip-squeaks compared to The Great Shift of the Ages the Earth is entering. There is credible scientific evidence that there is a confluence of forces here that occurs on the order of every 13,000 years, if not longer. This includes the shifting of the north and south magnetic poles, the change in direction of the Earth’s rotation, the dramatic increase in the Earth’s resonant frequency, and much more. Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians, the Essenes, the Mayans, the Hopis, and others, predicted these monumental changes. The Mayan calendar actually ends on December 12, 2012 (12/12/12), and this was considered a turnover point from one age to another. The Earth is already experiencing many minor symptoms of this in the form of extreme weather, earthquake and volcanic activity and tsunamis.

        With all of these things coming to a head, it’s not unreasonable to say that we could be in for a very bumpy ride in the not so distant future. However, let’s step back even farther, and get as clear a vision as possible of the big picture that’s right in front of us. In so doing, we will also gain insight into how we can persevere in the challenging times ahead.

        As we probe the truth about the global elite and their manipulation of humanity, fundamental questions of good and evil rise quickly to the surface. What they are doing is unquestionably evil. But what’s the nature of this evil, and what is its purpose? If we continue to probe, our investigation leads us down an apparently bottomless rabbit hole, where most of our traditional notions of reality fall apart. Please don’t be dismayed by this, as it is these illusions that keep us enslaved. Once we are freed from them, we become powerful beyond measure.

        One of these illusions is that we are alone in this world. We’re not. The Hopi Prophesies, as passed along from his elders by Robert Ghost Wolf, refer to “not so benevolent star beings,” who have manipulated the rotation of the Earth, and don Juan Matus, the Yaqui Indian sorcerer in the writings of Carlos Castaneda, tells of “a predator that came from the depths of the cosmos,” and “gave us their mind.” These are just two of countless of these types of references in ancient, sacred texts spanning the globe, including the “Watchers” from the Bible. And even the most cursory analysis of the thousands of incredible structures spanning the globe, such as the pyramids in Egypt, the ruins at Machu Picchu in Peru, and Stonehenge in Great Britain, clearly indicate that advanced civilizations, possibly built by beings from other worlds, existed on this planet far before the hoax that passes as “official” history.

        Another of these illusions is that the material world we perceive with our five-senses is the only world there is. It’s not. Quantum physics has proven that beyond the scope of our five-senses, there is an unseen world of pulsating energy, governed by a cosmic intelligence, where everything is connected to everything else. This is but one of numerous dimensions that we cannot perceive, but which doubtless exist. It is in these realms where we must fight the battle against the forces of evil to create the new paradigm.

        Our primary weapons in this challenge are our higher consciousness and our spirituality. Higher consciousness is a function of connecting with the divine spirit, which means connecting with life’s vital energy and with the intelligence of a living universe. We make this connection with the totality of ourselves – mind, body and spirit. Once we make this connection, we become capable of performing unimaginable feats in our lives, and manifesting true magic.

        These tools of the new paradigm are infinitely more potent than those of the old – guns, bombs and confrontation. Ultimately, they will give us the power to slay Goliath. This is a game that will be played by an entirely different set of rules, and with outcomes that we cannot currently predict or foresee. Perhaps some of the man-made chaos discussed earlier is necessary to move these forces along. There is only one thing we can say for certain: it’s up to us. As Robert Ghost Wolf says in relation to The Shift, “The ones who remember the original teachings, and have reconnected their hearts and spirit, will appear as if untouched by what is occurring. They will survive to build the new world.”

        Alternative thinkers today live in separate worlds. They squabble over countless issues, deflecting them from what’s really important, and often ignore each other completely. Worse yet, they shoot themselves in foot by their unwillingness to put aside their differences, and work together to defeat a common enemy that is perched to reduce them both to dust, and has the power to do so. This enemy is the emerging fascist world government, or New World Order, that is taking shape around us at a frightening pace, and transforming the people of the world into a herd of mindless sheep.

        By alternative thinker, I am referring to those people, who believe that the mainstream corporate and political system in the modern world is decadent, and unless drastic changes are made, will soon collapse. They have philosophies, strategies, and life-styles that are alternatives to the norms of this system, and they are driven by their desire to change this system, and to create a different and better world. And there’s not much time.

        I am going to call these two factions of the alternative thinking world individualism and wholism (the “w is added to denote whole). I am uniquely qualified here because I live comfortably in both these worlds, though I differ with each on various issues. And I am one of the rare few. I have studied them both for decades, and my work, as a personal growth teacher and writer, incorporates them.

        The individualists are on the right side of the political spectrum. They consist of Libertarians, Christian Patriots, and those who believe in a limited government, which strictly adheres to the Constitution, and free market economics. The individualists also tend to see the entire system as corrupt, and in need of an overhaul, not just certain elements of it, such as the Republicans or Democrats. As far as The New World Order is concerned, the individualists tend to get it.

        The wholists, on the left side of the spectrum, are a bit more apolitical and amorphous, and therefore more difficult to label. In general, they believe in environmentalism, wholistic health, and spirituality, of the non-denominational or universal type. Wholists loved the movies “Fahrenheit 9/11″ and “What the #$*! Do We Know!?” (dealing with Quantum Physics and higher consciousness). They tend to see a conspiracy, but they believe it’s a right wing, Republican conspiracy. They thought John Kerry was a good guy, or at least clearly enough the lesser of two evils that he would really make a difference.

        If alternative thinkers intend to bring about meaningful change, these two worlds must unite. If we could succeed in this one thing, we do have the capability to generate enough critical mass to wake up enough people to make a dent in the existing system. In order to initiate this push, two fundamental things are necessary. The first is to act like grown-ups, not children, and learn to tolerate our differences, so we can coexist and work together.

        Tolerance also means respecting the right of everybody to believe in whatever form of religion or spirituality or atheism they choose. It’s OK to discuss our metaphysical differences, but we must remember that ultimately this is a personal matter, and should be left on the side. We must agree that the world we want to create is one of religious and spiritual diversity.

        The second is to recognize the one titanic thing we do have in common: the enemy. Defeating The New World Order must be our central rallying point. If the New World Order reaches its goal, which is complete ownership and control of the planet Earth and all its people, alternative thinkers will be the first to go.

        But much more importantly, individualists and wholists must come to understand that their positions are not inherently contradictory or exclusive of each other. They do tend to create this impression by the stereotypes they fling back and forth, and the names they call each other. You hear the Libertarians deride the environmentalists as a bunch of weirdo tree-huggers, who are more concerned about an endangered species of mice than they are about human progress, and the environmentalists think the Libertarians are a bunch of angry guys, without souls, who hate nature, and who wear fur coats just to tick them off. Neither is correct, and they both need to stop doing this, or they’ll get a spanking.

        Actually, by clearing up some basic misunderstandings, and with a little tweaking here and there, individualists and wholists can fit quite nicely together, and become complementary pieces in a much bigger picture. In fact, if alternative thinkers are to make a difference, individualism and wholism must be synthesized. They are both essential ingredients to changing the world. The ultimate lesson is that they can’t live without each other. There’s absolutely nothing preventing a Libertarian or a Christian Patriot from being an environmentalist, and it’s totally reasonable for an environmentalist to believe in limited government and free market solutions to the environmental crisis.

        So, who or what exactly is this common enemy: The New World Order? I am only going to give a sketch of this here. However, there are mountains of evidence to support what you’re about to hear. A few of my favorites are the work of G. Edward Griffin, Jon Rappoport, Alex Jones and David Icke (though David does tend to blow some fuses). If you want specific references, send me an email.

        Here goes: The world is owned and controlled by a small group of people who operate entirely behind the scenes. I will call them The Global Elite. There is a wide range of disagreement about who they actually are, but we can safely say that they consist of interlocking genetic bloodlines, and they see themselves as divinely ordained to rule the planet Earth, and to decide what’s best for the human race. Earlier in history, they operated more overtly through the monarchies and royal families, and through mainstream religious institutions, such as the Vatican. More recently, they coordinate their agenda, and wield their power through a vast network of secret societies. In the modern world, some of these pose as public policy think tanks, such the Council on Foreign Relations in the U.S., the Bilderberg Group in Europe, and many others.

        The Global Elite own everything, most importantly the major international banking institutions and the huge multi-national corporations, including all the major media outlets. This also gives them total control of all the governments of the major nations. And in the U.S., this includes both major political parties, including the Liberal Democrats and John Kerry. The Global Elite is able to totally control the information the world is exposed to through their control of the media and the educational systems. They use this to manipulate the minds of the people of the world by fabricating history, and creating a vast world of illusion that covers all this up.

        The ultimate goal of the Global Elite is The New World Order. The New World Order will consist of one central world government, one global army, one global currency, and the all the people of the world will be micro-chipped, or linked by some kind of I.D. to a global central computer.

        Sound like anything that’s dangerously close to happening? With stakes as high as these, individualists and wholists must learn to get along. And the first step is to take off our blinders, and get to know each other a little better.

        The term individualism is derived from the primary and most fundamental issue of politics, and that is individualism versus collectivism. All other matters of politics are subordinate to this, and they are mutually exclusive. You can’t be a little of each. This issue, of course, has been around forever, but the philosopher Ayn Rand was the first contemporary thinker, to my knowledge, to bring it to the forefront, and more recently, writer G. Edward Griffin has elucidated upon it with great effectiveness.

        In a system of politics, individualism means that the primary responsibility of government is protecting the rights of the individual, as was so clearly and eloquently spelled out in the Declaration of Independence: the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And the authority of the government is derived from free and empowered individuals. It is a system that works from the bottom up, as opposed to the top down in a collectivist system, where authority is derived from the collective or the group. The reason there was no real choice between Bush and Kerry is because they are both collectivists. A system of government that was based on individualism was the intention of the Founding Fathers when they wrote the U.S. Constitution.

        The fundamental rule of law in a system of individualism is that people are free to do whatever they want, as long as they don’t harm others, or interfere with the rights of others to this same freedom. Individualism means limited government and free market economics. It works on the assumption that history has repeatedly proven that government is inherently parasitic, and is the single greatest threat to freedom. We can more effectively solve problems, and the world would work far better and more humanely if individuals were in charge, rather than governments.

        Wholism is a very broad term that pertains to virtually every aspect of life. It deals with the operation of whole systems, and this includes philosophical, practical, and organic systems. The principle of wholism can be seen throughout the natural world, and the very existence of organic life depends upon it. Wholism, in any system, focuses on the functioning of the whole system, rather than its individual parts. Wholism is also dynamic in character, and deals with the interdependence and the process of interaction between the parts of a system, rather than those parts in isolation. A properly working wholistic system, then, is a dynamic process, in which the individual parts are interconnected and working in harmony.

        Wholistic health is an excellent illustration of this. Wholistic health views people as whole systems, consisting of mind, body and spirit, in relationship to their total environment. Optimal health is a function of these parts of the human system being connected, and working in harmony. A primary source of the failures of contemporary medicine is the way it separates human beings into a multitude of different parts, and treats these parts in isolation.

        The wholistic view of human life, and all organic life for that matter, is inherently ecological. This means that human beings cannot be isolated, and separated from their environment. Our environment, the Earth, is also a whole organic system, and we are an integral part of this system, along with its other parts, the air, the water, the soil, and the other forms of plant and animal life. All these parts are interdependent, and must work in harmony, or the whole system will collapse. Similarly, the Earth is also part of larger organic systems, the solar system and the universe. Life on Earth, for example, is totally dependent upon the electromagnetic radiation for the Sun.

        Now that we know what we’re talking about, here’s a critically important question. What’s the most important issue facing both individualists and wholists today? Is it The New World Order? Or, is it any of the other hot button issues that divide us, such as environmentalism or abortion? Without minimizing the significance of the later two, this is a no brainer, is it not?

        Once individualists and wholists get their priorities straight, and get to know each other a little better, they will not only see that they are not as far apart as they thought, but they will also see that there is a lot they can learn from each other. As so often happens in good marriages, each might see in the other a part that’s missing in them. Like the yin and the yang of ancient Chinese philosophy, they can learn that they are each complementary and necessary pieces of the whole system.

        Why then do individualists and wholists not get along? We’ve already covered one of the main reasons: intolerance. But this is not the kind of intolerance where people are burned at the stake. It’s a form of intolerance where we shut down our minds, and cling to our belief systems in a way that closes us off to new possibilities. And when we do this, an important part of us dies. It’s as though we are afraid that letting in anything new and different that might shatter the tidy little world we have constructed around ourselves. A great example of this is the resistance people invariably have to radically new ideas, such as the world being round and not flat. What’s everybody so afraid of anyway? Change is good. Let’s revel in it.

        The individualist and wholistic movements at the present time also have internal flaws that make them easier for each other to dislike.

        Let’s begin with environmentalism. The environmental movement has become so huge and heterogeneous that it’s no longer accurate to lump it under this one label. Calling somebody an environmentalist is like calling somebody a Christian. It has no meaning. It’s also not fair to discredit the entire movement on the basis of the crazy behavior of certain extremists, or the inept polices of bungling government bureaucracies that have jumped on this bandwagon.

        It is also an irrefutable fact that the environmental movement has been infiltrated and contaminated by the enemy. Many individuals and groups that promote environmental causes are puppets of the Global Elite, whether they are aware of it or not, and the environmental crisis is used as a tool to increase the scope and power of government and international agencies. Hence, the motives and judgment of many environmental do-gooders is seriously called into question. It’s a vicious cycle, in which the Elite can both create the problem, and then grab more power by providing the so-called solution, at the cost of our liberty. The United Nations, a New World Order front, is the most obvious example of this, with its many environmental committees and agencies.

        I could go on and on, but what’s most important is that we must be very careful when we examine environmentalism, and we must not be blinded to the fact that there is a very real environmental crisis. Nor should it blur the fundamental message of wholism: that in order to be healthy and survive, humanity must learn to live in harmony with the environment.

        Politically speaking, wholists also suffer from a bad case of naivety. In most cases, this is simply due to fact they have not been properly educated about the truth, which, after all, is quite ingeniously hidden. You’re not going to hear any of this on the nightly news.

        But wholists make two monumental political blunders. Philosophically, they tend to be collectivists, falling back upon big government models as the best solutions to our problems. And practically, they still place a lot of trust in the mainstream political system, specifically the Liberal Democrats in the U.S. Politics is an area where the wholists could learn a great deal from the individualists, who understand that government is the problem, and that we can no longer trust the mainstream corporate and political system to solve our problems for us. We must do it ourselves.

        On the other hand, the individualists also have some major internal problems. One of the biggest is the split between the Christians and non-Christians. These are the Christian Patriots on the one hand, and the materialist Libertarians, in the Objectivist mold of Ayn Rand on the other. Of course, there are exceptions to these categories, but they serve to illustrate the point. These two groups agree about much more than they disagree, but they do butt heads very intensely on a few primary philosophical and theological (Biblical) issues, and they are both real sticklers on these things. Practically speaking, there is one huge and extremely divisive issue, and that is abortion.

        These disagreements are fine and healthy, as long as they don’t create the “my way, or the highway” attitude so characteristic of both. To put it bluntly, Christian Patriots and materialist Libertarians tend to be real blockheads when it comes to respecting different points of view, and the willingness to work with them. And the solution is equally simple: get past it. They must keep reminding themselves that when the New World Order arrives, they will be among the first to go.

        The discoveries in Quantum Physics over the last century have also put the materialist philosophy of so many of the individualists in an entirely new light. Perhaps the Christian Patriots could learn some things here too. When Einstein and the Quantum physicists who followed him delved into the world of subatomic matter, they discovered a world that totally changed the materialist view of reality. Their discoveries proved that the material world we perceive with our five senses is only a tiny part of a much bigger unseen world. This new world was a dynamic web of vibrating energy that didn’t follow any of the classical Newtonian laws of cause and effect, and in which human consciousness played an integral part. And here, individualists can learn a thing or two from the wholists, as this is the essence of their worldview.

        In conclusion, we’ve got our work cut out for us. But we should not be daunted by the apparently monumental nature of this struggle. Yes, this is a revolution we’re talking about. But it’s not a revolution where we’re going to blow up buildings, or kill anyone. It’s a revolution within the hearts and minds of each of us. The solution is ultimately a very simple one. It consists of waking up to the truth about our world, and then doing our utmost to wake others up. When enough of us arise from this slumber, we will reach a critical mass, and then there’s nothing the Global Elite will be able to do to stop us. Creating a healthy and diverse world of free and empowered individuals is another idea around which individualists and wholists alike can unite. The truth is our most powerful weapon in this struggle, and the truth shall set us free. And this too is something we can, and must agree upon.

     Established medicine is not working, and the philosophical basis upon which it rests is fundamentally flawed. The current rates of cancer, heart disease, depression, and alcohol and drug addiction alone are sufficient testimony that we live in an age of epidemic physical, mental and emotional sickness. However, a new paradigm is emerging in health and healing that is rocking the world of established medicine. It is built upon a revolutionary philosophy with the power to not only transform our physical health, but to transform every other aspect of our troubled world as well.

        Established medicine doesn’t have a clue what causes the diseases of modern life, or how to cure them. As with any system, the explanation for this can be found in the philosophy upon which this system is built. The philosophy of established medicine is based upon two fundamental concepts. One is biological or biochemical determinism and the other is the mind/body dichotomy.

        The deterministic model views human beings as machines that are governed by biological or biochemical forces. The most predominant biological force, in this model, is genetics. In other words, we’re just born that way. Examples of biochemical forces are external agents that are passed from one person to another, such as viruses, germs and bacteria. In this deterministic model, people are seen as helpless victims of these forces, and play no real part in their own health and healing. The only possible treatments are pharmaceutical medication or surgery. In other words, just wind them up; put in the right fuel, and away the machine goes.

        Closely related to this is the mind/body dichotomy, which separates people into two distinct parts, and treats these parts independently of each other. One is the body, consisting of our physiological part, and the other is the mind, consisting of our psychological or spiritual part, thoughts, feelings, beliefs and spirit. Specialization then compounds this split by dissecting the body into a myriad of other parts and pieces, and treating them independently. Pretty soon nothing makes sense because you’re no longer dealing with whole people, just parts of them.

        These deterministic views of people are consistent with the two cornerstones of philosophy for all of Western Civilization for the last several hundred years. These are Classical Newtonian Physics and Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Newtonian Physics is materialistic. It views the universe as a huge machine, consisting of separate units of matter, like billiard balls, which behave according to strict laws of cause and effect. The Darwinian view of the world also sees human beings and all life forms as subject to fixed biological laws.

        When Albert Einstein and the Quantum physicists who succeeded him came along at the beginning of the 20th Century, their discoveries completely turned the materialistic and deterministic views of the world upside down, so much so that we still haven’t adjusted. They discovered that the material world we perceive with our five senses is only one tiny aspect of a much bigger picture. If anything, it was nothing more than a convenient description of the real world that we use to facilitate living our everyday lives.

        When they delved into the subatomic world, they discovered that matter didn’t even exist as separate material entities, as we perceive, but rather as traces or bundles of energy, which are in a state of continuous vibration and lightening fast movement. This was a world that did not obey the laws of cause of effect. This new world was a dynamic web of energy that could only be studied and understood in terms of relationships and patterns. Every aspect of it was connected to every other. They also discovered that they, the observers, played a primary part in the creation of this world, as the behavior of these energy traces varied according to how they observed it.

        They were also in complete agreement that this new world appeared to be governed by an unseen intelligence of some kind. It could not possibly be the result of random chance. The closer they looked, the more it appeared to be the work of some great cosmic mind. In the famous words of physicist, Sir James Jeans, “The world begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.”

        At first glance, this may appear to be a purely subjective or spiritual perspective. In fact, it has a strong scientific basis. For example, DNA, the molecule that is the fundamental building block of all organic life, is highly intelligent. If it wasn’t, it wouldn’t know how to build the structures it does according specific blueprints or plans.

        This new view of the world is at the core of the paradigm shift that is currently rocking the world of established medicine, and the rest of the world as well. It is also precisely what mystics, sages and spiritual teachers from virtually every culture on Earth have been telling us for thousands of years. A truly unique feature of our times is the fact that the lines between science and spirituality are disappearing.

        The Quantum world gives us two basic concepts that apply most significantly to the new paradigm in health. The first is that the entire universe, or the Quantum field, consists of two basic things: energy and intelligence. The second is the concept of connection. And all this can be summed up in one sentence: The universe is a dynamic web of pulsating energy, governed by an unseen intelligence, where everything is connected to everything else. Human beings are a part of this grand design. We are far grander than biochemical machines. We are vibratory energy, governed by intelligence, with a connection to the Quantum energy field.

        Nature, over billions of years of evolution, has devised perfect blueprints for healthy, organic life forms, whether we’re talking about human beings, amoebas, or oak trees. The energy of healthy life forms vibrates at a certain frequency. We call this energy state vitality or the spark of life. Quantum health, then, means to resonate at this frequency.

        Virtually all the disease in the civilized world can be understood in terms of humanity, in its current wretched state, having lost this connection. One of the best ways to illustrate this is with wild animals, for which there is no cancer, heart disease or mental illness. A squirrel, for example, knows exactly what to do to be in a state of Quantum health, simply by following the blueprint of its instincts. This is the connection humans have lost. It is a connection with the rhythm and flow of life.

        Connection also means connecting the whole person – mind, body and spirit. Mind/body dichotomy must be replaced with mind/body unity. The mind, the body and the spirit are a functional unit, working in harmony. They are all essential parts of the whole person. When any of these parts are separated from the whole, none of them make sense anymore. The functioning of muscles, nerves, cells and hormones is connected to our thoughts, feelings, beliefs and spirit.

        The mind, simply defined, is our thoughts and beliefs, and there is a profound relationship between what goes on in our mind and the biochemistry of our body. Our beliefs have awesome power in creating our world, and this includes our physical body. A healthy belief system is one where we see ourselves as an empowered force in a magnificent and mysterious world. An unhealthy belief system is one where we see ourselves as powerless – helpless victims of forces beyond our control. Placebos, where a person’s belief in a certain biochemical outcome is the primary factor in creating that outcome, are an irrefutable example of the power of beliefs in creating our reality.

        Our attitude or our feelings are another essential aspect of our whole person, and again are closely linked to the biochemistry of our body. Here, the key to Quantum health is experiencing life with feelings of peacefulness, joy, acceptance and trust. In spite of what established medicine would like us to think, we do have the capability to control our feelings. If we don’t know how to do this, we can learn. The simple act of relaxation illustrates this beautifully. Relaxation has a direct effect upon on the critically important family of hormones secreted by our adrenal system. Healthy levels of these adrenal hormones have a powerful effect upon the strength of our immune system, and the overall health of our bodies. If we don’t know how to relax, we can learn from techniques such as meditation and yoga.

        Human beings are far grander than biochemical machines. And the cause of disease isn’t the fuel that runs the machine. The problem always comes back to the same thing: us. We all have the capability to create Quantum health by reconnecting with the rhythm and flow of life. Our primary tool to do this is our totality as whole people – mind, body and spirit – thoughts, feelings and actions. And if this needs to be fixed, we must take the responsibility to learn how