グラハム ハンコック - スーパーナチュラル

  

The story of stuff has been posted up here before, but now it is here with Japanese subtitles  

A fisherman was lying in the sun on a beach, dozing. He had finished his fishing for the day' he had his lunch, and now it was time for his rest.

A businessman noticed him lying down lazily, and asked, "why are you not at work today?"

"I have finished my work. I went out in my little boat this morning, caught some fish, sold some, cooked and ate some; now it is time to rest, time for my siesta," said the fisherman.

"But you could catch some more fish, couldn't you?" asked the businessman.

"Why should I do that?" asked the fisherman in surprise.

"Then you could have more money, buy a bigger boat with an engine which would carry much larger nets and catch even more fish" replied the businessman.

"Why?" asked the fisherman.

"Well, then you can have a fleet of boats, set up a company, and when it's successful, you can sell it and make lots of money," said the businessman.

"Then what?" The fisherman was at a loss.

"Then you can retire and lie on a beach without any worries, forever," insisted the businessman.

"But I am already doing exactly that now. I am having my siesta. I have no worries about the future. I am happy, very happy. I have enough, and enough is enough for me. I am blessed with the sea and the sunshine and plenty of time to enjoy life. Why would I go to all that trouble?"

The businessman, at first speechless, soon went away smiling.  

From Satish Kumar's book, Spiritual Compass

The Three Qualities.
Sattvic is buoyant and shining
Rajasic is stimulating and moving
Tamasic is heavy and dominating

The concept of the 3 qualities was developed as part of the philosophy and practice of Ayurveda, the traditional Indian health system dating back nearly 5,000 years. Ayurveda is a way of cultivating and maintaining our personal and social health as well as the health of the planet, and is still widely practiced in India.

In Ayurveda, physical well being is dependent on two interconnected aspects: on the one hand, a healthy mind is the prerequisite of a healthy body, and on the other, without a healthy society and a healthy environment, personal health will remain a distant dream.

All objects, all thoughts, all actions and all relationships have one or the other of these three qualities or tendencies.

Time, too, can be understood in terms of these three qualities. Living in the here and now, acting spontaneously and unselfconsciously, responding to a situation as it is and seeing the present moment as a beautiful moment is sattvic. In sattvic time there is no judgement, no gloss, no interpretation, for these belong either to the past or to the future; they are part of reflecting on what has already happened or planning what is to come. Living in the present moment, being satisfied with what is now, and feeling a sense of gratitude for all the gifts of the moment, is sattvic.

Part 2 tomorrow  

  

McKenna proposed that after the physical evolution to modern humans took place, it was the psilocybic mushrooms that helped gave us the cultural evolution of art, language and spirituality, while at the same time suppressing the urge towards male dominated hierarchies.

In today's cultural climate we live very much in the male dominated hierarchy system, much like the primates from which we evolved - meaning that the meanest guys with the sharpest teeth rise to control the actions of everyone underneath them. Those at the top of this system obviously wish to keep it going, as it always most benefits those who run it.



We are brought up and educated in a mandatory and imposed system to value empty materialism, consumerism, celebrity, conformity, submission to authority and hierarchy, patriotism, fitting in as a cog in the system, hedonism, "entertainment", television, the illusory system of democracy, and an overall feeling of the divine right to own that which should not be owned.



We are hypnotized into believing that this capitalist, consumerist system, run by corrupt, power thirsty individuals that feed us on fear is the only way, and to imagine another system of civilization is empty idealism.

Psychedelics like psilocybic mushrooms are the single most powerful antidote to all of this. Nothing I know of can show you more adeptly, more quickly, and more clearly that being a part of that system is not a way to live your life. Psychedelics decondition you to stop valuing materialism, consumerism, and authority, and this is why they are illegal. Psychedelics are generally not dangerous to your health, they are a threat only to those who wish to narrow your mind and dampen your potential.

Now as we become further engulfed in the greatest problems our planet has ever faced, we will be shown in greater clarity that the current system we employ does not work, and only can only drag us along on the march towards the abyss.

Could it be that just as psychedelics caused the last great evolution in the human race - from evolved monkey to cultured man - they might just do so again?



If only the people we employ to protect us wouldn't tell us what we can and what we can't put in our own bodies...  

The Story of Stuff. This is an excellent short documentary, only 20 minutes long, highly recommended. Enjoy!

  

German Family Melander
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07


United States : The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98


Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25


Italy : The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11


Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09


Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27


Egypt : The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53


Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55


Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03


Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
  

Japan is full of customs and traditions very different from those we have in the west. One of the most important ones that I have found is that of showing respect to your food before eating.

Before anyone eats anything in Japan, they always say "Itadakimasu!". It means something like "I recieve." Though I'm not sure how seriously it is taken or how much cognition really goes into it, it is a way of respecting your food, thanking it, and showing appreciation before it is consumed. In the west, the only people I know of who do this are Christians who say 'grace' by thanking god for their meal before eating.



As many of you know from the work of Emoto Masaru (Hidden messages in water), showing appreciation and gratitude to anything changes it's vibrational frequency. Think about how your energy (or vibration) changes when someone shows you love, and think how you feel when someone shows you hate. Also with food - eating high vibrational makes you feel better!

Think - when you eat a McDonalds burger (murdered animal; lived an unhappy life; raised in bad conditions; injected with hormones to make it grow faster etc), the food has a low vibration and makes you feel unhealthy and 'heavy'. Contrast that with the feeling you get from eating an organic salad from your own vegetable garden, and you see the difference between high and low vibration food.



So, next time you eat something, try and show some appreciation for the process that food has gone through, and to the food itself for the sacrifice it has made to sustain your life - and see how it makes you feel!  

  

In the West, organic food has become the fastest growing sector in all food retail, and has grown by 132% since 2002[1]. In almost every supermarket in the UK you can find an extensive organic section, with organic versions of most normal food products.

In Japan, I have discovered that organic food is incredibly difficult to find, and is extremely expensive when possible. I feel that some awareness needs to be spread about this, so I thought I would write this today.

The basic premise of organic food is that it is grown on a farm at least 12 miles from anywhere that pesticides and chemicals are being used, so as not to contaminate the food. This way the food you eat is just that, and does not contain poisons that are harmful to your body. Apart from the clear fact that most organic food tastes much better, most people prefer to eat food as nature has provided it, without the unnecessary additivies, anti-biotics, hormones and other poisons attached. For this reason, organic food is becoming increasingly popular and available in the west.

The whole idea of organic food being something special, limited, and more expensive seems a little ridiculous to me. Humans have eaten 'organic' food since they existed on this planet, and only within the last few years since awareness of the widespread use of chemicals and pesticides on our food gained ground was this label even been created. Now the food we call 'normal' is often genetically modified, and is absolutely plastered with extremely harmful chemicals that have NOT been a part of human diet until very recently. We await to see the potential long term side effects of consuming pesticides in such large quantities.

Including:


The film 'Future of food' nicely explains why the current non-organic food farming situation we are in is so perilious. Here is the first 10 minute introduction:


Here are 10 reasons why organic food is better for you and the planet:
https://www.spud.ca/teaser/10produce_reasons.cfm

A short article exposing the myths behind genetically modified foods:
http://www.vegsource.com/articles/gmo_feed_myth.htm

A nice organic food community site here:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/

Remember:
  

Carpe Diem - Seize the day

  

A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park while on safari. And people say animals can't think... crazy.

  

A short animated movie, a few minutes long.
http://www.themeatrix1.com/meatrix.swf  

This came to me through a couple of synchronous routes. Severn Suzuki speaking at the United Nations conference in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

  

Relationships are undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of life as a human being. We all crave companionship, and we visibly wither when that form of nourishment is absent in our lives.


But when we are alone, this yearning often carries us into undesirable relationships with people who are not right for us just because opportunity for companionship arises. I know many people - even close friends and family - who enter into long-term relationships with incompatible partners because of their desire for union, and because they don't like being alone. Which is fine, but the problem arises later when the only thing that keeps them together is fear of being alone.

Every relationship I've been through has been with a relatively incompatible partner, and yet every one of those relationships has been a positive, beneficial experience for me. Despite the tears, pain and scores of mistakes, I've come away from every relationship having learnt something important. But I'm glad they ended when they did.

But in the search for love and partnership, the question must be addressed - should one stay alone, waiting for the right person to come along, or should one enter into relationships with non-ideal partners and experience what they have to learn from them? If you choose the former, then you might let many potentially beautiful relationships pass you by. If you choose the latter, then the right person might slip you by because you're tied up in a relationship with someone who's not right for you.

Let me represent this dilemma in visual form - it's more clear:


Which is heavier?

Marcus Aurelius once said:
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."