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May 20th Solar Eclipse Alignments

May 20th Solar Eclipse Alignments Solar Annular Eclipse – 20th May 2012 Global Planetary Alignments with Sacred Sites http://www.heavenandearthastrology.blog ... ments.html Maximum Eclipse at 23:47 UT/GMT This Eclipse begins west of Hong Kong, then it passes north of Taiwan and over Tokyo and Mount Fuji. It arcs up just south of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska at Maximum Eclipse (at 23:47 Universal Time = 14:47 AHDT / local time), then makes landfall at the northernmost edge of the San Andreas Fault. It passes over Mount Shasta, then crosses Nevada, Utah and New Mexico, and ends just inside Texas. Path of May 20th Eclipse, with planetary alignments Annular Eclipse and Earth’s Energy Grids This is an Annular Eclipse, which means that the Moon is positioned further away from the Earth than at a Total Eclipse, so it does not completely obscure the Sun, but leaves a ring (annulus) of sunlight visible around the Moon’s dark disk. According to NASA’s Fred Espenak, “annular eclipses have a special charm all their own. During an annular eclipse, sunbeams turn into little rings of light. The best place to see this is on the sun-dappled ground beneath a leafy tree. Hundreds of circular shadows can be found there1.” It seems that Solar Eclipses have a profound effect on the Earth’s subtle energy grids and ley lines. All powerful events that occur on Earth leave energetic memory imprints in the Earth’s energy grids. These can become amplified and perpetuated by the energy flow through the grids, which is fed by the movements of the Sun, Moon and planets overhead. Powerful negative imprints, such as war, misuse of power or emotional trauma can block or damage the energy flow in a particular region of the planet, causing the energy to become distorted. Eclipses provides opportunities to release these negative energy imprints and enable new, positive patterns to become encoded into the Earth grids. Hamish Miller, the renowned UK dowser found that, as an Eclipse shadow passes overhead, the Earth’s subtle energy lines power down to almost nothing, becoming indiscernible to dowsing; then as the Sun’s light returns, the grids spring back into life. This is a bit like deleting an old computer programme, loading a new one, and then re-booting the system. Annular Eclipses have a very subtle effect on the energy grids, releasing, transforming and healing the etheric energy ‘blueprint’ that can enable new spiritual archetypes to emerge into collective consciousness. The Plumed Serpent & the Rainbow Serpent Author Robert Coon describes two major Earth energy lines, or Dragon lines, encircling the planet from east to west. These are the ‘Plumed Serpent’ or Great Male Dragon line, and the ‘Rainbow Serpent’ or Great Female Dragon line. They are like the two primary acupuncture ‘meridians’ of the global energy system, similar to the two main yang and yin acupuncture meridians in the human body – the Governor Vessel and the Conception Vessel. Everything else in the Earth’s energy grids is fed by these two vast circulating reservoirs of spiritual life-force energies. The path of the Annular Eclipse on 20th May will intersect the Plumed Serpent – Great Male Dragon line at two locations – Mount Fuji in Japan and Mount Shasta in California. Adak Island is the pivotal point, lying almost exactly midway between these two sacred mountains, and is the nearest land to the point of maximum eclipse. May 20th Eclipse intersecting the Plumed Serpent – Great Male Dragon line, at Mt. Fuji and Mt. Shasta Eclipses occur when the Sun and Moon are conjunct the Moon’s North or South Node. South Node eclipses can help us release outmoded patterns, attitudes and archetypes; North Node eclipses enable new patterns and archetypes be seeded within collective consciousness. Releasing the Past – Seeding the Future The eclipse on 20th May is a South Node eclipse, which will release the energetic ‘thought-forms’ and patriarchal archetypes of at least the last 5,125¼ years, and probably the last 25,626 years of the Galactic Great Year. The Eclipse will release negative imprints left from the mis-aligned expression of male power in the Pacific Ocean grids, and along the entire length of the Plumed Serpent – Great Male Dragon line, as it encircles the Earth. So, it will affect the consciousness of the whole planet. In the Pacific Ocean grids, the mis-aligned use of male power expressed itself in some of the most horrendous battles of WWII, particularly in such important energy points as Midway Island, which lies right at the very heart centre of the North Pacific grid; similarly at Iwo Jima and Hawaii itself, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The imbalances in the grid were deeply aggravated by the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And of course more recently, due to the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant. From 1946 to 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, a pivotal anchor point in the North Pacific Grid. The total yield of the 67 tests was the equivalent of more than 7,000 Hiroshima bombs! At the Aleutians themselves, in 1969 the United States detonated a one megaton nuclear weapon at Amchitka Island – the small band of protesters who sailed out there to try to prevent this were responsible for birthing the Greenpeace environmental movement. On a journey, with a small group of people, out to Akutan in the Aleutians in 2005, we became aware of profound levels of grief that were held within these grids. At first it appeared to be grief that resulted from human suffering, but we also had a startling experience of this grief being expressed by the Earth herself through one of the group members. Quite apart from the relatively recent abuses already mentioned, there is also the grief that has been generated by the imposition of patriarchal religious systems on indigenous peoples throughout the Pacific, who had a long tradition and profound understanding of the Earth as a sacred being. Now it is time for the final healing of that long-held grief within these most crucial of planetary energy grids, so that the planet can begin to truly emerge into the light, after the December 21st Solstice, 2012. As the eclipse releases these old patterns, held within the grids, it will bring the possibility for seeding a new expression of male power that is fully aligned with the heart and the spiritual will, and so enable collective healing at a personal and global level. This marks the beginning of a whole new paradigm of consciousness. The Pleiades – seeding the new consciousness The significance of this Eclipse is further enhanced by the exact conjunction of the Sun and Moon with the Pleiades. This well known cluster of stars, above Taurus, has held a significant position in world mythology throughout the Ages. To the Maya, the Pleiades represent the handful of maize seeds from which the original humans were born. These seeds are symbolically re-planted in the Earth at the beginning of each new ‘Sun’ cycle of 5,125¼ years. (Five Sun cycles complete one full precessional cycle of 25,626 years). While the old patriarchal patterns of the last 5125¼ years are being released by the Eclipse, hidden behind the eclipsing Sun, the Pleiades will be planting the seeds of the new consciousness that will begin to birth the new 5125¼ year cycle, that begins after 21st December 2012, as the Solstice Sun emerges from the centre of the Galactic Equator, which the Maya perceived as the ‘womb of Creation’. This Eclipse marks the ‘point of no return’ on our journey towards the December Solstice 2012. The more we are each able to release emotional attachments, thoughts and ideologies that hold us back from experiencing full conscious awareness of our connection with the Oneness of all Life, the smoother the transition will be for us. The May Eclipse brings a golden opportunity to create Right Relations in all aspects of our lives and stand fully in the power of who we truly are and what we truly believe.

The Most Dangerous Cell Phone Technology Ever! Avoid this at all costs!

This is the same technology TSA uses in their new airport scanners.  The best way to stop this technology is to bring this awareness to the public and for for consumers to wake up and refuse to walk through the deadly airport scanners.  Opt out and have the physical pat down.  If just 20 people an hour did this at every major airport, TSA would be overwhelmed and they would be forced to turn off the scanners.

I was amazed last time I passed through the US that I was only  one of three opt-outs in my first pass in Miami and the only opt-out in Tampa.  Each time I had to wait 5-10 minutes while they pulled a female officer off of a doughnut break so they could violate me physically.  I have to say that both of the TSA officers who did my pat down were extremely professional.  The first women understood why I was opting out.  The second woman copped a bit of an attitude, directing me to stand closer to the DNA scattering machine while I waited for a pat down.  I was extremely vocal when I refused, telling everyone within earshot that the images made public on the internet show the bodies of the TSA agents standing directly outside of the unit and that TSA agents should demand the removal of the machines.  My comments fell upon deaf ears, but at least I said something.

April 29, 2012

DNA-Destroying Chip Being Embedded Into Mobile Phones

by By Terrence Aym via BeforeIt’sNews 

According to Dr. Boian Alexandrov at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, terahertz (THz) waves destroy human DNA. The waves literally unzip the helix strand. Now a team of technologists at UT Dallas are planning to take chips broadcasting THz waves and embed them into mobile phones for use as an imaging system for consumers, law enforcement and medical personnel… a potentially deadly technology that could eventually kill or sicken millions of people.

The controversial THz scanner technology used by the TSA at many of the nation’s airports is being adapted for cell phone use. Studies of terahertz radiation have caused experts to raise alarms over the significant health risks to humans.

Recently major media touted a new chip that permits the adaption of a THz generating device to be embedded into cellular phones.

Is the price for seeing through walls, a grisly death?

The excited press painted grand pictures of such technology being used by consumers to see through walls and objects, while health professionals like physcians might incorporate the technology to seek out small tumors inside patients without the need for invasive surgery.

The THz wave—located between microwaves and infrared on the electromagnetic spectrum—was chosen for security devices because it penetrates matter such as clothing, wood, paper and other porous material that’s non-conducting. At the time experts believed this type of radiation was harmless.

They were wrong.

From this…                                                To this…?

THz radiation unzips the DNA molecule

In a breakthrough study conducted by Dr. Boian Alexandrov at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and a team of physicists, they discovered terrifying evidence that exposure to THz radiation builds cumulatively and affects human and animal tissue DNA. In essence, it tends to unzip the DNA molecule. [See: Inside TSA scanners: How terahertz waves tear apart human DNA]

The Los Alamos scientists paper, DNA Breathing Dynamics in the Presence of a Terahertz Field reveals very disturbing—even shocking—evidence that THz radiation significantly damages the DNA of the people being directed through airport scanners and all TSA workers in close proximity to the machines.

Their synopsis: “We consider the influence of a terahertz field on the breathing dynamics of double-stranded DNA. We model the spontaneous formation of spatially localized openings of a damped and driven DNA chain, and find that linear instabilities lead to dynamic dimerization, while true local strand separations require a threshold amplitude mechanism. Based on our results we argue that a specific terahertz radiation exposure may significantly affect the natural dynamics of DNA, and thereby influence intricate molecular processes involved in gene expression and DNA replication.“

 

What all that means is the resonant effects of the THz waves bombarding humans unzips the double-stranded DNA molecule. This ripping apart of the twisted chain of DNA creates bubbles between the genes that can interfere with the processes of life itself: normal DNA replication and critical gene expression.

Likely to cause cancer

David J. Brenner, a Columbia University doctor and expert on the effects of radiation stated that it’s quite likely the TSA scanners will cause cancer in some individuals.

Brenner, whose Columbia’s Center for Radiological Research work focuses on radiation’s effects on biological processes, low exposure risk evaluation and radio-isotopic therapy, is concerened that people with compromised immune systems such as AIDS patients, those suffering from lupus or other immune-deficient ailments are especially at risk. Infants, children up to age 5 or 6, women who are pregnant or lactating, cancer patients and many more should steer far clear of the machines.

DNA strand bombarded by THz radiation unzips

Those exposed to THz radiation—whether from security scanners or future cell phone technology—who are taking certain prescription medications or have significantly low levels of certain vitamins have increased risk of radiation induced carcinomas.

Repeated exposure to low level radiation scans can also lead to cataracts and bring on skin cancer—including deadly melanoma.

A CMOS chip used in many different products

THz to utilize existing CMOS chips

According to the Daily Mail, the chips—created using Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor—or CMOS use the same technology already incorporated into devices like HD TVs, smart phones and personal computers.

Dr. Kenneth O, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas and leader of the project explained to theDaily Mail that “We’ve created approaches that open a previously untapped portion of the electromagnetic spectrum for consumer use and life-saving medical applications.

“CMOS is affordable and can be used to make lots of chips,” Dr. O said. “The combination of CMOS and terahertz means you could put this chip and receiver on the back of a cellphone, turning it into a device carried in your pocket that can see through objects.”

The team’s findings were presented to an enthusiastic audience at the 2012 International Solid-State Circuits Conference held in San Francisco, California. Next the team plans to create the CMOS terahertz imaging system.

Before moving ahead with the project, the good doctor and his team might consider contacting Dr. Boian Alexandrov and histeam at Los Alamos to compare notes.

It would be a shame if a deadly technology that could eventually kill or sicken millions of people were unknowingly sold across the world.

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“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”  - Rumi

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Shaman Energies: May 2012 Forecast

via The Power Path

I have found Lena's forecasts to be accurate in terms of defining the energies of a particular month.

May Forecast 2012

By Lena Stevens

What is commitment?

 Commitment is removing the back door, the escape route and the words “if”, “maybe” and “when” from your vocabulary. Commitment is moving into your future with no turning back and no escape hatch. Commitment is eliminating the worry and anxiety that comes with ambivalence, doubt, consideration and “too many thinking”. Commitment is a natural segway of any bid for power. A bid for power without a proper commitment to launch it is not a serious bid for power.

If your bid for power is to stop smoking, you can’t qualify it with “if I find the right program” or “when I get more of a handle on my life” or “maybe next week”. No, if you want to stop smoking you stop right now. You make a commitment that goes along with your bid for power. Once you commit 100 percent, then the program or other support will show up and you will begin to get a handle on your life.

It is the same thing for relationships or work or health. If your bid for power is to make a change in the direction that is better for you, then do it now without procrastination and without the ability to sneak out if it does not work. Most of the reason for something not working out is your lack of true commitment to it. All of you have made some bid for power last month whether you are aware of it or not. This is the month where you either commit to it or choose a new one that you can commit to.

There are two types of Commitment: Commitment that is unconscious and manifested by your actions rather than what you verbally intend, and commitment that is consciously and deliberately planned for and chosen. The unconscious commitment is the one you may not be aware of but everyone else is by your actions around it.

A good example is someone who complains and complains about the nature of their relationship because it is not a good fit, and says they want something else, but ends up staying in the same relationship “until something better comes along”. This is not a serious bid for power for a new relationship and certainly not the way spirit works. This example is showing an action that the universe reads as a commitment and therefore will not provide another “better relationship” to take its place while the action shows a commitment to the current one. So this person may think they are bidding to change their circumstance but as long as they stay in the current relationship they are not serious about the change. If you are truly committed to changing your relationship dynamics you must show you are serious by becoming conscious about the ways you are showing commitment to the things you say you do not want.

Another example may be the person who says, I am on a diet, I intend to lose weight and really should not eat this piece of cake and then proceeds to eat it anyway. Are they serious about their bid for power to lose weight? Where is the commitment? Another example is the bid for power to have more fun and make more time for self. However if the person continues adding things that are not fun to their plate, they are showing by their actions that they are not truly committed to their intention and guess what, spirit will always give you more of what you are putting your energy into. This person may likely say, “I will make time when things slow down.” This is not good enough for spirit, as it is a conditional commitment and shows through action that the real commitment is something different than the spoken intention.

True commitment is unconditional, something we are not used to having or working with. Conditions create the “ifs”, “whens”, and “maybes” in our vocabulary. Placing conditions on your bid for power waters down the commitment to it and is like putting only your big toe in the water when you really intended to take a swim. Hesitancy, doubt, confusion, ambivalence, worry, anxiety, fear and mistrust, all take their toll on your ability to commit to something cleanly and clearly.

There are other ways that unconscious commitment manifests itself. If you get pregnant and decide you are keeping the child, you are committing to the relationship of being a parent. How many parents have there been that have never really consciously committed to this huge bid for power? And how many interesting and karmic issues are being dealt with and untangled because of it.

We could also say that just by being born you have committed to being on this planet, which is in itself a bid for power. Many of you out there are still a bit ambivalent about that one, and until you truly commit to being here, spirit will not support you in the most powerful way. You could say it was not your choice to be here, your parents decided it for you and so on… That is giving your power away and allowing Martyrdom to rule. The Martyrdom we have plaguing us this year is actually providing us with an opportunity to eliminate the inner victim by taking responsibility for our lives and our bids for power, and committing to what we want through our actions as adults. We also need to stop blaming others for things that don’t work out.

Look at your life and see if you can identify the commitments you find yourself in due to either taking action or not taking action. If you can’t in good conscience choose them as conscious commitments you have work to do. It is OK to eliminate or change the bids for power they represent as long as you communicate this clearly and are 100 percent committed to your withdrawing. If however you identify a commitment you were unconscious about but really want to keep then consciously commit to it 100 percent and you will see a big difference in how spirit begins to support your decision and that bid for power. Remember you do not have to know all the details of how things will manifest or what steps will show up. Your commitment is enough.

Communication is a big issue and the lack of it tends to keep things very messy especially in relationships. If you are in any relationship where you know there are assumptions from the other person that you are not willing to agree or commit to, but they remain unspoken, it is time to bring them to the surface and tell the truth. It is usually fear of being alone or disappointing the other that keeps this messy unspoken situation going on for far too long. This is the month of growing up and becoming an adult, telling the truth and taking your bids for power very seriously. Relationships are the point of growth for most people, be it relationship with self, with a partner, family member, or work colleague, therefore most bids for power and most commitments will involve at least one relationship. Don’t be afraid to communicate your bid for power and your commitment. If you are secretive and unwilling to share, it means you have doubts. If you have doubts you are not 100 percent committed. Either work those doubts out and commit, or make a change or adjustment to your bid.

People have different styles of communication. Depending on your style, you may have an easier or a more difficult time. Those who have the intellectual trap may find it more difficult to commit without conditions and reservations. Those who are emotionally centered have an easier time with the emotional clarity that true bids for power need to be authentic. Whatever your style, communication should be addressed this month as a way to clean up messy commitments.

Consciously chosen commitments are different in that they follow consciously chosen bids for power and are thought about and planned for. If your bid for power is about getting a better job or a bigger house then your commitment would be to do whatever it takes to accomplish that. You commit to leaving your current position or home in order to move into a better situation. You don’t say ” I will move if and when andmaybe”, you decide for certain that you will be making the change and then give the timing over to spirit. Giving timing over to spirit is not being ambivalent it is simply being flexible while still being 100% committed to the end result.

We have many rituals that provide structures for conscious commitment. Marriage, many kinds of contracts from loans to jobs, putting things in writing, study courses and diplomas, initiations into religions, etc. If you enter into a commitment of this kind through one of these rituals, take it seriously and enter into it for yourself, not for someone else. If you find yourself needing to break the commitment for any reason (divorce, bankruptcy, foreclosure, repossession, layoff or quitting a job, dropping out of a program) do it consciously and take full responsibility. Do a ritual around the closure and the ending. If you don’t, you will leave many loose ends that continue to bleed your energy and get in the way for a new bid for power and a new commitment.

With a conscious commitment it is also imperative to be consistent. Be certain and unconditional and communicate that to others. Others will only try and talk you out of a commitment if they feel there is an opening of doubt, confusion, uncertainty, fear or numerous conditions attached to your bid. Spirit recognizes the certainty behind your bid for power through the commitment behind it. Make sure your commitment is also possible for you physically. It is not advisable to commit to 5 hours per day at the gym in order to lose weight and get into shape when you have a full time job and other commitments and don’t have 5 hours per day to spare. So be reasonable and take baby steps if you have to. Don’t set yourself up for failure so you can be a martyr about it. Be practical, be certain, be committed.

What are the fears that keep people from committing to what they really want?

Fear of success or fear of failure.

People usually fall into one of these two categories and it is one of the reasons behind procrastination. If you are successful then you can no longer hide behind the identity of someone who can’t get it together and needs help and care from others. You may actually have to be responsible for yourself, your success and have no more excuses for not living your life to the fullest. If you are one of these people, you may have some residual fears from other lifetimes in which perhaps you abused the power that came with success, or you lost it all or you became a person greatly resented because of it.

The fear of failure can also show up as procrastination but it has its roots in self–deprecation, lack of confidence and low self esteem. These people have trouble even getting their thoughts around what they want off the ground. They are always looking to others for permission. If you are one of these people it is best for you to start with baby steps, small bids for power that you can commit to, and to stop comparing yourself to others.

Fear of entrapment and losing ones freedom.

These fears are usually connected with those that have greed and are terrified that they will miss out on something better if they commit to what is in front of them. These people are constantly searching and never satisfied. Self-destruction also plays into these fears as the illusion of ultimate freedom. Bids for power with these obstacles running the show are based on a false sense of power and mostly reactive rather than proactive. Any commitment possible behind these bids is tarnished by the ego and false personality and usually unsuccessful in the long run as it is not based in truth. If you are one of these people it is important that your bid for power and commitment has to do with something that truly has value for you internally and emotionally, and gives meaning to your life. Look to your relationships and to that which supports you unconditionally.

Fear of losing control.

This fear is mostly based on stubbornness and the fear of change. This especially comes up for people who find themselves swept up in someone else’s bid for power where they end up as the focus for the commitment. For example if a boss makes a bid for power for the business that requires everyone to make a change and you value your job, you have a choice; get with the program or leave. If you choose to stay, do it consciously and bid for the change and commit to it. If you don’t, your resentment and denial will limit you to the opportunities to grow and expand in the new configuration. If you are one of these people, always consciously choose what is already in front of you. That way it becomes your conscious commitment and bid for power.

The challenges this month:

Martyrdom, stubbornness, self deprecation, impatience, hesitancy, doubt, confusion, ambivalence, worry, anxiety, despair, fear and mistrust.

The opportunities this month:

Commitment, certainty, clarity, expansion, abundance, movement, manifestation, direction, support, insight and fulfillment.

How the month shows up:

YOU PERSONALLY

This is a big month for self reflection and truth telling. What are you committing to unconsciously? Is it what you want? Tell the truth. There is tremendous personal growth possible this month as it supports growing up and taking personal and full responsibility for your life. If you do this you will be of great service to the planet as an example. If everyone were to do this, how the planet would change. It is already happening but we can all help by doing our part and becoming fully responsible. It starts with reviewing your commitments. If you do the work, you should find yourself greatly inspired by a sense of power and the relief that comes from truth and clarity.

RELATIONSHIPS

This is a biggie and we addressed this quite a bit already. This is a month to clean up relationship commitments, tell the truth, communicate clearly, recommit where needed, change or complete your commitments where necessary and revisit your bids for power regarding relationships. This is a huge area of growth as it may bring up karmic agreements into the picture. It is also an opportunity to work in yourself especially with your personal relationship to your own masculine and feminine energies.

Commitment comes from the masculine. So a lack of commitment or an inability to commit leaves the feminine completely unsupported and weakened in manifesting anything out in the world. This is an opportunity for self-study into your own dynamics of this relationship. The way it manifests in you personally will give you a clue as to how it shows up in all of your relationships.

THE ENVIRONMENT

The environment will continue to manifest change as it supports our transition into a more conscious planetary attitude. The way to work with the environment this month is to always consciously choose for yourself the power it is manifesting through various expressions. Since we are in a volatile time, we could experience more earth activity, quakes, volcanic activity, and interesting wind and water events. There is tremendous power in these events that can be harnessed for your own bids. This requires a commitment to whatever the weather and environment happens to be doing and manifesting. The next time you are in an intense weather event, rather than resisting it, see if you can harness the power of it and commit 100 percent to it. Being present with what is happening is always a good idea. It is the shamanic way of neutrality and non-resistance that keeps you always in the power position and not ever victimized by what is out of your control.

HEALTH AND THE PHYSICAL BODY

Review your commitments both unconscious and conscious. Review your relationship to your body and if you find you have bids for power that are unreasonable, adjust them. If you find you should have had a bid for power or made some decision around a physical issue, but have not yet gotten around to it, now would be the time to do it. Some of you spend too much of your time dealing with your physical body. Some of you don’t give it the time of day. Try to find balance this month as a bid for power. Then make a commitment to do what is needed for your health and physical well being.

The physical body may manifest its issues this month through bones, teeth, liver heat, skin rashes, and respiratory challenges. Increase your calcium, cool the liver, eliminate worry and anxiety (too many thinking) and be conscious of the grief of unresolved disappointments that lung issues manifest. It is also a good idea to take an iodine supplement to support the thyroid.

FINANCE, PROJECTS, PARTNERSHIPS, BUSINESS

This is an interesting month for projects and business. Bids for power will be tested here and the integrity of your commitments will be crucial to the success of what you wish to manifest. It could be a really great month for support, abundance and great prosperity as long as you are very clear and committed and listening to the right voice (not the voice of egoic fear). Don’t be afraid to adjust your bids for power if they are over reaching what is possible. But don’t limit yourself unnecessarily either. This is why it is important to listen to the right voice.

If your intentions are coming from your heart and what you know is right and you are 100 percent committed, you cannot fail. The key is to give enough flexibility to spirit to choose the right timing and to bring you the support you need. Don’t try and second-guess where the support should come from and be willing to accept the unexpected. This is an exciting time for business and projects. A lot will ride on your relationships so be sure to review which ones are committed and which ones are not. Review your bids for power and adjust or commit as needed.

POLITICS AND GLOBAL ISSUES

There will be plenty of chaos as the lack of communication and the unconscious commitments come to the surface in political dealings. There is so much that is out of balance in this area that it will take a great deal of time to find another footing that is in more integrity with the planetary changes. Telling the truth is a big one and we cannot expect this to happen overnight. Be assured that certain things have been set into motion and there is no way to go but forward. Be patient and accepting and in neutrality and non-resistance to what you see and hear on the political arena. Remember that the point of power is being able to consciously choose what is already happening. From that place you can set intentions for better things.

The biggest message here is to look to your own community and become involved in supporting issues that have a direct relationship to your daily life. You really can’t fix anything out there in the world without looking to self and your immediate environment first. That is where your bids for power and commitments to those bids will have the greatest impact.

DATES AND TIME FRAME

May 1-7: A time of review especially regarding your unconscious bids for power. Watch Martyrdom and watch for irritability and crankiness in yourself and others as you face certain truths and realities. Don’t get stuck. Remember to engage the moving center regularly as that will keep things flowing. The key is to be proactive, make adjustments, choose or eliminate, clean something out to make room for something new. Especially watch self-judgment. Keep the mantra that “it is all good”.

May 5: Full Moon is at 9:36 PM Mountain Daylight Time. This is a super moon, the largest moon of the year and very powerful. Harness the power for some commitment that you are working with right now. We remind you here that you do not need to KNOW all the steps and all the details. Having the right intellectual information before embarking on a bid for power and a commitment to it is not essential. In fact it will often get in the way and hold you back from just going for it. Stretch yourself this full moon. Get outside your comfort zone and commit to something you never thought you could do. Just make sure it is something you want.

May 8-15: A window for seeing results. Some may exceed your expectations, some may be disappointing, and some may be confusing. Instead of asking what went wrong, revisit your original motivation for your bid and your commitment. What is it that you wanted? This may give you some insight into what was unclear or clouded or confusing. Without judgment, make adjustments.

This is a time frame where you also may be dealing with choices and decisions that have to do with next steps. When you bid for power and make a true commitment you give spirit the green light to begin manifesting. This will often bring the challenge of tests (are you sure?) or great success that you have to be ready for. In the process there are often choices and decisions to be made that relate to the next steps. Be ready. The energy is gearing up.

May 16-22: A highly charged time where you may experience so much activity that you don’t know what to do first. It is important that you set your priorities and have patience and compassion for those that do not have the same clarity as you may have about your commitments. Rather than reacting negatively, practice acceptance. Prioritize your commitments and manage your energy around what needs your input the most. This is a good time to practice boundaries so you are not swept up into someone else’s drama. There will be plenty of drama around you. Learn to seek the neutrality and peaceful state of allowing synchronicity and right timing. Be available by being present so that spirit can bring to you what you have committed to. Allow others to be wherever they are as you cannot help them do what they have to do themselves.

May 20: New Moon and partial solar eclipse at 5:48 PM Mountain Daylight Time. This is a very intense time that can bring breakage, conflict, change and potent fuel for your dreams and bids for power. You can infuse your commitment with this solar energy, which represents the masculine. Use this time wisely as anything that passes through your thoughts and feelings will be magnified. Stay away from known conflict and negative situations. The quality is fiery and explosive and will be fueled by the winds of change.

May 23-31: There is almost a watery aspect to this time frame that requires a bit more discipline for staying focused. Watch for depression and lethargy especially those of you who tend to suffer from it already. If the big dreams and intentions are overwhelming at this time, focus instead on the smaller more menial tasks of weeding your garden or clearing out a junk drawer. Physical exercise is crucial during this time to keep things moving. Continue to be in relationship and community. The worst thing you can do is to disappear into your turtle shell or dark hole. It will not make things any better.

For those of you that are experiencing this time in a more balanced way, see it as a time of assimilation and integration. Keep the body moving but discipline the mind not to judge where things happen to be right now. Remember you are a work in progress and you should be enjoying the process of living this highly creative life with all of its bids for power and commitments and changes.

Have a wonderful month!

Lena

 

Police State USA: FM 3-39.40 Internment and Resettlement Operations

The Red Cross, United Nations, Department of Homeland Security, and FEMA have partnered with the US (and foreign) military to find a way to deal with Ron Paul supporters once and for all.  It's called FM 3-39.40 Internment and Resettlement Operations in which the PTB plan to place OWS protesters, tax protesters, military protesters, NPR listeners, peace activists, the Dalai Lama, 9-11 investigators, the Kennedy family, and any person who wishes to overthrow a tyrannical government.  

It's all in black and white and you can read the entire full text of FM 3-39.40 as a  .PDF file here- US Army-InternmentResettlemen Operations.   Save it before it disappears down the memory hole.

Madison Ruppert from End the Lie, appears to have gone over the doccument with a fine tooth comb.  Ruppert writes:

In the Army Regulation 190-8 document also called “Enemy Prisoners of War, Retained Personnel, Civilian Internees and Other Detainees,” which is available on the Air Force’s website, some details are given on what exactly Civilian Internees are and how they are treated.

Chapter 6 of the document, entitled “Administration and Operation of CI Internment Facilities,” beginning on page 23 of the PDF (page 19 of the document), delves into some of these issues.

Beginning with section 6-3, we learn that Civilian Internees have no real right to property under this military rule.

While they pretend to give the detainees property rights, it is clear that they can strip you of your belongings at any time for any reason.

Sub-section b. states, “The personal effects that detainees are allowed to retain, but are taken from them temporarily for intelligence purposes, will be receipted for and returned as soon as practical.”

Essentially, they can claim your belongings are needed for intelligence purposes and hold them until it is deemed practical to return them.

When that would be is anyone’s guess but the language is clearly ambiguous enough to allow the military to strip Civilian Internees of any and all personal belongings for however long they please.

Section 6-4 goes over the so-called “Internee Committee” which is a two-three person committee which is “empowered to represent the camp to the protecting powers, International Committee of the Red Cross, or other authorized relief or aid organizations and U.S. military authorities.”

Once again, the military is able to determine what exactly you can do and this language clearly allows the military to deny access to any outside relief or aid organizations by saying that they are not authorized. 

Here are a few things to come - if you let it happen:

From Chapter 3:

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS OFFICER

3-55. The PSYOP officer in charge of supporting I/R operations serves as the special staff officer responsible for PSYOP. The PSYOP officer advises the military police commander on the psychological impact of military police or MI actions to prevent misunderstandings and disturbances by detainees and DCs. The supporting I/R PSYOP team has two missions that reduce the need to divert military police assets to maintain security in the I/R facility. (See appendix J.) The team—

• Assists the military police force in controlling detainees and DCs.

• Introduces detainees or DCs to U.S. and multinational policy.

3-56. Develops PSYOP products that are designed to pacify and acclimate detainees or DCs to accept PSYOP team also supports the military police custodial mission in the I/R facility. The team— U.S. I/R facility authority and regulations.

• Gains the cooperation of detainees or DCs to reduce the number of guards needed.

• Identifies malcontents, trained agitators, and political leaders within the facility who may try to organize resistance or create disturbances.

• Develops and executes indoctrination programs to reduce or remove antagonistic attitudes.

• Identifies political activists.

• Provides loudspeaker support (such as administrative announcements and facility instructions when necessary).

• Helps the military police commander control detainee and DC populations during emergencies.

• Plans and executes a PSYOP program that produces an understanding and appreciation of U.S. policies and actions.

  Note. PSYOP personnel use comprehensive information, reorientation, and educational and vocational programs to prepare detainees and DCs for repatriation.

3-57. The PSYOP officer is an integral part of the I/R structure. The PSYOP officer often may work in close conjunction with the behavioral science consultation team, if available, for behavioral assessments and recommendations. The behavioral science consultation team may develop behavioral management plans and perform many other functions to assist the PSYOP officer if directed. The I/R facility commander may designate a location in which PSYOP personnel can conduct interviews of the various categories of people associated with I/R. This location must be separate and away from the interrogation areas. 

...and...

1. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENTS

   3-59. Counterintelligence agents may be attached or in direct support of a mission to an I/R battalion or military police brigade to assist the facility commander with intelligence requirements for the facility and surrounding area and to ensure the safety and security of personnel operating in and around the facility.

Note. Counterintelligence agents may serve as a central repository for information and intelligence on safety and security issues related to the facility.

3-60. Such responsibilities may include—

• Identification of detainee agitators, leaders, and their followers.

• Identification of existing clandestine detainee organizations, to include—

  • Strength.

  • Objectives.

  • Member identity.

• Identification of existing underground communications systems—

  • Between compounds and internment facilities.

  • With indigenous civilian personnel.

  • For overt attempts by detainees or local indigenous people to communicate with each other.

• Identification of suspicious activities by local people near the internment facility (such as photographing or sketching the facility).

• Identification of the existence of fabricated weapons, stores of food, and supplies of clothing in the compound.

• Identification of plans by detainees to conduct demonstrations, to include—

  • Date and time.

  • Number of detainees involved, by compound.

  • Nature of the planned demonstration (passive, harassing, or violent).

• Identification of detainee objectives, propaganda, and attempts to weaken or test internment facility authority and security, establish control in individual compounds, and orchestrate mass escapes. 

The Confederacy of Dunces

KAT Tales: How I found my Power Animal

Over the years my friends and acquaintances have shared stories of how they found their animal totems.  After hearing their tales, my immediate thought was, “I need to find my power animal!” - and then I promptly forget about it.  When conjuring up power animals, I always imagined myself to be a humpback whale or dolphin given my astrological connection to water elements, or maybe a cheetah or a leopard, but something in the feline family.   Given the number of friends who have these connections and my deep love of animals (I am insulted if any animal doesn’t like me, which thankfully is a very rare occurrence), I find it hard to believe I waited this long to find my animal connection, but then the story of how it came to appear is rather unbelievable, too, but it is all true.  The universe had to wait until just the right moment to connect with me.

A year ago I went to a Tribal Gathering in Costa Rica, a bridge between the native traditions of the North and South Americas.  It is three nights of sacred ceremonies, with dancing, drumming, flutes, guitars, beautiful voices, prayers and sacred songs around a fire held by shamans.  I have wanted to write about it for some time, but there is no way to convey the emotional release and freedom that followed with this awakening.  I came home with feathers in my hair and I have worn feathers as earrings almost every day since.  I have two alters in my home.  Everything changed. 

It was the first ceremony of this kind that I had ever attended, and my first time without my husband.  We had separated after 25 years of marriage just a month before and I was quite nervous about any issues that might come up in the night.  Thankfully, I was nestled between good friends throughout the journeys.  

The first night of the ceremony was my 44th birthday, but it felt like a new birth.  I felt layers and layers peeling off my soul.  I felt truly free to be myself and express myself without any fear of judgment or negative retribution.  I spent the night blissfully aware, feeling empowered and knowing that I am on the right course.  I have been married my entire adult life minus 3 months.  I felt like my soul had suddenly been freed, like silk scarves being pulled from my heart.  A beautiful sweat lodge followed in the morning.  It felt so magical, like I was Alice in the middle of the magnificent jungle, with monkeys announcing the arrival of dawn.  I cried tears of joy in the ceremony and the sweat, so  happy to be participating and feeling like I was part of a tribe.  I felt fully connected to humanity as one connected energy force.  I felt fully connected to the Pacha Mama.  I wanted everyone in the world to be able to experience these emotions and freedoms in the lush surroundings of the river that winds through the jungle.

The second night of ceremony was all about letting go of my fear - and the contents of my stomach.  The journey was humbling but not unpleasant.  The hardest part was the morning, with the sun streaming down on the faces of happy couples.  Everywhere I gazed, I saw couples or friends snuggling and embracing one another in a happy, beautiful daze.  I felt such pure love at that moment and as I looked around, there was no one with whom I could share the love pouring from every pore in my body and it made me so sad.  A friend hugged me for a long time.  I started to leave my seat in search of more tissues,  a woman I had never met before asked me if I needed a hug.  I sobbed into her shoulders for almost fifteen minutes until I composed myself (and had desperate need for more Kleenex) when I ran into another friend who also held me for several minutes.  Shortly after I saw the shaman, who blessed me with feathers and gave me something to alleviate the tears.  Seconds later I was instantly relieved of any sorrow and the love came pouring out of me and into me.  I was in perfect balance.  In hindsight, my nasal cavity and tear ducts wish that I had seen the shaman 45 minutes earlier, but everything is meant to be as it is.  The sweat lodge that followed was incredible and long, but I managed to stay in the entire time, and even went back on after everyone had exited the last window.  I felt the presence of the universe.  I felt the connection to the ancestors.  I had participated in many sweat lodges before, but this was powerful.

I slept for 13 1/2 hours, awoken by monkeys climbing over the branches above my tent.

The third night of ceremony is non-traditional rock party around a fire that lasted until 4:30 in the afternoon the following day.  I danced for ten hours straight.  I have never done that before in my life.  It was so free and liberating.  In the morning mangos, papayas, pineapples, watermelons, bananas and apples were served, along with coconut water and raw cacao treats and even maca ice cream.  I kept dancing with fistfuls of fruit.  I didn’t feel like the person I was before I entered the ceremony and I never wanted to leave.  I don’t know why people wouldn’t want to cultivate this feeling of love in their lives.  My fondest memory of the journeys was the last morning, close to noon, and I had just gone swimming in the river.  I was resting on a large mat nestled against a group of friends.  One woman was stroking my hair and another woman’s back, someone was squeezing my hand, someone was sleeping on my leg, a hug from somewhere...we all felt the same vibe, all connected as one as we stared at the remains of the fire, hungry and exhausted until the music changed to something more upbeat, and then we were all dancing again.

As I packed my tent and cleaned up my campsite the next day, I started to reminisce over the sweat lodge, wishing that there had been one more.  For the next hour, alI I could think about was how magical Mao’s sweat had been - and it was so hot!  I was impressed that I had the stamina to do the whole thing without a break.  Seasoned veterans opted to escape the heat for a few minutes.  When I wasn’t occupied with thoughts of the sweat lodge, I was thinking about my power animal and how I had missed the opportunity to ask two men, one of whom is studying to be a shaman, how to connect with it.  I sat next to him the first night of the ceremony, but the few times I remembered to inquire were not appropriate to have such a conversation.  The shaman’s apprentice had left earlier in the day.  

That night I looked at the information board and there was announcement for a women’s moon lodge the next day.  My prayers had been answered!

The ceremony was held by the wife of one of the shamans.  She led us through the creation story of the sweat lodge in such a beautiful way that I felt as if I was a painting, experiencing No Name in a scattering of animated visuals.  In the third door, she had us take off our clothes and sit bare assed on the floor, wombs open to the fire.  I am not sure if there was a woman who didn’t shed some tears at that point.  The heat was intense and it was almost impossible to see across the fire, but the faces and the tears were breathtakingly beautiful.  It was the most intense moment of my life.  I was never so connected to my femininity and to female energy.  

The sweat went for three hours.  I didn’t speak for the rest of the day, but I could look into the eyes of the women and instantly connect to their souls.  There was no need for words.

Each day and each experience became more profound.  I felt as if I was on another planet, where peace love and good vegetarian food and raw cacao shots happily coexist in the forest.  I couldn’t imagine taking in anything else.  I was overwhelmed by these new experiences, enthralled and connected... I was looking forward to the silence retreat that started after satsang that evening and to a good night of sleep after the powerful sweat lodge.    

The satsang was the perfect transition into four days of silence.  I walked back to my casita in a dream state.  We were asked to write a note to the woman leading the satsang, just checking in.  I wrote a few paragraphs until sleep overtook me.  Then the dream kicked in.

It was a sex dream, something that I hadn’t had in a while, or at least that I could remember.  In the dream I was making out with a guy I had met at the tribal gathering, a very attractive masseuse-personal trainer-nutritionist-spiritual guru.  Even though I found him incredibly intelligent, attractive, and fun to be with, I was still mourning the end of my marriage and not contemplating any type of relationship with another man at that point.  I was truly enjoying the freedom of being unattached (save for those 45 minutes of sadness).  In the dream, however, the desires came out.  It was frustrating dream.  We went room to room, just making out and looking for a private spot, but each time someone from my life walked into my room.  My youngest sister.  One of my best friends.  An old childhood neighbor.  There didn’t seem to be any connection to them, except they were all annoying because I just wanted to be alone with this guy.  Finally we were about to disrobe when I awoke to feel something on my foot.  It’s my cat, I thought at first, but the cat weighs more and the claws piercing my blanket were much smaller and closer spaced.  It’s the skunk, I thought a second later and looked down to see his/her outline resting of top of my feet.  

The first night I checked into the casita, a skunk made its way into the casita in search of food.  I thought it was a rat, snake or raccoon and freaked out when I saw the skunk in the glow of my flashlight.  It looked around and eventually went back through the cracks in the floor.  It returned each night, biologically programmed to go to Raccoon #4 every night in search of food.  I was only in the casita for three nights before I moved to a tent site on the river.  It was my first night back in the casita and the skunk had not only returned, but was now sitting on my toes.  I pulled the covers over my head and gently wiggled my toes.  A moment later it crawled down the blanket and onto the floor.  I waited a few minutes, but the skunk had not left the casita so I got up and opened the gate and went back to bed.  A few minutes later the skunk scurried out the gate and down the steps.  I got up, shut the gate and went back to bed, more annoyed that I had been awoken from a sex dream than at the skunk who had invaded my bed.  I was too tired to process it and given everything that I had experienced over the past week, it didn’t seem too out of the ordinary.  

I fell back to sleep quickly.  About two hours later (given the position of the moon) I woke up for some unknown reason.  The first thing I felt was fur against my arm.  I sleep hugging a pillow and something furry that wasn’t a cat was resting against my arm.  It was the skunk.  The moment that I grabbed the blanket with my arm and covered my head was the longest moment in the history of time.  I rationalized that the blanket was synthetic velour and probably had some sort of water-repellent chemical concoction on the exterior and would hopefully block the spray from penetrating the blanket.  I am fucked, I thought, but I kept the fear at bay knowing that it would sense fear and would spray.  I waited with the blanket pulled over head, but the skunk didn’t budge.  It was still sleeping, it’s back resting on my right hand that was still tucked underneath the blanket and pillow.  I waited and waited and nothing happened.  I wasn’t about to sleep with the skunk, so I nudged him a bit.  He adjusted himself and went back to sleep.  I nudged him agin, trying not to startle him.  He moved a few inches and paused, deciding what to do .  About a minute later he waddled down to the foot of the bed and crawled down the meditation chair to the floor.  I was too tired to think about the situation.  He knew how to get out.  I went back to sleep.

A few hours later, I had a dream in which my husband came up to me with his arms around two women.  “These are my girlfriends and I am going to marry this one, “ he said, pointing to the woman on the right.

“You can’t do that!” I screamed.  I went to grab him and suddenly he morphed into a  twenty pound chicken struggling in my hands.

Just then I felt bird feet on my shoulder.  It’s the chicken, I thought disoriented from the dream.  I tried to brush something off my shoulder.  It’s the skunk, I thought, and stopped my attempt to swat at it.

“It’s a bird!”  Iopened my eyes and saw a big black bird.  He took two hops and landed on my hip.   I could see his outline.  He jumped to my knees and then propelled himself on the banister.  I stared at his outline for a few seconds and he dove under the shade cloth and into the night.  

“Let go of your attachments.”  I don’t know if it was my voice or someone else’s but I knew the dream was about letting go of my attachment to my husband.  I was too tired to think more about it and I went back to sleep.  “This is not a dream,”  reminded myself before sleep took over.

I woke up to a family of pretty colored birds squawking outside my window.  It wasn’t a dream.  I felt the claws  piercing the blanket.  I felt the weight of the skunk on my feet.  I saw it in the moonlight.  I felt it, heard it, saw it and fortunately didn’t smell it.  I couldn’t make sense of the bird, which had to fly under the shade cloth to enter the casita.   I know it wasn’t a dream.  I remember the feel of it, the sound of its feathers, the shape, the weight...

I went to breakfast and scribbled a p.s. to my sharing.  “I am in silence, but I have to tell someone about this strange experience...” I wrote and gave a brief description of my animal visitors that night.  

As I left the dining area, I saw one of the shamans.  I went over to him and presented  the p.s. portion of my letter (which was longer than the letter) for him to read.  He started smiling and shaking.  He took my pen and wrote something and then he hugged me.  Technically in silence there isn’t supposed to any physical contact  or eye contact , but it was okay to bend the rules when it involves a shaman and your power animal.  He hugged me again and I bowed and gave the Namaste sign, hurrying off to the satsang.

Just before I arrived at the meditation hall, I read his words.

“The skunk is fearless.  Behind the fear is the knowledge and the love.  Enjoy your new freedom.”  

I started to cry, which I did fo rthe next thirty minutes.  I had found my power animal and everything that the shaman wrote was true.  The more I thought about it, the more obvious it should have been that the skunk is very fitting for me.  I am fearless when it comes to many things.  (My friend Ashley might think that because I travel without itineraries, guide books, maps, any knowledge of where I am going or any idea of where I will be going....)  

During lunch, I was looking at an assortment of tarot decks and selected the Yantra cards.  “What did the skunk and the bird mean?” I asked.

“Signs.”

A few months later I borrowed a book on Totem Animals and discovered that when the crow appears with the animal, it is a sign that it is your totem animal. 

And that is the story of how I found my power animal.

The Dalai Lama on Humanity

Fukushima: Hanging by a Thread

This article originally appeared on blog.imva.info

Fukushima: Hanging by a Thread

By Dr. Mark Sircus

 April 27, 2012

After writing my essay “Radioactive Hell on Earth”—actually I wanted to change that title to “Fukushima on Steroids”—I see Christina Consolo’s essay “Fukushima is Falling Apart”: Are you ready—it is becoming clear that we, our children and our entire civilization is hanging by a thread. It is a very sorry thing to report that we have literally shot ourselves in the foot with a big nuclear shotgun full of radioactive particles of the worst conceivable kind.

It has taken a year but finally “a U.S. Senator finally got off his ass and went to Japan to see what is going on over there. What he saw was horrific. Reactor No. 4 building is on the verge of collapsing.

Seismicity standards rate the building at a zero, meaning even a small earthquake could send it into a heap of rubble. And sitting at the top of the building, in a pool that is cracked, leaking, and precarious even without an earthquake, are 1,565 fuel rods.”

If an earthquake or other event were to cause this pool to drain, this could result in a catastrophic radiological fire that could wipe out most of the northern hemisphere; certainly it would be a massive civilization-breaking event.

After an onsite tour of what remains of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear facilities, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki saying, “The scope of damage to the plants and to the surrounding area was far beyond what I expected.

The precarious status of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear units and the risk presented by the enormous inventory of radioactive materials and spent fuel in the event of further earthquake threats should be of concern to all and a focus of greater international support and assistance.”

1,565 fuel rods translates into 460 tons of nuclear fuel stored in pool in a barely intact building on its third and fourth floors. If the storage pool breaks and runs dry, the nuclear fuel inside will overheat and explode.

The worst-case scenario drawn up by the government includes not only the collapse of the No. 4 reactor pool, but also the disintegration of spent-fuel rods from all the plant’s other reactors.

The wall of the south side is falling apart at reactor No. 4 and Dr. Helen Caldicott said she would evacuate her family from Boston if it did.

Consolo says, “If this pool collapses, as Senator Wyden is now saying too, we would face a mass extinction event from the release of radiation in those rods. This may be the most important thing you ever pay attention to for the sake of your family, friends, your neighbors, every one you know and meet, all of humanity.”

“Preliminary reports of soil contamination are starting to come in from the USGS, who has seemed reluctant to share this information. Los Angeles, California, Portland, Oregon and Boulder, Colorado so far have the highest radioactive particle contamination out of the entire U.S.

Iodine, cesium, strontium, plutonium, uranium, and a host of other fission products have been coming directly from Japan to the west coast for thirteen months. Reports in the past week indicate the pollen in southern California is radioactive now too, and it is flying around, and if you live there and go outside, you are breathing it in. And so are your children,” continued Consolo.

Spent reactor fuel cannot be simply lifted into the air by a crane as if it were routine cargo. In order to prevent severe radiation exposures, fires and possible explosions, it must be transferred at all times in water and heavily shielded structures into dry casks.

As this has never been done before, the removal of the spent fuel from the pools at the damaged Fukushima-Dai-Ichi reactors will require a major and time-consuming reconstruction effort and will involve charting in unknown waters.

Reports indicate that things are so hopeless at the plant that workers are not even working on weekends and certainly governments around the world have not gotten together in a desperate Manhattan Project[1] (in reverse) to save humanity.

Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear power industry executive, is claiming that the Fukushima nuclear disaster is already 10 times worse than the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown in the former Soviet Union.

If that is true it’s already taps for a whole lot of men, women and children in the northern hemisphere with the absolute promise that the radiation will continue relentlessly through the coming years. It is sounding like nuclear hell coming to earth to teach us something about our arrogance, massive stupidity and pathetic weakness.

While our government would love us all to believe that the nuclear problems in Japan are under control, nothing could be farther from the truth. Engineers for Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) say readings of airborne radiation inside reactor No. 2 showed almost 73 sieverts per hour this week.

To put that into perspective, exposure to that amount of radiation would kill a normal person within minutes. These levels are some of the highest readings since the beginning of the disaster and there is no one telling us that this nuclear contamination will lessen.

MOX Plutonium Fuel

The mixed oxide fuel (MOX) reactor[2], which burns with plutonium/uranium, is more deadly than those burning on uranium-enriched fuel, according to nuclear experts. The half-life of plutonium-239 in MOX is 24,000 years and just a few milligrams of P-239 escaping in a smoke plume will contaminate soil for tens of thousands of years.

A single milligram (mg) of MOX is as deadly as 2,000,000 mg of normal enriched uranium meaning that one mg of MOX is basically two million times more powerful than one mg of uranium.

If even a small amount of this potent substance escapes from the plant in a smoke plume, the particles will travel with the wind and contaminate soil for tens of thousands of years.

Ray Guilmette of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements said that plutonium “is thousands of times more radioactive than uranium,” if absorbed into the body.

Donald Olander, professor emeritus of nuclear engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, said that because plutonium decays quickly, it produces radiation that can kill cells in the body more quickly. But the plutonium itself would pose a severe threat only if it was involved in a violent reaction that turned it into dust particles that could be inhaled. No one knows the exact number but plenty of the fuel rods at risk are MOX, thus containing deadly plutonium. If that blows up then we might end up wishing we had had a nuclear war instead. 

Limited Nuclear Exchange

If you want to know what this means from mainstream sources, tune into what International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and its U.S. affiliate, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) are saying would happen from just a limited nuclear war—forget about a full-scale meltdown of thousands of dirty nuclear fuel rods.

More than a billion people around the world would face starvation following a limited regional nuclear weapons exchange (such as a clash between India and Pakistan) that would cause major worldwide climate disruption, driving down food production in China, the U.S. and other nations, according to a major new report released by Dr. Ira Helfand, the author of Nuclear Famine: A Billion People at Risk.

Helfand said, “The needless and preventable deaths of one billion people over a decade would be a disaster unprecedented in human history. It would not cause the extinction of the human race, but it would bring an end to modern civilization as we know it.”

The Dalai Lama summaries the situation saying, “We have degenerated into an insane society, unconsciously committing mass suicide by ecocide. Unrestrained corporate capitalism coercively and insidiously exploits vulnerable people and myopically plunders, depletes and corrupts finite planetary resources that sustain life.

Billions of people suffer needless poverty, starvation and avoidable disease, while obscenely privileged corporate, political and religious plutocrats greedily acquire power and excessive material wealth far beyond their conceivable needs.”

Special Note: These subjects are covered in my Nuclear Toxicity Syndrome book as well as the second edition of my Iodine book (both published in 2011), which dive deeply into the issue and threat of radioactive iodine.

Having lots of sulfur on hand as well as sodium bicarbonate, iodine, clay and magnesium is a good start for a radiation survival home pharmacy.

[1] The Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II with intent to end the war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project

[2] www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/03/15/mox-the-toxic-fuel-inside-japans-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant.html

This article originally appeared on blog.imva.info

Iraqi boy in an orphanage drew his mother and slept in her arms

A Brain Cell is the Same as the Universe

Fukushima monthly fallout now 10 times higher than last September

via enenews

Title: Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture
Source: MEXT
Date: March 2012

Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture

h/t EXSKF

February 2012 (Total cesium = 33,300 MBq/km2)

January 2012 (Total cesium = 19,120 MBq/km2):

December 2011 (Total cesium = 20,670 MBq/km2):

November 2011 (Total cesium = 4,150 MBq/km2):

October 2011 (Total cesium = 2,890 MBq/km2):

September 2011 (Total cesium = 3,520 MBq/km2):

Monthly totals not available for July, August

June 2011 (Total cesium = 15,250 MBq/km2):

May 2011 (Total cesium = 189,100 MBq/km2):

• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(February 2012)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(January 2012)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(December 2011)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(November 2011)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(October 2011)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(September 2011)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(August 2011)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(July 2011)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(June 2011)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(May 2011)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(April 2011)
• Reading of radioactivity level in fallout by prefecture(March 2011)