Biblical Truth

Let’s discuss Bible Scriptures:

There can not be light on the first three days if God created the sun on the fourth day. (Gen 1:16) For there to be morning and evening on the first three days the Earth must be rotating around the sun.

God says that Adam and Eve will die the very day that they eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but Adam lived to be 930 years old. So, God lied and the serpent told the truth. -Gen 2:17. -Gen 5:5

Why keep knowledge of good and evil from mankind? Leave it to religion to say seeking knowledge is an evil desire.

God is afraid that man will become ‘like us’, (living forever and knowing good and evil) if man also eats from the tree of life. -Gen 3:22. So the often repeated Christian ideology that says Adam and Eve brought death to the world is wrong. God never intended Adam and Eve to live forever.

By placing the tree of life and the tree of knowledge in the middle of the Garden is also a scenario where God is tempting mankind with the ability to become like him. Later in the Bible, it claims that God does not tempt mankind. -James 1:13

Jesus is not the only Son of God: -Gen 6:4. “…when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them.” Also Exodus 4:22 “Israel is my firstborn son” directly contradicts John 3:18 which claims Jesus is “the only Son of God.”

Genocide is bad, OK! A loving and all powerful God would not commit multiple genocides, nor convince his followers to disobey his own Ten Commandments by telling them to covet their neighbors property and to commit genocide to obtain it.

God saw mankind united and successful and he decided to say, “come let us go down and confuse their language.” -Gen 11:6-7. Which contradicts the New Testament that says God is not the author of confusion.

Abram married Sarai, his sister. So the Bible supports incest. -Gen 11:27-29

Sarai’s slave, Hagar, was forced to have Abram’s son, because Sarai was not able to bear children. -Gen 16:2. An Angel of the Lord forces Hagar to submit to her mistress when she attempts to escape. So the God of the Bible supports slavery and rape. -Gen 16:8-9

Later Sarai exiles her slave and the son she bore for Abram. – Gen 21:10. Then God makes Sarai able to give birth again and renamed her Sarah. -Gen 17:15. If this is so, why didn’t God just make her able to have kids in the first place instead of forcing a slave to get rapped by her master?

Later Abram doesn’t want his son to be married with a local Canaanite -Gen 24:2-4. (The Canaanites are people cursed by Noah because Canaan’s father, Ham, who is Noah’s son, saw Noah naked when he got drunk one night. Noah cursed Canaan into slavery because of this incident, even though Canaan was totally uninvolved. Noah, a “righteous man” in the eyes of God. -Gen 9:20-26.) So, Abram, now Abraham, told his servant to find a wife for his son from their own tribe. So Abraham was not just an incestuous slave owner but also a racist eugenicist.

– Gen 19:4-8. For some wild figment of a Bible writer’s imagination, every male Sodomite (young and old) apparently wanted to have sex with two angels disguised as men, that God sent to the city to seek out ten righteous people so he can judge whether he would commit genocide or not. Lot defends the two angels by offering his two virgin daughters to the rapists, so they can have their way with them. Lot knew the two angels simply as strangers but was willing to sacrifice both his daughters to keep them safe?

– Gen 19:31-36. Later, Lot gets rapped by both of his daughters by getting intoxicated by them with alcohol. Is that all it takes for a father to have sex with his own daughters? Doesn’t seem likely and why is this sick story in a Holy Bible?

Would a God of loving kindness support Moses decision to kill women, to kill the little boys, and to keep the virgin girls for themselves? So, why is that in the Bible? -Numbers 31:17-18

Slavery is unethical, but even in the New Testament it says that slaves need to obey their abusive masters. -1 Peter 2:18

Is it not cruel and unusual punishment to force people to eat their own children? -Leviticus 26:29. God of the Bible also curses your future generations for the sins you commit. -Exodus 34:7

Is it right to kill your wife at her father’s door step because you found out she was not a virgin on your wedding night? Bible says it is. -Deuteronomy 22:13-21

Is artwork immoral? Bible says it is. -Deuteronomy 5:8

In Psalms it says that, happy they will be while seeking revenge from Babylon by taking their little ones and dashing them against the rock. -Psalms 137:9

Jesus says to turn the cheek, then he whips people at the temple.

Jesus says do not say ‘you fool’ or you may be liable to the hell of fire. Yet he calls people fools on many occasions. -Matthew 5:22, -Matthew 23:17, -Luke 11:40, -Luke 24:25

Jesus says to love your enemy, but hate your mother and father, brother and sister, son and daughter, and even life itself to be his disciple. -Luke 14:26.

Jesus said, my peace I give you, and also, I’ve come not to bring peace but a sword and to divide families. Which he surely has done to my family. -Matthew 10:34-36

Jesus says that he is not good and only the father is good. -Mark 10:18. Then he says that he is one with the Father. -John 10:30

Bible says God is not a God of confusion. -1 Corinthians 14:33. Are not contradictions a cause of confusion?

Jesus says that God is our father and if you ask him for a fish he will not give you a serpent. -Matthew 7:10. But you better cut off your hand and gouge your eyes out to avoid him from destroying your soul in hell. -Matthew 5:30

You must Fear the Lord and Love the Lord with all your might. Good luck.

Don’t forget to stone your neighbor to death when he doesn’t keep the sabbath. Is that Saturday or Sunday?

Old Testament says, don’t repeat yourself when you pray. -Sirach 7:14. Yet Catholics pray the rosary over and over again.

Doesn’t the Old Testament say not to make a wood carving of a man and hang it up with chains to worship it? Yes it does. So why are Christians not obeying every letter of the law as Jesus said to do?

If you truly believe Jesus is God then why do as Paul says instead of listening to Christ himself; who said scriptures can not be annulled and he did not come to abolish the law of the prophets? -Matthew 5:17-20

Jesus clearly said to sell all your possessions and give to the poor. To take your cross and follow him. To not worry where to lay your head, or what you will eat, and to spread the good news. He said it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into heaven. Blessed are the poor. Woe to the rich. Forgive your debtors. He also whipped the money changers out of the temple. So what’s up with all these wealthy capitalist organizations claiming to represent Christianity when Jesus was clearly a socialist? They fly in their private jets and sit on their golden thrones while homeless people piss in the streets around Vatican City. And millionaires like Trump dare claim to be Christian.

Was the daughter of Jairus at the point of death and Jesus was delayed before hearing of her death, (Mark 5:23), or was she already dead when Jairus approached Jesus (Matthew 9:18) Depends which gospel you read.

Did Judas die by hanging, (Matthew 27:5) or did he fall face first and his bowels gushed out? -Acts 1:18. It can not be both.

Was the curtain torn before or after Jesus died? Depends which gospel you read.

Did Jesus die on the day of Passover or the day before Passover? Depends which gospel you read.

Was the stone of Jesus tomb rolled open before or after the women arrive? Was it one woman, two, three or five or more? Did they see one man, two men, or an angel? Did Jesus die feeling forsaken or did he go with confidence? Depends which gospel you read.

There are two genealogies for Jesus in the Bible and they are drastically different.

Jesus, while speaking of the end times said that “this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.” How many generations have since come and gone? -Luke 21:32

A root of the problem with racism in Christian communities is the fact that Jesus is racist in the gospel of Matthew 10:5-6 he told his disciples to “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” When he said love your neighbor he meant the Israelites or decedents of the house of Jacob, who God named Israel in Genesis. See also, Matthew 15:21-26 when Jesus did not answer a Canaanite woman begging him to save her daughter from demons. His disciples urged him, then he replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to a dog.”

Believe in angels and an infinitely intelligent all knowing and all loving God all you want; but you can’t say that a loving and all knowing God wrote such disgusting, immoral, and contradicting scriptures.

How can a genocidal maniac possibly represent Love?

Reconciliation gives forgiveness, not belief in a prophet.

Pretending to drink someone’s blood and eat their flesh is disgusting.

Meditating on someone’s suffering saves no one from nothing.

Why would God have to sacrifice himself to himself to save us from himself?

The Bible was written by men who wanted to control people with fear and punishment and justify their immoral behavior. If you study non-violent communication you’ll know that it specifically requires not to reward or punish, but to give empathy for each other’s feelings and needs; which will lead towards conflict resolution.

Many Christians are traumatized by fear mongering pedophiles who hide from justice with support from their religious institutions.

Because of this book, people are choosing not to believe in scientific evidence of evolution, of human caused climate change, and coronavirus science.

Millions of trees get cut every year for a religious ritual on the 25th of December while there is a climate crisis that needs us to let as many trees live as possible.

The Bible is a dangerously immoral book. The south used it to justify slavery (Leviticus 25:44) and colonialists used it to enslave and commit genocide on native people around the world.

In the Bible women are described as property and need longer time to purify themselves than men do.

Woman never came from Man. Every man came out of a woman.

Our democracy gave women equal rights; scriptures never have and never will. Women are not treated as equals, but are persecuted because of this book. Women are prohibited from Teaching and having authority over men in 1 Timothy 2:11-12. A woman that is raped is forced to marry her rapist in Deuteronomy 22:28. A woman is not made in the glory of God and therefore requires a veil when she prays due to Eve’s sin according to 1 Corinthians 11:5.

There is hatred for homosexuals who get murdered because of this book.

There is deadly racism because of this book.

Prisoners today are being treated as slaves and being tortured in hellish conditions instead of being rehabilitated because of this book.

Believing that you are saved through faith in Jesus Christ alone and not by your works is immoral, because you should believe in reconciliation, rehabilitation, and service to your fellow human beings.

The Quran is no better. Mohammed had sex with a nine year old that he married when she was six. He was also a murderous warlord that cut people’s heads off.

There are instructions in the Quran to beat your wife if she is disobedient.

There are also instructions to kill nonbelievers of their faith.

Words matter. And many scriptures are unethical.

Let’s move out of the Bronze Age mentality and allow our ethics to continue to evolve.

The Bible demands you to oppose it. It says to seek wisdom as for hidden treasure and to stand up for the truth. The truth hurts, but people need it now more than ever.

We need all people to acknowledge their scriptures are fictional, so we can unite humanity with sound ethics and understanding of scientific discoveries.

We don’t have intelligence until we make ecological sense.

Why don’t we start by respecting life on Earth. Let’s honor the rights of animals to live. Let’s live our lives with responsibility for the prosperity of our future generations.

As an intelligent species, we have the responsibility to care for the ecosystems that sustain life on this planet, and acknowledge that all the different species born on this planet play an important role in the ecosystem and also deserve rights to not be enslaved, imprisoned, and killed in massive numbers to be treated as products in the market.

Permaculture ethics of Earth Care, People Care, and to Return of Surplus back toward Earth Care and People Care should be embraced by all to change our negative impact into a positive impact for the future generations.

We need to have the courage to change our negative beliefs that divide people and cause needless suffering.

Beliefs have power. Placebo is real. What do you choose to believe? I pray it’s beneficial to the All.

I was raised Roman Catholic, and it has taken a lot of study to acknowledge scriptures as fictional. I pray this article helps bring truth to light.

As for my beliefs and where they have gone, I believe in Mother Nature. Our Goddess that gave birth to life and the All that surrounds us. A cubic centimeter of space contains more energy than everything visible in the Hubble telescope. Just like babies are formed in the darkness of the womb, and seeds sprout from the darkness of the soil, galaxies are born from the darkness of space. The dark is not evil, it gives birth to light and could very well be the source of our origins. Even inside an atom there is space.

We are all born innocent babies. The environment and our experiences mold our character. There are no evil people; only lack of understanding, lack of health, lack of human connection, and lack of needs being met.

I feel lucky to be born in my circumstances. But I’m not grateful because my circumstances come from a system that exploits people and nature and animals in a horrific way.

This unjust world gives birth to babies that starve to death. Our prayers will not save the 16,000 children that die of starvation everyday. We need to get to work.

I feel a great sense of urgency to make the world a better place for all life on Earth. Because this life may be all there is. The comforts of an afterlife take away meaning from living a life with purpose for future generations here and now.

Is this the Home of the Brave? Do we have the courage to face the truth?

Scriptures are fictional.

We need to unite Humanity with ethics and science. Climate science is reality and we need to live with ecologically functional design, and with respect for this majestic miracle of life that we are all taking in vain.

-Photography by Jose O. Mediavilla

-Written by Jose O. Mediavilla

-Artwork found in google search from unknown origin, Color restoration done by Jose O. Mediavilla

-References: Bible & Bible Scholar Bart D. Ehrman

Eradicating Violence in Society

When I was protesting in the streets of Easthampton, some people didn’t like that I used a loud voice and they pressed charges for disturbing their peace. In court I learned that speech is protected, so long as you are not using fighting words. So, if I had been screaming about hurting people instead of Climate Change, then I could have been convicted. Thankfully the city also lacked a noise ordinance and the charges were dropped.

I began to question: “If it’s true that using fighting words is a crime, then why are groups like the KKK still allowed to exist? Why are these groups seemingly protected by the first amendment?

I believe it’s far past time for hate groups like the KKK to be charged with and sentenced for their enduring crimes of violent speech against their fellow citizens.

The same may also be said about religious organizations that promote hate and violence towards others. For example: Calling a homosexual an “abomination of God”, is violent speech. Muslims call nonbelievers infidels and there are scriptures that promote violence upon them. These hateful words are causing violent behavior towards innocent people who cause no harm to anyone.

If society wants violence to end, then the issues that cause violence must be addressed. First acknowledging the cause of the effect, then work to transmute the cause towards peace.

This can be done by no longer tolerating groups that promote hate towards people who do not harm others. Much like there are lines drawn against using fighting words, organizations whether religious or otherwise must be prohibited from spreading dangerous propaganda that promotes violence.

We are all born in this planet innocent babies. We soak up information from our environment and our behavior is molded by the experiences we have. A violent person is the effect of many causes.

Violence in movies and TV teach people that a hero sacrifices himself to kill the enemy. The climax is normally a fight and the crowd watches with excitement as the Bad Guy gets a beating.

But bad guys are not born. There is no such thing as evil. Their violence is learned and their behavior is merely the effects of causes such as religious beliefs passed down, physical abuse from others, or learning hateful behavior from others. But change is constant and every negative behavior that is learned can be unlearned. The human mind has plasticity and with training can evolve towards peaceful conduct.

Dr. Marshall Rosenberg is a psychiatrist who teaches non-violent communication. He says that a society that uses reward and punishment further incites violence. The key to his approach in communication is to focus on feelings and needs.

Our corrections department is not good at correcting behavior. It’s just inflicting more violence and making people more mentally ill than they were before.

In order to correct violent behavior, you need an environment where basic needs are met. Unmet needs leads to stressful feelings that can result in violence.

People need clean water, nutritious food, clean air, clothing and adequate shelter.

People also need a supporting community, and access to knowledge.

When these basic needs are not met, stress accumulates and behavior becomes destructive either to themselves and or others.

If society truly wants to eradicate violence then health care would be universal, education would be a common inheritance, and housing would be considered a human right. People would cooperate with each other to meet their needs and cooperate with the natural world, instead of being at odds with nature and each other.

Permaculture is an ecologically function systems design science that people can use to cooperate with nature to meet our needs of food, water and shelter. It would be effective at creating jobs and increase the quality of life, thus helping to stop violence.

A resource based economy can help eradicate violence by structuring businesses as equal share, worker owned cooperatives instead of the monarchs that exploit workers for cheap labor. A resource based economy also manages the worlds resources sustainably instead of exploiting the planet and poor communities around the world to turn a profit for a few shareholders.

Imagine humanity truly organized as an intelligent species, that at least understands we all live on a rock floating in space and we must stop destroying this place.

Live for the Future Generations

We should all care about humanity and care about our planet.

We need the truth.

Without truth we will never behave as we should.

The truth is we need to save ourselves from ourselves. We have become self destructive.

With intelligence and free access to information, comes great responsibility.

People need a healthy dose of reality. We don’t live in a fairy tale land. The American dream is destroying the planet.

Time to take the call to adventure in the Hero’s journey. You’re the Hero and It’s time to save the world.

There is a need in our global economy, to Rewrite the Rules.

Let’s remember history. We take dominion over nature, we construct, we prosper, and then we fall.

The pattern has repeated itself and we are approaching the cliff of our inevitable fall if we keep moving forward. Time to hit the breaks and choose another path.

Our politics and economics are causing unnecessary misery and needless death for people and animals all around the world.

Money does not make the world go round. We should not hang a profit motive in front of every endeavor.

We need a more sophisticated way of organizing our efforts, so we can inhabit this planet with ecological sanity.

We can give food and water security to our posterity.

What increases our health and the health of the environment must be our top priority.

Our current economy devalues and degrades the land, the air, and the water; to the point that our planet is covered with microplastics from our garbage. We can no longer carry on with the scale of development that causes more deforestation and pollution.

We must transition with a realistic plan to develop self reliance and change our relationship with the environment to become beneficial to life.

We can restore healthy ecosystems all around us in a way that provides an abundance of healthy food, clean water, and clean air with permaculture design; which is a design science that can be used to create ecologically functional design to provide for human needs and be of benefit to the ecosystem at the same time.

Permaculture design should be a requirement and not an option for farmers and landowners.

We can not be free enough to destroy ourselves and the rest of life on Earth.

The toxic industries and infrastructures must transition.

The line has been drawn. Scientists have given us a timeline, and the more time we waist the more certain our future will lead to a living hell of mass starvation and people killing each other for resources. We need to prepare for the worst by changing our lifestyles from consumers to producers.

It starts by learning some old Earth skills of foraging and gardening. Growing forest gardens instead of lawns and covering as much land with native edible perennials as possible.

If we don’t care about supporting the ecosystems that sustain life on this planet, then what good are we?

Selfishness is killing us.

The rich live lavish lifestyles while their income could save children from starvation.

Capitalism is killing us.

There is no such thing as infinite growth in a finite planet.

A system that exploits people and nature for profit should be illegal.

Religion is making us insane.

We are not here to have dominion over nature, but to learn from and to cooperate with nature.

We are not created, we are evolved from the environment.

Babies are born innocent. There is no original sin.

Jesus is not coming down from a cloud to save you. We need to save ourselves from ourselves.

Prayers don’t feed the 16,000 children that die from starvation everyday.

Focus on reality.

Climate science is reality. The ecological crisis is reality.

Humanity must stop behaving like a virus to life on Earth.

We are running out of time.

Suit up hero. Time to get to work.

Sign Guy Origins

It’s been a long time since my last post. I’ve done a lot of living and my mind has evolved. I went from living in an “intentional community” to becoming homeless and suicidal, to being known as the Easthampton “Sign Guy”. I’ve learned a lot along the way and I’m eager to start my blog again and get my point of view down for anybody that might be interested. So here goes; Sign Guy Origins:

I miss living at the farm. But the intentional community called Arc 38 was really a bunch of squatters taking advantage of the property owner. I was the only farmer on the site and everybody else was trashing the place and getting high everyday. They were making money illegally, sexually harassing women, stealing, and getting violent. I attempted to give the group some discipline and to do meaningful work in a legal manner. The ‘leader’ of the group, who called himself ‘Eco’, convinced the landlord to evict me. He didn’t want the fun of throwing parties and wasting time getting high to go away.

My friend Geni took me in and I left the farm to live under her roof in Wilbraham, MA.

Being disconnected from the land that I called home for three years had a serious effect on me. I was dependent on an insecure location doing work trade for a place to stay. After being their hardest worker doing most of the manual labor for so many years, they just tossed me aside like a piece of crap. I ended up staying in Geni’s basement and had to figure out a new life path.

To make a long story short, I became suicidal and after a suicide attempt I ended up at the VA hospital at Leeds. I was an inpatient for a while and I read the Dhammapada over and over again trying to get my mind out of the very dark and suicidal mentality that I developed.

When I was released from the hospital I camped in Northampton. Living homeless was fun at first. I showered at the gym and camped in the woods beside the rail road tracks.

It only took a few weeks for my suicidal thoughts to grab ahold of me again. I felt like a nobody who didn’t even deserve to be in my daughter’s life. I attempted suicide again. I started by eating rocks at a parking lot. That didn’t work so I climbed up a tree and jumped off head first into oncoming traffic.

I woke up in a hospital and I had staples on my head. After a couple weeks I was transferred to become an inpatient at a different hospital. After staying there for a couple months doing therapy and taking meds, I went back to Leeds, this time to live at Soldier On, which is a homeless shelter for veterans.

I lived at the shelter for a few months. Eventually I applied at HUD Vash for veteran housing and they helped me get an apartment in Easthampton, MA. Finally I had a place of my own and I was able to take some serious time to heal and get my mind out of the darkness of suicidal thoughts.

If it wasn’t for the VA, I’m sure I’d be dead by now. Im thankful for all the people that work there and all the people that worked so hard to make services available to veterans. Mental Illness is no joke.

Finding purpose in life was a struggle. I thought my impact just for being human was too destructive to the environment. I believed That I wasted to much time in my life. I was reading the Bible, seeking refuge, only to find more reasons to feel guilt and shame for being alive. My mind kept reminding me of all the mistakes I’ve made in the past. I believed what the Bible said, that God hated me as an abomination and that my children’s children are cursed for my mistakes. I jumped out of that tree in hopes that my daughter would not suffer for my sins.

But the more I studied the Bible the more contradictions I discovered. This was a huge step towards my liberation of hateful dogmatic beliefs that I had to overcome to purify myself from the evil of suicidal thoughts.

I studied scholars such at Prof. Bart D. Ehrman. Who helped me realize the historic truths of how scripture came to be.

I also ran into the wisdom of Prof. Dr. Marija Gimbutas who was an archeologist and anthropologist who taught that for thousands of years Europeans worshipped the Goddess and had gender equality and a peaceful existence before patriarchy and Christianity took over.

I began to embrace this idea of the Goddess being Nature itself and I rejected the Bible as the word of God due to its many contradictions.

I began to find inner peace and focused more on my love for nature and for my daughter. I need to accept myself and work to become the father my daughter deserves and live with purpose.

I spent many hours researching about humanities destructive impact on the natural world. When I first learned about microplastics I felt a dire urge to act as if Occupy Wall Street was still happening and to go out and have a persistent presence in the public. My purpose was to be the voice for nature, for the innocent suffering animals, and for future generations.

I see what I’m doing as the Easthampton Sign Guy as psychological operations. I’m planting seeds of truth into the minds of people to help inspire the changes that are needed to create a sustainable and regenerative future.

Over time I’ve connected with my tribe. Hundreds of supporters thank me for what I do and I’ve found my self-worth.

I pray that my efforts evolve into the creation of a local movement towards creating an ecologically sane society.

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Astrology, a Science of the Stars?

This chart is my attempt at a cheat sheet for Astrology.  A topic that I’ve been looking into for a few years now.

Astrology’s etymology means, Science of the Stars. This scientific research concerns our solar system and the natural world that we live in.  It comes from an understanding that we are a directly effected by elements in our environment.

Civilizations all across the world have known and have payed their respects to the constellations of the Zodiac, which is the belt in the sky in which these ‘planets’, (a Latin word meaning wanderer), are constantly spinning around.

The Sun and Moon ride along this belt of the Zodiac as well.  It is one of the most observed phenomenons in human history.  There is a long tradition and many different interpretations of this science all around the world, especially in Egypt, India, China and Europe.  The twelve signs and the seven most visible wanderers; the Sun who plays it’s obvious role in our daily lives, as well as the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.  Although there are more planets farther away, they are not as visible to the naked eye, and also not as influential in our daily lives as the seven.

From my personal experience with astrology, I acknowledge that Southern Vedic, or Sidereal Astrology is more accurate than Western Astrology as far as birthcharts are concerned.  I lean towards the Western interpretations of the meaning of the placement of the planets and the houses.

Personally I believe the best use of astrology is for agriculture and the best sources of info for this is biodynamic gardening.

That’s all I have to say about it. Enjoy the cheat sheet!

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Bio-Mineral Balanced Diet

Many people have their own idea of a balanced diet.  Allow me to share my perspective:

Foundation: 

I’ve combined philosophies from Dr. Schuessler, Dr. George W. Carey, and Dr. Sebi as the major influence in my personal idea of a balanced bio-mineral diet.  All these doctors talk about Bio-Chemistry, which means chemistry of life.  According to Dr. Schuessler and Dr. Carey, there are Twelve Mineral Cell Salts present in healthy human blood, “the Elixir of Life”.  The 12 minerals that orchestrate the constant reconstruction of the human body “The stones the builders rejected.”

Hippocrates cured every disease known to man with nutrition.

A holistic approach to cures addresses Hydration, Breathing, Cleansing, Diet, Exercises, and Stress Management.

“If Nature didn’t make it, don’t take it” -Dr. Sebi

Dr. Sebi’s work with the Usha Research Institutes tells us that man-made foods (hybrids) are starchy, often contain cyanide, and make carbonic acidic in the body.

Alkalinity is important because the body is alkaline (7.36 pH).  Eating acidic foods such as meat and dairy forces the body to balance it’s pH back to normal levels.  It does this by extracting alkaline minerals from the body, such as Calcium from bones.

Homeopathic medicine is not beneficial, because they use lactose or milk sugar which is an acidic substance.  The theory of Homeopathic medicine may work better if they used date sugar instead.  In my honest opinion, any supplement should only be made by concentrating the mineral salts from alkaline plants.  It’s better to give your body a constant supply of these minerals directly from fresh organic produce, food grown from your garden, or from wild foraging.

 

“A gorilla can not survive if given the food of the polar bear.”  Says Dr. Sebi in his seminars. By saying this he is pointing out his belief in genetic continuity of food. He believes that the African will not thrive on European food, but on native edible plants from Africa.

Doesn’t seem right to think that health can only come if you eat the food from your ancestral lands. Maybe instead the example that our ancestors lived, which was a life more in tune with nature, might be an example to follow.

The plants God made that are from your ancient homeland might make you feel much more vital.  I am convinced however that any native variety is perfectly fine for human beings to consume. We are all in the same species.  We do not differ in bodily function as a polar bear would differ from a gorilla.

Finding the most Ancient Native Edibles and Ancient Medicinal Herbs in your location are essential. Growing them in your yards would be a good idea.  Creating native community food forest gardens would be a great service to your neighbors.

Trophology is the science of food combining.  It comes from knowledge of how the digestive system operates. If you don’t digest your food properly, the minerals will be wasted.  If you don’t know how to food combine with Trophology, the best thing to do is simply eat one type of food at a time.  Simplify your life, instead of complicating things with food mixtures. Especially if you are unaware of the effects your chemistry experiment has on your body. Simplifying the diet to one food at a time also allows you to get to know how your body reacts to each specific food type.  Avoid food and combinations of food that cause excessive gas and indigestion.

Focus on how the food makes you feel.  Dr. Carey points out that mineral absorption is disrupted by negative emotions such as anger, fear, worry, frustration, et cetera. If the food makes you feel tired or experience ‘low vibration’, then you should probably avoid the food or combination.

Avoid cooking your foods as often as possible, because cooking it damages beneficial living enzymes and other nutrients. Eat raw and living food more often.  All seeds and beans can become alive as soon as you sprout them. The only food preparation tool you really need are your teeth.  Most people do not chew their food well enough.  I don’t process my food in a blender or drink smoothies.  The friction from the blades cooks the foods a bit and kills enzymes.  That’s why many people freeze their food before blending.  Eating naturally is much more agreeable.

Rinsing or even washing your food is necessary if you get food from the grocery store because even organic produce may have ‘organic’ pesticides on them.  If the food is from your garden, or sanitary locations that you choose to forage, then rinsing is not necessary.  In fact rinsing may eliminate the much needed vitamin B-12 that is naturally growing on the surface.  This tells me that the world wide B-12 deficiency is due to people not eating as nature intended.  Which is from food grown outdoors, harvested and eaten from the tree or plant, as is.

The Twelve Mineral Cell Salts:

My list is a personal list I made for myself, and is not a list intended to guarantee anything to anyone. Every human being is different and needs to find out the best diet for them. Don’t stress, just do your best to eat older varieties of food at your own pace.

Do reference Dr. Shuessler’s Biochemic Handbook, to know what minerals bring about natural cures for different ailments.

1.  Potassium Phosphate (Kali Phos.)

Foods: Cherry Tomato, Wild Rice, Native Apples, Sprouted Lentils, Lettuce (not Iceberg), Figs, Apricots, Olives, Green Onions, Sprouted Native Lima Beans, Mushroom (not Shiitake), Mustard Greens, Small Size Native Banana, Dates, Sprouted Garbanzo Beans, Parsley, Acorn Squash, Amaranth, Chayote, Basil, Mango, Elderberry, Pumpkins, Currants, Soaked Truly-Raw Walnuts, Avocados, Guavas, Dates, Nettles, Cayenne, Blessed Thistle, Cucumber, Peaches, Pineapples, Cantaloupe, Honey Dew Melon, Lemons, Chickweed, Plums, Kale, Purslane, Burdock, Dandelion.

2. Sodium Sulphate (Nat. Sulph.)

Foods: Native Apples, Asparagus, Green Onions, Key Lime, Lime, Pumpkin, Soaked Truly-Raw Almonds and Walnuts, Lettuce (not Iceberg), Turnip Greens, Sprouted Garbanzo Beans, Soaked Dry Fruit, Grapes with seeds, Cherry, Coconut, Dandelion, Cucumber, Wild Strawberries, Green Onion, Olive, Lambs Quarters, Thyme, Plantain, Burdock, Yarrow, Ground Ivy, Sage, Golden Rod.

3.  Potassium Chloride (K Cl),

Foods: Apricots, Cherry Tomato, Garbanzo Beans, Avocados,Soaked Truly-Raw Almonds, Asparagus, Oranges with seeds, Wild Rice, Green Beans, Beets, Oranges, Mushroom (not Shiitake), Kale, Grapes with seeds, Raisins from Grapes with seeds, Cayenne, Ginger, Honey Dew Melon, Plums, Acorn Squash, Amaranth, Pears, Chayote, Mango, Elderberry, Basil, Currants, Cantaloupe, Peaches, Pineapple, Tomatoes, Lily of the Valley, Flax, Dandelion, Chickweed, Parsley, Lavender, Blue Vervain, Purslane, Burdock, Yarrow.

4.  Calcium Fluoride (Calc. Fluor.)

Foods: Whole Grain Sprouted Rye, Lettuce (not Iceberg), Kale, Small Size Native Banana, Cherry tomatoes, Asparagus, Turnip Greens, Kelp and other Seaweeds, Wild Rice, Soaked Whole Sesame Seeds, Pumpkin, Sprouted Whole Grain Rye, Green Onions, Grapes with seeds, Oranges with seeds, Lime, Dandelion, Chickweed, Watercress, Willow, Purslane, Burdock, Horsetail, Stinging Nettle.

5. Magnesium Phosphate (Mag. Phos.)

Foods: Sprouted Whole Grain Rye, Avocados, Sprouted Whole Grain Spelt, Soaked Truly-Raw Almonds and Walnuts, Sunflower Seeds, Figs, Limes, Key Limes, Native Apples, Peaches, Coconut, Wild Rice, Asparagus, Gooseberries, Cherries, Orange, Kale, Sprouted Whole Quinoa, Soaked Whole Sesame Seeds, Mustard Greens, Sprouted Amaranth, Cantaloupe, Currants, Acorn Squash, Sprouted Garbanzo Beans, Plums, Lettuce (not Iceberg), Wake Robin, Eyebright, Mistletoe, Marigold, St. Johns Wort, Blueberries, Green Onion, Dill, Burdock, Purslane, Chickweed, Chamomile, Parsley, Spearmint, Dandelion, Stinging Nettle, Horsetail.

6.  Potassium Sulphate (Kali.Sulph.)

Food: Lettuce (not Iceberg), Sprouted Whole Grain Spelt, Rye, Avocados, Amaranth, Quinoa, Teff, Oranges with seeds, Limes, Key Lime, Green Onion, Acorn Squash, Sprouted Amaranth, Cherry Tomato, Chayote, Elderberry, Currants, Mango, Basil, Kale, Cantaloupe, Honey Dew Melon, Mushroom (not Shiitake), Chickweed, Cucumber, Chicory, Endive, Watercress, Soaked Truly-Raw Almonds, Dill, Valerian, Purslane, Burdock, Dandelion.

7.  Sodium Phosphate (Nat. Sulph.)

Food: Wild Strawberries, Native Apples, Grapes with seeds, Raisins from Grapes with seeds, Soaked Truly-Raw Almonds, Asparagus, Sprouted Garbanzo Beans, Tomatoes, Olive, Sprouted Whole Grain Spelt and Rye, Wild Rice, Oranges with seeds, Limes, Key Limes, Parsley, Figs, Peaches, Thyme, Dandelion, Catnip, Burdock, Blueberries, Coconut, Watercress, Bee Balm.

8.  Calcium Sulphate (Calc. Sulph.)

Food: Asparagus, Green Onions, Cherry Tomatoes, Figs, Black Berries, Coconuts, Lettuce (not Iceberg), Kale, Turnip Greens, Small Size Native Banana, Black Cherry, Cucumber, Sprouted Garbanzo Beans, Soaked Truly-Raw Almonds, Watercress, Mustard Greens, Soaked Whole Sesame Seeds, Plums, Gooseberries, Chickweed, Burdock, Purslane, Blessed Thistle, Sarsaparilla, Stinging Nettles, Dandelion, Horsetail.

9.  Silica 

Food: Skins of Fruits and Vegetables, Green Peppers, Figs, Wild Strawberries, Pears, Native Apples, Sprouted Whole Grain Spelt and Rye, Wild Rice, Plums, Cherries, Agrimony, Burdock, Chicory, Red Clover, May Apple, Horsetail, Dandelion, Oak, Fever Few, Chickweed, Mallows.

10.  Calcium Phosphate (Calc. Phos.)

Foods: Oranges with seeds, Limes, Key Limes, Figs, Dandelion, Soaked Truly-Raw Walnuts and Almonds, Sprouted Whole Grain Spelt and Rye, Wild Rice, Parsley, Soaked Whole Sesame Seeds, Sprouted Garbanzo Beans, Avocado, Asparagus, Plums, Wild Strawberries, Blueberries, Wintergreen, Horsetail, Thyme, Slippery Elm, Chickweed, Shepard’s Purse, Kale, Lettuce (not Iceberg), Burdock, Stinging Nettle, Cucumber, Purslane, Coconut, Horsetail.

11.  Sodium Chloride (Nat. Mur.),

Food: Lettuce (not Iceberg), Squash, Soaked Truly-Raw Almonds and Walnuts, Native Apples, Peaches, Pears, Lime, Key Lime, Oranges with seeds, Green Onions, Olive, Cherry Tomato, Dates, Cayenne, Ginger, Asparagus, wild Strawberries, Sesame Seeds, Valerian, Plantain (herb), Cucumber, Coconut, Bay Berry.

12. Ferrum Phosphate (Ferr. Phos., aka Phosphate of Iron)

Food: Sprouted Whole Grain Spelt, Sprouted Garbanzo Beans, Green Onions, Lettuce (not Iceberg), Grapes with seeds and Raisins from grapes with seeds, Dates, Apricots, Peaches, Native Apples, Limes, Oranges with seeds, Plums, Figs, Mushrooms (not Shiitake), Soaked Whole Sesame Seeds, Wild Rice, Quinoa, Seaweed, Elderberry, Parsley, Wild Strawberries, Cucumbers, Soaked Truly-Raw Almonds and Walnuts, Amaranth, Irish Moss, Ginger, Sarsaparilla, Burdock, Guaco, Chickweed, Dandelion, Horsetail.

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The Road to Permaculture

While I was protesting at Wall Street, I figured something out:  Food and Space are the keys to a peaceful re-evolution of mankind.  In order for things to evolve towards a more humane and prosperous path, we absolutely need to feed people nutritious food, as well as provide a space for people to build the ‘new world’. When people eager to create something new are feed and given shelter, they can be productive towards that change with comfort and ease.

I connected with Occupy Farms so I could play a major role in fueling the movement.

Bill Henry, a kind and very accepting human being, allowed protesters to continue their work on his land in Wassaic, New York. I am forever grateful for his hospitality and the opportunity to test the waters of a life with nature.  The 185 acre property spans from the creek of a wide valley, to the top of a mountain, and beyond.  It was an amazing experience of ‘communal’ living, self education, and plenty of experience in the garden.

The farm is called Arc 38 For three years I focused on food production.  There were many visitors that brought in awesome bits of information that lead me into the right direction.

Throughout my time at the Arc, I had space to work and freedom to experiment.  Food was abundant, because we had a community that foraged for food and helped each other acquire needed resources.

I was able to get to know many different medicinal herbs and trees growing wild throughout the property. Almost all the medicine a human being would ever need, quite literally grows in their front yard; if people just let the weeds grow. Stop cutting your lawns and witness for yourself the gifts of the good Earth.  All you need to do is familiarize yourself with the medicinal qualities of local weeds.

We are not fully aware of our environment anymore, and have lost our connection to nature. The Earth is very rich with nourishment, we only need to realize what she has to offer.

If there was a variety of food available in abundance, and if there was space for people to learn and experience life at their own pace, then people would gain a sense of peace and productivity.

Imagine having food security for your entire community.

Imagine having a space that people can go to and live freely without the pressures of the corporate world.

Shelter is provided.  Communal spaces are made available for people to freely assemble. Work is focused on creating a prosperous and resilient environment.

Imagine a place with free ‘self’ motivated education, workshops, art centers, spiritual gatherings, fitness programs, that are all facilitated for community members; because what benefits one person benefits the whole.

Education would be more meaningful to you, since the time and space to focus on any subject you’re interested in is available.

Art would be more passionate, because it comes from the heart; instead of being made to compete in the market and ‘make a living’.

Well, I know it’s possible to live in these conditions, because that was my experience at the farm.

The Venus Project talks about a resource based economy which provides communities the ability to live in great abundance.  Yet the vision seems to be one drawn in the far future.  It’s a beautiful plan, but what can we do right now to reach that goal?  What are the steps we can realistically take towards that reality?

I thought about and searched for the answers for years, and I am confident that the solution is Permaculture.

Permaculture has three basic ethics:  Take Care of the the Earth, Take Care of People, and Giving all Surplus back to accomplish the tasks of Taking Care of the Earth and Taking Care of People.

Bill Mollison is the creator of the term Permaculture. He defines it as follows: Permanence- to permanently endeavor in;  Culture- practices that sustains human occupation of the Earth.  Thus, sustainability and abundance is obtained with the mentality of providing to humanity as a whole. Human beings are a part of nature, and we should be playing our roles in natures design.  What Bill did, was collaborate information of techniques, patterns of design, and solutions for energy, housing, food production etc. that has been collected from modern, ancient and indigenous cultures all around the world.

And it all starts with a garden.

Gardens built on the principles of Permaculture can produce yields that last for thousands of years.  Even if just a small percent of the current population began to apply Permaculture techniques in their own back yards, we could sustain humanity for centuries to come. We can act as an actual community and support each other, but we must let go of our dependency on destructive corporate entities.

Geoff Lawton, a student of Bill Mollison, and now a world renowned teacher of Permaculture design said, “All the worlds problems, can be solved in a garden.”

The solutions are obtained by following the patterns of nature.

A well designed garden can supply food year round in practically any environment, provide clean drinking water, give resources for building structures, and even create ways to recycle human wastes of all sorts.  From desert oasis to environments that freeze over in the winter, any environment can prosper  if permaculture principles are applied.

It’s time we begin to realize our purpose on this Earth. I find it hard to believe that our purpose here is to act as a destructive force on this planet.  We don’t need to have less of a negative impact, when we can have a positive impact on our environment.

It will take some sacrifices, some time to educate, and a little work; but if we want an Earth that will thrive for humanity, we must act on it and make it happen through our own initiative.  We can’t sit and wait for someone to save us from our ignorance.  We can green the deserts, restore the environment, free our fellow man, and eliminate the incentives of warfare.

There can be peace on Earth.  It is a choice we can make here and now. We won’t change the world overnight, but what we can do, we must do, or suffer the consequences of neglecting the environment that supports our very existence.

Let us act now, before it’s too late.

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A Philosophy on Human Diet

“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.”–Genesis 1:29

“The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”–Revelation 22:2

Dr. Sebi, a doctor known for curing every disease known to man, taught that people should avoid eating man-made food (Genetically Modified, Hybrid, Seedless Varieties, Processed Food, Pasteurized, et cetera.)

“If nature didn’t make it, don’t take it” -Dr. Sebi

I strive to always eat what is made by God in its natural state.  If I do cook, I do not overcook the food by using low heat. I read that our stomach needs the living enzymes, electric energy, and other living nutrients for proper digestion, in a book called the Tao of Health Sex and Longevity by Daniel P. Reid. Cooking effectively kills the nutrients and essential enzymes. Without these elements, the stomach uses our own personal supply of enzymes to digest the food. Therefore, over cooked food may actually cost us time out of our lifespan.

Dr. Sebi especially teaches to avoid starch:  The Human body is alkaline.  When starch is consumed it converts to carbonic acid in the body.  This makes the body go through the process of bringing balance to the pH level.  It does this by extracting minerals from your body, such as calcium from your bones.

The same thing happens when you consume anything that creates an acidic environment in the body.  ‘Foods’ that cause these acidic conditions are meat products with uric acid, starch with carbonic acid, any hybrid vegetable or fruit, and dairy products which cause metabolic acidosis in the body.

A Raw-Vegan-Whole-Ancient-Alkaline-Native Food- Diet is preferred by the human body.

By native, I am taking into consideration that people may experience greater health by eating native plants and fruits from their homeland of ancestral origins.

The question of protein is usually the first thing people ask about. We do not need to eat existing protein!  It is much more difficult for the body to take in an acidic substance like meat, have to deal with the acidity as well as break down the complex animal protein to then create human protein.  Much easier for the body to take the free floating amino acids from alkaline fruits, vegetables, sprouted grains and herbs, to then be assembles to make human protein.  Also I will warn that many doctors are aware that animal protein promotes the growth of cancer cells.

Next you might want to ask about B-12.  Well, B-12 deficiency exists for the entire human race.  People who eat meat are just as deficient as those who do not.  However, B-12 is found abundant in alfalfa and sea weed.  It is also found on natural wild edible plants, or your pesticide free home garden, if the food is eaten without rinsing.

“Oh, where am I going to get my vitamin A if you don’t want me eating my starchy sweet potato?” Well, Alfalfa, Burdock, Dandelion, Kelp, Marshmallow, Parsley, Raspberry, Red Clover, Watercress, and/or Yellow Dock. God’s food of course!  God made food for us that is convenient and easy to find and eat, we don’t need to go digging in the ground.  These ‘weeds’ as they call them today, are abundant in nature and will more than likely grow in your front yard if you stop mowing the lawn.

I use herbs, fruits, whole grains and vegetables as my medicine.  Socrates, the father of medicine said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

I do not use man-made vitamin supplements, drugs, or pills of any kind. They contain too many chemicals, preservatives and other contaminants.  If nature didn’t make it, don’t take it.

I do not eat meat or animal products either. Meat is the leading cause of heart disease and even the bible says repeatedly that we should not eat blood.  Don’t believe me that meat is unhealthy?  Look at the research provided by Dr. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell B Esselstyn.  Personally, don’t believe that meat is unhealthy for everyone.  I believe it has more to do with the quality of the meat, how it is being eaten, and if you have a blood type that is compatible with meat consumption.

After being introduced to trophology, the science of food combining, I took the study even further and found a lot of supporting articles and books on the subject.  Many foods do not mix well together and prohibit the digestive system from being able to assimilate the nutrients you believe you are getting.  When combined in the stomach they create all sorts of toxic chemicals instead.  Some of these bad combinations are Starch and Protein (like rice and beans or meat with potatoes), Protein with other Proteins (like cheese on your burger), Protein with Acid (like desert after a big steak), and Starch with Acid (like toast and jam).  The American diet seems to be made of the worst possible food combinations.  That creates a horrible situation for your stomach and colon, no matter how good the party was for your mouth.

Personally I prefer to eat one type of food at a time and avoid combining all together.  But in doing this, trophology is still necessary, because I use the knowledge to figure out what food or drink I should have next. Also how long I should wait between meals.

I read Dr. Schuessler’s book, The Biochemic Handbook.  Apparently the human body is built on a pillar of salts; the Biochemical Cell Salts.  The best way to ingest these cell salts, which build the inorganic matter in your body such as muscles, tissues, organs, glands, et cetera, is to consume herbs, fruits, seeds, grains and vegetables in their living raw state. Eating a variety of food that ensures a balanced intake of these minerals is essential to health, and to creating gardens that provide holistic health. This diet can not only heal you by eliminating dis-ease and bringing you ease; it can quite literally give you new parts to rebuild your body into a new man or woman!

Not eating a healthy diet will make the body starve for nutrition and bring dis-ease.  And if you have children to feed, I pray you realize that this information is available to everyone. Please take advantage of these resources and feed you children with greater understanding of the human body and what it requires for the body to thrive.

It’s too expensive for me to eat herbs, fruits and vegetables from the grocery store all the time; especially since I want to eat organic, so I grow as much food as possible.  I work for organic farms in trade for fresh produce and herbs.  After studying herbs, I’ve noticed that there is always wild herbs that are perfectly edible.  Some are much more nutritious than any vegetable you buy from the grocery store or that are cultivated, guaranteed.  Local native edible plants require zero maintenance and provide an abundance of food.  You can have a complete set of natives that ensures year round harvesting.

I would like to encourage people to stop maintaining their lawns, and grow a homestead garden instead.  A one-quarter-acre home can grow enough food to sustain at least six people, if designed correctly; and with not much effort.  There can be a symbiosis relationship within neighborhoods for food sharing efforts.  Not to mention possible land tax exemptions if you start a homesteading project on your property.

Seeds are a lot less expensive.  Nut and fruit trees are an investment that lasts. They produce enough fruit and nuts to pay for themselves in no time.

Another great innovation are local community food forest projects.  Wouldn’t it be awesome to be able to walk the neighborhood and be able to pick fresh fruits and vegetables for free in your local area? A trip to the grocery store will convert to a walk in nature.

If food was growing everywhere, it would not be scarce or controlled. It can help to eliminate stress and free our minds to become more of our true selves.  Not to mention our health would dramatically increase and less visits to the hospitals would be necessary.  The lack of scarcity would eliminate any idea of an ‘over populated’ humanity.  We could also be independent and free from needing foreign food supplies. The road to self sustainability can free us from the chains of our wasteful, poisonous, and murderous ‘modern society’.

Let us face the facts; ‘the system’ is one of dependency.  There is another category of people who are dependent of their masters; they are called slaves.  That is all we will amount to, so long as we continue to be dependent on this ‘system’ of control.

We can be healthy and free, if we decide to take care of ourselves and realize our oneness with nature.

Nobody put a gun to our heads and said, ‘eat McDonalds’ or else!’  We decide everything we put into our mouths, and we are the ones responsible for maintaining our health.  Only we can save ourselves.

We are the ones who buy the food at the grocery stores, and so we are the ones responsible for what the corporations produce.  And if we keep buying food from corporations that use unhealthy ingredients and processing, then we feed more fuel to the fire.  Especially when we support meat production and conventionally grown food.  Which is stripping the nutrients from the soil at large all around the world and even poisoning our aquifers, streams and lakes, as well as causing dead zones in these bodies of water including coastlines and seas.

That’s why I stopped protesting.  I stopped complaining.  I realized that I unintentionally helped create everything I felt was wrong in this world; just by shopping and supporting products from unethical, unhealthy, and irresponsible companies.  The only way I feel I can help to truly rectify our economic crisis, is to boycott everything that is of no benefit to human health and supporting products from companies that are ethical and healthy.

I define the ‘economic crisis’ as an economy that makes most of its money by selling poison to the people and destroying the Earth in the process.  So to me, the crisis is not coming, it’s already here.  It’s been here the whole time.

 The only way we can help improve the world is not by fighting, but by supporting a different idea.   Permaculture can be a solution.  An idea that sustains the earth, and the prosperity of the human race all at once.  Please spare some time to at least look into it.

Namaste!

 

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Occupy Wall Street

The towers that block the skies from the streets of Manhattan are impressive to look upon.  At first I marveled at these structures, however now it feels more like a gloomy obstacle to overcome in our struggle towards peace, and social equality.

On the streets below, people are struggling.  Wages are too low, jobs are scarce, and debts are too high. Homes are empty yet people are forced to live in the streets.  The system we thought gave such great opportunities, seems to be the bars and chains that are holding us all back from fulfilling our dreams.

We get out of the rat race for a moment and we choose to assemble.  To demonstrate in hopes that our fellow brothers and sisters can take notice, and hear our call.  A call for righteousness; a cry for help.  An invitations to unify as peaceful warriors of truth. A call to humanity for the re-evaluation of the values praised in our society.  A call for change; not change a single person can give to a nation, but change that together we can work towards to give ourselves.

People were motivated to take action towards the change they want to see in the world.  That is why so many all around the world are marching in the streets.  Not to disrupt business as usual so you can be pissed off about the inconvenience, but to disrupt business that is preventing the progress of humane evolution.

However, our efforts to create a better world for humanity are met by some adversities.

Don’t know if you are aware of it, but the police lead the Occupy Wall St., hereinafter OWS, protestors off of their planned route and into the streets of the Brooklyn Bridge to corral and arrest them.

This photograph proves it.  The police are on the road leading the crowd onto the ramp to meet vehicular traffic on the bridge.  The OWS protestors on the overpass walkway look back and witness this trap taking place:

What followed was the mass arrest that made history and motivated more people to get involved with the occupation of Wall Street.

    

I was amazed that so many people, exercising a constitutional right, were herded like animals to be charged and processed as criminals.  My perspective of a criminal is not a non-violent activist who marches for positive change in our society.  I’m not judging, but aren’t the activities of our most powerful corporations the more likely criminal suspects? However, they do not violate the laws of Man do they?  As members of a corporation, they have limited liability, and the corporation can only be sued.  You can’t put Ronald McDonald in prison; doesn’t matter if he puts toxic ingredients in his happy meals.  These laws being broken are Gods laws, and only God can judge them.

As a long standing activist in the Occupy movement, I do not believe it is our role to judge who is causing the injustices in our society.  Nor do I  believe that we should scold and yell at, persecute, or condemn any person or group of people committing acts of injustice; not with our thoughts, words, or our actions.  Karma will give justice when the hour is perfect. I feel our roll is to learn what doesn’t work in our society and what is causing diseases, deaths and inequality.  Once we have learned what the problem is, it’s our role to develope the solution and to live towards the manifestation of those solutions; one step at a time, day by day.  Activism isn’t a one day, two week, or three month role.  Activism is a lifestyle.

I believe the marches and occupations should remain peaceful and focused on the positive change it wants to create in the society.  Not to seek an eye for an eye, but to create a new model that will operate in such a way as to eliminate the possibility of the source of our struggles to ever resurface.  Marches and activists events are meant to gain attention and to educate.  Following through and leading by example by living the change we want to see is the next step.  Thats how I choose to think about it.  I’m not trying to force anybody to think of it my way.  I’m intent is to express my completely and give you a my perspective.  I hope that sharing these thoughts can help us in some way.

NAMASTE!

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New York City

Well, I didn’t arrive at New York by boat.  Not in this life anyways.  This is a shot I took with my point-and-shoot on the Staten Island Fairy.  I miss that camera. I wish it never broke on me, but I guess that’s what cheap cameras do.

I went to New York to pursue a career in still and motion picture taking.  I started out slaving for the fashion industry.  My top goal was to become a cinematographer for movies, but the movies I love the best are all shot by cinematographers with a background in photography.

Here are some shots I took of models for my portfolio to find work in New York:

I interned at a photography studio called Milk Studios for a while.  All I did was move equipment back and forth.  Plus taking out the trash, and sweeping water off the roof after a rainy day.  After six months they started calling me in to work as a freelancer.  I made about $350 a month.

Then I landed another internship with Lachlan Bailey, a great photographer who creates beautiful lighting in his photos.  I was excited to see him work.  At the end of the internship, my final critique from his studio manager was, ‘You’re no good with colors, you suck at retouching and you work too slow.’

The industry doesn’t just want quality fake stuff, they want it fast too.

I noticed this trend everywhere. Even on television, everyone seems to be obsessed with time limits and races.  I lived like that for seven years in the Marine Corps.

I had to do what I was told, when I was told to do it, and I had to do it with a sense of urgency.  I’m not about living or working in that kind of environment anymore. I want to enjoy my work and my life.

I also want to be able to support my fellow man out there struggling in this world.  We’re all basically trying to do the same thing; It’s our pursuit of happiness. We’re all working hard to utilize our skills and talents so we can make a living doing things we like to do.

In my apartment in Bushwick, I watched almost all of the documentaries that Netflix had to offer.  After watching a documentary on subjects like peek oil, or corporations in America, I would go and research for hours on the web.  I had tons of concerns on every subject imaginable, with no idea what to do to turn any of it around.  I was frustrated and angry.  I watched protests happening all around the world, and I was hoping that something would take place here in America.

The biggest corporations tied to the United States are just about all directly related to every major human and environmental discrepancy on this planet.  “We have to do something!”  That’s what always came to mind after watching one documentary after the other, illustrating the horrors in this world caused by corporate greed.

I want to get the poison out of our water; I want healthy food to be affordable for everyone; I want everyone to have a home;  for industries to stop destroying our planet, stop abusing people, animals and the Earth.  I want people to have fair wages, reasonable health care that uses natural cures instead of pharmaceutical ‘treatments’; and so much more that everything I just mentioned doesn’t even scratch the surface on all the issues I feel need to be changed to create a sane society!  People call me crazy sometimes, but after years of research I can’t help but think that the society operating under the vail of the United States is completely mad!

At first I wanted to retaliate.  Most people feel the same way, ‘at-first’; after we realize that somethings got to give, and we need to start doing something now!  Yes, ‘at-first’ we feel like it’s little-old-us working against the ‘great powers’ that seemingly rule this planet. I thought we needed to ‘fight’ to bring positive change, but I felt hopeless.  I felt as if I was just one small pond on a chess board facing an army, and I didn’t even know how to play chess.

Then I saw a post, an invitation to occupy Wall Street.  A long-term protest to peacefully influence change.  I was stoked!  I was waiting for September 17th to come almost a month before the occupation began.

I want to help make the world a better place, but I’m not the only one.  No sir! I am not alone on this one, and neither are you.  We are all so many!  And we don’t need to fight, we need to Love.  Love ourselves enough to stand up for something we believe in.  Just like Martin Luther King Jr.  said, “…And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.”

Thanks for reading! God Bless.

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