Unconditional

Unconditional love -- my wife, our son, the puppy
Unconditional love -- it keeps me going strong
An unconditional smiling face
A tender kiss -- a warm embrace
A gift from Heaven above
Unconditional love



But unconditional sin -- the booze, the pills, the women
Unconditional sin -- is tugging oh so strong
Now Pride, Anger, Envy & Sloth are a bore
But Lust, Greed & Gluttony -- I want more
I fear I'm 'bout to give in
To unconditional sin



Demons & angels duking it out
The final outcome ever in doubt
One drink too many, living the life
Then home to my dear unconditional wife



This unconditional life -- the sorrow and the splendor
We're on the edge of a knife -- but still we're going strong
So pass me the bottle; I just want to play
We may pay tomorrow, but let's live today



Forget your struggle & strife -- they're unconditional
Just me, my boy & my wife
It's quite tradtional
If unoriginal
This unconditional life

Water The Great Healer !

Water The Great Healer !


Water Drop @ 2000 Frames Bounces ! Great to watch BY TOSHNIDHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRSK4k3D-50&feature=player_embedded

Time Warp - Water Balloon to the Face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90VyvOhPmA0&feature=fvw

Medical Report: A New Medical Discovery
by F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

I have used water to cure people who were suffering from "incurable" diseases. I have cured people who suffered for 10 years, 20 years, even 30 years from painful conditions produced by dehydration.

The Mayo Clinic had pronounced Lloyd Palmer, of Minnesota, as incurable. Since 1965 he had suffered from excruciatingly painful arthritis of his spinal column -- ankylosing spondylitis. His spine twisted and lost movement until, he says, he became a "walking comma." He suffered pain for 31 years, until he started to drink water and take salt. He writes: "I continue to be pain-free with my ankylosis spondylitis one year after starting the water/salt regime. My blood pressure is normal as well. I thank God every day for allowing me to finally be pain-free." Lloyd Palmer's story is so incredible that Paul Harvey reported it on his ABC News program. He also wrote a syndicated column, printed in a few hundred newspapers.

Attention! It is easy to understand what water does in your body, but bear in mind there is more to it than just simply drinking water. You must learn to rehydrate your body gradually and carefully. You need to recognize your own particular early indicators of thirst. Not everyone is the same. You must learn what can happen to your own body when it becomes dehydrated. Not every body registers drought in the same way.

Depending on where the drought has settled, the initial indicators are different in different people. Dr. Batmanghelidj's Natural Miracle Cure Program is vital for your initiation into the new art of self-healing.

"Use 1/4 tsp. of sea salt for every quart of water you drink. Use a good sea salt, one with at least 80 minerals, liberally with food. As long as you drink the water, you can use the salt. Some put it in their water, some lick it off their hand, some season their foods after cooking. It's up to you. Make sure you take potassium daily (banana, orange juice,etc) "

Joseph M. Price, MD - "Chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times. It is an insidious poison."
Albert Schatz, Ph.D - "Fluoridation is the greatest fraud that has ever been perpetrated and it has been perpetrated on more people than any other fraud has." Professor Albert Schatz, Ph.D. (Microbiology), Discoverer of streptomycin and Nobel Prize Winner

No matter what the specific health or fitness goal, one cannot achieve the maximum benefit from any health program without drinking the right kind of water in the proper amount. All experts agree, that next to the air we breathe, water is the most important thing we will ever put in our bodies. It is surprising that so much time and money is being spent on supplements, organic foods and natural remedies (some of which are very subtle and delicate) but little attention is given to the quality and effect of the water with which those items are taken.


F. Batmanghelidj, M.D "Day After Day ... Patient After Patient ...The Results Prove the Healing Power of Water"
Every function inside the body is regulated by and depends on water. Water must be available to carry vital elements, oxygen, hormones, and chemical messengers to all parts of the body. Without sufficient water to wet all parts equally, some more remote parts of the body will not receive the vital elements that water supplies.

Water is also needed to carry toxic waste away from the cells. In fact, there are at least 50 reasons why the body needs sufficient water on a regular, everyday basis. Without sufficient water to constantly wet all parts, your body's drought-management system kicks into action. The histamine-directed chemical messenger systems are activated to arrange a new, lower quota of water for the drought-stricken areas. When histamine and its subordinate "drought managers" come across pain-sensing nerves, they cause pain. This is what I discovered in my research that I mentioned earlier.

This is why dehydration produces pain as its first alarm signal. If the dehydration persists and is not corrected naturally with water, it becomes symptom-producing and, in time, develops into a disease condition. This is why people who take antacids to silence their bodies’ thirst pain become more vulnerable and eventually develop other serious complications of dehydration.

History of Hajj

Hajj literally means ‘to set out for a place’. Islamicly, however, it refers to the annual pilgrimage that Muslims make to Makkah with the intention of performing certain religious rites in accordance with the method prescribed by the Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.

Hajj and its rites were first ordained by God in the time of the Prophet Abraham and he was the one who was entrusted by God to build the Kaaba - the House of God - along with his son Ishmael at Makkah. God described the Kaaba and its building as follows:

“And remember when We showed Abraham the site of the [Sacred] House [saying]: Associate not anything [in worship with Me and purify My House for those who circumambulate it [i.e. perform Tawaaf] and those who stand up for prayer and those who bow down and make prostration [in prayer etc.].” (Quran 22:26)

After building the Kaaba, Abraham would come to Makkah to perform Hajj every year, and after his death, this practice was continued by his son. However, gradually with the passage of time, both the form and the goal of the Hajj rites were changed. As idolatry spread throughout Arabia, the Kaaba lost its purity and idols were placed inside it. Its walls became covered with poems and paintings, including one of Jesus and his mother Maryand. Eventually over 360 idols came to be placed around the Kaaba.

During the Hajj period itself, the atmosphere around the sacred precincts of the Kaaba was like a circus. Men and women would go round the Kaaba naked, arguing that they should present themselves before God in the same condition they were born. Their prayer became devoid of all sincere remembrance of God and was instead reduced to a series of hand clapping, whistling and the blowing of horns. Even the Hajj call was distorted by them with the following additions: “No one is Your partner except one who is permitted by you. You are his Master and the Master of what he possesses.”

Sacrifices were also made in the name of God. However, the blood of the sacrificed animals was poured onto the walls of the Kaaba and the flesh was hung from pillars around the Kaaba, in the belief that God demanded the flesh and blood of these animals.

Singing, drinking, adultery and other acts of immorality was rife amongst the pilgrims and the poetry competitions, which were held, were a major part of the whole Hajj event. In these competitions, poets would praise the bravery and splendor of their own tribesmen and tell exaggerated tales of the cowardice and miserliness of other tribes. Competitions in generosity were also staged where the chief of each tribe would set up huge cauldrons and feed the pilgrims, only so that they could become well-known for their extreme generosity.

Thus the people had totally abandoned the teachings of their forefather and leader Abraham. The House that he had made pure for the worship of God alone, had been totally desecrated by the pagans and the rites which he had established were completely distorted by them. This sad state of affairs continued for nearly two and a half thousand years. But then after this long period, the time came for the supplication of Abraham to be answered:

“Our Lord! Send amongst them a Messenger of their own, who shall recite unto them your verses and instruct them in the book and the Wisdom and sanctify them. Verily you are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.” (Quran 2:129)

Sure enough, a man by the name of Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullaah was born in the very city that Abraham had made this supplication centuries earlier. For twenty-three years, the Prophet Muhammad spread the message of monotheism - the same message that Abraham and all the other Prophets came with - and established the law of God upon the land. He expended every effort into making the word of God supreme and his victory over falsehood culminated in the smashing of the idols inside the Kaaba which once again became the universal centre for the worshippers of the one True God.

Not only did the Prophet rid the Kaaba of all its impurities, but he also reinstated all the rites of Hajj which were established by God’s Permission, in the time of Abraham. Specific injunctions in the Quran were revealed in order to eliminate all the false rites which had become rampant in the pre-Islamic period. All indecent and shameful acts were strictly banned in God’s statement:

“There is to be no lewdness nor wrangles during Hajj.” (Quran 2:197)

Competitions among poets in the exaltations of their forefathers and their tribesmen’s’ achievements were all stopped. Instead, God told them:

“And when you have completed your rites [of Hajj] then remember God as you remember your forefathers; nay with a more vigorous remembrance.” (Quran 2:200)

Competitions in generosity were also prohibited. Of course, the feeding of the poor pilgrims was still encouraged as this was done in the time of Abraham, but God commanded that the slaughtering of the animals which was done for this purpose should be done seeking the pleasure of God rather than fame and the praise of the people. He said:

“So mention the name of God over these animals when they are drawn up in lines. Then, when they are drawn on their sides [after the slaughter], eat thereof and feed the beggar who does not ask, and the beggar who asks.” (Quran 22:36)

As for the deplorable practice of spattering blood of the sacrificed animals on the walls of the Kaaba and hanging their flesh on altars, then God clearly informed them that:

“It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches God, but it is Taqwaa (piety) from you that reaches Him.” (Quran 22:37)

The Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, also put a stop to the practice of circling the Kaaba in a state of nudity and the argument that the pagans put forward to justify this ritual was sharply rebutted in God’s question:

“Say: Who has forbidden the adornment [i.e. clothes] given by God which He has produced for His Slaves?” (Quran 7:32)

Another custom which was prohibited through the Quran was that of setting off for Hajj without taking any provisions for the journey. In the pre-Islamic period, some people who claimed righteousness, having total dependency on God, would travel to perform Hajj begging food the whole journey. They considered this form of behavior a sign of piety and an indication of how much faith they had in God. However God told mankind that to have sufficient provisions for the journey was one of the preconditions for making Hajj. He said:

“And take a provision [with you] for the journey, but the best provision is piety.” (Quran 2:197)

In this way, all the pre-Islamic practices, which were based in ignorance, were abolished and Hajj was once more made a model of piety, fear of God, purity, simplicity and austerity. Now, when the pilgrims reached the Kaaba, they no longer found the carnivals and the frolic and frivolity that had once occupied the minds of the pilgrims there before. Now, there was the remembrance of God at every step and every action and every sacrifice was devoted to Him alone. It was this kind of Hajj that was worthy of the reward of paradise, as the Prophet said:

“The reward for an accepted Hajj is nothing less than paradise.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)

http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/663/

Purple is the color of good judgment.

Purple is the color of good judgment. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind. Purple is a good color to use in meditation.

Purple has been used to symbolize magic and mystery, as well as royalty. Being the combination of red and blue, the warmest and coolest colors, purple is believed to be the ideal color. Most children love the color purple. Purple is the color most favored by artists. Thursday's color is purple.

Violet is the color of purpose. Violet is associated with the Crown chakra (This links individual and universal).

Violet Energy
Violet is a combination of blue and red. Red is a focusing, dynamic and active energy while blue is cooling, calming and expansive. Violet brings a new dynamic to the expansion of blue and the activity of red. Red brings practicality to the undirected expansiveness of the blue, and allows more creative energy to emerge. For this reason, violet is associated with imagination and inspiration.

Violet is an important energy for those who use blue and indigo skills in the psychic field. The red in violet offers a grounding effect.

Put some violet in your life when you want:

to use your imagination to its fullest
to re-balance your life
to remove obstacles
to calm overactivity or to energize from depression

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s!!

First, we survived being born to mothers
Who smoked and/or drank while they were
Pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children,
We would ride in cars with no car seats,
No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day
Was always a special treat.

We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends,
From one bottle and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon.
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight.
WHY?

Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
As long as we were back when the
Streetlights came on.

No one was able
To reach us all day. And, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
And then ride them down the hill, only to find out
We forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
No cell phones,
No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
And there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not live in us
Forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and although we were told it would happen,
We did not put out any eyes..

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
Knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal
With disappointment.
Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law
Was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best
Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.

The past 50 years
Have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal with it all.

If YOU are one of them?
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others
who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the
lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives
for our own good.

While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
how brave and lucky their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it ?

The quote of the
month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control,
mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms
tearing up the country from one end to another,
and with the threat of swine flu
and terrorist attacks. . .
Are we sure this is a good time
to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'

Green

GREEN: leaves, trees, moss, grass, salads, U.S. money, frogs and iguanas. Green represents regeneration and growth, nature, change, healing, abundance, endurance, perseverance, persistence, self-esteem, environment, health, good luck, renewal, youth, vigor, spring, generosity, fertility, jealousy, inexperience, envy, faithful love, truth, freedom, balance, harmony in nature.

Green is the color of harmony and balance. Green is made by combining Blue with yellow. Yellow, represents individual will, blue, represents the Divine will. The tranquil energy of blue melds with the cheerful creative vitality of yellow. Green is the unification and resolution point between the physical and rational and the spiritual and intuitive. The beautiful lush emeralds and spring green shades symbolize balance and health . The ugly sickly shades of green can indicate opposite qualities such as illness, jealousy, pessimism and deceit. Green can be either a cool or warm shade depending on the proportion of blue to yellow . Green has many symbolic meanings, Nature ,fertility and growth being some of the most universal. It signifies youth, life, renewal, hope and vigor, wealth, prosperity, accomplishments. and sometimes inexperience.

Green corresponds to the Sephiroth at Netzach (or Victory). and the fourth, Heart Chakra. Night, Dark Moon, Luck, Stability, Prosperity, Rebirth,Fertility, North, Earth. Winter, youth (spring and grass greens) and old age (pine and dark greens) The everyday world. Some traditions include green as a Water color as well as an Earth color. A traditional color of life, vigor, resurrection, and youth. Christian church vestments are green at Easter. Green was used for sedan chairs of minor officials and was the royal color of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Green is yin shui, and emblematic of the growing phase of energy. east and family. Different shades have a variety of symbolic meanings: Dark Green is wealth, masculine, cool, conservative. Emerald Green represents immortality, Olive green represents peace. The olive green shade ( two parts yellow to one part blue) is specifically attributed to the area between the solar plexus and the bottom of the heart area protecting the heart from below this is the part of the heart center which connects us with our surroundings and helps us to link our consciousness with the world. It represents the bringing of wisdom into the world. Olive green is associated with things hidden away or disguised. This green with is associated with new leafs unfolding, forests,nature, army uniforms and camouflage, power, authority and leadership. It is the color of the earth mother and it connects us with ancient times.

Green is the easiest color on the eye and can help improve vision. It is a calming color and has a neutral effect on the human nervous system. green rooms are very restful and the term "green room" is used to designate the area where theatrical and other performers rest and wait during and after performances (They are not often green anymore though.). Green is a popular color for rooms in hospitals and government and medical offices because it relaxes clients.

People who favor clear green are usually down to earth, reliable, kind and giving, They often have a knack for identifying and bringing out the best in people. Their concern for people is genuine and sincere. they make good friends They tend to value personal achievement and are not concerned with status.

In the aura green dominant , indicates loving, trusting , home and family oriented people, creative artists, teachers, and those who are really in tune with the rhythms of nature , adaptable, empathic, enjoys life and comfort, perceptive, altruistic is concerned for the well being of others. these people care for humanity as a whole, May do well in careers as social workers, doctors or teachers, psychologists, or the humanities,

They may not handle personal emotion well and sometimes have difficulty detaching from an intense situation. The very sensitivity to the big picture may cause them to miss details. Olive, encased in their own negative emotions, petulant often, not enjoying the now. Transient Moss greens, may indicate someone who is retreating from emotional participation in life because they have been hurt. Green also appears in the aura when a person is thinking of something beyond himself. It is not a coincidence that environmentally active people are often called greens. Lighter or lime green can mean an inflated ego, and deeper to deceitful nature of a con artist. Yellow green indicates a spontaneous and direct manner, dark green adaptability.

Green is the basic color of Healing , it is good for almost any and all healing needs provided the person wants healing.
First choice for treating all heart area issues, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Green balances the emotions, calms, soothes nervous exhaustion (use in moderation). It stimulates growth and is good for helping heal broken bones, Can dramatically assist with easing pain, promotes rapid healing of all kinds. Green is used during pregnancy and labor because of its soothing and healing properties. Green provides an essential nourishment for the body, the spirit and the heart. Helps the digestive system, relieves tension.It is good for shock and anxiety.
It helps to alleviate headaches and neuralgia. It helps control the blood pressure (light green for high blood pressure and dark green for low blood pressure). Green helps with relaxation can be effective for insommnia. It assists with healing past trauma and eases the impact of troubled memories. The Olive green shade can help us to work positively with our emotions, olive is cleansing and disinfectant It can be used to heal and soothe, to regenerate and to gain awareness and understanding of situations. Too much green can deepen depression and social withdrawal in some who are already so inclined. Green is one of the most frequently used colors in healing and in meditations. You can use green as a healing shakti (energy) for all kinds of healing work.
Some people have taught that Green should not be used in treatment of cancer because of its association with growth. This to me is simply another example of fear thought and the inability to release limitations. Green is a color of Healing. Healing practitioners should preface any treatment with the intention that it work only for the recipients highest good and wholeness or some simular variant. This will protect from doing harm of any kind. Even were it true that green was bad for cancer it would not do anything at all rather than do harm.


Green is a healing color it soothes and heals it will work on any imbalance including cancer. Probably anyone who thinks it will do harm should not use it because our thoughts create our reality. When you look at plants growth which is where this limiting idea comes from you will notice that the bright green healthy plants often easily resist and overcome the blights, diseases and fungus and even many of the insects that attack them. The green growth benefits the plant not the blights and so it is with disease and imbalance in people too.
Green is a color of abundance and can be used for work in manifesting and for weath and prosperity.
Green also promotes connection with nature and spirituality and can help one connect with nature spirits, some Earth Water and and plant spirits and information about healing.


Some Green stones used in crystal healing are:

Aventurine is generally thought to be good for skin diseases and improves vitality.
Green Aventurine: heart balance, helps easy expression of feelings, balances male female energies, activates and clears the heart, protects against psychic vampires”, enhances creativity, and pioneering spirit, unconditional love and for the heart , lungs ,muscles and emotional healing. of “heartbreak”

Malachite: digs out deep feeling, break unwanted patterns, stimulates physical vision, psychic vision, concentration , lungs, immune system, especially effective with azurite and/or chrysocolla for all healing, relief of pain , inflammation, protection from negative energies , treat asthma, toothache, irregular menstrual periods, and improves one's eyesight..

Bloodstone: green with red flecks for an active balance of energy and calm ,stimulates emotional growth, benefits the heart and circulation, being in the now, centering and grounding , blood disorders, detoxification.

Amazonite: calms and balances the emotions and helps throat and lung problems helps calm the emotions and soothes the nerves, helps the throat and heart chakra.

Moss Agate: supports lungs eases breathing difficulties and helps release stifled emotions , brings in the energy of the natural world. Improves self-esteem, emotional balance, strengthens positive traits.

Peridot: cleanses the subtle bodies, motivates growth and needed change, growth, openness. strengthening, prosperity, indigestion, heals hurt feelings, helps bruised eyes and repairs damaged relationships.

Emerald: helps you find personal direction clarity to emotions, and calm to the heart, successful love, sensitivity and loyalty, opening the heart chakra, clearing negativity
from ones life , abundance, peace, harmony, patience, honesty, for easing depression, insomnia, peaceful dreams, spiritual healing, breath improves the intellect and memory , subtle body healing.

Dioptase: clears and stimulates all chakra to a higher level of awareness and action promotes ability to live in the moment a very powerful and beautiful soft emerald green stone for spiritual attunement and releasing past life trauma also for pain relief and cellular healing.

Chrysoprase: Meditation, mental stability, vitality.

Jade: fidelity, remembering dreams, inner peace, wisdom, problem solving,
kidney complaints and bladder trouble.

There are many meditations and visualizations done with green as the dominant color and influence. Visualizing sitting by a verdant pool in a forrest clearing is a common meditation for calm and for bringing in ones awarenessof being part of nature.

Please share your experiences with green and green stones.

Peggy Jentoft ~ Solarraven
Feb 10, 2002