Question Reality

The outer world is intense, no doubt. For those of us who are sensitives, the energy feels like a thick, chaotic soup, but when I migrate inward the landscape is completely different, its fertile, like Spring but quiet and nourishing.

Questioning reality and the information we humans consume requires much diligence, cognitive bias and critical thinking.

So, here we are, in what we are told is a world wide pandemic caused by a virus titled Coronavirus originating from China and subsequently spreading throughout the planet and causing complete lockdowns of our cities. Many questions and theories have arisen:

Has this situation been created with a bigger, One World Order agenda?
Is it to sway the election in the US?
Is the virus the pin prick that will result in the collapse of the economic bubble?
Is 5g and the launching of satellites related?

And then there are the connections between the World Health Organization and Bill Gates, more on that below. I don’t know where the truth is in all this I am looking for patterns and relationships.

I do know that the lungs of the earth, our forests, continue to burn each year. Those forests are our lungs, they produce huge amounts of oxygen. The alchemical motto “As above, so below” is vividly expressed through the image of trees as their roots reach down into the earth, forming the same pattern below ground as they do above. The leaves of trees mirror our lungs and many medicinals that come from leaves are good for our lungs. This is just one symbol of how we are connected to nature and the plants. For more about this watch the Tree of Life video, a lecture I presented at Bastyr University for an aromatherapy conference.

Many of us feel like the ongoing environmental challenges, and now this new situation, are beyond us as one individual, which emphasis the importance of unity as well as getting in touch with a sense of empowerment. Here is a quote from Galadriel in Lord of the Rings and a fun trailer for Free Guy, along the same theme.

Does anyone remember the 1974 report and a scandal titled The Baby Killer1, about how multinational milk companies like Nestle were causing infant illness and death in poor communities by promoting bottle feeding and discouraging breast feeding.1 Well, guess what, now we have the World Health Organization doing the same thing.2,3 Even worse they mention the baby Killer Report on their site, promoting breast feeding with one hand, while distributing formula from companies who they are partnered with.

Let’s dig deeper, in 1950 DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) was developed and commonly used pesticide designed to combat mosquitoes. Perhaps you remember being a child and looking forward to heading outside so you could ride your bike behind the “smoke machine” trucks? This toxin was eventually banned in 1972, because of links liver, reproductive, nervous system damage. Take one guess who manufactured this pesticide. Bingo, Monsanto!

What other gems has Monsanto unleashed on the world? Here is a complete list of the dirty dozen4:

• Saccharin
• PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
• Polystyrene
• Nuclear Weapons
• DDT
• Dioxin
• Agent Orange
• Petroleum-Based Fertilizers
• Round UP
• Aspartame
• Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH)
• GMOs.

Meanwhile our rights continue to get chipped away by the powerful greedy humans while the masses decide to glue themselves to TV’s, obey orders to stop working and go into a mesmer type trance.

Greg and I regularly go forest bathing here in Santa Fe. Last week, while breathing deeply and enjoying the complex beauty and textures of the forest I ate some pine needles, which happen to be rich in vitamin C and “pinene”, one of the most common terpenes in our natural world. A few of the health attributes associated with pinene are:

Anti-inflammatory
Bronchodilator
Anti-anxiety
Analgesic -> Pain relief

Although we have been forced to close our retail businesses and advised to stay inside, the forest, with her complex microbiome, is there for us, brimming with fresh air, sunshine and unseen benefits.

PLEASE don’t put that stinky hand sanitizer on, especially while being out in nature. An easy way to make your own, that meets the acceptable criteria, is to combine a high proof alcohol, ideally 70%, with herbs, spices and essential oils such as lemon, eucalyptus and lavender. I am working on some formulas and a tutorial for you as well as a few different hand and room sanitizers.

Enlightening & Uplifting

A terrific documentary showing us the history of how corporations began is the 1995 film The Corporation. Here is a presentation by Douglas Rushkoff, a brilliant mind I had the opportunity to get introduced to back in 2008, whose message continues to be so very timely and important.

Two more gems from our younger sector are: a podcast with Zach Bush, MD titled A Pandemic of Possibility & Michael Garfield of Future Fossils, I suggest starting here.

One of my new hero’s is Dr. Mark Hyman, author of Food Fix, he has a very helpful and informative podcast, this is a good one to start with A Functional Medicine Approach to COVID-19.

Have you seen the footage of Patti Smith singing the song Choir!Choir!Choir! in NYC? It’s like a big dose of vitamin C.

And, one of my favorite gifs, that brings me so much joy.