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Frozen in time: Photographer gets up close and personal with icebergs and glaciers

Tim Vollmer, 41, and partner Marketa Kalvachova, 32, spend months every year travelling to and braving freezing temperatures to shoot the amazing sights of Iceland.

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Yahoo! News UK - Spectacular: Photographer Tim Vollmer said 'no two icebergs are the same' (Caters)
They are the spectacular phenomenon which loom large in some of the Earth's least hospitable areas.

Now the majestic beauty of Iceland's biggest icebergs and glaciers has been captured by a brave photographer, who spent months taking these remarkable images.

The stunning series of shots show the variety in shape, size, and colour of the glistening ice on the European island country.

Tim Vollmer, 41, and partner Marketa Kalvachova, 32, spend months every year travelling to and braving freezing temperatures to shoot the amazing sights of Iceland.

This captivating image shows the ever changing appearance of glaciers (Caters)

And due to the ever-changing appearance of the ice they insist they never get bored - because they will never come across the same iceberg more than once.

Photographer Tim, from Germany, who organises workshops to the region said: "Marketa and I moved to Iceland in 2005 and we instantly fell in love with the snow and ice.

"We became fascinated by the textures and tones. Every day we go out to shoot pictures the light, formation, shape and colours are completely different.

"The lifecycle of the landscape creates unbelievable sights. All these images were taken over the last couple of months but if I went back now they would look different.

Photographer Tim said the colours in Iceland are 'unlike any others in the world' (Caters)

"It's an adventure everytime because there is always something new to photograph.

"Some of the colours are so spectacular I don't think you could see them anywhere else in the world.

"We first started taking images to capture the place we were in for the memories but now we want to highlight the beauty of the ice and show others what makes them exciting.

"More and more we find ourselves going out to take photos - it's a special area for us."

BBC - Supernatural Science - Previous Lives (English)

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Supernatural Science: Between Life and Death (Season 1 Episode 7)

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Thousands of people claim to have had near-death experiences. Do these experiences offer proof for the existence of an afterlife?

Pictures of the week: floods in Britain and More

Torrential rain and strong winds brought flooding to Britain this week. A man died in Somerset after his car became trapped in a river. Hundreds of homes were left without power. The bad weather is set to continue into the weekend (PA)

Incense smoke wafts past the face of an Indian Hindu devotee as she prays as part of a ritual at sunset in the holy Yamuna River during the Chhath Puja festival in New Delhi. Chhath prayers, an ancient Hindu festival popular amongst the working class, is performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth (PA)

A waterspout was recorded off the coast of Batemans Bay in Australia. The giant funnel of cloud and water did not cause any damage (AFP)

Icicles form on a tree as the afternoon sun melts the snow in Banff National Park near Lake Louise, Canada (Reuters)

Part of Whitehall was cordoned off on Friday after a naked man climbed onto a statue (PA)

Eyeballs", the wild owl, was captured and taken to a sanctuary in Devon after terrorising residents in Northam. The eagle owl attacked a poodle and gardener and was becoming a danger to children (Caters)

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Ac Tah, of the Mayan people, gave a talk in Santa Monica last month. In this exert he speaks about what is happening around December 21st 2012 and it's significance to the world. His heritage is authentic. Check out his website for lots more information and to see the work Ac Tah and a lot of other dedicated people are doing....

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Ray No. 2 ~ Love & Wisdom

Color:  Golden Yellow

Chakra:  Crown

Elders from the Throne of Grace:  Lord Ralya & Lady Ralyio

Chohan:  Master Kuthumi; Ascended Master Djwhal Khul

Elohim Masters:  Apollo & Lumina

Archangels:  Jophiel & Christine

Toning Sound:  “WA”

The Ray of Love and Wisdom is a very special ray to full learn to intuit.  It brings us a softer approach of accessing our wisdom through the essence of pure love.

On the Planetary Level it represents the color of Blue within the Heart.  This may seem like it is easier to reflect within oneself, because it fully allows the Love essence that is such a deep aspect of our humanness to fully attune within our physicality.  The attributes of Love and Wisdom within the Heart are very powerful, but accessing it on a Universal level within the Crown assists us so much more.  It is the frequency of our spiritual conditioning that flows within us as the Golden Yellow fully reflects this Wisdom of the Love.

When an initiate learns to access it within their Crown area, it represents our Higher Self and then our I AM Presence.  We can feel love from the Heart but then it is still within the physical aspects of the human body.  The essences of this ray are so much more flowing which creates a freedom to access it within the Crown.  We are no longer working through the physical Heart of the feelings and emotions but the aspects of our Higher Heart and Higher Mind.  This, in turn, activates the Higher Self to be more readily accessible through the physical body.  It will help to change elements within the heart area where previously they have been difficult to change.

So in essence we are fully accepting our knowledge and truth from our I AM Presence which is truly the God Essence of the Will of God.  This allows us, as the initiate, to fully expand all thought processes within the Higher Mind and allows the inner abilities of insight and intuition to flow through us.  We are working through Wisdom but access the Love that is personified in the essence of the Divine Mother which will exhibit by being loyal and calm in all our interactions.  The rest of the energies just flow through us that can be exhibited as being generous and warm to others.

This is just the beginning because as we access each ray we are given opportunities to grow further within our pathways which represent having a Love of the Truth.  This takes us on a journey to begin the process of understanding Ascension through the Ascended Masters that have walked before us.  It allows us to remove the old timelines when we were not patient and could have become angry at the slightest element when others do not believe as we do.  What happens is the essence of our pure heart is fully activated within these energies.

The best part of this ray is that there are several Ascended Masters that work within the Ray besides Master Kuthumi and Ascended Master Djwhal Khul.  We are honored to work with Lord Maitreya, the Office of the Christ, and Lord Buddha.  The Elders from the Throne of Grace who are Lord Ralya & Lady Ralyio bring forth the essence of the ray upon asking for it to be within you.  The other beings will full activate it and work with you but the Elders are the ones that initiate the frequencies from the Source of Divine Mother & Father God.

A person who has the Ray of Love and Wisdom fully activated within their personality will exhibit these qualities.  The will find that they pick careers in the field of Teaching, Healing Writing, Speaking, and wanting to share with others their knowledge from previous timelines.  If you would like to know which of the rays you are embodied with, please check out the Ray Reading with Djwhal Khul, Walking Terra Christa.  It is a very enlightening experience to understand oneself through the Science of the Rays.

In retrospect, if an individual is only acting within the lower aspects of this ray, they may exhibit coldness, indifference to others, and staying strict within their religious beliefs and not connect to the Universal Consciousness we now call Oneness.  As in all healing modalities, each of us can aspire to the highest aspects of ourselves and there is always room for growth and potential within each of us.

To learn more about the 22 Rays of God, join our 22 RAY Challenge through your email that will allow you to fully understand and incorporate each of these amazing rays of the Spectrum of Light.

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Boulder Glacier (1932)

BEFORE: Shown above is a picture of Boulder Glacier, taken near Boulder Pass, Glacier National Park, in 1932. The foreground rocks provided an excellent reference point to re-photograph the historic photo.

NEXT IMAGE: Boulder Glacier (2005)

Boulder Glacier (2005)

AFTER: Boulder Glacier photographed from nearly 73 years later from the same place as the 1932 photo. The foreground rocks provided an excellent reference point to re-photograph the historic photo.

Chaney Glacier Terminus (1911)

BEFORE: View of Chaney Glacier terminus, Glacier National Park, in 1911.

NEXT IMAGE: Chaney Glacier Terminus (2005)

Chaney Glacier Terminus (2005)

AFTER: View of Chaney Glacier terminus, Glacier National Park, in 2005.

Grant Glacier (1902)Credit: 1902 photograph by Morton Elrod (Glacier National Park Archives)

BEFORE: 1902 photograph of Grant Glacier from Grant Ridge, Flathead National Forest, Montana.

NEXT IMAGE: Grant Glacier (1998)

Grant Glacier (1998)Credit: 1998 photograph by Karen Holzer (USGS)

AFTER: 1998 Photograph of Grant Glacier from Grant Ridge, Flathead National Forest, Montana.

Grinnell Glacier from Mt. Gould (1938)

Credit: 1938 photograph by T.J. Hileman (Glacier National Park Archives)

BEFORE: An Oblique view of Grinnell Glacier is taken from the summit of Mount Gould, Glacier National Park in 1938. The relative sensitivity of glaciers to climate change is illustrated by the dramatic recession of Grinnell Glacier while surrounding vegetation patterns remain stable.

NEXT IMAGE: Grinnell Glacier from Mt. Gould (2005)

Grinnell Glacier from Mt. Gould (2005)Credit: 2005 photograph by Blase Reardon (USGS)

AFTER: The lake continues to enlarge as the glacier recedes. Icebergs can be seen floating in Upper Grinnell Lake in this photo taken in 2005.

Grinnell Glacier from Overlook (1940)Credit: Circa 1940 photograph by unknown photographer (Glacier National Park Archives)

BEFORE: Grinnell Glacier taken from the Grinnell Glacier Overlook off the Highline Trail, Glacier National Park. The view of Grinnell Glacier taken circa 1940 shows the early formation of Upper Grinnell Lake, a pro-glacier lake visible at the terminus of the glacier.

NEXT IMAGE: Grinnell Glacier from Overlook (2004)

Grinnell Glacier from Overlook (2004)Credit: 2004 photograph by Karen Holzer (USGS)

AFTER: The 2004 photo shows a dramatic increase in the size of the lake as a result of melting ice.

Shepard Glacier (1913)Credit: 1913 photograph by W. C. Alden (Glacier National Park Archives)

BEFORE: The picture above, photographed in 1913, shows Shepard Glacier from Pyramid Peak, Glacier National Park. NEXT IMAGE: Shepard Glacier (2005)

Shepard Glacier (2005)Credit: 2005 photograph by Blase Reardon (USGS)

AFTER: Shepard Glacier from Pyramid Peak, Glacier National Park, photographed in 2005.

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Worlds Longest Tunnel

Photo and caption by Alexander Oglaend

13 sec long photo inside worlds longest road-tunnel in between traffic. Length of tunnel is 24,5 km. Speed limit is 80 km/h. The blue color is from the special lights that they have in caves inside the tunnel. I wanted a photo to show the extremeness of this endless tunnel. In my photo you see car lights in the end of the tunnel, and that is all you'll see in real too. As this tunnel goes on for 20 minutes.

The world's longest road tunnel, Laerdal Norway 2009

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Short video that I shot while passing through the longest road tunnel located in Aurland, Norway in the beginning of July 2009 . Enjoy :)

Stallion Fight

Photo and caption by Vedran Vidak

The dominant stallion fights off one of the frequent and aggressive thrusts of a colt which irrevocably tries to take over stallion's natural position in their herd. This depicts internal conflict between stallions and colts where the latter tries to win the primacy in the herd of all the mares. In a word, this gives us an impression of the survival of species and their internal conflicts which result in a perfect harmony of natural hierarchy. Those horses allow us to see their strength which is necessary for survival in a dangerous coexistence with wild animals and their frequent attacks

Mount Everest Climber

Photo and caption by Anselm Murphy

Climber on his way to Camp 2 (6400m) on Mount Everest. He is in the large valley known as the Western Cwm, with the gigantic south west face of Everest on the left and Lhotse directly ahead (the 4th highest mountain in the world). There is a circumzenithal arc above Lhotse.

Windmills, Castile de la Muela

Photo and caption by Peter Lewin

While touring in Southern Spain this summer, my wife and I, along with two very good friends, stopped at the Castle de la Muela which stands on the site of an old Roman encampment. The 12 windmills that once worked to make flour from grain overlook Don Quixote country that offers a vast panorama of endless vineyards and olive groves.

Healing Anxiety and Fear

How proper breathing can help manage and eliminate panic

I always feel very confident when I am approached by a new client who suffers from anxiety, fear, phobia or panic attacks. I have helped so many people with these problems and everyone was able to completely eliminate these painful feelings within a matter of weeks.

How can I be so sure that I can help anyone who suffers from anxiety? It is because chronic anxiety and related feelings are not really psychological problems. They may have started at some point from a psychological trauma but, in itself, chronic fear is the result of breathing in a faulty way. So, all I have to do is to show my clients how to gently correct their breathing and use simple visualisations such as seeing themselves in a bubble of light. The chronic fearfulness will almost immediately lessen and be completely eliminated after only a few weeks.

 
This is not just a theory. Even people in the throes of an acute panic attack have regularly experienced almost immediate relief by changing their breathing and simple visualisations. It never took longer than a few minutes until the panic had completely disappeared.

 
When I explain my approach to curing anxiety to my clients many have trouble believing it because they have a feeling that there is something deeply wrong with them on a psychological level. But that is not true. There is nothing particularly wrong with their psyche. They have only developed a detrimental breathing habit that has changed their body chemistry in a negative way, resulting in chronic anxiety.

 
What is this faulty breathing habit? To put it simply, it is over-breathing – inhaling too much and too fast. Inhaling too much and too fast for a long period of time changes the chemical balance in our body in a very destructive way. Just like chronic over-eating has many negative consequences, over-breathing creates stress and anxiety symptoms, even panic attacks.

 
So, what does the breathing technique look like that will cure our chronic anxiety?

Simply put, we need to breathe less. Once our breathing has slowed down the oxygen in our blood will be delivered even more efficiently to our brain and inner organs. And what is most important, you will feel calmer and your anxiety will disappear.

 
Is this advice too simple? Sometimes people dismiss this quick solution to their anxiety problem because they just cannot imagine that it could be so easy. But nobody has to live with anxiety. You can get rid of it quite easily.

 
To learn more about eliminating anxiety please refer to Tara Springett's book The Five-Minute Miracle. Tara holds an M.A. in Education and has post-graduate qualifications in gestalt therapy, body awareness therapy and transpersonal therapy. She is a fully qualified and licensed psychotherapist and counselor. Tara has worked as a drugs counselor, counselor for adolescents and general psychotherapist since 1988. Tara has been a dedicated Buddhist practitioner since 1986. In 1997 she received encouragement from her Buddhist teachers to teach meditation. Tara is the author of several self-help books. She has been featured in numerous publications and has appeared on various radio and television shows in Europe and the United States. Her website is: www.taraspringett.com.

 
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Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

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Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Heavenletters #3878 Smile at God, July 8, 2011
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HEAVEN #3878 Smile at God, July 8, 2011

God said:

You give Me great happiness. You make Me Who Knows Only Happiness happy. I am already smiling, and you make Me smile. Although I know true happiness that is beyond happiness occasioned by this or that, I will nevertheless credit you with My happiness. My happiness cannot be added unto, and, yet, you add to My happiness.

My smile cannot be wider, and yet you make Me smile from ear to ear. If I were a flower, it could be said that you make Me blossom from year to year. You make Me blossom infinitely. I smile a smile that has no beginning and no end. I am One Big Smile. You make Me smile. You make Me laugh. Smile back at Me, and the Universe is happy. You, Who are made in My image, smile back at Me. Let Me see you smile now.

The way I see it, there is no occasion not to love. Not loving is not exactly putting your best foot forward, you understand. What can the merit in unhappiness be? Whom does it profit? No one I know.

No longer make excuses for holding unhappiness to you. Blast unhappiness away from the face of the Earth. Imagined unhappiness exists nowhere else. It is a surface thing that runs amok on the surface of life, and that unhappiness belies the Truth of you. Unhappiness is a lie.

And so I say that you are My happiness. And so I say that you add to My happiness. You round Me out. You make Me fulsome. Even as you cannot add a single filament of happiness to Me, I say you do. That is to say that I am grateful to you for the richness you add to the world. The world would be bereft without you. What would occupy the world if you were not here, even if you may be here grumbling? Grumble away for the last time and be done with grumbling and come over here and smile at Me and smile at the world and be a Happiness-Maker. Now is the time. I see you smiling now.

Happiness is yours. Why not? Someone is happy, why not you? Why not be happy this moment of non-existent time? Just as you would choose to dance a tango, choose happiness. You are on the dance floor of life. Enter into the dance of your choice.

Why would anyone choose unhappiness? It makes no sense. Well, perhaps you thought you were obliged to serve unhappiness, as if you owed it to the world, as if you owed it to yourself, as though unhappiness were a life sentence and you would not be paroled.

Parole yourself. You have gotten good at dancing the dance of unhappiness. Now choose another rhythm. Come, come dance with Me. I know One Dance, and I invite you to the Ballroom of Happiness. I have added you to My dance card. Accept now.

Why wait?

Of course, My offer is good for all-time. Of course, My offer has no conditions. My offer never runs out. It is beyond My understanding why or how you could ever say, “No, thank You,” to Me, or, “Thanks, no thanks,” or even, unbelievable as it may be, to not even hear Me invite you to dance with Me. My arms are stretched out to you. There is no one I would rather dance with than you. Easily, I am One Dance Partner for all. I accommodate everyone.

This is not a Masquerade Ball that I invite you to. It is the furthest thing from a masquerade. It is overdue that you take off your masks. If you have not been happy, you have been wearing a mask of unhappiness. True, you believed in it. You were sincere. And you were also mistaken.

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Heavenletters #3881 Enough of Requirements for Love , July 11, 2011
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HEAVEN #3881 Enough of Requirements for Love , July 11, 2011

God said:

What is love worth? How big can love grow? True love, love that is not dependent upon the external, love that arises from your heart and alights everywhere, love that depends upon itself and itself alone. It isn’t dependent upon anyone or anything but itself. The love I speak of never runs out of itself. That is because love is the fuel to its own fire.

True love is its own kindling. Love sees with the eyes of love. There are no splinters in the eyes of love. I love you young, and I love you old.

As you grow in love, not your capacity for love, for your capacity of love is utter right now, but as you grow in giving love without requiring certain attributes, then you love as I do love. Then you love because you love. Then you are love radiant that lights up any room and all the beating hearts in the room.

This is not a scholarly treatise I give. I am giving you the straight goods. The love you can give is equal to the love I give. I give without doubt. I am not mushy, yet I give love the same way you breathe. Love is Mine to give, and I give it. I give it fulsomely.

Once you countermand ego, then you too can give love without requirement. Whatever someone thinks of Me or does not think of Me does not alter My love. My love is a given. There is no way to stop the flow of My love. The little considerations that influence your love are not considerations to Me. I love because I love. Whether you are true to Me or not leaves no mark on My love. Nothing touches My love. The love I give is a given. My heartbeat cannot be stopped. It cannot be paused. My love is and it pours in sunshine or in rain. It pours in Heaven, and it pours on Earth. Love, which is never routine, never fluctuates in this heart of Mine.

My heart is full of love, and I have no ego. I do not have a speculated need to make Myself important. I do not have to have applause or even approbation or any standing at all. And you don’t either. Your heart doesn’t require the prods to love that the world holds sacred. We are not speaking of personal love here. We are not speaking of the mad dash of love that is rampant on Earth. We are not speaking of love that is dependent upon anything at all.

We are talking about your natural vision. When your eyes are clear, when judgment and ego leave, you too are left with love that soars and displaces all the riff-raff that got deposited in your heart. Enough of requirements for love.

Just love. You do not need someone to be a certain height before you can love him. He does not have to be of a certain profession. He doesn’t have to be somebody. He can be anybody. There are no illusions to your love once you get the hang of it. You simply love. You simply love, and your love covers everyone.

This is not an effort, you understand. If you have to cringe in order to exhale love, that may be noble, but it is not love. Love is not noble, you understand. Love exacts no price. There is no bargaining with love. Love is a state of consciousness, and once you see from a larger vantage, once you remove hidden and unhidden judgment, you will simply love. There will be love, and you will be it.

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Heavenletters #3886 Let Us Not Forget Your Heart , July 16, 2011
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HEAVEN #3886 Let Us Not Forget Your Heart , July 16, 2011

God said:

I cannot say enough how important you are. Important to Me and important to the world. And, yet, I do not want you to think about your importance very much, for that will make you feel self-conscious. Better to be unself-conscious.

When you are feeling self-conscious, you are either ahead of yourself or following behind. Then you are more like an actor on the stage, which, of course, you, as a human being, are anyway. Better to be natural and unconcerned with how you appear, however. It is more rewarding just to be. Just to be simple. Just to be alive. Just to be you.

How unself-conscious are young children and animals. They are just natural. They are just living. They have no image to follow. And how delightful they are as they don’t notice themselves so much on the stage. They don’t know to put on airs. And why would they? What would the advantage be? To impress someone? They are just enjoying what is at hand. They do not pose for photos in order to appear splendid.

They simply are.

Self-importance isn’t exactly the way to go. Just know how wonderful you are, and then forget about it. Accept your heritage, and don’t make a fuss about it. Your heritage is a given. I am speaking of everyone’s being created in My image. Guaranteed. No exceptions. Life time guarantee. Actually eternal guarantee. There are no seconds. You are all first-class scions of the God above and the God within.

The world, of course, would sort you. The world likes to sort. There is no end to the piles that the world would sort you into. Young, old. Tall, short. Gender. Brains. Wealth. Let Us not forget wealth. That will get you a good place in line. The world forgets itself and what it is made of.

But, you, remember, and then go on from there. Remember it once, and then jump into life freely. When you remember, you can let go of externals which are, after all, only externals. They are not integral to what is truly Real and what matters more than the world’s unimportant stratifications.

It is, of course, easy to get strung up on the externals. Certainly, the externals have an appeal. Who wouldn’t want wealth? And, yet, who doesn’t know that wealth is not what it is cracked up to be. Those who have wealth have an ease that you may not, yet they may not sleep as well or enjoy their lives any more than you enjoy yours. Sometimes less. Being a human being is the common denominator, not money in the bank.

What does bring you happiness? I am talking about solid happiness and not just spurts of happiness at the occurrence of an event. Crossing the finish line before everyone else has its excitement. It lasts a minute or two, or maybe to the next morning. Fame’s claim to happiness is short-lived. Better to have happiness that sees you through. How much are all the short-lived jolts of happiness worth? The secret is to enjoy life from stem to stern.

Of course, be glad to have these jolts of happiness. Also know that they depart just as fast as they came to you. Queen for a day is only Queen for a Day. Even queen for life is not such a bowl of cherries.

In the field of life that I speak of, prince or pauper is the same. When you come down to it, your title is not so much as you thought. Your pocketbook is not much. Your heart is much.

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Heavenletters #3888 Why Must the Universe Suit You Right Now?, July 18, 2011
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* Our belief in ourselves *
* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *
* Peace on Earth *

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HEAVEN #3888 Why Must the Universe Suit You Right Now?, July 18, 2011

God said:

The thing about being impatient is that you frustrate yourself. You also frustrate the very situation that makes you impatient. You fight. You resist, as if you prefer frustration to patience. Surely, you are choosing impatience. Choose patience instead. Choose to be more easy-going.

Whatever you allow to make you impatient is not going to last forever. It will go away by itself, or you will find a solution. Disband impatience now. Tell yourself mildly that it’s all right to have this situation for a while. If there is nothing you can immediately do about it this minute, you might as well resign yourself to waiting.

Find that which in the situation you can be glad about. If your computer is frustrating you, at least you have a computer. You still have your fingers to type with. You still have your capacity. What happened to enjoying this moment that is at your service? Must you convince yourself that this moment must be made of something else, or you will not tolerate it?

Who are you to pout at the Universe because it is not obeying your command? Who are you to pout or stamp your foot? Why must the Universe suit your convenience just now? Odds are that you brought this situation that has gotten your goat all on your own? Odds are that nobody created this situation but you. And, if you did not, nevertheless, you still need to ride with it.

Your car won’t start, or you locked yourself out of your car. You are going to be late to work. So, then, be late to work without engendering aggravation to accompany being late. There are greater frustrations than being late. Be glad for that which you can be glad for.

Impediments are part of life. Do not be so impeded by them. Do impediments have to rule you? Roll with the punches, beloveds. Use this time for some other means than screaming at your fate.

It may be your fate to be late to work, but it is not your fate to insist upon intolerant frustration and temper. Wouldn’t you rather be good to yourself? Why not be good to yourself? Why not choose patience as your means?

Go get a cup of coffee, or use the delay to talk to Me in a friendly way? Why not be a good sport rather than a tempestuous one?

If you are caught in a hailstorm, let’s say, why storm at the storm? Accept it instead. If you cannot rule the weather, then make friends with it.

If you cannot sleep at night, you don’t have to cry about it. The world has said that you have to sleep this night. Maybe this night was made for not sleeping. It is enough that you find you cannot sleep. Don’t compound it.

Even if you are the most impatient person in the world, you don’t have to continue to be. You pay a high price for your impatience, for what is impatience but tension?

Untense yourself. Choose calmness. You can do it. There has to be a remedy for toppling out of your Beingness, for isn’t that what you are doing when you choose frustration over taking something in your stride?

Is this situation worth your getting tense over? Is it really?

Do not impound yourself because something is against your will. Life delivered you the wrong thing. Well, then, make it right, or wait it out. You want a situation to change. Maybe it is you who has to change. Maybe you need to increase your tolerance I.Q. Will you do it for Me?

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Heavenletters #3892 Embrace the World, God, and Yourself, July 22, 2011
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HEAVEN is here to reach every soul on earth to reawaken:

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* Our belief in ourselves *
* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *
* Peace on Earth *

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HEAVEN #3892 Embrace the World, God, and Yourself, July 22, 2011

God said:

If you have had enough of what has been, get into more of what is. What is and what was are not equal. What is, is and what was, is not. What was, was an appraisal. It was a conclusion you drew. You attributed a certain value and then the case is closed. It was good, or half-bad, or not good at all. Instead of leaving your appraisal by the wayside, you kept it with you. You would not budge your appraisal. You had made a decision about it, and you kept it, as if your appraisal were true and only true. You would not waver.

Once you looked into a wavy mirror, and that’s how you saw yourself, waving in the breeze.

No matter what I say, you resist. How can you be a beautiful being, you ask yourself, when all of your life attested to your not being a beautiful being.

Oh, how the world will change when you change your appraisal of yourself. We are not speaking of ego here. We are not plumping you up like a sagging cushion. We are talking about the true measure of you. I am talking about the true measure of you. You may be talking about a photograph that was all illusion.

You are not what you were in the past. You are not what you thought you were in the past. You never were what you thought you were in the past. Do not buy yesterday’s goods. Buy fresh thought today.

Do not rely on others in the world to encourage you. Encourage yourself. Encourage others. You are meant to stand tall. You are meant to rise above your old patterns of thought. They have been held onto enough. They have been held on to too long.

It is not that you have to be salvaged. You have to look anew. Open your mind and heart even a crack, and you will begin to see the light coming through. The light is there. It is burning brightly within you. You are a tower of light, yet a tower of light that does not see itself.

You made a bargain long ago that you would not be yourself. You made a bargain long ago that you would be less than yourself. You accepted the bargain. Therefore, I say you made it. You were waylaid, and you said, “Okay. That’s how it is.” And you accepted unworthiness as fact. You looked around, and you saw unworthiness. You looked in a wavy mirror, and you saw waviness. Wave goodbye to unworthiness. You are worth a King’s ransom. And, I, the King, ransom you from false beliefs.

As easily as you were persuaded to false belief, now be persuaded to the true light of personhood. The truth is that you are light surrounded by a body. Your light is not dampened. Your light shines brightly, only you have believed in the shade around your light more than you have believed in the light. As you believed, you saw. Now I ask you to see yourself as you are. See with My eyes, and all you will see is bright light shining.

Wherever you look, you will see bright light shining. You will see the sparkling of love radiating everywhere. You will be weighed on a true scale, and the world’s thumb will not be falsifying the scale.

To thine own self be true takes on a new meaning.

You hear My message to you. You are My message. I give you a message that you are to shine to the world and, so, you embrace the world, My message, and yourself.

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Heavenletters #3895 A Knowing Heart , July 25, 2011
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HEAVEN is here to reach every soul on earth to reawaken:

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* Our belief in ourselves *
* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *
* Peace on Earth *

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HEAVEN #3895 A Knowing Heart , July 25, 2011

God said:

I inveigle you to come to Me with heart in your hand, like a hat, or like an offering, as a guest brings a box of chocolates or a cake. You bring your heart to Me, and you hold it out, and you say: “Here, God, this is for you. Here, God, this is yours. You gave it to me to keep for You, and I have kept it. You did not want me to keep it aseptic or wrapped in plastic where nothing could enter it. You wanted me to keep giving it away on Your behalf, and, so that when I place it before you, you would be happy that it had been used and given away freely.”

You say, “God, it is a little worn. I hope you don’t mind.”

Of course, I don’t mind at all. That’s how I like it. The unused pieces of your heart are sterile. They are rusty not from wear but from disuse. I am an economical kind of God. I like hearts to be well-used and well-used over and over again.

Hearts are not meant to be prim and proper. Hearts are not meant to wear a starched collar. Hearts are meant to be very pliable, to be worn even inside out. Hearts are not to stand on ceremony. They are not meant to be decorous. They are meant to be easy-going and plump. What a heart I gave you, not to be saved, but to be used.

Of course, a heart cannot be used up. It flourishes with use. A heart is meant to be popular, a hail fellow well met. A heart is meant to be welcoming, humble, and generous. A heart is meant to be glad, very glad, for the opportunity of serving fellow hearts on My behalf.

On Earth, you with a wonderful heart that beats inside you in tune to My love is meant to be rampant, galumphing all over, making friends on hill and dale, a knowing heart that knows how to give its love and is not shy to, a rollicking heart that rolls in laughter, engages in play, frolics like a lamb on grass and gathers grass and doesn’t worry about neatness or any kinds of confines, an eager heart to offer itself everywhere, not minding if it is taken or not, a heart that knows its place is everywhere, has confidence to know that all other hearts, no matter what they may seem like, are its kin, perhaps long-lost but now are found.

How My heart beats at the love you have given and the joy you have found. I take joy in all hearts, crazy mixed-up hearts, stumbling hearts, shy hearts, hearts that bump into yours, hearts that lose all bounds, hearts that dance to beat the band, hearts that fall all over themselves, hearts that can’t stop laughing, hearts that never miss a beat, hearts that fall all over themselves in their joy at meeting other hearts, hearts that swing and sway, hearts that go out of their way to offer themselves, hearts that don’t know anything else but to be hearts raring to make music, good-natured hearts that want to play and yet play no games, hearts that sit aside so that other hearts can sit up front, hearts that offer themselves without restriction, hearts that know what life is about, and hearts that know enough to seize the moment and overthrow it with joyfulness.

I am looking for hearts. Are there any hearts here? May I see a count of hearts? Raise your hearts so that I may see them and take them into My heart and have a jamboree such as all hearts have been waiting for.

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Heavenletters #3899 How Do You Make Your Garden Grow?, July 29, 2011
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* Our connection to God *
* Our belief in ourselves *
* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *
* Peace on Earth *

God is always bringing us closer to Him.

HEAVEN #3899 How Do You Make Your Garden Grow?, July 29, 2011

God said:

Yes, the weeds that you point out in another’s garden are your own. Pay attention to your own garden. In this case, weeds refer to faults.

If you did not have the very weeds you point out, you would not notice them in other gardens as much as you do. You certainly would not notice them with a superior air.

Finding fault is the antipathy of humility. Serenity is more like humility. Appreciation is more like humility. The more appreciative you are, the more you come from a high place, and this very high place bears the name of humbleness. There is no humiliation in humility. There is humiliation in finding fault. Don’t do it anymore.

The more obvious a fault is in another, the more you possess it. Why harp on faults? I suggest that you get out from under them. The splinter is in your own eye.

The beauty is here within you as well. Look for the beauty, and renounce faults. Be done with them. Help Me to lift the world. You do not help the world by putting it down.
Grow in the direction you want the world to grow in.

The only thing you can do is to be an example to the world. Be the example you would like to have before you. Wouldn’t it be nice and easy then if where you looked, you saw what you yourself would like to be? Be it then now. Be the inspirer.

This is God speaking to you in the way that life speaks to you. Life teaches you. Without ego, you would listen.

Emulate the highest. Complaining is not of the highest. No longer complain. No longer complain even once about anything.

Respond to what another says and not to your opinion of it. Will you take this as your motto? From now on foreswear criticism. Foreswear complaint. Foreswear displeasure.

Embrace upliftment. Embrace.

True, complaint is contagious. There is a vaccine. I would call the vaccine upliftment. Uplift the world rather than carry it. Release yourself from your bonds.

Whatever you thought yesterday, think a new way today. Whatever you found fault with yesterday, let go of it today. Whatever you could have done better yesterday, do it today. Be a replenisher of the Universe. Be a replenisher of appreciation.

Appreciate everyone for their bravery. They are brave to come before you. They run the risk of being snapped at, isn’t that so? Be grateful for everyone who dares to come before you and risk your criticism, for you tend to think you know better, and so you comment on the weeds in another’s garden.

Weed your own garden first, and then go help your neighbor. How about saying nothing once in a while? Who told you that you have to speak out every thought in your head? Speak up when you have something uplifting to say. Inspire or be quiet. Inspire, or bite your tongue. Express your Higher Self. Everything else has been said and said more than once. Think of something new to say.

Think of hearts. How thirsty they are. Give them a drink.

Water the flowers in another’s garden. Share upliftment. Share inspiration. Be careful where you walk in another’s garden.

Weed your own garden, and then invite others to it. Be the beautiful garden you would like others to be. Your business isn’t to improve others. Your business is to inspire yourself. Then you will have many coming to your garden and asking you how you do it? “How do you make your garden grow?” they will ask.

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Boost Low White Blood Cell Count and Immune Function Naturally
by Tony Isaacs

(The Best Years in Life)Low white blood cell counts are indicative of a suppressed immune system and can have many causes. Emotional state and stress, an unhealthy diet and lifestyle, and nutritional intake can all cause lower immune system response and low white blood cell counts. Low immunity can also be caused by a number of health conditions, by surgical or medical treatments and by the natural aging process. Whatever the cause, low immunity and low white blood cell counts prevent the body from being able to have an optimum response to infections and illness. Here are some things which can help prevent low immunity and keep white blood cell counts high:

• Avoid sugar and keep sweet stuff to a minimum. Sugar prevents white blood cells from being their strongest Eliminate unhealthy fats. Polyunsaturated fats in vegetable oils such as corn, safflower, and sunflower oil are deterrents to a healthy immune system.

• If you are overweight, lose a few pounds. Being overweight is very detrimental to your immune system and studies have shown that overweight people are less able to fight off infection.

• Drink plenty of water to boost the immune system as well as flush out toxins.
Exercise is a proven immune system booster. Exercise is best in moderation, however, since too much exercise may wear the body down and create immune system problems.

• Avoid stress and try to relax.Stress is rightly called the silent killer and too much stress invariably leads to a lowered immune system. Many food items help boost immune function and white blood cell counts.

For example:

• Carrots and other red, yellow, orange, and dark-green leafy vegetablescontain beta carotene which helps protect the immune system, especially the thymus gland. Beta carotene and other carotenes also strengthen white blood cell production, and foods rich in beta-carotene help the body better fight off infection.

• Yogurt can be very beneficial for the immune system.It helps the body produce antibodies and strengthens white blood cells. Note: Be sure to use only natural 100% organic yogurt, which you can flavor with fruits or raw organic honey. Most commercial yogurts may do more harm than good.

• A cup of kale will give you your daily requirement of vitamin A.This is an antioxidant that helps your body fight cancer cells and is essential in the formation of white blood cells. Vitamin A also increases the ability of antibodies to respond to invaders.

• People who eat more garlichave more natural killer white blood cells.

• Other helpful foods include chicken, kale, almonds, guava, crab, dark grapes and navy beans.Supplements can play a big role in boosting immune function and white blood cell counts. Some examples:

• Oleander extract in herbal supplement form. One herbal oleander based supplement was 100% effective in a clinical trial of raising white blood cell counts in HIV/AIDS patients with extremely compromised immune systems.

• Astragalus roothelps stimulate white blood cells and protects against invading organisms. It also enhances production of the important natural compound interferon to fight against viruses.

• Zincis necessary for white blood cell function and it acts as a catalyst in the immune system's killer response to foreign bodies.

• Vitamin Cis an immune enhancer that helps white blood cells perform at their peak and quickens the immune system response.

• The trace mineral seleniumis vital to the development and movement of white blood cells.

• Both Siberian ginseng (eleuthero) and Asian ginsengprovide support for the immune system.

• Echinacea helps stimulate the immune system in a variety of ways, including increased white blood cell production.

• Green Teaalso stimulates production of white blood cells.

• Some other potent immune boosters are pau d arco, suma, medicinal mushrooms, beta glucans and aloe vera.

Reprogram Your Brain to Improve Relationships and Heal Past Wounds
By ELISHA GOLDSTEIN, PH.D.

If you’ve followed my work, you’ve probably heard me talk about or read something I’ve written that has talked about the skillful application of doing things that prime our minds in the direction of mindfulness, health and well-being. In fact, Priming the Mind is the third step of the 5 Step Cheat Sheet in The Now Effect.

It’s a way of influencing your subconscious mind toward what I like to call healthy reactivity. Most of the time our brains are making hundreds of decisions for us from moment-to-moment and we’re never going to be conscious of those snap judgments they happen too rapidly. However, just like our brains have memorized the procedures of walking, talking and eating, so too can we have the brain memorize procedures toward mindfulness, health and well-being.

Here’s one thing you can do right now to prime your mind toward greater compassion, which is directly connected to healing ourselves and making the world a better place to live.

Writing, even for a short while, is a procedure that can be practiced and repeated and influence our subconscious minds. Writing about kindness and compassion will have our brains tilt toward being more automatically kind and compassionate toward ourselves and others, improving our relationships and healing wounds from the past. Charles Francis and Mary Sovran founded the Mindfulness Meditation Institute and have developed a writing meditation that you can do for any amount of time to positively influence the brain.

Here is something they have created that you can begin today in as little as 5 minutes a day or more. The idea is to look over the lovingkindness practice below and write it down. You don’t have to finish it, just do it for whatever time you allot. Whatever judgments arise in your mind right now, just set that aside and allow your experience to be your teacher.

The Short Practice:

Yourself

May I be healthy and strong. May I be safe and protected. May I be peaceful and free from mental, emotional, and physical suffering. May I be happy and joyful. May I be patient and understanding.

May I be loving, kind, and gentle in my ways. May I be courageous in dealing with difficulties, and always meet with success. May I be diligent and committed to my spiritual practice, and to helping others along their path. May my True Nature shine through, and onto all beings I encounter.
Everyone in your house

May every person and living being in my house be healthy and strong. May they be safe and protected. May they be peaceful and free from mental, emotional, and physical suffering. May they be happy and joyful. May they be patient and understanding. May they be loving, kind, and gentle in their ways. May they be courageous in dealing with difficulties, and always meet with success. May they be diligent and committed to their spiritual practice, and to helping others along their path. May their True Nature shine through, and onto all beings they encounter.

Your neighborhood

May every person and living being in my neighborhood be healthy and strong. May they be safe and protected. May they be peaceful and free from mental, emotional, and physical suffering. May they be happy and joyful. May they be patient and understanding. May they be loving, kind, and gentle in their ways. May they be courageous in dealing with difficulties, and always meet with success. May they be diligent and committed to their spiritual practice, and to helping others along their path. May their True Nature shine through, and onto all beings they encounter.

Your city

May every person and living being in my city be healthy and strong. May they be safe and protected. May they be peaceful and free from mental, emotional, and physical suffering. May they be happy and joyful. May they be patient and understanding. May they be loving, kind, and gentle in their ways.

May they be courageous in dealing with difficulties, and always meet with success. May they be diligent and committed to their spiritual practice, and to helping others along their path. May their True Nature shine through, and onto all beings they encounter.

Your country

May every person and living being in my country be healthy and strong. May they be safe and protected. May they be peaceful and free from mental, emotional, and physical suffering. May they be happy and joyful. May they be patient and understanding. May they be loving, kind, and gentle in their ways. May they be courageous in dealing with difficulties, and always meet with success. May they be diligent and committed to their spiritual practice, and to helping others along their path. May their True Nature shine through, and onto all beings they encounter.

The whole planet

May every person and living being on earth be healthy and strong. May they be safe and protected.

May they be peaceful and free from mental, emotional, and physical suffering. May they be happy and joyful. May they be patient and understanding. May they be loving, kind, and gentle in their ways.

May they be courageous in dealing with difficulties, and always meet with success. May they be diligent and committed to their spiritual practice, and to helping others along their path. May their True Nature shine through, and onto all beings they encounter.

The entire universe on all planes of existence

May every person and living being in the entire universe on all planes of existence be healthy and strong. May they be safe and protected. May they be peaceful and free from mental, emotional, and physical suffering. May they be happy and joyful. May they be patient and understanding. May they be loving, kind, and gentle in their ways. May they be courageous in dealing with difficulties, and always meet with success. May they be diligent and committed to their spiritual practice, and to helping others along their path. May their True Nature shine through, and onto all beings they encounter.

As always, please share your thoughts, stories and questions below. Your interaction creates a living wisdom for us all to benefit from.

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The Love and Compassion I See Angels Showing For Us

a message from Lorna Byrne
Tuesday, 31 July, 2012

If you could see the love and compassion that I see the angels showing for us, you would never feel unloved.
On a chilly, sunny day recently (we have had lots of them in Ireland this summer) I was walking in the grounds of Maynooth College. As I walked around the corner, to where there are stepping stones and a water feature, I saw a middle aged couple walking along slowly. I was rather taken aback to see so many angels with them. In addition to their guardian angels, there must have been ten large white, or as I call them, unemployed angels. What struck me about what I was seeing were the expressions of love and compassion on each of the angels’ faces.

 
The man was walking very slowly and hesitatingly and the woman had an arm around him, supporting him. Some of the angels were walking in front of them directing them where to go. The angels were acting so gently and lovingly to both of them. As the woman guided the man lovingly in the direction of a stone seat, some yards away, one of the angels with them turned and walked in my direction. The angel told me that the man was terminally ill and would be going home soon.

 
The man’s guardian angel opened up for a moment giving me a male appearance. The angel was dressed in heavy garments of gold, brown and a prune colour and it held two large steel supports, similar to what would be used in a building’s foundations. The supports were vertical, reaching up above the height of the angel who was very tall. On the angel’s face was an expression of great love and tenderness for the man. He was helping to give him the strength to enjoy this moment. The angels told me that the man was taking great pleasure in being able to take a few shaky steps and that he was enjoying the feel of the sunshine on his face.

 
The angels surrounding the woman were bending forward and it looked as though the air between the angels and the woman was shimmering. It was as if every particle of her was being saturated with love and tenderness, so that she would have an abundance of love and care in turn to show towards him.

 
She guided him carefully as he sat down and then she sat down beside him. He reached out and took her hand very lovingly and she put her second hand on top of his. It was beautiful to see such love and tenderness between a man and a woman.

 
I know the love coming from her was being enhanced by the angels. I know it was helping to give her more strength. It was so beautiful to see.

 
I felt as if I was intruding into this very special moment between the two of them, and even though I was reluctant to leave, I kept walking and continued on around the corner.

 
Angels are so good at helping us to show love and care, and at allowing us to feel it too. So many times we hide it. Ask your guardian angel to help you to feel its love and the love around you. And ask it too, to help you to show love to others.

 
The angels show me so many things so I can share them with you. Sometimes they are things that might seem to be quite trivial but when you look deeply they have a very important message. Yesterday, when I was in the supermarket queuing to pay, the angels brought my attention to a young woman of about twenty just ahead of me in the queue.

There were two angels with her and one of them started to mimic counting money so I knew that the girl was short of money. She had her money in her hand and she let a one cent piece slip to the ground. I saw it on the floor but when she learned down to find it, it wasn’t there. She searched for it, and I helped her. The one cent really mattered to her. I knew the angels had hidden it. I asked the angels why and offered to give her the money but they told me no, that this was important, and that the cent, small as it might seem, needed to be valued.

 
One of the angels told me that during the good economic times here in Ireland, and elsewhere, many people lost respect for money and had started to treated it very casually, not as something that was hard earned and to be respected – and used for good. Many people came to believe that money and material possessions were the most important thing in life, that this was how happiness and success could be measured. Everyone needs enough money to live, but some people had become too greedy.

 
The angels didn’t cause these economic problems but they can help us out of them and they were showing me just one example of it; they were teaching this young woman who had just moved from living with her parents to living on her own. She was learning about the value of money.

 
She gave up looking for the coin and went to pay. She was, as she had known, one cent short. I asked the angels once more could I help but they told me no, she actually had a one cent piece somewhere in her bag. She rooted around and found it. She was so happy to have found that one cent. She appreciated the value of it.

 
The angels are telling me that we all have to respect money; if we have lost this respect, we need to regain it. Money is not something that we should ever squander. We have to work hard to earn it, and we should always appreciate and value it. We must always be aware of those who have less than us and if we can help, help.

 
These are difficult times economically for many. I know the angels can and do help to make things easier for us when we are under financial pressure; they did it for me and my family in the past and I see them helping people every day. I do understand people who feel that their problems are too big to be helped by angels, that if there really was a powerful guardian angel beside them, minding them, they wouldn’t have these financial problems. The angels didn’t cause these economic problems, but they can help us get out of them.

 
Sometimes though, we have a fixed idea of what this help will look like, we ask the angels to help us win the lottery, but fail to notice the cup of coffee someone buys us, or fail to notice how we suddenly ‘discovered’ a shop where we can buy something we needed at half price.

 
I see angels helping people in so many ways, but so often people don’t notice. We are given signs of hope but very often we miss them. Keep an eye out and see if you can recognise how angels are helping to make things easier, either financially or in other ways, for you or your family and friends.

 
Blessings to you, your family and loved ones. May you all feel the presence of the Angel of Hope in your life.
Lorna

© 2012 Lorna Byrne http://www.lornabyrne.com

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Did You Know...

... that a weed called wild tomatillo has been shown to halt and even dissolve aggressive cancer tumors?

Recently, researchers from the University of Kansas were honored for discovering the remarkable cancer-fighting properties of the wild tomatillo (Physalis longifolia). This humble member of the nightshade family is a weed you might easily spot in your own yard if you live in the Midwest, where it grows abundantly (as it does in several other areas of North America).

Historians have documented a long history of medicinal use of wild tomatillo by numerous Native American tribes. The Omaha, Ponca, and Winnebago tribes used wild tomatillo to treat headache and stomachache and to dress injuries. The Iroquois used it against sexually transmitted diseases, and the Lakota tribe used it to enhance appetite.

Soon, this powerhouse plant could transform the way conventional doctors treat cancer. That's because it contains a minimum of 14 potent anti-cancer compounds that have demonstrated the ability to halt and even dissolve aggressive tumors in animals.

The Discovery of Wild Tomatillo

A scientist by the name of Barbara Timmerman pioneered the exciting research of wild tomatillo. Timmerman—a medicinal chemist and co-director of Kansas University's Native Medicinal Plant Research program—was leading a bio-prospecting project in South America in the 1990s when her professional curiosity led her to a remarkable "accidental" discovery.

Timmerman had originally intended to investigate a medicinal plant native to the region of South America where the bio-prospecting project was located. Ultimately, however, Timmerman had to abandon the research due to the high expense and complex logistics related to travel and other factors.

Instead, Timmerman decided to search for related plant species closer to home. She partnered with another scientist—Kelly Kindscher of the Kansas Biological Survey—and together, the two began scouring the American Midwest.

"Our research led us to Physalis longifolia, which is a fairly common plant throughout the Midwest," says Timmerman. "And from there, we discovered not only the molecule we were seeking, but also the 14 new compounds, most of which have turned out to be even more potent than the original one we were looking for. Discovery is a beautiful thing when it happens like that."

Wild Tomatillo Dissolves Aggressive Tumors in Animal Studies

Dr. Mark Cohen is a surgical oncologist and translational clinician scientist at the Kansas University Medical Center. He collaborated with Timmerman and Kindscher in conducting the lab research that pinpointed the 14 anti-cancer compounds contained in wild tomatillo.

Animal trials have already shown that the compounds (known as withanolides) are capable of both fighting and killing cancer cells. In test mice fed wild tomatillo, aggressive tumors shrank quickly and dramatically. Some of the tumors actually dissolved completely. And none of the mice displayed signs of side effects or toxicity from the treatment.

Tomatillo's cancer-fighting compounds target a wide range of cancers, including...

Melanomas
Thyroid cancer
Head and neck squamous cell cancer
Breast cancer
Glioblastoma brain tumors
Esophageal cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Certain leukemias

Award-Winning Research Breakthrough

The anti-cancer discoveries documented by Timmerman are so significant that the she and her team were honored recently at the highly exclusive University Research & Entrepreneurship Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

"We're excited by the preliminary results," says Timmerman. "While our research is still in the early stages, we're optimistic that some of these 14 molecules could lead to new plant-based drugs or dietary supplements."

Availability and Use of Wild Tomatillo

Because this research is in such early stages, it is still challenging to find commercial products containing extracts of wild tomatillo. However, that will likely change soon now that Timmerman's research has been showcased at the prestigious University Research & Entrepreneurship Symposium in Cambridge. The Symposium attracts investors and venture capitalists specifically seeking promising new treatments to support and develop.

As research on wild tomatillo continues, we might expect to find tomatillo extracts available for purchase in the near future.

Help fight cancer, study finds

Tuesday, May 08, 2012 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
(NaturalNews) A multidisciplinary research team from theUniversity of Kansas(KU) has made a pioneering discovery in the realm of natural, plant-based cancer treatments. Preliminary findings published in theJournal of Natural Products(JNP) reveal that wild tomatillo (Physalis longifolia), a weed commonly found throughout the midwestern Great Plains and in other areas of North America, possesses at least 14 unique anti-cancer compounds that could one day change the way doctors approach cancer treatment.

 
During a bioprospecting project in South America back in the 1990s, Barbara Timmermann, a medicinal chemist and co-director of KU’sNative Medicinal Plant Research Program, made an interesting discovery. A plant native to that particular region turned out to contain anti-cancer compounds, which prompted Timmermann, whose work involves identifying plants with medicinal properties, to search out ways to investigate it further.

 
But because of cost, distance, and other physical and financial barriers, Timmermann was never able to return to South America to perform the necessary analyses and finish her research. So she reportedly joined up with Kelly Kindscher, a senior scientist at theKansas Biological Survey, to look for similar plants in the American Midwest. And much to their surprise, wild tomatillo turned out not only to contain the compound in question, but also to possess even more anti-cancer compounds than the original South American plant.

 
“Our research led us toPhysalis longifolia, which is a fairly common plant throughout the Midwest,” said Timmerman. “And from there, we discovered not only the molecule we were seeking, but also the 14 new compounds, most of which have turned out to be even more potent than the original one we were looking for. Discovery is a beautiful thing when it happens like that.”

Animal trials show wild tomatillo can effectively mitigate, cure cancer
After first identifying wild tomatillo, Timmerman and Kindscher sought the help of Dr. Mark Cohen, a surgical oncologist and translational clinician scientist at the KUMedical Center, to analyze the plant.

The three successfully identified the 14 compounds in question, known aswithanolides, which in animal trials have already been shown to both fight and eradicate cancer cells.

 
According to Dr. Cohen’s laboratory analysis, these 14 compounds target melanomas, thyroid cancer, head and neck squamous cell cancer, breast cancer, glioblastoma brain tumors, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and certain leukemias. When fed wild tomatillo, test mice with these and other cancers saw their tumors shrink drastically, and in some cases even completely dissolve, without any negative side effects or noticeable toxicity.

 
The breakthrough findings are so significant, in fact, that Timmerman and her team’s work was featured at the recentUniversity Research & Entrepreneurship Symposiumin Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event is an exclusive, invite-only showcase of the nation’s most promising new university-based technologies for industry leaders, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs (http://www.universitysymposium.com/).

 
“We’re excited by the preliminary results,” added Timmermann. “While our research is still in the early stages, we’re optimistic that some of these 14 molecules could lead to new plant-based drugs or dietary supplements.”

 
Currently, wild tomatillo extracts, powders, and supplements are not widely or commercially available to the public. But as research on wild tomatillo continues to emerge, it is expected that wild tomatillo products might soon hit the market in the form of all-natural, food-based supplements.

 
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There is no Them. There are only facets of Us.

- John Green -

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to "jump at the sun." We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

Zora Neale Hurston
Dust Tracks on a Road

Serendipity is the faculty of finding things we did not know we were looking for.

- Glauco Ortolano –

Each of our relationships has a trajectory that death doesn't destroy. We see its arc in the inner changes we undergo when we remember deceased loved ones, and even in outward changes as we continue to mold our lives in response to theirs.

Patricia Campbell Carlson

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.

- Basho -

All the children who are held and loved...will know how to love others. Spread these virtues in the world. Nothing more need be done.

Meng Zi, c. 300 BCE

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

- Albert Einstein –

O Great Spirit, I awake to another sun, grateful for gifts bestowed, granted one by one.

Twylah Nitsch
Seneca Medicine Woman

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

- Saint Basil –

Life is not hurrying on to a receding future, nor hankering after an imagined past. It is the turning aside like Moses to the miracle of the lit bush, to a brightness that seemed as transitory as your youth once, but is the eternity that awaits you.

R. S. Thomas

"The Bright Field," from Laboratories of the Spirit

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

- Rumi -

The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.

Heda Bejar

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

- Bill Gates -

To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less.

Ronald Rolheiser
The Holy Longing; New York/NY; Doubleday; 2011. (p.66)

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was often times filled with your tears. And how else can it be?

- Kahlil Gibran -

Alan Watts

All works of love are works of peace.

- Mother Teresa -

When one leaves for the stars, that person will be the one to blink at you in the night-sky and show you the way. While s/he will no longer be able to touch your hands s/he will forever be able to touch your heart.

Karla A. Claeys, M.A

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.

- Pearl S. Buck –

The greatest surprise is that there is anything at all -- that we are here.

David Steindl-Rast

Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer

We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them.

- Anais Nin –

The louder our world today is, the deeper God seems to remain in silence. Silence is the language of eternity; noise passes.

Gertrud von Le Fort

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."

William Bruce Cameron

True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

All of the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms.

- Blaise Pascal -

When we come upon beautiful things . . . they act like small tears in the surface of the world that pull us through to some vaster space.

Elaine Scarry
On Beauty and Being Just

Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

- Maya Angelou –

Gradually one's mastery in contemplation extends from the primal atom to the greatest magnitude.

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 1.40

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

- Peace Pilgrim –

Wherever I go - only Thou! Wherever I stand - only Thou! Just Thou, again Thou! Always Thou! Thou, Thou, Thou! When things are good, Thou! When things are bad, Thou! Thou, Thou, Thou!

Hasidic Song

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.

- Oscar Wilde –

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Blessed Mother Teresa

Being rich of heart makes you wealthy beyond compare

- Rodney Williams –

Creativeness often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

Many things - such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to do them.

- C.S. Lewis –

Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.

A life practice from Br. David Steindl-Rast

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

- C.S. Lewis –

When all your desires are distilled you will cast just two votes: To love more and be happy.

Hafiz

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction.

- Albert Einstein –

Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.

- Kenyan Proverb –

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.

Maya Angelou

Deliberately dare to slow down your life when everything in you — or around you — is screaming “rush!”

Your success and happiness lie in you....Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Helen Keller

Connecting the mind and body is not just a health strategy. It is a movement of consciousness that can change the world.

- Matthew Sanford –

there is only one side to every story:
that is EQUANIMITY.

What we need is not the will to believe but the will to find out.

- Bertrand Russell -

Life does not accommodate you; it shatters you. Every seed destroys its container, or else there would be no fruition.

Florida Scott-Maxwell
The Measure of My Days

Cyclicality: Missions and Metrics
by Sep Kamvar, Original Story, Jun 12, 2012

There is an old Zen story about a man riding a horse, galloping frantically down a path. His friend, who is sitting by the side of the road, calls out "Where are you going?" The man replies: "I don't know.

Ask the horse!"

When we build our tools, we often depend on metrics to guide our development. We keep graphs of unique visitors and pageviews and watch them closely. This keeps us honest. It's hard to convince anybody that we're building a useful tool if our metrics show that nobody is using it.

But we must take care when we use metrics. Metrics can be like the horse in the old Zen story. Once we decide on them, they have a habit of setting the agenda. As the old adage goes, what gets measured gets managed.

The standard metric for a country's economic welfare is GDP. I find this strange. If the government decided to give millions of dollars to the country's richest people so that they can buy yachts from one another, that would increase GDP. So would clearcutting our national forests to build strip malls, outsourcing the raising of our children, and incarcerating large swaths of our poor.

If we temper the language a bit, we might find that this description is not so far from reality.
My point is that metrics shape behavior. Joseph Stiglitz describes this mechanism nicely: "What we gather our information about, and how we describe success, affects what we strive for." Political leaders who want to grow the economy, he says, will focus policies on things that increase GDP, even when GDP does not correlate with societal well-being.

Which brings me to my second point: all metrics leave something out. Often, they leave the most important things out.

In 2007, Stanford offered a course called "CS377W: Creating Engaging Facebook Apps". The course assignment was to build a Facebook application that, according to the course website, would "focus on solving a problem for a broad audience." It was an intensively metrics-driven class, and the key metric was user numbers. By the metrics, the results were astonishing: in the course of the 10-week term, the apps collectively reached 16 million users.

The flipside was that the applications themselves were underwhelming. Most of them allowed users to do things like rank the attractiveness of their friends, send virtual hugs and have virtual pillow fights.

The substance of the applications reflected what the metric left out. If it were possible to measure the value of a user's attention, or how enriching an application is to her life, the course projects would likely have been quite different. But sometimes, the important things can't be measured.

It is useful, therefore, to have missions to balance our metrics. Of course, each tool should have its own mission. But if I were to suggest one mission for all tools, it might be this:

Every tool should nourish the things upon which it depends.

We see this principle at varying levels in some of our tools today. I call them cyclical tools. The iPhone empowers the developer ecosystem that helps drive its adoption. A bike strengthens the person who pedals it. Open-source software educates its potential contributors. A hallmark of cyclical tools is that they create open loops: the bike strengthens its rider to do things other than just pedal the bike.

Cyclical tools are like trees, whose falling leaves fertilize the soil in which they grow.

At the top of the stack, all tools depend on nature and human nature. They depend on the sun, trees, minerals, and fossil fuels to provide their raw materials and energy. They depend on the creativity of builders to give them form. And they depend on the attention of their users, without which they would languish.

An ecosystem of cyclical tools would therefore nourish nature and empower people. A fully cyclical software application may, for example, use peer-to-peer data centers powered by its users, consisting of biodegradable, fertilizing microprocessors. It would be open-source and provide APIs to empower the creativity of builders, and a clean design and useful purpose that cultivates the concentration of its users.

If some of this sounds like science fiction, so did manned lunar vehicles in 1950, or self-driving cars in 2000. We have a tendency to achieve what we focus on.

It’s difficult to build cyclical tools because the alternative is so tempting. Cars are faster than bikes.

FishVille reaches more people than Moby Dick. At first, cyclical tools appear to be lower-power, slower-growth, and more expensive than extractive tools.

But you can’t measure the impact of tools on their own. You must measure them by the ecosystems that they co-create.

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This article is printed here with permission from The Farmer & Farmer Review, a not-for-profit project initiated by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar, a professor at the MIT Media Lab. They publish vivid and provocative essays from leading practitioners in technology and the arts, exploring the relationship between humans and technology.

My Feet Are Off The Ground'
From Tyler Perry: Writer and Actor

This morning I awoke and was so frustrated about all of the stuff that I'm dealing with in trying to get this studio open.

I was about to open my mouth & start complaining when I remembered something that happened to me a year ago.

I was walking to my car when this woman who appeared to be homeless started walking towards me. I'm ashamed to say this but I thought, 'I don't feel like being hustled today.' Then I got quickly convicted. I felt guilty so I started digging in my pocket for some money. As she got closer I noticed that

she had the kindest eyes that I had ever seen.

As I was reaching into my pocket she started to speak. I thought, 'Here goes the sales pitch'. She said 'Excuse me sir, I need some shoes. Can you help me?' My eyes filled with water because I remember being out on the streets and having only one pair of run over shoes. I was taken aback for a second.

I took her inside the studio and had my wardrobe people find shoes in her size. As she put the shoes on she started crying, praising God and thanking Jesus, and saying, 'My feet are off the ground! My feet are off the ' ground! Several of the wardrobe people started crying. I was crying. But I never forgot those words. 'My feet are off the ground!' I thought, 'Wow! All she wanted was some shoes.'

She quickly disappeared and never asked me for a dime. I realized that I still had the money in my hand so I went out looking for her. She was gone just that quick so I looked all around the neighbourhood for her. I found her standing on a corner looking down at her shoes, still crying. I was so touched. I asked her how she had gotten homeless. She told me that she had AIDS and that she was waiting to get into a shelter.. She said that her family had turned their backs on her and that she had no place to go, but she knew that God would make a way for her. I said to myself, 'He just did

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' Her faith and her praise moved me. I took her to a nearby hotel and put her up until she was able to get on her feet I had someone that worked for me to check on her from time to time and to make sure that she had food and clothes. After about a month or so we lost touch, but I never forgot her.

This past summer I was shooting 'Daddy's Little Girls' and this woman walks up to me smiling. I didn't recognize her face, but her eyes were familiar. She had on a really nice dress and her hair was done. It was her! She told me that the little help that I had given her had changed her life.

She was in a house now and doing very well. I said all of that to say this. After I met this woman, every time I think about complaining and mumbling I remember, 'My feet are off the ground!'

I wanted to share this with you just to let you know that when I say that I am thankful for you, I mean it. And when I say that you are a blessing to me, I mean it.

We take so much for granted sometimes that I just wanted all of you to know that I am grateful to God for you every day. Thank you for being in my life.

Tyler Perry
When God takes something from your grasp. He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better... "When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others" Biblical Proverb I know you will love this.

Even if U'r not into passing on a lot of emails, this one I feel is worth sharing. God is so worthy to be praised, and my affirmation is that "God's got it" this email is a testimony to the same. May you all be blessed and remember that today your feet may be off the ground, tomorrow may be a different story, so when you have the blessed privileged to help someone else, I pray that you won't hesitate to do it, no matter how great or how small you think your actions are. Be blessed!"