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http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:48:13 GMT

This weekend I got an email from The Resonance Project, Nassim Haramein’s organization. I’ve written about him before. I can’t say for sure what all he is up to, but his DVD blew my mind. I can only imagine what kind of a possible future he has intuited from his research. It’s literally mind-boggling. And he happens to be here on the Big Island – for now anyway.

The news is, they are losing their funding. I think he said it best himself and therefore I will simply post his letter. Clearly they are also being affected by these desperate times, and I think it’s an important call to action. For those who feel powerless to do something to change the world, here is someone I believe may be well on the way to finding a way to do so.

If you’re hurting like I am right now, consider donating the equivalent of a tank or two of gas. They are a public charity so it’s tax deductible. That’s what I’m doing. I feel it’s a fair exchange for the opportunity to support sustainable alternatives.

If you’re rich, then I suggest getting in touch with them, checking out the DVD, finding out more. It could be very, very important.

It kind of reminds of me of what happened to Tesla for some reason.

“A Personal Letter from Nassim Haramein”

Hello to all of our wonderful supporters!

As I sit here in my office at this beautiful research park in Hawaii, I am overwhelmed with gratitude and a great sense of accomplishment for what we have done so far, as well as hope for the future and dedication to the continuity of our work.

As is clearly articulated in the theories foundational to The Resonance Project, change is the nature of this universe. We as a foundation are currently faced with a great level of change.

In the past three years we have spent much energy building a beautiful sustainable research park, and I have personally made many sacrifices and worked extreme hours to make this all happen in a timely manner. The result is that we’ve made enormous progress towards collaborative advancement of the science of unified field theory with colleagues from around the world, as well as developing crucial sustainable technologies based on this research. We believe it is within our grasp to provide the awareness and understanding as well as the technologies necessary to transform our world.

However as happens with the many aspects of all of our lives, we must adjust to the transformations that occur. Due to the redirection of the resources from a major contributor, I am sad to announce that we find ourselves in a period of re-organization and financial difficulties. In order to streamline our operations and because all the work that was done here was done on land that is owned by the same donor, we are having to abandon the research park and move to another location.

Once again in history, the financial world is depriving humanity of a chance to transcend our limitations and scarcity, and to truly emerge with advancements in our understanding and technologies in a world of sustainable and abundant energy. As I sit here, my heart sinks, contemplating all of the great work that may be suspended as a result. It is imperative that we diversify our funding sources to provide a broad base of support and ongoing financial stability for the organization. This level of work must emerge as a result of a collective force generated by the public at large, supporting the emergence of it into the world without being held hostage to one supporting source.

THIS WORK IS FOR HUMANITY AND SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY HUMANITY.

Today, you have an opportunity to take action to help support us during this critical moment. We are asking YOU to participate so that we can bring this vital work to fruition. We are as committed as ever to keep moving forward in our mission, and it is time to invite all of you who are excited by and appreciate the work we are doing to support us. Remember that out of chaos comes the coherency of singularity - it is all part of the nature of the universe.

We call on you to make a tax deductible contribution to The Resonance Project at a level within with your financial capacity NOW. If you cannot make a large donation, consider giving up one morning latte or one night out and donate to us instead. A dollar, a thousand dollars, a hundred thousand dollars; all are greatly appreciated.

Another way you can contribute is by promoting the DVD:

http://theresonanceproject.org/products.html

Every DVD we sell helps us towards our financial goals and educates the public about the emergence of these new physics and technologies. Do you know of a bookstore or a video club that should carry our DVD? Then please contact us and let us know about it. The full success of our fundraising efforts comes from having many donors at all levels of capacity. So please participate now at whatever level you can. Remember that small drops of water make up a tidal wave - be a drop that contributes to a tidal wave of beneficial change in the world. YOU will make a difference!

You can make a donation in a variety of ways:

Directly on our website through Paypal:

http://theresonanceproject.org/contribute.html

By mailing a check to The Resonance Project at:

PO Box 764
Holualoa, HI 96725

By Phone or Wire Transfer:

Please contact us directly at (808) 327-9630

In addition we have several fundraising programs in full swing which can support us at no cost to you! For more information, please go to:

http://theresonanceproject.org/contribute.html

We are also seeking large donors who share the vision of bringing this essential work into the world. Are you connected with any celebrities, high-capacity donors, philanthropists or visionaries who might have the interest to help the project in a big way? If so, please spread the word and inform us of any leads, especially any personal connections that you’d be willing to introduce to the project.

Thank you for the many ways you support us and we look forward to a long and beneficial relationship with you!

Nassim Haramein
Director of Research
The Resonance Project
http://www.theresonanceproject.org

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Tags: technology, free-energy, alternative, news, physics

Nassim Haramein: "Crossing the Event Horizon"

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:11:49 GMT

Recently I had the good fortune to come across a copy of Nassim Haramein’s DVD set, “Crossing the Event Horizon.” I would highly recommend a watch to anyone looking for an excellent interpretation of concepts ranging from Unified Field Theory, fractal geometrical realities, and the torque of spacetime, to crop circles, the pyramids, ancient calendars and our place in the universe. Four DVDs span over six hours of material, much of it Nassim’s own entertaining presentation of his brainpopping theories, with some special features worth investigating. His website, The Resonance Project, also contains a lot of his research, papers and articles, a trailer of his DVD and a preview of “The Power of Spin.” You can also join in his monthly teleconference calls.

I give him credit for puzzling together his theories from hard physics, pure brainpowered revelation and no doubt plenty of inspiration from the Ether. His background is unique, and given the state of our current orthodox scientific community, which seems to progress with the speed of a glacier, the new ideas he’s brought into dialogue are refreshing and invigorating. I can only imagine what his theories could bring in terms of changing our reality – from the expansive way we understand creation and our very existence, to how we live our everyday lives. Understandable why he appears on this video which won the One Minute Shift video contest.

The double torus he talks about, based around the tetrahedral and cubeoctahedral geometric structures, is well founded in hard math, and can also be found discussed in terms of sacred geometry. There is a ringing of truth somewhere in my spirit, which may explain why it’s called The Resonance Project. The idea that creation is literally spun around in a sort of double-donut shape around a center vacuum, escaping from the center ‘white’ hole and winding around the outside to be sucked in by the other side’s black hole, simply makes sense in some profound way, particularly the additional torque or spinning motion that he postulates may provide an explanation for the movement of everything from galaxies and subatomic particles, to spacetime itself. This Coriolis Effect resultant of the gravitational and electromagnetic forces at work, when balanced creates a golden spiral or phi ratio. These concepts are finding their way around the noosphere in various forms and via various paths; Richard Merrick wrote a good article about these theories over at Reality Sandwich. The black hole/white hole idea is something I mentioned in my book four years ago, albeit nowhere near this level of thought; somehow it resonated with me (no pun intended), as I imagine it could be related to the ancients’ concepts of reality itself. As Nassim says, it explains why and how the Universe is both expanding and contracting at the same time. It explains where the energy is coming from. In fact it may explain the very meaning of life itself, the existence of the Universe and the enigma of the void of subatomic space. As above, so below.

In the beginning was the Tao. All things issue from it; all things return to it.”

- Tao Te Ching #52

After this new information began to seep in, I started to wonder what implications this would have for consciousness itself, so I wasn’t too surprised to find this radio interview. It’s clear Nassim also can’t help but realize the amazing possibility that consciousness plays an important role in the fundamental structure of spacetime. Kudos to him; though I’m sure it must be why orthodox science is not so quick to accept such new ideas. Unfortunately in orthodox science, genius is often recognized much later, but for those of us already out here on the fringe, it is a very welcome development. I keep thinking about our alignment with the galactic plane on the winter solstice in 2012, which I’ve mentioned here before, the end of the Mayan fourth sun on that date as well as our current place along the precession of the equinoxes: just now beginning to enter the Aquarian age, beginning the Great Cycle anew, and again.

Is the ancients’ concept of the Great Ages perhaps a more complete wisdom than we realize? Could our very state of consciousness be poised to transverse some integral dimensional edge along this Great Donut of Enlightenment? Are we about to enter the Event Horizon?

Nassim Haramein himself said, “”Everything we see in the Universe is the infinity of the energy density of the vacuum in various scales. The biological resolution is the link between the large and the small. You are the event horizon. Instead of seeing yourself as an insignificant little dot that means nothing to the Universe, you start to see yourself as the center of creation. Everyone else is the center of their Universe as well. And thus we are all equal and we’re all one.”

Tags: technology, radio, knowledge, documentary, Hawaii, 2012, discernment, Tao, sacred, Mayan calendar, Tao Te Ching

Pearls Before Whine

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:01:09 GMT

“Every pearl has its oyster.” - Randall Jarrell

I don’t believe in coincidence. I’ve gotten myself into quite a few prolonged conversations on that point; but the fact remains, for myself, there is only synchronicity and wisdom hidden amongst the layers of daily experience. It’s only up to us to look for them.

Maybe it’s all just loony-bin material. But I can’t speak for the skeptical side of this tendency. I can only wonder at the lack of imagination, the lack of desire for discernment and greater truths; the lack of stunned amazement of life and its diversity. I also wonder at the admirable height of arrogance that makes one believe the only reality is the one we can see. It’s not about right or wrong; to me, it’s just a decision one makes. True or not, I believe one can either choose to pay attention and look for opportunities towards growth and wisdom, or settle into the mindset that it’s all random, and solely based on our own intellectual or emotional chemical synapses, thereby perhaps missing messages and pathways that might otherwise speak to us on levels of consciousness untried.

That said, it’s not always easy to discern one’s own particular path. There are a multitude of subtle layers to this sensibility, and it’s takes practice to recognize them. The world and all its daemons continues to tempt one into false promises, illusions and mixed messages. So it’s not always immediately apparent, of course, where one is headed or exactly how things will play out. That’s why in Surfing the Tao one must rely on the strength and power of the wave to carry us over. There’s a certain amount of trust involved; at least we know we have the wave to ride. Unlike true ocean waves, the Tao is always perfectly available and present.

My own path has recently led me across literally heaps and heaps of pearls. Pearls of every shape, color and variety. Huge black Tahitian pearls; strands and strands of them. Perfectly round ones, and astonishing circled and baroque ones. Gorgeous white, gold, silver and pink South Sea pearls, bigger than gum balls, which virtually emit their own light. Miles and miles of freshwater pearls, from the tiniest to the largest they come, in nearly every shade of the rainbow. Mabe pearls. Blister pearls. Teardrop pearls, coin pearls, petal pearls, tile pearls and keshi pearls. I’ve learned to string them, pushing tiny knots of thread tightly between each precious gem for safety, with your choice of clasp.

The irony is, I’ve never been much of a jewelry person myself. My husband laughs because he says I am the only wife who says, please don’t buy me any more jewelry. It’s too expensive, and I won’t wear it. The only exceptions are pieces my own father has lovingly and expertly crafted over the years – and my wedding ring of course, though there are no big diamonds on my fingers. I also have one particular amulet I can’t live without so no matter how dressed up I get, it stays around my neck. I don’t care much about fashion, to the amusement of my mom and stepdaughters. I’m more a creature of habit. So it’s particularly noteworthy when these luminescent, dazzling orbs begin to enter my consciousness so fully, so unexpectedly.

Pearls are found in nearly every religious tradition, with many various symbologies and parables. The “pearl of great price” was a metaphor used by Jesus to describe the Kingdom of Heaven. Bits of wisdom are inevitably referred to as “pearls.” We are reminded not to “cast pearls before swine.” There are the Pearly Gates. Also the Hymn of the Pearl. Pearls are often mentioned in the Koran. Hindus relate to the Nine Pearls. New Age and metaphysical references are many and varied. I was tickled to find out the largest pearl in the world is claimed to be the Pearl of Lao Tzu, which comes replete with its own legend and controversy.

The spiritual significance of this opportunity that fell out of the sky recently is not lost on me. The very reason I am swimming in pearls is because of necessity, a situation I know many share during these unusually challenging economic times. And of course such situations also often bring emotional turmoil; such is the way of the fallible human spirit, unless already greatly trained against outside tension. But I realize, through this perhaps ponderously obvious example which has been laid in my path, that I must allow the relatively tiny irritants to enter in, so that with love, I may also build up the layers and layers of lustrous nacre to protect against future challenges. As in the case of so many delicate sea pearls, with their giant Maxima shells the size of dinner plates, many baby pearls are lost. It may take several tries to get a good one, and it’s why they are so rare and highly valued. But eventually, after several years of persistence, the perfect, glistening sphere is born.

“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. “ -John Dryden

Tags: consciousness, wisdom, pearls, knowledge, discernment, Tao, Surfing the Tao

Fiberglass and Resin

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:22:06 GMT

My surfboard is woven of millions of tiny threads of wisdom, cemented by the love with which I am gratefully surrounded. Without it I could not withstand the endless pounding of the waves – ultra-strangeness in the world, as well as in my own life. My toes grab hold, the wax which is my faith keeps them from slipping…and yet, the sharp edges of the reef beckon, and these shores are rocky. Surfer’s hell, they call it. An apt phrase, some days.

The focus it takes to stay upright and balanced is not easy, especially as the noose tightens. And the sharks are circling. (thanks for the warning, Cadeveo) But what choice do we have? We must remain, trapped in this physical drama, until the ending unfolds. And yet there is no reason for fear, at all. For those hungry for more insight, check out this great discussion between two of my favorite thinkers, William Henry and Daniel Pinchbeck, at YouTube. Or how about an article on the New Pyramid Age by Phillip Coppens? Perhaps a thoughtful entry on 2012 at The Cleaver, or an insightful word on humans as transmitters by Kingsley. One thing these many minds seem to agree on: the coming transformation will be fully realized only as a result of the work we do within ourselves. It’s an inner revolution, perhaps aided by galactic alignment, cosmic rays and/or altered states – but it won’t be televised. This is a very difficult realization for many people – there can be no excuses, and no shifting the workload. We all must take responsibility, and it starts today, with love and being true to yourself; I know for myself, it can be very, very difficult indeed. And yet in the depths of my spirit, I know it is a task I can’t put off. Our future depends on it.

Our planet is shouting out hints as to our present state with dire emphasis. Must we cry hurriquake, again and again? Typhoons lay waste to the Philippines, while earthquakes rattle there as well as Chile and Indonesia, but it seems to be much more than that now. Freak tides and floods are swamping many areas of the globe, including Indonesia, Algeria, Vietnam, England, Brazil, and Oregon, while heat waves and droughts threaten water supplies and infrastructure in Tennessee, Australia, Chile, North Carolina and Georgia. While it may be part of a much larger catastrophic cycle, in our recent history it is not considered par for the course; Reuters reported that weather-related disasters have quadrupled in the past 20 years. Take heed, Planet X scoffers. I recently reread Stalking Wolf’s prophecies about the Night of the Red Sky; take note one of his Second Sign in terms of this shocking garbage news. (And don’t forget the oil spills recently in Russia, San Francisco, the Gulf of Mexico, and Long Island.)

Our financial and economic crises are certainly no fun to contemplate either. Tired of hearing about the North American Union? And yet, Asia is moving towards its own unification too. Remember, political boundaries are irrelevant; economics holds all the power. The Amero is coming. Our dollar is doomed. Again, Cadeveo points out even rappers are flashing Euros in their videos now, as if to say, better get hip and move with the times. There is no escape in entertainment – there’s so much propaganda, so many inside jokes, it only passes for entertainment for ignorant minds. Synchromystics, you know this path. Fantasy worlds, fantasy treasures and fantasy futures; superpowers, superbugs, and superinanity. One to keep us entranced, one to dull our brains – and don’t forget the really far-fetched one to keep us firmly convinced they are only Stories. Somewhere, something evil laughs softly.

The list goes on. Cell phone towers hidden inside religious symbols. (thanks, Through The Looking Glass) Or how about Comet Holmes merely hiding another object? Yellowstone going to blow? Secret fairy tales coming out? In many ways, we are already prisoners of our co-opted reality. The only respite we have is within ourselves. And who are we? Ask Puppetji.

Yet there too, the Powers-that-be seek to control. Mandatory vaccinations, here and there; our food supply is polluted and re-engineered to what end we cannot even imagine. And don’t forget the water, or the air – They haven’t. What enters our being is contaminated from here, there and everywhere.

And if you think our minds and spirits are free – think again. Generations of rigid belief; tradition; complete and total lack of awareness and training and ignorance of our true history, coupled with stubborn egos: for many, there will be no truth. There will be no release, no final answers. Millions – billions, even – are already trapped in Their webs – both spiritual and physical.

Only by disconnecting will we finally heal. Only by giving everything up will we be fulfilled. It seems, only in the loss of all we know will we finally be shown the truth.

And still, I Surf.

The Master’s power is like this.

He lets all things come and go

effortlessly, without desire,

He never expects results,

thus he is never disappointed.

He is never disappointed;

thus his spirit never grows old. -Tao Te Ching #55

Tags: consciousness, 2012, spirituality, Tao Te Ching, end times, last days, Planet X, prophecy, global warming, catastrophe

Notes from the Surf XIII

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:05:50 GMT

Through the Looking Glass has some interesting comments on the California firestorms, and also points out an old USA Today article from 2003 that suggests the FBI knew of a terrorist plot to start wildfires…sounds like an episode of “24”…but where was Jack Bauer? There are reports officials are investigating possible arson. Astrology isn’t my usual stomping grounds, but I will note that Mars (fire) is in Cancer. Oh - and Mercury’s in retrograde, too.
Vatican Official Confirms the Existence of Extraterrestrials…The Vatican also recently opened a new exhibit on the Apocalypse.
Lockheed’s “Spooky Radar” based on principles of quantum entanglement. In related news, “quantum foam” perhaps responsible for new discovery re. Gamma ray delays.
Fluid Intelligence from Wanttoknow.info. Let’s shift that paradigm.
Always interested in news on weather control technologies, here’s one on steering hurricanes.
Tony Blair as permanent EU President? Here he is developing an international interfaith organization…sounds eerily like what a prophesied Antichrist would do…
Could economic collapse simply be setting the stage for a North American Union and unified currency, the Amero? One article from OpEdNews.com and another from Daniel Pinchbeck. Ex-Mexican Prez Fox mentioned a “unified currency” on Larry King recently.
Brezinski endorses Obama (who BTW is related to Cheney); the Rothschilds endorse Hillary. Some choice that is.
From Physorg.com, “Electromagnetic Wormhole Possible with Invisibility Technology.”
Run away, run away! The ray-gun is coming!
From The Washington Post, “Dragonfly or Insect Spy?” This you gotta see. And if you live in D.C., beware the new plan to scan motorists.
No more magic mushrooms in Holland.
And finally a touch of levity…announcing a cell phone that spots bad breath. Whew, finally.

Tags: California, wildfires, mercury retrograde, UFOs, aliens, vatican, Apocalypse, Amero, North American Union, New World Order, technology

Surfing Quetzalcoatl

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:24:18 GMT

Journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, self-proclaimed cynic and son of Beatnik parents, transversed the realms of the psychic and the psychedelic, as well as his own personal drama, to bring us his version of the Eschaton in his book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. His scholarly prose is punctuated with radical, apocalyptic refrains which underscore his own revelations as to the immanent arrival of something both terrifying and wonderful. If he is correct, our near future contains the potential for both catastrophe and conscious enlightenment, a view I happen to share to some extent.

Whether this transformation will occur in one simultaneous event on December 21, 2012 remains to be seen. However Mr. Pinchbeck threw himself to the wolves in this book, revealing not just his own relationship issues, self-doubt and twisted shamanic journeys, but a full-on prophetic experience of Quetzalcoatl himself and a vision of our future perhaps only a very small handful of people are willing to consider.

He calls this book an “extravagant thought experiment”, explaining his dual lines of investigation from philosophical groundwork to his own “process of discovery”, which led us from psychedelic trips all over the world, to crop circles, alien abduction, occult manifestations, time vs. consciousness theory, global environmental and economic collapse, and back to his own frustrating and comparatively two-dimensional Manhattan habitat. Through these various means, he points out our general unwillingness as a species, in these post-modern times, to recognize the ever-increasing void of spiritual awareness; our cultural blinders have rendered us more or less incapable of recognizing the signs of our own imminent demise, which come to us through journeys into a level of consciousness few seem prepared to take.

While his writings and experiences differ greatly in style, organization, and attitude, I found the skeletal framework somehow reminiscent of my own, as if there were some great field of knowledge to be tapped into whose messages are passed on through one’s own particular experience, research, circumstances, filters, lexicon, allegory, etc. – the flesh, as it were. Granted, the subject matter stems from the same genre, though our intentions are arguably dissimilar; however I couldn’t help but notice how much of this work resonated with my own in Surfing the Tao. After much agonizing over whether to share what I found to be synchronous lines of thought, I have decided to note some here humbly, knowing my own self-published, obscure volume will likely only make it into a handful of minds. I ask the reader not to misinterpret the following as any folly of ego; I recognize my own small work can never be compared to Pinchbeck’s literary talent, however critiqued he may be. I do this only in the spirit of noticing how similarly the Tao can touch the thought patterns of an open mind and heart, and that the synchronicity of it all could raise a few eyebrows as to what may or may not be truer than we realize…

DP: “Throughout my early life and into my thirties, I lacked a metaphysical view of any sort.” (p. 19) AVM: “For the first thirty-odd years of my life, I wandered in ignorance.” (p. vii)

DP: “…I concluded, sadly, that our current civilization is not a machine built to last. (p.8) AVM: “As time and technology progresses, general knowledge is actually regressing…A system based on money instead of love will eventually falter.” (p.7)

DP: “…the modern materialist sees myth as antiquated and simpleminded – at best, metaphoric or symbolic.” (pp. 9-11) AVM: “..we have been taught to think of the ‘gods’ as mythological or symbolic…”(p. 31)

DP: “…a text can only act as a scaffolding of concepts, a ladder for others to climb.” (p. 15) AVM: ““Though some texts can be used to help guide us, no one ever entered the actual ascended state through the pages of a book.” (p. 210)

DP: “Real knowledge of what I am saying must be earned, and lived, by each individual, in his or her own way.” (p. 15) AVM: “This is a highly personal experience…little things will pop up in everyday life that will start to ‘prove’ it to each person in their own way.” (p. 14)

DP: “Few of us have time to make our own investigation of such abstruse realms as psychic research – and why would be bother, when our ‘experts’ assure us they have the situation wrapped up?” (p. 38) AVM: “…those who control the leading educational and intellectual institutions of our day have settled on the general public view of non-supernatural evolution…Many would rather accept the lives they have been taught…and not bother with anything more.” (p. 5)

DP: “…modern physicists…were surprised…[to find] that matter was largely composed of empty space. At this quantum level, physicists discovered that their attempts to measure the phenomena they were studying affected that phenomena…” (p. 47-8) AVM: “…inside an atom, there really isn’t any substance at all; just tiny sparks of energy…physicists are surprised to discover you can’t measure sub-atomic activity without influencing it.” (p. 15)

DP: “I found that attuning myself to synchronicities…required the development of a kind of intuitive skill…some of these synchronicities involved conjunctions between personal episodes and world events that seemed to me both numinous and inexplicable.” (p. 55) AVM: “My life became filled with so many bizarre synchronicities and small daily miracles that few people would even believe them.” (p. vii)

DP: “It is only as a fully self-reflective individual consciousness that one can make the choice, out of free will, to reconcile with the Divine, through sacrifice, or supercession, of the ego.” (p. 117) AVM: “Choose love: use your free will to seek His will, and soon it will coincide with your own and your life will be truly blessed.” (p. 20)

DP: “In the popular culture of our secular age, the gods, demigods, fairies and gnomes of the old mythic realm have returned as extraterrestrials.” (p. 121) AVM: “Author John A. Keel wrote in his work Operation Trojan horse, “The UFO manifestations seem to be, by and large merely minor variations of the age-old demonological phenomenon.” (p. 50)

DP: “According to this hypothesis, Christ ‘redeems’ us only when we follow his lead. We still have to save our own souls.” (p. 117) AVM: “It is a bit of a paradox – we must first save ourselves, by refusing to be fearful, and maintaining a positive state of mind.” (p. 199)

DP: “Our conventional notion of history, like our conventional understanding of space and time, supports a linear, evolutionary and causally deterministic view of events.” (p. 189) AVM: “Most people alive today probably think our world is just the result of natural evolution…” (p. 1)

DP: “As represented in the Tai Chi symbol, one pole does not negate its antipode, but reflects and includes it.” (p.209) AVM: “Yin and yang are not opposites – yinyang is the essence of the oneness of all things.” (p. 28)

DP: “The superstrings, quantum jumps, and wormholes through space-time described by contemporary physicists might prove the basis for shamanic techniques of visiting other realms…” (p. 245) AVM: “The passageways between [black and/or white holes] are referred to as wormholes, gateways through space/time…This concept mirrors our ancients’ views about our reality [re. origins of ‘the gods’.]” (p.42)

DP: “’EVERYTHING IS SAFE IN GOD’S HANDS.’ This telegraphed answer [to a question regarding the fate of humanity] was startling – and reassuring…It has liberated me from fear and anxiety.” (p. 259) AVM: “God’s plan is great but complicated…only know that He loves us and everything will be ok in the end…Stop worrying…never give in to fear.” (pp. 250-1)

DP: “As it says in the Tao Te Ching, ‘Non-Tao is short-lived.” (p. 375) AVM: “’That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end.’ - Lao Tzu” (p. 14)

DP: “Such a shift would not be the ‘end of the world,’ but the end of a world, and the opening of the next.” (p. 15) AVM: “Far from being the end of everything, this event could trigger our ascension into a higher realm…” (p. 249)

But whereas many of my own thoughts seem mirrored in his book, I found it interesting how his own particular circumstances, and journey towards this consciousness, manifested in such different ways. While I’m no stranger to psychedelics and have indeed had some prophetic experiences thereby, my most profound revelations were actually not drug-induced but rather brought about during moments of startling clarity during deep meditation. What truth I believe I stumbled upon comes from within; our own atoms already contain the necessary ingredients for wisdom, transcendence and enlightenment. Mr. Pinchbeck does not hesitate to tell of his terrifying psychedelic foray into the realm of the trickster daimon and the occult; he does indeed admit the inherent dangers therein, “The initial visions had been seductively Luciferic.” (p. 72) While he does admit the inherent dangers of the “daimonic reality”, I might suggest the best protection there, as anywhere, is love. And love is something he seems to have struggled with, on a personal level, throughout – though he does recognize the necessity and power of positive thinking, something he was not afraid to comment on during a recent and much-discussed argument with Whitley Strieber on his radio show.

But he is on a very different journey than I am; for many, psychedelics offer a way to, in Pinchbeck’s own words, ‘break open the head’ in a way they might not otherwise be able to, in a world that seeks to keep this kind of knowledge hidden. Certainly one cannot help but be mystified by the profound and strikingly similar types of inferences made by the likes of McKenna, Burroughs, Narby, Pinchbeck himself and others in these altered states. To seek knowledge of another realm, consciousness or dimension, you have to somehow travel there.

Towards the end, Pinchbeck shares the transmission he received from Quetzalcoatl. I read it umpteen times, my sense of discernment on high alert, as if searching for a way to Know…I am left with the overwhelming sense that he did intuit truth and wisdom, the sort of truth one gleans from Knowing with the Spirit; in the intellectual world, nothing like this could ever be proven. I suffer the same dilemma. Somehow I find solace knowing that if these revelations indicate mental illness according to western psychiatric theory, at least I would be in good company in the psych ward. So, knowing how difficult it is to write about these things in a secular materialist culture, he does win my respect and admiration for even coming out with this material. As I said before – the wolves are eager to tear it apart, and he has laid bare his jugular, “Even if it required isolation from the mainstream, I preferred to sacrifice my beliefs and preconceptions, along with the comforts and status they afforded, rather than cling to a set of inherited values that I increasingly suspected to be false.” (p. 40) At the risk of repeating myself, again I find evidence that our many diverse paths have the potential to converge onto the Great Path – that singular Truth of Being which seems to so deftly escape our waking consciousness.

2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl was published in hardback in 2006 and paperback in 2007. Mr. Pinchbeck can be found online at Breaking Open the Head, Reality Sandwich, Whole Life Times, featured in a video at Postmodern Times, his Amazon blog and MySpace among others.

Tags: 2012, consciousness, synchronicity, apocalypse, end time, end of the world, psychedelic, knowledge, mayan calendar

The Tao of Where

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:49:08 GMT

On any journey of self-discovery and seeking the unknowable, one cannot help but notice the inextricable and inevitable influence of place upon progress-to-date – until, of course, one reaches the place of no-place.

Though my own metaphysical journey started in Los Angeles, it quickly became clear that at least for me, further advancement wasn’t going to be easy there; I had to get out. Not to mention that I had, during this initiatory period, stepped foot on this island for the first time and was simply changed forever. Frankly I couldn’t get back here fast enough.

Certain places on the globe seem to resonate with different people for whatever reason; one friend is currently finding solace in the Southwest, another longs for home in Switzerland while away on business, while yet another perhaps more gypsy soul is currently in debate with this particular crazy rock. The ancients knew certain locations resonated with specific planetary energies, and built their monuments/observatories accordingly to harness or intensify the power – for what uses, I might suppose were many.

In terms of spiritual development, paying attention is the key. A place can teach, if we allow it to. I can speak from experience about the Big Island; its energy is palpable, electric, shocking, penetrating and alive. It’s like the Great Pyramid of the Pacific. If tuned to its particular radiance, it tends to force a certain coming-to-terms with elements of oneself in clear and often disturbing reflection, far more rapidly than might normally occur in life somewhere else. Perhaps it’s the seemingly concentrated mega-supernaturality of the place, all confined here on a relatively small patch of land out in the middle of thousands of miles of ocean; I don’t really know what makes this place so magical and transformative. But you can either face yourself, and perhaps some difficult challenges, or you can run away. Trust me; plenty of people choose the latter.

This place isn’t for everyone, and I image it’s the same for all the islands. It’s not a little ironic that “Lost” is filmed in Hawaii – because it’s easy to get lost here, trapped in a kind of psychical warfare with Self in which intriguing clues to endless puzzles dot the landscape of existence, with no escape. This is a unique place which at first seems to be a refuge, where a calm, slow-paced way of life accented by warm weather, beaches and aloha beckons; but a violent and molten core suggests a more turbulent spiritual undercurrent. After about two years, more or less, newcomers are either fully absorbed in the trials by fire and subsequent honing of their character, or are in the process of being expelled. Residents know, the island seems to pick and choose who stays here, simply spitting out the rest. One either resonates with this place, or not – and the ‘nots’ often get a solid kick in the rear on the way out.

In the six years I’ve been here, I can attest to the transformation that has occurred within me – and is still taking place. It hasn’t all been plumeria blossoms and coconuts. I’m stronger, calmer, wiser, but not before some difficult experiences; I exorcised not a few demons, walked the coals, and witnessed the same in loved ones around me who came here. This island, as I’m sure other places too, will heal you, strengthen you and teach you – if you pay attention and let go of your expectations. If you force your own ego upon it and refuse to listen, this island will shake you, rattle you, and even burn you or swallow you whole.

It’s as if this haunted isle is a microcosm of the Tao; within it - for some - are all the tools necessary for transformation of spirit and character, in loudly resonating abundance. Wrong choices exist glaringly alongside the right ones; not necessarily good or bad, as all things become part of one’s conscious development. But certainly they depend on one’s level of awareness and participation; there are plenty of lost souls wandering around out here too, as in any place. Personally I feel blessed to have been led somewhere I could move through my own journey at what seems to be an accelerated pace – where every step rings clearly, announcing itself, sometimes painful, sometimes joyous – and the in-between, no-man’s time can be an intense paradox of aware not-knowing. In another place, perhaps these signposts might have gone unnoticed under the thundering din of a materialistic, overcrowded, overbuilt and neon-lit now. In another place, perhaps my own tuning fork might have been out of phase.

Certainly Surfing the Tao is a Way of many diverse paths, and the point of it all is to find the essence of one’s own experience – discovering Self, discovering the Tao, and the links therein; discovering the Way of Life and love as it unfolds in an increasingly chaotic world. Every place and person will be its own, and these paths will all someday converge on the Great Path, within the spirits and hearts of those willing few. I can only suggest that place can play a far more important role in our journey than we may realize. Pay attention and the Tao will lead.

Tags: Hawaii, spiritual, spirituality, consciousness, discernment, Tao, taoism, Dao, daoism

Sway, float, balance

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:58:04 GMT

Learn to sway in the wind or you’ll break. No matter how many times the gales blow, it’s always the same.

Float down the center of the rapids, don’t try to swim against the current. No matter how often the rains come, it’s always the same.

Balance over the abyss but don’t fall in. No matter how hard you’re shaken, it’s always the same.

What’s different about today?

Nothing.

Tags: consciousness, tao, taoism, surfing the tao

The Paradigm Police

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:29:12 GMT

“They definitely do not want us to learn to Surf the Tao, for then we would no longer be victims to their abuse.” - Surfing the Tao: A Revolution of Free Will

My husband, who is a bit older than I am, commented this morning that if someone went to sleep in 1950 and woke up today, they'd think the world had gone frigging insane. I suppose you could say that about any stretch of time in history, but as I pondered his frustration I realized in this case, he really could be correct.

Since most of us haven't been asleep for decades, we generally absorb the changes and news as they come without too much trouble. The paradigm shift happens slowly, so that most people don't really notice it's happening until they look back and remember what used to be. Certainly there are major events that shift the paradigm rapidly and radically, like 9/11, and can be a bit more difficult to adjust to. But just consider news from the past few years – genetically modified foods, millions dying from hunger and poverty while a few elite get even richer, transhumanism, a military that admits testing on its own citizens and is creating new weaponry that threatens the brain wave patterns of entire populations, robot wars, weather modification, nanotechnology and implanted control chips, pharmaceuticals, wars over oil, disappearing children, genocides, economic collapse...the horrors seem to grow by the day and few seem to notice. We flip the channel from the daily body count to tabloid news without blinking. It's not as much that we've grown numb to these things as much as this has simply become our paradigm.

It got me daydreaming about what our 'paradigm' was truly meant to be like, and maybe could have been, if we really did live in conscious rhythm with the harmony or harmonics of the universe – if we really did Surf the Tao, so to speak.

It also made me realize that it's quite possible, in fact in my personal opinion it's quite evident, that our paradigm has been under attack for quite awhile. It's as if we are tired and want to go to sleep, but there's someone constantly poking at us and making noise and stuff. Or perhaps the opposite; we are trying to wake up from a nightmare but someone keeps drugging us. Either way it's very annoying.

I suppose you could argue about the nature of human existence, as many have and continue to do of course, but all I can do is give my opinion as gleaned from my own inner Surfing revelations. Humans are uniquely capable of an intense, conscious and compassionate loving nature. Those out there without this consciousness are either 1) not human or B) devoid of spirit.

The not human thing is particularly difficult for many people. I don't really go there on this blog very much, yet I do touch on it quite a bit in my book. It's radical and still outside our mainstream paradigm; yet I feel we are in the process of conditioning by the Paradigm Police in preparation for this next radical shift (science fiction as entertainment, UFO videos whether real or hoaxed, more and more people 'channeling' one or another type of being, certain 'disclosure projects', etc). In my opinion the evidence is quite strong that are other, non-human, highly evolved, sentient beings involved in our global affairs, directly with our heads of state or business, and/or from extradimensional realms into our own consciousness.

Whether they come from outer space, cloud nine or even the inner earth is irrelevant. What matters is what they are telling us. Because as every good Trekkie know, the #1 Prime Directive is don't interfere with a more primitive civilization. Period. If they are, they're either pushing their own selfish agendas, or claiming that they are attempting to 'save us' from such interference. I am leery of both; I see it much like our own political scene, in which it seems like there are two sides but in reality there is only one puppet master manipulating us into the position he wants. Again, within my own spirit, I have the sense that very few, if any, of 'them', are Surfing the Tao. The real good guys know the truth about our present reality; it is illusory and impermanent anyway. It's not really the job of any enlightened being to tell us directly what to do or how to think, aside from love. They never tell you what to do or where to go. They are the very opposite of the Paradigm Police. They want us to sense and follow the Great Rhythm from within our own hearts. It's like the old saying; give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach him to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime. That's why those who insinuate themselves upon us for their own gain are the most insidious of all. They are interfering with the very Rhythm of the Tao itself, instead forcing their own agenda-laden paradigm upon a naïve and unwitting population.

As for B) devoid of spirit; well, talk about unwitting. It's pretty obvious most people live today without any spiritual awareness at all, thanks to the Paradigm Police and their swanky, third-dimensional stage set up by our world's elite, who profit from our ignorance and resultant powerlessness. Of course there are many varieties of spirituality out there today and many conscious, loving souls who work hard to stay above water in a material world flooded with distractions and physical stimuli. And yet, for the most part, our world's spiritual paths have long been infiltrated; they are sterile, third-dimensional, close-minded, traditional, political, hierarchical, cultural and habit-based practices that in most cases leave the real spirit generally uninvolved. It leaves that empty place within ourselves open to harassment from other sources. If we don't even realize or believe we have spirits, they are in danger of being usurped for other agendas. Nature abhors a vacuum. That's where the nasty side of human behavior comes from; without conscious love, people are susceptible to cruel, criminal behavior – as well as simple blind acceptance of the status quo. Lack of spiritual awareness leaves one open to interference from the Paradigm Police. It keeps us from two very important realizations: that our world has become completely ridiculous, and that we have the power to do something about it.

Looking back throughout history one sees evidence that there has always been those who attempt to harness and control and mindsets of the people of the time. Most have done this through politics, war, culture, etc – though some have tried to teach us otherwise, i.e. Jesus, Buddha and others. Unfortunately even their messages have been turned upside down by the powers-that-be. Ours is a winding road replete with detours, roadblocks and misleading signs; and yet, if we truly stop and listen to our Higher Selves, we will realize the Way is not Out There, it is Within Us. This truly would be a revolution of free will. If just one person at a time were to wake up and take away the power of the Paradigm Police our world would begin to shift, perhaps upwards to a place we have yet to imagine.

“If powerful men and women could remain centered in the Tao, all things would be in harmony. The world would become a paradise. All people would be at peace, and the law would be written in their hearts.” - Tao Te Ching #32

Tags: paradigm, free will, freedom, consciousness, awakening, knowledge, spirituality, religion, war, UFOs, aliens

Mind Wars: Ethics and Spiritual Ramifications of Neuroscientific

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:54:47 GMT

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.” - Bob Marley

Mind control and other emerging neuroscientific technologies and weaponry constitute a frightening aspect of the future we presently inhabit. When one considers potential spiritual ramifications, as perhaps not all researchers and reporters do, it becomes clear that at the very least, awareness is crucial. The only question that remains is what we can do about it.

Information is not the problem. Even if we have access to only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what has been released to the public, one can write books on it. Recently, one person did; last year Dr. Jonathan Moreno, a bioethicist, published Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense. Granted, as a former government advisor on biodefense, and child of another Dr. Moreno, a psychiatrist known for his own questionable psychotherapeutic endeavors including human experiments with LSD in the '50s and '60s, one does wonder at his motives. Especially interesting is that he made a point of insisting he went as far as he could in his research (though he admits he hit a few brick walls in terms of what certain people and agencies were willing to divulge about military uses for the technologies), and then proclaimed he was 'no conspiracy theorist' to the extent that he didn't quite believe the stories of people who claimed to have been victims of CIA-led mind control experiments and torture. That there are secrets too big to contain? Poppycock. In the name of national security (and perhaps threats to family, etc.) any and all can be kept quiet. Make no mistake about that.

His refusal to believe the disturbing stories is strange especially since in the '90s, he worked on a presidential advisory committee investigating secret human radiation experiments by the US Government since the 1940s. It was during that time he learned of the CIA's interest in LSD and other brain-altering methods – and still, in his own words, “it took the better part of another decade for me to achieve the insight that let to the idea behind this book: If national security agencies had so much interest in how the relatively primitive brain science of the 1950s and 1960s could help find ways to gain a national security edge, surely they must be at least as interested today, when neuroscience is perhaps the fastest growing scientific field, both in terms of numbers of scientists and knowledge being gained.“ (p.3) If it took someone so deeply involved in the subject matter ten years to begin questioning the ethics of new neuroscientific technologies, it does beg the (perhaps conspiratorial) thought: maybe we really are under some kind of mass hypnosis of non-knowing. Asleep we are, whilst wizards wage war right under our noses...or perhaps, behind them.

On the other hand, at least he's bringing up the subject and beginning a dialogue on the disconcerting topic of ethics in regard to the use of these little-understood systems. He suggests that these new technologies may warrant consideration for new rules, policies, standards and treaty obligations. Dr. Moreno found it “amazing” that no one had yet analyzed the relationship between brain science technology and national defense. Personally I'm not surprised. These agencies don't want their secrets out; that's what national security is all about. Information is kept divided between multiple scientists and studies, the right hand never knowing what the left one is doing. However I might add, if it's being tested, or worse, full-out used on our own population, we surely have the right to question the ethics and demand standards; but we may never really know if they would be adhered to, because the technologies themselves (many of which likely will never be declassified) could help to keep us in a state of denial or non-knowing or even not-caring. The capabilities of these technologies, even what little we know of them, can be frightening. It's like a science fiction/horror movie come to life. And some of them are coming to a neighborhood near you.

Much of the information available comes from DARPA, which Dr. Moreno reminds us is not an espionage outfit but a science agency, and is involved with development of “dual use” neuroscientific technologies valuable to both civilian commerce and national security. Apparently there was no way to know for sure whether the CIA or other espionage agencies were also researching brain sciences, since that would remain 'black', or secret, explains Dr. Moreno. However what we do know seems disturbing enough to start with, if I may suggest.

Certainly one is encouraged at the idea that robotized limbs might prove useful to amputees and paralysis victims. This article about electric fields being used against cancer tumors is also interesting. However “dual use” does raise Terminator-like concerns. Move over, Bionic Woman. Imagine an army of robots, Asimov-style; or perhaps, an army of soldiers with implanted neural prostheses. A recent article informs us that the Pentagon is working on what could be the first phase of this idea by implanting chips in our soldier's brains; do you believe they intend only to monitor their health, when we already know about Dr. Delgado's behavior control experiments with monkeys and bulls? Long range, electronic control of animals is already a proven ability. The Augmented Cognition program, or AugCog, is an interesting offshoot of this concept, involving human-systems integration.

Psyops, or psychological operations, reportedly began sometime after World War II, first involving low-tech propaganda such as leaflets. Research into paranormal phenomena such as remote viewing followed in the 1970s with studies at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI). Dr. Moreno touched on experiments with neuropharmaceuticals, Manchurian-candidate style. Psychotronic weapons, such as electromagnetic radiation or ELF (extra-low frequency) waves and other Tesla technologies, have proven interesting since the 1970s to the Soviet and the Chinese military, among others, and were mentioned in the Space Preservation Act of 2001 along with other 'exotic weapons' such as chemtrails. Such technologies are known to be able to influence the psychological states of humans from great distances. fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imagery) technology could identify at a distance individuals with increased blood flow to the brain, thereby suggesting they might be prone to aggressive behavior. Imagine such use at airports, for example. Fortunately, as Dr. Moreno points out, a big problem here is a giant magnet like that would suck everyone up along with their jewelry and belt buckles! Unfortunately, it seems they are working on a way around that problem; Project Hostile Intent was reported just a few days ago in The Guardian, planned implementation being 2012. The brain fingerprinter is another development causing many to worry that the military can, or is trying to, actually read our minds, and the issue of cognitive liberties is aptly noted. I don't think George Orwell would be very surprised.

Other DARPA programs such as PDS (Preventing Sleep Deprivation) and “Metabolic Dominance” promise enhanced abilities for soldiers, involving pharmaceuticals. Artificial intelligence programs such as LifeLog, now defunct, sought to artificially store memories and experiences; today, the Advanced Soldier Sensor Information System and Technology (ASSIST) seeks that very goal in combat situations. There's also talk of altering soldiers' neural circuits to lessen fear and stress. Transhumanism seems to many a natural evolution of our species; to others, the very death of it. Here the issue of spirituality seems quite threatened, in my opinion. Where does one draw the line, and where might spiritual individuality or awareness become lost? Visions of Star Trek's Borg are marching through my head.

Non-lethal weapons are fast becoming the talk of the war room. The Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWP), part of the US Marines, defines non-lethals as, “weapons that are explicitly designed and primarily employed so as to incapacitate personnel or materiel, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property and the environment.” The Pentagon, among others, is interested in technologies that have use in “Operations Other Than War” (OOTW). Crowd control, hostage rescue, and capture of criminals or terrorists are named as such situations. Acoustic devices are among those which have caught my attention. Hypersonic sound (HSS) was first developed by a genius inventor called Woody Norris, about whom the New York Times Magazine did a fascinating story in 2003. This device can aim sounds at individuals or groups, at debilitating volumes, without affecting surrounding people or areas. LRADs (Long Range Acoustic Devices) are already in use by the military, used as information and warning devices. HIDAs (High Intensity Directed Acoustics) are more aggressive, like 'sonic bullets', creating intense pain and vomiting. Trapped in Matter's blog recently commented on an emergency warning device going up in downtown Chicago; he took a picture of it, and it resembles our upgraded tsunami-warning sirens here in Hawaii, which I took some shots of yesterday. Also check out this crazy picture; we have these towers here too, purportedly cell phone towers, but in Phoenix they are disguised as palm trees! These devices are going up rapidly all over the place. It doesn't take much imagination to understand they probably have more than one use. Certainly HAARP, which uses electromagnetic radiation to influence the Schumann resonance, and thereby our own bodies and weather systems, comes to mind, no pun intended. For more information on this technology, which is now fully operational worldwide, I suggest starting with HAARP.net or Jerry Smith. There's enough about that to warrant the many books already written about it.

Stinkbombs, or malodorants, are another area of research. Recently in the news is the new flashlight weapon, called the LED Incapacitator, which flashes lights that make you disoriented and nauseous. Nanotechnology is also rapidly progressing; who knows the implications of that yet. Perhaps most concerning is technology, such as the so-called “Frequency Fence” which supposedly cuts of an individual's connection with their higher self, and the Holographic Insert, which can made three-dimensional objects (alien invasion? Second coming? 9/11?) appear in the sky. I could find a lot of rumors about those but not much substantive information. What I could find is evidence that there are proven capabilities to inject words and/or images directly into people's minds. See MindJustice for more on this.

Dr. Moreno ends his book by recommending these technologies remain within the realms of both academic and military research, so that the ethics of their uses can be controlled; but remember he did admit there is evidently quite of bit of secret research going on that even he couldn't find out about. 'Informed consent' is another of his recommendations for human experimentation; yeah, that'll happen. As if our government even abides by the Geneva Convention anymore.

So what to do? It's easy to become fearful, that's for sure – and yet we must be careful NOT to fall into that trap; fear has a certain frequency of its own, and spiritual awareness, not to mention love, is far more difficult in that state. There are several places to find out more and/or get help if you believe you've been a victim; check out Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, the American Cognitive Liberties Association, or even Christians Against Mental Slavery. But aside from that, here are a few practical recommendations. Take care not to consume too many food additives or chemicals; these can and do alter the brain, perhaps even resonating in concert with some of the technologies mentioned above. Take some time to connect with your higher power; whether through prayer, meditation, music, yoga, tai chi, art, sports, or whatever works for you. Just find and maintain a higher consciousness as best you can.

Finally, I'd like to end with a little telling test of hope.

Point to yourself.

That's right; point to yourself.

Where did you point? In my experience I've found that most people place their finger or hand on their chest or heart, rather than their head. And this is a good thing. It tells me that what makes us us, our I AM so to speak, resides not in our brains but somewhere else. The essence of our spirit, and I believe we are spirit beings riding around temporarily in physical bodies, is connected to and resonates with a certain frequency that could remain outside the purview of our military if we simply know and practice this awareness. And TUNE IN to the frequency of LOVE. This seems simple and obvious but can actually be the most difficult thing to do, considering all the non-love we get bombarded with every day.

So am I horrified at these new technologies? Yes. Am I afraid? No. Don't stick your head in the sand; and yet, don't let them rule your life or get you down. I believe it's simply part of what is meant to happen, before we can take ourselves to the next level of being – or frequency. Our present dimension is not the end, nor is it the only one; quantum physics can teach us that already. What the powers-that-be may not realize is that they are increasing our awareness and understanding of the frequency of being to the extent that many more of us may indeed be able to escape their control one day. I personally have had the experience, in mediation, of touching a higher place (certainly I'm not the only one, either); I'm not going to preach to you about heaven, but I do believe in higher dimensions and our ability to get to a place where love rules the day. Can't prove it, but I've been there, and I plan on going back as soon as I can pass on the info to a few more souls.

So keep the faith. All is not lost – not by a long shot.

“Your mind should be in harmony with the functioning of the universe; your body should be in tune with the movement of the universe; body and mind should be bound as one, unified with the activity of the universe.” -The Art of Peace

Tags: mind control, consciousness, knowledge, psyops, Tesla, love, Schumann resonance, HAARP

The Tao Te Ching: A Way of Life

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:08:59 GMT

“When a superior man hears of the Tao, he immediately begins to embody it. When an average man hears of the Tao, he half believes it, half doubts it. When a foolish man hears of the Tao, he laughs out loud. If he didn’t laugh, it wouldn’t be the Tao.” -Tao Te Ching #41

It has come to my attention, through various conversations of my own as well as some that other people have related to me, that the Tao Te Ching remains unknown to a very large portion of the population. Several people have asked me recently, which book has influenced me most in my life; my response is always the TTC and often I get blank looks. I realize that my path is less traveled, and I suppose we all get caught up in our own research; however, it’s a shame that this small collection of verses takes a back shelf in today’s world. The Tao is an enigma, no doubt; but regardless of one’s religion or personal philosophy, I highly recommend picking up a copy and giving it a read.

It doesn’t matter what religion you follow; this tiny volume is densely packed with honest, down-to-earth wisdom. Often particular religions are strict about avoiding any texts aside outside of their own particular manual; Christians often fall into this category, to my endless disappointment. Frankly it’s a big reason why I tend not to associate myself with this particular organized religion, even though I do happen to retain some of their basic beliefs. God is greater than any religion, I always say. It’s not Lao Tzu’s fault he lived thousands of years before Christ. Unfortunately, as well-meaning and kind as they can be, Christians are often the most close-minded of all religious groups in terms of their unwillingness to investigate beyond what their sect has dictated to them. Personally I think many Christians would be surprised how similar Lao Tzu’s words are to those of Jesus, and there is a great book, “Jesus and Lao Tzu: the Parallel Sayings” which describes this most succinctly. Another enlightening book is “Christ, the Eternal Tao”, which was written by a monk.

It’s imperative that all people of all faiths open their hearts and minds in order to avoid deception in the future. Truly this is part of my mission – perhaps the most important part. Real truth comes from within yourself, not from any outer source – therefore not even the TTC contains the ‘whole truth’, though it does provide a wider scope with which one’s inner self could expand awareness. All books, including the Bible, are tools, not ends in themselves. But putting limitations on the information and understanding we allow ourselves is exactly what the powers-that-be want us to be doing. If you think standard Christianity hasn’t been usurped by power-mongers and a suspicious elite, starting with the ‘compiling’ of the Bible in the fourth century, you have quite a bit of research ahead of you. (For that matter I take modern Taoism with a grain of salt as well; many sects have now become more like cults and one must always be on guard.)

Non-spiritual people also tend to neglect the TTC. But in truth it’s more a book of philosophy, or Way of Life, not a religion. FYI the book is not a long read, nor is it controversial – it’s a small collection of 81 verses, all of which touch your spirit uniquely and lovingly. Often I open to a random page and look for whatever wisdom Lao Tzu gives me that day; I do the same thing with the Bible at times, as well as the Upanishads, The Art of Peace, and other spiritual texts. I’ve read them all cover-to-cover by now, and though some might scorn me for using them as oracles; too bad. It works for me, and I don’t hesitate to recommend the method to others. If you’re looking for spiritual awareness and don’t know where to start, the Tao Te Ching is probably the softest touch.

If I can do anything with my blog, perhaps the single most important thing is to pass on this recommendation. If you’re curious about the Tao; if you’re stuck in your religion and want to get into your spirit; if you have no spiritual inclinations at all but are looking for inspiration – this is the book for you. If interpretation proves difficult, send me a note and I’ll help as much as I can – but I will say, each person is going to absorb the wisdom differently, and it’s actually an excellent tool for awakening your own spirit and sense of discernment.

Happy reading!!

Tags: Tao, Dao, Taoism, Daoism, Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu, Jesus, Christian, Christianity, consciousness, knowledge

Notes from the Surf VI

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:51:28 GMT

If you’re a fan of Monty Python as I am you’ll find this serious research on ‘silly walking‘ quite silly indeed.

Put your tinfoil caps away, folks. Seems like all they’re doing is amplifying the government’s mind control frequencies.

Think you can avoid RFID chips? Now they come in a new, convenient powder! For more on RFID technology go to RFIDnews.org.

Scientists now say they have evidence of at least 201,055 undersea volcanoes; over 10 times more than previously discovered. Estimates are there could be as many as three million!

Apparently a group had planned a voyage into the Hollow Earth this summer, but had to cancel the adventure when one of their colleagues passed away. Hmmm…

The Tunguska mystery has resurfaced in the news. Scientists believe they may have found an impact crater indicative of an asteroid, but this letter, written by Nikola Tesla to the New York Times just a couple of months earlier before the explosion in 1908, has always made me wonder…

Check out this new invention: the LifeStraw could change the world.

Just had to share this amazing photo of surfing dolphins.

China’s weather modification program is in the news again; other countries do it too, including the US.

What do you think; is Unity08 really an alternative, or is it just another ruse, perhaps a way to split the liberal vote?

Tags: Tesla, China, weather modification, dolphins, news, volcano, RFID, Monty Python

Tragedy of the Commons: Ponerology and strategies of depopulatio

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:38:20 GMT

“If I were reincarnated, I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.” -Prince Phillip

Originated by William Forster Lloyd in his 1833 book about population, the term “tragedy of the commons” was popularized by Garret Hardin’s essay in a 1968 issue of Science. However the concept is likely as old as the advent of the “ruling elite” itself.

Political Ponerology: A science on the nature of evil adjusted for political purposes, a book written by Andrew M. Lobaczewski in communist Poland and suppressed by the likes of Zbigniew Brzezinski and the Vatican, discusses the origin and actions of a ‘pathocracy‘, or rule by a pathological elite. Why is this material important? Lobaczewski explains that the general population, naively believing that their leaders are basically working for the good of all, tends to avoid knowledge of the horrific, cruel and bloody legacy of the elite, and are therefore in danger of being misled on a grand scale. He suggests, “Understanding the nature of macro-social pathology helps us to find a healthy attitude and thus protects our minds from being controlled or poisoned by the diseased contents and influence of their propaganda.” Know thine enemy, so to speak. Laura Knight-Jadczyk has written extensively on the subject and continues her research on her blogs.

Lobaczewski’s work is directly applicable to the mountain of material available to the public on the subject of intentional depopulation, which was the impetus of my research. As disturbing and disheartening as the idea may be, ignorance of the various methods currently employed leaves the masses at risk of falling prey to their machinations. Therefore in true Surfing the Tao fashion, I recommend independent research and then plenty of positive reinforcement in its aftermath, such as my simple mantra. Wisdom, not worry; preparation, not panic.

The powers-that-be would have us believe we are facing a Malthusian catastophe with regards to population versus resources. Whether that is really true is beside the point; killing us softly is not the appropriate response, although it fits in nicely with the concept of pathocracy. Regardless of the extent of our ‘dumbing-down‘, most people can still comprehend an issue of that magnitude and come together for a compassionate solution. However the ruling elite are too wrapped up in their madness and quest for wealth and ultimate power to change their ways. Zbigniew Brzezinski is infamous for his outspoken opinions on the subject; Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, Edmund de Rothschild and others are also powerful culprits. Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (whose middle name incidentally is “Strange”), is reported to have said that the “population crisis” is a greater threat to U.S. national security interests than “nuclear annihilation.” Ironic considering nuclear holocaust is likely one of their most powerful weapons in the depopulation arsenal.

Population control is favored at the U.N. and among “humanists” as wisdom for our future. Even if you don’t go the “conspiracy” route, one can be sure they are likely working on alternative and less public methods to achieve it. The fact that our government has performed extensive human biological experimentation is no longer a secret, and should open some eyes and ears to other similar possibilities. The recent disclosure of the “CIA’s Family Jewels” is likely just the tip of the iceberg in terms of illegal activities. From the terrifying reality of eugenics to fluoride in our toothpaste, chemicals in our food, water, and skies, vaccines, corrupt research into cancer and other diseases, not to mention war, poverty, hunger and natural disasters (weather modification being an interesting offshoot of this), it’s easy to understand why some loudly declare that, “Yes, they do wish to kill us!”

If the depopulation agenda continues, the powers-that-be may find themselves having to answer to China and the Vatican; however, this is probably a ruse, these other parties simply playing the roles of naysayers in their little game of Hegelian dialectic. Pay attention to organizations like the Club of Rome, whose bizarre politics underly the global elitist agenda, and PopulationConnection.org (formerly known as Zero Population Growth), which some accuse of being part of the propaganda machine.

The real tragedy of the commons is the continued naivete and ignorance of the masses in terms of what their governments are really up to. By continuing to wallow in the Hardinian taboo, we are allowing our pathocratical leaders to decide these issues for us. I encourage all readers to do a little research of their own. I believe the Earth, if used correctly and in harmony with its natural resources, could sustain our present population and more; perhaps if we lived in tune with it, our population numbers would harmonize naturally. We have the technology, if not the compassion and generosity of spirit. However there is no doubt that the emerging order will have a much more difficult time completely controlling multiple billions of souls, especially those “useless eaters” not part of their Monkeysphere; their ideal is more like 500 million, and we can be sure that this goal is at the forefront of their agendas, one way or another.

“Center your country on the Tao and evil will have no power. Not that it isn’t there, but you’ll be able to step out of its way.” - Tao Te Ching, #60

Tags: depopulation, conspiracy, secrecy, vaccines, disease, war, knowledge, chemtrails, weather modification

A Short Mantra

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:29:11 GMT

As I gather research for my upcoming posts, I thought I’d share a short meditation I use quite often to remind myself of what’s really important.

Repeat three times:

I am love, I am peace, I am harmony.

Love I am, peace I am, harmony I am.

Take a deep breath, exhale slowly and go give someone a hug!

“If you want to know me, look inside your heart.” -Tao Te Ching #70

Aloha

Tags: love, spirituality, Surfing the Tao

07/07/07

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:25:02 GMT

Eso-researchers may be aware of the so-called “Master Numbers” – 11, 22, 33, etc. Certain numbers, sets of numbers and dates have special meaning to occultists, astrologers and numerologists. 9/11 was full of such synchronicities. Many also attribute symbolic significance to the terrorist attack in London on July 7, 2005 - which incidentally killed 52 people and injured 700. Remember, numerology adds digits together to find a single digit outcome, except in the case of the Master Numbers. Thus July 25 would also be a 7-7-7 this year, and that is the date of the day out of time for those who know about the 13 moon calendar. July 7 is the 188^th day of the year, with 177 days remaining.

On July 7 in history, the Battle of Hubbardton began in Vermont in 1777. United States begins its first military draft in 1863. President William McKinley annexed Hawaii as a territory in 1898. Construction commenced on the Hoover Dam on this date in 1930. In Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, an alleged ‘flying disc’ crashed and was recovered by the Air Force. In 1954, Elvis Presley made his radio debut. President Eisenhower signed the Alaska statehood bill in 1954, and President Reagan nominated Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court in 1981. In 1985, German tennis star Boris Becker won Wimbledon at the age of 17 years, 7 months. Lt. Col. Oliver North began his public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing in 1987. Famous birthdays include composer Gustav Mahler in 1860, baseball star Satchel Paige in 1906, science fiction writer Robert Heinlein in 1907, designer Pierre Cardin in 1922, and Beatle Ringo Starr in 1940. Deaths include Pope Benedict XI in 1304, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1930, former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones in 1969, actress Veronica Lake in 1973, and Pink Floyd musician Syd Barrett in 2006.

For some Christians, triple sevens (777) “numerically symbolize Yahweh, the Father of Yeshua the Messiah” – though interestingly, some debate this. There is a Christian call to prayer today. There's even a minister (jokingly) suggesting the Rapture will happen today. These numbers figure prominently in the Kabbalah as well. 777 and other Qabalistic writings is a collection of papers written by Aleister Crowley. Not surprising, there is also talk of a harmonic shift today. A yoga instructor in Los Angeles is offering a gong meditation course tonight at 7 PM; he says, “The numerology on this day, 7-7-07, is phenomenal. Seven represents the aura. Three sevens equals 21 (2+1=3). Three represents the positive mind. Add the 7PM hour and you have 4 (the heart) sevens which equals 28 (2+8=10).”

Because so many people consider seven to be a lucky number, and it also happens to fall on a Saturday this year, many people have planned their weddings for this date. Las Vegas will certainly be busy this weekend. The new 7 wonders of the world will be announced today in Portugal. The Live Earth benefit concerts are today. The “Drop sneakers, not bombs” campaign to benefit Invisible Children launches today. Also, YouTubers may know about the meetings today in NYC in Washington Square Park under the arch, in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate, and perhaps in Miami and Australia too; check this out for more.

Interesting that Earth is at its aphelion at exactly 00 hrs UT; also, near-Earth object 2006 JY26 makes its fly-by today. NASA had planned on sending their new Dawn spacecraft into space today, ostensibly to explore two newly-discovered dwarf planets, Ceres, to which it expects to arrive in 2011, and Vesta, in 2015. It has since been delayed a few days. Some believe NASA missions, among other things, are sometimes synchronized with Masonic symbolism. Who knows what else they will see out there; perhaps Eris, which some believe is Planet X? Here is a list of astronomic events for July 7 through history; here and here is more about the number seven.

Those who might have been wary of 6/6/6 last year, or don't consider seven to be 'lucky' either, may wait for 8/8/8 and 9/9/9 coming up soon.

Tags: astronomy, astrology, synchronicity, coincidence, symbolism, numerology

Crying Wolf: Non-Predictions for the Future

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:23:39 GMT

Prophecy is a difficult subject for me, not because I think it’s not possible, but simply because there are so many false voices out there that a lot of disinformation and propaganda gets let in through the open doors. I mean, how many times have people set a date for the end of the world in the past? Don’t get me started on that one.

On the other hand, I do believe many people will be able to determine without much difficulty some of the likely events that are to come. It doesn’t take a psychic to see there will probably be another really big, terrible “terrorist” attack sometime in the near future. All you have to do is read the news.

It’s also pretty clear we are being groomed for world government. Right now, fear is being used to great advantage towards that goal. However, and unfortunately, so is love and what people see as “doing the right thing”. For example, some believe environmental issues are one way to manipulate us into accepting world government. I mentioned in a past post that immigration is noted by some as a machination for the North American Union, which is one stop closer to world government. After watching some of Michael Moore’s new Sicko, I realized with at start that the health care issue will likely be another turning point in that debate. Clever, they are.

At some point, we will be so fatigued from war, terrorist threats, economic hardship, weather-related disasters, hunger, poverty and whatever other such things you can think of, that the world will begin to clamor for a strong world union that will make all those issues as well as health care, environmental pollution and even religious division a thing of the past. The EU is quite far along on this path, and North America, Asia and Africa are close behind. I know; it sounds good, but if you don’t think all of those things and more have been a result of the machinations of the world’s elite for decades and even centuries (and that the roots are based in suspicious religious symbology) in order to fulfill their goal of ultimate power, you have a lot of reading to do. It’s not secret any longer; it’s just not discussed every night on CNN. I pay attention when people like Bob Woodward warn us about the “secret government.” They are hard at work immantentizing the eschaton.

The hardest part will be, the new order won’t seem bad. In fact it will seem the very essence of love, peace and harmony. The elites will most likely sacrifice many of their own organizations in order to fulfill this part of their plan. And many others are already being formed in the name of saving the planet. It will be easy to manipulate the masses with such a scam, especially if they are weary, hungry and sick - or even devastated by a worldwide catastrophe like nuclear war or a polar shift. In such a scenario, many who are against microchipping now will cave and take the mark. And you don’t have to be a believer in the book of Revelation to be suspicious of that.

By that time I, and many others like me, will likely be erased from the Internet. That is why I feel it’s important to pass on these thoughts now. I’m not claiming to be a prophet or setting any dates; I’m only saying what I think many others could see too, simply if they read history and today’s headlines. I can’t say how many years it will take. 2012 casts a big shadow, but I’m not putting my money there or anywhere. When I search my spirit, though, I am warned that time is very short. This will be dealt with in our generation. The agenda is gaining momentum, and personally I give it only a few years, if that.

I’m not sure why I feel so moved to warn that these things may happen. I feel if I can do anything besides, it would be to provide moral support, because no matter what happens, it will still be all good. Though I deny my insights are any deeper or greater than anyone else’s, nor can I prove it to anyone, I will share that I have had personal experiences that have led me to Know that we are destined for a bright and wonderful future where these powers-that-be don’t exist. Just keep walking and Know, this too will pass. Meanwhile keep Surfing the Tao. Live in love, but pay attention. Have no fear, but don’t wallow in ignorance. Prepare and protect your loved ones. Simply Knowing these things will set us free in a way we cannot even begin to imagine right now.

“Those who try to control, who use force to protect their power, go against the direction of the Tao.” -Tao Te Ching, #77

Tags: prophecy, new world order, world government, love, microchipping, secret, secrecy

Notes from the Surf IV

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:03:34 GMT

Not sure how I got here, but note the purple ‘laser’ symbol. It led me to read more about the Airborne laser.

The real Death Star?

What’s with all the flawed products coming out of China? Toothpaste, seafood, pet food, toys, tires, juice and many other things…China does manufacture so much of what we use every day; some believe we should be more concerned about what China is up to…

I love it when science studies things like meditation.

I also love it when mainstream media tackles alternative issues like the Apocalypse.

Victoria Hardy has a lot of interesting things to say, including this article about Project Blue Beam.

July 17 is Fire the Grid day. At exactly 11:11 GMT people around the world plan to join together and think good thoughts. I’m always glad to hear of such ideas, but a little suspicious why these ‘light beings’ (see “The Plan”) have requested such a specific moment in time.

Tags: 11:11, apocalypse, news, astronomy, meditation

It's All Good

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:58:15 GMT

If you spend time investigating any of the strange and even disturbing elements of our present global reality, it’s easy to become disheartened or even anxious or desperate. It’s not uncommon to feel this way and if you have, you’re not alone. I spend a lot of time sifting through quite a bit of difficult material every day, and I still have moments when the potential future hits me so hard I lose my breath. As I gather information for a post, sometimes I have to close my laptop and go do something else for awhile. It can be overwhelming, no matter how many years one has been awake. Who hasn’t thought about going back and taking the blue pill? The red one can be bitter and acrid indeed.

I was listening to one of the alternative radio talk show hosts the other day, and he and his guest were discussing how some young people, though fully aware of the coming ‘new order’ and all its controversial agendas and organizations, agree to join the powers-that-be rather than be on what they think will be the ‘losing side.’ I’m not sure which is more difficult to assimilate: that there are people out there that Know, yet consciously choose to join the bad guys, and that they actually believe it will be the ‘winning side’; or that the ones who decide to remain and fight against the machine will have a very, very difficult time indeed.

Yes, our future will be full of misery and chaos. But we are already living in the future. From microchipping to prophetic warnings; from droughts to floods, earthquakes and fires; from secret cabals and wars to chemicals in our food and air, our world is very quickly becoming a difficult place to live purely, simply and at peace – and it will surely become progressively worse in the next few years. I have no illusions about that, and I spend quite a bit of time meditating on remaining in a place of serenity despite the chaos. There are still pockets of truth and warmth, we just have to find and then protect them.

When we got married, my husband and I had this short phrase inscribed inside our wedding bands, a phrase that meant a lot to us spiritually then, and still means a great deal to us today. It’s one of the ways we’ve gotten through some hard times. Trust me, I know the arguments; many say, it can’t be ‘all good’ – there has to be bad to be good. Or, then that would mean evil is good, and so forth. Philosophically, yes, one can go around in circles on this one. But the phrase has taught me some very simple yet sturdy spiritual lessons that have aided me in my daily life. First, I have had to learn to trust that God, the Tao, has got it all worked out. He’s perfectly aware of what’s going on, and there is a Plan – even if most of it is beyond me. I can’t prove this; I just know it from my own personal experiences of synchronicity and spontaneous knowledge. It’s not my job to worry about anything: not about money or health, not even about global catastrophic destruction or a global police state. Worry is the opposite of faith and will get me nowhere.

Another lesson for me is that whatever seems ‘bad’ now can often turn into something good; the silver lining philosophy. This is very much a tenet of Taoism, and even Christianity; “turn your scars into stars” is a favorite teaching I heard from a minister awhile back; the thought can give you hope even if it seems impossible at the time. And lastly, that we all have a choice every moment to act either with love or with evil intent – this is how the wheat is separated from the chaff. God, the Tao, wants us to choose love, to choose Him; without that choice, we wouldn’t be able to love so strongly, or Know Him as completely, because we wouldn’t know the difference. So in the end, even evil has its purpose. I know, it’s a difficult notion to absorb and certainly I don’t claim to be an authority on this; I’m just sharing how I get through the day. I imagine we all have a way to explain the evils of the world so we can make it though. Those who don’t are likely having a very hard time indeed. Whatever works for you, I like to say.

Surfing the Tao is about how you live your life even though all this crazy stuff is going on. It’s about being nice to your neighbor even though you just got fired. It’s about raising your children with wisdom and respect, even though you suspect the future could be bleak. It’s about recycling even if the End is Near. It’s about lending a hand, teaching the truth and spreading love and awareness, lest Hosea ring true, “my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge”. Though there are sure to be many truly bloody battles ahead of us, the most important battle is in our hearts, in our spirits; that part of us which is connected to the eternal. Be a spiritual warrior: stay strong, stay wise, stay grounded. Be aware but not afraid. Know, but be at peace. Teach, yet be gentle. Remember, the future has already happened: it is done, and the good have won. A better world is already waiting for us. We just need to keep walking towards it. As Lao Tzu wisely suggested, “accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.” We all have a role to play in this final act; deep in your heart, you probably already know what yours is.

Love is the answer; love is the why, the how and the what. In the end, love really will be all we need. In the end, love will be all that is left. Practice it now, today, and every moment. Spread the word and have no fear, for love is not just soft and tender, but also ferocious and determined, like a lioness defending her cubs. God is with us and He has not left us in the wilderness to perish.

Tags: love, Tao, Christianity, synchronicity, discernment, knowledge

Deep Integration: the coming North American Union

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:47:14 GMT

CNN Video:Lou Dobbs Slams CFR & North American Union

From The Plan to Disappear Canada by Murray Dobbin, “If the machinations going on in this country regarding so-called "deep integration" were instead a communist conspiracy to take over the country (you will, of course, have to try hard to imagine this) the news media would be blaring the story.

Pundits would pontificate, editorialists would erupt, security forces would be unleashed.

Instead, a virtual conspiracy to make the country disappear through assimilation into the U.S. gets barely a mention.

But news of the scheme -- formally called the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) -- is finally breaking out of the secret chambers of the ruling elite and the federal government. This is both good news and bad. It's good that ordinary citizens are finally getting a glimpse of the betrayal of their country. The news is bad because it reflects just how much of this scheme is already being implemented. “

Mr. Dobbin goes on to summarize the main points of the arrangements in the works. Our government claims the agreement is still ‘informal’ (White House spokesman Tony Snow called the NAU a ’myth’), but others insist it was signed without our approval on March 23, 2005 in Waco, Texas by President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Mexican President Vicente Fox. From Robert Pastor at the CFR, “The main recommendation of the Task Force is the creation, by 2010 at the latest, of a North American security and economic community whose boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter". Indeed, over 300 agencies are already ‘harmonizing’ regulations of such things as energy, taxes, tariffs, and pesticides, many of which were originally part of NAFTA and are now being ‘fast-tracked’ by the SPP initiative. Even a trilateral open skies initiative has been discussed. (Incidentally, the US and the EU are also ‘harmonizing’ regulations.) Security concerns have always topped the list of justifications for integration. At least one NAFTA superhighway is also in the works (with new RFID tracking technology), even though fourteen states have petitioned Congress to abandon the SPP.

Secretive summits have been held as critics declare an elitist corporate agenda works out the details of their scheme away from prying eyes. Indeed they may have good reason: outspoken critics include Lou Dobbs, Rep. Ron Paul, Rep. Virgil Good (R-Va), and Connie Fogal of the Canadian Action Party, and there are plans to protest the next meeting of the SPP on August 21-22nd in Montebello, Quebec. Opponents from both Canada and the US are up in arms over the potential loss of sovereignty. Others go further, claiming the plans are an act of treason or sedition. At least two other recent acts, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007(NDAA), which gives the President dictatorial powers in the case of ‘public emergency’, and the Military Commissions Act which suspended habeas corpus in 2006, have been linked to the plans by some opponents. For more information, here is a timeline of the events leading up to deep integration, those organizations working to support the plan, and those fighting against it. Pierre Hillard also provides a substantial overview, as does Dr. Jerome R. Corsi in his book, The Late Great USA.

Proponents insist there are no plans to undermine the US Constitution or create a unified currency, but others maintain these issues will likely be addressed eventually, and probably already have been behind closed doors. Immigration will certainly play a major role in the decision-making process; some wonder if the issue is being used as a diversion, or a “mechanism for achieving the globalists’ NAU goal”. From WorldNetDaily.com, “WASHINGTON -- The controversial 'Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007,' which would grant millions of illegal aliens the right to stay in the U.S. under certain conditions, contains provisions for the acceleration of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, a plan for North American economic and defense integration, WND has learned." Attaching such an emotional and controversial issue to the globalization agenda is a cleverly sinister way to achieve their eventual goals of a New World Order.

“When the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results.” –Tao Te Ching #58

Tags: deep integration, North American Union, conspiracy, secrecy, New World Order, RFID, freedom

Notes from the Surf III

http://surfingthetao.gaia.com — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:42:13 GMT

National Study on the Internet: Passing on a request from a researcher at Stony Brook University in New York, who is doing a study about how people process information they encounter on the Internet. It takes about 10 minutes to complete the survey, and you can choose to enter a raffle for a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com (also you may opt to remain completely anonymous, no email or anything).

For those of you who read my book and remember my analogy about the Mirror Image of the truth, this article about the US Department of Defense developing a Psyops program that will create a parallel Planet Earth, an actual alternative reality, will give you pause.

Seeing a large meteor streaking across the sky, and even hearing the accompanying sonic boom, is a rare experience; the past couple of weeks two notable sightings have been recorded, one in Idaho and the other in Sri Lanka.

A few weeks ago NASA released a few photographs from the Hubble telescope of two large asteroids in our solar system, Ceres and Vesta. Then just recently they reported the cameras were suddenly and inexplicably not working. Again. Hmmm…

Somark Innovations has created a biocompatible ink tattoo with chipless RFID functionality. Mark of the Beast, anyone? Not for the folks over at We the People Will Not Be Chipped.com, that’s for sure.

Pretty soon we’ll have to have a passport to go to Canada. In fact there are so many people applying for passports to comply with the new regulations, the system is backlogged and they had to delay the start date. For more information go here.

Now for something on the lighter side…check out Zen Stories to tell your neighbors…also Zen and Taoist stories.

Tags: astronomy, RFID, PSYOPS, news