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Editorial Guidelines

by Patrick October 2, 2009

written by Patrick

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In order to help you get the most from your Editorial, we’ve compiled some simple guidelines to make the process as harmonious as possible.

* We tend to focus on the Positive facts and figures rather than the negative ones, or (when applicable) to show how a negative statistic has changed into a Positive one.

* The article can be a Story, an Interview, a Review, some Positive News or a full-page Case Study. They’re generally not an Advertisment, as we have Ad pages in our magazine specifically for that purpose.

* Please only use Capital Letters when writing HEADINGS for Design considerations.

* Please include a Title, the name of the Author and a website address where applicable.

* All facts must be verifiable.

And there you have it. Thank you for taking the time to review these guidelines. I look forward to receiving your wise words.

Patrick Bridgeman

Editor of Positive Life

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Contributions – a new era for PositiveLife.ie

by Patrick September 29, 2009

written by Patrick

typing We’ve decided to make a new Contributions page on our website where people who’ve written good quality articles in the areas of Sustainability, Spirituality, Organics and Health Care can send them in for all to read.
If you have one, email it to patrick@positivelife.ie and if it’s of a high enough standard, we’ll put it up here on www.positivelife.ie

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Positively Newsworthy – Autumn 2009

by Patrick September 16, 2009

written by Patrick

By Patrick Bridgeman

Life just keeps getting better and better, and even though the challenges in some areas of my life seem to be getting tougher, the good times far outweigh the bad, and the clouds always have a silver-lining with a lesson to learn and grow from.
It’s becoming easier to find positive news stories from home and abroad and, as always, it’s an absolute joy to share them with you, dear reader. So, without further ado, here are some of our favourites.

THE FESTIVAL OF LIFE
The Festival of Life is a one-day indoor festival, taking place at Conway Hall in Central London on Sat Sep 26th. Now in its 6th year, it is also Europe’s largest living food and sustainable lifestyles festival. Last year, it attracted 1,200 visitors – including some from the USA, across Europe, and all over the UK – with a range of activities from music to meditation; feasting to fasting; dancing to chanting; children’s edutainment to natural parenting; plus many methods to rejuvenate from the effects of 21st century living. The festival welcomes people who are new to living foods and environmentally friendly ways of living, as well as those who are already knowledgeable. It is family-friendly, with facilities and activities being planned for children. For more info, visit www.festivaloflife.net

HOMES FOR GOOD
At the centre of the Homes for Good exhibition, held at the Westpoint Arena in Exeter, was a simple but stunning display of native plants and trees, which caught the attention of the crowds. They were planted in peat-free compost, in big ‘dumper bags’, and it was revealed that all the foliage on display had a use, from food to medicine.
Urquhart & Hunt and Dana Assinder are two garden design practices. They collaborated at the exhibition to create an edible forest garden, in line with sustainability and biodiversity principles. The brief was to create a productive, permanent garden applying the concept of how plants grow out in the wild. The garden mimics a natural woodland by incorporating layers of productivity: a canopy layer, a layer of small trees, a shrub layer, climbers, ground cover and a woodland edge.
For more info, visit www.ecostrust.org.uk/h4g and www.urquhartandhunt.com and www.dkagardendesign.co.uk

BELO HORIZONTE
The government of Belo Horizonte in southeast Brazil took the necessary steps back in 1993, to improve nutrition and food security for all of its three million citizens. Determined to lift its population out of poverty, the region declared that food was to become a right for all.
Working with the local farmers has enabled this project to be successful. The city’s government buys as much produce as possible from local, small and family owned farms. By purchasing directly and avoiding third party intermediaries, the city pays a lower price, while the farmers earn a higher income. For more info, visit www.positivenews.org.uk

THE RIPPLE EFFECT
Annette Morris Keane from The Ripple Effect sent me this story her Gran told her that made her day. “Granny’s friend’s son – a tradesman, did some work for a man he knew could not afford to pay him, so rather than just cut his cost, he did the job for nothing and refused to take any payment from the man who had employed his service. The man in question was so grateful, he bought the tradesman some lottery tickets to the value of €100. Well, that’s not technically true – because they were actually worth €10,000 in winnings!” For more from Annette’s good news group, visit http://ripple-vibrations.blogspot.com

THE REUSER
Looking into how we can better organise our waste management, I can across an Irish machine called The Reuser. It’s a reverse vending machine (RVM), which is an automated recycling system that compacts, crushes and/or shreds used beverage containers, reducing volume by a ratio of 30:1. Based on either a barcode or material recognition, it is capable of storing cans and bottles separately. One unit can hold up to 3,800 cans and 1,800 plastic bottles and/or 400 glass bottles. This reduces the need for transportation and storage of these materials, thus cutting down on related CO2 emissions.
When I got in contact with Dean Keating of Reuse Reward Limited, he told me, “The project has been a great success to date. We would have recycled in excess of 1.5m containers in the Dublin area in 2008, 2m in all of Ireland. The cans are recycled into cans for reuse. The PET bottles can be recycled into numerous items ranging from clothing to kids toys. We have worked very well with schools at both primary and secondary level. All of the schools who have used the Reuse machine and applied for a green flag have been successful. We also have incentive schemes which allow participants to claim rewards based on the amount of recycling they do.
At present, our sites with public access are: National College of Ireland; Finglas Leisure Centre; Ballymun Leisure Centre; and Killinarden Community Centre. We are working closely with the councils in implementing this new scheme.” For a full list of the rewards available, as well as more info regarding The Reuser, visit www.reuse.ie

INSPIRE US!
If you know of some positive news or have an inspiring true story, please email it to patrick@positivelife.ie as we’d love to read and share it. Thanks.

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Autumn Vibes – 2009

by Patrick September 16, 2009

written by Patrick

“The life-force of nature pulses within your being, rooting you to the earth and reaching toward the heavens. When you feel your oneness with our natural world, you are feeling your own divinity. All living things are sacred, and you are a beautiful living part of that whole.”
Spirit of Nature

Movers and Shakers

With all this new energy coming onto the planet and into its people, the last thing you want to be is stagnant. Here are some great ways to get moving and shake things up a little this Autumn:

Fun in the Sun

‘Dartmouth Square’ is open to all again. Its a public space for local events which are low impact, fun, educational, green, cutting edge, theatrical, non-commercial and/or charitable. Donations at events pay for the park’s enhancement. We’ve been to the ongoing ‘Yoga in the Park’ more than once, with a new Teacher every Saturday from 11am. It’s great to be able to exercise out in the fresh air, with lovely people, in nature that’s in the city, but away from the hustle and bustle.

If you’d like more info on upcoming events, or if you’ve any ideas for events, email 28dartmouthsq@gmail.com

Capoeira

Is it a game, a dance, a fight, or all of the above? If you want to get your whole body grooving to the Capoeira beat, find out what classes are on in your area by visiting www.capoeiraireland.com

Tai Chi

If you’re looking for a more gentle movement, Tai Chi proves to be no less powerful at shifting energy in all the right ways. It is relaxation through gentle movements combined with deep diaphragmatic breathing, leaving the practitioner feeling light, vibrant, and free from fatigue. For a list of classes, visit www.taichi-ireland.com

Beautiful Business

Our friends have some of the best businesses in Ireland, promoting healthy lifestyle choices and making it even easier for you make your choice:

Happy Living Food

We know wheatgrass is great, but here are two fab alternatives from the Happy Pear Living Foods which are easier on the taste buds and amazing for your health:
Sunflower Sprouts – packed full of protein, lecithin, chlorophyll and vitamin D
Pea Greens – contain 7 times more vitamin C than blueberries and 4 times more Vitamin A than tomatoes.
Enjoy them juiced or in any salad!

Visit www.livingfoods.ie or email sprouts@livingfoods.ie

Homely Organics

The organic supermarket has just announced that they are expanding their Blackrock operation to include online shopping and next day delivery to all 32 counties in Ireland, so that the consumer can shop from the comfort of their own home, and they can bring good wholesome organic food to every home in Ireland. See www.organicsupermarket.ie

Raw Cook Books

Veronica O’Reilly, chef at Healthy Habits Cafe in Wicklow Town, has launched her new Raw Food Cookbook, entitled ‘Raw in a Cold Climate’, which contains 75 delicious recipes. Healthy Habits Cafe is a unique restaurant, based in Quarantine Hill in Wicklow Town, and serving a mouth-watering variety of raw, vegan and organic cuisine.

For lots of great products, visit www.healthyhabs.com

MILA – The Miracle Seed

MILA™ is a uniquely beneficial seed classified as a raw whole food by the FDA and backed by almost 18 years of scientific and agricultural research.
It contains the highest and safest concentrations below of any source on the planet – Omega-3 fatty acids, Antioxidants, Fibre, Phytonutrients.
As an added benefit, MILA™ is gluten-fee, trans-fat free, sugar-free, it is non GMO and Pesticide Free.
The Mixture is mechanically processed using a proprietary system that optimises the bioavailability and increases its nutritional value.

For more info, visit www.chia-ireland.com

The Super Zapper

Many researchers have found that a weak current of pulsed DC kills parasites in the body. This includes all types of worms, bacteria, viruses and fungi, as well as diseased cells and other pathogenic tissue. The Super Zapper is a simple but effective electro-medicinal device that does that job.

For more info and other great products, visit www.naturesenergy.net

Enlightening Events

Whatever path home you choose to walk, skip or jump along, there’s an event here to suit all tastes and temperaments:

National Organic Week

This is a great annual event at The Organic Centre, Rossinver, Co. Leitrim. If you’re in time for this year’s celebration, it includes the Harvestfeast in Drumshanbo (Sat 13th Sep), Guest chefs, Organic School Gardens and Healthy Eating for Children, Women’s day and Women’s Organic Horticultural Training Project, and the Community Food Project. The festival runs from the 13 – 17th Sep

Other events include APPLE DAY on Sun Oct 4th and GREEN CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR on Sun Nov 29th

For more info, visit www.harvestfeast.ie and www.theorganiccentre.ie

Mind Body Spirit

Whether you’re closer to Dublin or Cork, and regardless of what area of health and spirituality you’re interested in, you can head along to the annual Mind Body Spirit Festival this Autumn for a huge array of exhibitors, lectures, products and treatments.
City Hall, Cork, September 18th – 20th
RDS Main Hall, Dublin, October 24th – 26th
For a list of exhibitors and daily timetables, visit www.mindbodyspirit.ie

“Clearing Your Channel, and Soul Recovery Foundation Healing Technique”

with Janine Thorp and Damien Wynne.

Damien was taught this technique by highly evolved beings and entities, and has now been asked to pass it on to others. This workshop is equivalent to 7 or 8 individual healing sessions, clearing many blocks and patterns, and also gives the tools of the healing technique so that those who wish to use them in future can do so, and those who don’t, can become significantly more clear about their own channel, more grounded, more aligned, and feel more confident about their purpose and path in life.

Fri 25th and Sun 27th Sept.
Oscailt, 8 Pembroke Rd, Dublin 4

For more info on ongoing events, visit www.angellightcreations.com

Autumn schedule for Spirit One Seminars

James Twyman, internationally renowned, best-selling author, filmmaker and musician, who has a reputation for travelling to some of the world’s greatest areas of conflict and sharing his message of peace, presents ‘The Moses Code’, ‘The Kabbalah’ and ‘The Proof’ altogether on the 27th Oct 2009 at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.

Louis Parsons presents a Workshop on ‘Soul Expressions’.
Gary Quinn presents ‘Creating personal riches and well being through economic crisis’.
Vicky Argyle presents ‘The Oracle of Illumination’.

Further details from www.spiritoneseminars.com

An Evening with Noam Chomsky

Professor Noam Chomsky is widely credited with having revolutionized modern linguistics. He is one of the great political thinkers of our time, with numerous bestselling political books. In his forthcoming book, ‘Hopes and Prospects’, he draws hope for the future through grassroots activism as a mechanism for progressive change. “Activism is growing all over the world and ordinary people are realising that they can be agents for change”.

Join him for a stimulating evening on 2nd Nov from 7.30pm – 9.30 pm at the RDS Concert Hall. €50.00

For more info, visit www.seminars.ie

The Living Matrix

Our favourite weekly spiritual discussion group, The BuddhaBag Meeting, is hosting a Special Event in the Davenport Hotel this Nov 5th. It’s a special screening of ‘The Living Matrix’, a film on the new science of healing. The film was the inspiration for this issue’s feature story on ‘The Future of Medicine’ (pg.20). So if that article rocks your world, get along to the Davenport for a heaped spoonful of good medicine. Doors open 7pm.

Check out www.buddhabag.org for more info and other events.

Rupert Sheldrake

One of the world’s most innovative biologists, best known for his theory of morphic fields and morphic resonance, which leads to a vision of a living, developing universe with its own inherent memory, is coming to Ireland for a Full-Day Workshop on Nov 7th.

For more info and to book a place, contact Jeff on 0868533744

September 16, 2009 0 comment

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Autumn Recipes – 2009

by Patrick September 16, 2009

written by Patrick

Pumpkin and Butterbean soup with Coconut

This is a lovely, warming, antioxidant-rich soup, perfect for chilly autumn days. The addition of butterbeans provides protein and a creamy texture and the coconut milk adds a pleasant heaviness, a little like adding cream to a soup.

Ingredients:
1 medium size pumpkin deseeded, peeled and cut into small pieces (if you can’t get pumpkin, butternut squash is a perfect substitute)
1 medium onion finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic crushed
1 medium sweet potato peeled and chopped into small pieces
1 tin of butterbeans + their water (use organic which have no sugar or salt added)
½ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp turmeric
1 tin of organic coconut milk (shake the can before using, to mix, as it usually separates in the tin)
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
2 tbsp coconut oil or olive oil
A little chopped fresh parsley to serve

Directions:
In a large saucepan with a lid, fry the onion in the oil gently for a few minutes. Then add the garlic, pumpkin and sweet potato. Cook for a few minutes and add the nutmeg, turmeric, butterbeans plus their water, coconut milk and some water to just cover the vegetables. Bring to the boil then simmer with the lid on for 20 minutes or so until the vegetables are soft. Liquidise a third of the soup and mix back in to the rest – this gives you a creamy chunky soup. Alternatively, liquidise the whole lot. Season to taste.
If you keep back a few spoonfuls of coconut milk you can use it to add a swirl to each bowl of soup when serving. Lastly, sprinkle with a little chopped parsley.
Serves at least 6 people depending on the bowl size.

Moroccan sauce with Chickpeas and Roast Vegetables

This dish is my own version of a recipe from ‘The fair trade everyday cookbook’. It is warm and comforting, and packed full of antioxidants from the brightly coloured vegetables and the spices. Antioxidants help to strengthen our immune systems, protect us from disease and ward off premature aging. Just what we need as we come into the winter months.
Serve this with quinoa – an incredibly nutritious seed which contains all the essential amino acids, many vitamins and minerals and essential fats. It was known as ‘the food of the gods’ in Peru where it originated. It is really quick and easy to cook, just double the amount of water to the amount of quinoa seed.

For the roast vegetables
1 medium sweet potato scrubbed clean and cut into 1 inch chunks
½ a butternut squash or pumpkin – peeled and cut into 2 inch chunks
1 red and 1 orange pepper deseeded and cut into chunks
2 carrots scrubbed and sliced thickly

For the sauce
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 inch fresh ginger peeled, grated and chopped finely
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp mild chilli powder
¼ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp cinnamon
4 oz chopped dates
1 tin chickpeas + their water (organic tinned chickpeas are usually free of salt and sugar)
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 big handful of fresh chopped coriander or parsley or a mix of both
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
Olive oil or coconut oil

Directions:
Toss the vegetables in some olive oil or coconut oil in a roasting tin and roast on gas mark 6 or electric 200 for about 20 minutes or until soft.
Heat some olive oil in a large saucepan. Add all the spices, garlic and ginger. Fry for a minute or two, then add the tomatoes, dates, chickpeas and their water. Add more water if it seems a little thick.
Bring to the boil and then simmer for 15 minutes. Season and add the coriander.
Toss the roast vegetables into the sauce and stir to coat.

To cook the quinoa – measure 8 oz of quinoa into a sieve and hold under a running tap to clean. Put into a saucepan with 16 fl oz water. Bring to the boil and then simmer with the lid on for 15 minutes. Take off the heat, leave to stand for a further 5 minutes and then fluff up with a fork and serve.

Serves 4

From September, Liz will be running Zest4life programmes (Patrick Holford’s Nutrition and Weight Loss programme) in the Galway area. For more information, contact Liz at liz.leagaun@gmail.com or ring 0868099604
Liz’s website www.wholefoodmatters.com contains articles, recipes and information about her cookery classes.

September 16, 2009 0 comment

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Summer Vives – 2009

by Patrick September 11, 2009

written by Patrick

“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.” ~ Celia Thaxter

Tripmi.ie
Would you rather drive alone, or with a bunch of people? Tripmi.ie – the carpooling website aims to make driving alone a thing of the past. Just enter your trip details and meet your new TripMates; you can chat within the site without revealing any personal details, and create a profile that reflects whether you like to smoke, talk, or sing along to show-tunes. Some more good news is that at least 50% of Tripmi.ie profits go to charity. So not only will you save time, money and tonnes of carbon, but who knows who you might meet?

To get onboard, visit www.tripmi.ie

The Beehive Summer School Retreat
Fri. 7th – Wed. 12th Aug.
Need time-out to de-stress and re-charge, or to empty out mental and emotional noise? Would you like to learn to meditate or deepen your current practice? You could have a peaceful, wholesome time-out in the beautiful grounds of Maheramore retreat centre, Brittas Bay, Co. Wicklow. Through various meditation practices and time in nature you might learn to enter into stillness, develop self-awareness, deepen spirituality and connect with the Deep Self.

For more info www.thebeehive.ie

Summer Activities at The Organic Centre
The Organic Centre invites you to their Garden Party on Sunday 12th July. An action packed day featuring guided tours around the gardens, polytunnels, forest garden and orchard. Interactive and informal workshops will demonstrate how to compost, sow seeds, grow herbs, produce salad crops, deal with blight and grow tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers in polytunnels. Amongst this year’s highlights is a demonstration of working horses.
Also in July (20th -24th) is our 5 day long course Learn How to Live the Good Life- the ultimate course for a sustainable lifestyle.

For more info, call 071 9854338, email info@theorganiccentre.ie or visit www.theorganiccentre.ie

Sangoma Therapies and Training
As well as offering natural therapies to the public, Sangoma Therapies and Training is an ITEC registered college in Athlone that delivers training in professional qualifications for both qualified therapists and those wishing to begin practice in the complementary therapy field. A wide range of courses are available including Sports Therapy, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Hot Stone Therapy, Occupational First Aid, Sports First Aid and the more specialist Daoyin Tao, Seated Acupressure Massage and Thai Yoga Massage. In addition, post-graduate short courses in Ear Candling and Massage for Cancer Care are also available.

For more info, call Nicola Ryan on 0868714467 or visit www.naturalhealth.ie

Shamanic States – Sacred Sites / Sweatlodge & Firewalk
June 18th – 21st
This three day workshop is open to those who wish to explore the Shamanic realms at a deeper level. It is held twice a year at the Summer and Winter Solstices.
People will come together in the circle to create a supportive healing community where they can journey deeper into themselves and beyond. They will be performing ritual and ceremony on the sacred sites of the Boyne Valley. There will also be a sacred Celtic Sweatlodge ceremony and they will journey into Mother Earth inside the cairn.
This workshop will include a Celtic Sweatlodge, Ecstatic Journey – using trance dance, breathwork and drumming to journey deeper, Healing Circle, Spirit Boat, Firewalking ceremony, Shamanic healing work, Trance Dancing, Time in nature and free time/party time.

For more info, visit www.shamanismireland.com

Quiet the Mind, Open the Heart – An Experiential Workshop
While Lindsay Wagner was pursuing bad guys onscreen as The Bionic Woman, she was simultaneously pursuing a vigorous study about healing and its relationship to the expansion of human potential in real life. This June she’s giving two workshops in Navan, Co. Meath.
For more info, visit www.lindsaywagnerinternational.com

Nutrition & Health Coaching
If you’re one of those people who is always advising others about healthy eating, you may be interested in turning your passion for nutrition into earning potential. ‘Nutrition & Health Coaching’ is a new 1-year part-time programme offered by the Irish Institute of Nutrition & Health. Starting in September, this accredited course teaches the knowledge and skills needed to educate, instruct and hopefully inspire others toward vibrant health and vitality. Course modules include dietary advising, food sourcing and quality assessment, cooking and menu planning, presenting skills and business planning.

For details, call 012723003, email info@iinh.net or visit www.iinh.net

Prepare for the Upturn
9th September 2009 (Wed) 7.30-9.30 pm National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace
Fee: €55.00
“These are extraordinary times and in such times, extraordinary people do extraordinary things, what is clear is that for millions caught up in the gloom and doom ordinary thinking and ordinary performance won’t be enough.” Jack Black
Join Jack Black of MindStore for this MUST attend event and learn the latest tools and techniques that will help improve your overall performance at work and play whilst enhancing your ability to enjoy life to the full.

Fore more info, visit www.seminars.ie

Tattie Hoaker Organics
The Tattie Hoaker Organics provides a wide range of organic fruit and vegetables, sourced locally wherever possible. Coming soon they’ll have their very own Tattie Hoaker organic farm grown produce. On offer to you from stalls at four Farmers’ Markets in the North West and through their Box Scheme delivery service, based in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim. They also supply retail outlets and restaurants. You can visit their Roscommon Town Health Food store for all your organic and natural health requirements.

Contact Maureen on 09066630492, Aidan on 0861575623 or email tattiehoaker@gmail.com

Eckhart Tolle Online
Introducing Europe’s first online store for Eckhart Tolle products. Whether you’re looking for audio books, DVDs, books, cards or music from the Man of the Moment, you need to look no further. Special Offers, Guest Titles and New Releases abound, including The Secret of Self Realization (2 CD set).

For more info, visit www.eckharttolle.eu now!

Mulu Chocolate
At last – a delicious, smooth and creamy chocolate that is actually good for you! Sugar Free and Dairy Free, “Mulu Chocolate” is lovingly handcrafted using only chemical free, unsprayed ingredients. Their packaging is earth friendly and their ingredients are ethically sourced. In Ireland, so far it’s only available in “Nourish” stores in Dublin. So if you want a taste sensation that won’t give you a blood-sugar hangover, head on over to “Nourish” and tell them Positive Life sent you.

For more info www.muluchocolate.co.uk

Sacred Commerce: Business as a Path to Awakening
When Matthew and Terces Engelhart first became sweethearts, they promised to live their lives together following and trusting intuition. Resulting from that commitment was an initial guidance to create a board game. Abounding River is an interactive way of practicing “being” Abundance in your life. Once the game was complete, Matthew and Terces agreed that it would be wonderful to offer a place where people could gather, eat and play the game. Café Gratitude was born and shortly thereafter. Now, their book Sacred Commerce: Business as a Path to Awakening tells you how you can have such a happy, healthy, successful live.

Also, rumour has it that they’re coming to Ireland. For more info, email Natasha@natashaslivingfood.ie or visit www.cafegratitude.com

Ondamed in Ireland
Ondamed is a frequency-based device that can be used for both diagnosis and treatment. It has a design based on decades of careful research from around the world. The stimuli are applied gently so that the right amount of energy is introduced into the body. A low energy pulsing electromagnetic field from an applicator induces minute current flows in the tissues. The fields are said to be barely detectible by the patient. The device introduces currents into the body that balance or cancel harmful signals, and delivers other frequencies demonstrated to support a patients physical and emotional wellbeing. The Ondamed works to repair injured tissue or imbalance anywhere in the body. A number of widely used medical devices used to stimulate the repair of bone fractures are based on the same principles, and have undergone extensive clinical testing.

To find a practitioner in Ireland, contact Mary on 018304285 at Libra Natural Health, 44 Leinster St, Phibsboro. Dublin7.
For more info, visit www.ondamed.net

September 11, 2009 0 comment

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The New Humans

by Patrick September 11, 2009

written by Patrick

By Patrick Bridgeman

“In this period of time, a large jump in evolution is occurring, moving people forward in their state of consciousness. As well as more evolved souls being born, it is also possible for those of us already here to evolve rapidly too. By clearing our energy at a DNA level, and then bringing in a new DNA, we can move forward in ways that up until now we may only have dreamt of. Our bodies will be lighter, our abilities more developed and our senses more perceptive. And as more and more people have the new DNA, whole communities will evolve and thrive at a much greater level of awareness, integrity and balance.

There is a new series of essences and channelling available that can help to clear our current DNA and to bring in the new. This clearing helps us to resolve and heal patterns, tendencies and damage that have been held in our DNA and were caused by both our own and our ancestors’ lifestyles, habits and experiences. Once these imprints are cleared then the new DNA can come in, and we can have a fresh start at a higher level of consciousness.” Janine Thorp

This could be Heaven for everyone, but like any shift, this transition will have its’ moments of upheaval and settling. We’re going through a great spiritual detox which affects us on our physical, emotional, mental, social and energetic levels. What’s in harmony with the natural cycles of the universe will stay, and what’s not will simply fall away. So, if the world you live in is not based in love and respect for yourself, others and the planet we live on, it’s going to come tumbling down.

What the world needs now, besides “love, sweet love,” are social and economic systems based in Integrity (with a capital “I” relating to the individual’s choice to act in accordance with their own inner-knowing and moral compass). We also need a deeper respect for our host planet, Mother Earth, and a more heartfelt connection with each other. These traits are found in New Humans, who naturally live a more balanced life in harmony with the cycles of life, the universe and everything.

When I was a child, I dreamt of being a hero who would overthrow the corrupt villains who held the world in their evil clutches…in a galaxy far far away. I felt as if I’d been born in the wrong era and as I grew up, I noticed I was quite sensitive, my intuition and empathy were strong, and I knew things about the nature of reality and the workings of the universe that nobody had told me. I had nobody around me who could clarify if my feelings and understanding were correct, but as I started to read philosophical and spiritual literature, the authors confirmed and affirmed what I had already come to realise.

Then, at a talk given by Janine Thorp about the channelled essences she works with, I heard the term “Indigo Children” for the first time and it struck a chord deep within me. As she explained the nature and probable life experiences of this particular type of incarnated being, a wave of relief washed over me. I was no longer alone. I realised I was part of a community of similar souls and part of something purposeful. I finally understood why I was particularly sensitive to other people’s emotions and why I got so enraged at injustices such as corruption, dishonesty and double-standards. I had ideas to make the world a better place and I finally felt supported by something big enough to achieve that change.

“Indigos come in with a stronger sense of purpose and want to change things for the better,” she recently told me. “Their tolerance for that which is out of alignment with universal balance and law is lower than previous generations, and so they have to change things in order to make the world more compatible.” Although the new DNA that’s coming in is a step beyond Indigo, Crystal and Rainbow Children; with them, Evolution definitely took a step in the right direction.

We are here to help guide mankind towards a possible heaven on earth, in a time where a conscious choice and effort must be made to ensure the continued survival of our species by embracing our divine humanity. This is seen as a world process, as we move from Chi-no-ri (characterized by polarities, separation, hierarchies, cycles, cause and effect, and material-centered) to Ten-no-ri, a holistic and universal time, when thoughts may be realised, and karma erased.

At a recent talk given by Dr. Masaru Emoto here in Ireland, he mentioned that in general only 3% of a human’s DNA is activated. He also told us that scientists recently discovered a water pole in the centre of our DNA and he hypothesised that the way to activate more of our DNA is to send Love and Gratitude to the water in our body. Seeing the “water crystal” results of his research into how the physical and energetic dimensions respond to different thoughts, words, emotions and actions gives merit to his hypothesis. However, I feel that the added influence of a focused intention to consciously activate your DNA will bring about the transformation more quickly and effectively. This may be done as part of your meditation practice.

The shift in our DNA can happen gradually or spontaneously. Your tolerance for artificial substances will lessen, affecting what you put into your body and surround yourself with. Your respect for nature and natural cycles will increase, affecting your home and work life and how you take care of the planet. Your empathy and telepathy will increase, affecting your relationships and how you communicate with others. Your connection with your own higher self and other finer consciousnesses will become more clear, affecting your understanding of reality and the universe, and this can all happen within our lifetime.

This future is available for everyone. We can all reach our full potential. It will happen for you when it happens for you and for others when they are ready, and it doesn’t matter if you are one of the first or one of the last as long as it happens. The more you’re true to yourself, the more your soul can incarnate and the more your vibration can raise and the more you can live your full potential. “It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.” Alan Cohen

You’re probably familiar with the term Tipping Point, which explains how the energy of the many affects the energy of the few, or how the more stable energy affects the less stable energy. With that in mind, it makes sense to say that spending time with a group of New DNA Seekers will make it more easy for you yourself to shift your energy and make the evolutionary leap. Looking back over time, Neil Howe and William Strauss noticed how humans seem to repeat a generational cycle of four seasons every 80 or so years. The main characteristic of this present season is a generation of humans with a real need for a sense of community and connection, of banding together for the benefit of all involved. This is easy to see with the huge increase in mobile phones and online communities such as Facebook, as well as the various spiritual groups springing up all around the country such as the Buddhabag meeting.

It is no coincidence that humanity is making an evolutionary leap at this time in our history, during this time of galactic realignment, of new scientific understandings, of community, upheaval and hope. It is who we are. We’re survivors. And if we listen to our own inner-knowing, our true self will guide the way to our new hearts, our new minds and our new DNA.

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For more info on Dr. Emoto’s water crystal research, visit www.masaru-emoto.net