Season's Greetings

Dear Readers,

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!



Best wishes
Jean Erasmus

Relationships, light, and love

Relationship: a word describing probably one of the most important aspects of the human condition.

Your first relationship starts with the union of your parents, your conception, and bond with them in utero: the surges of your mother’s hormones responding to your growth and her conflicting emotions of denial, fear and awe; the first recognition of her voice as you start hearing at 18 weeks, the occasional baritones of father’s voice as he awe-inspiringly touch her slowly enlarging belly.

You are born, nursed and raised by what seems to be your gods. You meet other ‘giants’ as well as little ones like you – kind and unkind alike – and slowly you turn into a giant as well, slowly forgetting the place of your origin: the Place of Light.

Soon you find yourself lost in a constant ‘civilized’ battle for acknowledgment, love, money and power - ranging from spouse or lover, to suited men in air-conditioned offices, sipping Café Lattes as they decide to declare war on the ‘enemy’.

And the ‘enemy’: be it your spouse, your child, your father or another country filled with ‘strangers’ – are you not indeed the ‘enemy’ to them? Are you not then the Hero in your own Journey, they the Villain and Vice Versa? Who is right or wrong in this eternal Mythical tale of Homo sapiens?

The truth is: there is no right or wrong at the level of our souls. We all interact in a coherent universe of vibration, our relationships being harmonic or disharmonic in the symphony of life.

Sad then, that at present our Opus is that of a cacophony; a morphed disarray of sound due to our ignorance of our connection with each other.

I sincerely hope that humanity will find a way to create one day, and Opus of love…

Jean

Big Brother is coming for you!

I know it is nearly Christmas and I have to be cheerful; but I have just read another imbecility that drove me insane again: drivers using mobile phones can face jail for two years, and this is pushed to the limit with those using hands-free sets as well! Further to this, the police have the power to check your phone records in order to see if you answered calls during times you were driving. Drivers using Sat-Nav and MP3 players also risk being prosecuted.

Now, this is just incredible! Add this dubious thinking with: compulsory TV fees, millions of CCTV cameras following your every move, GPS traceable mobile phones, the compulsory proposed ‘fit-ur-car-with-device-that-will-be-traced-so-that-we-can-bill-you-for-driving-too-much’ green tax and congestion charges idea, the right held by the police to stop and search you without a warrant, iris & fingerprint scans at airports, RFID chips in new passports (chips with GPS tracking capability and all your personal data), proposed ID cards (that will be forced down on us, just watch this space), and the slow proposal and implementation of implanted RFID chips….

Can you see a pattern here? And this all because a few men (of which some are still alive & thus wrongly accused, mind you) killed themselves by supposedly flying into buildings? Nonsense! How can events that took place years ago, take our civil liberties away like that? We are slowly being turned into a distopian society, just as Orwell predicted in his novel, 1984. We are just too marooned by entertainment to notice; the endless reality shows and violent PC games keeping us in a zombie state of ignorance.

Now read the title again…

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The Matrix Has You - Part II

Yesterday - we explored the metaphorical truth of The Matrix - That we are slaves to a system we are not aware of. We are Alice, kept in a 'wonderland', by the Puppet Masters who slowly but surely milk us dry for their own self gain.

Utter 'poppy-cock', 'balderdash' conspiracy theory you are blabbering about - you insane fiend!

Mmm...now remember a previous blog of mine about 'Plato's Cave Analogy'; the message boiling down to: make slaves believe they are free, and they will never revolt. Keep people in a state of controlled pleasure and choices for these pleasures, and they are 'content'.

Now consider our lives: we grow up in a society that dictates how we should live; a system that has been seamlessly evolving over the centuries through our forefathers, who have never questioned their role in 'society'. We are born, we go to school where we are taught certain rules and regulations, as well as by our parents who themselves have been taught by the same system: be good (usually a good Christian/ Jewish child in the West), do your homework, brush your teeth with fluoride toothpaste, go to college or university (if mommy and daddy can afford it), become a lawyer/ doctor/ nurse/ teacher/ policeman/ fireman/ soldier.....and work, work work busy bee. Work 11 out of 12 months, so that [we] can take almost half of your money as tax (most concealed in stealth mode, as it is divided into so many different ones).

But tax is for the good of the country you will say - and indeed it should be, but...

All social services are private these days! Aviation, railway, gas, electricity, water and now health care...all private and extremely expensive. Where are all those billions of dollars going to? Ever thought of just how much tax money is generated by the masses each month?

And consider this also: everything is too expensive to buy with your measly little salaries; thus you make debt at high interest rates. Most families are buying Christmas gifts this year, with last year's debt still unpaid. And we WANT those things on TV...ooh, yes, I want that iPod/ Playstation/ Xbox/ trainers/ flat screen/ hi-fi....who do these companies belong to, brainwashing you to WANT with their glossy adverts? Who does all the media belong to anyway?

And you think that the rich and famous make it scott free? Think again: remember Alain de Botton's 'Status Anxiety' - keeping up with the Jones'. The more 'money' you earn, the more you spend it. Think about most celebs - do they live in ordinary houses, drive ordinary cars and fly coach class? Of course not - they spend all that money, and also make debt. Just look at poor old Michael Jackson...

We live in a system of debt enslavement. Our interest and tax we pay, feed the 'machines', while 'they' keep us in 'wonderland' with all the entertainment and glossy adverts, fueling our status anxiety, which in turn make us spend more and more money that we don't have. We think we have choices, and indeed we do: shall I choose the red or the blue car. Shall I choose the political puppet on the left, or the one on the right?

If we stand back, and gain perspective; we will notice how we are standing with our noses fixed to a tapestry, not noticing the bigger picture or the fix we're in.

And just who or what is this machine? Ah, now that's the question.

'They' are not 'there'. You cannot pinpoint them. Most of 'them' don't even know that they are 'them'. The Puppet Masters and their stealth enslavement is a reflection of our own disbelieving, materialist darkness and apathy to resist this darkness within all of us. This problem; this enslavement, is woven into the very fabric of our society, and it is getting worse. But something always changes situations. As mentioned earlier: Change is the only constant in the Universe. We shall later discuss these possible changes, but for now - watch this documentary. It might just change your view on things. Brushing up on one's concealed history, is a powerful tool...

The Matrix has you dear reader...

Continuing with the idea of life being metaphorically reflected in our art and literature, I refer back to The Matrix (the first original film) again today, as I more and more realize the metaphorical truth of that film. Let’s take the part in The Matrix where Neo meets Morpheus for the first time:

Finding themselves in a room of decay, with a thunderstorm brooding outside, Morpheus greets Neo, and tries to explain the concept of the Matrix to Neo, referring to ‘Alice in Wonderland’.

“The Matrix is everywhere. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth”, Morpheus says, mirror glasses fixed firmly on Neo.
Neo is dumbfounded, “what truth?”
Morpheus smiles, “that you are a slave Neo. Born into bondage…born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch…a prison for your mind”.

Morpheus offers Neo the ultimate choice, metaphorically reflected in the blue pill, or the red pill. Neo chooses to ‘know’ by taking the RED pill, and as Cifer explains, “buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, ‘cause Kansas is going bye-bye” (ode to ‘Wizard of Oz’, another film reflecting our fooled existence).

Neo starts experiencing what can be likened to a psychedelic experience – the world around him morphs (Morpheus is the giver of this gift – see the connection again?) – and soon, he finds himself in a bleak reality: billions of humans are kept in a dream state, so that the machines can use them as energy sources.

And just how does this explain our situation you might ask. Well, it goes something like this:

The average human being is born into a family already in dept; dept on the house, the car and credit cards. This is because these things, are just too expensive to buy cash, as wages are too low. Thus mom and dad go to banks and other financial institutions to ask (beg) for a loan, which comes at no cheap price – you pay high interest on that loan; a loan or loans that stretches over time spans of 5 to 40 years. But as inflation is a major problem – everything keeps on getting more expensive, and your wages lag behind – you need to re-loan time and time again. In the end, mom and dad slave away their whole life, in order to survive. And you – born into this already indebted situation – start with a drawback. Most families cannot afford proper healthcare or education. This leads to lagging behind your privileged peers, born into wealthy families.

But you’ll say – this is the democratic way. The hard workers become wealthy, and the lazy ones lag behind. This is utter nonsense. Take nurses for instance: they work long and tedious hours, caring for patients in need, and get paid peanuts. The same goes for teachers, paramedics, firemen, police officers…all very important and noble hard workers, who barely survive the loan scam.

But then you’ll say, this is just the way the world works. Ah, now why does it work this way? Who or what makes the world work this way?

This will be revealed in tomorrow’s blog post…in the mean time, have a look at this news clip:

Pornographic Symbology: A Revelation of Mankind’s Dark Side

As explored in an earlier blog, it can be seen how the collective subconscious mind of man can reveal its inner secrets and obstacles in the form of art and fiction. This can be seen with pornography as well.

Pornography (literally meaning ‘writing about prostitutes) is a broad term used today to describe a phenomenon, which is essentially a revelation of mankind’s obsession with its own darker side of sexuality. A study in history reveals that, art in the form of paintings and sculptures, has depicted this obsession exploring from mild erotic events in the past to the disturbing ‘hard core’ pornography of today and especially more disturbing, child pornography. If one reaches beyond the very graphic nature of especially modern day pornography, will one notice the deeper symbology reflecting mankind’s dilemma:

‘Sex’ is the word subscribed to the reproductive duality of many living organisms. In plain reductionist terms, it is a mere natural process of evolution. But this duality has very strong psycho-sociological implications, especially so in our species.

Sexuality has a very broad spectrum of ‘being’, and is different to everyone on the planet, as well as different epochs of our existence. To some, sexuality is a mere form of recreation (especially current western culture); to others seen as something ‘unclean’ (as by some religious sects) and to ancient scholars of Tantra, it was seen as a way for man and woman – thus the masculine and feminine counterparts of the dualistic nature of the Universe – to unite, and reach a state of Oneness with the Universe. Sexuality, expressed in a balanced and ‘spiritual’ way (as in Tantra), is then an ode to the time before creation, when all was One.

It is sad then to see the darker symbols of current sexuality – expressed as pornography – revealing our shallow existence: an essentially male dominated billion-dollar industry showing graphic images of the female form being violated by means that cannot be discussed in this blog. It is even more sad and alarming to see this same industry growing in the child aspect.

Pornography is the reflection of an imbalance in the masculine and feminine aspects of our society. As the feminine aspect gains ground, so in reaction, the pornography becomes more abusively violent and graphic; spreading its horrendous tentacles into the younger ages, depicting the rape of innocence as well.

If we can recognize that pornography is the reflection, symptom and symbol of our own unbalanced collective dark side – our lost connection to our own duality, each other and the One – then we can change from within, and seek a more balanced and ‘spiritual’ way of re-uniting the sexual duality within. We can then – using our balanced male/ female sensual energy - find sensual peace, escape this destructive obsession and move on to greater things.

My Short Film: A Journey Without & Within

I just finished a little short film I made as a hors d'oeuvre and ally to my book. Hope you enjoy it.

Jean

The Sleeper Must Awaken - A Journey Without & Within

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Art, Fiction, Dreams and the Human Dilemma

It is interesting to note how Art and Fiction - much like individuals' dreams - can reveal humanity's inner dark secrets and problems, as well as it's solutions. I will discuss one of these works: the film Alien.

Alien - the 1979 Sci-Fi/ Horror Ridley Scott film - must be one of the most remarkable and ground breaking films of, not only its own genre, but of all time.

It is a film that reverses the typical male/ female role portrayal of western society - breaking a long Hollywood tradition. With this as basis, it also dives into the human sub-conscious and archetypal mind; dealing with concepts of our society not often dealt with.

As with all Hero's Journeys, the film starts out with a setting - albeit super normal to us earth dwellers - an essentially normal environment for our Heroes and protagonist of the film. They wake up from slumber, eat, work and have silly conversations. They are all in shapeless uniforms, symbolizing their malleability to become the later better identifiable characters.

Then - the calling of the Herald: The crew we have already shaped a bond with, needs to answer a distress signal on an unknown planet; and the whole disastrous tale unfolds in horror as they discover a remorseless alien life form.

The 'zenomorph' creature - designed by controversial Swiss artist H.R. Giger - is truly a beast from our worst nightmares, and was indeed the first of its kind to be copied countless times in Hollywood history. It is a beast not often seen, lurking in the shadows. It is not your average humanoid monster like Count Dracula or the wolf-man - it is a beast with no eyes has a touch metallic-like outer shell with acid for blood and a phallic-like extra jaw, coming from its already hideous mouth that 'penetrates' its victims on the kill. It has also a larvae stage, where it attaches itself to the face of a victim, forcing its egg down the victim's mouth when - after some weeks - the small adult creature will burst through the victim's chest.


What we have here then, is a representation of our darker self: blind to remorse and justice (no eyes), it is the cold polluting industrial machine (metallic-like skin with acid for blood) 'raping' earth and humanity, thus life with its phallic-like killing jaw and forceful 'impregnation' by the larvic 'facehugger', giving an abominable birth to this very dark materialist beast from within ourselves.

Further in the film, the male characters fail miserably to stop this beast. It is only in the end, that Ripley - at first a shapeless woman, once again almost abominably 'raped' by the male android using the rolled up magazine - that kills this beast, her almost nude female form shown complete and triumphant in the end of the film.

It is thus an ode to the feminine element in humanity that is needed to save ourselves from the industrial male dominating beast we have created over the last 2000 years.

'Alien' shows then - with counless other works of art and fiction - that the archetypal sub-conscious human mind not only reveals the inner problems of humanity to itself through symbolic dreams; but through works of art and fiction alike.

Quite interesting...

Celebs, paparazzi & You

By chance, after opening my mail this morning, I caught an article on MSN online news about celebrities fighting back (that is, against the paparazzi). This comes after more and more incidents of aggressive car chases and accidents - the celebrities claiming that the paparazzi are endangering their, as well as the public's lives. Indeed this is true summed up in one word - Diana.

Yet again, I want us to get perspective on this whole celeb-paparazzi phenomenon, as it is so easy for us supermarket folk to loose perspective due to our human nature:

Firstly, we have to ask ourselves how this whole unhealthy situation came into being. Why do these photographers act so much like a pack of wolves, chasing after a herd of herbivores? What creates that kind of insane behavior?

Supply and demand - nature's old game. The demand comes from Mr.and Mrs. Obsessive - thus you and me, trapped in our frustrating little suburbian existence, yearning for that 'fairy tale' life of essentially normal people - and the supply comes form the celebrities, aggressively taken by the paparazzi, albeit not directly, as there is another key element behind the scenes here - The Media.

The Media knows how to make money from the masses. We are so easily manipulated, how else? And how you might ask? Well, think about it like this: there are many people out there, much richer than most of the celebrities (even you could be one) and also well known - but they are not hunted down like animals - why not? Celebrities are neither gods nor super heroes; they are mere men and women with the same frailties you have - they are born, they get illnesses, and the mourn when loosing a loved one. Then why this obsession?

Johnny Depp's interviews give us a clue: 'They make you into a product', he will usually say. Indeed, this is true. Notice how we are conned into 'buying' things we don't need; those things that you spend all your hard earned cash on, only to gather dust in your garage or attic. And celebrities are one of those products.

The Media key players notice who might make good 'products': good looks, a bit of rebellion and of course, popularity ranks climbing due to these characteristics. So, they either mold this new actor/ actress or pop star into a profitable creature, using what I call Faust Syndrome, or they fabricate stories around photographic settings, thus creating a 'real life' soap opera.

And we gulp it up like fools, as we are so obsessed with getting out of suburbia. Over the years, this parasitic social phenomenon has evolved into something very nasty. 'Fans' now believe that it is their God-given right to know the lives of celebrities: 'they wanted to be rich and famous, thus they have no right to privacy. They are MINE now'. And the Media abuses this, fueling this unhealthy obsession. It has become so nasty, that even non-paparazzi members of the public will walk up to a star, and videograph or photograph them, forcing themselves into their privacy, only to put it on YouTube, or sell it to the Media!

This symptom of society is a dead give away to just how lost we are in our own superficial materialism. These days, it is all about shopping, Botox, crazy sex parties and wanting to become famous - like Victoria Beckham once remarked before she became famous: "I want to become as famous as a detergent brand". And that she has become, but sadly missing the point: it is not about one's own ego, it is about sharing your talents with the world.

Mankind has lost its way. It is fumbling about in a dark part of the forest, the road leading to light, truth and our Inner Selves, completely forgotten.

We need to wake up, and look for the path again...

You, me & The Matrix

The first thought I had stepping out of the cinema after watching The Matrix (original) was:

What if we were really in the Matrix and this film were the resistance group's attempt in waking us up by planting the first seed via popular fiction?

To the dogmatic mind, this will be a silly question, but to the more open minded thinker, an interesting one.

Let's get perspective on this:

Where are we now?

(diameter: 7926.28 miles)

And where is that?

(diameter: 93 000 000 miles)

And where is that?

(diameter: unknown...)

And where is that?


So, what is outside this universe of ours? Is there an 'outside'? How vast is it 'out there' if there were an 'out there'? If the observable part is more than 78 000 000 000 000 light years across, how could it be that we are the only living sentient beings 'in' it? What are we doing 'here'? Is it true then what most evolutionists believe: that all this happened by chance alone (that chance being far less than 1 x 10 to the power of 5700, or 1 with 5700 zero's)? Or is there purpose?

Now...

When are we?
2007

And when is that?

Ah, this is a book in it's own right, but, we are at a time where information doubling is happening exponentially fast. Take a look at the following graph:

Notice where on this timeline the dinosaurs are, and where we are.....the dino's went 'poof' 65 million years ago (65 000 000 years); notice how close they (humans and dino's) are to one another, and how far they are from the 'beginning' of our earth alone, never mind the universe).

If we look at further graphs, will we notice the exponential acceleration of 'happenings' on this so called timeline. More has happened in the field of invention and 'discovery' in the last 100 years, than in the past 5 billion years, and it is still accelerating. Take a look at Moore's Law and the Law of accelerated returns by Ray Kurzweil, as well as the controversial Timewave One by Terrence McKenna - our timeline is accelerating to a point very near in our time; to a moment of infinitely fast information doubling. In other words: first our knowledge will double every second (in other words, the last century's knowledge to the power of two), then double faster than a second until it doubles faster than nanoseconds...we will then reach a time where we will learn what we have learned in the last 5 billion years, faster than nano seconds. Frightening concept, isn't it? But I suppose, we will have to survive this coming decade first...

Now, we have some idea - looking from slightly outside our frame of day-to-day reference - where and when we are.

It renders us nowhere and everywhere at the same time.

We can equally feel this aghastness when we take a journey into ourselves as well: from your body, to your organs, to your cells, organelles, molecules, atoms, sub-atomic particles and 'super strings' or 'branes'. A vast universe on its own.

And...if we look at M-Theory - a new way of thinking that is trying to explain why the macrocosm and microcosm don't 'fit' together - we will realize that sub-atomic particles (responsible for atoms; the building blocks of you and the universe) are only the illusory result of differentiation in vibration of super string/ brane. We can see this in the field of Cymatics as well.

Vibration is only fluctuation between two opposite poles, like 0 and 1.

If we look at virtual worlds 'existing' in a 'computer', they comprise of 0's and 1's only...another type of fluctuation used by us humans.

It is then interesting to note how some theoretical physicists ponder on the concept of ourselves and our universe being only vibratory information that could be stored on the event horizon of a black hole, projected as a holographic reality (hence why the universe is a flat disc?).

Are we then in a Matrix of some sort? And if so, did it happen to come into existence by chance, or is some superior consciousness responsible for it? And if so, for what purpose?

The reason I wrote 'The Sleeper Must Awaken'

It dawned freshly upon me again yesterday, why I wrote my book; or shall I say to whom it is dedicated?

For the last few days, I've been participating in discussion groups on amazon.com, especially those pondering on questions like the existence of God. When one gets fresh perspective, looking at the human race on this planet (as well as watching films like Perfume: Story of a Murderer); one can basically divide us lot in the following groups:

1) The Fundamentalist 'believers' - those who fundamentally believe and fight for their particular belief (be it religious or political or both), be it wrong or right, damaging or none. It is usually this group which is constantly at war with each other, especially the Judaeo-Christian-Islam fundamentalists if looking at the last 2000 years.

2) The Fundamentalist 'Non-believers' - the reductionist empiricists, standing on the side, throwing the first group with stones due to their destructive ways.

3) The Materialist Opportunists - those taking advantage of the first two groups, enslaving the world with their 'divide and conquer' tactics in stealth mode; the first two groups too busy with their little details to notice their entrapment.

4) Those weeping while watching the first three groups destroying everything beautiful thinking: is this it oh Lord?

I dedicated my book to the fourth group: to those who feel real love in their hearts, who want to make a difference, but don't know how, as it seems all hope is lost...

As long as there are those belonging to the fourth group, there is hope...

Best wishes to all

Jean

Education, Health and Sustainability

By accident, I caught a program on BBC about the new St. Pancras Station and adjoined railway lines in London - costing in the region of 5.8 billion pounds or 11 billion dollars - to make one of the most prestigious train stations in Europe, and shave 20 minutes from the journey to Paris.

Here are some keywords: prestigious, 20 minutes, 11 billion dollars.

Now to get perspective, the United Kingdom (or England as most people know it), has a major problem with it's National Health Care system. It is 1.6 billion pounds, or 3 billion dollars in debt, and the quality of care is slipping fast. Furthermore, the UK is also struggling with an educational crisis, with SAT scores in decline; teenage binge drinking, drug abuse and pregnancies are on the rise; crime - although not admitted openly due to the 2012 Olympics - is on the rise, and immigration with racism and xenophobia is becoming a major concern.

These same problems can be seen in the rest of the world as well. Basic social services are not met with the gap between the minority super rich elite and the majority of poor ever widening. Yet, billions and billions of dollars are spent on prestigious buildings (like the said St Pancras), space program and especially wars in the middle east with no other apparent reason than that of oil security.

Now, there is nothing wrong with aesthetic buildings and space exploration. But first things first. For a well functioning society, we need to get objectivity, and address problems first:

1) Proper education of ALL people will lead to a better understanding of the universe and one's place in it. This will lead to a healthier society in body and mind.

2) Proper Health care for those who have had poor education in the past, and already have secondary pathology is essential in a fair and just society.

3) Sustainability: what is the use of prestigious buildings and space exploration if the earth is on the brink on extinction? Surely, we need to address our consumerism problem very rapidly. With no resources, there can be no life, never mind a stable economy; and if studied closely, we will realize that the earth is on the very edge.

The human race needs to seriously rethink their whole way of thinking before its too late.

Thus: you and I need to rethink this whole scenario - after all, we ARE the human race...

Back from SA with a struggle

It has been quite an ordeal to get back to the UK from South Africa!

There we were: like canned sardines in a Boeing 747, British Airways flight 054, the jet engines powering up for take-off on the runway, when suddenly the engines go quiet and we slowly slip off the runway. The captain informs us that one of the engines malfunctioned.

On this note: in that same week, one 737's engine fell off while taking off (luckily no-one was injured), another jet's engine went bust just after take-off and had to turn around, and yet another jet plane' reverse thrusters failed and slipped off the runway on landing (luckily no-one hurt). There was also a light aircraft that fell on the N12 highway - no one hurt either.

And here we were, our plane's engine failing as well - strange how all these mishaps coincided.

Then came the shocker: after sitting on the British Airways 747 for 4 hours, we were informed that there were no hotels available, and that we had to sleep in the terminal. They added that they would help us be as comfortable as possible...

Well...that didn't happen. As soon as we sat foot on the terminal, that 'help' disappeared like mist in front of a morning sun. No BA representative came to talk to us, or aid us in comfort. We were left there with our skimpy little in-flight blankies and pillows (those who remembered to take theirs!).

I felt so sorry for the parents with babies and especially the elderly, who had to sleep on the cold hard floor. Some Swiss airlines skeleton crew tried to help, but was only swamped by angry passengers, and quickly ran away...

The next morning, we heard through the grapevine that we could eat breakfast at one terminal restaurant for R50 ($8 or £4), and waited the whole rest of the day for information that didn't come until 19:00: that we 'might' fly out at 21:00. Then at 20:00, the flight was cancelled again with chaos breaking out: some going raving mad, others scrambling about looking for other flights. At about 23:00 - at long last - I booked into a courtesy hotel (valid for only one day), stayed with family the next day, and eventually flew out on the Sunday evening - more than 48 hours after being left on the terminal.

I just came to realize again, especially when taking into account the poor parents and especially the elderly - where BA left us unaided on the terminal, and kept us uninformed for more than 24 hours - that big companies care only for one thing - profit. Profit above person is the name of the game.

With proper checks and maintenance intervals, engines won't fail. If for some unforeseen event the flight is cancelled, passengers should be looked after. There must be some kind of protocol that sees to it that passengers - especially parents, children, the elderly and poorly passengers - are cared for; not left to their own devices and kept in the dark for more than 24 hours. The presence of a BA representative on stand-by for these scenarios right from the start, is absolutely essential. After all: passengers pay dearly for service provision, and what's more, there must be some strand of altruism left in those who run the BA corporation. Passengers are human, not just numbers who make the company money!

Thus at long last, I am back in the UK with time to reflect on this atrocity. And may I add that I am not a complainer, on the contrary: I hardly ever complain in restaurants etc. and always give the benefit of the doubt to occasional poor service provision, especially on a personal level. But this was one too many, especially when seeing elderly people lying on cold floors with a company that cares nil.

I wish and hope that by some miraculous event, people - especially those running corporations, making their billions - would once again realize that people are more important than profit. After all, if you sincerely care for people, thus your customers, they will naturally stay loyal...

Writing from South Africa

Almost on my way back to the United Kingdom, I find myself at the southern tip of South Africa in a town called Mossel Bay, ovelooking a calm and misty blue ocean. It is truly beautiful here: in front of me the ocean washing over miles of sandy beach, and behind me undulating grass fields ending in the Outaniqua mountains in the purple hazy distance.

It has been quite a journey: starting in Johannesburg, driving all the way down through my childhood town of Potchefstroom to the city of Bloemfontein ('flower fountain'), through the arid Karoo and ending it here at the southertn tip of Mossel Bay in the Cape province. It is a landscape that cannot be erased from one's mind - the characteristic red soil, the yellow grasslands, purple mountains and sapphire blue skies - simply breathtaking.


I so hope and wish that the troubles of this paradise will deminish, so that more people can be touched by it's splendour.


Who knows, maybe if we all focus our hearts and minds on the possibility of Utopia on this beautiful planet of ours - we could succeed. After all - there is such phenomena as the Uncertainty Principle and the Observer Effect, which together could change our world with the right intent...

Just to say...

I will be away to South Africa for a while; so blog posts will be a little less frequent untill the middle of November.

Good fortune!
Jean

To Be Completely Honest...

Today is one of my few bad mood days - they don't appear often, but when they do, they're really bad.

It occasionally happens that I see through the cellophane wrapping of our supermarket society: the profit above person mentality where more ingenious ways are devised everyday to deceive people in spending their hard earned cash on products they don't need. It is all about the money - 'show me the money, honey'.

From market psychology tactics, putting candy at the check-outs to Fast Food chains targeting children with cheap toys: all clever devices to catch you in the ever growing consumerist net. You are sold foods that make you fat, so that you can spend more money on self-help books, teaching you the 'secrets' of staying slim.

Look at Hollywood films these days: high production 'value', with spectacular visual effects, glossy lighting and celebrity laden embroidery - but in the end as empty as a celebrity gossip magazine. And why? Because it makes money. Hollywood doesn't make movies anymore; it makes money.

And we fall for it, time and time again. Why can't we just for once in our lives, stop and get some sense in our heads again? Why can't we just stop spending time and money on stuff we don't need, and rather invest it in our children's proper education - not spoiling them with PlayStation to keep their whining, poorly state-educated mouths shut? Why do we put up with big companies like Argos' slogan: Don't Christmas it, Argos it? What nonsense is that? Don't Christmas it, Argos it...Can we even remember what Christmas is all about? Never mind the religious background - Christams is a time for family gathering; to stop working and spending quality time with the ones we love.

Where did we take the wrong turn? When did we become so superficial? It's all about celebrities' lives, cosmetic surgery, suing the hospitals, getting a better deal, getting a bigger house, car or boat...

And then we find ourselves on a death bed one day - not remembering our house, car or boat; not our precious botox face or bygone celebrity obsessions - but we remember our grandmother's old-aged-morphed hands, clumsily patting us on the shoulder. We remember the first time we made love and the laughter of our children playing on the beach. We remember the colours of the seasons, the goosebumps we get when climbing into a hot bath and the summer grass under our naked feet as we ran though the sprinklers as children...

I so wish that we could return to what really matters. I deeply wish that we could awaken from our shallow consumerist stupor, and see life for what it really is: not a glossy, money driven sex, drugs and rock and roll frenzy; but a mythical wondrous miracle filled with honest love and respect for ourselves, those around us and our mother Earth...

Mind, Drugs and Psychiatry

Find a quiet spot somewhere where you won't be disturbed, and clear your mind of most thoughts. Look at your hands - look at their shape, size and texture - and try to get a sense of being inside this body; this organic vehicle you mistake for yourself.

Look in the mirror as if you are looking at someone for the first time, and realise that this body and personality that you call 'yourself', is only one of the 6.5 billion human beings residing on this planet.

Now: who or what is doing this realization? Who or what is really looking through those eyes you call 'my eyes'? Where do these thoughts arise from? Do thoughts arise in the brain as most reductionist western scientist believe, or is there something more to it?

Karl Pribram - a neuroscientist - has always been puzzled by the am mount of memory a brain can store. It has also puzzled him as well as many others, why memory can't really be pinpointed in a specific area of the brain. A lot of research - especially by Pribram - has shown that the brain acts like a holographic vibratory entity. This makes sense if one takes M-Theory into account: the universe is one vastly complex arrangement of vibrations in a vibratory membrane or 'brane' in 11 dimensional space-time (of which the brain is undoubtedly part of). It also correlates with David Bohm's holographic principle of the universe.

Then, superimposing the DMT phenomenon - DMT, or Di methyl tryptamine being a serotonin-like substance manufactured by the brain with no apparent function other than that of natural occurring 'hallucinogenic' - poses more questions on the nature of brain, mind and the origin of thought. It makes one wonder what dreams really are. Brushed off again by main-stream science as rubbish, sorted through during sleep, doesn't explain precognitive or prophetic dreams, of which there are many cases reported.

Carl Jung thought of the dreamworld more in the lines of ancient tribal and mystical teachings - the dreamworld being just as real, or even more real than this limited dimension we call 'reality'. It is a dimension unlimited by 3-dimensional space-time; where thought is non-linear and saturated with archetypal metaphors, from therianthropes to demonic spirits; from bizarre sexual encounters to conversations with angels. It is interesting to note - see Supernatural by Graham Hancock - how dreams, psychosis and the psychedelic experience seamlessly coincide.

To elaborate on DMT: Dr. Rick Strassman - neuropsychiatrist, researcher and author of DMT; The Spirit Molecule - conducted research on numerous volunteers using larger amounts of DMT than usually present in the human body. These volunteers experienced profound altered states of consciousness, likening it to spiritual experiences. Some of them even confronted and overcame long buried and forgotten psychological trauma.
Now, it is interesting to note the following: DMT is produced by the body, has no other apparent function than that of being a natural occurring psychedelic, and is present in higher levels in the newborn, the dying and in individuals with acute schizophrenic episodes.

Schizophrenia is probably one of the most misunderstood issues of western medical protocols. Contrary to Freud, who labeled schizophrenia as an organic brain disorder with a poor prognosis; Carl Jung thought of schizophrenia as a state when 'the dream becomes real'; when the subconscious mind breaks through into the conscious mind due to necessity. Dogmatic 'Freudian' psychiatric management, involves the suppression of psychosis with drugs for the remainder of life, as the prognosis is poor. On the other hand: based on Jungian thought, Dr. John Weir Perry only managed these patients with emotional support (thus excluding drugs), which resulted in a near 100% remission rate after about 40 days; most patients having a much better quality of life than before their 'psychotic' episode.

This makes one wonder why drug suppression continues. It only favours the drug companies while destroying the lives of many young people and their families by almost deliberately misunderstanding schizophrenia; labeling it as a disease with a poor prognosis. This is also the case with 'depression', where billions are made by drug companies, but not curing depression. I highly recommend watching 'The Trap: What happened to our dreams of freedom?', as it takes a detailed look at the reality behind economy, money making and the lack of freedom as well as the depression-Prozac issue.

If one takes a few steps back, clear the head of all these western dogmatic and consumerist thoughts - perspective soon settles on the receptive mind. It is evident by looking at concepts ranging from M-Theory to Ancient Mysticism, that much more is going on with the human phenomenon. Because of western civilization's continuous 'noise' in our heads; we miss it.

Maybe it is time to shift our focus, get perspective and start 'knowing' again, in stead of guessing...

The Trap

My Site is Finally Done

Phew! After 2 months of designing, building and struggling with conflicting html, my site is finally up and running.

I took my time with it, as I wanted the site visitor to have a pleasant, almost Zen-like experience. Most websites these days are just geared to trawl in masses of fish with their marketing gimmickery, and it is hard to find a place on virtual space where one can just relax and feel refreshed after the visit.

This was my intention from the start: to create a virtual space filled with aesthetic visuals and peaceful sounds.

The first page has a short audio-visual introduction which takes about 10 seconds to load (if you are patient enough), otherwise just enter the site right away...

Hope you have a pleasant experience, and feel free to comment on it.



www.jeanerasmus.com

Jean

Something Important to Know

It saddens me to see how many writers of today use the 'new' concepts of spirituality - that is, the quantum potential and the notion of the mind creating reality or 'power of manifestation' - to make more money.

"Manifest more money, your dream house and car", they will say. A recent daily automated letter from one of these writers read, that we should stop fretting about the earth's resources as the universe will always present more if we manifest it with our minds. Not only is this delusional, it is a false promise by someone who uses the ancient secrets for gaining earthly wealth alone.

And people fall for it. How else? We are absolutely brain-washed to believe that life is just about money, the dream house and being famous and loved by all. This is how they trap all those fish out there in the ocean. It is bait. "Psst, hey you! Wanna make more money? Come over here..."

This is one of the reasons for writing my book The Sleeper Must Awaken - to help people avoid these traps. In the end, people are tricked using only half activated 'secrets' which fail miserably - making money for the shape shifting 'guru', and leading the poor little fish astray with half truths that could in effect save the little fish from doom.

Search deep in that soul of yours, and you will know that when I say "Time is of the essence here", that I'm right. No more time for cheap 'change your life in a jiffy' trickery. Life is never just plain sailing. It was never meant to be, and we cannot manifest more resources with our minds (just yet). Our celebrity-mad, supermarket civilization still has a LOT to learn and go through before that day arises.

Watch out for the cheap traps, and search for good and honest information.

Jean

M-Theory, Membranes and Consciousness

For those who watched the M-Theory video, there should still be a question lingering in our minds...what are those infinite membranes made of, and what caused their existence?

Here is a short blog I posted a few months ago that might answer this question...

Take a pond, and make it ‘infinite’. Throw a rock into the centre of the pond, and it will ripple outwards until the energy has seized due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

Just so, the God-Universe-Existence phenomenon can be explained.

Liken space-time to the infinite pond – a dimensional probability, susceptible to energy changes. Apply consciousness to this ‘fabric’, just like throwing a rock into the pond, and one will get vibratory ripples ever expanding from the centre of applied consciousness – the so called ‘Big Bang’. Thus ‘existence’ would be the ripple effect of consciousness applied to space-time; this ‘hand’ throwing the rock to experience its effect would then be the One Without End - the Super Consciousness we are struggling to understand with our empiricist, dogmatic and fundamentalist approach.

To put this parable in a more scientific way, let us say that space-time is perceived as an infinite membrane (p-brane in M-Theory). Consciousness is then the ‘sound’ washing through this brane from a yet unobservable or enfolded quantum state, causing it to reverberate at the same frequency perceived as 'matter' and 'energy'; much like the electrical field causing an audio speaker to reverberate and produce an almost infinite amount of sounds. The cause of this ‘sound’ or electrical field, yet again the super being we 'know' as God or the Source.

It is written in the Rig Veda, “In the beginning, there was Brahman, with whom was the Word. And the word is Brahman.” These same words are reflected in the Christian version of John 1:1, “In the beginning there was the Word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.” A remarkable similarity.

Thus, in the beginning God has spoken the Word, and there was existence rippling through our space-time (mem)brane; the Word or Vibration of God giving rise to the infinite wave properties we understand as matter and energy, and ultimately our 'reality'.

Thus, it seems to be that 'branes' are the 11 dimensions of possibility (Uncertainty Principle), and that their vibration, causing a universe, is due to applied consciousness (Observer Principle) - thus 'God'. In effect, then we are aspects of 'God', experiencing itself through endless manifestations due to the One Consciousness....

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Life and Reality as Vibratory Illusion...

Let's refresh on the idea of thought being vibratory energy by starting with what we (as humans) and our world are really made from. What are you made of?

Skin, bone, flesh a bit of blood...What are they made of? Cells...what are cells made of? Molecules, consisting of atoms.

Ah, the word atom derived from the Greek word meaning indivisible, as they once thought (yes, that was the thought of the day - that atoms were the smallest things in the universe). But we now know that atoms are made from smaller 'parts' as well. In the center we have the nucleus consisting of protons and neutrons, and on the very edge - the electrons. Protons and neutrons are made from quarks (up or down spin), and are like electrons what physicists call leptons. Leptons are all fermions - sub-atomic particles with asymmetric wave properties, unlike bosons (such as photons - the carriers of light), which have symmetric wave properties.

Phew! What a mouthful. Now, what are these bosons and fermions made of? And what do they mean by 'wave properties'?

This is where Super String Theory kicks in. Sub-atomic 'particles' (fermions and bosons) are the 'illusion' we perceive as reality due to strings or 'branes' vibrating at different frequencies. It is as Michio Kaku (quantum physicist) explained it: strings or branes are like the strings of a violin - different frequencies of the string will give rise to different notes, these 'notes' being the particular 'sub-atomic particles'. Chords will then be atoms and molecules, phrases the 'organs' and songs the organism or larger structures. Interestingly put.

Then in essence, we are all just vibration - the symphony of life. This vibration is seen in everything: oceanic waves, air currents, earth quakes, the sound of music, light colours and their frequencies, economic fluctuation, moods and thoughts - all vibrations.

But, as we'll see tomorrow - vibration can be harmonic; or disharmonic...

Here follows a documentary on Modern Cosmology and Super String Theory (45 min)

BBC Horizon's Super-String Theory M-Theory Origin of the Univers

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This thing called 'hurt': Emotions and Chakras, Part II

I must apologize for the 'tomorrow' becoming a Monday - the week-end seized it's toll...

Now, about this thing called 'hurt': as we've seen previously, emotions are attached to certain 'energy' points or chakras in the body. The one that concerns us most, is the feeling of 'hurt' when someone is nasty or critical of us. We often feel that 'nobody loves us', or that those that we love and trust 'doesn't love us any more', or 'hurt' us.

But we have to ask ourselves, how can a mere stare or word 'hurt' us. Words or stares don't cut our flesh and make us bleed; they don't crush our bones or give us diseases. They don't physically harm us, yet, we will say we are hurt or heart broken. Odd, isn't it? Where exactly lies this 'pain' then?

As mentioned in Part I; emotions are associated with certain chakras. We feel hurt in our chest area (thus the cardiac plexus or chakra). We also feel love in this same area. It then seems that a certain energy field is 'sensed' by this plexus, just as the eyes sense light energy and ears sense sound energy. Light and sound are vibratory energy. So is thought. If your head is hooked up to an EEG monitor (electro-encephalogram), the monitor will sense the electro-magnetic waves created by your brain, and scrible them on paper, much like the EKG for the heart. Your brain thus emits electro-magnetic waves or energy, and this can be sensed with the chakra area. If someone emits negative thoughts towards you, you will sense it as 'hurt' in your chest, while if it is positive, it will be a sense of warmth in the same area. Often noted how you can sense 'bad vibes' between two people, or between yourself and someone else? Interesting, isn't it?

Now, what is important, is to know that you only sense this vibration. How you act upon it is another story. If one sees or hears something, one only senses vibratory energy. It is up to the person per se, how he or she will react upon this sensation.

In other words: Bach makes some of us cry with joy, and others with irritation. If someone emits negative thoughts toward us, it is not necessary to react in a negative way by feeling hurt. What is important, is not your blinding ego of 'poor me', but what primarily lies behind that negative thought or remark in the first place. Maybe that person emits negative emotion, because they find themselves in despair, and are secretly crying out for help.

Interesting food for thought for the day...ponder on that while you have a look at this video on chakras, their frequencies and colours: base (of spine)=red=C; sacral (sexual)=orange=D; solar (pit of stomach)=yellow=E; heart (chest)=green=F; throat=blue=G; third eye (brow) =violet=A; crown=white=B...

The Illuminated Chakras

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About Chakras and emotion (Part 1)

I was recently approached by a dear friend regarding the hurt she suffered due to the scrutiny of others. It always intrigues me how we are emotionally ‘hurt’ by others – from friends to family as well as strangers.

If we look at this ‘hurt’, where exactly, do we feel it? Most will put their hands on their chests: ‘in here’, they will say. I myself have suffered this ‘hurt in my chest’ when I was younger, mostly due to love gone wrong. This has led me into seeking the reason for this ‘hurt’ we feel, and how to resolve it.

It is strange how this feeling of hurt should be in the chest area. We often refer to a ‘broken heart’. Why particularly the chest area? Think about feeling excited; where does one feel that? If you think carefully, you will feel it in the pit of your stomach. When we see an emotionally laden film, and try to repress our expression of sadness – we feel pain in our throats. When we feel sexually excited, we feel warmth in our loins…

Why do we sense certain emotions in certain parts of the body? It is interesting to note how these areas of the body coincide with the ancient Eastern texts describing the so-called chakra or energy points of the body-mind union. According to ancient Tantric and Yogic texts, the body has about 72 000 energy lines or nadi, and where these superimpose; shape the chakras of the body: the sacral (sacral area), sexual (loins), solar (pit of stomach), cardiac (chest), throat, brow and crown chakras – each with their own colour, sound frequency and purpose (which strangely coincides with the Pythagorean Lambdoma: the study of correlation between sound and light frequencies).

Furthermore, it is interesting to note how for instance the cardiac or ‘chest’ chakra – associated with the giving and receiving of love and compassion energy – is exactly the area where we feel emotional hurt, or warmth when we feel love for someone. So does the hurting throat due to repression of expressive emotion coincide with the throat chakra, which is the chakra for expression. Maybe the most impressive coincidence is that of the brow or ‘third eye’ chakra, associated with ESP. In this same area lies the mysterious pineal gland, which is most likely responsible for the secretion of a substance called DMT (dimethyltryptamine), which in elevated levels, will cause one to ‘hallucinate’. No other function for this substance has been found so far. Research has shown (see Dr. Rick Strassman’s book: DMT – Spirit Molecule) that people experiencing elevated levels of DMT, experienced profound altered states of consciousness (stamped hallucinations by reductionist science), and caused them to have deep insight into their own subconscious minds. Some of them even conquered long-standing depression and other emotional problems. Why would the human body secrete a substance (higher in those with acute schizophrenic break disorder, birth and near death experience), that has no other cause than that of ‘hallucinations’, and also by a gland in the body with no clear understanding (also containing magnetite which is sensitive to the earth’s magnetic field) which coincides with the ancient texts’ Third Eye chakra? Doesn’t this just fumble with that critical thinking switch in your head, pushing you a bit further into questioning the typical western dogma we are force fed daily?

And speaking of schizophrenia – it is probably one of the most misunderstood phenomena in western civilization. It is seen by psychiatry as a mental ‘disorder’ with a poor prognosis that needs to be suppressed with drugs. But, Dr. John Weir Perry followed the advice of the great Carl Jung, who thought it to be a personal apocalypse: when the dream becomes real due to a severely suppressed subconscious mind. He followed a non-suppressive (drug) approach, where individuals were only given a safe haven and psychotherapy to guide them through their ‘psychosis’. In about 40 days, the ‘psychosis’ would seize, and the individual would be ‘cured’. This proved to be a far better approach to schizophrenia, with much better long term benefits to the ‘patients’ and their families. Not for the multi-million dollar Phramaceutical companies though…

Click on the Title, or follow this link to a blog written by someone who has personally experienced this.

Tomorrow, we will continue on how to avoid that ‘heart ache’.

Until tomorrow,
Jean

Alex Grey - Artistic Mysticism (Hi Qual) - Like Escher? Luv this

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The Difference between Rulers and Leaders

Last week I wrote an extensive essay on the political blindfold most of us wear, and touched on the notion of Rulers and Leaders. To refresh your memory: rulers are the ones enforcing their vision (visible or not visible), and leaders share their vision. At the moment, the planet is ruled, and we have lost our sense of what a leader really is. We are trapped in the primate mindset where we look for an alpha-male to rule us, in stead of a spiritual being (not religious) leading us to the light.

Here are the differences between Rulers and Leaders:

Rulers__________________________ Leaders

Loud_____________________________Soft spoken
Bad listeners_______________________Good listeners
Swings fist while speaks_______________ Touches lovingly
Talks of 'victory'____________________Talks of harmony
Competitive________________________Collaborative
Actions lead to destruction_____________ Actions lead to harmonic construction
Actions lead to despair_________________Actions lead to happiness and healing
Warmonger________________________Peacemaker
Discriminative_______________________Incorporate
Vengeful __________________________Forgiving
Xenophobic_________________________Non-xenophobic
Racist____________________________Non-racist
Gives speeches from 'above' _____________Talks to his/ her people on same level
Talks from teleprompter _______________Talks from the heart
Keeps secrets________________________Shares secrets
Abuses religion______________________ Uses spirituality
Deceives____________________________Enlightens
Fundamental________________________ Integrative
Arrogant____________________________Modest

Look past the rulers, ans search for your leaders...

Buddha Bar - Nature

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Follow up on today's blog:

If you have time, please read the blog posted just before this video; thank you...

From Politics to Spirituality

Kid yourselves not. Governments and their politicians are not there to help the masses. The evidence is clear: from the more than 40 wars and proxy wars fought from South America to Asia in the so called 'Post War Era' - involving more than 10 million deaths (including the poor US and British soldiers who were fooled and forced into it) - to the current war on 'terrorism' (with more and more evidence showing this to be a fabricated notion as an excuse to make war) - to the Hurricane Katrina dilemma (scandal) - to issues such a Mr's Blair and Brown refusal of a referendum on EU membership after it was promised to their people, and the very atrocious veto by Mr Bush yesterday, denying $35 billion to children's health care (while the war machine is fed up to the point of bursting from it's seems).

It is time to wake up to the real agenda behind this long war of the West. The real agenda of 'unified nations' and currencies (such as the new North American Union and it's proposed 'amero' as currency). Look deeper, and you will see: the regions of the wars (with it's more than 60% of total oil and gas reserves compared to the West's combined 6%), the history of war revealing time after time, that the causes were fabricated and people fooled - from Pearl Harbour to the Polish invasion by the Nazi's to the careful 15 year plan to invade and maintain the war in Vietnam, causing more than 58 000 American deaths, and more than 3 million Vietnamese deaths (most civilian). How could the American military (and government) escape conviction of war crimes and crimes against humanity, after dropping two atomic bombs (1945) on civilian cities - Hiroshima and Nagasaki - killing more than 190 000 civilians and in the process, demonizing the American people who does not deserve it?

Look at governments all over the course of time and space - from the East to the West, from the North to the South - they have never been there for the people. In stead, they have always either blatantly robbed people of their freedoms and wealth, or in stealth mode (as the Western governments do), by using Plato's Cave Analogy: a slave convinced that he/ she is free, will never have to rebel.

We have 'freedom of choice': a choice between supermarkets, television channels, perfumes and the political puppet on the left, or the one on the right. But can we choose our children's schools, hospitals, or if we should be part of an illegal war (by paying for it with our taxes), slowly becoming part of a globalized tyranny? Do we have the freedom to demand another independent inquiry into 9/11 and 7/7? Is there freedom in being allowed 'freedom of speech' only in 'freedom of speech zones'? Doesn't the so called new 'Patriot Act' violate the very freedoms of the people stipulated in the U.S constitution 4th amendment? (Let me remind you that I am not even an American, and I know this - how could the American people allow this to happen to them?)

Governments - no matter where they are, and by whom they were 'democratically elected' - are not there for you, dear citizen. You are there for them. You are the milking cow, kept passive in your consumerist zombie state; your television and Playstation subduing and distracting you while they rob you blind of your hard earned money. Tax is supposed to be for state of the art health care, education and transport, not for killing 40 000 women and children in a foreign land for their resources. Ask yourselves: why, if you pay so much tax, do you still have to pay for private health care (because public health is neglected), for expensive 'privatized trains', private education, privatised water, privatized electricity and gas and privatized telecoms? Don't we then pay double in the process? Where is all that tax money going then? Why does the United States of America, Britain and any other country for that matter, owe the World Bank more than trillions of dollars?

Dear reader, Morpheus is right: The Matrix has you...Look at the word GOVERNMENT. Govern = control. Ment = mind (mentis, Latin for mind). Mind control...

But what should we do? Without government, it will be anarchy!

Anarchy is derived from the Greek word, anarchia, meaning 'without ruler'. It does not mean 'chaos'. And yes, we do need a leader or leaders (for now), but not a ruler or rulers. A ruler is something that controls the masses by force (open or concealed); a leader is someone that guides his or her people by teachings of peace and example, such as Osiris, Viracocha, Krishna, Jesus the Christ, the Buddha and many other world teachers.

We need to wake up to our concealed slavery, dispel of our rulers, and look for our leaders. Leaders are not the mighty and powerful alpha males, flexing their muscles of nuclear threats and commit war 'in the name of peace'.

War does not equal peace. War equals death and destruction. War, is the real evil, and those who promote it, the real slaves to evil.

Real leaders, are the kind and gentle ones. When they speak to their people, it is not from a high platform with teleprompters - it is amongst the people, on the same level, with words coming from the heart. They don't shake their fists in the air shouting victory; they lovingly touch their people, healing them.

I beg you please; stop fooling yourselves with these alpha-male rulers of ours. Turn your back on them, and start looking for your leaders - the kind and gentle ones.

Who knows, that leader might just as well be inside of you...

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=5564

A Time to Worry, and Pray...

This is probably one of the most worrisome articles I have read in a long time. Read it through (particularly the part about nuclear strikes on Iran), and you will understand when I say: WW III?


After last week's visit by Iranian president on US soil (UN and Colombia university) especially listening to his speech and his Q & A session, I cannot fathom why the West still wants to push for a war on Iran. Is the threat real? Or is it just another WMD scam to monger another war to make more money for the World Bank? So far, there have been NO evidence showing a real threat from these countries; only more and more evidence showing that certain powerful key players in Western countries are scheming to make war with false accusations and careful evil plans.


Burma, Darfur and Zimbabwe needs help; but oh, I forgot - no oil there...


Read the full article:(click on title for link), or copy/ paste below
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3018375.ece

My Helium.com article of today

On being asked what he thought of Jesus Christ, Gandhi replied: "I like your Christ. It is the Christians I don't like. They are so unlike their Christ".

Gandhi often used Christ's teachings in his own, and his above mentioned attitude came from his personal experiences in apartheid era South Africa where he was refused entrance to a church due to his ethnicity.

Religious hypocrisy is everywhere and in every religious teaching - from Christianity and Islam to Judaism and Buddhism. It is not the teaching itself that is corrupt; but the way the adopter of this teaching bends the truth in order to gain money and power from the fearful obedience of the masses to this rendered teaching. It is usually realized when looking at the original teaching of the great prophets, the Christ and the Buddha, how these modern dogmas differ from those original teachings. All 'divine' teachers gave the message of love and peace, not money making schemes and war mongering. Yet, the most influential religions of today - Christianity, Islam and Judaism - cause the most heartache and destruction in the world with an escalating war in the Middle East. Those attached to the Christian dogma, thus the Western countries, cause planetary destruction with their capitalist monster - destroying natural resources (especially in Third World countries) in order to make more money. On a more personal level: there are so many different branches of evangelical churches, always wanting more and more money from their obedient sheep. But it must be remembered how these 'churches' have a lot of tax benefits, thus rendering them incredible businesses. It makes me sad to see so many hopeful souls being abused for money. This happens in the so called 'New Age' movements as well, and it sickens me to see how the possible new and non-segregated belief systems are abused by a cunning few into promising hopefuls the power to manifest their desires by thought, especially that of money (but of course, you first have to put some money into their pockets).

Thus, the hypocrites - of any religion or spiritual group - are those who deviate from the original teachings of the Masters. They are those who shout the loudest, make the most promises (and money) and conceal their agendas of hate and destruction with the mask of God, Allah, Brahman and the new spiritual teachings.

The truth and 'salvation' lies not in others; it lies within.

Understand the cause and find the cure: A Solution to Racism

Racism is defined as being a subjective belief system or informal doctrine in any ethnic group, where it is believed that a certain ethnic group is superior or inferior to another.

Racism is a fancy word that was invented by western mind, to try and ‘classify’ a behavioural pattern by man, thus Homo sapiens for millennia. This ‘behaviour’ is nothing less than ethnic groups hating each other, and committing heinous acts of violence to one another. It has been an ongoing event since ancient times between all racial groups of the world, and probably the single most common cause for conflict ranging from a simple slap on the cheek to raging World Wars where millions have died. It is a human behavioural pattern that is filled with negativity and destruction, and needs to be solved – and solved it can be, for it has a simple cause.

It is my belief that ‘racism’ - like xenophobia (loathing and discrimination against foreigners which I experienced living in a foreign country) and religious intolerance – thus a form of separatism, has its roots in a simple cause; this cause itself having two pillars. But before we delve into the cause, I would like to share something with the reader; something very important.

All humans on this planet earth - whether male or female, black or white, Indian, Japanese or African – differ less than 1% in their genetic make-up on cellular level. In other words, all humans on earth are essentially more than 99% the same^. For the average human living the average life; less than 1% does not matter. Then why should it matter what the colour of one’s skin is, or what shape one’s hair is? It’s like waging a war on the differences between a blue car made in country A, and a red car made in country B. Both of these cars, are vehicles with exactly the same function – to take one from point A to B. These seemingly ‘big’ differences in different ‘races’, are there only because the human body has adapted to its particular environment over the ages. Darker skinned people will originally be found in sunnier countries, as dark skin contains more melanin to protect them against the sun (thus being the reason why ‘white’ people become brown after sunburn). To the average human being, the difference between a blue car and a red car of the same make is potentially enormous. Take for instance how long some people will spend contemplating the colour of the car before they buy; in essence, being exactly the same car. We are prone to subjectively ‘classify’ things as hugely different only on colour or shape alone, while not contemplating the essence of the thing itself. This being the reason why most people will see vast differences between different races, which essentially are more than 99% the same. Just think about it for a moment: All human beings have one head (with two eyes and ears, a nose and a mouth), a body, two arms and two legs, with a pair of hands and feet, each having five digits. All humans are born from their mothers, drink from their mothers and cry when they are hungry as babies. All humans take 18 years to grow up, laugh when they are happy and cry when they are sad. We are all the same, with slight changes here and there, which some groups make a big fuss about; this silly little ‘fuss’ leading to hatred and violence, which is completely unnecessary, and solvable. Let us take a look at the cause, and then the solution.

This silly little fuss we call ‘racism’, has its one root in the very same thing where we differ so little – our genetic make-up. As we ourselves only differ less than 1% from each other, the human race as a whole – thus ALL human beings on the earth – differ less than 5% from the chimpanzee!** We as humans or the Homo sapiens species, are in essence a close cousin to the primate family of apes, of which the chimpanzee is the closest. The resemblances are clear, especially looking at our hands with their opposing thumbs, and our social primate-mammalian behaviour. It is this very social behaviour of chimpanzees that I want to concentrate on. It was discovered by scientists and recently shown by documentary film makers, that chimpanzees divide themselves into different groups, and will often (instigated by the male leaders of the pack) attack and kill each other; this even in the abundance of food. This very act can be seen in the various groups of humans living in the world led by a male leader, to attack and kill each other for territory, even if their own territory is good enough. It is seen in both developing as well as developed worlds. This very behaviour is actually seen in nature as a whole, where different groups of animals and plants will fight each other for survival. It is thus a genetic ‘program’ running on automatic in order to survive. Thus, the one root of racism lies in the primitive survival instinct of the species; the survival programming of the primate body running on automatic – find your ‘group’, and attack the others in order to survive.

This brings us to the second root: The Ego and collective ego. To simplify things, the ego can be explained as that part of you that helps you interact with your surroundings; in other words with the people around you. Some people will call it your ‘identity’ or ‘personality’, and this is shaped since birth by various factors. As you are born into a certain family (themselves living in a certain society), with certain cultural values (from language to religion), you will naturally incorporate it into your ego; thus you will speak the same language, and in most cases, follow the same religious path and behavioural patterns as your parents and peers, shaping the collective ego. Thus you ‘fit in’ so to speak; and this is where the ‘group’ thing, programmed into your genes, kicks in. It leads to the concept of ‘us’ and ‘them’. This is made worse by our competitive nature, and soon enough, hatred will evolve, leading to atrocious acts.

And now, the solution: we as humans possess something that profoundly sets us apart from our primate chimp cousins. Humans can do things that other animals cannot. We can communicate not only with structured verbal language, but also with symbols, using complex metaphors interwoven by mythical tales. We do not only experience different emotions (as I’m sure most animals do), but externalize them through our complex languages and art forms; creating the most vibrant paintings, music and prose. We can solve complex problems in the most creative ways; building skyscrapers and machines that can fly at supersonic speeds while carrying a few hundred humans as they enjoy these very same art forms created by others on miniature screens and devices in their ears. We can perform acts of extreme selflessness, helping strangers in need, and even rise to a state where we protect animals which are potentially lethal to us as a species, but knowing that it contributes to the greater good. We are, as some might remark, ‘angels trapped in animal bodies’. We are almost - as stated in Abrahamic religions - created in God’s image; thus spiritual beings. It is interesting to know that more than 90% of humans - regardless of their religious backgrounds – believe in a Force higher than themselves, and that some part of their consciousness as human beings linger and return to the world of this Force after death. *

It is in this very element of being different from our primate cousins, that the solution to racism (and so many other social problems) lies. We do not have to bow to the automatic survival instinct within us. We have the power to understand the reason behind it, rise above it and collaborate instead of compete like animals. We need to see that we are more than 99% the same (being grateful and respect the minute differences between us), that our survival instinct no longer serves us, but destroys us, and to recognize our spiritual natures in order to embrace each other in collaboration. We can after all, learn from certain groups of animals (from bees to dolphins) how to collaborate instead of compete and destroy.

It is time for the brothers and sisters to stop their rivalry, and recognize the hungry wolf of demise staring at them from the woods. It is time for the rainbow nation to stop fighting each other with foaming mouths because of silly misconceptions, and recognize this truth of Oneness; a Oneness that can create a Utopia in an already paradise-like world.

Behind every ‘black’, ‘coloured’ and ‘white’ mask, hides a spiritual human being with his or her own fears, desires, dreams and hardships. The clothes maketh NOT the man; the mask maketh not the human being. The time has come to let go of our ignorance on this matter of primate instinct and ego, rise above it, take hands and walk out of the dark cave of our history into the sunshine of tomorrow. As one cannot drive while looking in the mirror; so we cannot build on our future focusing on our past. We have to learn from the past, change, live and enjoy today; and plan for the future. If we can do this, our future will be bright and prosperous.

Jean Erasmus


* The World's Religions, Christopher Partridge
^ Marcus W. Feldman et al (Stanford)
** Robert Waterson et al.

Today's UFO post

Here is the same video of yesterday scrutinized by a Japanese television network. With their slow frame replay, some of my points made yesterday, are clearer:

1) The vapour trail is seen when the craft first moves away from the building.

2) The camera operator does NOT know where it is.

3) It is quite far away from the helicopter already when causing it's second vapour trail.

Have a look at it again...

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My Article on Helium.com

I have written quite an extensive article yesterday on this very topic (helium.com).

In short, the reductionist western civilization (that is us), is accustomed to thinking in short bursts of linearity due to our empiricist scientific dogma. We always look for the easiest and most logical explanation; quick to deny anything that dares challenge our limited belief systems. If we get perspective, we will realise that our existence - not only our civilization, but also our species - is a mere second in the eternity of time. If geological records are correct, then our planet alone is billions of years old, rendering our 4000 year old civilization a mere speck of dust. We still haven't shaken the pre-renaissance egocentric belief that we are the centrepoint of the universe. In fact, we are on a planet that shares the universe not only with billions of other planets in our galaxy alone - our galaxy shares the universe with billions of other galaxies. We are not the be-all of all existence. This very narcissistic fog that permeates our minds, renders us blind to other, more serious possibilities.

As mentioned yesterday: our planet has it's own billion year old rhythms, regardless of our presence. It's climate has been following a 126 000 year pentacycle (divided into five roughly 25 000 year glacial-interglacial periods) faithfully for the past 400 000 years according to the Vostok ice core studies. At a frequency of roughly 126 000 years, it's climate reaches the peak of all peaks before the trough of all troughs, and we find ourselves on that very highest peak at present. This strangely synchronizes with the precession of the equinoxes, the diminishing strength of the electro-magnetic shield of the earth (which protects us against the sun and poses the is a precursor for a pole reversal, also happening every 126 000 years), and our entering into a denser area in space making the sun more active for the last 11 000 to 12 000 years (this itself synchronizing with one 'mini' glacial-interglacial cycle). Can you see the pattern here?

Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a Global Warming sceptic, quite the contrary. But I don't think us to be the primary cause for global warming. In fact: CO2 is a much less potent green house gas that methane, and methane is being released in critical amounts into the atmosphere by peat swamps, and now massive frozen pockets in the ocean. We are definitely contributing to Global Warming, but we are not the primary cause. That we are killing the planet's biosphere with our pollution and feverish consumption, is not even debatable in my mind.

We should thus get off our high horse, and start the critical thinking engine in our heads. We cannot afford to go to meetings and have discussions about this 'little' issue over a cup of tea. That is for the 'suits' - those 'leaders' of ours who always make promises they never keep; abusing the fear of Global Warming to suck the poor sheep more dry with so called 'green taxes'. Our 'leaders' are to addicted to the 'opium' of their consumerism, and as we all know, drug addicts will sell their children for one more 'high'.

This is a 'grass root' issue. The solution lies with each sane individual on this planet to connect and collaborate in order to survive the 21st century. You might think me too dramatic; but start putting all the puzzle pieces together - from climate to resource scarcity, to pollution, to over population and then the dreaded possible arms race between East and West - and soon you will realise that I am not dramatic enough.

If we all realise this, our collaboration should be focused on slowing down Global Warming, in order to buy time. We need to reprogram society to live sustainable now, as our consumerist nature is not much different from that of cancer: multiplying, consuming, spreading and destroying natural tissue. In the end, if we do not do this, the human cancer will kill the host, taking the cancer with her to the grave.
Global Warming is a serious issue, but we must not stare ourselves blind to only one hypothesis, let alone the other serious dangers that await us in the next decade.

Time is of the essence here, and we need to wake up as soon as possible...

Today's UFO post

The following video has been hotly debated by the YouTube community - most of them sceptic, making abusive remarks about those who think it to be real.

The sceptics' main points are:

1) It is a SciFi channel hoax.
2) UFO's wont leave 'smoke' trails - they're too advanced.
3) 'Lame' acting by the 'actors'.
4) The camera man knows exactly where to point the camera.
5) The 'smoke' trail and the distance of the craft does not match.

These seem like reasonable points, but on closer examination of this remarkable video, one will find some clashes with these points:

1) The video was obtained and broadcast by the SciFi channel, and with my brief research so far, the original owner or video producer is not known.

2) With close observation, these trails will reveal itself to be condensation trails. It is seen initially when the craft moves away from the WTC at first. It is not known what kind of propulsion systems these anti-gravity machines might have, and might involve superconductors which could lead to condensation effects. It must also be noted that, never in modern cinema history has filmmakers thought of adding 'smoke' trails to a UFO as it would seem silly.

3) The point on lame acting is very debatable as normal day to day interactions between people are indeed 'acting' - closely observing people by using psycho-analytical skills, will soon reveal the 'mask' in front of the hiding persona. Most modern western people will indeed take a sitcom approach in their conversational style; notably so in the US and UK.

4) The 'cameraman' does NOT know where the craft is. The lady needs to show him where it has gone. With the quick approach of the craft, the viewing angle is much wider, and makes it easier for the camera to capture the image.

5) With freeze frame observation, it will reveal that the craft is moving so fast that it only started making the vapour trail when it was again well away from the helicopter.

6) Compressed videos are hard to judge.

I can also add that this clip was shown on national networks in other countries, notably so in Japan and some South American countries (as Mexico, for one, has many UFO sightings).

Is this clip real? I cannot say. But it is quite remarkable. If it is a hoax, very well done to those who need the credit - it is indeed a masterwork. If not, it needs closer investigation, especially in the light of numerous video footage showing UFO's during the 911 event (videos will follow). May I also remind you of the earlier news clip shown on my blog about the UFO sighting at O Hare airport (US). There is also a follow up video on that story (most of the video taking place between broadcast time - quite revealing).

Watch the clip, and judge for yourself.

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Climate Change and You

What we should do about Climate Change implies more than meets the eye.

The human being is an interesting creature: first of it’s kind to decide one day to stand up to it’s predators and take matters into it’s own hands. The first to not only to dream (like all intelligent animals do), but to communicate it’s dreams via language, art and myth. Through the ages of mental, social and spiritual evolution, science was born in many an age – from Egypt to India - and later chiselled and shaped into the science we have today: cold, hard, no-nonsense empiricism. This very science indeed has become one of the ruling dogmas of our western world, and thus we all think in reductionist terms – always looking for an answer that makes the easiest and most logical sense. This of course has it’s good points. But to all things in our universe, there is a flip side to the coin.

Climate change is one of those issues that cannot be approached empirically. Nature (and reality for that matter) – although mapped and researched extensively – is by far not an understood entity. It only takes a splash into the world of quantum physics to see that our very understanding of reality is hanging by a very thin thread. Chaos theory itself has shown that our universe is an infinitely complicated fractal pattern of quantum possibility – notably so in our climate.

We are all learning that climate change – through years of detailed research – is now a ‘reality’, and that the assumption is made that the human race is the cause for it. I do not doubt it for a second that we are contributing significantly to it, but the primary cause is very debateable.

Let me just quickly remind you that our current civilization – from Egypt to the present supermarket folk – is about 4000 years old, and that it is only in the last hundred years that we have really turned the page so to speak. Humankind itself has roughly been on the planet for about 100 000 years, but before that; we are at a bit of a loss. Now enter the Vostok ice drillings from Antarctica: a cylinder of ice drilled from the permafrost of the mysterious South Pole continent, revealing some data of our planet’s climate over the past 400 000 years. This data will reveal that the earth has gone through patterns of severe climate changes without the help of humankind. This pattern (especially when studying methane values, methane being a much more potent green house gas than CO2) will reveal that there has been a continuous cycle of roughly 126 000 years of glacial and interglacial periods. This pattern itself divided into 5 peak and trough cycles of plus minus 25 000 years each. The remarkable thing about this roughly 126 000 year pentacycle, is it’s first high peak, following a very low trough, slowly building it’s way up to the highest peak through the five 25 000 year peak and trough cycles. The most remarkable, is that we find ourselves right on the cusp of the highest peak in this very cycle, which means, that it should be the hottest period of the 126 000 year cycle.

‘Hypothetical’ causes for this almost fixed 126 000 year pentacycle are numerous. We have the precession of the equinoxes, where the earth’s tilted axis ‘wobbles’ like a spinning top. One such ‘wobble’ takes roughly 25 200 years: the time it takes for one of the mini-cycles of the 128 000 pentacycle to complete. Solar scientists have also noted the sun’s activity to be by far the most active it has been in the past 11 000 years (the time just after the last ice age). The reason for this probably being the entering of our solar system into a high density cloud as we orbit around the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, discovered by russian geophysicists. This energy cloud poses a pathway of resistance to the sun, and that of our atmosphere. With plain newtonian physics, we know that resistance causes friction, which in turn causes heat. It was also discovered that our electro magnetic shield is deminishing rapidly in strength, thus increasing the sun’s effects on our climate. This itself could be the precursor of a future pole reversal event which happens roughly every 125 000 years or so.

Let’s condense the above information into a more comprehensible elixir:

The earth has a roughly 126 000 year climate glacial-interglacial cycle, divided into five roughly 25 200 year ‘mini’ glacial-intergalcial periods. It takes a rough 12 000 years between a glacial (ice age) period to an interglacial (present climate) period, neatly fitting into one ‘mini’ glacial-interglacial period of 25 200 years. These elements neatly fit into the precession of the equinoxes.

Thus – when closely studied – we find ourselves as mentioned earlier, right on the cusp of the highest interglacial peak before the lowest trough in the 126 000 year cycle. This of course coincides with the weakening of our electro-magnetic shield (being the precursor of a pole reversal), which happens every 125 000 years or so (according to geological records).

And what does this imply you may ask. Well, it could be that we are right on the tip of the next , not only ice age, but the most severe one in 126 000 years; this superimposed on a scheduled possible pole reversal event.

Sceptics might ask, ‘how could there be an ice age when the earth is supposedly so hot?’ Well, there is the Gulf Stream hypothesis, and the 400 000 year glacial record data indicating a faithful pattern. Then again you might say, ‘not in our lifetime’. The answer to that is simple: according to paleoclimatologists, glacial-interglacial periods shift abruptly from one to the other. They mention the word ‘decade’ if you want clarity on the matter.

So, what should we do about Climate Change?

We need to get our heads out of the reductionist holes, and get objectivity on the matter. The time for debates and looking to our leaders for help is over. Our so called ‘leaders’ are too busy implementing ‘green taxes’; taking advantage of our fear and making more money from it. They will not help us. And our impact? We are surely speeding the whole process up. We are indeed racing towards our death in stead of walking; this worsened by our impact on our resources as well.

We are on the brink of a very impotatnt and possibly catastrofic event happening only once in 126 000 year periods, and we are arguing about solar power and bio-fuel; looking towards our politicians for help, like sheep to the butcher. We are facing extinction in the 21st century, and not only due to climate change, as there are numerous other threats to our survival.

We need to change our calculations to the time and space of this more than probable event, and plan accordingly.

Thus, the human race should abruptly stop it’s dabbling with trivial issues and its sibling rivalry. We all need to stand together, collaborate and plan to survive the storm on the horizon…

(I will soon post an article with practical potential steps we can take)