I have gained quite a collection of Crystals recently, and have been discovering Ways to Use Them. I spent the majority of my Life not even the slightest bit curious about Crystals, but the past Year or so quite by accident I have been discovering their Value and Helpfulness.
My first memory of being "drawn" to a Crystal was when I was a First Grader. I accompanied my Dad to the Mall where there was a New Age kiosk that had a bunch of shiny rocks. I was a kid and I liked shiny things, but I remember handling a quartz Crystal and feeling very much like I wanted to have it. My Dad was inclined to buy it for me, however, his perusal of a few of the books at the New Age kiosk bothered him. Some of the things printed, specifically about Crystals, did not sit well with his own religious beliefs (those of a Pentecostal minister). He explained to me that he knew I liked the Crystal, but he was concerned that they were used by "the occult" and he did not wish to bring anything with an evil stamp upon it into our home. Although I was only seven, I was accustomed to that type of logic and I accepted what he said, and put Crystals out of my mind.
I lived a great deal after that and had many, many experiences which served to break me out of the rigid Evangelical mold. I have remained a Christian but as my creed has been re-invented and re-applied to my Life, and as I have befriended people of many religions and learned to see our differences as enlightening rather than threatening, I came to know a lot of great People who afforded Crystals a special reverence. Still, their preoccupation with Crystals was a bit foreign to me until my friend Virginia gave me my very first Crystal. Virginia is a farmer, and she turned over a magnificent quartz point in the soil as she was tilling. She said she somehow felt it was special, and that it was for me. She gave it to me and I began to carry it in my pocket. Over time, it grew on my mind. I came to love simply handling it or having it around. I could not explain why, but when I left my house, if I did not have my Crystal, I had a feeling of being without it, similar to when one is without their wallet or their cell phone.
I was camping out in my tent in the back pasture of a biodynamic farm one night last Spring when I had my Crystal with me. I intuitively felt that the right thing to do with it was to place it upon my Third Eye Chakra, which is the spot between the Eyes on the Forehead. I laid down on the floor of my tent and placed the Crystal on my Third Eye and began to meditate, not knowing why I was doing it. In less than a minute laying that way, I felt the Crystal "activate" and a pulsing Energy seemed to move through it and into my Body. I felt it relieving minor aches and pains, I felt it recharging my mental faculties, and I felt a coldness from it that seemed cleansing and clarifying. The sensation was so pleasurable I did not want to remove the Crystal, and ended up falling asleep in that position that night, and my dreams were also incredibly enjoyable. Puzzled by this experience, I went to a computer that morning and looked up a bunch of New Agey pages on Crystals. I discovered that a principal way they are used is, indeed, in laying them on one's chakras. Quartz crystals, specifically, can be used on the Third Eye. Other people described similar sensations when they used Crystals. The fact that I had independently discovered this information before reading it on the Internet or hearing it from anyone was a convincing proof to me that I had indeed been led to perform this action by a Higher Intelligence, perhaps coming from the Cosmos, or perhaps coming from the Crystal itself.
Following that event I began to read a little of the philosophical works of Rudolph Steiner, the founder of biodynamic farming and of the Anthroposophical position on Life. Steiner actually had a lot to say about Crystals, saying that they were charged with the forces of the Moon, Planets, and Stars, and that they helped charge and enliven the Soil, helped to grow plants, helped to correct Energy Fields, and that the Mineral Kingdom is what binds creatures of the Earth to the Heavenly Beings. Steiner afforded the "influence" of Celestial Bodies, as conducted by Crystals and Minerals of the Soil, a very high place in Agriculture.
The idea of having not just one but Seven Crystals to lay across all of my chakras began to make me curious. I asked the Universe to start letting more Crystals flow into my Life if indeed I was supposed to be learning about them. One night, staying in my cottage on the biodynamic farm, I felt compelled to look through a chest of personal treasures that I keep with me. It contains many things I have found in the Woods on meditative walks, and also things that like-minded friends have brought me back on travels all around the World. There is mud from the hot springs of California in a case in this treasure chest, and many other interesting things. I had not remembered placing them there, but on that night I discovered 13 smaller quartz points. Their appearance, to me, seemed a bit miraculous, as I had no memory of ever collecting crystals before.
My girlfriend also gave me a number of Crystals for Christmas this Year. And recently, I bought a few more at an antique store. I now have around 30 crystals, all different types, and I have discovered even more ways to use them. I have indeed tried the exercise of laying seven different crystals on my seven chakras. I have also done so while lying on a grid of larger crystals. Whenever I perform such an action, I get a very lively sensation of energy pulsating through me, from each of my chakras all connecting to one another and to the root of the Earth energy itself.
I mention these experiences on this blog because I would like to encourage others to experiment with the uses of Crystals. I have read all sorts of crazy things about what crystals could potentially do, if we understood them better. I think it is misguided to characterize the use of crystals as pertaining to "the occult" or to any kind of dark "spirits." I do believe that the basis of all existence is supernatural: I do have what is called a "supernaturalist" bias, and I do agree that Crystals can be a vehicle for spirits of the Earth. However, I do not believe that Crystals, which grow like plants deep in the heart of the Earth, subject to great pressures and transformations, in any way stand for something evil or malignant. Crystals are Creations of God, quite beautiful ones, in fact, and even the book of Revelation describes their usage in the New Jerusalem as gateway stones. It is also known to science that stressed pieces of quartz create small voltages of electricity. This is known as the piezoelectric effect. Rudolph Steiner was convinced that the use of crystals would benefit plant growth and today there is a recognized usage of quartz, malachite, and moss agate, among others, in gardening. Finally I have read about ancient societies that used crystal technology to do things far beyond what we are normally ready to attribute to our ancients. The ancient capstones to the pyramids may have been powerful crystals, and according to one writer (Carlos Barrios) these may have formed an energy grid across the world's surface that would be far superior to our own, were we to resurrect it. Certainly, a lot of things about Crystals are highly speculative; however, I cannot deny the things which I myself have experienced, and I have experienced a definitive positive effect when I use Crystals on my Chakras. I believe that with proper organic diet and ample outdoor exercise, the regular use of Crystals on a person's chakras will keep that person balanced and healthy, and radiating Light to all those around him or her.
Why do they work? I believe that housed in every bit of matter on this planet, especially such matter as manifests itself in rock or crystalline form, is a bit of the essence of Mother Earth. And yes, I believe that the Earth is a living, breathing Person of the Female Sex, a Mother to us all, but not equal to Her Creator, Jehovah. Mother Earth is a groaning Creation that looks to Her Human Children for proper stewardship and renewal, but alas, She is a Mother who is neglected, abused, and displeased. Listening to Her and tuning to Her Energies is beneficial for all People in this Time so that they can wake up and be part of the solution to ease Her afflictions. Perhaps through Crystal Meditations you will learn to also feel Her Heart. (Earth and Heart have the same letters, by the way).
SOME MORE THOUGHTS ON CRYSTALS:
If you choose to start using Crystals for yourself, here are a few further observations I have found to be true. First, setting your Crystals out in the light of the Moon to charge on a regular basis will work wonders on their effectiveness. My quartz point and I are rather in tune to each other, and I know that there are times when it is too "zapped" to be of much good to me. It is at those times that I am careful to put it somewhere dark and let it rest undisturbed, until a night of good Moonlight when I can set it out on the porch to soak in the beams. The ideal thing to do is to leave Crystals out at sunset on the night of a Full Moon, then recollect them at Dawn. But it is not necessary to keep them out all night, nor is it even necessary that the phase of the Moon be full. It is optimum, but not necessary. Any moonlight will partially charge a Crystal.
Also, if your Crystal has a point it is best to be mindful of how you place that point when you are drawing Energy from it. Points should point up, and the "roots" should point down. This has the effect of bringing up Earth energy and bringing down heavenly. Reversing it tends to complicate the flow.
Lying with your head facing magnetic North is the best way to lie.
Adding two small crystals in the palm of each hand further enhances the experience of lying with crystals on your seven chakras.
When you place your crystals on your chakras, you should pay more attention to your own body and your intuitive sense of it than you should any diagram of the seven chakras. The seven chakras may be slightly differently placed on each person. I prefer to lie on top of the crystals for my first and second chakras, but lay the ones for chakras 3-7 on top of me.
I believe that the best crystal meditations are on bare ground with bare skin. However, that may not appeal to all people. I simply suggest limiting distracting sounds, especially from TVs or radios. Play some very soft instrumental music or listen to birdsong coming in from outside. Meditate on the coolness you feel around each crystal and enjoy the pulsing energy sensation you will get when you perform the action correctly. Also, please, if indeed these ideas are new to you, and you choose to try them out, write back to me and let me know how your experiment went.
Love,
KiJjiT
Magic Trixter FoX
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
The Epiphany
January 6th is a date on the Christian Calendar known as "The Epiphany" and it commemorates two different episodes in the life of Jesus Christ. If you are a member of a Western Church (such as the Roman Catholics or the Anglicans) the Epiphany commemorates the adoration of baby Jesus by the Magi. If you are a member of an Eastern Church like the Greek or Russian Orthodox, the Epiphany commemorates the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. In either case, the Epiphany commemorates an event which clearly showed to onlookers that Jesus was the Divine Lover that He is. It is not everyday, for example, that Kings from the East bring costly gifts to a Jewish infant because they "followed His star." Nor is it everyday that the sky splits open and the Holy Dove is sent down to alight on the shoulder of a peasant preacher as a booming Voice proclaims, "This is My Son, in Whom I am well pleased." The word "Epiphany" means Manifestation and it is above all, a day for making clear the fact that Jesus is the Darling of the Universe.
I did not always celebrate the Epiphany. Although I was raised Christian, I was raised in a church that did not observe a liturgical calendar. I did not even hear about the Epiphany until 2009, and I chose to celebrate it on my own that Year, in an individualized fashion that probably would not have made sense to other Christians. I reasoned that since the day commemorated the baptism of Christ, all the waters of the Earth would be charged on that day, as Holy Water -- how could they not be if the precious Body of the Lord had descended into the Jordan on that day? When a woman merely brushed against Him in the crowd He felt virtue come out of Him to heal her... it seems to me that a similar process would have remarkably cleansed and transformed the Planet's Waters when He took His sacramental dip. So on January 6th, 2009, and on every January 6th since, I have gone to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and drawn out a jar of water. I have kept this Holy Water of the Epiphany in my closet all Year long until I change it out for new water on the following Epiphany. When I have needed to specially anoint a place of prayer I have sprinkled a little holy water on the ground and then knelt in it as a symbol of partaking with Christ's baptism, as a boost to my prayer or an inspiration to my faith. Last year, January 6th, 2012, I introduced this practice to two friends of mine who live on the Pacific coast. I was touched to see that one of the applications of their holy water was a sprinkling upon the ground they stood on to get married that Summer.
These days I also set an intention with the drawing of the Holy Water that all the Planet's Oceans can be healed from the pollution and the overfishing that is crippling them. I discovered a wonderful blog called "Destiny of Nations" which is run by a Native American Christian. In his blog post called "Healing the Land Part 2" he describes having communion with a polluted body of water and then casting salt into it to ask for its healing. Check it out by clicking here! This is also part of what gave me the idea that physical actions could be coupled with our prayerful intentions to let a bit of Magic into the Good Work of Healing the World with Christ's Power.
When I went to occupy a biodynamic farm last Year, I was surprised to find that the Epiphany is of pretty big importance to biodynamic practitioners as well. Sometimes on biodynamic farms, the Epiphany is marked by a spraying of ground up gold, frankincense, and myrrh over the farm in a "preparation" that at once commemorates the gifts of the Magi to Jesus and also puts a powerful blessing on the farm. This "Three Kings spray" had dramatic effect, according to the Lady of the Garden, when she sprayed it the first Epiphany after her husband passed on. She said that the wind became suddenly fierce after it was sprayed, as if in response to the Gift, or as if there was some desire to whisk its effects out into the ever wider World.
I believe in the underlying Mysterious nature of Nature; I advocate for a sacramental attitude toward the elements and products of the Earth. I believe in joining prayer to farm work, prayer to environmentalism, prayer to community building and prayer to just about everything. I agree that Jesus is Alive, and Powerful, and that He (Love) can Transform our Planet if we just give Him the slightest Participation. Furthermore, I believe that His Purposes can be Manifested in Our World by the subtlest influence of microcosm over macrocosm. I invite You to think on these things as You set out into the New World of 2013, and begin to seek links of your own between Nature and Spirituality, between faith and practice. We are all of us agents of Salvation and Healing and it should not matter if we are not in charge of vast tracts of land or sums of money or political will. God has given to Individuals the Power to Transform the World around us.... The Planet is a Garden programmed to respond to a certain kind of Human. Become that certain kind of Human. Begin to believe in forces larger than the Cause & Effect relationship you can see.... Begin to account for the Spiritual Variable that is present and with us... Make your Plans with God.... Consider His Ability to be the actual Source for all your activity. In Christ one can do "all things," can affect the Destinies of Nations, can stand against spiritual wickedness in high places. Do you see yourself as a Spiritual Warrior? What you bind can be bound and what you loose can be loosed. Do not sit idly by and do nothing when you can Change the entire World in the course of one prayerful afternoon (I know, I have done it). This is the Secret of Sages.
This Epiphany I also attended my Church, which follows the liturgical Calendar (I am so blessed to have found a home Church that expresses Christianity in the way I have always longed to see it expressed). Our minister pointed out in her sermon that the Magi were "outsiders" to the Judaeo-Christian tradition. This is something I have pointed out to Christian friends in years past, as evidence that perhaps God's covenant is wider than they think. The very term "Magi" is connected to Mage, or Magic, and specifically to Zoroastrianism. They were astrologers, they were occultists. And yet they found the Current of Truth behind their own ancient religion which pointed them to the Hope of Every Race and Faith. They followed Secret Signs and were acquainted with dark sayings, extra-canonical prophecies. They spoke to spirits and received messages in dreams. And this tradition as well is alive and well, and capable of unleashing great goodness into the World. Wherever you find yourself in relation to Christianity, please at least glean this fact: the Stars point the way to PLACES ON EARTH, and it is THERE that Man must look, IN HIS MOTHER'S WOMB... the Eternal Child is born and we are born into Him and partake of His Nature. When this mystic event occurs, it will not matter what denominational stripe you wear... Rumi the Muslim was alike to Francis of Assissi the Catholic when he felt the rejuvenating Power of Jesus raising Plants like Martyrs from their Shrouds every newly beginning Spring... I pray that you learn to hear the Name of Christ and feel the Character and Promise of Jesus the Christ as you romp the Fields and Forests which give Him praise this coming Year. In both 2011 and in 2012 I counseled my Readers to TAKE PART IN THE COMING OF THE SPRING. This Year, as Earth slumbers in Her spiritual Sleep, ready to take off into the Fifth Dimension when She opens Her Eyes for 2013.... I counsel You not only to Take Part in the Coming of the Spring, but to Take Part in the Coming of the Christ... Let your Nature be wed to His Being as is the Nature of the Earth Herself.
-KiJjiT
I did not always celebrate the Epiphany. Although I was raised Christian, I was raised in a church that did not observe a liturgical calendar. I did not even hear about the Epiphany until 2009, and I chose to celebrate it on my own that Year, in an individualized fashion that probably would not have made sense to other Christians. I reasoned that since the day commemorated the baptism of Christ, all the waters of the Earth would be charged on that day, as Holy Water -- how could they not be if the precious Body of the Lord had descended into the Jordan on that day? When a woman merely brushed against Him in the crowd He felt virtue come out of Him to heal her... it seems to me that a similar process would have remarkably cleansed and transformed the Planet's Waters when He took His sacramental dip. So on January 6th, 2009, and on every January 6th since, I have gone to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and drawn out a jar of water. I have kept this Holy Water of the Epiphany in my closet all Year long until I change it out for new water on the following Epiphany. When I have needed to specially anoint a place of prayer I have sprinkled a little holy water on the ground and then knelt in it as a symbol of partaking with Christ's baptism, as a boost to my prayer or an inspiration to my faith. Last year, January 6th, 2012, I introduced this practice to two friends of mine who live on the Pacific coast. I was touched to see that one of the applications of their holy water was a sprinkling upon the ground they stood on to get married that Summer.
These days I also set an intention with the drawing of the Holy Water that all the Planet's Oceans can be healed from the pollution and the overfishing that is crippling them. I discovered a wonderful blog called "Destiny of Nations" which is run by a Native American Christian. In his blog post called "Healing the Land Part 2" he describes having communion with a polluted body of water and then casting salt into it to ask for its healing. Check it out by clicking here! This is also part of what gave me the idea that physical actions could be coupled with our prayerful intentions to let a bit of Magic into the Good Work of Healing the World with Christ's Power.
When I went to occupy a biodynamic farm last Year, I was surprised to find that the Epiphany is of pretty big importance to biodynamic practitioners as well. Sometimes on biodynamic farms, the Epiphany is marked by a spraying of ground up gold, frankincense, and myrrh over the farm in a "preparation" that at once commemorates the gifts of the Magi to Jesus and also puts a powerful blessing on the farm. This "Three Kings spray" had dramatic effect, according to the Lady of the Garden, when she sprayed it the first Epiphany after her husband passed on. She said that the wind became suddenly fierce after it was sprayed, as if in response to the Gift, or as if there was some desire to whisk its effects out into the ever wider World.
I believe in the underlying Mysterious nature of Nature; I advocate for a sacramental attitude toward the elements and products of the Earth. I believe in joining prayer to farm work, prayer to environmentalism, prayer to community building and prayer to just about everything. I agree that Jesus is Alive, and Powerful, and that He (Love) can Transform our Planet if we just give Him the slightest Participation. Furthermore, I believe that His Purposes can be Manifested in Our World by the subtlest influence of microcosm over macrocosm. I invite You to think on these things as You set out into the New World of 2013, and begin to seek links of your own between Nature and Spirituality, between faith and practice. We are all of us agents of Salvation and Healing and it should not matter if we are not in charge of vast tracts of land or sums of money or political will. God has given to Individuals the Power to Transform the World around us.... The Planet is a Garden programmed to respond to a certain kind of Human. Become that certain kind of Human. Begin to believe in forces larger than the Cause & Effect relationship you can see.... Begin to account for the Spiritual Variable that is present and with us... Make your Plans with God.... Consider His Ability to be the actual Source for all your activity. In Christ one can do "all things," can affect the Destinies of Nations, can stand against spiritual wickedness in high places. Do you see yourself as a Spiritual Warrior? What you bind can be bound and what you loose can be loosed. Do not sit idly by and do nothing when you can Change the entire World in the course of one prayerful afternoon (I know, I have done it). This is the Secret of Sages.
This Epiphany I also attended my Church, which follows the liturgical Calendar (I am so blessed to have found a home Church that expresses Christianity in the way I have always longed to see it expressed). Our minister pointed out in her sermon that the Magi were "outsiders" to the Judaeo-Christian tradition. This is something I have pointed out to Christian friends in years past, as evidence that perhaps God's covenant is wider than they think. The very term "Magi" is connected to Mage, or Magic, and specifically to Zoroastrianism. They were astrologers, they were occultists. And yet they found the Current of Truth behind their own ancient religion which pointed them to the Hope of Every Race and Faith. They followed Secret Signs and were acquainted with dark sayings, extra-canonical prophecies. They spoke to spirits and received messages in dreams. And this tradition as well is alive and well, and capable of unleashing great goodness into the World. Wherever you find yourself in relation to Christianity, please at least glean this fact: the Stars point the way to PLACES ON EARTH, and it is THERE that Man must look, IN HIS MOTHER'S WOMB... the Eternal Child is born and we are born into Him and partake of His Nature. When this mystic event occurs, it will not matter what denominational stripe you wear... Rumi the Muslim was alike to Francis of Assissi the Catholic when he felt the rejuvenating Power of Jesus raising Plants like Martyrs from their Shrouds every newly beginning Spring... I pray that you learn to hear the Name of Christ and feel the Character and Promise of Jesus the Christ as you romp the Fields and Forests which give Him praise this coming Year. In both 2011 and in 2012 I counseled my Readers to TAKE PART IN THE COMING OF THE SPRING. This Year, as Earth slumbers in Her spiritual Sleep, ready to take off into the Fifth Dimension when She opens Her Eyes for 2013.... I counsel You not only to Take Part in the Coming of the Spring, but to Take Part in the Coming of the Christ... Let your Nature be wed to His Being as is the Nature of the Earth Herself.
-KiJjiT
Sunday, December 30, 2012
The Top Ten Most Fascinating and Influential People to Watch in 2013
Poised as we are at this great turning point in History... on this New Year's Eve which ends 2012 and begins 2013, I am reminded of a quote by Sir Isaac Newton:
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
I might paraphrase Sir Newton by saying that if we are going to see further, into the changes, and into the battles, of 2013, we need to be standing on the shoulders of some pretty impressive giants. 2012 was a Year of enormous Changes on Mother Earth, especially in the Consciousness of Worldwide Humanity. I believe that most of these Changes were good, and were part of a prophesied Shift or Awakening connected to the Mayan calendar, and manifesting in the Arab Spring Movement, Anonymous, WikiLeaks, the Occupy Movement, Strike Debt, Idle No More, the trends toward eco-consumerism and organic awareness, the defeat of Romney, and many, many other things happening on personal, interpersonal, local, state, national, and global levels. These manifesting changes take place in religious, political, professional, spiritual, leisurely, romantic, and social networking worlds. I believe that 2013 will see the continuation of these Changes, the intensification of the Shift, and that there will be many moments in 2013 when the Forces unleashed by the Consciousness Shift will face challenges from the Elite and the bastions of the Status Quo. These Forces will triumph on the whole, even if we do see some setbacks on occasion. The March of Human Progress cannot help but be empowered at this stage of History: and I know this because I have peeked behind the curtain and seen the gears and levers.
The GIANTS of Influence for 2013 are Many. And no one, of course, can predict which "nobodies" are going to suddenly become "somebodies" in the throes of this Movement over the Next Year. However, by analyzing the trends, by following current events (in independent media rather than on TV network news stations), and also by giving myself to meditation and prayer about what I read and watch and hear and see, I, the FoX, believe I have identified at least TEN INDIVIDUALS that I believe You should Watch, take Motivation from, give Support to, Pray for, Emulate, and Assist over the next coming 12 Months. Individuals are of Enormous Importance at this Time in History. The agents of the Devilly Box, the "elite" and the "status-quo-upholders", are doing all they can to undermine the power of Individuals, even going so far as to undermine the definition of "personhood" to include large corporations. They do so because their father the Devil knows that Individuals hold far greater Power than they probably realize, and the Devil fears that power. Corporations, and indeed, even Governments, will never hold as much sway in the moral Universe, in the sight of God, and in the inheritance of Progeny, as even the most "insignificant" Individual holds, even if unbeknownst to him. For it is in Individuals that the glory of God is manifested. It is Individuals who are made in the Image of God. It is Individuals who have the Power to state Intentions, to practice Binding & Loosing, Sowing & Reaping, Blessing & Cursing, the Ways of the Universe. And what God has to say about Personhood and Soul-standing and Influence certainly matters more than what Courts and Media have to say.
Without further ado, here is my list of fascinating, influential, and important World-Changing individuals to meditatively agree with, and pray for, in 2013.
Without further ado, here is my list of fascinating, influential, and important World-Changing individuals to meditatively agree with, and pray for, in 2013.
Counting Down:
10. Michio Kaku. Michio Kaku (links to the Wikipedia article) is an American theoretical physicist whose major influence comes from the fact that he is a Futurist. In agreement with what this Blog has been claiming since the very beginning of 2011, Kaku argues that humanity is right now at a major crossroads and can go one of two ways. Either Humanity can turn towards a global, scientific, tolerant community that addresses planetary concerns such as climate, likelihood of conflict, and other environmental/social/political problems; or Humanity can go the way of sectarianism, conflict, suspicion, terrorism, and, ultimately, self-destruction. Kaku has identified countless ways that technology stands to improve and increase -- exponentially -- in the next several decades, and each "revolution" that he predicts is mind-blowing. The more technology increases the more stark our choices will be, in regards to what kind of Humanity we are about to become. Throw away all your philosophy, folks: do not depend on ideas of predetermined outcomes, innate natures, or foregone conclusions in the story of Humanity. WE are writing this Story, we can change it at any time, we can Believe the best about ourselves and dare to try to overcome the base things that seem to always control us and keep us from progress. Kaku believes that fighting for nuclear disarmament and resisting the tendency in government to rubber stamp new nuclear energy is key to this particular set of years we have ahead of us. I advise my Readers to subscribe to updates about Michio Kaku on their favorite social networks, to watch his youtube videos (starting with this one), and above all, to join with him in two things: (1) help propagate the Idea that Humanity is at an important crossroads and that the actions of this generation are pivotal, and (2) be a part of the anti-nuclear Movement. Sign online petitions, attend public hearings, write letters to editors and representatives, post memes, all dedicated toward ending Nuclear weapons & energy in 2013.
9. Paul Stamets Paul Stamets (links to the Wikipedia article) is an American mycologist. That is, he studies mushrooms. You may not necessarily see a connection between mushrooms and changing the World, but that is because mushrooms are surprisingly under-studied. It is estimated that 12% or more of mushroom varieties are undiscovered, and even those that are discovered are not all completely understood. Stamets himself has discovered many intensely beneficial uses for mushrooms, including cures or treatments to such diseases as Cancer, Alzheimer's, H1N1 and other super flus and bugs. Another major application of mushrooms that Stamets has discovered is bioremediation - using mushrooms to convert toxic substances in pollution, such as spilled oil, to non-toxic organic compounds that Plants, Animals, and People can digest and take Nutrition from. Mushrooms can literally clean our Planet. Also, by cultivating mushrooms we can sequester enormous amounts of carbon out of our atmosphere, possibly helping to reduce or reverse runaway climate change. There are a lot of youtube videos where Stamets argues for mushrooms and their positive impact on Humanity as a whole... perhaps the most concise, clear, and yet detailed video is the TED talk called Six Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World. What I find most interesting about Stamets is that he seems to believe mushrooms are part of a pronoiac plot to save the Planet and his evidence for that is the fact that mycelial growth happens along the same template as both the connecting of neurons in our brains and in the growth of the Internet. He has actually said that the Internet was bound to come about at this time in our history because our evolutionary link with mushrooms programmed that eventuality into our future many millions of years ago. You can empower the ideas of Paul Stamets by patronizing his online store at www.fungi.com which has a full catalog of mushroom products, and finding uses for mushrooms in your own personal life. Then, share the applications with your friends and family. Let the whole World become more well acquainted with the Fungus Kingdom, for it is truly Magical indeed!
8. Julian Assange Julian Assange is an Australian activist/journalist who has become one of the most wanted men in the World, and has been dubbed an Enemy of the State in the United States simply by being a good journalist and choosing to question the official stories of the news media. The organization he founded, WikiLeaks, has released more classified documents to the World than all the rest of the World's media combined. Most of this has been done without a huge budget, with equipment that is affordable to Individuals, and the information released has been quite embarrassing to the Governments of the World... showing them to be corrupt and conspiratorial and guilty of spying on their own citizens, manipulating global events for the profit of the elites, and engineering conflicts in otherwise peaceful zones. Assange currently has political asylum at the Embassy of the UK in Ecuador but faces almost certain extradition to Sweden and perhaps an unfair trial in the United States and eventual imprisonment unless the People of the World continue to rally behind him, demand his release, and also COPYCAT his actions. The hacktivist group Anonymous owes a great debt to the ideas, philosophy, impetus and actions of Assange, and We invite You to Join Us. Here is a video on how You can be involved in taking down the corrupt structures of control from your personal computer, laptop, or smartphone: How to Join Anonymous - A Beginner's Guide. If Assange avoids the fate that the elites of the World are currently envisioning for him, he intends to run for a Senate seat in New South Wales, Australia, where We know he will do Much Good.
7. David Cobb David Cobb is an American activist currently working on ending Corporate Personhood with a group of grassroots organizations collectively known as Move to Amend. Just as Governments fear Julian Assange, corporations should learn to fear Cobb and all his co-activists in the Movement to end corporate personhood. Since 1886, Corporations have been defined as "persons" by the United States Supreme Court which has resulted in them being given many legal privileges that have allowed them to influence (read corrupt) our democracy with money. The truly landmark case which empowered corporations the most was not all the way back in 1886, however, it was in 2010 (Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission). It allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to finance candidates. This has, in fact, ensured that corporate-friendly politicians will always be the major candidates in our elections; it has effectively legalized bribery and grift; and furthermore it has made it inconceivable that third parties or "average Joes" will ever make much headway in American politics. As long as corporations are people the desire of elites to profit off our our natural resources will always outweigh (literally) our collective will as Persons in this democracy to preserve our environment. The desire of elites to profit off of war-making will outweigh our collective will to make Peace. The desire of elites to profit off of the medical service industry will outweigh the intentions of medical professionals to seek cures and wellness rather than short-sighted treatments that lead to increasingly iatrogenic and preventable diseases proliferating throughout our populations. The work of Move to Amend activists centers around amending the United States Constitution to define personhood as only for Human Beings. If this amendment is successful it will seriously limit how much say the top 1% have over the rest of us, and will end the fiction of entitled corporations as they rampage across national boundaries to seek the cheapest labor and the most fragile, readily available natural resources, in the most unethical markets. YOU can get involved by joining a local chapter of Move to Amend or starting one in your hometown if there is not one. Already more than 150 cities across the United States have officially called for a Constitutional Amendment that would end corporate personhood because of the work of David Cobb and other activists like him. Each new city increases the pressure on Congress to act. Soon enough they will not be able to ignore Us.
6. Vandana Shiva Vandana Shiva is an Indian environmental activist who is also fiercely embroiled in a struggle against the devastating effects of corporate personhood. However, her approach is immediate and specific to one particular atrocity being committed by corporations (and one corporation in particular) rather than being long-range and broad like David Cobb's approach. Vandana Shiva is specifically engaged in confronting Monsanto, which is the World's largest agriculture corporation and arguably the most corrupt corporation on Earth. Monsanto is replacing traditional, sustainable, and organic methods of farming all across the World by genetically engineering seeds for many crops. The appeal of Monsanto's crops is that they are resistant to Monsanto's own pesticides, which include Round Up. The disadvantage, however, is that the genetically modified foods cause well-documented illnesses in humans that are being purposefully covered up by the FDA and the USDA (many of whose top officials are current or ex-employees of Monsanto). What is more, the pesticides they are supposed to be used with are wreaking havoc on the insect kingdom which are the pollinators for the entire Planet. This weakens the very fabric of Life on Planet Earth and calls into question our ability as Humans to find any refuge in Mother Nature that we don't pay Monsanto for. Already farmers in India, Africa, and many parts of the developing world are locked into a cycle of debt and poverty because they have bought Monsanto's crops, and these crops are also seedless, so the age-old practice of saving one's own seed has become impossible, and, in many cases, illegal, as Monsanto has sought to actually patent certain DNA sequences. Effectively Monsanto is saying that it owns certain species of plants, and more and more, those species of plants make up the diet of all Humanity. Roughly 43% of the food you can purchase in an American supermarket today came from Monsanto directly or indirectly (indirectly because all industrial meats are definitely fed genetically modified feed). Small farms are disappearing as a direct result. Even foods under the USDA Certified Organic label are being compromised by GM crops. Organic farms that border chemical farms are frequently contaminated by cross-pollination with nearby GM crops, and no remuneration is made to the organic farmers who lose their organic crops as a result. And what is more, the Monsanto lobby is spending millions to keep ordinary consumers in the dark about the disadvantages of consuming genetically modified products. What Vandana Shiva is doing, basically, is empowering the small, traditional farmers. She is a popularizer of seed-saving, of organic agriculture in general and of permaculture and biodynamics specifically. She is a whistle-blower on corporate agriculture. What YOU can do is simple. Buy as little supermarket food as possible. Grow food in your own Garden. Learn how to Garden. Eliminate food waste in your house hold by freezing and canning leftovers, stocking up, being economical. What you cannot grow yourself, you can trade with people who are growing. You can shop at farmer's markets. If you must go to a supermarket as a last resort be as conscientious as possible, choosing things that are labeled "GMO Project Verified" when available or, if not available, at least going with what the USDA debatably says is "organic." Strike out anything that doesn't meet at least these minimum requirements from your diet ASAP. Do not let Monsanto, or, for that matter, any industrial agriculture company, have one more dollar of your money if you can help it. Real, organic, local, homegrown, free-range, GMO-free food is better for you, more delicious, and getting trendier every passing day.
5. Evo Morales Evo Morales is the current President of Bolivia, and is the very first indigenous person to become President of a modern Nation. His Presidency has been remarkably focused on indigenous rights, on de-colonizing, and on environmental issues. Chief among those environmental issues is banning genetically modified organisms from Bolivian agriculture and groceries. In 2012 President Morales championed the Law of the Rights of Mother Earth which recognizes the Earth Herself as a "subject" of our collective interest as Humans and states that the Earth has certain rights which Human governments must respect. These rights include the right to Life, meaning that Earth's life systems must be left intact with enough integrity to keep functioning for future generations and for species other than just humanity. Other rights include the right to clean air, clean water, the right to be free of contamination (by genetic modification, pollution, and other means), and the right to Diversity of Life. This Law will, I believe, serve as a template for other forward-thinking Leaders in other countries, possibly including our own, and is very important because Mother Earth is indeed a living Being, and She must be given our respect or we as Humans will fall out of equilibrium with Her, and in the end it will be us as Humans who pay. Not the Earth. Evo Morales is also an influential Person to watch because he took a cue from the great Mayan Prophecy regarding the new cycle we began at the end of the Mayan "fourth cycle" in the Long Count Calendar on December 23, 2012. In agreement with what this Blog has been saying all along, President Morales said on 12/21/12 that we were entering a period when Peace & Unity can set us on a new course, one much different and better than the path towards destruction we have all collectively been upon in the past Century. President Morales has, in other words, publicly supported the idea of the Shift and as such has proven himself to be a worthy exponent of that Shift. Watch it continue to work through him, and indeed, watch for more indigenous men and women like Morales to increasingly take the stage in World Events.
4. Chief Theresa Spence Chief Theresa Spence is the leader of the Attawapiskat First Nation in Canada. She is currently on Hunger Strike demanding a meeting with Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper regarding treaty rights that are being repeatedly ignored by the Harper government so that it can bend over backwards to appease Corporate Interests. These include the interests of TransCanada, a corporation which is developing the Tar Sands region in Northern Alberta, poisoning First Nations people, polluting water, decimating forest land, and speeding up climate change. All of this is in the name of cheaper fuel and "energy independence" for the United States. TransCanada and their cronies, -- along with every U.S. Republican who says he wants to "create jobs" by removing environmental regulations pertaining to oil drilling, exploration, development and refining -- hope to construct a major pipeline known as the Keystone XL pipeline that will go across the U.S./Canada border all the way down to Texas, and will increase the carbon output of the fossil fuel industry to a conclusively runaway level. Stand with Chief Theresa Spence on her Hunger Strike. The Hunger Strike has inspired actions from indigenous populations all over the World and their movement is now called "Idle No More." It is a definite inheritor of the same Revolutionary impulse that was (and is) in Occupy, which Occupy itself inherited from the Arab Spring pro-democracy movement. Like the Idle No More facebook page and follow their updates. If a solidarity rally is held anywhere near where you live, attend, and get involved. Also, please support the work of Bill McKibben and 350.org, who are tied for this spot #4 on my list of ten influential people, because they are very effectively engaging the American political arena on the issue of Climate Change and they are specifically saying "No!" to the Keystone XL pipeline. I, the FoX, intend to be in Washington, D.C. for the 350.org protest against Keystone on President's Day, February 17, 2013. You should be there too! One more person to include in your solidarity would be Kumi Naidoo, and all the activists of Greenpeace International, who are fighting climate change in a multi-faceted way: by occupying the international climate talks and summits such as the recent Doha Climate talks, by resisting oil giant Shell's plans to open up risky drilling in the pristine Arctic Ocean, and by persuading companies to stop wiping out key rainforests that replenish our atmosphere and work against the greenhouse effect. Consider becoming a supporter of Greenpeace to add your name to this struggle as well.
3. Michael Reynolds Michael Reynolds is an American architect in Taos, New Mexico who pioneered the design and marketing of sustainable housing by inventing the Earthship. Earthships are carbon neutral homes, self-sustaining, and relatively inexpensive to build. They are also resistant to earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and other extreme weather events which are likely to become more and more commonplace as a result of climate change. Earthship design led also toEarthbag construction, or the use of "super adobe" to create sustainable homes for under $10,000. Living in a sustainable home makes you part of the solution, not the problem. There will be an increasing trend in 2013 to become self-sustaining and many people will successfully achieve the dream of going off the grid. Americans should get on this quick. Already the designs of Michael Reynolds are being implemented in Haiti (links to a youtube video) and New Zealand. As the worldwide housing market becomes increasingly more ridiculous (in terms of how much money and energy building and maintaining them requires), sustainable housing will be a more and more attractive alternative. In my opinion the difference between living on Planet Earth as-is and living on the New Earth, the Utopian Paradise envisioned by authors such as Ernest Callenbach or Starhawk, involves transitioning to sustainable housing, alongside gardening, homesteading, freezing, canning, preserving, and of course, using renewable energy. What can YOU do to empower the ideas of Michael Reynolds and other sustainable living proponents? Whatever your current situation is, take the next step toward sustainability, whatever that is for you: for some it will mean growing a garden, for others building a worm compost bin, or raising your own chickens, or actually purchasing land on which to build a carbon neutral home
2. Thoth Thoth is a street performer in New York who is truly mind-blowing and seems to actually supernaturally embody Music as though it were a quality of Spirit or Source. Thoth's ideas and personal philosophy were shaped by his rich experiences as a Human Being and he is bravely going all out to simply inspire people in their day-to-day lives. Thoth may not be a political giant but he is a Giant in Spirit and he is emblematic of an emerging culture that does not require traditional jobs and does not buy into the corrupt Devilly Box system of our society. Thoth is simply doing what he loves to do and by so doing is spreading Joy and Love and all the things that make us Human. That is more precious than anything in our day and age. Consider giving Thoth's music a listen, or reading his writings on his Web site, or watching his videos on Youtube. Then follow his example and become your own Best You. Because:
1. Number One is YOU. YOU, whomever YOU are, YOU are an untapped resource for healing our Planet. You were born to the specific Time and Place you were born to for a PURPOSE. Your Life has MEANING and POTENTIAL and YOU are Meant to Succeed in Life, to be Happy, to be Alive, to be Healthy, to make Positive Changes, and to Inspire Others. I have written about other individuals in this Blog Post who can inspire YOU or give YOU a model to go on. I hope YOU will pray for these individuals, patronize their businesses, contribute to their non-profits, subscribe to their updates, and I hope that all along through this miracle of the Worldwide Web YOU will connect with other YOUs out there and together We can assert our Rights as Humans to Live at this Time, in the type of World that We would dream about. We are strong enough to empower, and to create, the World of our Dreams. We must let Hope be more Active than Cynicism. We must fill our days with Productivity. We must Network with the likeminded, we must seek out our fellow World Changers at any cost. And no matter what happens in our personal lives over the Year 2013, We must not become Unfocused. We cannot succumb to issues of personal dramas, we must not let our frustrations get the best of us, we must handle problematic people and situations with inner strength and the grace of God. We must all be our BEST to maximize the abundance of good Energy that came with the Shift. The Shift is now Over. You have Shifted. Now YOU Focus, Humans! Evolve, Collaborate, and Respond to the Messages the Universe is sending YOU. There has never been a Time like Now, and there never will be again. YOU are the One YOU've been waiting for.
LoVe,
KiJjiT the FoX
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
I might paraphrase Sir Newton by saying that if we are going to see further, into the changes, and into the battles, of 2013, we need to be standing on the shoulders of some pretty impressive giants. 2012 was a Year of enormous Changes on Mother Earth, especially in the Consciousness of Worldwide Humanity. I believe that most of these Changes were good, and were part of a prophesied Shift or Awakening connected to the Mayan calendar, and manifesting in the Arab Spring Movement, Anonymous, WikiLeaks, the Occupy Movement, Strike Debt, Idle No More, the trends toward eco-consumerism and organic awareness, the defeat of Romney, and many, many other things happening on personal, interpersonal, local, state, national, and global levels. These manifesting changes take place in religious, political, professional, spiritual, leisurely, romantic, and social networking worlds. I believe that 2013 will see the continuation of these Changes, the intensification of the Shift, and that there will be many moments in 2013 when the Forces unleashed by the Consciousness Shift will face challenges from the Elite and the bastions of the Status Quo. These Forces will triumph on the whole, even if we do see some setbacks on occasion. The March of Human Progress cannot help but be empowered at this stage of History: and I know this because I have peeked behind the curtain and seen the gears and levers.
The GIANTS of Influence for 2013 are Many. And no one, of course, can predict which "nobodies" are going to suddenly become "somebodies" in the throes of this Movement over the Next Year. However, by analyzing the trends, by following current events (in independent media rather than on TV network news stations), and also by giving myself to meditation and prayer about what I read and watch and hear and see, I, the FoX, believe I have identified at least TEN INDIVIDUALS that I believe You should Watch, take Motivation from, give Support to, Pray for, Emulate, and Assist over the next coming 12 Months. Individuals are of Enormous Importance at this Time in History. The agents of the Devilly Box, the "elite" and the "status-quo-upholders", are doing all they can to undermine the power of Individuals, even going so far as to undermine the definition of "personhood" to include large corporations. They do so because their father the Devil knows that Individuals hold far greater Power than they probably realize, and the Devil fears that power. Corporations, and indeed, even Governments, will never hold as much sway in the moral Universe, in the sight of God, and in the inheritance of Progeny, as even the most "insignificant" Individual holds, even if unbeknownst to him. For it is in Individuals that the glory of God is manifested. It is Individuals who are made in the Image of God. It is Individuals who have the Power to state Intentions, to practice Binding & Loosing, Sowing & Reaping, Blessing & Cursing, the Ways of the Universe. And what God has to say about Personhood and Soul-standing and Influence certainly matters more than what Courts and Media have to say.
Without further ado, here is my list of fascinating, influential, and important World-Changing individuals to meditatively agree with, and pray for, in 2013.
Without further ado, here is my list of fascinating, influential, and important World-Changing individuals to meditatively agree with, and pray for, in 2013.
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10. Michio Kaku. Michio Kaku (links to the Wikipedia article) is an American theoretical physicist whose major influence comes from the fact that he is a Futurist. In agreement with what this Blog has been claiming since the very beginning of 2011, Kaku argues that humanity is right now at a major crossroads and can go one of two ways. Either Humanity can turn towards a global, scientific, tolerant community that addresses planetary concerns such as climate, likelihood of conflict, and other environmental/social/political problems; or Humanity can go the way of sectarianism, conflict, suspicion, terrorism, and, ultimately, self-destruction. Kaku has identified countless ways that technology stands to improve and increase -- exponentially -- in the next several decades, and each "revolution" that he predicts is mind-blowing. The more technology increases the more stark our choices will be, in regards to what kind of Humanity we are about to become. Throw away all your philosophy, folks: do not depend on ideas of predetermined outcomes, innate natures, or foregone conclusions in the story of Humanity. WE are writing this Story, we can change it at any time, we can Believe the best about ourselves and dare to try to overcome the base things that seem to always control us and keep us from progress. Kaku believes that fighting for nuclear disarmament and resisting the tendency in government to rubber stamp new nuclear energy is key to this particular set of years we have ahead of us. I advise my Readers to subscribe to updates about Michio Kaku on their favorite social networks, to watch his youtube videos (starting with this one), and above all, to join with him in two things: (1) help propagate the Idea that Humanity is at an important crossroads and that the actions of this generation are pivotal, and (2) be a part of the anti-nuclear Movement. Sign online petitions, attend public hearings, write letters to editors and representatives, post memes, all dedicated toward ending Nuclear weapons & energy in 2013.
9. Paul Stamets Paul Stamets (links to the Wikipedia article) is an American mycologist. That is, he studies mushrooms. You may not necessarily see a connection between mushrooms and changing the World, but that is because mushrooms are surprisingly under-studied. It is estimated that 12% or more of mushroom varieties are undiscovered, and even those that are discovered are not all completely understood. Stamets himself has discovered many intensely beneficial uses for mushrooms, including cures or treatments to such diseases as Cancer, Alzheimer's, H1N1 and other super flus and bugs. Another major application of mushrooms that Stamets has discovered is bioremediation - using mushrooms to convert toxic substances in pollution, such as spilled oil, to non-toxic organic compounds that Plants, Animals, and People can digest and take Nutrition from. Mushrooms can literally clean our Planet. Also, by cultivating mushrooms we can sequester enormous amounts of carbon out of our atmosphere, possibly helping to reduce or reverse runaway climate change. There are a lot of youtube videos where Stamets argues for mushrooms and their positive impact on Humanity as a whole... perhaps the most concise, clear, and yet detailed video is the TED talk called Six Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World. What I find most interesting about Stamets is that he seems to believe mushrooms are part of a pronoiac plot to save the Planet and his evidence for that is the fact that mycelial growth happens along the same template as both the connecting of neurons in our brains and in the growth of the Internet. He has actually said that the Internet was bound to come about at this time in our history because our evolutionary link with mushrooms programmed that eventuality into our future many millions of years ago. You can empower the ideas of Paul Stamets by patronizing his online store at www.fungi.com which has a full catalog of mushroom products, and finding uses for mushrooms in your own personal life. Then, share the applications with your friends and family. Let the whole World become more well acquainted with the Fungus Kingdom, for it is truly Magical indeed!
8. Julian Assange Julian Assange is an Australian activist/journalist who has become one of the most wanted men in the World, and has been dubbed an Enemy of the State in the United States simply by being a good journalist and choosing to question the official stories of the news media. The organization he founded, WikiLeaks, has released more classified documents to the World than all the rest of the World's media combined. Most of this has been done without a huge budget, with equipment that is affordable to Individuals, and the information released has been quite embarrassing to the Governments of the World... showing them to be corrupt and conspiratorial and guilty of spying on their own citizens, manipulating global events for the profit of the elites, and engineering conflicts in otherwise peaceful zones. Assange currently has political asylum at the Embassy of the UK in Ecuador but faces almost certain extradition to Sweden and perhaps an unfair trial in the United States and eventual imprisonment unless the People of the World continue to rally behind him, demand his release, and also COPYCAT his actions. The hacktivist group Anonymous owes a great debt to the ideas, philosophy, impetus and actions of Assange, and We invite You to Join Us. Here is a video on how You can be involved in taking down the corrupt structures of control from your personal computer, laptop, or smartphone: How to Join Anonymous - A Beginner's Guide. If Assange avoids the fate that the elites of the World are currently envisioning for him, he intends to run for a Senate seat in New South Wales, Australia, where We know he will do Much Good.
7. David Cobb David Cobb is an American activist currently working on ending Corporate Personhood with a group of grassroots organizations collectively known as Move to Amend. Just as Governments fear Julian Assange, corporations should learn to fear Cobb and all his co-activists in the Movement to end corporate personhood. Since 1886, Corporations have been defined as "persons" by the United States Supreme Court which has resulted in them being given many legal privileges that have allowed them to influence (read corrupt) our democracy with money. The truly landmark case which empowered corporations the most was not all the way back in 1886, however, it was in 2010 (Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission). It allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to finance candidates. This has, in fact, ensured that corporate-friendly politicians will always be the major candidates in our elections; it has effectively legalized bribery and grift; and furthermore it has made it inconceivable that third parties or "average Joes" will ever make much headway in American politics. As long as corporations are people the desire of elites to profit off our our natural resources will always outweigh (literally) our collective will as Persons in this democracy to preserve our environment. The desire of elites to profit off of war-making will outweigh our collective will to make Peace. The desire of elites to profit off of the medical service industry will outweigh the intentions of medical professionals to seek cures and wellness rather than short-sighted treatments that lead to increasingly iatrogenic and preventable diseases proliferating throughout our populations. The work of Move to Amend activists centers around amending the United States Constitution to define personhood as only for Human Beings. If this amendment is successful it will seriously limit how much say the top 1% have over the rest of us, and will end the fiction of entitled corporations as they rampage across national boundaries to seek the cheapest labor and the most fragile, readily available natural resources, in the most unethical markets. YOU can get involved by joining a local chapter of Move to Amend or starting one in your hometown if there is not one. Already more than 150 cities across the United States have officially called for a Constitutional Amendment that would end corporate personhood because of the work of David Cobb and other activists like him. Each new city increases the pressure on Congress to act. Soon enough they will not be able to ignore Us.
6. Vandana Shiva Vandana Shiva is an Indian environmental activist who is also fiercely embroiled in a struggle against the devastating effects of corporate personhood. However, her approach is immediate and specific to one particular atrocity being committed by corporations (and one corporation in particular) rather than being long-range and broad like David Cobb's approach. Vandana Shiva is specifically engaged in confronting Monsanto, which is the World's largest agriculture corporation and arguably the most corrupt corporation on Earth. Monsanto is replacing traditional, sustainable, and organic methods of farming all across the World by genetically engineering seeds for many crops. The appeal of Monsanto's crops is that they are resistant to Monsanto's own pesticides, which include Round Up. The disadvantage, however, is that the genetically modified foods cause well-documented illnesses in humans that are being purposefully covered up by the FDA and the USDA (many of whose top officials are current or ex-employees of Monsanto). What is more, the pesticides they are supposed to be used with are wreaking havoc on the insect kingdom which are the pollinators for the entire Planet. This weakens the very fabric of Life on Planet Earth and calls into question our ability as Humans to find any refuge in Mother Nature that we don't pay Monsanto for. Already farmers in India, Africa, and many parts of the developing world are locked into a cycle of debt and poverty because they have bought Monsanto's crops, and these crops are also seedless, so the age-old practice of saving one's own seed has become impossible, and, in many cases, illegal, as Monsanto has sought to actually patent certain DNA sequences. Effectively Monsanto is saying that it owns certain species of plants, and more and more, those species of plants make up the diet of all Humanity. Roughly 43% of the food you can purchase in an American supermarket today came from Monsanto directly or indirectly (indirectly because all industrial meats are definitely fed genetically modified feed). Small farms are disappearing as a direct result. Even foods under the USDA Certified Organic label are being compromised by GM crops. Organic farms that border chemical farms are frequently contaminated by cross-pollination with nearby GM crops, and no remuneration is made to the organic farmers who lose their organic crops as a result. And what is more, the Monsanto lobby is spending millions to keep ordinary consumers in the dark about the disadvantages of consuming genetically modified products. What Vandana Shiva is doing, basically, is empowering the small, traditional farmers. She is a popularizer of seed-saving, of organic agriculture in general and of permaculture and biodynamics specifically. She is a whistle-blower on corporate agriculture. What YOU can do is simple. Buy as little supermarket food as possible. Grow food in your own Garden. Learn how to Garden. Eliminate food waste in your house hold by freezing and canning leftovers, stocking up, being economical. What you cannot grow yourself, you can trade with people who are growing. You can shop at farmer's markets. If you must go to a supermarket as a last resort be as conscientious as possible, choosing things that are labeled "GMO Project Verified" when available or, if not available, at least going with what the USDA debatably says is "organic." Strike out anything that doesn't meet at least these minimum requirements from your diet ASAP. Do not let Monsanto, or, for that matter, any industrial agriculture company, have one more dollar of your money if you can help it. Real, organic, local, homegrown, free-range, GMO-free food is better for you, more delicious, and getting trendier every passing day.
5. Evo Morales Evo Morales is the current President of Bolivia, and is the very first indigenous person to become President of a modern Nation. His Presidency has been remarkably focused on indigenous rights, on de-colonizing, and on environmental issues. Chief among those environmental issues is banning genetically modified organisms from Bolivian agriculture and groceries. In 2012 President Morales championed the Law of the Rights of Mother Earth which recognizes the Earth Herself as a "subject" of our collective interest as Humans and states that the Earth has certain rights which Human governments must respect. These rights include the right to Life, meaning that Earth's life systems must be left intact with enough integrity to keep functioning for future generations and for species other than just humanity. Other rights include the right to clean air, clean water, the right to be free of contamination (by genetic modification, pollution, and other means), and the right to Diversity of Life. This Law will, I believe, serve as a template for other forward-thinking Leaders in other countries, possibly including our own, and is very important because Mother Earth is indeed a living Being, and She must be given our respect or we as Humans will fall out of equilibrium with Her, and in the end it will be us as Humans who pay. Not the Earth. Evo Morales is also an influential Person to watch because he took a cue from the great Mayan Prophecy regarding the new cycle we began at the end of the Mayan "fourth cycle" in the Long Count Calendar on December 23, 2012. In agreement with what this Blog has been saying all along, President Morales said on 12/21/12 that we were entering a period when Peace & Unity can set us on a new course, one much different and better than the path towards destruction we have all collectively been upon in the past Century. President Morales has, in other words, publicly supported the idea of the Shift and as such has proven himself to be a worthy exponent of that Shift. Watch it continue to work through him, and indeed, watch for more indigenous men and women like Morales to increasingly take the stage in World Events.
4. Chief Theresa Spence Chief Theresa Spence is the leader of the Attawapiskat First Nation in Canada. She is currently on Hunger Strike demanding a meeting with Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper regarding treaty rights that are being repeatedly ignored by the Harper government so that it can bend over backwards to appease Corporate Interests. These include the interests of TransCanada, a corporation which is developing the Tar Sands region in Northern Alberta, poisoning First Nations people, polluting water, decimating forest land, and speeding up climate change. All of this is in the name of cheaper fuel and "energy independence" for the United States. TransCanada and their cronies, -- along with every U.S. Republican who says he wants to "create jobs" by removing environmental regulations pertaining to oil drilling, exploration, development and refining -- hope to construct a major pipeline known as the Keystone XL pipeline that will go across the U.S./Canada border all the way down to Texas, and will increase the carbon output of the fossil fuel industry to a conclusively runaway level. Stand with Chief Theresa Spence on her Hunger Strike. The Hunger Strike has inspired actions from indigenous populations all over the World and their movement is now called "Idle No More." It is a definite inheritor of the same Revolutionary impulse that was (and is) in Occupy, which Occupy itself inherited from the Arab Spring pro-democracy movement. Like the Idle No More facebook page and follow their updates. If a solidarity rally is held anywhere near where you live, attend, and get involved. Also, please support the work of Bill McKibben and 350.org, who are tied for this spot #4 on my list of ten influential people, because they are very effectively engaging the American political arena on the issue of Climate Change and they are specifically saying "No!" to the Keystone XL pipeline. I, the FoX, intend to be in Washington, D.C. for the 350.org protest against Keystone on President's Day, February 17, 2013. You should be there too! One more person to include in your solidarity would be Kumi Naidoo, and all the activists of Greenpeace International, who are fighting climate change in a multi-faceted way: by occupying the international climate talks and summits such as the recent Doha Climate talks, by resisting oil giant Shell's plans to open up risky drilling in the pristine Arctic Ocean, and by persuading companies to stop wiping out key rainforests that replenish our atmosphere and work against the greenhouse effect. Consider becoming a supporter of Greenpeace to add your name to this struggle as well.
3. Michael Reynolds Michael Reynolds is an American architect in Taos, New Mexico who pioneered the design and marketing of sustainable housing by inventing the Earthship. Earthships are carbon neutral homes, self-sustaining, and relatively inexpensive to build. They are also resistant to earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and other extreme weather events which are likely to become more and more commonplace as a result of climate change. Earthship design led also toEarthbag construction, or the use of "super adobe" to create sustainable homes for under $10,000. Living in a sustainable home makes you part of the solution, not the problem. There will be an increasing trend in 2013 to become self-sustaining and many people will successfully achieve the dream of going off the grid. Americans should get on this quick. Already the designs of Michael Reynolds are being implemented in Haiti (links to a youtube video) and New Zealand. As the worldwide housing market becomes increasingly more ridiculous (in terms of how much money and energy building and maintaining them requires), sustainable housing will be a more and more attractive alternative. In my opinion the difference between living on Planet Earth as-is and living on the New Earth, the Utopian Paradise envisioned by authors such as Ernest Callenbach or Starhawk, involves transitioning to sustainable housing, alongside gardening, homesteading, freezing, canning, preserving, and of course, using renewable energy. What can YOU do to empower the ideas of Michael Reynolds and other sustainable living proponents? Whatever your current situation is, take the next step toward sustainability, whatever that is for you: for some it will mean growing a garden, for others building a worm compost bin, or raising your own chickens, or actually purchasing land on which to build a carbon neutral home
2. Thoth Thoth is a street performer in New York who is truly mind-blowing and seems to actually supernaturally embody Music as though it were a quality of Spirit or Source. Thoth's ideas and personal philosophy were shaped by his rich experiences as a Human Being and he is bravely going all out to simply inspire people in their day-to-day lives. Thoth may not be a political giant but he is a Giant in Spirit and he is emblematic of an emerging culture that does not require traditional jobs and does not buy into the corrupt Devilly Box system of our society. Thoth is simply doing what he loves to do and by so doing is spreading Joy and Love and all the things that make us Human. That is more precious than anything in our day and age. Consider giving Thoth's music a listen, or reading his writings on his Web site, or watching his videos on Youtube. Then follow his example and become your own Best You. Because:
1. Number One is YOU. YOU, whomever YOU are, YOU are an untapped resource for healing our Planet. You were born to the specific Time and Place you were born to for a PURPOSE. Your Life has MEANING and POTENTIAL and YOU are Meant to Succeed in Life, to be Happy, to be Alive, to be Healthy, to make Positive Changes, and to Inspire Others. I have written about other individuals in this Blog Post who can inspire YOU or give YOU a model to go on. I hope YOU will pray for these individuals, patronize their businesses, contribute to their non-profits, subscribe to their updates, and I hope that all along through this miracle of the Worldwide Web YOU will connect with other YOUs out there and together We can assert our Rights as Humans to Live at this Time, in the type of World that We would dream about. We are strong enough to empower, and to create, the World of our Dreams. We must let Hope be more Active than Cynicism. We must fill our days with Productivity. We must Network with the likeminded, we must seek out our fellow World Changers at any cost. And no matter what happens in our personal lives over the Year 2013, We must not become Unfocused. We cannot succumb to issues of personal dramas, we must not let our frustrations get the best of us, we must handle problematic people and situations with inner strength and the grace of God. We must all be our BEST to maximize the abundance of good Energy that came with the Shift. The Shift is now Over. You have Shifted. Now YOU Focus, Humans! Evolve, Collaborate, and Respond to the Messages the Universe is sending YOU. There has never been a Time like Now, and there never will be again. YOU are the One YOU've been waiting for.
LoVe,
KiJjiT the FoX
Monday, December 17, 2012
Change Something
I am of the Opinion that Love Will Never Die.
Whereas, your cynicism will.
I am of the Opinion that the Earth is Alive.
While on the contrary, your world is manifestly flat.
I dwell in Deserts. Am unafraid of the Dirt.
You are boxed in, refrigerated, wearing skin creams and eye shades.
I am Confident in Freedom.
You are doing what you're told.
I learned from Voices and Whispers.
Did you learn it all from just books?
I would like to call you to Return.
Return to Eden.
Return to a Place where there is Crystal Clear Water.
Where there is a Grassy Place in the Shade of a Tree.
Take your Time Here.
Pray, and consider the Universe.
Run your bare feet into the Soil,
learn to Listen,
learn to Feel.
Let go, and let yourself Return. Then, do not let go of what you find.
Everyone is capable of spiritual experiences if they will follow spiritual exercises.
Spiritual experiences lead you to Truth.
Truth should result in a changed behavior.
A changed behavior results in a changed consciousness.
A changed consciousness means differences in what you Hear & See.
I have come to a Place where Truths are remarkably self-evident.
I have come to a Place where post-modern defenses against the Absolute Truth are plainly visible to me as futile, limiting visions, disconnecting visions, harmful delusions of smallness, resistances to responsibility. Refusing to feel the Life of Mother Earth and respect it is like turning away from your Friend, your Lover, your Ally.
Do not turn away.
Return to Eden.
Silly arguments which you think will buy you time, time so you can continue in Babylonian Captivity... these argument only defeat You, the Arguer. Learn to Accept the Natural Truths of the Universe.
Be a Human on this Planet.
Don't escape into the Screens.
Confront your Soul.
Confront Nature.
Confront your Fellow Man.
Confront God.
CHANGE SOMETHING.
-KiJjIT
Whereas, your cynicism will.
I am of the Opinion that the Earth is Alive.
While on the contrary, your world is manifestly flat.
I dwell in Deserts. Am unafraid of the Dirt.
You are boxed in, refrigerated, wearing skin creams and eye shades.
I am Confident in Freedom.
You are doing what you're told.
I learned from Voices and Whispers.
Did you learn it all from just books?
I would like to call you to Return.
Return to Eden.
Return to a Place where there is Crystal Clear Water.
Where there is a Grassy Place in the Shade of a Tree.
Take your Time Here.
Pray, and consider the Universe.
Run your bare feet into the Soil,
learn to Listen,
learn to Feel.
Let go, and let yourself Return. Then, do not let go of what you find.
Everyone is capable of spiritual experiences if they will follow spiritual exercises.
Spiritual experiences lead you to Truth.
Truth should result in a changed behavior.
A changed behavior results in a changed consciousness.
A changed consciousness means differences in what you Hear & See.
I have come to a Place where Truths are remarkably self-evident.
I have come to a Place where post-modern defenses against the Absolute Truth are plainly visible to me as futile, limiting visions, disconnecting visions, harmful delusions of smallness, resistances to responsibility. Refusing to feel the Life of Mother Earth and respect it is like turning away from your Friend, your Lover, your Ally.
Do not turn away.
Return to Eden.
Silly arguments which you think will buy you time, time so you can continue in Babylonian Captivity... these argument only defeat You, the Arguer. Learn to Accept the Natural Truths of the Universe.
Be a Human on this Planet.
Don't escape into the Screens.
Confront your Soul.
Confront Nature.
Confront your Fellow Man.
Confront God.
CHANGE SOMETHING.
-KiJjIT
Monday, December 10, 2012
Pronoia
The Lord spoke the following to me, only a couple months ago. I found it to be true:
I have some Truths to tell, if you wanna hear it.
YOU have emerged from the Womb of God, this remarkable Earth, which is a Garden that He hath made.
YOU are privileged to be Here, in an Intelligently Designed Cosmos, which works for YOU, grows food for YOU, sustains Life, is an Expression of Care to YOU from the Creator.
YOU are made, as a member of the HUMAN SPECIES, to govern it, in goodly principles. I left YOU in charge!
This Earth, like Yourself, is a living, Breathing Place. All things have Life, Reason, Purpose.
All things are Part of a Plan, Part of a DESIGNED EXPERIMENT FOR YOUR SOUL,
to give YOU great, moral Choices. That is WHY THERE IS A WAR and why YOU are coveted by Forces both Light & dark. YOU CHOOSE.
We are swaying YOU for Your Own Survival, and Ours.
From the Beginning, I have been saying it to YOU. I gave YOU Messages like "I set before You Life & death, Blessing & cursing. Therefore choose Life! Choose Blessing!" That is all! There has been No Trick. We created YOU, We gave YOU choice. YOU may do as YOU please. Do Not Be Upset and walk away from the gods. Remain! Choose Life! Bless the Earth You Came From, and all Your Relations, Be Good to People, and Love Them.
EVERY MESSAGE YOU'VE EVER BEEN GIVEN HAS BEEN ON PURPOSE. Your Brain is a Machine, and the Universe is a Machine, and these Machines are Components of Each Other. You were MADE to RESPOND.
YOU were made to be acted upon, confronted with choices, YOU were meant to experience loss & heart ache. To see what you would do with these venoms & fertilizers. YOU were meant to have every feeling YOU have ever felt. They were gifts to YOU to see how YOU reacted. To see what YOU produced. And as we saw good results, We gave them More & More to YOU.
When YOU seemed to respond only to Pain, We gave YOU pain. And then in pain YOU found Us. But then We gave YOU pleasure, and YOU praised Us through that. So We gave you a little Extra. Then we took it all away to see how YOU fared in Loss. YOU were faithful, so We gave YOU Recovery. And then We gave YOU still More. You have lost Nothing in All this. All the pain has been worth it. I always fully restore! This is a Lesson YOU must Learn so that we do not have to repeat it. We want to go on to other things. When your dreams are long denied, do not be a Stoic. Being Stoic means you do not fully trust.
The "Noble Stoic" does not become YOU. Put that countenance aside.
YOU are Someone Who accepts the Universe.
YOU are not suffering.
YOU are always hoping & acceptful.
Never resigned to your "fate"; always continuing to be Hopeful. As if the last day of your long wait was no more grievous to you than the first.
This is the Better Way to Respond.
Trust Me in all things. Lean Not on your own Understanding. In all things Acknowledge Me. In Heartache Acknowledge Me. I shall direct Thy paths, And I will lead YOU beside the still waters FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. I promise YOU.
Monday, December 3, 2012
A Christmas Pang
It is the Birth Season, when Christ shall be Born.
I Hope He is Born in Me!
I have made my Heart a Manger,
I have invited Him to Lay.
I want Love, the Savior, to be Present in my Soul.
Over my H.E.A.R.T. I've placed a Star:
Let it guide all my Wisdom to focus on the Little Child Inside Me,
and give Him Gold, and Frankincense, and Myrrh.
I want to give the World a King,
Who shall recover the Missing Kingdom,
Who shall restore unto us Eden and the Justice of Our Lord!
That the Earth may then be Healed, in His Footsteps,
and all the Nations reconciled, by His Voice,
and for the Tribes of Man, in His Peace,
to live in Brotherhood for Thousands and Thousands of Years!
For Love is God, and Christ is Love,
and it is True as TRUTH that only I can allow Love to be Born in ME.
He has Planted a Seed,
He has quickened my Womb,
I rejoice like the Virgin to be a Vessel for Love the King.
That I might Labor, that I might Cry Out,
and that I might Deliver this Mightiest Blessing into the World!
-KiJjiT
I Hope He is Born in Me!
I have made my Heart a Manger,
I have invited Him to Lay.
I want Love, the Savior, to be Present in my Soul.
Over my H.E.A.R.T. I've placed a Star:
Let it guide all my Wisdom to focus on the Little Child Inside Me,
and give Him Gold, and Frankincense, and Myrrh.
I want to give the World a King,
Who shall recover the Missing Kingdom,
Who shall restore unto us Eden and the Justice of Our Lord!
That the Earth may then be Healed, in His Footsteps,
and all the Nations reconciled, by His Voice,
and for the Tribes of Man, in His Peace,
to live in Brotherhood for Thousands and Thousands of Years!
For Love is God, and Christ is Love,
and it is True as TRUTH that only I can allow Love to be Born in ME.
He has Planted a Seed,
He has quickened my Womb,
I rejoice like the Virgin to be a Vessel for Love the King.
That I might Labor, that I might Cry Out,
and that I might Deliver this Mightiest Blessing into the World!
-KiJjiT
Sunday, December 2, 2012
You the People have the Power!
You the People have the Power!
So You Must Use that Power!
You Must Make this Life a Wonderful Adventure!
Do not Despair! The Greed of Men will pass, and Dictators Die, and the Power that they took from the People, shall Return to the People! Let us all Unite!
Soldiers, do not give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, abuse you, who regiment your Life, treat you like Cattle, tell You what to Do what to Think and what to Feel, these machine men, with machine hearts and machine minds, you are not machines, you are MEN!
In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke it is written that the Kingdom of God is within MAN, not one man, not a group of man, but All Men!
So You Must Use that Power!
You Must Make this Life a Wonderful Adventure!
Do not Despair! The Greed of Men will pass, and Dictators Die, and the Power that they took from the People, shall Return to the People! Let us all Unite!
Soldiers, do not give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, abuse you, who regiment your Life, treat you like Cattle, tell You what to Do what to Think and what to Feel, these machine men, with machine hearts and machine minds, you are not machines, you are MEN!
In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke it is written that the Kingdom of God is within MAN, not one man, not a group of man, but All Men!
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