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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:40:14 GMT

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Sunday, May 07, 2006

Sun, 07 May 2006 18:44:02 GMT

Poem: "Small Fundamental Essay" by Hayden Carruth from Toward the Distant Islands: New & Selected Poems. © Copper Canyon Press. Reprinted with permission. (buy now)

Small Fundamental Essay

What many people fail to understand
about the art and science of mechanics
is that you may know perfectly what happens
under the hood of your car when you turn on
the ignition, and you may comprehend
to a nicety how the combination of pump
and pressure tank and heating coils produces
hot water when you turn the tap, and yet
the wonder never ceases. That this can be
—and is—is what bestirs the mind and heart.
Ours is a faith that never starts a war
nor rips a living child from its warm womb,
a faith that needs no ghastly hierophant
hung dead upon a cross to speak for us.
It is faith in the miracle of the possible,
faith in the peaceful knowledge of what is true.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:24:32 GMT

Chi Kung Exercises
http://www.goodhealthinfo.net/chi_kung.htm

Visualization Links

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:27:13 GMT

http://members.tripod.com/~vortexCD/wtara.htm

The Power of Healing Visualizations:

See Yourself Healed to Achieve

and Speed Up Your Recovery

http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/visualize-your-healing.html http://members.tripod.com/~vortexCD/wtara.htm

Visualizing is nature's greatest survival secret!
http://www.blortland.com/ImageryTips.html

Cancer Coping Strategies
http://www.imagerynet.com/atlantis/techniques/cancer.html

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:16:38 GMT

Healing Yoga for People Living With Cancer

http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-1589791053-0

The Healing Bridge

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:59:36 GMT

I just found this:

"The non-profit Healing Bridge Project Inc. is both a community service and a research project. We explore the intricate process of healing mind, body and spirit.

What is healing? How does it happen? What is within us that yearns to heal?

We seek answers to these questions through interviewing individuals who generously share their experiences of healing. Their stories provide glimpses of lives transformed, expressing the revelations and mysteries of healing."

http://www.thehealingbridge.org/project.html

Friday, February 03, 2006

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:56:04 GMT

The surprising truth about saturated fats

by Cherie Calbom, M.S.

an excerpt:

The role of saturated fats
Quality saturated fats have many important roles in body chemistry. They are essential to good health.

Saturated fatty acids constitute at least 50 percent of cell membranes. They give our cells necessary firmness and integrity.
Saturated fats play a vital role in the health of our bones — at least 50 percent of our dietary fats need to be saturated for calcium to be incorporated effectively into the skeletal structure.
They lower Lp(a), a substance in the blood that indicates proneness to heart disease.
They protect the liver from the toxic effects of alcohol and certain drugs.
They enhance the immune system.
They are needed for the proper utilization of essential fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids are better retained in the tissues when the diet is rich in saturated fats.
Saturated 18-carbon stearic acid and 16-carbon palmitic acid are the preferred foods for the heart, which is why the fat around the heart muscle is highly saturated. The heart draws on this reserve of fat in times of stress. If your heart doesn’t have a supply of quality saturates to draw upon when under stress, it would help explain the rise in heart attacks.
Short- and medium-chain fatty acids (categorized as saturated) have important antimicrobial properties. They protect us against harmful microorganisms in the digestive tract.

Many researchers recently have rejected the “lipid (fat) theory” as a cause of heart disease. They point out that more than 60 percent of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels, and the majority of people with high cholesterol levels never have heart attacks.

A study conducted at the Wynn Institute for Metabolic Research in London examined the composition of human aortic plaques. This study found that the artery-clogging fats in those who died from heart disease were composed of 26 percent saturated fat and 74 percent polyunsaturated fatty acids.

They determined no association with saturated fats, but rather implicated polyunsaturated fatty acids — such as those found in corn, soy, safflower and sunflower oils — as the primary contributors to aortic plaque formation. They suggested that current recommendations caution people to avoid these oils completely.

The American Heart Association has discovered that people with heart disease all have one thing in common — inflammation. So, research today is focused on the following contributors to heart disease: (1) inflammation, (2) oils high in omega-6 fatty acids (polyunsaturated oils), which promote inflammation, (3) damaged fats — particularly trans-fats found in margarine, snack foods and fried foods, (4) blood clots, (5) high blood pressure, and (6) high levels of homocysteine, an amino acid in the blood. The facts of history also seem to have played a role, directly or indirectly.

Read the entire article here: http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/sc/0602/sc0602-saturatedfats.html

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:07:26 GMT

Now i lay (with everywhere around)
me (the great dim deep sound
of rain; and of always and of nowhere) and
what a gently welcoming darkestness--

now i lay me down (in a most steep
more than music) feeling that sunlight is
(life and day are) only loaned: whereas
night is given (night and death and the rain

are given; and given is how beautifully snow)

now i lay me down to dream of (nothing
i or any somebody or you
can begin to begin to imagine)

something which nobody may keep.
now i lay me down to dream of Spring

~ E. E. Cummings

Monday, January 30, 2006

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:31:56 GMT

More by and about Susun Weed:

http://www.herbshealing.com/

http://www.byregion.net/profiles/susunweed.html

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:06:03 GMT

There are some people, including myself, that believe this painting has a curative effect for those that gaze up into the eyes of the Momma and Child. Perhaps a nice print of this for Aunt P's wall would be a gift to consider.