Today's Guardian had a good yearend review of the Climate Crisis. One of the writers Dom Phillips was murdered along with indigenous activist Bruno Periera in Brazil's Amazon this past year. Here is a link:
Environmental review of 2022: another mile on the ‘highway to climate hell’
Today is the shortest day of the year. It is a time to rejoice and celebrate that a new cycle is beginning. Go outside and experience the wonder of our Mother (Earth) and give Her thanks for the bounty She has provided.
While the days will begin to get longer, the coldest and darkest days are ahead of us. Use this time to reflect and nourish your soul, understanding that our Mother's circadian rhythms provide an opportunity to better connect with Her, as well as others who have ridden this cycle over the ages.
Ponder deeply so that when spring comes the world will see a new and better you.
For the last few years I have been talking about the risks posed by solar storms (http://motherearthprayers.blogspot.com/2021/10/powerful-solar-flare-to-hit-earth.htm) to the Earth on this blog. Recently this has become a hot topic on the Internet, and YouTube in particular. Unfortunately, a lot of these articles are sensationalist and over the top in predicting the hardship it would bring us. Indeed they could devastate our electrical grid and lead to massive losses of life--but not every solar storm is an enormous threat.
Solar Activity has an eleven year cycle where it peaks and declines and begins rising again. Out current solar cycle will peak in 2025.
Today I read a very even-handed and sobering analysis of the threat posed by solar storms from an astrophysicist. It includes a discussion of the Carrington event in 1859 when our telegraphic systems were fried and northern lights were seen as far south as Cuba. I have included a link to a YouTube video on the Carrington Event below.
To read the article
It was twenty years ago, the Friday after Thanksgiving (November 29, 2002), that twenty-five to thirty of us gathered to consecreate the Peacemaker's Sanctuary on Onondaga Lake. it was a cold and snowy day. Fortunately the wind and snow subsided by the time we held our ceremony.
A lot has happened since then. Many of us have had epiphanies, found resolutions to our dilemmas, found peace, gotten insights as well as answers to our questions, had mystical experiences and more at this holy place. Being blissed out has always been a given when you are there.
We have held numerous ceremonies, group meditations, beared witness to tragedies. Gathered for healings. And just gathered to be.
It truly has been a wonderful refuge and communal space for some of us. I hope that our numbers continue to grow and it becomes the community resource I envisioned twenty years ago; a sanctuary to come to in a time of need, a place to go to seeking answers, or seeking healing. A sanctuary, as well as a place of joy.
My Visit Today
I went to the Peacemaker's Sanctuary today. It was cold and rainy day. The water level of the lake was average, although water was running quite briskly in the overrun stream.
More importantly I found, the vibe was still very positive to extremely positive. The four Energy Vortices were still intact, as well as numerous blind springs and Geospirals (the equivalent of Energy Vortex, only it is in the Earth below). SWEET!. Very Nice.
This truly is the holiest place in the world--given the Fields of Consciousness, the number of Energy Vortices and Geospirals, and that Vibe, Oh, that Vibe. Incredible.
As Keeper I am finding the the places I watch over are being decimated by electropollution that is snuffing out the vibe and Energy Vortices of the places I take care of.
This is one to the few places left in the world where you can still experience Energy Vortices firsthand.
Thanksgiving Circle of Peace and Hope
Nov 25, 2021 - 10:00 AM EST
According to the United Nation World Population Prospects 2022 world population reached 8 billion today. This is not a good thing, it means we will be putting more pressure on Mother Earth because there are more of us. Add overconsumption and it is not surprising we have an environmental crisis--more people consuming, polluting...
As challenging as it will be to feed, house and take care of everyone the larger concern is the inherent conflict/war continued population growth poses. According to many we are facing a food crisis because of war in Ukraine, a reduction farmland and more mouths to feed. The World Food Programme says we are facing hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions
The World Wildlife Fund estimates 1.1 billion people around the world lack access to water. The drought in the America's west these past few years highlights our problem. How water shortages are brewing wars - BBC Futurehttps://www.bbc.com › future › article › 20210816-ho...
We already see the conflict that Climate Migration is causing around the world. America is being flooded with people crossing its southern border fleeing climate change in their home countries. This is creating internal conflict within America. Governors in southern states have begun packing people in buses and sending them north. While talking heads gin us up over the issue.
More people consuming more will create conflict.
Another report came out recently presaging the dangers to the Atlantic currents that transport warm tropical warm water from the gulf and tropical regions to the North Atlantic Ocean; and the cold weather from the North Atlantic to the tropics and the gulf.
These currents help regulate climate for a large portion of the world. It is the reason the England feels balmy while London has the same latitude as southern Alaska.
The breakdown of the North Atlantic currents such as the Gulf Stream would have devsstating consequences for places like England and Scandinavia. It would also set off a cascading effect around the world throwing everything off kilter.
Below is an image of the Gulf Stream courtesy of NOAA. And below that a video.
Our environmental crisis is much larger and broader and extends beyond air pollution. The World Wildlife Fund reported (Living Planet Report 2022) that wildlife has declined 69% since 1970.
WWF attributes the loss of wildlife to our unsustainable use of our planet’s resources which has created the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.Noting they are not only environmental issues, but economic, development, security, social, moral, and ethical issues too.
The largest losses were with freshwater species.
I visited High Tor NYS Wildlife Management Area this past Labor Day Weekend and climbed South. I posted some pictures of my visit to my Clarks Gully Blog.
I went to the Peacemaker's Sanctuary at Onondaga Lake today for some Keeper's Work--physical cleaning, spiritual cleaning and enhancing. I was surprised to find that parts of the area had soggy soil.
The good news was that the vibe was still incredible--very positive to extremely positive. This is important because a positive vibe enhances the aspects of our Mother (Earth) found there, such Fields of Consciousness; Meaning it makes them much more potent.
The Energy Vortices were still intact. There are 4 Energies Vortexes located on the grounds; as well as numerous Blind Springs and Geospirals (the equivalent of Energy Vortex, only it is in the Earth below). SWEET!
People wax poetic about Energy Vortices, get excited about them, travel long distances to places like Sedona, Arizona to experience them. Well, we have 4 of them at the Peacemaker's Sanctuary. I know of no public area that has so many Energy Vortices in a confined space.
Below are some pictures I took today.
If you want to experience an Energy Vortex, or a Geospiral, this is one of the best places to do so. It is also a great place to go if you need answers to a questions, want to go deep into trance during meditation, have a profound mystical experience,.... the powerful imprints found there will facilitate such experiences. The 4 Energy Vortices located here, are a testament to the power of the imprints, or land memories left behind by spiritual pilgrims that have visited.
The first Saturday in September is Save The Vultures Day. Vulture populations are dwindling and several are close to becoming extinct. Not only is this sad, but it is also an environmental concern because vultures play a critical role in removing dead carcasses from the land providing a vital service and helping reduce the spread of infectious deisases.
The video below explains the vital service vultures perform and why they are dying.
One of the features of land, of a space or location, is that the same actions that occurred at a location tend to repeat themselves. That is because the land retains a memory that creates a karma that encourages more of the same.
Murders in the Eastwood section of Syracuse are rare. However this morning it was reported that two were shot and killed in the Aberdeen apartments on Aberdeen terrace and Burnet Ave. Six years ago another person was killed in the same apartment complex.
Interestingly, and sadly, another location in the Eastwood section had a repeat murder as I posted about in 2015. Place Matters—Murder returns to the same place in my hood (Eastwood)
Since I returned to live in my childhood home I know of any other murders in the Eastwood area where I live.
Land, space, a location, has a powerful influence upon us. Unfortunately we are clueless about this.
We keep looking to science and technology to rescue us from our impending environmental crisis, when it was science and technology that created the crisis Ecofeminist Carolyn Merchant noted this in her classic The Death of Nature. that also showed how the assault on Nature/Mother Earth was tied to the assault on women.
Merchant said,
in investigating the roots our current environmental dilemma we must re-examine the formation of a world view and a science that, be reconceptualizing reality as a machine rather than.a living organism, sanctioned the domination of both Nature and women.
In other words, our Mother is a machine that we can tinker with as we please.
The idea of dominating Nature goes against everything I have been talking about on this blog since I began in 2007. Domination, abuse, control and the like are not the ways we should approach our Mother; they also bring about a horrific karma that we have been dealing with.
A wonder, a magic, an Earth Magic is created when we love, give, act altruistically, and/or we work with our Mother. A Magic that creates wonders such as Energy Vortices. A magic that is fostered by love and cooperation.
Unfortunately, we still don't get it and continue to give the keys to our future to science and technology. They created this mess, yet many believe that they can pilot us out of it.
One of the latest examples of our arrogance and belief that we can dominate and do with or Mother as we please, is Solar Geoengineering--creating a dark plume to blanket the Earth to block out the sun and prevent the Earth from heating up. The video below explains Solar Geoengineering.
I am sad to report that the vibe at Gobind Sadan (Hastings, NY) has deteriorated. Much of the land surrounding the temple has been clear-cut and harvested of trees--and continues to be. The two divine vortices that I mention in Sacred Sites in North Star Country: Places in Greater New York State (PA,OH,NJ,CT,MA,VT,ONT) That Changed the World located on the wooden deck are gone.
Clearcutting is a nasty violation of our Mother (Earth) and the vibe is reflecting this.
However, when I was there at the ceremony for remembrance of the burning of the temple in November last year I noticed that the hall where the ceremony took place had a neutral vibe. I attributed it to electronics such as cell phones. However, it is now apparent that the passing of the Sikh mystic Babaji Virus Singh, the founder of Gobind Sadan, combined with a new board of directors, has had its effect. Space is a reflection of it's owners, in this case members. So the decline began a while ago.
Hopefully, it may be that once the loggers depart that the love and divinity that are now being overwhelmed by the harvesting of trees may be able to reassert themselves. Let's hope WE will see.
I have several posts on Gobind Sadan, one is below; others can be accessed by hitting the "Gobind Sadan Label below.
http://motherearthprayers.blogspot.com/2015/12/gobind-sadan-central-squares-first-uu.html
Migratory Monarch Butterflies were placed on the endangered species list today. Sad. See video below.
I have had several memorable experiences with Monarch Butterflies at Clarks Gully, or South Hill, in Naples NY. One Labor Day weekend years ago while climbing South Hill on the herd path along the gully I stopped at a clearing that once had a fallen tree for years. I saw what I thought were three large orbs in the distance. Upon closer inspection I realized that they were swarms of Monarch Butterflies. INCREDIBLE.
Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me. However, I have snapped pictures of Monarch Butterflies at the gully on several occasions. Here is one, Labor Day Weekend--Four Tiered Mound, Keepers Area
Swami Vivekananda's cottage in the Thousand Islands will open this Friday July 15, 2022 until August 5th. Hours will be 10AM to 12 Noon and 4PM to 6PM daily. Proof of vaccination and mask required.You are welcome to walk the grounds when the cottage is closed. It is only opened briefly in the summer and provides for a lovely day visit. The Thousands Islands is spectacularly beautiful.
Swami Vivekananda's cottage is a must visit for anyone interested in Hinduism and its Vedanta, yoga and meditation. It is also an place to connect with our Mother and exeperience, and hopefully sense and feel Consciousness--that divine spark within us. This consciousness is found in America's northeast and southern Ontario, Canada, what I call North Star Country. The area has inspired a host of initiatives--the Women's Movement, Birthplace of American Democracy, America's First and Second Great Awakenings, Spiritualism, Theosophy, the New Age Movement and much more.
Swami Vivekananda's Cottage as well as other sacred places containing consciousness (what I call Fields of Consciousness, Mother Earth's Soul) in North Star Country can be found in my book Sacred Sites in North Star Country: Places in Greater New York State (PA,OH,NJ,CT,MA,VT,ONT) That Changed the World.
It is here that the great sage and mystic Swami Vivekananada achieved the highest state of Samadhi, Nirvikalpa Samadhi..
Yesterday I ate my first homegrown tomato of the season. This is the earliest fruit I have had since I was starting my own "special early plants" fifteen years ago. I believe that this early start has to do with the stone structures I created last fall to tap into Earth Energies. The tomato plants are located close to on those stone structures.
Amazing--But not Surprising.
If you are interested in ancient cultures, sacred sites, megaliths and the like the Ancient Wisdom website has lots of information on these topics and more. While I do not agree with several topics on the website, such as archaeoastronomy, it contains lots of information on prehistory.
http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/azpages.htm
Index of Sacred Sites
http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/megalithicdatabase.htm
On of the surprising benefits of being outdoors is that the increases your exposure to infrared light which stimulates the production of melatonin in the mitochondria of your cells, as well as protecting your mitochondria from free radicals Melatonin is a strong antioxidant that stimulates the production of other antioxidants. It can also help you sleep better. The video below explains this.
You can also get infrared light from campfires, candles, incandescent lights..
Today is the Summer Solstice and the longest day of the year. Get outside and enjoy it. Spend some time with our Mother.
While the solstice heralds the beginning of shorter days, it marks another turning for me--the beginning of More Sleep.Ever since late March or early April, I can at times experience waking up 15-20 minutes before sunrise. Sort of my own rooster wakeup call as the sun begins charging up our Mother's energies. It shows how powerful our Mother is and how varied Her influences are.
I began experiencing the rooster wake-up call years ago, when I started tapping into and experiencing our Mother's Earth Energies. What is amazing is that the rooster wake-up call had begun diminishing years ago and had just about disappeared. However, since I began sleeping on an Earthing Pad it came back with a vengeance. AMAZING.
An Earthing Pad is a sheet with wires that has a long cord that plugs into the Earth. It is meant to carry our Mother's negative charge, so when you sleep on it you tap into those beneficial energies. This negative charge combats the positively charged free radicals in your body that are inflammatory; and inflammation is behind just about every disease.
There should be no doubts whether Earthing Pads work--MY ROOSTER WAKE-UP CALL ACTIVATED BY AN EARTHING PAD PROVES THAT EARTHING PADS REALLY WORK.
That's my solstice story.Get out outside--take a hike, do some gardening... most of all..
GIVE OUR MOTHER A BIG HUG.
I visited Ludlow Creek in southern Chenango County last week for a survey of its stone mounds. They are located along the Finger Lakes Trail and because of this are well known to hikers such as the CNY Hiking Website.
There was a large stone wall that straddled the creek not far from the stone mounds. I would have paid no attention to it, but it was so large.
It did not appear to be marking a dragon line as is the case often for such large stone walls.
A Field Of Consciousness
There was a Field of Consciousness(FOC) on the other side of the creek. The vibe around it was positive. But getting to it was another thing. The area along the road that I had to walk through to get to the FOC had a horrendous vibe; and when you walk through a horrific place like that it taints you, and because of this my sentience diminished of our Mother significantly.
In the picture above Jaeda Bear is located on one of the high points of the FOC--an S8, where eight FOC are located on top of each other.
All in all it was a great day to be in the woods on a hot spring day.
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Ever since I started this blog over a decade ago I have been talking about the dangers of technology and cell phones and how they are alienating us, making us less empathic and causing a host of physical health and mental health issues. Adolescents and children have been particularly hit hard.
This decline began around 2009 with the introduction of the smart phone as I noted back in 2017 when I talked about a book by psychologist Jean Twenge who examines intergenerational trends and changes Technology Kills--Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
Last month The NY Times began a series about how adolescent mental health has suffered on adolescent mental health. Author Matt Richtel said,
What makes less sense to me is why our society has done so little to protect children from the apparent damages of ubiquitous digital media. They are almost certainly larger for most children than the threat from Covid.
I went to the Peacemaker's Sanctuary today expecting to see high water and the legs of the benches several inches deep in water. Last year was a wet year, not only in spring, but for most to the year. Tim Hart moved the benches to higher ground close to the the main path and tied them to trees lest they be swept away.
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Vastu is an Indian philosophy of interior home design to promote well-being. Consider it like Chinese Feng Shui.
MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY recently released a study that analyzed outstanding research on Vastu going back forty years. Some of the finding were,
The study also confirmed other studies that found interior design can help reduce stress.
Vastu incorporates the following principles,
The building’s main entrance is oriented to the east or north.
The building’s walls align with the cardinal directions.
The floor plan assigns key functions to specific locations within the building.
The floor plan enables occupants to face the most ideal directions during work and sleep.
The architectural plans must adhere to consistent and precise guidelines.
In keeping with the idea of providing a healthy environment, the system emphasizes non-toxic, natural materials, increased fresh air, and reduced electromagnetic radiation.
I would emphasize that EMF's have become one of the most important variables that influences health and well-being. So reduce technology and electrical devices in your home. Technology Kills.
My methodology of space sees the consciousness of a space trumping interior design. My work has consistently found that loving, healing and positive thoughts and actions promote well-being and spiritual development. Just think of how you feel in a toxic environment where violent actions have taken place, or a place where our Mother/Nature has violated, or polluted. No matter how savvy you are with your interior design it will be seriously challenged to overcome a space with negative consciousness,
My view of space places emphasis on the consciousness (is it loving, or is it violent?). A extremely positive vibe will always trump any interior design miscues. That is because as the Hindu and Hermetic traditions say, ENERGY FOLLOWS THOUGHT. Consciousness equates to thought, material objects such as your home and furniture are energy.
Vastu can certainly help tweak your home. Ultimately it is what is in your heart that matters. I have been in many homes that were well designed, pleasing to the eye and had lovely furniture; yet I felt like I was in a refrigerator--cold as hell even if it was sizzling outside. So if you want to improve your home space meditate and pray regularly in all of your homes rooms and on property outside; and build an altar
Remember, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE VIBE!
Digital Dementia is becoming a real concern with increased cell phone use and the overall increased usage of technology. For years I have been talking about the dangers posed by technology, saying Technology Kills. The video below explains how cell phones are contributing to early onset Alzheimers disease.
Friends,
I have set up a webpage to offer dowsing services. www.earthwaterdowsing.com
As the name implies, Earth Water Dowsing, I will dowse to locate anything having to do with Earth or Water. I can dowse where to locate a well, for Earth Energies or where to locate a home or a sacred stone circle.
One of the more interesting services I offer is determining if your home is at increased risk to lightning strikes. It comes from years of doing field work and learning that there is something going on underground that attracts lightning strikes. To learn more you can read what I wrote on my dowsing services website.
A few years ago I began dowsing for water and earth energies as a business and thought it was about time to start advertising.
madis
On several times on this blog I have talked about how bad windmills are for the environment: Wind Turbines Are Bad for Mother Earth and for ALL of Creation
Similarly solar panels take huge amounts of energy to make, create harmful "dirty electricity" during their use and when discarded pollute the environment as refuse. The estimates about the useful life of solar panels are too optimistic as people have been turning them in at a faster clip to get more efficient panels. As more people begin using solar panels we will be challenged to get rid of all the solar panels and the calculated costs to deal with them will be thrown out the window.
Below is a recent segment from conservative show Full Measure on Clean Energy
We have too many people, consuming too much and we keeplookpng at ways to avoid the inevitable whether it be clean energy or more drilling.
Friends,
I got the following from Friends of The Onondaga Nation requesting NYS residents contact the DEC asking that Onondaga Lake not be removed from the list of polluted lakes.
Onondaga Lake is sacred to the Haudenosaunee (Iroqois) and where the Tree of Peace was planted and the Great Law was given to the people--American Democracy is modeled after the Great Lake.
Thanks,
madis
If you are a New York State resident,
we need you to contact the NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation!
The deadline is February 11th:
NYS DEC has released their 2020-2022 List of Impaired Waters (water bodies damaged by human activity). The details of the changes are complicated and throw out analysis using fish tissue sampling, with no further data to support the decision to remove nearly twenty percent (20%) of polluted water bodies from this list. This includes Onondaga Lake- a closed industrial landfill- which should continue to be listed for dangerous levels of mercury, PC’S, and dioxins present in the Onondaga Lake ecosystem.
In your email or letter, request a public comment period extension to March 1st, 2022.
Include your reasons, which might be:
-Not enough notice for informed public input.
-DEC has given no explanation for the “flaws in the analysis” that are being used as the reason for removing these damaged water bodies from their 2020-2022 List of Impaired Waters.
-Covid complications and the precautions necessary regarding the omicron variant increase the time necessary for collaboration with diverse communities to provide helpful comments.
-Onondaga Lake is sacred to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Onondaga.
-DEC did not consult with the Onondaga Nation: DEC has an obligation to consult with the Nation regarding Onondaga Lake, among other water bodies on their traditional territory.
At the end of your message, please request that DEC avoid confusing the public and keep these water bodies on their 2020-2022 List until they have further data to support their safe removal.
Contact information:
By email- Bureau of Water Assessment and Management: 4pwlinfo@dec.ny.gov
Or by mail- ATTN: Water Assessment and Implementation Section NYSDEC, Bureau of Water Assessment and Management, 625 Broadway, 4th Floor, Albany, NY 12233-3502
Please note- Use the subject line “Public Comment on the Draft
2020-2022 List”.
You can also contact:
Onondaga County Health Department- ongovhealth@ongov.net
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 Administrator Lisa Garcia- garcia.lisa@epa.gov
City of Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh- Mayor@SyrGov.net
City of Syracuse Common Council President Helen Hudson- hhudson@syrgov.net
*Share your concerns regarding the timely for mercury, PCB’S, and dioxins and the potential negative impact on human health.*
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