singing ocean

The retreat sounds awesome.

No one will forgive you except yourself.

The path to forgiveness is achieved through movement on the path to find resolution, and will eventually find its own way, but the motivation must come from within.

Trust the force.

>>> “your focus in alchemical meditation is on achieving something different.
Nor do I think that as much focus is directed at uncovering
the stable core axis of self that is lying beneath the clouds
of thought, beneath the spheres of emotions, beneath the
collective voices of the five shen, etc. Whereas this
is one of the focal points of Zen…[Read more]

I asked some bioligists about parasites, and they said that animals that eat mosly natural food (i.e. grass-fed cows) should be mostly free from parasites, but that it is important to inspect the organs of the animal as the parasites often have noticeable egg and body structures if the animal is infested.

There is one story in “to live as…[Read more]

Hey Steven,

Have been wanting to comment on this for a while but have been too busy with work, concerts etc.

I would say that the debate was about “what works” rather than being locked into a certain dogma. It was generally around specific ideas such as:

1. dissolving the self into emptiness vs. individuation (“cessation of the self vs.…[Read more]

OK, I read the article that you linked to about the benefits of coconut oil, and it sounds awesomely awesome. I would have to try it of course to verify the benefits.

I noticed that when I added olive oil or flax oil to my food over the period of a few months, it added a layer of fat that I noticed developing, and when I stopped adding it to…[Read more]

I have tried virgin coconut oil… but what are the benefits that you have noticed, and how is it different from when you don’t have it?
There are many natural oils in nuts as well other foods, I don’t see the need to add extra oil. I don’t think paleolithic hunter gatherers were out there producing vats of oil to devour along with their meat.…[Read more]

One of the neighboring First Nations elders gave a talk at one of our assemblies, and mentioned how many of her recent ancestors (she was quite old…in her 80’s or 90’s) refused to take a horse, train or car anywhere and instead walked for great distances, and all lived to be very old (80-100 or more).

I think Socrates or one of those famous…[Read more]

I have been eating less grains for quite a while and feel much better, except for some bread and beans (also considered grains). My body can’t process oil though so add no oil to food and eat nothing fried.

Going back to a very low meat consumption (once a week) has also agreed with me greatly and still have increased strength. The majority…[Read more]

NO one knows it but humans have the same capability. When it is suggested to eat grass, people scream “BUT WE CAN’T DIGEST THE ROUGHAGE, IT’S TOO MUCH FIBER”. It is true that tray grown grass is thinner and more tough than ground grown wheatgrass (the leaves are wide and succulent, and less sharply sweet-pungent), so you end up with stronger jaw…[Read more]

FYI, I have a cousin who is living in China right now, and works sometimes as a summer job as a tour guide in Denali National Park in Alaska. He might have some good info on the terrain.

whoops, I meant float plane…and come to think of it, if we went any earlier than july there would likely still be lots of snow and would have to use snowshoes, skidoos or a dog team. I think since the summer season is so short, like steven said, there still might be lots of bugs, but they tend to die out later in summer especially after the…[Read more]

Sounds like a great trip. If it were in July or August, I could likely go. How would you get into the site, charter a chopper or float place? 75 miles is hikeable but would take a few days.

Great pictures! BC has so many places that are absolutely amazing in terms of their natural earth-energy. Mountains are about an hours drive from Vancouver. Cool pictures of animals too, there aren’t too many like that close to the city.

I have marine biologists in the family…I think blue green algae is good in terms of the nutrients in the chlorophyll and all the other stuff. I have heard people say that there is a hard “shell” around blue green algae that has to be broken down before it can be utilized in the digestive tract…that is why on the bottle it usually says…[Read more]

Just to jump back a few posts, so it is okay to stay up late as long as we have no light??? I’ll have to get night-vision goggles, or infra-red lamps.

People usually grow it for juicing in rectangular trays. Of course if you have land, you could jut grow it outside and eat your lawn!!!

I grew it for a number of years, but in the last 10 have had work interfere with that because it is time-intensive and also attracts mice. I recently started eating the dried stuff again (you just add the…[Read more]

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
– Elizabeth Taylor

I do feel better when I go to bed early and get up early, but things haven’t been going that way for me for quite some time.

I know about the balance between hot and cold foods…when I was on the wheatgrass as only food thing, I also ate grain porridge in hot water.

I’m sure it is a complex healing process, but there are many interesting sources that talk about important nutrients in a “Living food” diet that includes amino acids and all the important nutrients in…[Read more]

I saw a documentary on people that also cured type 1 & 2 Diabetes by eating raw food on retreat for a few weeks..its called “Raw in 30 Days” I think they were also at Gabriel Cousen’s retreat center called “Tree of Life”.