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The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles Bruce H. Lipton See book keywords and concepts

Those who endorse the hypothesis argue that tampering with the balance of that super-organism called gaia, whether it be by destroying the rainforest, depleting the ozone layer or altering organisms through genetic engineering can threaten its survival and consequently ours. Recent studies funded by Britain's Natural Environment Research Council provide support for those concerns.

Medical Herbalism: The Science Principles and Practices Of Herbal Medicine David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG See book keywords and concepts

In fact, the recognition of these planet-wide processes led James Lovelock to propose the gaia hypothesis. Immunity is an expression of relationship. This is implicit in everything discussed so far, but also carries the implication that the very nature of relationship plays a role in immune system well-being. Thus, the practitioner must explore patients' relationships with the world on all levels, from the food they eat, to the people they love (or hate), to the way they relate to nature.

The integration of all life revealed by the gaia hypothesis shows us that awareness and expanded consciousness are part of the greater being we belong to. Words and names are meaningless when considering such things, but just as our Earth feeds us, heals our arthritis, and strengthens the function of our hearts, so it supports and nurtures our nervous systems. Herbalism is a cooperative healing venture among humanity, plants, and the Earth. This experience of wholeness is spirit in action, and opens the door for change and transformation.

Reinheriting the Earth: Awakening to Sustainable Solutions and Greater Truths Brian O'Leary See book keywords and concepts

How can I enhance my family and community life as cleansing cells that could replace the toxic cells humans have implanted into gaia? How can we expand our knowledge base, free of the biases and suppressions of our mainstream culture? Do we survive death? Are we alone in the universe? This chapter and the next will focus on what an awakening individual can do about our quest for the truth, how new systems of knowledge and understanding can bring us together in deepening harmony.

It is a sobering thought that we all could disappear from the face of gaia if she chooses to shake us off her body like fleas. We therefore need to put ourselves, our species, in a broader context. The most important conversion to a deep ecological position can happen only when we openly choose a new path, to stand up in our courage as individuals and be counted, to passionately express our position that something must be done about our social malaise.

We will need also to thoroughly address public health hazards and then step outside the box so that we may heal ourselves and gaia. Only economic tyranny stands in the way. I don't mean to demean Western medical practice. When my son had appendicitis years ago, we went to have it removed, the only decision that was sensible. I often regret having erred on the side of almost waiting too long during that crisis. Minutes counted. There was little question that the surgeon in the hospital environment saved his life. But at times it's better to stay at home.

I certainly agree that the same tools be applied to our physical bodies and the body of gaia, but both activities will need to be concomitant and tireless. To re-inherit the Earth we shall need to re-inherit ourselves in a simultaneous process. We don't seem to have the time to become healthy first ourselves. The sixty pounds of air we breathe every day the ultraviolet radiation and bug bites that penetrate our skin, and the water and food we ingest, have more influence on our well being than we could ever realize.

Years of research others and I have done on encounters with UFOs, aliens, angels, nature spirits and perhaps gaia herself reveal not only a transcendent reality 616, but a quality of deep concern about what we are doing to our precious environment.17 In clinical studies of patients who claim to have been abducted by non-humans, John Mack, professor of psychiatry at Harvard University, has found an ecological common denominator to their experiences.

We must therefore outlaw our destruction of gaia at all significant levels and reallocate those resources to restoration. We must preserve what's left and invest in what will clearly become our most precious resource: the awesome bounty and diversity of Earth. Our mantra ought to be, preserve, restore and sustain. As a species, we will need to create a moral shift in attitude so we can organize and get on with the job. This will be the focus of the next chapter. Our immediate priority should be to buy up the endangered land.

The Essential Ken Wilber: An Introductory Reader Ken Wilber See book keywords and concepts

This level is often marked by an intense mystical union with the entire gross realm—the sensorimotor realm of nature, gaia, the World Soul. The home of nature mysticism. 8. Subtle: the subtle realm proper is the home, not of gross-realm mythological god and goddess figures focused on your ego, but of directly cognized, vividly intense, and ontologically real Forms of your own highest Self. The home of genuine Deity mysticism. 5>. Causal: the causal realm per se, the formless unmanifest, pure Emptiness. The root of the Witness. The home of formless mysticism. 10.

Still, there is occasionally a genuine, spiritual, transmental intuition behind the mental belief in gaia or the Web of Life, namely, an intuition of the Oneness of Life. But this intuition cannot be fully realized as long as belief grips consciousness. For all beliefs are ultimately divisive and dualistic-holistic beliefs are ultimately just as dualistic as analytic beliefs, because both make sense only in terms of their opposites. You are not supposed to think the All, you are supposed to be the All, and as long as you are clinging to beliefs about the All, it will never happen.

Worshipping gaia? If it is not present in deep dreamless sleep, it is not real. All of those relative practices and translative beliefs are fine, but never forget they are secondary to the great Unborn, your Original Face, the Face of Spirit in all its radiant forms, the forms of your very own being and becoming, now and again, now and forever, always and already. "Was it someone else? Was it not you yourself?" [One Taste: December 2.

Lower Right quadrant (social, interobjective) Systems: exercising responsibilities to gaia, nature, biosphere, and geopolitical infrastructures at all levels Institutional: exercising educational, political, and civic responsibilities to town, state, nation, world Lower Left quadrant (cultural, intersubjective) Relationships: with family, friends, sentient beings in general; making relationships part of one's growth, decentering the self Community Service: volunteer work, homeless shelters, hospice, etc.

Empty Harvest Dr Bernard Jenson and Mark Anderson See book keywords and concepts

Source: GAIA: An Atlas of Planetary Management 3 Soil: The Living Source No civilization has ever lived beyond the health of its soil, and only by the most artificial means have we stretched this rule and extended this civilization. The difference today is that this sword of Damocles hangs over the entire globe, rather than, as it has in the past, in a sequestered section of the globe, affecting one group of people.

The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America Francois Couplan, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Geocaulon lividum (G 4) (= Comandra livida) From the Greek "gaia," the earth, and "kaulos," stem. N. regions. The fruit is said to be edible, but of rather unpleasant flavor. Pyrularia pubera (G-F 4) Buffalo Nut Diminutive of "pyrus," pear: alluding to the shape of the fruit. E. N.Am. The fruit has been reported to be edible, but it is bitter and known to be strongly cathartic. The endosperm contains much oil, which can be extracted by pressure. The fruits of a local species are eaten in the Himalayas.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

Ironically, scientists throughout this century have been developing new concepts of how the world works that are in agreement with these age-old beliefs. The gaia hypothesis of the scientist James Lovelock, put forth in 1979, turned Buckminster Fuller's mechanical "Spaceship Earth" into a whole, living organism—a single integrated system united by universal principles, imbued with a governing intelligence, with all things related in an orderly way.

The Essential Ken Wilber: An Introductory Reader Ken Wilber See book keywords and concepts

This rationalization reaches it zenith with vision-logic belief, where sciences such as systems theory are often used to explain this Ground of Being as a Great Holistic System, gaia, Goddess, Eco-Spirit, the Web of Life, and so forth. All of those are mental beliefs, usually with strong emotional sentiments; but they are not necessarily direct experiences of supra-mental spiritual realities. As such, they are merely forms of translative belief: they can be embraced without changing one's present level of consciousness in the least.

Physician: Medicine and the Unsuspected Battle for Human Freedom Richard Leviton See book keywords and concepts

As Lovelock formulates his gaia model, unity and synthesis are key. A single evolutionary science can properly describe the history of planet Earth because the evolution of species and their environment "are tightly coupled together as a single and inseparable process." The Earth's atmosphere, oceans, climate, and crust are regulated at a "comfortable" state for life by the combined behavior of all living residential organisms. This homeostasis, says Lovelock, is maintained by continual active feedback happening automatically and "unconsciously" in the planetary biota.

Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine Simon Mills and Kerry Bone See book keywords and concepts

In modern parlance, we would say equally at the cell, tissue, organ, body, psyche, society and wider ecosystem levels (the gaia model develops similar principles). A diagrammatic relationship between these functions (Fig. 1.2) resonates with clinical insights over several traditional systems and provides a model on which a therapeutic language could be built.35 For example, Figure 1.3 shows how the archetypal properties of herbal remedies impact upon such a model. Other examples outline what would have been considered key therapeutic issues.

Conscious Eating Gabriel Cousens, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

There is a significant difference between the gross exploitation of animal life because of greed and a flesh-centered diet, and living simply and relatively harmlessly on a vegetarian diet so that others, including the planetary organism gaia, or Mother Earth, will simply live and survive. It is possible that there may be no perfect state of nonviolence while we are in a physical body.

The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America Francois Couplan, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Epigaea repens (E4) Trailing Arbutus From the Greek "epi," upon, and "gaia," earth: referring to its prostrate habit. E. N.Am. The plant is sometimes grown for ornament. The fragrant corollas are sweet and have a pleasant taste. They can be eaten raw. The fruits of a local species are eaten in Japan. Gaultheria (B 2-3) Wintergreen, Salal After Jean Francois Gaulthier (1708-1756), physician in Quebec. Throughout. Our native G. procumbens, wintergreen - E. N.Am. - and shallon, salal -N. Pacific Coast - are planted for ornament, along with a (Chinese species. The leaves of G.

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications Christian Ratsch See book keywords and concepts

Harvesting of the mushrooms is often preceded by a prayer to the Earth Goddess gaia or an ominous mushroom deity; offerings such as small crystals may be placed on the borders of the pasture or meadow to give thanks to the spirit of the mushroom. The collector should eat the first two mushrooms so that he or she will then be able to recognize the right species and find it everywhere. Some mushroom collectors told me that the mushroom can be found only when the collector is in a "good mood"; people who are "weird or in a bad mood" will not be able to locate them.

Radical Healing: Integrating the World's Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformative Medicine Rudolph M. Ballentine, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

The data assembled by Worldwatch documents the erosion of the superstructure of life on the planet, the manifestation of the gravest miasmatic disorder in the body of gaia and in the mindset of her inhabitants. Chronic Disease: Its Cause and Cure (4th edition), P. N. Banerjee, Banerjee & Company, Gidni, India, 1971. This little volume, originally published in 1931 at the height of the golden age of spiritual homeopathy in Bengal, was my inspiration as I first explored the twisted labyrinths of miasmatic disease.

Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to Weight Gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures Gale Maleskey See book keywords and concepts

The instructions for a product from gaia Herbs, for example, are to put 30 to 40 drops in a small amount of warm water and take it three or four times a day between meals. Dong Quai: A Versatile Helper Dong quai is an herb that has been used for centuries in China, in fact* it is Chinese medicine's leading remedy for gynecological ailments, including hot flashes and vaginal dryness during menopause.

Herbal Defense Robyn Landis See book keywords and concepts

We recommend Zand Herbal, Eclectic Institute, Yogic Herbs, Herb Pharm, gaia, Crystal Stat, and NF Factors. One way to ensure herb-pharmacy quality in your capsuled herbs is to make the capsules yourself. I have chosen to do this, and rarely buy prepackaged capsules, because I like to know for a fact what's in the capsules. I want to know that it's fresh, well handled, and potent, premium quality. I can ensure this by buying ground, powdered herbs from the same herb pharmacy where we get herbs for teas, then purchasing empty capsules and filling them using a capsule maker.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lost Civilizations Donald Ryan See book keywords and concepts

Box 9104 Watertown, MA 02272 Tel: (800) 776-0188 Web site: gaia.earthwatch.org University of California Research Expeditions Program University Research Expeditions Program University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 Tel: (530) 752-0692 Web site: urep.ucdavis.edu The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colorado, and the Center for American Archaeology in Kampsville, Illinois, offer an excellent variety of archaeological educational programs, including excavations.

Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices John Heinerman See book keywords and concepts

She uses the tincture extract of motherwort made and sold by gaia Herbs of Harvard, Massachusetts. Call 508-456-3049 for more information. height of 6 to 10 feet, although some species have been known to grow 20 feet tall in favored locations with a trunk circumference of one foot. The leaves, borne on little spurlike branchlets, resemble those of birch. They are alternate and have a rather pronounced center vein with many small side-veins branching off. The inner margins are straight, forming a fanlike right angle, and the outside margins are sharply notched, coordinating with the side veins.

The New Holistic Health Handbook: Living Well in a New Age Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss See book keywords and concepts

His ten albums, recorded either solo or with the ever-shifting Paul Winter Consort, include "Common Ground," "Callings," "Missa gaia," and the recent "Sunsinger." All told, they've sold over a half a million copies, and retell a myth of the deep, ancient calling back to inner and outer nature. Tapes of eagles, wolves, and whales often add to the pulse of the songs. THROUGH CHANGES in the sound over more than 20 years of performing, Winter is still after a balance of improvisation and _I orchestration. His vision also has been constant: "to reawaken a humanism through sharing music with people.

Physician: Medicine and the Unsuspected Battle for Human Freedom Richard Leviton See book keywords and concepts

Geomancy—meaning "divination of Gaia"—is an old word recently dusted off for reuse to describe an unfamiliar realm of energy and subtle configuration lying behind or invisibly within the apparent ecological terrain. Traditionally in the medieval and Renaissance period, the term denoted a system of divination in which marks and configurations on the ground signified future predictions; today geomancy has taken on more of an energy and Earth mysteries connotation.

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications Christian Ratsch See book keywords and concepts

Every human, like every plant and animal, is one of infinitely many neurons in the nervous system of gaia. The active constituents found in plants are the neurotransmitters, the communication system, of living nature. Some psychoactive constituents can be found in humans as well as in other animals and plants. Morphine, for example, occurs in cow's milk, in the human brain, and in poppy juice. Bufotenine has been detected in human urine, in the secretions of certain toads, and in many plants and fungi.

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