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Release Date: March 11, 2005
Rated: PG (for language, some peril and mild sensuality) Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama
Running Time: 98 minutes

Directed by : Danny Boyle
Screenwriter: Frank Cottrel Boyce
Produced by: Andrew Hauptman, Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones

Stars: Alex Etel, Daisy Donovan, James Nesbitt, Lewis McGibbon

If a large parcel filled with bundles of money fell in front you, seemingly out of the blue, what would you do? This is what happened to a sweet little boy and the film, Millions takes us on a delightful, spiritual journey about this dilemma.

I found it interesting that the money was discovered just as a mass conversion was about to take place in England to convert pounds into the new Euro. The scenes of the transition to the new money from bank to bank seemed to work very smoothly, reminding me of a similar conversion about to take place in the U.S. in very near future.

During the film, we explore what money actually means to different people, adults and children alike and how these belief systems play out in their lives. We also learn about the contrasting qualities of greed and of giving freely and what happens in such situations. The little boy who has attracted this money truly believes in miracles and God and we get the opportunity to tune in to his personal visits and conversations with saints.

The topic of money seems to brings up a wide range of emotional responses, depending on religious and other belief systems. It is mainly because of the way money has been used to manipulated and control over the years, rather than the money itself. When we recognize money as only a symbol of the energy we have attracted in our lives and that it is our birthright to be prosperous and abundant, then our view towards money would change completely. We will then want to learn how to attract more of this energy into our lives.

I suggest everyone see the magical film, Millions (it's still playing at select theaters), it's suitable for the whole family.

Dying To Be Thin: Juvenile Obesity And Diet Sweeteners
By Dr. Janet Starr Hull

“Why are we so fat? We enjoy one of the most luxurious lifestyles on Earth: Our food is plentiful. Our work is automated. Our leisure is effortless. And it’s killing us.”

Becoming overweight doesn’t happen overnight. Day by day and week by week, we eat or drink a little more than our bodies can use for daily energy, growth and physical activity. No matter what the food or beverage is—sugar-free, fat-free or not—the unnecessary calories get stored as fat. Over time, the stored fat accumulates and your weight increases. More energy is coming in than going out.

The question to ask: Do diet sweeteners really help you lose weight, or do you eat more and gain weight in the long run? Obesity among children is a result of overeating the chemical foods that falsely promise no penalty of weight gain. And adults are promoting these bad eating habits onto our children.

According to researchers, there is no clear-cut evidence that sugar substitutes help people lose weight. These days, more and more data suggests that these chemical sweeteners may actually stimulate appetite. Aspartame has been on the market for over twenty years, so most of the information in this paper refers to weight gain in relation to products made with aspartame. It is too early to know how these patterns will repeat with sucralose (Splenda®).

Yes, because they trick your body and don’t feed it what it needs. You stay hungry, so you eat more. Chemical diets are unnatural, and when the body is hungry, it wants to be fed—not chemicals, but whole foods with natural vitamins and nutrients to fuel it. Fake foods are what I refer to as “prosthetic food” because a prosthesis looks like the real thing, such as a false tooth, but there is nothing inside of it—it’s not real. So it is with fake foods. They may look like real food and taste like real food, but there is nothing inside for the body to feed from.

Listen To Your Elders: Miriam is my mom. A Rhodes scholar, Miriam is a sharp 81-year-old woman. She was raised during the American Depression of the 1920s, grew up in a small town outside Atlanta, Georgia and lived through the sugar rations of World War II. She became a gourmet cook in her married life, always eating fresh foods and serving the family gourmet, homemade dishes every day. Now a widow, Mom sold her home and moved into an assisted living center after Daddy died. The “institutional” food is unsatisfying to what she was used to eating all her life, and she has had a difficult time enjoying her meals. Plus, a petite woman, she has gained weight (while eating less) for the first time in her life as a result of the processed flours and sugars, and canned and frozen meals.

Miriam tells the story of how her assisted living center always serves ice cream or frozen sherbet after each meal, and she usually chooses the ice cream cup. One night, the kitchen ran out of ice cream and served everyone frozen sherbet—sugar-free sherbet. They didn’t tell the residents it was sugar-free, but Mom knew immediately. “I knew it was diet because it didn’t taste like real sherbet, but what made the biggest impression on me was after I finished eating it, I wasn’t satisfied. I felt as if I had not eaten a cupful of sherbet at all, and I could have eaten another one just to feel satisfied. That’s the problem with these diet products these days—they don’t do anything for you—so you want to eat more just to feel full.”

Are you hungry all the time? Science Shows Diet Sweeteners Increase Hunger: Most people agree with Miriam: they don’t feel satisfied after eating a sugar-free snack or meal. Many scientific studies show the physical reasons why you don’t feel full.

Aspartame has been shown in laboratory studies to create changes in insulin levels called a "cephalic phase insulin response.” A cephalic response is a digestive reaction triggered in the brain by the taste, smell, sight or thought of any food. Your whole digestive system, from your mouth to your colon, can be affected by these messages. Changes in cephalic phase responses such as salivation, gastric acid production and liver metabolism, for example, can alter normal appetite.

Michael G. Tordoff, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California at Davis,published findings where aspartame in chewing gum increased hunger due to oral stimulation of the added chemicals. His study also showed a gender-related sweetness response, which explains why certain people feel "ravenous" after consuming aspartame-containing products, while others do not.

A sweet taste triggers your brain to expect calories and carbohydrates (incoming sugar). When you fake out your body, and nutrients aren’t delivered, the body activates a “hunger response,” which creates a constant need for food.

Besides affecting insulin, serotonin and your body’s hunger response, chemical sweeteners also increase cravings in yet another way by further altering your blood sugar. This can be dangerous to people with diabetes or epilepsy and can cause fluid retention, giving the body a puffy and bloated appearance, and it increases cellulite, too.

Another study by Tordoff and Friedman has shown that test animals have the urge to eat more food after ingesting artificial sweeteners, lasting up to ninety minutes. They documented that when blood levels for insulin production were normal (high levels of insulin are believed to be the cause of hunger), the animals fed chemical sweeteners consumed more food than the ones who did not eat artificial sweeteners.1

Science continues to support appetite stimulation: in human aspartame studies, scientists have duplicated this urge to overeat. Blundel and Hill documented that “most artificial sweeteners enhance appetite and increase short-term food intake.” They reported: "After ingestion of aspartame, the volunteers were left with a residual hunger compared to what they reported after eating glucose (sugar). This lingering hunger leads to increased food consumption."2

This proves the brain retains the urge to eat when the taste buds are stimulated without “real” nutrients having actually entered the body.

Because aspartame is a neuro-excitotoxin (a chemical that over-stimulates brain cells), the brain gets “wound up” and this triggers a false appetite. This may or may not change the taste of your food, but you become over-stimulated and tend to eat more at each meal and binge-snack because you are hungry all the time.

Those extra calories you save with that diet cola won't make much difference if you eat chocolate chip cookies three hours later because you’re hungry. If constantly using diet sweeteners is actually increasing your appetite, why use them? Common sense tells me that proper diet and exercise are more beneficial in losing body fat and maintaining your weight. Even if you believe that artificial sweeteners help your dieting, is this worth risking your health?

“I have been a medical doctor for twenty-three years and have clinical and research interests in the liver and metabolism. I have been consulted by thousands of patients with weight problems, hormonal imbalances, fatty liver, sluggish metabolism and chronic ill health. In the interests of public health, I am making a position statement concerning the use of the artificial sweetener aspartame sold most commonly under the names of NutraSweet® and Equal®.

“One must ask, ‘Why do millions of people ingest a toxic chemical like aspartame everyday?’ To me it appears ridiculous and I believe that it is because people have been brainwashed into thinking aspartame will keep their weight down and is good for health. It also shows me that we have lost touch with our own natural senses and instincts.

“After having been consulted by thousands of overweight people suffering with problems concerning the liver and/or metabolism, I can assure you that aspartame will not help you in any way, indeed it will help you to gain unwanted weight. This has been my experience, and there are logical reasons to explain the fattening and bloating effects of aspartame.”

According to Dr. Cabot, when you ingest aspartame, the liver cells have less energy for fat burning and metabolism, which results in fat storing. Excess fat may build up inside the liver cells causing "fatty liver” and making it extremely difficult to lose weight.

Professor Terry Davidson and associate professor Susan Swithers, researchers in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the Ingestive Research Center at Purdue University USA, studied how artificial sweeteners disrupt the body’s ability to naturally count calories. Based on their research, Davidson and Swithers proved that switching to diet drinks is not a solution to fight obesity.

Davidson and Swithers found that artificial sweeteners disrupt the body’s natural ability to count calories based on the foods’ sweetness.3 They determined that the body naturally uses food characteristics of sweetness and food texture to gauge when it is full. The body uses this information to determine how much food is required to meet its caloric needs.

“Incidence of overweight and obesity has increased over the past twenty-five years with the increase in the consumption of artificially sweetened foods,” stated Swithers. “Our hypothesis is that experience with these foods interferes with the natural ability of the body to use sweet tastes and texture to gauge caloric content of foods and beverages. When you substitute artificial sweeteners for real sugar, however, the body learns it can no longer use its sense of taste to gauge calories. So, the body may be fooled into thinking a product sweetened with sugar has no calories and, therefore, people overeat.”4

Hunger May Simply Be Thirst—For Water, Not Diet Sodas

Drinking water—not diet colas—can often satisfy that hunger according to Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. In his book Your Body’s Many Cries for Water, he writes, “Many persons confuse their thirst as hunger. Thinking they have consumed enough ‘water’ that is in their soda, they assume they are hungry and begin to eat more than their body needs for food. In due time, dehydration will cause a gradual gain in weight from overeating as a direct result of confusion of thirst and hunger sensations.”

“It is primitive and simplistic thinking that one could easily lace water with all sorts of pleasure-enhancing chemicals and substitute these fluids for the natural and clean water that the human body needs. Some of these chemicals, caffeine, aspartame, saccharin and alcohol, through their constant lopsided effect on the brain … [program] the body chemistry with results opposite to the body’s natural design.”

Ellington Darden, PhD, states in his book, A Flat Stomach ASAP, that super hydration, sipping large amounts of water each day, is an important dietary guideline to keep your hunger under control.

So, the next time you think you want a “sugar-free snack,” sip on a glass of water—not a diet cola—and see if your hunger goes away!

Modern consumers have been misinformed about what carbs really are, and typically eat the wrong types of carbohydrates while avoiding the right ones. So, what ARE the right carbohydrates, anyway?

Complex carbs: “The Good Guys”—made in nature, disaccharides and polysaccharides (natural sugars). Complex carbs are found in vegetables, greens and fruits.

Simple carbs: “The Bad Guys”—manmade, monosaccharide (simple sugars and artificial sweeteners). Simple carbs are found in potatoes, corn, refined grains and grain products, refined pasta, processed foods, baked goods, refined sugar and artificial sweeteners.

What do carbohydrates have to do with weight gain and artificial sweeteners? Just about everything! Complex carbs (natural sugars) are bulky and do not pass through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream. This means little or no weight gain or increase in body fat if food portions are regulated. That’s why you need to eat your greens, like Mother told you to!

Simple carbs (manmade and artificial sugars) pass through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream. This means weight gain, increased fat and elevated blood sugar that can lead to diabetes. We all should eat fruit and cheese for dessert like our Europeans ancestors used to do, instead of eating our modern sugary treats.

Carbohydrates are the most abundant source of energy found in nature. They are products of plant photosynthesis, which provide the plant’s fuel for life in the form of sugar. We are eating the plant’s energy, which in turn becomes our own energy. When we eat the right kind of carbs, we are providing our bodies with fuel so we can perform daily activities from thinking to walking up a flight of stairs. If you are eating a balanced diet with reasonably sized portions, complex carbohydrates should not cause weight gain. But these days we are victims of the “fear of carbs and sugar” fad, and the artificial sweetener manufacturers are taking advantage of this with a marketing frenzy.

Perhaps, the manufacturers of NutraSweet/Equal® and Splenda are overly optimistic to assume the chemicals implanted in their fake sugar molecules absolutely cannot penetrate the intestinal wall into your bloodstream. Scientists have already proven aspartame does transport throughout your blood and into your brain, resulting in weight gain and increased body fat.

Does Sucralose Cause Weight Gain, Too? It’s too soon to prove sucralose will cause the same weight gain reaction as aspartame, but sucralose is a simple carb made with chlorine that passes through your liver, just like all foods, and the digestion process begins. As with methanol in aspartame, I have already mentioned that the liver cells have less energy for fat burning and body metabolism when toxic chemicals, such as aspartame, come into the liver. This results in fat storing.

The manufacturers of Splenda claim sucralose passes through the body unabsorbed. They also claim sucralose doesn't react with the body’s natural processes, and is not broken down at all. But, I do not agree that sucralose passes through the body as an unabsorbed simple carb – there are no guarantees.

With today’s weight-conscious society, fewer calories with every meal seem to be the logical answer. But a closer look in the mirror may prove recent statistics are correct: diet sweeteners, while appearing to decrease calories, do not control your weight over a long period of time.

Hats off to Cascadian Farms®, an organic food company that produces whole grain, naturally “low-carb” products. Their Honey Nut O’s® cereal is an example of what real food should be compared to the “more” popular brand found in mainstream markets, especially for growing children. There are no artificial sugars, no hydrogenized fats or oils, no processed grains or unnatural preservatives.

This product is sweetened with naturally milled organic sugar, organic honey, organic molasses, and organic oat flour, barley flour, and organic ground almonds. The only “preservative” in this cereal is vitamin E, added for freshness.

With natural food products such as this, there is no need to sprinkle on sugar or an artificial sweetener because it already tastes sweet in its original state. This proves to me that most over-processed foods have little taste, so they require artificial chemicals such as sweeteners to restore their original flavor.

The percentage of overweight children has tripled in the past two decades, and the percentage of obese adults has doubled. Even when we factor in bad health habits and poor lifestyle choices, we must acknowledge this weight gain coincides with the introduction of NutraSweet twenty years ago. Coincidence? I don’t believe in coincidence, and I strongly believe that it is time to accept reality that aspartame use and weight gain are directly related.Over twenty years ago, independent researchers warned us that aspartame would cause weight gain—and look at us now.

A prediction come true: Twenty years ago, Dr. Russell Blaylock predicted that excess phenylalanine in the brain from aspartame will block normal production of serotonin to the point of weight gain due to an increase craving for carbohydrates and sugar. The result: epidemic weight gain.

Obesity is increasing worldwide and is set to become the world's biggest health problem. Recent reports suggest that it may soon overtake cigarette smoking as a serious health risk. Nearly two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight, and 30.5 percent are obese, according to data from the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).5 In the UK, nearly two-thirds of men and over half of all women are now overweight—and one in five are obese. At this rate, by 2010 at least one in four adults will be obese. According to data compiled by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), England and Scotland have some of the highest levels of obesity in Europe.

The worldwide increase is also spreading to areas of developing countries where there is recent access to the Westernized over-processed diet and technology.

Obesity poses serious health risks such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure, to name a few. All of these chronic diseases can be positively altered through proper dietary changes of whole foods without fake sugars or fake fats, so take heart.

Portions DO Matter: The size of your meals DOES matter. Modern consumers, especially children, have no idea how to eat normally. The average consumer eats almost twice the portions of food as twenty years ago. The marketing of artificial sweeteners has been a huge contributing factor to a change in the way people look at their meals. Jean Weininger from the San Francisco Chronicle, USA, writes, "Studies have shown that people who use artificial sweeteners don't necessarily reduce their consumption of sugar—or their total calorie intake. Having a diet soda makes it okay to eat a double cheeseburger and a chocolate mousse pie.”

Instead of loading up on diet products, try cutting your portions of real food in half. Dr. Kristine Clark, RD, director of sports nutrition, Pennsylvania State University suggests: “Eat what you want, but eat half. Leave food on your plate—there is no such thing as a ‘Clean Plate Club!’” She emphasizes more physical activity on a daily basis along with modifying the portions of your foods and beverages. “This should break the cycle of weight gain,” she says.

Super-Size It! A single twenty-ounce bottle of soda is actually 2 1/2 servings. In America, muffins are the size of small cakes. “Care for a large order of French fries? It’s just a few cents more to super-size that order.” That's a third of the total calories you should eat in one day! But do people resist the fries? Not usually. They order a large diet cola to justify the difference.

According to a new study by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, women are eating 300 more calories a day and men 168 more calories than twenty years ago. As any nutritionist will tell you, all it takes is one hundred extra calories a day to gain ten pounds a year. To work off those one hundred calories, you must walk twenty-five minutes every day.

In Sting’s first book, “Broken Music,” he writes about the first time he came to New York City. On a limited budget, he ordered a salad thinking this would be mere rabbit food, yet it was all he could afford. When the salad arrived at his table he was amazed at how large the portion was, and commented in his book that one of the first impressions he had about America was how much food we ate and how much larger the portions were compared to Europeans’.

Many experts feel Americans and the British overeat because much of the food that makes up their modern diet is inexpensive, dense with the taste of “fat” calories, and highly processed, so again, the food isn't satisfying, so we eat more to try to feel full.

Accurately estimating food portions can be difficult if you are dieting or hungry. This chart makes measuring simple and helps you estimate your portions correctly.

If you were on a budget and taking the kids out for a quick bite after a long day at work, which fast-food restaurant would you choose?

Restaurant A represents the common take-out meal in 1954. Total caloric intake was 491 calories (including the cola), and no neurotoxins or carcinogens were in the drink.
Restaurant B is the typical carryout in 2004. Super-size it for a total of 1,000 calories (cola included), and people seem to justify the larger portions by drinking “diet.”

"Super-sizing is a public health issue of the highest priority," said Harvard University's Dr. George Blackburn, a professor of nutrition and surgery. Super-sizing has become so controversial these days, McDonald's, the corporation that popularized the ‘super-size’ concept, announced it was discontinuing its 42-ounce ‘super-size’ soda as well as its seven-ounce ‘super-size’ order of fries at all 13,000 U.S. stores as part of a "healthy lifestyle initiative.”

What Are We Teaching Our Younger Generation? Some of the most disturbing weight statistics are on children. Results from the 1999-2000 NHANES Survey, using measured heights and weights, indicate that an estimated fifteen percent of children and adolescents aged six to nineteen years are overweight. This represents a four percent increase from the overweight estimates of eleven percent obtained from NHANES III from 1988 to 1994.

As I’ve mentioned, this is nearly a three-fold jump since NutraSweet came on the market. No one can say with certainty whether one cause of childhood obesity outweighs another, but considerable blame can be placed on the fact that kids don't get enough proper nutrition and are consuming more and more diet products daily.

School Vending Machines: Ditch the Fizz! Children are encouraged to consume junk food at schools where the extensive influences of fast food and soft-drink companies are prominent. The wrong influences govern the types of food and drinks that are sold in schools.

There is a growing movement against soft drinks in public and private schools. School programs discouraging the sale of carbonated drinks appear to reduce obesity among children. A British study in London showed that reducing young students' intake of sweetened carbonated beverages reduced obesity among the students. A one-year ''ditch the fizz'' campaign discouraged both sweetened and diet soft drinks among elementary school children. The results showed a decrease in the percentage of children who were overweight or obese. The improvement occurred after a mere reduction of less than a can of soda a day. According to the study, a high intake of carbonated drinks contributed to childhood obesity.Apparently, such programs are working.

Of course, representatives of the soft drink industry contest these results, claiming carbonated drinks provide only a fraction of children's daily calories, and that they should not be blamed for the childhood obesity epidemic.

However, independent experts say otherwise: in Florida, USA, the Governor's Task Force on Obesity stopped short of admitting soda machines can make kids fat. They suggested a variety of remedies to the state's obesity epidemic—less TV, more exercise in schools—but did not recommend the removal of soda or snack machines from pubic campuses. “The machines often offer milk and other alternatives to carbonated drinks,” they stated.

Here’s a good example of how the soft drink industry markets to children: COCA-COLA ANNOUNCES COCA-COLA ZERO®.Coca-Cola North America has introduced Coca-Cola Zero, a new zero-calorie cola to be on the grocery shelves in the United States beginning June 2005 and they actually admit targeting children by stating:

"Coca-Cola Zero is exactly what young adults told us they wanted - real Coca-Cola taste, zero calories and a new brand they can call their own," said Dan Dillon, vice president, Diet Portfolio, Coca-Cola North America. "Young people today do not want to compromise on flavor or calories and we think Coca-Cola Zero's taste and personality will appeal to them."

School vending machines raise considerable cash, funds that many high schools use to support athletic and other extra-curricular activities. Most school principals support the idea of choice and don't want to eliminate the “cash cow” of colas.

Most US state laws protect the sale of carbonated beverages on campuses if fruit juice is also sold. But many districts around the country are trying to get control of the situation in an effort to improve their students’ nutrition. In Broward County, Florida, the school board's policy permits vending machine sales for only one hour following the close of the last lunch period.

A British report studied 644 children, ages seven to eleven, in six primary schools in Christchurch, England during the 2001-2002 school year. One-half of the classes participated in a program discouraging both regular and diet sodas, stressing the benefits of a healthy diet, while the other half did not.

Consumption of soft drinks dropped by 0.6 glasses a day among the children in the study, but increased by 0.2 glasses a day among the children who did not participate in the program.

the group that did not participate in the program, and dipped by 0.2 percent among those who did.6

Do people use artificial sweeteners in foods and beverages for reasons other than dieting? Statistics show that seventy-three percent of low-calorie product consumers are not on a diet. For these people, "calorie consciousness" does not mean a commitment to weight control or weight loss. Instead, these "non-dieters" have the impression diet products are part of a healthy lifestyle. Who gave them that impression? Marketers!

Marketers promote to the public the importance of artificial sweeteners and diet products using the following myths:

Myth #1: Artificial sweeteners offer a way to control calories. Diet products have made "calorie juggling" a popular method for maintaining weight.

Myth #2: As part of a sensible weight-control program, artificial sweeteners can help consumers reduce calories to help them lose weight.

Myth #3: Artificial sweeteners and diet products provide weight-conscious people with a greater variety of food and beverage choices.

Myth #4: The ultimate success of any weight-loss program depends on the particular product—not on the responsibility of the individual.

Myth #5: Human and animal evidence supports complete artificial sweetener safety.

Myth #6: The majority of health professionals push diet products as beneficial for weight control and diabetes.

* In restaurants, share entrees or ask the waiter to put half the entree in a doggie bag before you even touch it.

* Order lunch-sized portions. Many restaurants serve 4 to 6 ounces of meat at lunch, compared with 8 to 10 ounces at dinner.

* Instead of drinking soda (regular or diet), drink water (add a squirt of lemon or lime for flavor).

* Buy smaller packages of candy, popcorn and snacks, or better yet seek out healthy alternatives like raw vegetables, nuts and seeds, fruit, cheese and hardboiled eggs.

* As you gradually reduce fake foods and artificial sweeteners in your daily meals, replacing them with whole, nutritious foods, your body will feel satisfied. It is only when you give your body plenty of the real food nutrients it needs and maintain a healthy level of activity that you will be able to eat until you feel full without gaining weight and without feeling hungry.

Don’t be discouraged. You can change your lifestyle, not with trendy chemical diets, but with the tried and true methods (whole, natural foods and moderate exercise) our bodies recognize and celebrate. Ditch the fizz and see how your body responds with vibrant health.

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[Editor's Note: This article was reprinted with permission from Dr. Hull. She also has a newsletter that contains interesting information to stay abreast of important health issues. She encourages us to send her our health questions and includes a section on the latest government recalls we should know about. Sign up for Dr. Janet Starr Hull's Health Newsletter at: http://www.janethull.com Dr. Janet Hull was interviewed as a guest on The Isle Of Light radio talk show on the very important topic, "Aspartame - Sweetener or Poison?"

For those of you who want serious information about the Hollow Earth (it is still considered a theory), I strongly suggest reading great books such as the classic, The Smokey God by Willis George Emerson, The Hollow Earth by Raymond Bernard Ph.D., T E L O S and Messages From the Hollow Earth by Dianne Robbins, and checking out web sites such as http://www.hollowplanets.com and http://www.onelight.com. Free, weekly updates by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic Federation can by found at The Planetary Activation Organization and from time to time there will be information about the Inner Earth. Beautiful Inner Earth maps and an intriguing lecture about this topic on CD by Dhyana Markley is in the catalog section of The Isle Of Light website. Also, I wrote an article a couple of years ago called "Dhyana Markley Speaks About the Inner Earth", which can be found on the Planetary Activation Organization web site.

Eric Karagounis, author and channeler, was interviewed on The Isle Of Light Internet radio talk show where he channeled Mikos, from the Library of Porthologos in Catheria, Inner Earth. This show is being aired continuously throughout the year. Please check the radio schedule on this website for airing times, or go to http://www.live365.com/stations/avalon22 and click on "Broadcast Schedule".

"T E L O S" Telepathic Communication from Earth's Interior
by Dianne Robbins

The Mighty Atlantic carries the life force from the Inner Oceans to your shores. As you inhale its force, you bring energy to your body and to the Earth. This is the great force of life; its waves ever lapping your shores.

In Telos, we use this same energy from the Inner Earth Oceans, which flow through the Earth and into our streams and lakes and caverns underground. We harness this energy, and use it to operate our machinery and create our atmosphere underground. All our technology is operated naturally, with no residue of pollution or waste. Therefore, our air is always perfectly clear, and clean to breathe. We don’t use air filters (purifiers) in our homes, as you on the surface do. We once had openings to the surface bringing in some of our air supply, but the air coming in was getting increasingly polluted, so we shut this system down. We now produce all our own clean air, not depending on the surface openings anymore. We travel to the Inner Earth and enjoy its oceans and mountains. It’s just a short trip for us, taking under an hour through the tunnels. The Inner Earth is a free zone territory where many different Beings congregate. It is luxurious and peaceful, and one of my favorite vacation spots. Adama goes there often on business to take part in Great Council meetings concerning the welfare of Earth.

We have vast reservoirs of water at our disposal from underground lakes. We pipe this water into any location we choose. We have lakes everywhere possible in Telos. We have small lakes and ponds with fresh running waterfalls dotting the landscape. Waterfalls keep the air circulating.

Know that we don’t erect dams. We use the water as it pours in, and there is a control mechanism that controls the amount of flow according to our needs. The sizes vary, depending upon the area and its usage.

[Editor's Note: This excerpt was reprinted with permission from Dianne Robbins, who channels Adama, Mikos and others from the subterranean city of Telos as well as from the Inner Earth. She is the author of the best-selling, T E L O S (also available as an E-book) and has a new book called, Messages From the Hollow Earth. Dianne also channels the Cetaceans and is the author of The Call Goes Out - Messages from the Earth's Cetaceans. More information about these books can be found at http://www.DianneRobbins.com. She can be reached by email at: telos@rochester.rr.com.]

The Hollow Earth is a 'very big thing' which is to be kept 'very small' for many years yet to come.

It is difficult, indeed impossible for many people to accept that civilization, true civilization begins beneath the surface; and the surface reality for all its self involvement is but a blip on the immense screen of the cosmic historic timeline. Guardians of the knowledge of the Hollow Earth wish only to introduce it to those who claim the sacred truth behind it. For those who know the earth is full of many tunnels leading into vast caverns of great wealth, free from death, in the present Earth field, a sacred temperament is necessary - indeed overwhelming in its capacity to choose out who will survive. This survival of will is a mandate that many hearts seek. It is the accentuated capacity of spirit to make the journey into the Hollow Earth domain, into the field of resurrection to the eternal realm of self knowledge which lays hidden 'there' from surface dwelling consciousness.

The initiation into this hidden place is so powerful that it actually changes the cellular makeup of the individual seeker. What was once suspicious and fearful to the heart, becomes trusting and heart strong.

To take up this journey takes absolute will - total dedication to the task. Just by claiming this path, making the oath of desire, doors open quickly. Be aware that you are walking into a world that is dangerous except to the deeply dedicated, fixed upon the goal of being 'one' inside the sacred domain of the Hollow Earth.

To many yet without knowledge, this path may beget a sense of causal dogma, a sense of insured enslavement. For those who seek the light energy in the Inner Earth, this is to become a state of exalted transformation, a universal turning back to the hidden self, the Royal will.

We surface dwellers are of a specious society which is meant to be kept above the ground for reasons that would most probably distress many people had they true knowledge of their existence and as to the 'why' they are here.

We make up a highly individualized compartmentalized society, which is reaching its next peak of maturation. Yet, a sense of uselessness, of willful delusion is every present. That which was once perceived as easily harmonious is more and more difficult to ascertain. The answer to this, will come in complete surface global devastation. All systems will close down, and surface humanity will be given an ultimatum to grow together, or to continue to destroy what is left. For those who immerse themselves in the journey into the Hollow Earth, this surface stage acting out the experience of human degeneration, will be avoided. There is a keen choice before all in the unfolding Holy drama.

The Hollow Earth Circle seeks to help individuals in their capacity to enter the light consciousness of the Hollow Earth. The ability to enter the state of the blissful relationship with those Guardians in the Inner Earth has been deeply experienced by many on this path. This power is given to those who seek it out with a willful heart.

"true poise of presence initiates the awakening of the light of the Central Sun by contact with the Solar Gates at the energy core of the Hollow Earth"

I do not want curiosity seekers, who come for a novel experience. There is a phrase that has been used down through the ages for such people. "Do not cast the Pearl before the swine". The swine comes across a precious jewel on the trail and does not recognize it value. It is unfortunate for humans that most fall into the swine category! Please do not be offended by my remark! Every soul is at a different level of understanding and appreciation. There are those who have the maturity to realize the value of such a jewel, all others want to rush out to watch the latest Tom Cruz movie.

Be assured this is not an easy process. It is far from it! Though the technique is easy to understand and apply, it is the practice over time that is difficult.

From the moment of our birth, we become externally focused into the material world. The world demands and commands we focus our attention on it. Exhausted at the end of the day, we fall into our beds to sleep. If we remember our dreams, they for the most part mirror our daily lives. Not only are we consciously, burdened, by our waking life, in sleep we are burdened as well.

The objective is to set aside time which is dedicated to your inner being. With time and discipline, you will build a stronger internal focus. The more intense your inner focus, the more intense the experience. A strong commitment, coupled with desire will carry you far. How far will be determined by you?

I usually practice the Light technique at 4 AM in the morning. At this time the mind tends to be quieter. As I become acquainted with the Inner landscape and focus more attention into it, I am able to recognize more detail. When sufficiently centered within the inner vista, I am able to notice the incredible matrix structure of the mind. I notice clusters of light particles which I recognize as family memories. The grouping of these clusters and the individual photon like particles have a variety of different colors. A way to explain the light associated with the cluster of photon particle is to imagine having an experience at an amusement park. From experience we all know such places are quite colorful. The colors of the photon clusters matches the color at the amusement park. So it is for all of our experiences. Within our minds our memories are actually colored by the light available at each and every experience we have. We even pattern what we imagine from the actual environment of our experiences, though what we imagine is not rooted in personal reality.

What holds these clusters together are the emotion at the time of the experience, be them positive or not.

Continuing with the practice I focus on an imaginary point directly in the center of my field of view. Gradually golden light begins to form around this point. The objective here is not to allow the mind to jump in and analyze the light. When this occurs the light begins to fade. Quickly return your focus back to the center, the light will again form at the focal point. Keeping the attention fixed until a Do-Nut shape sphere forms and then continuing to gaze inward at the same point. At this juncture lessen the pressure on each of your eyes proportionally and ever so lightly.

You will notice the light changing from a golden glow to a bright white. The white light may fill your entire field of view and you may notice feeling warmer. Eventually the light will fade, but you continue to keep your focus at the center. Once the golden light returns and again forms the sphere shape, relax the pressure on the eyes as before. Again the white light will again appear. Over time you may reach a point where the light is so white and the associated warmth so intense the you may feel discomfort. Do not worry! This is a natural reaction within the body, brought on by the release of the intense light energy.

There will be times when you will feel very little interest in doing the Light procedure. Doing the procedure with a lack luster effort will still have value. Even though you don't feel like doing the work required, you will be communicating to your mind that you are the "Boss". You are disciplining the mind to be responsive to your commands, It is far better for you to control the mind that for it to control you. You must come to realize, appreciate and understand the power of your consciousness and its ability to evaluate and make decisions. The inner realm of the mind is like a hall of mirrors. It will reflect back to you exactly what you know or imagine reality to be. One mans reality is not another's! There are literally billions of individual realities. Will any of these human realities provide you with the immortality that we hunger for? Not one of them!

My advice, is to devote yourself to that which will provide you the jewel of immortality. Begin now to build the bridge between your daily life and that of the Creator of Life.

Mr Schuck has studied and practiced meditation for over 25 years. You are welcome to read additional articles by Mr Schuck at http://www.theboomerslife.com

S: Matthew dear, hello! I was way too optimistic about how soon I could get back here for a long sitting. So, before we start on the list, is there anything you’d like to say?

MATTHEW: Dear soul, hello yourself and yes, thank you for asking. I’d like to start with something that amused you and I find delightful. You recently heard from three people who have been reading my messages but aren’t familiar with the books, so only after going to the Web site did they realize that you’re really my mother. I’m mentioning this to clarify our relationship for any others who also may be thinking that “Mother” is just my term of endearment for you.

Now then, I shall continue by replying to the first question on your list that I see from your notes several writers have asked in various ways, “What’s with Pope Benedict XVI?”

Joseph Ratzinger himself said that his reign as Pope will be short, and so it will insofar as “papal infallibility.” I shall return to that. As primary assistant to his predecessor, he knows what the Illuminati within the Vatican did to keep intact the persona of the beloved Pope John Paul while derailing his intent to bring forth the truth of the Roman Catholic hierarchy. So do not expect Pope Benedict to make waves until there is either sufficient light within the Illuminati members or they have been removed from their influential positions. But also, please do not hold Ratzinger’s personal or religious history against him—the former was beyond his control as a youth in Nazi Germany and the latter also was life-preserving. He believes in an afterlife, but he isn’t aware of the light power Nirvana residents impart to Earth, so he feels that only by living on the planet can he effect change.

He shares the vision of John Paul, which was to bring to light the lies through which their church has for many centuries controlled the lives of believers, and he has long looked forward to the time when true spirituality will replace all religious dogma. As a member of the international transition team that will be effecting the changes necessary for your world to emerge into the era of peace and harmony, he is protected within the Christed light and always physical light beings are nearby.

The truth about “papal infallibility” will emerge and be recognized as the ruthless manmade control that it always has been. Along with all the other outright lies and distortions currently being taught, it will be relegated to its rightfully shameful place in new history books.

MATTHEW: No, he’s not a clone, and it’s unlikely that this would be tried or even desired by those responsible for the cloning of John Paul. The purpose of clones is to take over in case of death by any means so that the person’s powerful influence won’t be interrupted. The new Pope hasn’t the charisma and the love of the masses as did his predecessor, and if he died tomorrow, the Illuminati within the Vatican very likely would be gleeful that this most logical successor to John Paul was quickly out of their way and they could get one of themselves into the papacy. They had insufficient support to manage this at the election where the prevailing choice was Ratzinger because of his closeness to John Paul.

S: I see. Next, is: Zaccarias Moussaoui has confessed to conspiring with other Al Qaeda members in the 9/11 terrorist attack—why!?

MATTHEW: This is another attempt by the real perpetrators to show they’re “pursuing justice,” but more so, it’s another desperate effort to keep their cover-up from blowing up. Moussaoui has been helpful in the CIA black ops’ small terrorist incidents, but not so helpful that he wasn’t more useful as a mind-control programmed 9/11 conspirator. Although due to an implanted chip during recent medical treatment, he does believe he played that role, still his “confession” was not given without extreme coercion.

Mother, you have read that Al Qaeda is a CIA creation, but more accurately, it is a “ghost” that the CIA arm of the Illuminati has conjured up as the “global terrorists” who must be hunted relentlessly, and any country accused of hiding or funding them is an invasion target. These are the countries with oil, and while control of all oil is an Illuminati aim, the ultimate goal is total world domination through invasion and occupation or simply capitulation by the weaker nations. They never will get anywhere near their objective!

S: Thank heaven we know that! Someone asked if the theory is true that we’ve already reached “peak oil” year.

MATTHEW: Not in the quantity available, but in the larger sense, yes, you have or very shortly will. Reliance on oil as a major energy source will start diminishing with the emphatic introduction of long-suppressed technology for renewable energy and adaptation measures in transportation areas. Evidence of this will be seen relatively soon along with changes in leadership and national economic systems.

Mother, I know you’re a bit uneasy because people new to my messages are asking about topics I’ve previously covered. I’d like to briefly reply to these because they are very important issues for many.

MATTHEW: It won’t be necessary to type any as my comments, however short, will cover the essence of the various questions and be clear without mentioning them.

By Creator’s decree and God’s authorization for our space family’s intervention, there will be NO nuclear war.

There is no “end times” or “Armageddon” on the horizon—this is only a concept, a dark idea devised a couple of millennia past. Like any other concept, this can be manifested only if sufficient energy is invested in it, and I assure you, there is not!

If you are responding to an inner calling to relocate, then do so. But if you are reacting to “prophecies” that your planet will undergo massive sea and land changes, do not bother heading for safety on the highest mountain. Your soul contract is the determining factor regarding both physical safety and the time of your return to spirit life, and one or the other will happen wherever you are.

There will be no new pandemics or even epidemics caused by laboratory-designed diseases—our space family’s technology neutralizes these viruses as soon as they are released via chemtrails and other means.

Regardless what regional, national or international laws, alliances, treaties, or constitutions are now in force or may soon be, all that are not beneficial to the people affected will not last long. Changes underway eventually will replace oppressive regimes with wise and spiritually evolved leaders who will strike down all unjust laws and agreements.

Implantable microchips will not become widespread as intended by the dark ones, and in light receptive people who willingly or unknowingly have these implants, the chips automatically will be deprogrammed by the higher vibrations of fourth density.

Be sensible about spending and meet financial and legal obligations to avoid difficulties during the time prior to implementation of a new monetary system and a fair basis for taxation, debt payment and allocation of global resources. I don’t know when this will occur—this area is the last stronghold of the dark forces on the planet and they are not giving it up without a tough fight.

Mother, I believe that is all of the repeated topics, so I’ll just add another note here and then we’ll move on with your list. Daily you hear and see evidence of brutality, unjustness, subversion and fear-filled information such as I have just addressed, yet all beings of light who are sending messages through our respected channels have been imploring: “Do NOT judge any, but rather send love-light to all!” This is much, much more than a spiritual idea! It is to the benefit of those whose decisions are not in your OR their best interests; it is to your benefit because you are responsible for all of your thoughts, motives, deeds and their consequences; and it is to the benefit of Earth because the vibrations of your love-light energy lessen the negativity she still must release along her ascension journey. The power of love is boundless! This is what we feel for all of you!

S: OK, dear! If there are such things as vortexes and sacred sites, where might those be?

MATTHEW: Indeed there are sites on the planet that are more sacred than others, and it’s because that is where the energy vortexes are. Many existed before the records of Earth human civilization, thus long before the names you know for the areas I’ll mention: Egypt; Greece; Iran, Israel and other areas in the Mideast; in Asia, prior to the desecration of the once flourishing land that now is the Gobi Desert; Tibet, Nepal, the Himalayas; peaks in Japan, Africa, the west coast of the contiguous United States and Alaska; spots in southwestern United States; Mexico; the Andes in Peru and abutting countries; the submerged continents of Atlantis and Lemuria; the polar regions. I may have overlooked some, but those quickly came to mind.

I want to add that as darkness began taking hold on your planet, the original strength of the vortexes diminished correspondingly, with changes in land and sea masses as well, and it has been only during the past six decades or so that the vortexes are being restored to their original light intensity that is the source of their energy. This is happening because of the massive in-beaming of light from a multitude of civilizations and, more recently, the great increase in the light you are generating yourselves.

S: This is a good place to ask about the South Pole. Someone sent a long article about members of a research team who were afflicted with strange ailments and also witnessed other anomalies in that area. Do you know what’s going on?

MATTHEW: Not specifically with that team or their findings, no, but I can tell you that a lot is going on there that some world leaders know about and do not want disclosed. There is an opening to inner Earth, where a highly evolved population has been living for ages in peaceful and beautiful surroundings, and it’s also an entryway for extraterrestrial crafts from both “outer space” and posts beneath the waters. It’s possible, maybe probable, that what the team members encountered are the protective measures surrounding this portal to keep visitors away until such time that the inhabitants of the inner Earth cities have total assurance of their own safety and the sanctity of their home is honored.

S: Matthew, do you know if there will be intermingling of the populations on and within Earth after all the darkness has left?

MATTHEW: I believe this will be the desire of all light beings on, within and off-planet—all are family, connected at soul level.

S: I should have known this! Someone who has heard “Always keep your eyes to the sky, for there you will see the signs,” wants to know if there is anything to this, like lunar eclipses or planets aligning are signs that we are ascending?

MATTHEW: Well, I think that if everyone always kept eyes to the sky, a great many missteps would result! Speaking seriously, though, the movement of celestial bodies has profound impact because of the energetic changes that affect every soul in this universe. The movement of the most powerful bodies is cyclical, and what’s happening now that is aiding greatly in Earth’s ascension is the strong in-pouring of “goddess” or “feminine” energy from Venus. This energy of love, gentle strength and harmony—rightfully associated with the goddess Venus herself—is bringing balance to Earth’s long-dominant masculine energy that equally rightfully is associated with Mars, the god of war, and is marked by harshness, ruthlessness in achieving success, and male domination over female. This kind of celestial interaction is not unique to your solar system, of course, but rather is a microcosm of the macrocosm, or the universe, which is in constant motion to bring balance where there is imbalance.

S: Thank you. Can you please expand your guidelines for recognizing and treating the symptoms of cellular changes to include Kundalini awakening—is this physical as well as spiritual?

MATTHEW: Focusing on only one of the designations that differ with cultures or philosophies—Kundalini awakening and chakras opening are among these—can limit the understanding that in light receptive people, spiritual and physical changes go hand in hand. The information that many of us have provided about these cellular changes apply across the board, and even though physical as well as emotional symptoms can differ considerably in type, severity and duration, the same spiritual aspects are present. As I have said previously, not all maladies are caused by cells changing from carbon to crystalline structure, and since you can’t be certain which is which, if symptoms are severe or prolonged, it is wise to consult a trusted medical practitioner.

S: OK dear. A mental health nurse asked if the mentally ill and people in prison will ascend with light-filled people.

MATTHEW: This will be determined individually just as it is with every other soul on Earth—how closely free will choices throughout the lifetime conform to the soul contract.

You may say that mental illness precludes sound choices and is such a severe burden for the afflicted person that he or she should get carte blanch ascension rights. But again, this comes back to the soul contract. In cases where mental illness was a karmic lesson selected to balance other lifetimes, by choice the “incurably” ill will be released from this experience and can choose a healthy new body for their next incarnation wherever their evolutionary status entitles them. Those who have less serious conditions and have generated light energy through their motives and deeds will ascend if their contracts’ longevity clauses permit, and if so, their conditions will be healed in the higher frequencies. Conversely, those with minor conditions where conscience is functioning yet they knowingly behave in denial of that guidance, will be drawn to a world in alignment with their lifetime energy registration where remedial learning will be offered.

While it is legally held that people must be punished for unlawful or immoral acts and imprisoned, both the crime and the incarceration may or may not be part of their soul contracts. If their deeds and consequences are in consonance with the experiencing they chose to balance other lifetimes, then the souls will have completed their karmic lessons and evolved spiritually. Depending on the chosen longevity in their contracts, they may transition to Nirvana or they may travel along with Earth into fourth density where they, along with all people falsely convicted and wrongfully imprisoned, will be freed. Prisoners who ignored the guidance of their conscience and seriously veered from their soul contracts will transition to a world where learning opportunities are in accordance with their needs.

MATTHEW: The White Brotherhood, so named because white is the combination of every color in the celestial spectrum and represents every civilization in this universe, is a cluster of highly respected beings with whom other souls in high stations, myself included, interact primarily on a communication level. Likening the Brotherhood to your educational system, they are PhDs whose specialty fields are the major aspects of mass consciousness. They are like a gigantic spiritual resource center where any and all souls are welcome to consult on issues of importance to their own or their civilization’s evolution. Although always open for telepathic conferences, these beings rarely initiate visits, and in such instances it is as a messenger to alert leaders of a civilization that is veering off course in its pursuit of its selected universal knowledge—remembering All That Is. However, like all the rest of us, they may not and never wish to impose their knowledge or guidance on any other soul. I should mention that the “Brother” part of their name doesn’t refer to masculine membership—at their level of evolution they are androgynous, the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies.

MATTHEW: Actually, although I did say “membership,” it doesn’t really apply because there is a perpetual welcome mat for souls to add their discoveries to the “spiritual library.” There is no defined number of contributing beings or functions such as governing bodies need for greatest efficiency.

S: Thank you. Can you comment on the book, The Da Vinci Code, regarding its premise that Jesus and Mary Magdalene married and, after Jesus was crucified, Mary Magdalene went to France where she gave birth to their daughter?

MATTHEW: It is true about the marriage and a child, but in the essential area of the crucifixion, that is the erroneous information in the Bible. Jesus the Christ was not even put on a cross—the crucifixion and resurrection, as well as the virgin birth, are elements of the story concocted by the few who then ruled church and state. They had to distort the authentic life of Jesus and his God-given mission because allowing the truth to become widely known would have removed their control over the populace. Mother, there is no space here to include all that God told you about Jesus, so please add a note about the book that includes this. [Matthew is referring to the chapter titled “Jesus” in Illuminations for a New Era.]

Thank you. Please type the next question. I see that you’ve crossed off most of your list.

S: Yes! The last two questions also are about books. The first is: What is your opinion of A Course in Miracles?

MATTHEW: As a sterling introduction to “the world unseen,” it is most noteworthy. However, the authors who were inspired to produce that material “overlayered” it with their religious beliefs, which like most others’ beliefs, were influenced by the falsehoods in the holy books on which the religions are based.

S: And the last is about a book that includes an “improvement” on the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you…if your positions were reversed.” The woman who wrote about this says it makes sense to her in this example—A masochist might like hurting you because he would like to be hurt by you; but if the positions were reversed, he would realize that you would not like to be hurt, therefore he would not “do unto you.” She wants to know your thought on this.

MATTHEW: My immediate thought is that when one intentionally hurts another, it’s sadistic, not masochistic, but that’s a simplistic objection to what is but one example and presumably not the entire basis of the book that I know nothing about beyond the author’s assertion that an improvement in the Gold Rule is needed. So I shall give a simple reply: I think the Golden Rule is splendid as it is. Live by it and you’ll see!

Mother, dear soul, I’ve immensely enjoyed our conversation because you are free of the distress that has been plaguing you in recent weeks. I’m going to take advantage of this to speak about something of paramount importance—how sound affects you. Everything in existence is energy fluctuating at one frequency or another—this is true of sound and light and your body, and their interaction is inescapable.

Now then, Mother, I need to cite your personal experience to make my point more easily. At symphony concerts to which you were gifted tickets, the programs included neoclassical works. You merely endured these, not enjoyed them as you do the harmonious music of the earlier eras considered the classical genre, and you wondered why anyone would want to write or play those “awful angry” sounds. Composers are among the most energy sensitive people on the planet, and their inspiration for the music they write comes from their soul. It was at that level that the first neoclassical composers were feeling the torment and the approaching death throes of Mother Earth, and this is what produced their cacophonous works. In a purposeful digression from what had long preceded it, the dissonant music heralded the encompassing darkness that now, a century or so later, is obvious to the world. Although steady exposure to the neoclassics would unbalance your energy system, as long as you are living in duality, these works offer balance to the melodic richness of the masters’ compositions, which because of their light have endured throughout many centuries, and the passion in both types of music comes from the soul.

There is NO balance or any redeeming quality whatsoever in “heavy metal” compositions any more than there is goodness in a concentration of heavy metals in your body. The strong dark undercurrent in this NOISE is strategically designed to shatter the body’s energy and prevent light from reaching the souls of those who are captivated by these raucous sounds. This fact needs to reach those who regard “heavy metal” as entertainment instead of the strong deterrent to spiritual clarity that it actually is.

Be aware of the effect the tone of your voice has not only on those to whom you’re speaking, but on you yourself—you are not immune from the inner disturbance of your own harsh sound, which has the same effect as your reaction to another’s anger aimed at you. “A soft voice turneth away wrath” is well worth your attention!

And just one more quotation, “Silence is golden.” Whenever possible, remove yourself from all sources of sound and revel in restorative silence. Allow your energy to sigh “Aaaaah” in the quiet peacefulness of communing with Nature.

Yes, all that I’ve said about sound and silence is in aid of inviting more and still more light into your souls—therein you know your godself and the universe!

[Editor's Note: This message was reprinted with permission from Suzy Ward, Matthew's mother. Please go to www.matthewbooks.com for information about Matthew as well as the Matthew Book series: Matthew, Tell Me About Heaven, Revelations For A New Era, and Illuminations For A New Era. Suzy also has a new book, Voices of the Universe. Suzy Ward was interviewed as a guest on The Isle Of Light Radio Talk Show. During the show, Suzy gives us much information on the extraterrestrials, the earthchanges, our ascension and NESARA. She also shares a special message for us on NESARA which she said she received from God just before this very enlightening November 23, 2003 interview.\

"Your voices as much as any others are 'voices of the universe,' and you need to start thinking of yourselves that way."

As the energy in every single one of our thoughts, feelings, words and actions flows out, by natural law it affects us all. That energy we are sending attracts similar energy in the universe and pulls more of its kind back to us. Individually, we literally are creating our own lives in every moment and simultaneously, collectively, we are creating our world.

And it doesn't end here. The energy we continuously are generating affects in kind the mass consciousness of the entire universe, thus it is impacting our space brothers and sisters. No wonder so many of them are eager to help us bring light to Earth!

If within these pages you find echoes of your heart-remembering that love is what heals-you know the powerful influence you are having on Earth and beyond.

The past several weeks, I’ve been switching from my old computer system to a new one. I haven’t bought any new computers in years, and it was a real awakening for me to discover how much more complex they are today. Especially for someone like me who’s no technical genius.

In years past, I could set up a new computer in a day or two. But during this latest transition, I couldn’t move as quickly. I ran into technical problems I could get resolved only with professional help. I found myself getting impatient and frustrated. And that’s not typical of me.

Then, a few days ago, in some quiet moments, I began reflecting on all this. I realized the past few weeks had been a valuable education for me. I’d been forced to learn more about computers than I ever cared to. All I want to do is use them, not figure out what makes them tick.

But my new system is far more complex than my old one. And if I had been able to rush through the setup, I would not have understood the new system as well as I do now. I’m sure that will serve me well in the years ahead, and undoubtedly save me time and energy should any problems arise.

So I didn’t get what I thought I wanted (a quick setup), but I got what I really needed.

You have often heard us say you can create whatever you want. And we stand by that truth, despite the title of today’s article.

First, we need to make it totally clear to you another fact of life -- one which we have talked about many times: You are all powerful creators.

Your creative power was one of the reasons you chose to incarnate into this particular lifetime. The environment on your beloved Mother Earth is far more conducive to creativity today than it’s ever been in your human history.

But when we say you are powerful creators, we mean not only the human you, but also the greater You -- your higher self.

So this adventure on Mother Earth you are all now experiencing is a co-creative endeavor between you and You. And also, of course, the Universe.

Now let’s take the personal situation John described. He thought he knew what he wanted when he started setting up his new computer system. And he was pretty much on track -- he knew the essence of what he wanted. But he hadn’t "fleshed out," if you will, the details.

And so it’s often, at this point in your creative endeavors, your higher self and the Universe "jump in" to assist you. When that happens, you may sometimes feel frustrated and impatient, as John did.

But when you sit back and reflect, as he also did, you begin to see the bigger picture. And you begin to see not getting what you thought you wanted is often an interim step to getting what you really wanted.

You would have seen what you really wanted if you had taken the time to consider the situation a bit more thoughtfully before you just jumped into it.

All is well, friends. You all live in a vast sea of well-being and abundance. These are your birthrights. And even when you (the human) get in the way of your highest good, You (your higher self) -- and the Universe -- are always conspiring to bring you exactly what you really want.

You live in a gloriously abundant and magnanimous Universe. And if you simply allow the flow -- mostly by staying out of the Universe’s way -- you will get all you ask for. It cannot be otherwise.

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"Becoming a Galactic Human"
Sheldan Nidle
Allegan Michigan
May 13 and May 14, 2005

Sheldan Nidle will be a guest speaker in Allegan, Michigan on Friday, May 13 - 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
and Saturday, May 14 - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (with 2 hour lunch break). He will speak on the topic,
"Becoming a Galactic Human"

Sheldan's talk will include information on:

Location: Reverend Mary Hardy's Estate
3252 Lakeview Drive
Allegan, Michigan 49010

Fee for the weekend (if paid by May 1, 2005) $50 US
Fee (after May 1, 2005) $65 US
Fee for (Friday Night Only) $20 US
Please send all prepayments to Mary Hardy.
Advance payments allow Mary to know how many people to plan for.

For additional information about Sheldan Nidle's May event, please visit his website at www.paoweb.com

Click here if you would like the Real Estate CD set, or if you want to take a look at some of the other items we have on special. Feng Shui Palace Product Specials

And if you buy a 5 or 10 pack set of real estate CDs this month, we’ll throw a free real estate guide in your box!

If you would like me to speak at your company conference, industry convention, or set up a workshop at a corporate retreat, feel free to contact me at karen@fengshuipalace.com to request a speaker’s packet and to see if my schedule is open for your event.

St. Louis, MO, Dallas and Houston, TX, San Francisco, CA (Bay Area) - I am starting to make travel plans for the upcoming year. If you live in these cities and would like a consultation or would like to book me for a speaking engagement that you are involved with, please let me know by e-mailing my assistant at mary@fengshuipalace.com . We’ll do our best to accommodate everyone!

I will be available for consultations in the St. Louis, MO vicinity. Feel free to contact me with your contact information at karen@fengshuipalace.com if you have not done so already, and I will be calling you to set up a time. Please type in your address or "map-able neighborhood" so I can create the most efficient schedule for the consultations.

I will be speaking at the Body Mind Spirit business networking dinner meeting. If you wish to share some time, swap business leads, and hang out with fun like-minded people come on by! Contact Debbie Donovan 949-515-8727 for reservations and information.

Time: 8:00 PM US EST (7:00 PM US Central; 6:00 PM US Mountain; 5:00 PM US Pacific; 1:00 AM GMT)
Duration (hours): 1
Cost: Free

Description: Do you want to understand how and why you attract the things you do, both what you desire and what
you don’t?

Michael articulates the Law of Attraction in such a way that you will understand
why and how you attract the things you want and most importantly, why you are attracting the
things you don't want.
During this introductory TeleClass you will learn the 3-step process
that is the key to Law of Attraction so you can attract more of what you desire, understand why
you attract what you do (and change it if you like),·and stop attracting things you do not want.
You are already experiencing Law of Attraction, now you can use it deliberately so you can have
better relationships, your ideal job or career, and all of your desires.

Come prepared to
take away some tools that you can start using right away. This is an introduction to Michael's
5-week BreakThrough series on The Law of Attraction.

Come prepared to take away some tools that
you can start using right away. This is an introduction to Michael's 5-week BreakThrough series on
The Law of Attraction.

Michael is the author of the new book: Law of Attraction -- The
Science of How to Attract More of What You Want, and Less of What You Don't! To find out more
about the new Law of Attraction book, visit http://www.LawofAttractionBook.com

May 20 + 21, 2005 – Bern, Switzerland
Host: Elisabeth Conrad, Conrad Organisationen

Registration: Conrad Organisationen
Beethovenstrasse 36
3073 Gümligen-Bern,
Switzerland
Tel. 0041 31 951 70 30
Fax 0041 31 951 70 50
E-mail: conrad.organisationen@freesurf.ch

Venue: Friday 20 May, (19.00)
Lecture and channelling
Hotel Kreuz, Zeughausgasse 41, 3011 Bern
Saturday 21 May (10.00 - 18.00)
Seminar and channelling
Hotel Bären
Bernstrasse 25
Ostermundigen-Bern.
www.baeren-ostermundigen.ch

Thanks to all of you who took the recent introductory Remote Viewing class
at Synchronicity! Here is our next training scheduled in Boulder, CO

The Institute for Resonance will conduct our beginning (Remote)
Resonant Viewing class in Boulder, Colorado, May 20th-22nd. This
runs three full days and will give you the tools to practice this art/skill
yourself anytime. The cost is only $395 and is fully tax-deductible. All
class materials will be supplied.

Our accountant says we're crazy, but we want to bring you the best RV
class at the lowest price. Sharpen your intuition and fine-tune your
subtle senses. Tap into your natural creativity. Strengthen your PSI/ESP
neural circuits. Regain talents you lost during childhood conditioning.
We are all connected to the timeless quantum field if only we remember.
Class size is limited to ten people so register soon!

If you have taken the class before, you are welcome to attend again at no
charge, however, please register in advance as space is limited. Get more
info at www.ResonantViewing.org You can register online or call Ron at
303-314-1947, or Simeon at 303-440-7393.

Ron Russell
Dr. Simeon Hein
Institute for Resonance
1942 Broadway, Suite 314
Boulder, CO 80302
(303)440-7393
www.ResonantViewing.org

Who's Who of International Professionals 2003-2004 (top 10% in the world)

ALL DAY EMPOWERMENT SEMINAR SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2005
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Guided Visualization/Creative Writing/ Legal/Financial/BizPlans/ Marketing/ Branding/Networking/Advertising

Documentary Movie "The Phenomenon Bruno Groening"
Sunday May 22, 2005

Wolfgang Stuckenberger
P.O.Box 740
Southampton,NY 11969
631-875-7782

There are only 2 more showings of this extraordinary movie !!
On Sundays, May 1 and May 22.
Starting at 2 pm and finishing around 7:30 pm.
The movie is about 5 hours long.
We will have 2 intermissions
(between part 1 and 2: 15 minutes, between part 2 and 3: 30 minutes).

Please bring your friends and relatives with you, the movie is for everyone
not only for the friends in the Circle of Friends.

Healings have happened during showings of this movie, see quotes:
Elizabeth M., New York City
"I felt a very powerful healing energy through this film with one viewing.
I experienced a healing of my neck which had been damaged from Lyme
Disease 5 years ago.
No medical treatment helped me. This movie is a gift to mankind."

Miriam V.,Vienna, Austria
"Having been so instructed, I assumed an open body position during the
film and I did indeed feel tingling in
my hands and then in my whole body. I felt some pulling in parts of my
body that had been hurting, but I had
a feeling as though something was being balanced. I suffered from
bilateral scoliosis for many years, but
no more. I was most impressed by this film. I am still allowing this
healing energy to flow through me."

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There is no specific charge for a ticket, but we ask for donations.
Suggested donation is $15 in order to pay the room rent for the movie
theatre.

The movie will be shown at the
Millennium Film Workshop
66 E. 4th St.
New York, NY 10003
Seat reservation:
e-mail: contact@gh-film.org

Best wishes,
Robert
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Robert Freigassner
Phone: (917) 621-5708
219 W 81st St, #9B
New York, NY 10024

May 25 + 26, 2005 – Frankfurt, Germany
Host: Brita Dahlberg,
Frankfurter Ring
Registration: Frankfurter Ring
Oeder Weg 43
60318 Frankfurt
Tel 069 / 51 15 55
Fax 069 / 51 22 20
Email: info@frankfurter-ring.de

Venue: Wednesday, 25 May, (20.00)
Lecture and channelling
Saalbau Gutleut
Rottweiler Str. 32
60327 Frankfurt

Thursday, 26 May (10.00 - 17.00)
Seminar and channelling
Ökohaus Raum Frankfurter Ring
Kasseler Str. 1a
60486 Frankfurt

May 27 + 29, 2005 – Hamburg, Germany
Host: Juergen Lipp,
Hanna Lipp,
Wrage Bookstore and Seminar Service
Registration: Wrage Seminar Service
Hamburg, Germany
Tel: +49 40 41 32 97 15
Email: wrage@wrage.de

Venue: Friday, 27 May, (19.00)
Lecture and channelling
The Logenhaus
Moorweidenstr. 36,
D-20146 Hamburg
nahe Bhf. Dammtor

Sunday, 29 May (10.00 - 18.00)
Seminar and channelling
Wrage Seminar Service
Schlüterstrasse 4,
D-20146 Hamburg

Each month we are interviewing many interesting and exciting guests on our one-hour radio show. We encourage you to checkout the station and tune in to the different shows that have been pre-recorded for your enlightenment, empowerment, and entertainment.

You will find a two week show schedule in the Radio and Television section of our website. If you are a first time listener to the show you will find instructions for how to listen on the Radio & Television page. The pre-recorded shows are broadcast on Live365, which is an Internet radio station. This means you are able to pick up the show by simply using the Internet. The station link is www.live365.com/stations/avalon22. For more details and instructions go to the Radio & Television page listed above or go to our broadcast page at avalon22, listed above.

Some of the most recent guests are listed below:
(for a description of the show content go to
The Isle Of Light guest page )

Guest	Topic	Taped
Susan Miller	Understanding Astrology for Success	05/06/05
Michael Losier	Deliberately Tap Into the Law of Attraction and Receive What You Want	04/14/05
John Joseph Kennedy	The Secret to Discovering Your Purpose in Life	03/29/05
Sheldan Nidle	Preparing for First Contact	03/10/05

Thanks you for your interest in the Brobdingnagian Bards' Free Music Downloads. Using the link below you can listen to our Free Celtic MP3 website at SoundClick with over two dozen free Celtic muisc downloads. Download and share these MP3s freely.

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So what are you waiting for? Go out there and start sharing our music with your friends.

The Denver UFO Society meets each month on the fourth Friday of the month. Admission is $3 per person if you have paid a $6.00 card fee for 2005 or $5 per person, paid at the door or one can get a yearly membership.

The meeting is on the second floor and parking is on the east side of the building. The next meeting is May 27th at 7:00 PM. For more information on directions, upcoming guest speakers, etc. please contact Kathy Marble at 303-838-4381.

The Alternate Group meets on alternate Sundays at 2:00 PM at the Full Moon Books & Coffee House at 6th Avenue and Garrison, located in Lakewood, Colorado. Admission is FREE. This group is a spiritual/metaphysical group open to anyone who is interested. Guest speakers are invited from time to time. It is also listed as a Planetary Activation Group or PAG.

As many of you sense or know, we are now right on the edge of a planetary shift in consciousness. The chaos we see and hear about around the world is an indicator of the great changes that are upon us now. Many of us are awakening to the call to help create our new reality. We can each make a major difference by connecting with others locally and globally and together we can help create peace, love and abundance here on Earth. Planetary Activation Groups (PAGs) are are places where we can meet with others who are like-minded in our community. PAGs are also places to assist others and let communities know what is going on behind this major transition. PAGs are also connected to other groups around the world.

Attendance is always free to anyone interested in meeting with others who are like-minded. If you are interested in attending this group in upstate New York, please call Chyrene Pendleton at 315-829-4054 or 303-859-1556 and/or send an email to cap2283@aol.com. Also, please visit www.paoweb.com for additional information and free weekly updates by Sheldan Nidle, founder of the Planetary Activation Organization.

We invite you to join us for the special Orin and DaBen Sunday meditations from 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM, Pacific Standard Time, or at 9:00 AM your local time. This is a wonderful time to listen to your Orin tapes or to sample and work with Orin's online meditations in the Orin Meditation room at http://www.orindaben.com/meditations/orinmeditations.htm You can find out more about our Sunday morning meditation at http://www.orindaben.com/home/sunammed.htm.

Orin and I wanted to let you know that a new round of the Divine Will Study Group is starting Sunday, November 2nd, with the Sunday morning meditation. Stop efforting and struggling to change your life and reach your goals. Instead, call upon these powerful energies of Divine Will to be in the flow, reach your goals, and expand your consciousness. Start by reading the Divine Will study schedule. When you are ready to start, go to the Will to Initiate for preparatory instructions.

What is Divine Will? Go here for more information on these powerful energies and how you can call upon them to change your life. You do not need to use your personal will to make things happen. Calling upon these powerful energies of Divine Will can change your life and your consciousness in wonderful ways, even better than what you can imagine. These energies never control you or take over your life; as you work with them you come into alignment with your soul and unfold the Divine blueprint of your life. You begin to desire those things that are for your higher good, rather than resisting and sabotaging yourself. Obstacles start to fall away, and new paths open up for you.

Read and use the free weekly online practices. Starting Sunday, November 2, 2003, Orin will be providing weekly practices you can read to assist you in unfolding the Divine blueprint of your life and in becoming your Divine Self. There is no charge for being a member the study group and using the practices during this next round. As you bring Divine Will into your life, you help anchor the Divine Will energies onto the earth plane. You become a transmitter of Divine Will to all life.

The Divine Will study course utilizes Orin's Transforming with Divine Will audiocassette tape course (MM050) that you can listen to, where he transmits the Divine Will energies to you directly. This tape course includes preparatory journeys and meditations for each quality of Divine Will.

New! Sanaya's story of working with Divine Will and how the Divine Will study group came about. Of all the courses Orin and I have taught, working with Divine Will is one of the most direct, powerful, efficient, and transformative ways I have ever learned to grow spiritually, live as my soul, and change my consciousness and life.

New! Orin's message about Divine Will. Read more about the energies now present, and why the guides are bringing more information about Divine Will energies to humanity at this time.

Join the Divine Will online forum to meet a loving, spiritually minded community of people who are assisting and supporting each other during this time of transformation. You do not need to register to read people's messages. However, when you register you will receive email updates about new information available from Orin, and I will know that you are participating in the forum and can include you in my meditations. New members are warmly welcomed! If you haven't posted in a while, we would love to hear how things are going! There is a forum for each quality of Divine Will, and for Orin's Living a Soul Life tapes (MM060) as well.

Post your earth plane and spiritual goals for others to see and energize on the free Divine Will online goals forum. If you have posted your goals before, search the Divine Will Goals forum and read and update your past goals.

Receive energy from Orin and DaBen A good time to tune in with DaBen and Orin is during their Sunday morning meditations on the inner planes, from 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM your time or USA Pacific time. Enjoy the expanded states you can experience when a group meditates together on the inner planes. Orin will be transmitting Divine Will energies on Sundays.

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The New Moon Cetacean Meditation begins at 6:00 PM your local time on Sunday May 8, 2005. The New Moon (and the Full Moon) energy is a powerful one and is always an important time to state and manifest our intentions. The New Moon energies are strong and effective during the couple of days before and after May 8th.

During this global meditation let us join and "dedicate ten (10) minutes to meditate upon the Cetaceans (whales and dolphins), to acknowledge their service to humanity and to Earth, and to send them our love energy so that they can at last feel the connection with their brothers and sisters on land."

Using the galactic calendar, we can also focus on the k'in or day during the New Moon Cetacean meditation (and every day) as well as the message for the galactic month, allowing us to flow with Mother Earth and experience galactic time.

On this day of 13 Etznab, 6 Moan, 13 Eb (May 8, 2005), the energies are "Transcendence" (13) and "Inner Mirror" (Etznab). For this meditation, the direction is White and the musical tone is "C (next octave)". Etznab is the "White Mirror" or the "Reflector" and "mirrors inner self" and represents a "reflection of spirit". White purifies and discerns.

What you can do on this day examine how your personal life is going right now. Do you like what you see? Are there aspects you want to change? Our lives are reflected by the Etznab, it mirrors exactly what is going on inside of is. It reveals Truth. If we don't like what we see, we can always change it by changing ourselves. The day is a great day to start that process or continue doing what we are doing if we are pleased with our lives.

Transcendence takes us to the next level, a higher level with this inner work, where we can purify our beliefs as well as the goals we are setting.

During this meditation, we place our attention on the energies of White, Transcendence, the White Mirror, this galactic month of Moan and this galactic year of 13 Eb. Moan is "a time to clarify inner vision and discover your own insights." By focusing on all of these energies, we can really examine ourselves by looking in the mirror of our lives, purify and successfully take it to a higher, spiritual level.

Also, understand that the Cetaceans are always eager to telepathically communicate with us and we are to connect with them along with our meditation. They assist us in bringing love, joy, inspiration, healing and balance into our lives. They are the caretakers of our planet Earth, protecting the biosphere. We can tune in with the Cetaceans, sending them Love energy and thanking them for their service.

*For more detailed information about galactic time and how to use the galactic calendar, you can order the book, "Your First Contact" by Sheldan Nidle, and the "Galactic Calendar of the Year 12 Manik (July 26, 2003 - July 25, 2004)" at: http://www.paoweb.com

The beautiful new "Galactic Calendar of the Year 13 Eb (July 26, 2004 - July 25, 2005)" can be ordered now by going to: http://www.paoweb.com/galcalad.htm

Dianne Robbins channels the Cetaceans and is the author of The Call Goes Out - Messages from the Earth's Cetaceans, T E L O S and her latest book, Messages from the Hollow Earth. More information about this can be found at: http://www.DianneRobbins.com

I got a message from Masaru Emoto who is being on his lecture tour in Europe. He asked me to tell the following to you. It is a quotation from "The Message from Water vol.3 -- Love Thyself". We are very happy if it is useful to you.

Pray to Yourself

I have been studying why people get sick, from the point of view of HADO, for about fifteen years. It is clear that sickness is primarily caused by the distortions of vibrations at the level of elementary particles. If we assume the Earth or the entire global human race is a person, each one of us is then an elementary particle. The distortions of each of us will grow to become the sickness of the entire Earth or the whole human race.
Indeed, "Man is a microcosm." On the contrary, if we as elementary particles are strong and happy, this Earth and all the people on it will become healthy and
happy.

This is the reason why I propose to "wish and pray to first love yourself, be grateful to yourself, and respect yourself." We should ourselves shine and have strong vibrations, and then give our vigorous spirit to others. I think that is true love. Do you think you understand what my idea is? To those who would accept this idea, or those who think that this sounds good even if they don't fully understand it, let us pray for ourselves from today with the following procedure. I am sure something will change in yourself.

1.Time / Place Anytime, anywhere. When you wake up, when you go to bed, in bed. When you are taking a walk. Before taking a meal. Anytime anywhere when you are alone spending a quiet time is OK.

2.Feeling / Image With feelings of thanks to the water which convey your feelings. Picture all the people in the world holding hands with one another in harmony, and our water planet, the Earth, and the water of our bodies.

3.Phrases Let us say to ourselves:
(Your name), I love you
(Your name), I thank you.
(Your name), I respect you.
After this, it is also good to say the name of a person who you are concerned about or who is on a different wavelength.

4.How With your eyes closed and your hands put together. If it is difficult to say aloud, say it in your heart first. Say it out loud, when you get used to it.

It's very easy, isn't it? Each prayer lasts only thirty seconds. Of course it's no problem if you want to take a little longer. When you start praying for yourself, something will definitely change in yourself. And when more and more of your fellow men change in the same way, your surroundings will change, society will change, the country will change and the world will change, all in a good direction, of course ---.

What does "Thyself" mean in "Love Thyself"? It can be your physical body which is the minimum "Thyself". However, once you started to pray, you are beginning to feel "Thyself" changing into something bigger that contains your family, your society, your nation and the whole planet.

The water inside your body is not isolated from other water. As a matter of fact, it is connected with all the water on this planet becoming part of the global water cycle. Likewise, our consciousness is connected with all the consciousness of all other life forms.

When we "Love Thyself" in a true meaning, the world surrounding us will change into the one filled with true love.

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PROJECT OF LOVE AND THANKS TO WATER
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President: Masaru Emoto
Secretary-General: Yasuyuki Nemoto
East Side Bldg. 1F, 1-1-11 Yanagibashi,
Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0052, JAPAN
TEL: +81-(0)3-3863-0860, FAX: +81-(0)3-3866-5353
WEB: http://thank-water.net/
E-MAIL: mailto:love@thank-water.net
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This project started on July 1, 2002.
The purpose of this project is to raise the collective consciousness of humanity through the prayer of our Love and Thanks to Water, and by this to contribute to establish the world peace.

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This message is free to distribute.
We appreciate it if you could deliver this message to as many people as possible in a moderate way.
Thank you in advance.
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[Editor's Note: Please read about the Project of Love and Thanks to Water global event by visiting their website at http://www.thank-water.net. Additional contact information is listed below for your convenience. This article was reprinted with permission from Dr. Yasuyuki Nemoto.

Information about Dr. Masaru Emoto's research with water can be found in his books, Messages from Water Volumes 1 and 2 and an excellent interview of him can be found at http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/nov1/cwater.htm. The article called "Communicating with Water and Food" also provides some information about Dr. Emoto's work with water. It can be found in the May issue of The Isle Of Light newsletter. Click on the article or just click on "Archived Newsletter" at the top of this page and follow the links to the Miscellany page of the May 2003 Newsletter.]

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