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Healing through the SOUND VIBRATION OF TUNING FORKS

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By Jennifer C. Swiger “Welcome to Paradise ROCKS! Because it does and so do you!” That’s how I greet my customers. It usually gets a chuckle. My name is Jennifer Swiger, owner of Paradise ROCKS!, the newest and coolest rock shop in Butte County, where I sell rocks, crystals, fossils, minerals, art, jewelry, and gifts.

I fell in love with crystals for their natural beauty; it’s only in the last few years that I became interested in learning about their metaphysical and healing properties. I read somewhere that as a society we have polluted our waters, air, and soil, rendering the food we consume toxic. The only

things that remain mostly undamaged are the minerals within the earth. I see more and more people turning to stones, rocks, and crystals for metaphysical healing.

I’ve been using crystals and rocks in my personal development and growth.

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pleasure of collaborating with my family to create Paradise ROCKS! Debbie had the idea to open a rock shop, John named the shop, and I designed the logo.

The logo is meant to capture vintage Paradise along with the influx of new people moving to the area. As a visitors center on weekends for the Paradise Ridge Chamber of Commerce, I have noticed that travelers are coming to visit Paradise from the Bay Area and Southern California.

I am honored to say that even the guests from much larger and more sophisticated areas offer overwhelming responses that the shop: 1. Has very good energy; 2. The rocks and crystals are displayed beautifully; and 3. It smells great in the shop!

(The good scents could be the SoapRocks, incense or white sage.)

Every day in my shop is a blessing. I meet the neatest people who are excited to see a rock shop in Paradise. We are very popular with little kids. I had one little boy bring in his little toolbox to show me his rock collection. It was darling! We also get a lot of adults who are excited to see a rock shop in Paradise. It brings up a lot

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I hear comments such as “I used to collect rocks with my grandfather” or “My kids and I used to look for heart-shaped rocks.”

More and more each day, I get customers who are curious about the metaphysical and healing properties of the rocks.

When people in the shop are drawn to a particular rock, I share the stone’s affinities with them.

More often than not, it is exactly what they need at the time. If a customer is not sure where to start, I recommend rose quartz because it is a stone of unconditional love.

One of my greatest pleasures has been introducing the community to some unique and talented artists using a wide range of mediums.

One of our local artisans beads animal skulls in the style of the Huichol people in Mexico. There are approximately 121 beads per square inch; one piece could have thousands of beads. She also makes decorative gourds using various artistic techniques such as watercolors, gold leaf, or pyrography (wood burning). We have several artists from the Yosemite area. Marti Houchard carves the most beautiful angels from manzanita. Native Americans believe manzanita has healing properties. Guido Stauffer uses jet-black India ink, colored ink, pencil, and occasionally watercolor to create his drawings. Courtney Konapacki has a unique, organic, and whimsical style. She uses digital photography to create her

work. Jamie Owlhawk makes medicine tools for use in shamanic, Reiki, or energy movement. Jamie’s medicine tools are unique and handcrafted to enhance one’s spiritual journey. All of our products are

handpicked with exceptional quality, social responsibility, and positive energy in mind.

We are a fun, family-run business with a commitment to strengthening our Paradise community and promoting art and culture in the area. Paradise ROCKS! loves the idea of bringing family and community together. One of my favorite ways to promote Paradise ROCKS! is painting rocks that say Paradise ROCKS! Then I hide them on the Ridge for people to find. I painted Darth Vader and a stormtrooper for Star Wars Day, May 4. I posted a picture of the rocks in their hiding place with a clue to find on the Paradise ROCKS! Facebook page. The mother of the little boy who found them posted on our Facebook page

that her son carried around those rocks for two days! He was so happy, it made me happy! The best part about painting rocks is that anyone can do it! It also fosters creativity, builds self-esteem, relieves stress, and develops our appreciation of art. Paradise ROCKS! is encouraging members of the community to tap into their artistic and whimsical spirit by painting rocks that they will hide in their favorite spots on the Ridge for others to find. For more information about the rock hunt and how you can participate, please visit our Facebook page @paradiserocks530.

Our vision is to create a rock shop that everyone can enjoy. The shop is continuing to evolve as we add new specimens, treasures, gifts, and activities each month. You will find our shop at 5660 Skyway Rd., Ste. C, in Paradise, CA. Paradise ROCKS! opened its doors on February 23 and has been ROCKIN’ it ever since! Please stop by to check us out and say hello!

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ACUPUNCTURE Acumoxa Treatments - Michael Turk.........................28 Heavenly Herbs & Acupuncture - Sheryl...............27 ‘Ohana Health..................................................................11

ARTS

Love’s Art - Marianna Love...........................................20

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BOOKS/CDs/DVDs

Dhara’s Meditation CD..................................................34 Innergrowth - Lezah Young.........................................38 Inner Traditions Books..................................................43 The 12 Spiritual Laws of Recovery..............................21

CENTERS, RETREATS, CLINICS & HOSPITAL

Beyond Fitness Club - Paradise...................................4 Center for Emotional Balance - Susan Bertozzi....36 Center for Spiritual Living - Paradise.......................18 Colon Therapist - Maxine LeClerc..............................27 Dinner with the Doctor - Feather River Hospital....33 Dr. Patrick - Digestive Health.........................................2 Kick Butt Hypnosis Clinic - Julia Ferré...................22 My Body Wisdom - Anasuya......................................37 ‘Ohana Health..................................................................11 Stewart Mineral Springs - Mt. Shasta.......................37

CHIROPRACTORS

Chico Creek Wellness - Dr. Penner..............................2 Mary E. Ewing. D.C..........................................................31

COACHING

Focus on Solutions - Wayne Crooks.....................14 Holistic Success Coach - Cal Ling...............................4 Inspirational Teacher - Jeff Running....................18 Mary E. Ewing. D.C..........................................................31 Nurture Your Flame - Stacy Edwards......................23

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Colon Therapist - Maxine LeClerc..............................27

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Dr. Patrick - Digestive Health........................................2 N.A.E.T. - Dr. Mark Light & Vicki Van Scyoc.............15 Richard Pruett, DDS..........................................................2 Wellness Driven Dentistry - Cindy Johnson............3

EVENTS, CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Ananda Chico Meditation Center.............................16 Dinner with the Doctor - Feather River Hospital...33 Dr. Terry Cole-Whittaker...............................................13 For the Funk of It - Belden, CA....................................3 Inspirational Teacher - Jeff Running......................18‘ Ohana Health..................................................................11 Sound & Touch Therapy - Pia Christensen............11 Stewart Mineral Springs - Mt. Shasta.....................37 Wellness Driven Dentistry - Cindy Johnson............3

HEALING ENERGY HEALING Acumoxa Treatments - Michael Turk.......................28 Ener-Chi Wellness - True Quantum Healing Store...12 N.A.E.T. - Dr. Mark Light & Vicki Van Scyoc...........15 Sound & Touch Therapy - Pia Christensen...........11 SHAMANIC HEALING Find Your Wings - Redding - Jim “Redtail”..............19

HEALTH & BEAUTY / SPA Apothecary Options - Steve.........................................2 Colon Therapist - Maxine LeClerc..............................27 Hair, Body & Soul - Teresa............................................26 My Body Wisdom - Anasuya......................................37

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Ananda Chico Meditation Center.............................16 Dhara’s Class Meditation..............................................35 Dhara’s Meditation CD..................................................34 Dr. Terry Cole-Whittaker................................................13 Inspirational Teacher - Jeff Running....................18 Sanctuary of Omni Love - Auburn Area.................23 Science of Spirituality - Jennifer Bliss - Chico.......35

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SHOPS & PRODUCTS

Berkeley Olive Grove - Olive Oil.................................9 BLAZEn’J’s - Chico, Oroville & Paradise....................41 Chico Garden Center.....................................................40 Ener-ChiWellness -True Quantum Healing Store....12 Fiona’s Forest - Natural Skin Care & Herbs.............31 Gold Exchange: Jewelry for the Soul, Red Bluff...12 Hair, Body & Soul - Teresa............................................26 Lynn’s Gluten-Free Bakery...........................................30 Nightingale Cannabis Collective...............................40 Paradise Rocks Gifts & more..........................................5 Randy’s Vac & Sew.............................................................5 Sanare Smart Natural Relief - Darrell.......................43 S&S Organic Produce....................................................17 Soul Connections............................................................43

YOGA / FITNESS Ananda Chico Meditation Center.............................16 Awakened Yoga...............................................................18 Beyond Fitness Club - Paradise....................................4 Breathe Yoga Studio - Durham...................................36 In Motion Fitness.............................................................15 Yoga Center of Chico - Rex Stromness.......................3

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Passion & Excellence at Berkeley Olive Grove

by Rahasya Poe

Healing through the Sound Vibration of Tuning Forks

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They Call It “Invisible”: LYME DISEASE

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A Love Tribute to Donald Payne

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Fate or Destiny?

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Digestive Health

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Questions for Dr. Gayle Kimball Wild-Crafted Summer Remedies

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Healthy Recipes - Dinner with the Doctor Series

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The Power of Humming

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“The millennials are the key to change and for the most part they don’t see that right now; they are just starting to realize how powerful they are and actually have very little to lose by changing the system to something entirely different.”

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e are entering a new phase now with a new website, including a new Calendar of Events, Business Directory, and an “In the Media” section, where you can watch and listen to special programming on TV and radio that we are involved in. Many people are moving into our beautiful northern California area and we want to make sure they know about what makes this area so special, which is you, our readers and our advertisers, who have so faithfully supported us for the past 13 years.

With a website that is mobile friendly, we will continue to reach segments of our community who are out and about looking for resources, events, and maybe just sitting down at the coffee shop reading our magazine online. Our goal is to unify and bring together segments of our community who may feel disenfranchised by “normal” media. We have a whole generation coming of age, such as the millennials, who don’t see much of a future for themselves and who are not in touch with their creative energies. We all need to be good stewards and set an example by questioning some of the traditional answers we’ve been given and look for new ways to live in a world where everyone is important and has the basics of life.

A special thanks to DK Websites for a superior job at bringing us into the 21st century, and by all means, read all

the articles, including the one in the “Rahasya Uncensored” section on what is happening with our nonprofit communitysupported radio show.

As always, when you need products, help, or support, please visit our advertisers and mention the Lotus Guide; we go to great lengths to do our best to make sure you are in touch with the best that our community has to offer.

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Olivia & Darro Grieco, Owners of Berkeley Olive Grove OK … I’ll admit that we might be a little biased when it comes to our advertisers in the Lotus Guide, but every once in a while we think we need to say something about them, and this is one of those times.

It started in the parking lot at a market here in Chico, where Darro recognized me from the Lotus Guide and started telling me about what he and his wife, Olivia, were doing with an olive grove in the Oroville area.

To make a long story short, I realized two things at the end of that conversation: One was that everything I thought I knew about olive oil was incorrect or, at best, misleading. The other thing I realized was that I had just met someone who was doing something exceptional, not only with olive oil but also with the environmental issues around growing.

My wife, Dhara, and I went out to see their 300-acre olive farm and spent an enjoyable few hours learning and tasting the different

varieties of olive oil. I’m not even going to pretend to understand everything they were telling us about the finer points of growing olives and processing them into oil that is ranked in the top 2.5% of oil worldwide, but I do understand one thing completely … and that’s passion. You can have all the knowledge in the world about how to do something, but without passion in today’s economy you will fall by the wayside amid an onslaught of permits, rules, regulations, and the financial viability of creating something outstanding.

We asked Darro and Olivia to explain in a nutshell what their objective is and here’s what they told us: “Our objective is and has always been to produce the best product possible with natural food value using the olives from this centuryold olive grove. The oil we produce here is truly organic (75 percent of what is sold as organic is not) from soil, air, and rain water without any artificial additives of any kind.”

Meeting people such as Darro and Olivia, and for that matter, all of our advertiser friends, is a reminder to us why we love publishing this magazine that you are holding in your hand. The world we live in will become a better

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Visit www.BerkeleyOliveGrove.com for more information and to learn much more about olive oil than you would think possible, because plain and simple, you need to know what you are putting in your bodies in today’s world.

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Healing through the Sound Vibration of Tuning Forks

By Pia Christensen “Everything is energy and that is all there is to it.”—Albert Einstein

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o if everything is energy, not only things we see and touch are energy, but also sound, light, and even emotions have a certain energy or vibration.

We are all vibrational beings with our personal vibration. Animals and plants have their own vibration, as does our Mother Earth (7.81Hz).

We feel healthy when our energies are balanced and a sense of discomfort when they are not. A stressful situation,

annoying sounds, too much or insufficient light, anxiety, fear, or just being around destructive or unhappy people easily distort our vibration, bringing us a feeling of dis-ease. You may recall situations in which a person made you feel drained, as if he sucked your energy. He just tapped into your auric field and changed your vibration. To keep this from happening, we all need to find a way to protect ourselves or find a way to get back to our personal vibration.

Sound is a therapeutic method that makes use of the frequencies that correspond to vibration in the auric field—sound can help detect and correct imbalances within this field. The vibration of tuning forks can help balance our nervous systems and help manage stress and other challenges in our lives. There are two types of tuning forks: unweighted forks, which are used to clear the auric field, and weighted forks, which are applied on the body and work as a type of acupressure.

Our cells produce and release nitric oxide. When weighted tuning forks are placed on bone or connective tissue, they resonate throughout the whole body, causing the cells to release nitric oxide, which sends a signal to our cells to relax.

Tuning the auric field can be a superb way to achieve balance and also bring you profound insight and inspiration.

The auric field expands approximately five feet to both sides of the body and three feet above and below; it is shaped like a torus and contains records of our memories. Just as the brain

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Body & Mind touch, and clearing of the mind. Group sessions can at times bring powerful healing by raising the vibration as a group.

So what are some of the effects you can expect from a tuning fork session?

does, the auric field has different areas responsible for different functions. It holds information related to specific emotions, states of mind, and relationships from the past. It is the blueprint around which the physical body organizes itself.

Every emotion has its own vibrations and can make us feel uncomfortable or out of alignment.

Memories and emotions such as anxiety, worry, anger, hate, guilt, shame, or blame have a very low vibration and can get stuck in our auras. Through time this can cause chronic illnesses. Therefore, raising our personal vibration with tuning forks can change the emotions and help us achieve a sense of improved well-being.

Tuning forks bring a chiming sound to your ears but also bring a vibration that can be felt in the bones and body. As with adjusting a piano, your body can be tuned to achieve optimal physical and mental balance.

Tapping two Biosonic tuning forks can instantaneously alter your body’s biochemistry and bring your nervous system, muscle tone, and organs into

harmonic balance. In seconds your body can enter a deep state of relaxation where profound healing can take place. You will find your mind at peace, an improved and enhanced immune response, integration of body and mind, and for some, the ability to transcend to higher levels of consciousness.

The sound of the tuning forks has also proven to enhance the healing effects of energy-therapy practices such as Reiki, meditation, yoga, and massage.

A tuning fork session is usually performed on a massage table with your eyes closed. The main purpose is to provide a space of total relaxation and to clear the auric field. Once the aura is cleared, the practitioner can apply weighted body tuners on the chakra points of the body or, if needed, to acupressure points to ease any ailments. Tuning forks can also be used in a group, usually with participants’ lying as comfortably as possible in a half circle on a yoga mat.

Participants often report feeling a sense of weightlessness, having visions, physical sensations such as tingling and gentle

• Often instantaneous deep state of relaxation; • Improved mental clarity; • Increased level of physical energy and mental concentration; • Stress relief; • Easing of pain; • Balancing of the nervous system; • Integration of left and right brain.

Are there any side effects? The answer is No (except if you have a pacemaker; you can still have an auric tuning without the weighted body tuners).

The bottom line: The body is amazing and is able to heal itself if it only gets the time and space to do so. Finding that place of total relaxation and a clear mind with no distractions will help your body focus on what it needs to do.

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The Priceless Value of Ancient Wisdom

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By Dr. Terry Cole-Whittaker ncient wisdom offers us clues and gems that spirit souls before us discovered and realized. In turn, because they had received this knowledge from their teachers and resources, they were generous and loving enough to pass this knowledge, as well as their own experiences and realizations, to us. It’s not about believing what ancient wisdom or anyone or any teaching or instruction is proposing; rather, it’s about having an open mind and a willingness to use the knowledge that resonates with you to help you attain what you desire spiritually and materially.

I call myself a spiritual sleuth, because I have been seeking clues and gems of wisdom that I could apply to manifest my heart’s desires and also to attain my full consciousness as an eternal being possessing all godlike qualities, abilities, and powers.

Eventually, my detective work and application led me to the teachings and realizations of the mystics. Mystics are absolutists, because their work is to clear their consciousness of all the layers of ignorance about who we are and the powers we possess and to allow their true, eternal, divine nature to come forth as they witness the miracles and effortless manifestations.

Mystics are not limited by religion or any philosophy or schooling, because they focus

teacher is founded in the absolute, the divine perfection of each person. Mystics tell us that there are two categories of human beings—thinkers and knowers. For thinkers, life is a struggle—there is competition for survival, and every problem that is solved by thinking using learned schooling and logic, instead of spiritual logic and reasoning, creates another usually worse problem. Worldly teachings are based on scarcity, fear, death, lack, and limitation.

Knowing means listening deep within you beyond words, beyond belief systems. Listening in nature and walking barefoot is an ancient health practice, and now it is the most “up-to-minute” health secret of earthing.

The ancients all agree that the mind is the troublemaker, which each of us can validate simply by observing the workings of the mind and the quality of thoughts and where these thoughts, if they are believed, will take the thinker. This mind is not you. Thinking never solves

on their connection with the divine as the self and the spirit of nature. The mystic way that I am sharing and teaching my students is the fast path to fulfilling one’s heart’s desires because the focus is on the cause, us, and not on the effects, the creations. It’s like being hollow bamboo that allows for the breath of fresh air, absolute truth, to flow through and out into manifestation.

What always impresses me when reading the knowledge passed down from teacher to student as far back as I could find is that the truth then is the same truth now.

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“When the mind of the yogi, still under the shelter of the Divine, becomes devoid of material objects and is detached from all material objects. The mind suddenly gets destroyed, just as a flame dies without oil and wick. The jiva (person), having destroyed misconceptions of his body, then sees his atma (Self) without coverings.”—Srimad Bhagavatam, 3.28.35 “Take no thought for what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink or wherewithal ye shall be clothed, because your father within knows what ye have need of before ye. …”

—New Testament.

How can this be? If this is really true, then there would be peace and harmony given that each person would always be enough and have enough for whatever the need. However, the scarcity, fear, and guilt card is being played so strongly, as well as the program to always want more, more, and more, that it’s the rare person who is willing to surrender into the divine and witness how the divine works out each moment for his or her topmost well-being and the well-being of all.

Definitely, one needs to have an open mind and not be limited to one’s

beliefs or be afraid that one’s belief system will fall apart, as if beliefs are necessary and important. So what? It’s just a belief, a collection of words/sounds with meanings that have been controlling humanity. Are you predominately a thinker or a knower?

They think, we know! No one can think himself into greatness, for this is who we are already. “Who by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature?”—New Testament.

You can’t get better or worse because you are already perfect at the level of your true eternal self beyond the mind and its activities.

“Just as a dream is merely a creation of one’s intelligence, but has no actual substance, similarly, material lamentation, illusion, happiness, distress, and the acceptance of another material body take place by avidya (ignorance), and are not based on reality.”— Srimad Bhagavatam, 11.11.2 Much is revealed to the person who is able to raise his or her awareness above a situation and who takes the position of a witness, an observer, who is heart centered, aware, and focused in the glory of the divine, your self, who is the pleasure of the divine, rather than losing one’s self by being caught up in the dramas and distractions of the world stage. As an aware

observer, you are able to discern the results of your actions before you take them and avoid any unwanted surprises, because your present-moment choices are directed by your inner guidance, knowing, and wisdom that is everywhere present, all knowing and all sweet and powerful.

A huge part of my manifesting an international Emmy award–winning weekly TV program and a San Diego congregation of thousands of members, becoming a New York Times best-selling author, with a successful career as a motivational speaker, seminar leader, and trainer of ministers, spiritual healers, best-selling authors, prominent entertainers, and sports figures, was the constant work of clearing and releasing limited and fear- and lack-based beliefs that have been plaguing humanity.

As a single mom with two daughters, I immersed myself in the studies of ancient wisdom, applied it, and realized each and every one of my heart’s desires. The number one obstacle I had to overcome was the fear about what others were thinking, speaking, and doing concerning me and my work. The envious always criticize, find fault, and resent the good fortune of others, whereas a mystic, a spiritually minded liberated spirit soul, always endeavors for the well-being of all living entities, including animals. My first book, What You Think of Me Is None of My Business, addressed this whole practice of giving our power away to others and then suffering the consequences of not trusting and following our inner guidance with absolute certainty. My path is to take the best and dump the rest.

With love, Terry

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They Call It “Invisible”:

L y m e D isease

By Dr. Mark Light and Vickie Van Scyoc, RN

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mericans are seeing more and more cases of Lyme disease being reported in the news. And for good reason: Lyme disease cases are quickly reaching epidemic proportions.

What most people don’t know is that “Lyme disease” is a clinical description for a condition with a variety of symptoms. The symptoms themselves may come from a wide range of sources, including spirochetes, bacteria, viruses, and protozoa.

The symptoms caused by these organisms can be debilitating and intense. Some of the most common physical symptoms are joint pain or swelling, muscle pain or cramps, and spinal sensitivity.

But there are also neurological symptoms, such as headaches, weakness, tremors, dizziness, difficulty walking, restless legs, numbness, tingling,

pinpricks, and even seizures and strokelike symptoms.

Lyme disease can affect patients mentally, too. People often suffer memory loss, confusion, speech difficulty, and forgetfulness.

Along with these symptoms, many people also suffer psychologically with mood swings, depression, irritability, panic and anxiety attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), paranoia, insomnia, and even aggression and rage.

Every part of the body may be affected by Lyme disease, which makes diagnosis confusing and difficult. Once Lyme disease is diagnosed, treatments can be expensive (often costings tens of thousands of dollars), time consuming, and uncomfortable.

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Soon, my cognitive skills declined. My vision blurred. Heart palpitations caused me to nearly black out. Lumps formed on my thyroid. I couldn’t get warm. Malaise, fatigue, anxiety, and depression knocked at the door.

In 2012, I went for another gorgeous hike, but that night, I felt things crawling all over me! Deer ticks! I was once again wrapped in blankets with chills, high fever, rashes, pain, and so on. I told my physician that I could have Lyme disease. He replied, “Lyme disease doesn’t really exist in Indiana.”

I tried to live a normal life but simple tasks became difficult. Names escaped me. I would repeat things.

Dementia was settling in.

Excruciating pain made me scream out to God for help. My insomnia intensified. Night sweats were regular.

I was depressed, irritable, and angry.

Again I had heart palpitations with lightheadedness and dizziness.

A burning headache was accompanied by a feeling that

“something was eating my brain.” Pins and needles stuck my feet and my joints were stiff and painful.

In 2015, my neighbor found me “lost” in my backyard. I was finally diagnosed with three strains of Lyme disease. Typical treatment for Lyme disease consists of 18 months of heavy IV antibiotics and costs thousands of dollars.

I had already spent more than $40,000 out of pocket when I found Dr. Honan, a medical doctor and NAET practitioner. What was remarkable was that using NAET, Dr. Honan found the food and environmental triggers that caused inflammation in my body, and one by one, he was eliminating them!

Every appointment with Dr. Honan contributed to my road back to health. Energy was coming back.

The pain in my head was gone. I could

actually say an entire sentence fluidly.

The neuropathy in my hands and feet was gone. All symptoms were leaving.

It blew my mind!

Within four months and for less than $1,000, Dr. Honan used NAET to relieve me of Lyme disease and give me my life back!

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In Memory of

Donald Payne

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Most of us knew him as Donald, the gentle man who gave generously of his time and advice at S&S Produce and Natural Foods in Chico, where he worked for more than 30 years. Donald also practiced t’ai chi since 1974 and was a member of the Natural Food Association since 1970. You’ll be missed and remembered! he would never wear that crown, nor any other crown for that matter. He was undoubtedly the most sincere, kind, compassionate, and loving man I’ve ever met and even he would have a tough time denying that. Sometimes I would stand quietly watching him with others as he sat there with all the patience in the world, listening and simply “being” with them.

Donald ended his last column by saying, “The best is yet to come,” and even though we will all miss him I believe that is true, not only for us, but also for him. I think that if he were here, he would be the first to say that his passing is just another aspect of life’s mystery and now it’s time to move on.

There will obviously be an adjustment in the vitamin department at S&S Produce, and Donald will obviously be missed, but as Donald would say, “Every day brings new opportunities.” I will admit that now when I go into S&S, I still walk back and peek around the corner the way I always did, just to get a momentary passing feeling that he will be there. Of course he’s not and as I see the empty chair, I know that no one will ever occupy that seat the way Kristy M. Ayala M.A. he did, nor should

ear readers, of all the articles I’ve ever written, this is undoubtedly the one I wished I would never need to write, and at the same time I am honored to do so. As I sit here, I feel Donald looking over my shoulder telling me, “Don’t worry about it; whatever you write will be fine.” So … here we go.

Whenever my wife, Dhara, and I went to S&S Produce, we always found ourselves wandering back to the vitamin department to see Donald and to give him a hug. Usually, two or three people were waiting in line for advice, in which case we would just peek around the corner and say hello. But here’s the thing about Donald, and I’m sure a few hundred people reading this will agree, and that is when Donald was with “you” he was only with “you.” He was totally present, holding your hand, looking into your eyes, and bringing comfort to you about whatever it was that you were going through.

Since Donald is standing over my shoulder right now, I dare not say that he was a hero to many people because

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anyone try to. But whoever sits there will bring new insights and remind us of new beginnings and truly that “The best is yet to come.”

What follows is a selection from our Facebook page (Facebook.com/rahasyapoe) of just a few of the 73 comments, 214 likes, and 46 shares that were left by the community that loved him dearly.

Daphne F: What a wonderful person, he was always willing to share, to be a friend.

Bless you dear Donald.

Jason W: Such a wealth of experience and wisdom that will live on in so many.

Anita A: Donald was so personable, calming and honest. Heaven has gained quite an angel with very earned wings.

Melissa E: He had the softest heart.

Lonna S: He was the guru of health!

Loved Don’s insight and wisdom. What a loss to the community.

Deb S: He saved me from severe nerve pain. Don came to my rescue several times over the past decades. A friend to all out of the goodness of his heart.

Chinalynn M: You have balanced the Karma.

Jain O: Truly a wonderful, knowledgeable, kind patient person. Always reassuring

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Reser M: Don cannot be replaced.

Amber R: He was so sweet and inspiring.

I have gold memories as a child—him showing me old photos of him in the ’70s when he was a Rockstar.

Garland C: Donald was a godsend to me when I had breast cancer. He gave me hope! RIP, Donald you were one of the angels here on earth!

Brenda H: Best hugs ever. Positive, thoughtful, real.

Jenny K: What an amazing person he was.

Rahasya & Dhara: We have to say that the Lotus Guide would not be what it is today without Donald’s input; he helped us get our first few ads for a magazine that didn’t exist yet.

Lonna S: What a huge loss; everyone went to Don at S&S Produce.

Marc & Shuree W: Wow, this community lost one of the best guys ever. I went to him for everything. This saddens me. May he Rest In Peace forever. Much love to you and his family at this time.

Bill G: God bless his soul.

Patty D: I will miss his face greatly.

Ernest W: I am grateful for the Tai Chi instruction he gave to me at the Paradise park back around 1981. Beauty in motion.

Mary G: Forever with me … in me …

Tiny Dancer will miss you every day for the rest of my life.

Alys P: He has helped me through so many bad moments. Always so helpful and a ready smile to share. He will be missed for sure ... is missed. And he would say to celebrate life and to live it to its fullest.

Stevie C: He was a generous spirit. Happy Trails Don. James C: Donald was a unique, brilliant and gentle soul, and helped a lot of

people. Very sad to hear of his passing!

Susan S: My family went to Don for herbs over 40 years. I sent my Chiropractic patients to him for years. I adored Don. My condolences to his family.

Amanda L: Don was always so eager and willing to help others. He was incredibly generous with his time and knowledge.

Adrienne P: Oh my, sorry to hear. What a loss to our community. Don helped me out many times and I was always referring people to him.

Jenny K: Blessings to his soul, his family.

Many years ago when S&S was first open I worked for a woman with MS. Don helped Lynn so much, and would always willingly give us so much good info, and really spend time seeking answers for us.

What an amazing person he was. He will be missed!

Brenda H: Don had that quality that I so aspire to, to meet and accept you right where you were at. No judgment. Soul connected ...

Farshad A: I am so deeply saddened by

this news. Don was an exceptional man who cared about life, people and this world in general. He was an excellent student of martial arts with very deep understanding and appreciation for all martial arts, specially Tai Chi Chuan, is all about. I will miss my friend greatly. I wish his family and friends strength. May he rest in peace. Until we meet again my good friend.

Dhara: I’m so grateful for all the times Donald sat with me, held my hand and counseled me on a variety of health concerns. I will always and forever miss you Donald.

These comments are a tiny example of the outpouring of emotions, everything from gratitude to grief, happiness to sadness, but always with love and adoration for the man who sat in that chair for so many years wanting only to help others.

What the Lotus Guide is today and will always be is in large part due to the time, energy, and love Donald showed us from the beginning. Most of the people we know can be traced back through two or three degrees to Donald, for example our first advertisers, such as Mike Metzger, who paid us a year in advance for a magazine that didn’t even exist because Donald spoke so highly of us and what we were attempting to do, which was to give a voice to the growing alternative communities in Northern California.

See you later, Donald.

Love, Rahasya & Dhara

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Fate or Destiny?

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By Jim Redtail Collins, PhD

ould you like to let go of the need to learn through adversity and become a creative force in your own life?

Personal power—according to the shamans of Peru—involves two interrelated components: flexibility of perception and an attitude of complete responsibility for everything: the opposite of being a victim of circumstances. The shamans’ secret of empowerment involves a choice of destiny over fate.

Fate is the result of living in the unresolved past—what you believe about yourself that holds you in the bondage of learning through adversity. Destiny, on the other hand, requires you to change your perception and break through that bondage by giving up being a victim of the past so that you can live in the creative present. Destiny is a conscious choice.

Unhealed Emotions Most of the personal problems we face are caused by unhealed emotions, recordings of the past, which distort our perceptions. Our perceptions determine our reality. To resolve most problems, we must heal our emotions. If we do not, we will continue to see ourselves as victims, living in the past, robbed of our present.

Everything that happens to you happens within you. What comes into your life reflects what you carry—your personal myth of reality. Most people’s stories are written and rewritten from their wounds, fears, and disappointments. The

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universe colludes with the stories you carry, proving you right and reinforcing your belief that it is the truth. But the story is true only if you believe it and continue to embody it.

However, you cannot simply change your mind and see the world differently, because the way you see the world is rooted in emotionally charged neural networks buried deep in your primitive limbic brain. Trying to change your mind without changing your brain networks is wishful thinking. Only when you heal your toxic emotions can you establish new neural networks, which will change your perceptions ... and your story.

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Until you do, you will continue to attract people who share similar stories and wounds.

When you heal your emotions, you rewire the neural networks that program you for failure. Only then can you redirect your life force and free yourself from the fate dictated by your past.

Expelled from the Garden In the myth of our culture we are all fundamentally unworthy, having been kicked out of the “garden” for being curious and eating the wrong thing. This ancient cultural story informs most people’s personal story with an unconscious feeling that you are not good enough. Sound familiar? Indigenous cultures, by the way, were never kicked out of the garden for eating apples. They still live there.

There are three archetypal character roles in the typical American cultural story: victim, bully, and rescuer.

Together they form a triangle of disempowerment. These three interactive roles are each dysfunctional in their own way, perpetuating your story and keeping you trapped in it.

Depending on our experiences, most of us tend to revert to one of these roles as a default under stress. I recommend spending some time thinking about which one you tend to default to when you are stressed. It will explain a lot about what goes wrong in your relationships and your efforts to take charge of your life.

We cling to our stories because of the benefit we derive from them. They are familiar, make our lives predictable, and give us a false sense of purpose.

Most of us like the familiar because it is comfortable, and we behave as though we would rather be right than happy.

We tend to write our stories of the present from unhealed wounds of the past. Like our cultural myths, they are merely tales that we have devised for explaining to ourselves what happened to us and who we are. Whatever your belief about who you are in your story, you will embody and enact it, and other people will respond to you accordingly!

Moreover, it attracts those with similar or complementary stories. Victims attract perpetrators, rescuers, and other victims ... and so forth.

Being victimized does not make you a victim any more than playing sports makes you an athlete. It is just a story about the past. The past no longer exists.

It is not who you are. If you believe that you are a victim because of something that happened in the past—even yesterday—you will continue to replay the theme unconsciously, ad nauseum.

The only way out is to heal your wounds and take full responsibility for your life!

Creating a destiny requires us to let go of our belief in victims and

shed the stories of the past as a serpent sheds its skin. To empower ourselves to live in the present we must give up our belief in victims.

If you believe your own stories and keep telling them to yourself, you will continue to enact and embody them, and the characters in your story will become hungry ghosts that keep showing up in your life at the next train station with a new hat. If you feed them, they will eventually devour you.

Are you one of the many who work overtime to fulfill the requirements of a story that does not serve you?

Would you rather create destiny or succumb to the fate dictated by your unresolved wounds? Your journey into destiny cannot proceed until you shed the myths of perception that have shaped your life.

My advice is to remember the shamans’ secret: Strive for flexible perception and assume complete responsibility. If you are armed with those attitudes, destiny is yours to choose.

Dr. Jim Redtail Collins is the author of the forthcoming book Walk Like a Fox, Dance Like an Eagle. A seasoned psychologist and transformational coach, Redtail is also a wisdom keeper in the lineage of the Laika shamans of Peru and a many-time Sun-dancer in the Lakota sacred tradition. Blending the power of applied epigenetics with the ancient wisdom, his passion is helping people release the power of the past and find their wings! You can contact him at 530-604-8653 or through his website at www.PowerForTransformation.com.

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Sacred Geometry of Nature: Journey on the Path of the Divine

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Brilliant, delightful, profound. This gorgeous book just might alter your experience of nature forever. Combining her text with her exquisite paintings, Hart shares the wisdom and insight of a life immersed in the magic of nature around the world. She has actually experienced sacred geometry displayed in nature’s beauty and has managed to capture it through her artistic mastery.

Through sacred sites, ancient cultures, and time with modern-day shamans, she guides the reader along on the adventure.

This book has the power to inspire as it bypasses the standard intellectual route to understanding. Hart shares her vision and her intelligence of the heart as an open invitation to the reader.

“Take a deep breath and relax” is taken to a whole new level in this book. Once again, common sense and in-depth research take us into new areas of an understanding of how disease works and the importance of maintaining a healthy biological environment. It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of this work when considering the toxins that permeate every aspect of our world, coupled with the depleted oxygen levels. This is a great companion for anyone interested in better health.

Why is it that these children who have near-death experiences would rather not come back, and when they do, they have somehow gone through a transformation and have new abilities?

This is very professional research into something so elusive. Could this be a window into our possible human evolution? At this point, I think we all need all the guidance we can get, and this book puts light on so many aspects of what life and death are that can be seen only through the eyes of a child.

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The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls: Unlocking the Secrets of the Past, Present, and Future

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The Spiritual Technology of Ancient Egypt: Sacred Science and the Mystery of Consciousness

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What could we possibly learn from a 60,000-year-old aboriginal tribe that devotes its time to healing and drawing information from advanced beings they meet while in Dreamtime? The “secrets” that are revealed in this book are admittedly basic healing secrets, but the secrets that are not revealed are an invitation to readers to open their minds to the miraculous world we inhabit. All in all, this is a great look into an ancient consciousness untouched by our modern world.

I’m old enough now to start realizing that so many of the strange stories I’ve heard during my lifetime are actually ending up being true. After reading this book, you will have to wonder what secrets lie right in front of us waiting to be unlocked.

Even if you are a person who reads only fiction, this book will be a page-turner and take you into undiscovered territory. And if you are a skeptic, this book will drag you kicking and screaming into a subject where you will eventually surrender to the mystery to get a glimpse of the unknown.

It was during an interview with John Anthony West that I became familiar with this book. We were talking about the importance of the work that Schwaller de Lubicz did so long ago on the hidden technologies that work through our consciousness when West mentioned this book. We always think about the ancient buildings as being places of learning, but what if the structures themselves were the teachers of secret knowledge?

We are still at the level of capturing the energy of explosions to turn the wheels of industry and take us off this planet; the ancients were far beyond this.

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By Stacy Edwards e all have that one goal or area of our lives that we struggle to perfect—whether it’s relationships, finances, career, or health.

If you find yourself repeating the same patterns but not achieving desirable results, it’s possible that a limiting belief could be blocking your success. Negative and limiting beliefs keep many of us from reaching our highest potential, damaging our confidence and ability to achieve our goals.

A limiting belief is a belief that is created from an experience, usually childhood, that limits us in the present.

Frequently, we are not even aware that these beliefs exist, though they influence

our thoughts and behavior patterns. In a recent article Dr. Bruce Lipton explains, “It’s important to realize that perceptions acquired before the age of six become the fundamental subconscious programs that shape the character of an individual’s life … our fundamental perceptions about life and our role in it are learned without our having the capacity to choose or reject those beliefs. We were simply programmed.”

These programmed beliefs shape how we perceive reality, and therefore they influence our actions and what we believe is possible. To free ourselves of limiting beliefs it is beneficial to scrutinize each area of our lives and determine what our beliefs are—then we can choose to either keep or release those beliefs.

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1. Become aware of the belief To make a shift, you have to know what you’re shifting. In what area of your life are you having the most difficulty?

What is stopping you from being your best? Also, pay attention to the words you use. Do you find yourself saying, “I’m not good enough” or “I can’t do this because of that”? Or are you engaging in self-sabotaging behaviors such as procrastination? Once you recognize where the limitation is you can choose to replace it.

and place it on your bathroom mirror, or set it in a reminder to pop up on your phone during the day.

2. Replace that limiting belief with positive new belief A great way to release a limiting belief is to adopt a new belief. An easy way to do this is to take the opposite of your current belief. For example, if your limiting belief is “I’m not good enough,” then your new belief could be “I am good enough just as I am.” Pick a new belief that feels good to you and try saying it out loud until it begins to feel natural.

3. Focus on your “why” Why do you want to release the limiting belief? How is your life going to change once you let it go? What are you going to gain? Having an emotionally charged reason is a powerful driving force when it comes to achieving goals. Use your passion and emotion to your advantage.

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4. Write it down Don’t just write it, declare it!

Consider crafting your belief into a powerful mantra that you can repeat to yourself. Write it on a sticky note

5. Take action on the new belief What action steps can you take to support and reinforce your new belief? Are you supporting yourself with good habits?

Even something small such as enjoying a bubble bath, taking an evening stroll, or receiving bodywork from a qualified local practitioner can shift your energy and help integrate your new belief. Listen to your intuition for clarity and guidance on what action steps will best support you.

During the process of releasing limiting beliefs, remember that the goal of removing these beliefs is improving our lives, so be gentle with yourself, have gratitude, engage in activities that lift you up, and take good care of yourself. You are a divine being and you are deserving of happiness and success.

Wishing you many blessings on your journey!

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Sunday

Science of Spirituality, ongoing Jyoti meditation, 2-3pm first, second, and fourth Sundays, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Chico, Youth Hall, 1289 Filbert Ave., Chico, 530-877-1552.

Wild Harvest Adventures, meet at 10am at Fiona’s Forest, see what we use for our formulas, and explore the areas where we get them, 5390 Skyway, Paradise, call 530-8761455 for more information. See ad on pg. 31.

Center for Spiritual Living, guided meditation at 9:30am and Sunday service at 10am, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, 877-5673. Call for Science of Mind class schedule.

Butte IONS–Institute of Noetic Sciences, 2-4pm second Sunday of each month at the Center for Spiritual Living, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, call Joy Mendoza at 891-8789, suggested donation $5 (or more) appreciated to help cover the costs, all are welcome.

Ananda Chico, join us for Sunday services based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, 10-10:30am is purification— meditation and individual fire ceremony, 10:30-11:30am is Sunday service, Ananda Chico Meditation Center, 562 Manzanita Ave., Ste. 9, Chico, 530-343-0819. See ad on pg. 16.

Center for Spiritual Living, monthly discussion on “New Thought Principles,” 11:30am-12:30pm after the service the second Sunday of every month through July 2017, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, 530-877-5673, love offering. Rev. Andy Torkelson is facilitating a one-hour exploration and guided discussion of our New Thought/Science of Mind principles, that is, what we believe, brought forward by our founder, Ernest Holmes. See ad on pg. 18.

Monday

Beginning Yoga with Tom Hess, 12:301:30pm, Beyond Fitness, Paradise. This hour class is designed to introduce newcomers to the basics of Hatha Yoga and for members who want to review and continue to develop basic yoga practice.

Guided Meditation Experience, learn breath work to energize and calm your body and mind, chant to open the heart, meditate

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for inner peace, and experience powerful affirmations and healing prayers, 6-7pm at Ananda Chico Meditation Center, 530343-0819, suggested donation $5-10, all are welcome! See ad on pg. 16.

Brazilian Dance Class, 5:30-7pm, 212 Spring St., Nevada City.

Tuesday Yocas with Debbe Gagne, 12:30-1:30pm, Beyond Fitness, Paradise. This gentle and restorative class is offered free to members and nonmembers who are cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. The focus is always positive, uplifting, and calming. All levels will feel comfortable and capable.

Mindfulness Meditation, 5pm, 6 Governors Lane, Ste. A, Chico, new members welcome to join our mindfulness meditation group!

All levels of experience welcome, contact Steve Flowers at 530-898-1495 or visit Steve@MindfulLivingPrograms.com, no fee, donations only.

Heart of the Lotus Sangha (Insight Meditation), 6:30-8:15pm, Sky Creek Dharma Center, 120 Three Oaks Ct., Chico, call 893-8088 for information.

Ananda Yoga, gentle poses with uplifting affirmations, small classes perfect for all levels, 6:15-7:15pm, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 16.

Aloha Yogis at ‘Ohana Health, 7:15 and 9:30am will be taught by Inna and 6pm will by taught by Tatiana or Serena. See ad on pg.

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Center for Spiritual Living, weekly “Spirit Matters Gathering,” 6-7pm every Tuesday, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, 530-877-5673.

Rev. Andy Torkelson is facilitating a onehour quiet reflection on an ancient piece of wisdom, a brief expansion of that truth as it applies to each of us, and a meditative reflection upon that teaching, enabling us to take it quietly into our personal beings.

See ad on pg. 18.

Wednesday Community Acupuncture Clinic, walk-in, clothes on, noon-4pm, ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692, $20-40 (you decide). See ad on pg. 11.

Sound Healing, breath meditation and vibrational sounds with Emiliano, 6:30pm third Wednesday at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692, $15. See ad on pg. 11.

Silent Meditation, with Joel 6:30-7am every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692.

See ad on pg. 11.

Energy Balancing, with Gayle Kimball and the Jorhei Group, 5-7pm at 1010 Mangrove Ave., Ste. D, Chico.

Ananda Group Meditation, 6-7pm, 562 Manzanita Ave., Ste. 9, 530-343-0819, by donation, all are welcome! See ad on pg. 16.

Open Mic at Paradise Grange, 7pm, 5704 Chapel Dr., Paradise.

Good Morning Yoga with Jen Wallace, 6:45-7:45am, Beyond Fitness-Paradise. Come enjoy an hour of yoga to prepare you for work or play. All levels welcome.

Thursday Center for Spiritual Living, Nan Marshall is leading a study group and discussion on the book The Way of Mastery 1-2:30pm every Thursday in the social hall, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, contact 530-877-5673 or admin@ paradisecsl.org, love offering. See ad on pg.

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Tai Chi with Jon Ropp, 11am-noon, Beyond Fitness-Paradise. Feel the Chi energy pulse through your mind, body, and spirit. This slow and gentle art of movement is both relaxing and energizing.

Guided Meditation and Energy Tools, 1:303pm at the Yoga Center in Chico next to the T. Bar on Vallombrosa and Memorial Way. Belly Dance Practice, 7pm every Thursday at the Subud Hall, 574 E. 12th St., Chico, call Tanya at 530-990-0994.

Deeksha in Paradise, 7-8:30pm, Chapel Lane off Pearson (turn between the Hobby Store and the veterinarian clinic).

Ananda Yoga, gentle poses with uplifting affirmations, small classes perfect for all levels, 6:15-7:15pm, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 16.

Ask Dr. Gayle KZFR Radio Show, 6-7pm the second Thursday of each month, email your questions to GKimball@csuchico.edu.

Special Interest

Friday ‘Ohana Health—Mindful Movie Night, 6:30pm second and fourth Fridays, 757 Fir St., Paradise, discussion afterward, free.

Group Angel Readings, with Tracy Devlin 6pm first and third Fridays at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692, $20. See ad on pg. 11.

Center for Spiritual Living, awakened heart meditation, 10-11am, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, 877-5673. See ad on pg. 18.

Silent Meditation, with Joel 6:30-7am every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692.

See ad on pg. 11.

Open Mic at Paradise Grange, 7pm, 5704 Chapel Dr., Paradise.

Aloha Yogis at ‘Ohana Health, 7:15 and 9am will by taught by Tatiana and 11am will by taught by Lynn, 757 Fir St., Paradise. See ad on pg. 11.

Yin Yoga with Lynn Larsen, 8-9:30am, Beyond Fitness-Paradise. A profoundly rejuvenating practice working to safely stretch deep muscle and connective tissue using slow, gentle stretches.

Saturday Community Reiki in Paradise, noon on first and third Saturdays at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692, donation. It speeds up healing and reduces stress. See ad on pg. 11.

Qi Gong and Tai Ji Quan, with Higgy Lerner, L.Ac., 11am-12:30pm at Yoga Center of Chico, 250 Vallombrosa Ave., Ste. 150, Chico, 530-343-8932. Qi gong and standing meditation, stretches, and Yang-style tai ji.

T’ai Chi, Yang Short Form, 9-10:30am, open class, introduction to chi qi gong and standing meditation with instructor Felix Berkhoudt, Bille Park Pavilion (West Wagstaff entrance), Paradise, 876-8041, $5 donation appreciated.

Sky Creek Dharma Center, 9am-noon and 1:30-4:40pm first Saturday of each month, a monthly day of silent sitting and walking meditation, for more information call 530893-8088, donations of $10-20 per session to benefit the Sky Creek Dharma Center will be greatly appreciated but all are welcome.

Mind Power Workshop, with Gayle Kimball, PhD, author of Essential Energy Tools book, CDs, and DVDs, 1-4pm monthly on first Saturday of the month at the Yoga Center of Chico, by T. Bar, $25 includes a meditation CD if you RSVP at 345-8118, gkimball@ csuchico.edu, or www.gaylekimball.info.

Restorative Yoga, give yourself the gift of

peace and calmness while gently releasing tension and stress, 2-4pm at Ananda Chico Meditation Center, 562 Manzanita Ave., Ste. 9, $20 per class, requests and preregistration required at least two days in advance at 530228-8671. (Workshops by special request.)

See ad on pg. 16.

July Ananda Chico Meditation Center, 562 Manzanita Ave., Ste. 9, Chico, 530-343-0819 or info@anandachico.org, is hereafter referred to as ACMC. See ad on pg. 16.

15th: ACMC—Practicing the Presence: Awakening Your Divinity, powerful tools for deeper peace, happiness, and devotion, 2-4pm, presented by Nayaswami Premdas from Ananda Village.

19th & 26th: ACMC—Learn to Meditate: Two-Class Series, learn a powerful meditation technique to raise your consciousness, deepen your concentration, and expand your inner peace and joy, 7-8:30 pm, $40 includes a book and course materials.

22nd: Redding Healing Psychic Fair, at the Conscious Living Yoga Center, 1325 Tehama St., for more information call 532-410-3702.

25th: Collector Car Show, and music at Jaki’s Café in Magalia.

28th: GeoEngineering/Vaccinations/ Shadow Government Lecture, a major public-awareness event on geoengineering and vaccinations, which up until lately have been under the radar. Also, ex-CIA officer Kevin Shipp will be exposing the Shadow Government and the part it plays.

Open to the public at 4pm, and the first presentation is at 6pm, the Red Lion Hotel Ballroom, 1830 Hilltop, Redding. Visit www.geoengineeringwatch.org for more information.

29th: ACMC—Women’s Retreat for Peace and Harmony, 1:30-4:30pm, a special afternoon of vision boards, mandalas, journaling, affirmations, guided meditations, and much more to create more peace and harmony in ourselves and the world, suggested donation $10-20, includes all materials.

August

4th-6th: Grandparents and Parents: Learn to Share Nature with Children.

Led by co-director of Sharing Nature Worldwide. Held at the beautiful 700acre Ananda Village in Nevada City, CA. Accommodations at the Expanding Light Retreat, www.expandinglight.org.

See our calendar for all of our summer programs: https://www.expandinglight.org/ program/?programID=GPSN. 5th: ACMC—Learn to Meditate, learn a powerful meditation technique to bring more joy and peace into your life, 2-4pm, $30 includes a book and course materials.

8th: Collector Car Show, music at Jaki’s Café in Magalia.

12th: ACMC—Living in the Light: Daily Practices for Higher Consciousness, 1:30-4:30 pm, learn to be victorious meeting life’s challenges, access powerful soul qualities, and attune to the divine within you!

19th: ACMC—Divine Joy Kirtan, open your heart and lift your spirits, 7:30-9pm at Ananda Chico Meditation Center, suggested donation, $10, RSVP. 22nd: Collector Car Show and music at Jaki’s Café in Magalia.

23rd-30th: ACMC—Learn to Meditate: Two-Class Series, learn to raise your consciousness, relax more fully, and experience more peace and joy, 7-8:30pm, $40 includes a book and course materials. See ad on pg. 16.

25th-27th: Weekend Retreat: Dealing with a Difficult Parent - a spiritual approach, with author Lila Devi. In this weekend of introspective study, partner and group work, and reconnecting with ourselves through nature! Ananda Village in Nevada City.

Accommodations at the Expanding Light Retreat, www.expandinglight.org.

September

1st-3rd: The Chakras: Inner Guide to Self-Realization. Learn to use visualization, affirmation, color and sound, music, breathing, and hatha yoga to help you attune more deeply to these important astral energies. Weekend retreat and accommodations at the Expanding Light Retreat, www.expandinglight.org.

16th: ACMC—Flower Essences for Perfect Well-Being, learn about powerful, vibrational remedies for enhancing spiritual qualities and overall well-being, 10am-1pm, $30.

13th & 20th: ACMC—Learn to Meditate: Two-Class Series, learn a powerful meditation technique to raise your consciousness, deepen your concentration, and expand your inner peace and joy, 7-8:30pm, $40 includes a book and course materials. Register at ACMC. 30th: ACMC—Women’s Retreat for Peace and Joy! 1:30-4:30pm, enjoy a special afternoon of mandalas, vision boards, journaling, guided meditations, affirmations, and much more, suggested donation $10-20, includes all materials. Register at ACMC.

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Since 1999, Dr Patrick Giammarise, DC, founder of the Digestion Relief Center, has helped North State residents by using a whole-body systems approach to health. He specializes in natural relief for food and environmental sensitivities, intolerances and digestive problems.

To ask Dr. Patrick a question, contact DrDigest@sbcglobal.net

by Dr. Patrick

Tired of Being Tired?

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f you find yourself being tired all the time, maybe it has something to do with your blood-sugar control. In fancier terms, that means your glucose levels may be fluctuating.

Glucose, a simple sugar, is essential for life and energy. Glucose enters our circulatory system and gets transported to our cells via the blood, thus “‘blood’ sugar.”

Production of glucose starts with being able to digest the sugars and starches (carbohydrates) as well as the protein in your diet. If you can’t digest carbohydrates or protein adequately, you will not have enough glucose to energize the body and then fatigue results.

Every single cell in the body needs glucose for fuel, including the brain! The brain must have a constant source of glucose to run the body’s functions because the cells in the brain cannot make and store their own glucose—unlike other cells in the body.

When the body’s digestive

called glucagon that in turn signals the adrenal glands to release cortisol and adrenaline.

Cortisol and adrenaline help the liver to convert glycogen back to glucose to raise the blood sugar.

(See the chart How the Body Maintains Blood Sugar).

Difficulties with Blood Sugar Regulation—Four Common Causes: Blood sugar difficulties usually fall under one of four common causes. system is working normally, glucose travels the small intestine to the liver.

The glucose then leaves the liver via the blood and the hormone insulin brings the glucose into all the cells in the body, including the brain, for use as fuel. The liver will convert any excess glucose to glycogen, a reserve kept “in storage” to be released when blood sugar drops.

When blood sugar drops too much, there is not enough glucose getting to the brain. That’s when a backup system takes over. The brain signals the pancreas to release a hormone

1. Difficulty digesting starches and sugar to make glucose; 2. Difficulty making glycogen; 3. Difficulty retrieving glycogen; 4. Difficulty absorbing glucose, that is, insulin resistance.

The first three causes are a fuelsupply problem—it’s about getting enough glucose to the cells. The fourth cause is a transportation problem—an inability to get glucose into the cells.

Any one or more of these four

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Body & Mind factors may be causing you to experience symptoms of feeling tired.

If you have to have your morning coffee, or hit the sweets midafternoon every day to “avoid a crash,” these are signs that you are having blood sugar–regulation problems. When this happens, low blood sugar falls below the optimal range and hypoglycemia occurs.

Symptoms of hypoglycemia, which tend to occur between meals, include irritability, light-headedness, sugar cravings, poor sleep, memory loss, and fatigue.

Let’s take a closer look at each of these causes as it relates to poor bloodsugar regulation and feeling tired.

Difficulty Digesting Starches and Sugar to Make Glucose Fundamentally, normal blood-sugar regulation all starts with proper digestion.

If we are not digesting our food and absorbing our glucose properly, we simply can’t get adequate levels of glucose to fuel our cells and our brain.

Difficulty Making Glycogen A large percentage of people have difficulty making glycogen because they lack adequate levels of cortisol from the adrenal glands or they do not have a usable form of calcium. Did you know that milk does not provide a usable source of calcium for about 60 percent of folks?

Think of this problem as an empty fuel tank that you cannot fill.

Difficulty Retrieving How the Body Maintains Blood Sugar Glycogen The black lines in the circle indicate the body’s pathways Other people can for maintaining normal blood sugar. The red lines indicate make glycogen the backup pathways when blood sugar falls. Whenever the effectively but are blood sugar dips, it becomes an emergency for the brain. This unable to retrieve it is because our brain cells do not make glucose and recruit the from storage in the hormonal system to make up the difference. liver. If the glycogen © 2017. Dr. Patrick Giammarise, DC, IHS. All Rights Reserved. cannot be converted into glucose, it is useless as a form of energy. Think of it as the fuel line being blocked even though there is plenty of gas in the tank.

Sometimes supplementing with activated B6 can help with this problem.

Did You Know?

86 million adults are classified as prediabetic in America and 29 million have been diagnosed with diabetes.

Difficulty Absorbing Glucose When the cells cannot absorb the glucose, the fuel can’t get to the cells.

This is insulin resistance—and its latterstage partner diabetes. High levels of sugar in the blood (because it is not being

absorbed) is the beginning of diabetes.

It’s as if the fuel tank is full of fuel, and the lines are flowing freely, but the fuel injectors are clogged and the pistons do not have the fuel to fire and power the engine.

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Trace minerals of chromium, vanadium, or zinc may be helpful in opening the door for glucose to enter the cells.

How You Can Restore Blood-Sugar Control You don’t have to live the rest of your life fatigued. By addressing one of these four causes, we can help you improve your digestion and overcome fatigue and blood-sugar problems, such as hypoglycemia.

Our focus is multidimensional to include the digestive aspects as well as stimulating the neurological and hormonal systems to help restore your body’s blood-sugar balance.

If you suffer from the roller-coaster ride of being tired all the time, find out how we can help you. Call our office at the Digestion Relief Center—530-899-8741—to set up a consultation with Dr. Patrick. Learn more at www.DigestionReliefCenter.com.

Tired Because You Can’t Fall Back Asleep?

What happens when a hypoglycemic person wakes in the night and tries to go back to sleep?

One of two things: Either you do not have enough glycogen stored in the liver and muscles, or you cannot retrieve the glycogen.

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When this happens, low blood sugar becomes critical because the brain must have glucose to function. So the body resorts to emergency measures. In the absence of glucose, the adrenal glands shift to fight-or-flight mode to release adrenaline “to pump you up.”

Unfortunately, under the influence of adrenaline, the body is now wide awake and you feel as if you are racing instead of sleeping.

Since 1999, Dr. Patrick Giammarise, DC, has helped North State residents by using a wholebody systems approach to health.

He specializes in providing natural relief for food and environmental sensitivities, intolerances, and digestive problems. For more information, contact Dr. Patrick at 530-899-8741 or visit www.DigestionReliefCenter.com. © 2017. Dr. Patrick Giammarise, DC, IHS. All Rights Reserved.

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Questions for

Dr. Gayle Kimball Tune in to KZFR 90.1, where Ask Dr. Gayle broadcasts 6-7pm the second Thursday of each month.

Q: I was just diagnosed with cancer.

What can I do in addition to traditional medicine?

A: I consulted with a cancer survivor who added to this response. She suggests consulting with an integrative oncologist, such as one who recommended daily 13hour fasting and occasional longer fasting.

You may need to go outside of California to find an integrative oncologist. Detox using saunas and eat alkaline, green, fresh, and organic foods as much as possible.

Avoid sugar and white-flour products because cancer feeds on sugar. Check out the Facebook pages or websites of Dr. Veronique De Saulniers, Kris Carr, Dr. Mark Sircus, and Ty Bollinger, who also has a free newsletter about alternative prevention and treatment (info@ thetruthaboutcancer.com). Also see Heal Breast Cancer Naturally on Facebook.

Watch this video or one like it of an immune cell destroying a cancer cell with the intention that your cells recognize the mutated cells and gobble them up: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ sciencetech/article-2115050/FightingIncredible-video-shows-human-immuneT-Cell-fighting-cancer-cell.html. For information about the connection between stressful emotions and cancer, read Gabor Mate’s When the Body Says No. Consulting with a classically trained homeopath can also help the mind and body release these deeper issues.

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Gayle Kimball has a PhD in Religious Studies, UCSB. Author of Energy Tools book, DVDs, and CDs and a dozen other books. Her recent books are about how global youth are transforming our future.

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is to imagine putting any residue of resentment, deprivation, and so on into the tissue being removed. Stuff it all in, and thank the tissue for being your vacuum cleaner, for its service to the rest of your body. I would also ask the anesthesiologist or surgeon to give you hypnotic suggestions when you’re under about a speedy healing process and the killer T cells recognizing any cancer cells.

I would thank your body for the message that changes are required in how you live you life. Tell it, “I got it, so now you can heal.”

Q: What do you suggest to help my kids do better in school?

A: My new 200-page book Your Mindful Guide to Academic Success: Beat Burnout is available as an inexpensive ebook. It includes suggestions from students as well as adult experts. I also have a new hardback book about Ageism in Youth Studies and books in the pipeline about global youth-values activism in case readers would like to critique them.

Q: My boyfriend and I agree that our relationship is toxic and I moved out, but I keep calling him or driving by to check on him. What can I do to let go of him?

A: Part of the intensity is unconscious bonds, probably an unhealed experience of abandonment and being unsupported when you were a child. Becoming conscious of your fears will take away some of the charge and allow you to separate. Try an energy psychology such as emotional freedom technique (EFT) to help clean out some of the irrational

blocks to moving forward, which I can demonstrate at the free Wednesday energy balancings. Also, pick an enjoyable activity to substitute when you get the urge to contact him—something simple such as a walk or making a cup of tea.

Q: I’ve been smoking since I was 14 and can’t quit. Suggestions?

A: As for any addiction, identify the triggers and reinforcements of the habit, such as getting to take a break from work or to take deep breaths to feel calmer.

Then change your habit around the trigger, such as drinking from a water bottle or sucking on a cinnamon stick instead of smoking. It might help to look at online photographs of blackened smokers’ lungs and post one for negative reinforcement. For positive reward, every time you don’t buy cigarettes, put the money in a jar to buy something fun.

Q: My adult sons are disrespectful to me and are passing their negativity on to their children. Any hope?

A: They probably learned how to treat you from their father. I would write them a letter explaining the possible origins of their misbehavior, how you feel about it, the specific changes you’d like to see, the importance of respect, the immorality of teaching bad behavior to their children, and the consequences. If their behavior doesn’t change, block them from your communication networks. They don’t deserve your attention if they continue to be rude.

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Wild-Crafted Summer Remedies

By Jules Pecson

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Allergy Tincture

umans constantly adapt to their environment but our bodies ultimately reflect allergic symptoms as our adaptation reaches its limit. The eyes become itchy as the pollen levels rise and a runny nose continually works to move invading allergens from the nasal cavities. Chest congestion and a dry cough also indicate that the body has reached its limit in adapting to the current environment.

The mix of five different wild-harvested flowers of different sizes and therefore five different pollens are processed into a tincture. The wildharvested and tinctured pollens act as an antigen to help the body adapt to the rise of pollens in the environment.

In addition to the Allergy Tincture, a tea produced by a fellow herbalist, Charlotte Walters, can be used hot or cold to deliver a solution during allergy season. The tea includes olive leaf, a strong antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal that strengthens the immune system and improves circulation and blood pressure. Nettle is also an adaptogen and anti-allergy wild-harvested plant. It is high in calcium and iron, lowers blood sugar, and builds energy.

Mullein in the Allergy Tea helps with congestion, reduces formation of mucus, and is high in vitamins B2, B5, B12, and D. A detoxifying plant, the dandelion, is also included and encourages a steady elimination of toxins. The alder cone, another anti-allergy gem, is included in the tea, as is holy basil, another adaptogen that

is useful in treating respiratory infections and improving vitality. Like all products mentioned, the tea is available from the shelf at Fiona’s Forest in Paradise or on the website.

Luanne Parks is an excellent athlete and yet was forced to adapt her training and competitions around severe allergy health challenges. Here’s a short testimonial to her use of the Allergy Tincture.

At 56 years old, I have been a lifelong athlete. I grew up in Chico, California, playing outside as my main entertainment.

Riding horses, climbing trees, biking, and swimming, to name a few ways I would while away my days. The outdoors was my playground. Once I got into middle school and high school, I focused on running track and cross-country and I played soccer and basketball. From Chico High I spent two years at our local community college, Butte, where I ran track, cross-country, and played basketball. After Butte, I received a scholarship to run for Oregon State University.

Once released from my duties as a Made with Love from ™ scholarship athlete, Nothin’ but the Good Stuff I truly found my love, longdistance running.

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It started with my first marathon when I was 23 (2:58), and I continued improving to qualify for two Olympic Marathon Trials. Never to stick with one thing for long, I was introduced to triathlons and worked my way up the ranks from short distance to participating in seven Ironman World Championships, placing eighth professional two times. Triathlons faded away, being replaced by the sport I have been in love with for more than 20 years, ultra-running. Ultra-running usually takes place on trails and is considered an “ultra” if it is longer than a marathon. To this date I have run more than 120 ultra-races, from 30 miles to 100 miles.

I have never, ever lived somewhere that my allergies didn’t affect me. As I was growing up in Chico amid the almond and walnut orchards, my hay fever got its start. At Oregon State in Corvallis, the beautiful blooming trees were my downfall.

Even when I moved out to Boulder, Colorado, I had to go to the emergency room because I woke up one morning with my eyes completely swollen shut. On top of the allergies I found out that I also have exercise-induced asthma. Breathing has been a trial. Feeling healthy year-round has always been a trial. Spring and fall I developed either laryngitis or bronchitis because of the drainage from my sinuses.

It’s been tough to be an athlete.

For years I had the allergy shots and got some relief but still they never entirely went away.

I saw Jules’s booth at the Chico Farmers Market. I can’t remember why I first started talking to her, but it wasn’t long before my entire medicine cabinet had only her products. I began using tinctures for my allergies and asthma and any cold symptoms. I also use her lotions, eyedrops, and deodorant. This has been my second year of taking the Allergy Tincture and I can safely say that my allergies have been nonexistent. I take only tinctures now—no more expensive vitamins.

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The Power of Humming!

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By Dhara Lemos n my early 20s, I started to do active meditation, which includes a humming meditation technique that was and still is a big part of my life. It helps me in so many ways, calming my thoughts, emotions, and heartbeat. I feel centered and many times blissful.

Often what our body needs or wants and what our thoughts are can be two different things, resulting in a bodymind disconnect. Humming creates a vibration in the body, especially in the brain cells. Through this vibration, the body-mind becomes deeply harmonious.

Through humming, the conflicting parts

of yourself start falling away and harmony happens to your whole being.

Humming has been used for centuries in several schools of yoga and meditation, particularly those from Tibet. This phenomenon undoubtedly is linked to the increased mental clarity experienced by those who hum mantras during meditation.

When you hum, you feel the vibration along the roof of your mouth as well as in your nasal cavity and sinuses. A good hum does not need to be musically tuneful. The most important thing is to feel the vibrating resonance through your head, particularly in the sinus cavities. It needs to be quite loud, and at a low pitch, to set up the resonance.

Humming also can help if you suffer from chronic sinus, throat, ear, or other related problems. Try humming regularly several times a day and see if you notice an improvement. Ideally, hum for an hour a day, particularly before bed, or simply do whatever you can.

To my surprise, I received a wonderful book to review on the benefits of humming. I very much like the authors’ scientific validation for

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The authors write: “Humming is one of the simplest and yet most profound sounds we can make.

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Rahasya Poe is an author, publisher, and has a tenacious appetite for the truth no matter where it leads. In today’s world the truth hides in plain sight within the disinformation that is generated by the many organizations we have traditionally trusted. To watch his interviews with cutting-edge scientists and researchers visit www.YouTube.com/LotusGuide or email at Rahasya@usa.com.

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B ruce L ipton Crisis Initiates Change & Evolution

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ne of the reasons I love to talk with Bruce Lipton is that he has this uncanny way of overlaying biological processes onto world problems, which usually gives a clear answer or solution to what’s going on. I believe we live in times of great danger and at the same time, great opportunities, but only “if” we rethink the way we approach life.

For instance, one of the aspects of human evolution that has guaranteed our survival has been our ability to adapt. And I can see that we are still doing this and creating new realities of normalization in the process. However, I can also see that the world we have created is the last thing we should adapt to; it’s toxic, environmentally unstable, with world governments that are corrupt and systemically unable to sustain themselves even on a moral level, a financial system that mimics the very structure and agenda of a Ponzi scheme, and the list goes on. But we are entering a

period when polarities are dissolving and the old regime is transforming and becoming the foundation of a new vision of what we can become. Now let’s talk with an old friend, Bruce Lipton, and remember that you can watch this entire interview at www.YouTube.com/LotusGuide.

Bruce H. Lipton, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in bridging science and spirit. Stem cell biologist, bestselling author of The Biology of Belief and recipient of the 2009 Goi Peace Award, he has been a guest speaker on hundreds of TV and radio shows, as well as keynote presenter for national and international conferences.

Rahasya Poe: Hello, Bruce, we’ve been doing this for a long time now, about 12 years. You were in one of our first issues.

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Bruce Lipton: I’m happy to still be here; it’s a blessing.

RP: If nothing else, just to see how this all plays out, because we are down to the wire and it does look like life as we know it is going to collapse, which is a good thing, actually, while we still have some resources left and maybe be able to save the environment.

BL: I’ve been talking to people for a long time about this because we cannot build a sustainable foundation on the existing structure, because the structure itself is corrupt. I try to tell people that this is actually good news. But people look at everything and are afraid, not

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We are headed into and are actually in the midst of the sixthgreatest extinction period, but we are used to thinking of extinction periods lasting centuries or millennia, but what’s happening now is in decades. The truth is, if we want to build something new, we need to build it from the ground up because we can’t, and shouldn’t, fix this system. So we need to look at this as good news because it’s happening so fast that it’s waking a lot of people up.

RP: We definitely don’t want to fix the very system that got us into this mess in the first place.

I sometimes use the analogy of our global civilization being like a building that was built on a foundation strong enough for 10 stories; now, we are up to 180 stories high and the foundation, and the building itself, is no longer sustainable.

And if that’s not bad enough, the only way the building can continue to exist is if we keep building higher and higher; this is our financial system. Its survival is predicated on infinite growth based on commercialism and products, which in turn is dedicated to the false and somewhat insane assumption that we have infinite resources.

BL: What I can say regarding this is that our economic system is based on an unsound biological reality, because there are no organisms that continually grow. Like us, for instance. We reach a certain size and after that it’s all about replacement of what’s lost every day. In biology there’s the phase of growth and the phase of maintenance, which levels out in a flat line.

This has to be a wake-up call in the financial world—that nothing on Planet Earth continually grows and is able to perpetually sustain itself. I’m actually working with a friend of mine in Australia on a book on the economy based on biological principles. (Bruce goes into an interesting talk about ATP, which is used to transport energy within cells

for metabolism and how this explains his position on financial economies, and you can watch the interview online, where he goes into this and many other views much more deeply … it’s a one and a half–hour interview.)

In biology, there are different levels to the economy/ATP. On one level, there is no wealth in the system until every cell in the body has the basics of life; in other words, no individual can have wealth until every person has the basics of life, food, shelter, health care, and so on. There comes a point where the cells have all they need and after that the accumulation of more ATP could be a liability.

So the system has a way to store more ATP in case the body breaks a leg or has special needs.

(In the next phase of our conversation we get into a socially sensitive topic, population control. Bruce explains the biological imperative and how this goes against the traditional survival-of-the-fittest mentality that we’ve been taught. Again, this is far too much information to include here but let me say this; birth control is not the answer. I guarantee you that this is something you’ve probably never thought of.)

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RP: So, Bruce, let’s get into the “Three Amigos” (The Three Amigos is what Bruce, Joe Dispenza, and Gregg Braden call themselves) for a moment. In our spring issue of Lotus Guide, we had Dr. Joe Dispenza and it seems as if you and Joe and Gregg are all approaching the same problems in life but from different perspectives. Don’t ask me how I know this, but somehow by doing some of Joe’s meditations I feel like I’m rewiring

my brain. I can see that old patterns are being canceled out by this process of rewiring and making new neural connections, which are giving me a new perspective on life and what it means to be a human being. We all have ancient neural networks that may have been appropriate for our survival in a different age, but now they have become dangerous in and of themselves.

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BL: Here’s the point here, based on false perceptions of a Darwinian belief that life is based on struggle, which it isn’t. We came from a garden, call it the Garden of Eden, but now we’ve broken it up with borders and battlegrounds, which will ultimately need to be broken down.

But here’s the thing: We are in the process of breaking down the old structure because it simply can’t survive because it can’t sustain itself any longer. In evolution, crisis provokes evolution and we’re there. (What he says next is very important

to understand.) Every human on this planet is a cell forming a new structure of a new organism called humanity, which is part of the nervous system of our planet. In a deep sense, the Internet is an outer manifestation of this process and is connecting humanity in ways we still need to understand. What’s different now is that we have a whole generation, the millennial generation, that grew up with the Internet. They see no borders, language is being translated, their world is no longer the narrow world of their parents, who only had relationships with people in their neighborhood. Now here’s something important to understand. The millennial kids are looking at a world in which they have inherited massive debt, and education based on a world that’s quickly disappearing, parents who had a five-car garage and they share an apartment with three other people because they can’t afford an apartment of their own, and they feel left out, completely disenfranchised from society.

Now here’s an important fact: The government can only stand in regard to how many people support it.

RP: In a sense, the old system has built into it the seeds of its own destruction. Even the Internet, which our government, corporations, and educational systems have created, is the very tool that’s being used for dismantling outdated, dysfunctional, and corrupt systems.

BL: Exactly, and if you say to millennials, “Hey, the stock market is going to crash,” they could not care less because they, along with most of the people on the planet right now, are not invested in the old system. Here’s an interesting point: The millennials are the key to change and for the most part they don’t see that right now; they are just starting to realize how powerful they are and actually have very little to lose by changing the system to something entirely different.

Bruce and I talked for another hour on topics important to our survival as a species—everything from Copernicus,

Rahasya Uncensored Now, let’s hear from Bruce:

Newton, and Einstein to Jesus and the Buddha. Here’s my question for anyone reading this: “What will it take to bring in a new consciousness, a new vision on this planet?” Maybe we’re doing it by simply “Questioning the answers we’ve been given for centuries that no longer serve us.”

You can watch the entire interview on our YouTube Channel at www.YouTube.com/LotusGuide, and while you’re there, watch my interview with Bruce about “Imaginal Cells,” because you will understand the underlying process on everything you just read. Visit www.BruceLipton. com for more information on Bruce.

What follows was written

by Bruce Lipton and I think it’s safe to say that he was probably inspired and had this experience with his life partner, Margaret Horton. One of the things about Bruce and Margaret is that they do their best to walk their talk and over the years it shows. We, Dhara and I, would like to give a special thanks to Bruce for his friendship and guidance,

When we fall in love our world changes, and we experience the equivalent of Heaven on Earth.

People tend to think it was a coincidence that their life went so well after falling in love. But it was no coincidence. It involves understanding how our biology is connected to our perceptions, beliefs, and experiences. When we fall in love, we don’t change our world.

We change who we are. Then at some point that feeling fades and life becomes normal again. We create the Heaven on Earth experience with our conscious mind and lose it when the subconscious kicks in and but also to Margaret for always being so helpful and kind over the years. And of course Sally, for holding down the fort and always being there to keep us in touch and setting up our interviews with Bruce when he and Margaret are in New Zealand.

plays disempowering, limiting, self-sabotaging programs from our child development years.

By understanding this we can intervene, change the programming, and create Heaven on Earth throughout our entire life.

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N or m alization & Our Ability to A dapt

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By Rahasya Poe hroughout our evolution as a human species we have survived because of this uncanny ability we have to adapt to our environment, which up until now has been an important factor in our survival. But I would like to bring up something that many of us have never thought of. What if the very aspect of adapting that has assured our survival has become the very thing that will assure our demise?

We see it everywhere we look— we are adapting to a world that is toxic, not only on a physical level but emotionally and mentally also. I hear people say things all the time such as “Well, that’s just how things are” or “Things are different now and we just need to get used to it” and even in business we hear it’s a “Dog-eatdog world” and “Hey, don’t take it personally, business is business.”

Many of the people I observe are begging to be led by corrupt leaders because they don’t want to accept the responsibilities of life. We vote, not for the best leaders anymore; we vote for whomever is the least of the evils.

And here lies the danger for those who are sleeping. The only way to continue sleeping is to “normalize” the

world so we no longer need to be concerned and can continue to sleep.

I was watching a Kevin Klein movie in which he played a professor in The Emperor’s Club, and he was asking his students if they knew who Shutruk-Nahunte was. None of them knew who he was, even though his very name would make the Earth and its people tremble in the 12th century. He was the king of Anshand and Susa and sovereign of the land of Elam and by the command of his God destroyed Sippar.

In the movie a plaque over the door of the classroom says, “Conquest & Ambition Without Contribution Is Worthless & Forgotten About.” Kevin told his students, “This is why you don’t know who Shutruk-Nahunte is; he never contributed to society so he was forgotten.”

That quote comes to mind today when I see the men, and women, who dominate the news on the world stage; they also go out and conquer with the blessings of their God, and sometimes their gods can be anything from blind ambition and financial profit to the narcissistic ambitions of a sociopath. It’s true—they make the ground tremble with their rhetoric and their actions dominate the media with daily press releases from Reuters and the Associated Press, which are repeated verbatim on our news/entertainment

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Rahasya Uncensored channels. But I would like to challenge everyone to turn off the TV and start paying attention to the people in our community who are actually contributing and making this world a little better place to live—many have ads and articles in this magazine, in fact. The Chico News & Review along with Upgraded Living do some excellent coverage of amazing people in our community who are doing incredible things, but we all need to start paying attention and taking action and being supportive.

I suppose one of the reasons I started a nonprofit radio show called Spiritual Activist is that I wanted a media platform where I can step into the realm of “conspiracy facts,” because we are far past the theory stage now when it comes to conspiracies. I see so many “false flag” operations going on that are meant to control society through fear. And if you go to YouTube you will find hundreds of YouTube channels that do nothing more than ridicule without a shred of supporting evidence. There are YouTube sites making a small fortune right now showing that the Earth is actually flat; what worries me is how easy it is to get people to believe, not only without supporting evidence, but with mountains of evidence to the contrary.

We all find ourselves living in a world with conflicting beliefs and ideas about truth and how we should be living our lives, but most of us have absolutely

no experience with the very truth that we believe in; all we have is the belief that was passed down through many generations that disappear back into ancient times. I know people who vote only Republican or Democrat, no matter who is running. Then there are others who support only people and movements that agree with their ideologies and belief systems no matter how much they might conflict with others who are doing the same, even when they realize it will create more combatants in the process.

A subject with a little less of an emotional charge is the financial system on our planet and the elites who run it.

I was listening to Bill Moyers interview the economist Paul Krugman about a book called Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty. It runs more than 700 pages so I won’t be able to do the book justice here, but one of the things that took even Bill by surprise was the eye-opening fact that we have very few self-made billionaires any more.

Most of the wealth, 40 to 60 percent, is being controlled by less than 1 percent of the population and is being passed on through their lineage. And study after study show clearly that “we the people” have at best a minimal impact on public policy or congressional decisions; we live in what is officially now called an “oligarchy.”

As I mentioned before, these ideas and others are no longer conspiracy

“theories,” so if you want to step out of the matrix of control and start envisioning the world as we know it should be, keep on reading our magazine, listen to my interviews on BBS Radio, and watch my interviews on our YouTube channel. I don’t want to mislead you here so let me say this: I don’t have all the answers but I do know that we all need to start “questioning the answers we’ve been given” because they simply do not work in today’s world. Many others on BBS Radio are opening minds and hearts so tune in. Sometimes it’s just nice to know that you’re not alone and there are some highly intelligent and conscious people coming up with solutions to problems that, quite frankly, we have created by nonparticipation in the process we call “our lives.”

Here are some links: www.BBSradio.com/spiritualactivist www.YouTube.com/lotusguide And since the Spiritual Activist radio show is a nonprofit endeavor, you can visit www.SpiritualActivist.com to make a tax-deductible donation. Any amount helps.

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ello community. Before I actually begin sharing a more personal story about The Golden Road TV and Radio Show and telling specific infomercial details pertaining to it, I would like to share some pertinent realizations and insights that relate to the evolution of this unprecedented collaboration. It is a project that is a paradigm shift of community-based media, education, collaboration, technology, and a shared vision of positive social change—a production that explores the interweaving of art, culture, history, health, environment, peace and justice, and technology. This weekly TV and radio broadcast to the world showcases our region and the remarkable organizations and individuals who call it home.

The term imaginal has connotations of a visualized or internally created object or process. That is, it is a process of creating new ideas and concepts of things that do not yet exist. Even in science and biology, the term is also applied to cells. We all grew up knowing about the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. The result, we know, is a butterfly, but the truly astonishing thing is

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that there is no structural similarity at all between a caterpillar and a butterfly.

Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar, unable to move, actually dissolves into an organic goop, awakening cells that had been dormant in it. As they persist, multiply, and connect with each other, the imaginal cells form clusters and begin resonating at the same frequency.

They also begin passing information back and forth until they hit a collective tipping point. They begin acting not as invisible individual cells but as a multicell organism. Thus begins the process of creating a new form and structure and a butterfly is born. You can hear Dr. Bruce Lipton explain this process in detail here: https://youtu.be/YG6cJ2nSMvY. Now on with the story. We live in a time of Koyaanisqatsi (a Hopi Indian word meaning “a world out of balance”). We have put profit over people, competition before collaboration, and religion before humanity. I recently heard the speech by Charlie Chaplin in the movie The Great Dictator. I was deeply inspired by the content of what he was saying and how relevant it was even more than 70 years later: “I should like to help everyone—if possible—Jew, Gentile—black man— white. We all want to help one another.

Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness—not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth

is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed… [I encourage you to watch the whole speech on YouTube.]

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When I apply the lotion daily, it helps with joint pain in my knees and hands.

I LOVE the non-greasy texture and the aroma is not overwhelming. - Mona F., US www.lotusguide.com

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