What Your Makeup Says About You!

There are 4 relevant points your makeup reveals about you and about humanity as a whole.

1.  First, it reveals that you have imagination; that you can imagine yourself as pretty, ugly, or mediocre.  This conglomerate of thought-based images we call the ego.

2.  Secondly, in line with the first point, your makeup reveals that you are trapped in conflicting thoughts: The conflict between who you are and between what you would like others to perceive you as.  In other words, you cannot accept yourself as you are!  This unacceptance of yourself is based on a deep unresolved conflict.  This unresolved conflict is common to all humanity and expresses itself individually from person to person.  For some, its problems with alcohol, for others, its problems with food, sex, anger or some other addictive substance or thought.

Collectively our personal conflicts express themselves globally as the conflict between nations, between religions, between races, ethnicities, political parties, and so on. 

3.  Thirdly, in line with the first two points, your inability to accept and love yourself as you are carries over into all aspects of your relationship with others.  Because you cannot accept yourself as you are, you also cannot accept others as they are, and are therefore quick to judge or criticize.  Your criticisms may not always be overt for fear of repercussion, but they will be there nevertheless at the subconscious level.

4.  Your tendency to judge and criticize expresses itself more bluntly on those who cannot defend themselves, with children being the prime target.  This conditioning of children through criticism, fear, intimidation, worry, coercion, discipline, and other forms of accepted behavior are broadly categorized as socialization and education.  Socialization and education in turn form part of what we proudly call tradition.

It is important to mention at this point that this inability to accept ourselves as we are, and to judge others, is not a natural human trait, but a conditioned one.  The Russians are conditioning their children, we American are conditioning our children...Christians, Muslims, educated or not educated--we are all participating and contributing to an environment of estrangement and hostility where children quickly learn to view each other as strangers who are very easily disturbed, and easy to criticize!

What i am describing is a universal human problem of existence whose roots are described metaphorically in ancient texts such as the Christian Bible where Adam and Eve eat from the "Forbidden Fruit Of The Tree Of Knowledge" and instantly become trapped in conflicting thoughts.

Our tendency to use violence--cleverly disguised by such acceptable terms as discipline, education, and socialization, lies at the very root of all of our human problems.  Quite frankly, we are psychologically damaging our children by the way that we are raising and educating them.  So, if its not problems with food, then it will be problems with alcohol, or with worry, fear, depression, loneliness, violence, etc. 

Looking at it another way, we are bludgeoning our children's minds.  Instead of encouraging our children to think independently for themselves, we force them to conform to what we know.  So what we call education is actually a conditioning, dumbing down process.

Globally we can see the disastrous effects of this dumbing down of our children in the endless corruption, conflict and world-wide strife.  And this has been going on for thousands of years!

Needless to say, we are not currently an intelligent human species--intelligence being defined as the absence of stupidity.  It thus goes without saying that the accumulation of knowledge does not by itself make for intelligence!

Is there a way out?  Yes, but not in the traditional way of thinking about it.  As the evangelical preacher Billy Graham has correctly pointed out, "you cannot think yourself out."

The good news is that we are not entirely made of thought.  There is a larger part of us that is independent of thought. 

This larger, higher part of us is commonly referred to as The Higher Self, The Intelligent Self, or The God Part of Us.  This higher intelligence is constantly changing and evolving--and i believe--will eventually break through our conditioning by understanding it.

The following quote from J. Krishnamurti seems relevant: "Your conditioning will yield to the understanding of yourself."

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Are We About To Interface With Hell?

In February 23, 2012 investigative reporter Linda Moulton Howe was interviewed on Coast to Coast on unexplained sounds occurring worldwide. Its interesting because one of the reported unexplained sounds occurred to me here in my home in Carlsbad CA within the July-August timeframe of 2011.

I had just finished using my computer after 10 PM, and as I was getting up out of my chair I heard the sound of heavy freeway traffic right outside my window. I was perplexed because on the one hand--it was a familiar sound, but on the other hand, there is no way that such a sound should have been audible right outside my window especially that late at night!

I stepped outside and stood on the sidewalk listening for a few seconds. Then I climbed the hill next to my house to see if I could detect heavy traffic on highway 78, but I could not get a view.  Regardless, such a heavy ‘daytime’ rush hour traffic sound should not have been audible to my ears at any time of day.  I then forgot about the incident until I heard the interview with Linda Howe.

The interview with Linda presented various theories, but what I think is happening is what might be termed, ‘reality shifts’.

Imagine an intelligence that is outside our realm looking down on us like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Now imagine that each piece of the puzzle represents one piece of reality which can be moved around.  One piece of reality might represent the sound of a fog horn, while another, the sound of heavy traffic, and so on.

For example, the first interview featured a Russian woman who heard what reminded her of "The Trumpets of Revelation".  I think what she actually heard was a fog horn from some distant seaport (or ship) somewhere around the world. The actual sound of the fog horn may have been emitted one week ago, five weeks ago, perhaps years ago, but nevertheless the sound superimposed itself in her reality at that particular time (her audio recording is available on YouTube).

Likewise, the traffic sound I heard was definitely not from my immediate area, but probably from some distant locale on the globe, which then interfaced with my location at that particular time and place.

A common example might be finding your bedroom window open in the morning when you were sure you had closed it the previous night. Perhaps you opened that window at night four months ago, and then that event superimposed itself that night in your bedroom!

Now, my question is--if there is an increase in the incidence of these reality shifts, what does it say about what is happening to our reality? Are these portending a radical change in our reality (or consciousness) as suggested or foretold by astrology, ET contactees, prophecy, and by the Mayan calendar?

One clue comes from alternate researcher William Warwick who thinks 'The Third Secret of Fatima' was about the Earth undergoing a period of planetary freezing in the near future.  He then correlates this event to the Mayan Calendar 5,200 year cycle which aligns Earth with the sun and with a supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy during December 2012. 

Mr. Warwick also interviewed the head Mayan Day Keeper in Guatemala, Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez (Wandering Wolf) who did indeed confirm the existence of this freezing event as concurring with each Mayan Calendar 5,200 year end cycle.  And even though Don Alejandro agreed that we are within the time window for this event to occur, he acknowledged that he did not know the precise date when it would happen.

One final piece of the puzzle occurred on January 7, 2012 when a Japanese princess named Kaoru Nakamaru was widely quoted as predicting Three Days of Darkness beginning on December 22, 2012, which concurs with the Mayan 2012 Long Count Calendar end date. This was revealed to her by some Earthly intelligence in connection with a previous opening of her third eye (or awakening).

If you do a web search for, The Three Days of Darkness Prophecy, you will find some interesting warnings from scriptural texts and modern prophets—here is a summary: “Nothing will be seen, not the stars, sun, or moon--and it will be impossible to use any man-made lighting during this darkness, except blessed candles."  "Stay away from doors and windows and lock them shut.  Close your curtains and shades and do not go outside or look out your windows, and do not respond to anyone calling you from outside.  During these three days of darkness people should pray the rosary and beg God for mercy, for there is not going to be one demon left in hell. All are going to be on earth!”

What can we make of all this? Are the unexplained sounds being heard worldwide--some of which may be attributed to reality shifts--a microcosm of some larger cosmic multi-dimensional reality shift which will fulfill itself in the form of a very dark cold reality interfacing with ours for some 72 hours?  I hope not, but if so, I am ready with my rosary, bible, saint candles, firewood, blankets, buckets of water, and some food.  Stay tuned folks, this could be a wild one!

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You Are Not Insignificant!

For thousands of years we have been conditioned to think of ourselves as individuals, and as a result, we have been under the illusion that we are separate from the whole of mankind.

The consequences of this are disempowerment, or the sense that one vote does not amount to much.  I think this is a great underestimation of our potential as individuals, after all, if most individuals think they are insignificant, than the obvious consequence is a weakness of the whole, and an inability to accomplish things on a large scale.

It seems clear to me that we can never solve our basic problems of existence such as poverty and violence if there is no unified concerted effort by humanity as a whole.  Leaving a few to deal with such problems only invites partial fragmented results which will never fully resolve the underlying fundamental cause of our problems.

And what is this underlying fundamental cause of our problems?  Here is a clue from Genesis 2:17: “They (Adam and Eve) ate from the fruit of the tree of knowledge and instantly knew the difference between good and evil”.

Notice the sentence, “the difference between good and evil”.  I think we can extrapolate from this to mean the emphasis we give to the differences between nationalities, races, ethnicities, beliefs, opinions, and so on.

So, what happened to, “Adam and Eve”?   I believe what happened is that we humans became trapped in thought (ego)—or in the illusion of time and space as created by our thinking (our ego).   And I think it is this illusion of space (separation) that is responsible for the emphasis we give to differences, and to the misguided perception that we are separate from everything.

Another way to look at it is that we humans suffer from an, “unresolved conflict” within our minds, or from a conflict defined by, “separation”—the separation (conflict) between you and me; the separation (conflict) between what I have and between what I want; the separation (conflict) between where I am and between where I would rather be, and so on.

Then our individual conflicts express themselves worldwide as the conflicts between nations, religions, and so on.

This illusion of separateness between ourselves and the world underlies our conditioning as individuals, and is what is responsible for the persistency of our fears, violence, and obsessions with pleasure, comfort, and security (the illusion of security, I should emphasize).

I should add that our fear is very unique in that it is a, “sticky” fear that is made persistent by the stickiness of ego, as in, “I am here”; “I am talking”; “I”; “I”; “I”; …and so on.  Or to put it another way, our illusion of separation from our instincts, including from our fears, is what is making them, “sticky”, so that they seem overwhelming.

You may be interested in knowing that other living creatures do not have an ego, and therefore the fear that they feel is non pervasive, non vindictive, and non destructive to their society as a whole.

So clearly, we are dealing here with a unique human problem of mind which encompasses the whole of us in our roles as parents, teachers, neighbors, and world citizens—with one consequence of this being the creation for our children of an environment based on fear, worry, threat, punishment—and of, “dreams” which can never truly come true.   We then very cleverly cover this up with acceptable terms such as, “discipline”, “education”, and, “socialization”.

Will we ever come out of it?  Almost everything I have read and heard suggests that we will-- that we are an evolving species.  And further, that this evolution is about to accelerate as we shift into this New Age some may call, The Aquarian Age (its a shifting of cycles, like the cycles of seasons). 

But it is vitally important to understand that our evolution requires the participation of as many of us as possible in order to make this quantum shift possible, and that therefore, none of us should consider themselves insignificant!

   

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The Mystique of Barnabas Collins

I will never forget January of 1968, while switching channels on my TV, coming upon a close-up of a character named Barnabas Collins played by actor Jonathan Frid.

I was immediately struck by the appearance of this character--I mean this guy was perfect for the role of a vampire. If a prototypical vampire is a person with dark hair, dark thick eyelashes and eyebrows, deep set dark eyes, and a gaunt sunken face with an expression of suffering and desolation accompanied by an air of mystery and nobility, then this guy was it!

At that instant I felt both enchantment and deep disheartenment at the appearance of this character, for I thought to myself, “what a waste to not use a character like that to portray a vampire”. I had absolutely no idea that within weeks this character would become transformed into a vampire by the casting of a curse by the witch Angelique!

This event was one of the most prescient of my life, and we have to give credit here to Dan Curtis and associates for making such a stupendous casting call!

Here then, for the first time ever--unlike the Addams Family and The Munsters--we had a show on gothic horror called, Dark Shadows, being taken seriously on TV.

But what is it exactly about the character of Barnabas Collins that has made him so endearing to us for so long? I believe its a combination of factors; here they are in numerical order:

1. His uniquely regal, dark handsome, virile appearance created a sense of mystery and awe: Dark hair, dark thick bushy eyebrows, dark thick eyelashes, dark deep set eyes, prominent thick nose, sunken gaunt cheeks, firm powerful shoulders--in other words, here was a character that was not only very attractive by most standards, but most importantly, very attractive in the vampire sense of the word. He, like actor Barry Atwater who played, The Night Stalker; and like actor Max Schreck, who played Nosferatu, had the look about him in terms of bone structure and physical traits that endeared him to playing the specific vampire role that he played.

For example, comparing actor Jonathan Frid’s appearance to that of Ben Cross who played Barnabas Collins in the 1991 remake, it was obvious to me from the beginning that Ben Cross as Barnabas Collins would not work partly because of the sparseness of his eyelashes, and because of his lack of that all-around, “dark mysterious look”. If Johnny Depp is successful as Barnabas Collins it will have to be based on his (and Tim Burton’s) own individual merits and large fan base, because he too lacks that all-around, “dark gaunt virile masculine mysterious look”.

2. His persona of respectability and importance: His firm penetrating gaze and measured politeness greatly contributed to the psychological factors we associate with respectability. These psychological factors were then enhanced by the camera close-ups and the camera’s persistence on keeping him in focus--that is, you immediately knew who was the most important person in the room!

3. His feelings of guilt, and his sentimentality and vulnerability juxtaposed alongside his immense supernatural abilities and monstrously evil nature, resulted in a character that surpassed the complexity-of-role of previous vampires. One moment we have a blood-thirsty serial killer of-the-worst kind, and at another moment, a vulnerable, heartbroken, guilt-ridden creature making a mournful speech to Josette's portrait at the Old House. In fact, I would suggest that in terms of endearing psychological traits, that this sharp contrast between his vulnerability and monstrosity is what has made Barnabas Collins one of the most magnetically attractive TV characters of all time!

4. Jonathan Frid’s previous experience playing Shakespearean characters may be an under appreciated factor here in that he projected the character of Barnabas Collins in his mind so deftly that we were psychologically, “tricked” into thinking he was the character whose role he was playing--but then again, this is a skill of all great actors (and kudos to all co-starring actors and actresses for helping bring his character to life!).

To sum it all up, there is a term called, “synchronicity”, which is defined as the harmonious orderly alignment of events that would otherwise seem to appear random. I would argue that the casting of Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins is one such synchronous event. And I would further suggest that it is doubtful if there was an actor at that time that could have stepped into the shoes of Jonathan Frid and played the character of Barnabas Collins as successfully as he did.

In conclusion, I have often wondered if my exalted reaction to seeing the character of Barnabas Collins on TV that afternoon in 1968 is not somehow connected to the synchronous event just mentioned--after all, do I not draw vampires? (see my article and video, I Draw Vampires). And am I not writing this article as Warner Bros serendipitously prepares to release yet another remake of Dark Shadows?

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Why Your Child is Sick, Part 2

So, what is causing the colic, rashes, digestive problems, infections, allergies, and the more progressive conditions in children?

To answer this I have to take you back to an experience I had during my late teens in 1978.  It was at this time that I read the book, Are You Confused, by Paavo Airola.  This was the book that introduced me to the concept of fasting for health, and I began a 10 day fast immediately afterward.

Within days my acne began clearing up, eventually disappearing forever.  Also, within this 10 day time frame, and later fasts, I eventually lost almost 30 lbs which I never ever regained. 

The health benefits did not stop here.  Within months I noticed that my nasal allergies has completely disappeared, and that I was no longer getting colds (I now get a mild cold every 3-5 years).

Then, as the years went by I noticed that my sporadic back pains, which had required two previous doctor visits for which they had found no cause or remedy, had not returned.

One has to ask, how in the world is it possible for so many “different” conditions to benefit from something as simple as abstaining from food?

The answer is partly in the question as it is precisely this emphasis on, “differences”, and the consequent inability to see the comprehensive whole, that lies at the root of the inability of medicine to find permanent non-toxic solutions for disease in general.

In fact, I would suggest that the ability of “differences” to blind us to the whole is one of the defining characteristics of a troubled humanity (the difference between nations, ethnicities, religions, beliefs, and so on).

We have for thousands of years been conditioned to think of ourselves as, “individuals”, and therefore, as “separate” from the whole of creation!  It is this feeling of “separateness” that characterizes our egos, and which superimposes itself into all areas of human endeavor, including medicine.

Now, lets go back to the healing experience I had.  What happened?  How could so many “different” conditions benefit from simply fasting?  The answer is simply that these so called, “different”, conditions were actually connected in the underlying whole---that is, they had the same underlying cause---this underlying cause being progressive accumulation of toxic waste inside all of my cells, tissues and organs from overconsumption: I was overfed as an infant/toddler, and this same pattern of overeating in excess of my body’s ability to eliminate toxic waste continued into my childhood and teenage years!

The same underlying cause was then expressing itself differently as the years went by---first in my infant-hood by my inability to resist virus infections (colds), then as the years went by, by the manifestation of allergies.  Then when I reached teen-hood this same underlying toxicity eventually found expression in the manifestation of acne and pimples, and after that in, “mysterious” back problems.

I have absolutely no doubt that had I not gone on this program of internal cleansing and detoxification by fasting, that this toxic condition within my body would have eventually found expression in even more serious health conditions.  Which health conditions?   Which health conditions are we “genetically” susceptible to?   Is it diabetes, cancer, heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's, glaucoma, schizophrenia, inflammatory bowel conditions…?  

What I am suggesting here is that one of the fundamental underlying causes of human disease is this hidden underlying toxicity within our bodies! 

Stay tuned for part 3.

 

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Who Do We Blame Now?

Have you noticed the propensity of our human race to blame others for their problems? It is endemic in our society, is it not? And this happens not just globally, but on an individual basis as well---within our relationships at home, at work and at school.

One thing I have learned is that those who blame others are usually not much different than the people they blame! After all we are all human--and is not the underlying cause of human decay and corruption present in almost all of us?

Of course, we emphasize the differences between “us” and “them” to be able to justify our position with statements such as, “well I don’t engage in bribery and money laundering", or, “I don’t kill innocent people...”, and so on.

Unfortunately, by emphasizing the differences we tend to overlook the overlapping similarities. Is the glass half-empty or half-full? One could argue either way--but is it not more comprehensive and realistic to see the glass as BOTH half-empty and half-full?

See, I can complain about terrorists who kill people with guns and bombs, while unbeknownst to me that most of the killing world-wide is psychological in nature, and that this psychological killing is happening inside the privacy of our homes, and inside our schools...and that it is being perpetrated by individuals who are psychologically not much different from myself.

In fact, I will elaborate a bit by suggesting that what our culture calls, “education” and “socialization” are actually conditioning processes that dumb down the individual.  And further--that because of their emphasis on threat and punishment ("discipline")--that these conditioning processes actually encourage the propensity towards violence and unsocial behavior in those prone to it.

So, I can argue that you are a terrorist because you kill people with guns and bombs, while at the same time committing my "killing" with words and gestures, and then being so absolutely dumbed down, that I am completely unable to make the connection between my form of killing and yours, or between my form of killing and the endless wars fought throughout human history!

Similarly, when we complain about corrupt bankers and about corrupt government officials, are we not being blinded to the personal corruption within ourselves?…and that perhaps it is this same personal corruption expressing itself in these bankers and government officials at their own level of expression?

Or to look at it another way, I can complain about corrupt corporations and the banks that finance them, while at the same time being dependent on the products and services that these “corrupt” entities provide… all the while brushing aside (de-emphasizing) the fact that my dependency on them is what affords them the revenue that they need to be able to influence foreign governments abroad so they can commit the human and environmental atrocities that we often blame them for!

I know I sound harsh, but it seems to me that the underlying cause of the problems we complain and blame on others is present in most each and everyone of us. This underlying cause being our human ego with its conflicting values and beliefs.

You may be interested in knowing that other living creatures do not have an ego, and therefore, the fear that is at the source of human corruption IS NOT present in them. That is, the fear that they feel is non pervasive, non vindictive, and non destructive to their society as a whole.

You may also be interested in knowing that we have had exceptional human beings throughout history that have shed their egos in a process that is commonly called ‘spiritual enlightenment’.  Two of these exceptional humans lived within our lifetime: Jiddu Krishnamurti and Peace Pilgrim;  documentaries of their lives are available on YouTube.

I have written this essay as a wake-up call and not as a criticism of you and me.  It should be obvious by now that we have a deep psychological human problem of existence.  And that we as humans can never permanently solve our human problems unless we can psychologically and spiritually evolve to the level of Peace Pilgrim and others like her.

Hopefully you will be inspired by these videos and by my writings to begin this process of evolution within yourself, and to begin--at least initially, to understand why we have the problems that we have all over the world.   Peace and love be with you! 

One final comment: You may be thinking that "blaming" is sometimes justified, such as the blaming of Hitler for WW2.  The problem with this is that once you make ONE exception then you fall into the trap of making MORE exceptions, and then we end up exactly where we are right now.  Think about this, and think real hard!  These are issues that each and everyone one of us must figure out independently on our own, because once you depend on me or on anyone else, then you are lost--then it becomes one's opinion VS the other's...and we are back exactly where we started!   

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Why Your Neighbors Don’t Speak To You

What do you expect when people are not really happy!

Do you think people that are really happy and loving would ignore you whether in your neighborhood or out on the streets?

More specifically, the main reason people do not speak to you in your neighborhood or out on the streets is the same---fear.  And we are not talking here about normal healthy transient fear, but rather about a fear that is sticky; that is, fear that  sticks with you and seems all pervasive.

Why the pervasiveness?  Very simply because your ego is pervasive as in, “I” am here; “I” want this; “I” am talking; …“I”…“I”…“I”…and so on.

You may be interested in knowing that other living creatures do not have an ego, and therefore the fear that they feel is non pervasive, non vindictive, and non destructive to their society as a whole.

You may also be interested in knowing that we have had exceptional human beings throughout history that have shed their egos in a process that is commonly called ‘spiritual enlightenment’.

Two of these exceptional humans lived within our lifetime: Jiddu Krishnamurti and Peace Pilgrim (Videos of their lives are available on YouTube). 

Historically the best known enlightened humans are Gautama, The Buddha and Jesus Christ.

These humans were truly exceptional, and they were in every sense of the word, people’s people!

In conclusion, if you really want to understand why people are the way they are, I would encourage you to understand yourself.  In fact, I will take it even further and suggest to you that if you are willing to understand yourself deeply and completely, that you may be able to reach this state of spiritual enlightenment!

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