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Monday, 5 October 2009
Moon Times Oct Newsletter
Mood:
 bright
Topic: archive newsletters
| Subject: News from Moon Times; Moon News, Wear It Pink Day, New Products and web links…. Please forward this newsletter to any friends, family or colleagues who may be interested! | | www.moontimes.co.uk | | Hello Ladies,
Autumn Equinox and full moon blessings! Yesterday was full moon in Aries; during the Aries full moon we can tap into the child within - the part of us that lives from a place of love and innocence, that part of us that has unquestioning faith and belief that everything is, and will be, ok.
The determination of the moon in Aries encourages us to tap into a powerful source of courage and stamina to rise again from any setbacks we may face. During the harvest of this full moon we can release our ego, sift through the elements of self, both long-standing and newly acquired and retain that which serves purpose while leaving the rest behind. These is a good time to spiritually and physically cleanse ourselves of all those elements in our life which no longer work for us and to use the pioneering, and ambitious energies of Aries to take those leaps of faith and re-create our lives in a way which is more beneficial for us. To read more see http://littlegreenblog.com/mind-and-spirit/moon-astrology/happy-full-moon-in-aries/And while we are on the topic of the moon…I was shocked this week to read the moon is being bombed with a rocket on the 9th October in search of evidence of water! The official site says it will be 66ft wide, and other sites say up to 5 miles wide, so lets pray for the former. How our Grandmother Moon will feel about this who really knows, I am calling for people everywhere to get together and send the moon love in all the wonderful and whacky ways we all do it.......
the story on line
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/17/MNJ41887O2.DTL 31 Oct is wear it pink day!
Our Pink Pads raise money for the Penny Brohn Cancer Care Centre- support their good work by wearing a pink pad on Wear it Pink Day!
pink pads http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/pads-for-charity/moon-times-pink-pads/ So what’s new at Moon Times?
Small Moon Sponges These sponges are a smaller size for light flow days, young women or pre birth, pack includes 4 sponges.
small sponges http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/new/moon-sponge-small-sizemoon-sponge-small-size I’ve got some lovely Lakota Sage smudge sticks…which are on an Oct special of £6.00 instead of £10! These are the biggest smudge sticks I’ve ever seen (12 inches!) and may come in handy for any Samhain gatherings you might be planning at the end of the month!
sage http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/accessories/magic/lakota-sage/ We have many more poppered pads and panty liners now in stock- feed back has been great press stud pads http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/cloth-pads/patterned-pads/patterned-cloth-pads-press-stud/ And a quick plug….Look out for Juno Magazine- a lovely natural parenting magazine who is featuring some of my articles in the next few issues. I love it! Juno http://www.junomagazine.com/ Also …a couple of great websites to share with you ….
Some very creative cloth pad art:
pad art http://www.lathoriel.com/html/fashion5.html
There is an amazing new Menstrual Health DVD out- The Moon Inside You- thoroughly recommended!! The website for the movie is see trailer www.themooninsideyou.com and keep an eye for the UK version on release soon. Take care, and have a great Samhain,
much love
Rachael and the Moon Times Team xxx | | A couple of articles to finish.... | | Can Breast Cancer be Prevented?
Excerpt from: Breast Cancer? Breast Health! the Wise Woman Way
by Susun S. Weed Sometimes it seems that every magazine, newspaper, radio show, and piece of mail has a headline declaring that every woman’s risk of developing breast cancer is increasing. There is a numbing feeling of inevitability in these pronouncements. More and more women think about breast cancer as a when rather than an if.
It’s true that there’s more breast cancer now than ever before, that between 1979 and 1986 the incidence of invasive breast cancer in the United States increased 29 percent among white women and 41 percent among black women, and incidence of all breast cancers doubled. It’s true that the percentage of women dying from breast cancer has remained virtually unchanged over the past 50 years, and that every 12 minutes throughout the last half of the twentieth century another woman died of breast cancer. And it’s true that breast cancer is the disease that women fear more than any other, that breast cancer is the biggest killer of all women aged 35 to 54, and that of the 2.5 million women currently diagnosed with breast cancer, half will be dead within ten years.
These facts frighten me, and they also make me angry. My studies spanning 25 years and many disciplines have convinced me that the majority of breast cancers are causally related to the high levels of radiation and chemicals released into our air, water, soil, and food over the past 50 years. United States government researchers estimate that 80 percent of all cancers are environmentally linked.
What can be done? The answer isn’t as simple as a yearly mammogram. That may help detect breast cancer, but it won’t prevent it. To prevent breast cancer we need to take individual and collective action.
Effective action requires understanding the causes of breast cancer and what decreases breast cancer risk. But there are few conclusive answers to these queries, partly because most research focuses on eliminating breast cancer after—not before—it occurs. Science has validated so few risk factors for breast cancer that 70 percent of the women diagnosed with breast cancer have “no identifiable risk factors.” Scientifically accepted risk factors for breast cancer 1. Sex (Women get a lot more breast cancer than men.)
2. Age (Seventy-five percent occurs in women over 50.)
3. Lifetime exposure to estrogen (Early menarche, no pregnancies, late menopause, hormone pills increase risk.)
4. Family history (Two close relatives with premenopausal breast cancer increases risk.)
5. Lifetime exposure to radiation (The greater the exposure, up to a threshold, the greater the risk.)
6. Race and culture (White, European-extraction women are at greater risk than other women.)
7. Height and weight (Larger women are at greater risk.) Unfortunately, our sex, age, reproductive history, family history, exposure to radiation (such as fallout from above-ground atomic bomb tests), race, culture, and height are beyond our control. When we’re told these are the only risk factors, we can be left with feelings of hopelessness and panic.
But when we include risk factors that are considered “not well substantiated”—but which are clearly contributing to breast cancer incidence—including ingestion of and exposure to prescription hormones, hormone mimicking organochlorines, prescription drugs, petrochemicals, and electromagnetic fields, as well as unwise lifestyle choices such as smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol immoderately, wearing a bra, or not exercising, then we can find many ways to lower breast cancer risk. No need to panic. Not accepted, but likely, risk factors for breast cancer 8. Organochlorines (Exposure increases risk.)
9. Electromagnetic fields (Exposure increases risk.)
10. Tobacco smoke (Exposure increases risk.)
11. Alcohol (Greater use increases risk.) Excerpt from: Breast Cancer? Breast Health! the Wise Woman Way
by Susun S. Weed |
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Updated: Sunday, 11 October 2009 8:44 AM BST
To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence... 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.' Something good will happen to you today; something that you have been waiting to hear.
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Sunday, 4 October 2009
Peace Prayer of St. Francis
Mood:
 happy
Topic: Musings
| Peace Prayer of St. Francis | | | Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. |
Prayer of Peace
Attributed to St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
Roman Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans
Known as the patron saint of animals, birds and the environment
His feast day is October 4 |
Posted by angel-healing
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Wednesday, 30 September 2009
5 lessons
Mood:
 a-ok
Topic: Musings
1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.
During my second month of college, our professor
Gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student
And had breezed through the questions until I read
The last one:
"What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the
Cleaning woman several times. She was tall,
Dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name?
I handed in my paper, leaving the last question
Blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if
The last question would count toward our quiz grade..
"Absolutely, " said the professor. "In your careers,
You will meet many people. All are significant. They
Deserve your attention and care, even if all you do
Is smile and say "hello."
I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her
Name was Dorothy.
2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain
One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American
Woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway
Trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had
Broken down and she desperately needed a ride.
Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.
A young white man stopped to help her, generally
Unheard of in those conflict-filled 19 60's. The man
Took her to safety, helped her get assistance and
Put her into a taxicab.
She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his
Address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a
Knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a
Giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A
Special note was attached.
It read:
"Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway
The other night. The rain drenched not only my
Clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along.
Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying
Husband's' bedside just before he passed away... God
Bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving
Others."
Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole.
3 - Third Important Lesson - Always remember those
Who serve..
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,
A 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and
Sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in
Front of him.
"How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked.
"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and
Studied the coins in it.
"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.
By now more people were waiting for a table and the
Waitress was growing impatient.
"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.
The little boy again counted his coins.
"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said...
The waitress brought the ice cream, put t he bill on
The table and walked away The boy finished the ice
Cream, paid the cashier and left.. When the waitress
Came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the
Table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,
Were two nickels and five pennies..
You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had
To have enough left to leave her a tip.
4 - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our Path.
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a
Roadway.. Then he hid himself and watched to see if
Anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the
King's' wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by
And simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the
King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did
Anything about getting the stone out of the way.
Then a peasant came along carrying a load of
Vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the
stone to the side of the road. After much pushing
and straining, he finally succeeded. After the
peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
a purse lying in the road where the boulder had
been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note
from the King indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The
peasant learned what many of us never understand!
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve
our condition.
5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts...
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a
hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who
was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only
chance of recovery appeared to be a blood
transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had
miraculously survived the same disease and had
developed the antibodies needed to combat the
illness. The doctor explained the situation to her
little brother, and asked the little boy if he would
be willing to give his blood to his sister.
I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a
deep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it if it will save
her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed
next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing
the color returning to her cheek. Then his face
grew pale and his smile faded.
He looked up at the doctor and asked with a
trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away".
Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the
doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his
sister all of his blood in order to save her.
Posted by angel-healing
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Updated: Thursday, 1 October 2009 7:31 AM BST
Thursday, 17 September 2009
FOTE newsletter
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Updated: Friday, 18 September 2009 8:12 AM BST
Thursday, 3 September 2009
William Blooms Newsletter
William's eLetter
2 September 2009 |  | | | | Dear Friends - Greetings and Love
First two quick announcements followed by a longer piece on "Talking Our Walk".
ANNOUNCEMENT
All the dates and blurbs for my Autumn/Winter/Spring workshops and Spiritual Companions Certificate are now up on my website. I also have the leaflets and if any of you in the UK would be kind enough to put a few out at your local centre, please let me have your mailing address and I'll gratefully send you some. Many thanks.
ALTERNATIVES, ST JAMES'S CHURCH, PICCADILLY - MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 7pm
For anyone in or near London, I'll be back home in St. James's to give a presentation on the Endorphin Effect. I look forward to seeing you there.
TALKING OUR WALK - PART ONE
The following long piece is based on an insight that has been building over the last 12 months as to why a modern approach to spirituality is often not taken seriously. In a week's time I'll send you another email, asking you to help me with a step towards solving this interesting challenge.
Do you know the worst accusation made against us? (By ‘us’ I mean those of us who are part of this new holistic, open-minded, open-hearted spirituality.) It is that we don’t have any morals.
This accusation is crazy because if there is one thing that I do know about us, it is that we come from the heart, know right from wrong and do our best to practice love in action.
I first became aware of this accusation almost twenty years ago when I found myself representing new age spirituality in interfaith circles and on the media. I remember so clearly a journalist saying, ‘No one will take your lot seriously until you give the appearance of having a clear set of values.’
This was also what I heard from clergy when I worked in St. James’s Church, Piccadilly. ‘You people have no historical foundation, no heritage of ethics. You’re just after personal experience. You never engage with real world problems and injustice.’
I was stung by these accusations. I also did not have an articulate answer. I remember two occasions – on the Sunday programme and the Moral Maize – when I spluttered incoherently to defend us. This was embarrassing. Lack of clarity on a live broadcast with millions listening is not enjoyable.
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As a result I began to rehearse a speech that might not only defend us, but also be a strong assertion of our values. I now know that speech by heart. Before I give it, I come home to my centre and settle in my heart. I then speak it clearly:
‘I absolutely refute your accusation that we have no morality. We embrace and support the core ethics of all the major religions, but instead of setting them up against each other in competition, we plait them together to make an even stronger statement of our values. These core ethics include: Do not kill; do not thieve; do unto others as you would have them to unto you; and so on. More than that, we integrate into this traditional morality, the values of environmentalism and sustainability, so that our grandchildren and great-grandchildren inhabit a healthy and harmonious Earth. And more than that too, we also integrate the values of contemporary psychology which fully understands that for human beings to develop fully and not become dangers to society, they need love, affection, support and respect. We entwine these all together for a strong and dynamic morality that is founded in the best of all that has gone before.’
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Knowing our values is a crucial issue because for many people the major importance of religion and spirituality is that they tell us what is right and what is wrong. This is what believers of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism expect – clear guidance about how they should live their lives. Do not kill. Do not lie. Do not commit adultery. ‘By their acts shall ye know them.’
But, say our detractors, modern spirituality is caught up in personal growth and the spiritual supermarket. In the jargon of post-modernism, we are lost in relativism – and have no moral core. These accusations are not true. As I wrote above we have a very sure morality. So why do we appear to have no morality? Why don’t people know we have values? In my opinion, it is because we lack confidence. The reality is that most of us are living moral and good lives, but we don’t have the confidence to say so. The accusation against many religious people is that they don’t walk their talk. In my experience, the people inside holistic spirituality – us lot – we do walk our talk. We have the opposite problem. We don’t talk our walk.
We do not seem able to assert our beliefs and values to people who may disagree with us. Whatever the reason for our collective low self-esteem (if that’s the right description) we need to get over it and begin to feel some pride. This is not the middle ages. We won’t get burnt.
One thing that we know for certain about the evolution of humanity is that when people disagree yet talk together, good things can happen. Being an engaged participant, sometimes passionate, in the discussion is what builds bridges and heals conflict. Silence, especially nervous silence, does not help.
We need to join in the great moral debates of our age. In general we need to assert our opinions.
When the women’s, gay and anti-racism movements began, they understood the importance of raising consciousness about what it meant to be a woman, a gay or a person of colour. Low self-esteem — the result of continual prejudice and suppression — was replaced by pride and confidence in their community, their human rights and their value.
I am beginning to think that we too need to move in that direction. Our approach is profoundly valuable, but I know too many people who are spiritual and holistic but are unable to speak confidently with their colleagues and families. Again – we have the walk. But not the talk.
I do not have any answers here but I do have a strong instinct that we need to raise our consciousness about these issues — and fully appreciate that we are good, generous and moral beings.
All my love.
William
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Posted by angel-healing
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009
What Is God? What Is Love?
| What Is God? What Is Love? | | | What is God? The eternal One Life underneath all the forms of life.
What is love? To feel the presence of that One Life deep within yourself and within all creatures. To be it.
Therefore, all love is the love of God. |
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle |
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009
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Sunday, 16 August 2009
Soil Assoc Newsletter
| | Dear Supporter Welcome to August’s newsletter. This month we’re addressing the report recently published by the Food Standards Agency, asking for your help at the Organic Food Festival, highlighting a series of Soil Association meetings for you to attend, providing an update on the Food for Life Partnership and giving a run down of this month’s competitions. | | FSA report on organic food
A literature review on nutrient levels in organic food, funded by the Food Standards Agency received widespread coverage from the media. The report concluded that there were not significant nutritional differences between organic and non organic food. We were disappointed with the conclusions that the researchers reached, partly because the review rejected many of the studies of nutrient levels as they did not meet the particular requirements decided by the researchers. The researchers say that the increased levels of nutrients found in organic food were not significant because of the consequently small number of studies. The researchers also failed to include the results of a major European Union funded study (QLIF), which ended in April this year, and has already produced over 100 scientific papers. Results from this study include the findings that: 'Levels of a range of nutritionally desirable compounds (e.g. antioxidants, vitamins, glycosinolates) were shown to be higher in organic crops' and 'Levels of nutritionally undesirable compounds (e.g. mycotoxins, glycoalkaloids, Cadmium and Nickel) were shown to be lower in organic crops'. Although there was obviously some negative media around this story, there were also a number of positive pieces. As I am sure you will all recognise, organic farming and food systems are holistic, and have many other benefits, including the fact that organic food is not covered in pesticides, is a system which has the highest animal welfare standards, bans the routine use of antibiotics and increases wildlife on farms. For more information please click here. | | Food Security in the 21st Century - Soil Association Meetings
As we respond to climate change and the imminence of peak-oil we are standing on the threshold of the most far reaching changes in our farming and food systems for over a half a century. Business as usual is no longer an option. But how can Soil Association members and licensees lead the change towards relocalised and resilient food systems in the UK? Our Director Patrick Holden will give an opening address on this theme at a series of Producer Roadshow meetings to which our members and supporters are warmly invited. One of the key changes that need to be made is the relationship between producers and the public and these meetings provide a forum for mutually supportive relationships to be formed. The meetings take place across England and Wales in September and October and our dates, venues and booking procedures can be found on our website. We'd love to see you! |  | | Food for Life Partnership
The Soil Association-led Food for Life Partnership - the programme that works with schools and their communities to transform food culture - has ended this school year on a high. There are now more than 1,100 schools enrolled on the programme and they have all committed to achieve at least the Food for Life Partnership Bronze Mark. This means they will be serving seasonal school meals with at least 75% of dishes freshly prepared by a well-trained school cook; pupils and parents are involved in planning improvements to school menus and the dining experience via a School Nutrition Action Group, boosting school meal take-up. Every pupil has the opportunity to visit a farm during their time at school, and opportunities are given for groups of pupils to do cooking and food growing activities. Here's looking forward to the new term! |  | | Competitions!
Remember to visit our competitions page this month - we have a case of fantastic wine to be won from Vintage Roots, some gorgeous Organic Body Spa Body Butter from Green People and a gift voucher to be spent on skincare products from Essential Care. See our webpage for more details. And if you are not one of the lucky winners of the Body Butter but would still like to try some of Green People’s products just email organic@greenpeople.co.uk with your name and address and they will send you a catalogue and a selection of sachets. Please quote ‘Soil Association competition’ in the subject line. | | Speak to you again in September. |  | | Stephen Last
Director of Membership and Supporter Services The Soil Association is a membership charity. If you would like to make a donation, click here. Thank you for your continued support. If you would like some information to do with an area of our work that we haven’t addressed in this update, why not ask your question online?
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