Tuesday, June 30, 2015

TTIP-Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a Cover for secret courts that take power from governments and give it to Corporations

From an MP who has seen some of the TTIP text and is alarmed…to say the least

Now I know that you can argue that you'd trust the councils and the government as little, if not less than corporations. At least corporations have an overt mission statement to rob the individual and the earth of its resources for the explicit objective of making money. For example Pharmaceutical giants plan to have every citizen on an average of 4.5 prescribed drugs for their entire life, to create a customer from infancy. Monsanto was responsible for 13,754 suicides amongst Indian farmers in one year alone, following selling them 'patented' seed and charging them yearly for it. Nestle we know have dehydrated milk products for years and sold them as powders to countries where there is no water to dilute them for the infant formulas they're supposed to provide. Nestle nowadays just keep draining water reserves and transporting them off off for sale, leaving a barren wasteland and remain unabashed.

Governments and councils are more nepotism oriented. If a friend asks for something or there's a little cash incentive, absolutely anything goes. A tiny percentage, perhaps 4% do their best to inform themselves and influence a change for the fare of the people's quality of life. Here in Ireland, we have invited in the Nestle's and pharma and chemical companies and allowed the Queallys and Glanbias, of our own creation, rot Ireland from the inside out. Sometimes they work in perfect partnership when dairy protein is used to coat and bond tablets. Great! Two completely indigestible ingredients in combination. Or when I went for the Council dog pound and they gave it to a company that they already use to take away and destroy horses. Great! Lets make them warden, rescuer, destroyer and even give them another few thousand again to dispose of the bodies. The government department says that they just keep paying the bills that the council sends, they can't do a thing about it. €980 per horse. That is an incentive to pick up any unsuspecting horse or dog, however briefly displaced and cash in on it. Nobody wants them to get the contract but still somehow the payments go inexorably on. The people who actually notice and understand what is going on are gradually undermined under some label or another. Do gooders, activists etc. It was the same with the dual carriageway into the medieval mile, the infamous CAS. It is the same with Shell and the stopping of meaningful grants for renewable energies and organic growing. Most shops do not even have an organic section, even though it is common knowledge that the crop sprays are carcinogenic. That really does make life easier and cheaper. Dead before you know it, unless everyone wakes up to what is going on and makes good choices of their own.

One might have remained hopeful that the courts would be one last vestige of justice and fairness. This is what is threatened by the decision that MEP Sean Kelly was involved in yesterday. He is the only Irish MEP to sit on the council and these TTIP amendments could mean that Corporations can sue governments for trying to bring in laws that affect their profits. That really would be a disaster. Already in England there are secret courts for child abusers. This is a way devised to deal with glorified pedophiles so their private activities do not affect their influence and position in society. Over here in Ireland the secret courts will be so the same thing can happen here with corporations not having to disclose their dirty deals or have them get into the media. There are already plenty of deals going on as we know. We all remember the pylon agreement of a few billion signed at a small meeting in Dublin Castle. We all trust the doctors in hospitals but they too are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. In another context it would be called pedaling drugs.

I was at a workshop with Raw Italian Cuisine in Sligo this weekend and heard a great doctor Ivan Moriarty speak about other research. Eating raw vegan food, focusing on living nutrition, elimination of toxins and absorption of nutrients has a 90% success rate in healing pancreatic cancer. Western medicine has a 2% success rate. Do not let fear of the unknown give your power away to any company or institution. Learn to look after yourself. If you need any help with holding this new perspective and exploring methods for getting well, mentally, physically and emotionally…give me a call!

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Interview with Frances Micklem

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/participate-movement-frances-micklem-kimberly-burnham
This is the link to Kimberly Burnham's blog where I did the interview last week!

Participate in a Movement with Frances Micklem

I met Creating Calm Network Radio Host Frances Micklem a few years ago and have been impressed with not only her passion for making the world a better place but her communication skills, her productivity, and her ability to finish a project successfully.

You can listen to Frances Micklem's latest radio show which features a reminder of the powerful and wise words of Chief Seattle -- It is almost too late to turn the tide of destruction. Listen to Frances Micklem of Healing from Harmony Hall and New Directions from Kilkenny, Ireland and comment below.

Frances' Show Homes:http://NewDirections.CreatingCalmNetwork.com and http://HarmonyHall.CreatingCalmNetwork.com

Here is my recent interview of Frances. Enjoy.

Q: What’s it like being a radio host for the Creating Calm Network?

Frances Micklem: Its exciting in two ways for me. It feels like a chance to participate in a movement, the evolution of consciousness you might call it, with people from all over the world. Secondly its given me a much needed channel to get out there, say what I need to say…which is quite a lot!

Q: Yes, how did it come about that you do two shows a week?

Frances Micklem: It was funny actually as I started with the Healing Show –Healing from Harmony Hall where I’d embark on an epic healing of some aspect of the human condition or tools to maintain an attitude of gratitude etc. Then I became so passionate about life and recognizing the divine spark in other people, animals and even inanimate objects that more and more awareness of the very opposite came to me. I discovered that there are lots of soul-loss situations going on but nearly everyone was afraid of flagging things up or not being heard. So the founder of the network suggested I record a Social Activism show. That’s how New Directions started.

**Q: Do you think the New Directions show creates calm or is there a risk it’ll bring up anger and grief?**

Frances Micklem: I have come to think that clarity and compassionate acknowledgement of even the worst injustices are a relief for people. I try and keep the ingredients balanced, some empathy, some recognition of the mirror, some humour and lots of deep healing, with a view to better outcomes! I also think awareness is a necessary phase of transformation. We have to see clearly what we’re doing, what we’ve blindly been participating in.

Q: Do you mean like being wasteful of water and fuel and indifferent to the suffering of others?

Frances Micklem: Yes, once the denial and avoidance falls away there is a painful moment but also the opportunity for conscious change.

Q: What changes have you made recently?

Frances Micklem: Good question! I see change as a life long, infinitely refine-able mastery, like martial arts or ballet. The basics I continue to work on, in this context, are to be true to myself and not look for justification or approval from anyone else. As my heart clears of old nonsense, I am becoming more independent. There is more room for love. Defensiveness, denial and avoidance are all but gone now, which is a real freedom that I’d love everyone to experience.

Q: What haven’t you been able to change?

Frances Micklem: Well sometimes I feel completely defeated which is probably not helpful. I get crowded with thoughts like people are still eating animals when there’s plenty of alternative nourishment, even when the industry is exposed as cruel and corrupt – with for example five species found in a single DNA sample. Even when they are told that 51% of environmental destruction and soil/sea toxicity is down to animal waste. Even when they hear that enough grain is grown to feed 13 billion people and there are one billion starving because the grain goes to animals. Even when they hear that 70 million animals are killed every year. That is a lot of dying. It can’t be good. But I can’t change others’ perspective, activate their moral compass or make them feel significant enough to make a difference, via their own shopping and eating choices…that doesn’t stop me trying though!

Q: On a good day, what’s your perspective on all the people and animals that are suffering?

Frances Micklem: I think we are just witnessing what we created in the past. The tail-end of an unconscious creation. I fully believe that with this radio network, all the positive initiatives world-wide and the critical mass of conscious people visioning a better world, we will get to see that come to fruition too!

Q: Have you had any nicknames?

Frances Micklem: Yes, many! I had a mohecan at school and was called Rare hair and Fogsie. I was also called ‘the first ambulance to the scene’ at a 12 step workshop once! This was because I was always running to support anyone in crisis, which I’m giving up any minute now! I have always been occasionally referred to as the Queen of Positive Spin as I can usually see the gift in a situation and come up with a solution when nearly all is lost!

Q: If you had to choose one animal that you would like to emulate which would it be?

Frances Micklem: The Snow leopard. Wow, with that agility I would be an amazing salsa dancer. They are also a great force of nature. But then I love the benevolence of cows and all herbivores too. To my trusty steed, I used to say, like Shakespeare ‘How do I love thee, let me count the ways’ and then reel off several great attributes, like you have beautiful ears, you are well bred, you are the king of the understatement, you are fleet of foot! I think the key is to notice your animals afresh every time you see them. Do not value their familiarity so much as maybe their constancy, loyalty, beauty, keen senses etc.

Q: Is there one thing in particular you’d like to say to people?

Frances Micklem: Absolutely. The world is still a beautiful place, stay hopeful and remember your own immeasurable value. None of us are here by coincidence; we are crucial aspects of this intense period on the planet.

Thanks you Frances.

Visit her at New Directions http://www.creatingcalmnetwork.com/new-directions.html and Harmony Hall http://www.creatingcalmnetwork.com/healing-from-harmony-hall.html