As far as the RO water goes: it is a wonderful contraption and I'm happy to hear they're coming down in price. But the problem with RO is that Mother has to pay for your clean water. Reverse osmosis wastes more water than is produced for you to drink, and it also takes electricity. Distilled water is not much better, for you have to use fuel (for a stove-top model) or electricity to run it. That wouldn't be so bad except in the long run your body pays the price for drinking distilled water for a long time. I've heard that it's not good for you. I think putting salt or minerals in it, as Barefoot Doc does, may preempt that damage by making it come back to life. I bought a nice stove top one that doesn't require electric, but after hearing that it's not the healthiest choice, I now only use it to make distilled water for my homemade personal care products.  I finally found a water filter that does the same amount of work as an RO, and luckily it just came in today!! It's a Berkey water system. Wastes no water, takes no electricity, removes everything except the good stuff, and the filters aren't that much more than the worthless PUR filters I'd been using. The only thing it doesn't remove is fluoride and arsenic, but they do have a post-filter that takes care of those two (which I ordered).  I can't wait to start using it. I'm so happy to have found this product. The upfront money was not that bad compared to other systems, and the filters are cleanable to an extent. I will only have to spend like 150 in filters every year, plus I won't use power to operate it, so I think it will be very much worth it.

I'm all about organic clothes, too. But the price is definitely out of my range. Lucky me, I took home ec   Organic and hemp fabric on the bolt is infinitely cheaper than the finished product, so that is what I've started buying so that I can make my own clothes. Of course, my skin is quite used to regular clothing so that's not on the top of my list, but it's there...

My food choices are so different now that I know what they're doing to our food supply. I just can't believe I (and everyone I know) had been duped for so long.  I had no idea how bad it was. I never even really read the ingredients on most of the things I bought, if you can imagine!!  AAARGH!!!  Now I don't buy anything without turning over the box to see what's in it, including PC products. Regular shampoo and lotions and soaps are all poison!!  I am still so mad at these huge corporations who only care about their f-ing money   And like Tim said, when you're raised that way to not know the difference, then who's going to tell you about it when you're in charge of your life?  Thank goodness for Kevin and all the other courageous authors out there!  My son already knows much more at 5 than I did at the age of 30!  He's all about organic produce and eating good. I'm so happy:) He will never be one of their drones!!

Well, enough ranting; I'm expending too much energy on those corporate bastards...

Peace,
Debbie

Hey Barefoot Doc, I will definitely have to try out Sole now. Out of curiosity, how many big crystal chunks should one start with? Most of the instructions seem to say "place several crystal chunks in a jar". But is that like three or ten chunks? I think the stuff I bought on Ebay is only for bathing, as it leaves a mineral residue around the tub which I don't think I should drink. So I will be looking for the big pink crystals.
Tim

Tim, you put roughly 2/3 water and 1/3 salt by volume, the solution finds its own saturation level, when no more crystal salt can be dissolved in the water, this is the sole  which is around 26% salt in water solution so you should have some small chunks left over that don't dissolve which makes topping up a bit easier, as long as you have some undissolved chunks at the bottom then you know the balance of water and salt has been reached.

I am really getting fascinated by Himalayan Crystal Salt, which is millions of years old and contains even more minerals than sea salts. We get Miracle Krystal Salt in a small salt shaker from the health food store, it also comes in big pinkish chunks, made by http://www.powerorganics.com. I have not tried it yet, but you can make a drink called Sole by placing the large crystals in a jar of water and letting them dissolve. You then take a tsp in a big glass of water every morning, and it is apparently powerfully detoxifying. What I have tried is taking a Sole bath, which is adding a cup of Himalayan salt to the tub. I found a great deal for healing bath salts and muds on Ebay here ($25 = 25lbs, and just $8 for shipping! Amazing!):
http://myworld.ebay.com/specialclaycom

I have been taking a teaspoon of sole most mornings in a glass of water for the past 9 months or so and i do feel so much better for it and would recommend it to others.
Not only does it detox i think but also builds up the constitution.
see posts 22 and 29 for more info here http://forum.noblerealms.org/viewtopic.php?id=2754

Edit:
For those like me who use a water distiller rather than RO its great to add a pinch of Himalayan crystal salt to each batch for ionic minerals and put some life force or frozen sunshine back in to the water.

The third option is for a person to make sure they're doing their part to take care of their body, eating and drinking the right foods and not abusing themselves, but while acknowledging the power of the mind and how much our beliefs affect us.  Both are needed for optimal health.

The Enacting Force Which Is Inbetween

Note:

http://forum.noblerealms.org/viewtopic.php?id=2356

And:

http://forum.noblerealms.org/viewtopic.php?id=2139

My bad.  ;)wink

No worries.

Speaking of cellphones, can anyone vouch for the efficacy of this device? Marketed by Nick Begich, author of Angels Don't Play This HAARP:

Well, I mean, its only $20 so I'll probably just get one, makes sense to me.

Asada, thanks for the reverse osmosis filter on Ebay tip! Ebay is really great, this is a much better deal than I was seeing.

These sound cool, I'll look for these on Ebay as well:

Interesting that it uses quartz crystals. I found an interesting channeled book from the '70s on Flower Essences and Gem Healing by Gurudas, it is apparently a rare one to find now. It has a short chapter on healing baths, and recommends using lemon juice in the bath as well as sea salts. It also recommended sewing your own washcloth-pouches filled with finely ground quartz crystals, and using it to scrub the body. It sounded like a really nice idea, but I never got around to trying it out.

I really dig organic clothes. I am wearing a pair of hemp/OG cotton hiking socks today, and they are seriously the most comfortable socks I have ever worn. I also have some thinner socks by Jade Planet made of hemp, they are very nice and soft and very cheap on Ebay. Finally Maggie's Organic clothes are super nice, they do shirts and tights as well. Apparently bamboo is a really good eco-fiber that is good for absorbing moisture, but it is pricier than hemp. I haven't worn anything made of bamboo yet, although I got a really cool Of The Earth shirt made of 50% SOY and 50% cotton! I had never heard of Soy being used as a fabric before! It is soft and buttery material.

Starling, thanks for that tip, we will definitely try it on all of our non-organic cotton clothes. Unfortunately I know for a fact it would melt some of the "fleece" longjohns we've had in the past!

Tim

My spending money has lately been going towards replacing my thrift store clothes with organic fabrics. Again, average American my age is going to Salvation Army, buying whatever fits, and paying about $5 an item max, including coats. You start looking into organic cotton clothing, you're looking at $50 for a t-shirt. $80 for a hooded sweatshirt. $15 for a pair of organic boxer briefs. But did you know that non-organic cotton can use up to 1/3lb of toxic pesticide chemicals to create just one t-shirt! So, it is very important to have healthy fabric touching your skin, and some people are literally irritated by the touch of non-organic cotton. We have recently determined that my fiance is one of these people, and only through literally replacing all of her clothing with organics have we been able to eliminate constant itching and irritation of her skin. The difference is noticeable, just from different fabric!! Again the American public has been deceived. My parents LOVE synthetic material clothing!

Here's something you can try; boil the cotton garment for 20 minutes in soapy water, then rinse thoroughly. This will remove just about all the chemical contaminants (and the permanent press, too). Don't try this with synthetics; some will melt. Also, some cheap stuff now uses glue to hold seams together.

I really was only referring to the one factoid about cellphones being capable of frying eggs. I did not at all dismiss the dangers of cellphones. That is nowhere in the text that I wrote. I did not dispute any of the other statements Asada made regarding cellphones. Only Pravda. I say "Niet" to Pravda.

Tim

My bad. 

thr33tim3 wrote:

Not to be a debunker, but when I read about cellphones cooking an egg that struck me as extremely far-fetched. I use cellphones sparingly, and do not like to carry them on my person, but I have had to spend a significant amount of time on them, and I think that it would be pretty obvious if the phone was cooking the side of your head like an egg. I did a search and it looks like that factoid is an urban legend spread by Pravda, which is a Russian newspaper that publishes a lot of "fringe-y" Weekly World News-esque articles (in other words, BS).

More either/or false two choices.   Either cell phones can fry eggs, or they don't, so completely dismiss the dangers of cellphones outright.   X!   How about, cellphones ARE dangerous and do cause physical damage, but maybe not enough to actually fry an egg.   When I've used them awhile back they most definitely gave me a burned out "fried" feeling.   It scared me, because that can't be good.   But just because it may not fry an egg and that's an urban legend courtesy of Pravda doesn't mean the dangers don't exist.  Maybe you haven't experienced the burned out fried feeling of a cellphone, but I have and can definitely attest to it.  So asada....keep that one on your list. 

I really was only referring to the one factoid about cellphones being capable of frying eggs. I did not at all dismiss the dangers of cellphones. That is nowhere in the text that I wrote. I did not dispute any of the other statements Asada made regarding cellphones. Only Pravda. I say "Niet" to Pravda.

Tim

A New Age paradigm that I have encountered is the "do whatever you want to do, and if you BELIEVE you are healthy, you will be!" I believe Seth said this sort of thing, and more recently it was the thesis of The Author of Matrix V from Leading Edge Research. The basic message was "all this health food crap is just light-sider feel-good fluff. If your higher self wants you to die when you're 40, it won't matter if you've been eating red meat everyday for years or you've been macrobiotic, you cannot change your higher destiny. Therefore... don't even worry about health, do what feels right on YOUR incarnational path." Struck me as a big, cynical trap at the time, and I still think that is what it is. I have seen people on NR who say that their awareness of chemtrails and electro-magnetic fields automatically means that they have "risen above the effects of it", they have "raised their vibrational frequency" such that they are not effected by such things. This sounds like a very easy way to not take responsibility for one's physical health, just assuming that you have some sort of "golden vibrational shield" that is protecting you from all harm. Not even that its a bad idea to have that mentality, but I mean, the proof is in the pudding... all the affirming in the world doesn't add up to much if you're still waking up in the mornings feeling like you've been hit by a bus.

That's true.....I think the truth lies somewhere in that infamous "third option," because once again, what we're seeing here is the either/or limited two choices.  For so many people it's either "The physical doesn't matter!" and be all new agey wingding, head in the clouds, or obsess about the physical to the point where one forgets the power of the mind and belief.

The third option is for a person to make sure they're doing their part to take care of their body, eating and drinking the right foods and not abusing themselves, but while acknowledging the power of the mind and how much our beliefs affect us.  Both are needed for optimal health.

The C's channeling was BIG time into stressing the non-importance of the body.  Anytime Laura who was very large and unhealthy would ask about changing her diet ways or asking about health concerns they'd always dismiss her concerns with platitudes not worrying about the physical.  I'm sorry, but I don't agree, it's such bunk, and I don't care who the C's are.   Maybe they've been without bodies for so long they've forgotten that if one is going to function properly in this realm and fullfill their life agenda/mission/destiny/whatever you want to call it to the best of their ability then yes, being healthy IS important.  Eating the right foods, instead of indiscriminately shoving any old thing into one's mouth and weighing 300-400 pounds makes an incredible difference in one's personal energy, moods and mental clarity....thus ensuring they can accomplish that much more while here.  So yeah, I NEVER understood the whole "the physical doesn't matter!" nonsense so prevailant within channeling and the new age in general.

More either/or false two choices.   Either cell phones can fry eggs, or they don't, so completely dismiss the dangers of cellphones outright.   X!   How about, cellphones ARE dangerous and do cause physical damage, but maybe not enough to actually fry an egg.   When I've used them awhile back they most definitely gave me a burned out "fried" feeling.   It scared me, because that can't be good.   But just because it may not fry an egg and that's an urban legend courtesy of Pravda doesn't mean the dangers don't exist.  Maybe you haven't experienced the burned out fried feeling of a cellphone, but I have and can definitely attest to it.  So asada....keep that one on your list. 

It is especially frustrating how expensive it can be to restore health, especially when you were raised by parents who basically behaved in the exact opposite of this healthy list. First it takes the time to educate oneself, and then you learn of all these products that you've been using that you need to STOP IMMEDIATELY, and then you learn of all the "healthy alternatives" you could use instead. But man, all this "conscious consuming" really adds up for the 50% of the world's population that never have more than $2,000 to their name at any given time. (I should be so lucky, that would be a raise for me!) So its tough to be like "Oh, I really need to buy a reverse osmosis filter! Wow they are about $300." Well I also need filters for my showerheads, and there are little quartz-crystal filter balls you can hang off your bath taps to filter that water as well, these are all going to be about $50 each. Part of me knows it is totally worth it and important, and it would probably be a one-time setup cost... the other part of me says that after I pay my rent, bills and put aside money for groceries, I will probably have about $400 left over for "spending"... and that's not counting gas, or incidental stuff like car repairs, and forget going to restaurants. This is the state that MANY people in America live in. At least I have the inclination to use my limited financial power to heal myself, and not just spend it on DVDs or a Nintendo Wii.

My spending money has lately been going towards replacing my thrift store clothes with organic fabrics. Again, average American my age is going to Salvation Army, buying whatever fits, and paying about $5 an item max, including coats. You start looking into organic cotton clothing, you're looking at $50 for a t-shirt. $80 for a hooded sweatshirt. $15 for a pair of organic boxer briefs. But did you know that non-organic cotton can use up to 1/3lb of toxic pesticide chemicals to create just one t-shirt! So, it is very important to have healthy fabric touching your skin, and some people are literally irritated by the touch of non-organic cotton. We have recently determined that my fiance is one of these people, and only through literally replacing all of her clothing with organics have we been able to eliminate constant itching and irritation of her skin. The difference is noticeable, just from different fabric!! Again the American public has been deceived. My parents LOVE synthetic material clothing!

Our solution has been to buy organic clothes on Ebay, where you can often find a $60 Prana shirt for more like $20, or a $75 Of The Earth sweater for $15ish, that sort of thing. Just search under Men/Women's Clothing using the keywords "organic" or "hemp". We wouldn't be able to afford full prices, so we are slowly putting together our wardrobes, one piece at a time, it has been a couple months now. Today I am wearing mostly hemp and organic cotton, only my underwear are non-organic. Too much information, I know.

A New Age paradigm that I have encountered is the "do whatever you want to do, and if you BELIEVE you are healthy, you will be!" I believe Seth said this sort of thing, and more recently it was the thesis of The Author of Matrix V from Leading Edge Research. The basic message was "all this health food crap is just light-sider feel-good fluff. If your higher self wants you to die when you're 40, it won't matter if you've been eating red meat everyday for years or you've been macrobiotic, you cannot change your higher destiny. Therefore... don't even worry about health, do what feels right on YOUR incarnational path." Struck me as a big, cynical trap at the time, and I still think that is what it is. I have seen people on NR who say that their awareness of chemtrails and electro-magnetic fields automatically means that they have "risen above the effects of it", they have "raised their vibrational frequency" such that they are not effected by such things. This sounds like a very easy way to not take responsibility for one's physical health, just assuming that you have some sort of "golden vibrational shield" that is protecting you from all harm. Not even that its a bad idea to have that mentality, but I mean, the proof is in the pudding... all the affirming in the world doesn't add up to much if you're still waking up in the mornings feeling like you've been hit by a bus.

Not to be a debunker, but when I read about cellphones cooking an egg that struck me as extremely far-fetched. I use cellphones sparingly, and do not like to carry them on my person, but I have had to spend a significant amount of time on them, and I think that it would be pretty obvious if the phone was cooking the side of your head like an egg. I did a search and it looks like that factoid is an urban legend spread by Pravda, which is a Russian newspaper that publishes a lot of "fringe-y" Weekly World News-esque articles (in other words, BS).

I am really getting fascinated by Himalayan Crystal Salt, which is millions of years old and contains even more minerals than sea salts. We get Miracle Krystal Salt in a small salt shaker from the health food store, it also comes in big pinkish chunks, made by http://www.powerorganics.com. I have not tried it yet, but you can make a drink called Sole by placing the large crystals in a jar of water and letting them dissolve. You then take a tsp in a big glass of water every morning, and it is apparently powerfully detoxifying. What I have tried is taking a Sole bath, which is adding a cup of Himalayan salt to the tub. I found a great deal for healing bath salts and muds on Ebay here ($25 = 25lbs, and just $8 for shipping! Amazing!):
http://myworld.ebay.com/specialclaycom

Well, lots to think about. I intend to endeavor a cleanse starting around the Solstice this month, maybe more of a juice fast.
Good health to you!
Tim