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B.-H. Lévy about Michael Jackson - The Huffingon Post, 07/01/2009

2009-07-10T09:51:00.001-05:00

The Three Stations of the Cross in Michael Jackson’s Calvary

First station of the cross: things. The holy horror of things. An entire apparatus of masks, breastplates, umbrellas, nomadic objects, an entire bubble at once suffocating and over-oxygenated, cloistered and overexposed, operating like a greenhouse and preserving him from the great contamination of things. Not only, as has been said, was it viruses, germs, and bacteria. But life itself as a germ. The living as a bacterium. Matter, objects, and the very air he breathed as soon as he ventured beyond his dear Neverland became a source of infection, pestilence, a macabre obsession -- a school for cadavers. The dandies were like that. I mean the great dandies. The founders of the tradition. Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly. Beau Brummel. Wilde and his Dorian Gray. Red heels to dance on top of a world of vapors and humors. Makeup and artifices to escape the De Profudis of a definitively parasitic abyss. Not to mention Baudelaire who based the principle of his aesthetic, his ethics, and his politics on his disgust with nature and its monstrous proliferations. Michael Jackson was their heir. Michael Jackson, with his vinyl, latex, his mausoleum of a house, his prophylactic terrors and also of course his entrechats of a dance genius, besieged by light on every side, was the last of these great dandies. Add the morbid care that he apparently gave to his body. The hyperbaric chamber where he tirelessly prepared himself for some kind of funereal ritual. He didn't die from a drug overdose; he died because of his desire not only to invent a vaccine against life, but also to want to inoculate himself with it.

Second station: others. Others, truly. No longer things, but humans. Their contact. Their malignant and repugnant proximity. The very presence of others, of their odor, their instantly searching gaze, experienced as an offense, a threat, the source and cause of all violence -- and from which he was only protected by the smoked lenses of his glasses. Hell? Yes, hell. A Sartrean Jackson this time. Or even a Cathar. A Jackson not the least of whose paradoxes was the moment he wrote "We Are the World," the moment where, in other words, he popularizes what must be called the contemporary humanitarian while viewing humanity as a fiasco, men as cankers and their company as a necessary evil, an obligatory compromise, a degrading accommodation that an artist can only begrudgingly make. This reincarnation of Peter Pan sincerely thought, for example, that children were made without anyone touching. This incomplete adult feeds the mad dream -- and, in a certain way, fulfilled it -- of having his own sons without contact, and almost without a mother. This misanthrope, this mutant, was one of the last modern humans to believe -- and to live -- the ancient theorems of the inconvenience of being born. Generation, corruption... Desire without concupiscence... Which, at the very least, shows the absurdity of the witch trials conducted against him the last ten years of his life which were like an endless persecution. Michael Jackson did not want to be a child; he wanted to be a saint. Or an angel. And angels, as we know, don't have a sex. Or only have one in the imagination of the perverted who project onto them their own fantasies.

And finally: himself. His own body and his own face, seen as even greater threats, sites of every danger, the intimate yet merciless enemy that would take a lifetime to subdue or annihilate. There again the singular adventure of Michael Jackson is misread; the mad metamorphosis that he impressed on his face and the repeated plastic surgeries that he inflicted on himself over the course of his life are utterly misunderstood if reduced to a matter of pigmentology -- race, anti-race, self-hate, malaise, unease in his own skin, this reason or that. Look at his photos. Look at this epidermis essentially becoming whiter and whiter, almost like living limestone. Notice this nose reduced to almost nothing, these lips eaten away from the inside, these narrowed cheekbones like those of a Jivaro mask or a Giacometti rendering. Look closely at these dwindled features, this shrinking skin, these eyes that only seem to sit in his skull like a ring on a skeleton's finger. Consider this reduction -- a philosopher would say this epochè -- of a face reduced to its simplest inexpression, having become its own double. Isn't the face the very signature of the human? Its truth? The way that it exhibits and expresses itself? The sign of everyone's singularity, of their priceless uniqueness? Of course. It is always that, a face. And that's why this third chapter, this way of torturing, mortifying, profaning, and ultimately of erasing his own face should be read as the last station of a long and terrible Calvary. Because, having reached that stage, when you have decided to escape the reign of things, and to leave the ranks of humans, and then to become a human without a face, you don't really have too many choices left. Either you reinvent what is considered human, become truly trans-human, and create a genetically modified organism, a GMO. Or you die.

Translated from French by Sara Phenix.

FDA: Boxed Warning Required for Varenicline, Buproprion Due to Risk of Suicidal Behaviour

2009-07-08T09:49:00.000-05:00

ROCKVILLE, Md -- July 1, 2009 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required the manufacturers of the smoking cessation aids varenicline (Chantix) and bupropion (Zyban and generics) to add new Boxed Warnings and develop patient Medication Guides highlighting the risk of serious neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients using these products.

These symptoms include changes in behaviour, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts and behaviour, and attempted suicide.

The same changes to the prescribing information and Medication Guide for patients will also be required for bupropion products (Wellbutrin and generics) that are indicated for the treatment of depression and seasonal affective disorder.

The added warnings are based on the continued review of post-marketing adverse event reports for varenicline and bupropion received by the FDA.

These reports included those with a temporal relationship between the use of varenicline or bupropion and suicidal events and the occurrence of suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour in patients with no history of psychiatric disease.

Some of these cases may have been confounded by symptoms typically seen in people who have stopped smoking and are experiencing withdrawal from nicotine.

Healthcare professionals should advise patients to stop taking varenicline or bupropion and contact a healthcare provider immediately if they experience agitation, depressed mood, and any changes in behaviour that are not typical of nicotine withdrawal, or if they experience suicidal thoughts or behavior.

If varenicline or bupropion is stopped due to neuropsychiatric symptoms, patients should be monitored until the symptoms resolve.

SOURCE: US Food and Drug Administration

The truth about how hypnosis works ...

2009-06-30T11:01:00.001-05:00

A news story was released Monday that said while Michael Jackson was under a deep hypnotic trance back in 2000, he claimed he DID NOT touch a child in any inappropriate manner.
Although the story continues to debunk the credibility of Uri Geller, the man who performed the hypnosis, the underlying story still remains -- does this proclamation while under a hypnotic state secure Jackson’s innocence once and for all?

The answer is a simple: NO. “Anyone can lie – or confabulate - under hypnosis. You are always in control. This hypnosis session apparently given by Uri Geller does not prove – or disprove -- Michael Jackson’s innocence.”

While hypnosis, as a valid alternative form of therapy has finally began gaining validity in the mainstream community in recent years, it is stories like these that feed the false and misleading boundaries of the hypnotic practice.

Many people still think of “stage hypnosis” when they here the word – having someone make you strip or cluck like a duck while you have no control over your actions. With clinical hypnosis, YOU ARE ALWAYS IN CONTROL.
No one CAN or WILL make you do anything you don’t want to.

The Dance ...

2009-06-29T09:32:00.000-05:00

Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. On many an occasion, when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists. I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved. I become the victor and the vanquished. I become the master and the slave. I become the singer and the song. I become the knower and the known. I keep on dancing and then, it is the eternal dance of creation. The creator and the creation merge into one wholeness of joy. I keep on dancing— until there is only. . .the dance.

–Michael Jackson 1992

Call it Forward

2009-05-19T11:11:00.000-05:00

Each new day is truly a gift that so often is put aside as you pick up the remains of yesterday. Remember that when old programs and doubts pop up you are offered the opportunity to transform that piece of emotional/mental dysfunctional energy.

You are transformers, pure and simple.
You have the tools and the master keys of energetic alchemy.
Every human is equipped with the awesome power to transform their reality.
The shift and the transmutation of energy from patterns of dysfunction to patterns of empowerment and grace are an hourly, daily, and lifetime process.

Peggy Black - Transducer, Scribe and Witness.

...that there's no abiding success without commitment.

2009-05-13T09:48:00.001-05:00

Anthony Robbins said that, and he was right.
Commitment is the key to achievement.
How committed are you to your future, to your goals, to your relationship, to your self?

Do you want to be healthier, or do you just say you do?
Do you want to be happier, or do you just say you do?
Do you want to be nicer, or do you just say you do?
Do you want to be more patient, or do you just say you do?
Do you want to be lighter, or do you just say you do?
What do you really want...and who are you kidding about that?

some thing to consider....

2009-05-08T10:43:00.000-05:00

... that negative feelings are not true feelings at all; rather, they are your thoughts about something, based always on the previous experience of yourself and others.

Genetic predispositions and healing from Dr. Anne Spencer

2009-05-06T12:52:00.002-05:00

Genetic predispositions and healing

The following suggestions were given to a subscriber who has been diagnosed as having a situation that is from her DNA .... This is truly great information and we appreciate the candor of the advice. Hypnosis works!

"I have recently been diagnosed with several hereditary conditions plus a gastro issue ...... My question to you is: if the original blueprint is - as mine is - loaded with hereditary disorders, what then? If my body/mind has no original guide to fall back on what would you suggest? Is there another way that is currently being debated? Do you know of anyone who has worked in this?"

Astute suggestions follow from two colleagues.

YES! YES!

Changing our minds - changes our brains, DNA and physiology -- Being born again is as simple and as challenging as breaking state and developing trances that promote feeling better, healing faster and getting more out of life...

Warmest regards,
Michael Ellner
[revdocnyc@aol.com]

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Genes do not decide what to do they are turned on and off by their environment
1- Your body loves you but it isn't getting the message that you love yourself and your life
2- Read Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton
3- Express your anger and do not internalize it and deal with loneliness
4- You need to be born again and free of these afflictions
5- Multiple personalities have a disease in one and not the other
6- So find your role model and rehearse and practice becoming the person you want to be and not the one created by the hypnotic messages of authority figures
7- Self induced healing does occur and genes can be altered

Bacteria, viruses and plants do it every day to survive antibiotics, vaccines and diseases but they do not have your lifestyle so it's a lot easier for them

Peace,
Bernie Siegel, MD

Author of: Love, Medicine & Miracles; Help Me to Heal; Love, Magic & Mudpies and many more...
Web site www.berniesiegelmd.com

From the Shirley MacLaine newsletter

2009-05-04T12:24:00.001-05:00

Health Notes

We can't avoid it. It's the headlines and lead stories everywhere. What is it? It's the swine flu or, to be politically and technically correct, virus R1N1. This isn't just swine flu, apparently has combined with human and bird flu and there are no available vaccinations.
What can we do to avoid it or treat it without pharmaceuticals? After several conversations with naturopaths there seems to be a general consensus that what you eat and the supplements that you take will, along with excellent hygiene will help you avoid R1N1.

Here are their basic tips to avoid contracting any virus:

Stay alkalized. Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits and grains.
Avoid sugars.
Make certain you take a good multi vitamin and support it with plenty of Vitamin C both in your food intake and as a supplement. This month we will be introducing to the website the Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C that I take.
Wash, wash, wash your hands. And make certain not to touch your nose, eyes, or mouth while in public places.
Sleep. Allow the body to rejuvenate.
Don't be afraid.I carry a small size of hand sanitizer and when I leave a public place I sanitize my hands before I ever touch the car door or steering wheel. Any germs I might have picked up won't be going home with me.

When I get home from the grocery store I immediately wash all my vegetables before putting them away. If you use frozen or canned foods wash your hands after you open them and if they have been set on the counter wash the counter top. There are many good non-chemical cleaners out there, which we will be telling you more about in the coming weeks.

It is amazing how simple it can be to safeguard yourself against contagious illness. Stay healthy by eating properly and by taking supplements, allow yourself plenty of rest to help the body stay healthy, and be hygienic.

If you have a flu bug the naturopaths recommended that you immediately consult your naturopath who will probably suggest Vitamin C IV drips with glutathion. This will help your body's natural immune responses and Vitamin C is a natural anti-viral. Make certain you are getting plenty of magnesium and fluids and if you are taking a pharmaceutical anti-viral be certain that you also take a good probiotic.

All of the naturopaths recommended vegetable soup and fresh juices as a means to help you achieve and alkalized balance of the body's pH. A cup of hot water with freshly squeezed lemon will also help you stay alkalized and if you have a scratchy throat add a teaspoon of locally produced honey. Avoid foods that are difficult to digest.

You can help ease a fever by putting you feet in a tub of cold or iced water. It will pull the fever out of the body through the feet. Warm moist towels across the eyes and nose can reduce a headache and a warm towel can help alleviate body aches.

Sleep. It's important to surrender to the need for sleep, even if it seems excessive, as it is a wonderful natural healer.

I am sure I am probably preaching to the choir, but health is our most valuable asset and if a gentle reminder helps us follow basic and simple steps to maintain health and vitality or overcome illness, then I'll take the reminder.

I also want to focus on something that is affecting many of us; fatigue. We, as a general global population, are fatigued mentally and emotionally by all of the bad news we are bombarded with on a daily basis. I repeated hear the word exhausted from people I talk to and when I dig a little deeper they usually add that they feel overwhelmed by everything happening in the world.
So how do overcome fatigue? In some cases, simply adjusting your lifestyle to include appropriate dietary, exercise and sleep needs will be enough to combat fatigue. Exercise and fresh air can elevate your mood, so get out and connect with nature. In other cases where medical causes are at play, treating the medical illness is the first plan of action. Always consult your primary care provider and explain what you are experiencing. They will be able help you determine the best plan of action for you.

Natural herbal and homeopathic remedies can be a great help when trying to combat fatigue. Certain herbs are known for their tonic effect on systemic functioning as well as their ability to increase strength and endurance, while energizing both mind and body.

Herbs such as Siberian Ginseng, Olea europea (extract of olive leaf) and Centella asiatica are commonly used to fight fatigue and boost energy without negative side effects - like those possible with pharmaceutical or dietary stimulants. These herbal ingredients can be taken to naturally assist overall systemic functioning, help to balance all body systems naturally and are often taken by athletes, those recovering from illness or those that need the extra boost to help manage a busy lifestyle.

Aromatherapy can also bring your spirits up. Amyris and bergamot are two of the more traditional mood elevating blends that are often used for depression. Peppermint relieves mental fatigue and the citrus essential oils are very energizing. To learn more about essential oils visit: http://www.shirleymaclaine.com/shirleysworld/catalog.php?a=view&id=45&sid=25
Another helpful tip to fight fatigue is meditation. Meditation can take you any direction you choose to pursue. A walking meditation is always something that energizes as it relaxes you or you might like to try a guided meditation. We have several available on the site. Remember that meditation is not emptying the mind; that is impossible. It is focusing on one aspect. Whether that focus is breath, steps, or another's words that guide you must be determined by you. Explore meditation and make certain that you take time for yourself when you are feeling fatigued.

Bad words

2009-05-01T13:19:00.000-05:00

"If those bad words come, I let them come in one ear and go out the other. I never let them come out of my mouth. If a bad word comes in your ear and then comes out of your mouth, it will go someplace and hurt somebody. If I did that, that hurt would come back twice as hard on me."

--Wallace Black Elk, LAKOTA

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...

2009-04-17T11:02:00.002-05:00

... that the quality of one's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their endeavor.

Vince Lombardi said that, and he was right.
Are you committed to excellence in everything you think and say and do?
Ah, yes, it is about thoughts and words, too, not just about actions.
Are you thoughts and words excellent?
And your actions, too?

This does not mean that you must be without errors, by the way, but only that you must seek to correct them.
Do not confuse "excellence" with "perfection."

The first is possible to achieve, the second is probably not.

Neale Donald Walsch

The Sutra of Hui Neng

2009-04-15T10:58:00.001-05:00

Who would have thought that all things are the manifestation of the Essence of Mind!

From His Holiness the Dalai Lama

2009-04-13T11:29:00.000-05:00

“Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.”

Annie Dillard

2009-04-11T11:28:00.000-05:00

A schedule defends from chaos and whim.
It is a net for catching days.
It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

A hundred years ago

2009-04-09T11:28:00.001-05:00

William James said: "Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit."

Dr. Robert Muller - Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations

2009-03-20T09:48:00.000-05:00

Use every letter you write, every conversation you have, every meeting you attend, to express your fundamental beliefs and dreams. Affirm to others the vision of the world you want. You are a free, immensely powerful source of life and goodness.
Affirm it.
Spread it.
Radiate it.
Think day and night about it and you will see a miracle happen: the greatness of your own life.

What goes around comes around

2009-03-18T09:47:00.001-05:00

In both relationships and life, trust begets trust.
Generosity begets generosity.
Love begets love.
Be the spark, especially when it's dark.

Jeffrey Patnaude - American Author, Teacher and Speaker

2009-03-16T09:46:00.000-05:00

What we do is a measure of who we are. If we imagine our work as labor, we become laborers. If we imagine our work as art, we become artists.

From the "Law of Attraction"

2009-02-13T15:44:00.000-06:00

There are as many different worlds as there are perceivers or Beings or individuals. You are not here to create one world where everyone is the same, wanting and getting the same. You are here to be that which you want to be, while you allow all others to be that which they want to be.
Excerpted from a workshop in “The Law of Attraction,The Basics ofthe Teachings of Abraham” on Saturday, July 1st, 2006

Combat Grey Winters with Rainbow Foods and Healthy Thoughts

2009-02-11T15:42:00.000-06:00

Eating a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables will give your body the range of valuable nutrients it needs to maintain health, such as fiber, folate, and vitamins. And the deeper the color, the better: color is indicative of natural pigments that have been linked with health-promoting benefits.

For example:
Red: Tomatoes, watermelon, and pink grapefruit may contain lycopene, a phytonutrient that been linked with reduced incidence of some cancers, cardiovascular disease, and macular degeneration.

Orange/yellow: Carrots and sweet potatoes are a good source of carotenoids, phytonutrients that convert to vitamin A. Among the many biological functions of vitamin A are cellular growth and vision. Lemons, oranges, and grapefruits are a good source of vitamin C, or ascorbic acid. Vitamin C helps to form collagen in bones, cartilage, and muscle. It is also necessary for the absorption of iron.

Green: Dark, leafy greens such as spinach and kale contain lutein. In patients with retinitis pigmentosa, lutein has been shown to help improve night blindness and peripheral vision.
Blue/purple: Blueberries, grapes, raisins, and eggplant may contain anthocyanidins, which function as antioxidants to protect from cellular damage.

White: Garlic and onions are a source of allicin, a natural compound exhibiting antibacterial and antifungal properties. Bananas and potatoes contain potassium, an essential mineral that helps regulate heart function, blood pressure, and nerve and muscle activity.

Now your thoughts….
· choose to be still and quiet your thoughts for 5 minutes each morning before you start your day.
· Listen to a CD such as Relax and Rejuvenate to help boost your immune system and allow your body to feel more energized.
· Look at colour – visit art galleries or flower shops and gardens – colour is healing energy…. and we all need that in the winter.

Sometimes ...

2009-02-09T15:40:00.001-06:00

Sometimes in life you get to be the goalie, sometimes you get to warm the bench and sometimes your job is to pick up after everyone else. Sometimes you get applause. Sometimes you get ignored. Sometimes you get kicked in the face. Life is not always fair, but it does get better if you don't quit.

Mark Victor Hansen

2009-02-06T15:40:00.001-06:00

Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

J.K. Rowling in summer 2008 issue Greater Good magazine

2009-01-28T09:08:00.000-06:00

"If you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose to identify not only with the powerful, but with the powerless; if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those who do not have your advantages, then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your existence, but thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped transform for the better." --

Michael Talbot, author of The Holographic Universe

2009-01-26T09:09:00.000-06:00

"Even visions and experiences involving "non-ordinary" reality become explainable under the holographic paradigm. In a holographic universe there are no limits to the extent to which we can alter the fabric of reality." --

Harry Tucker

2009-01-24T09:06:00.000-06:00

Everyone's life is under someone's control - it might as well be under your own so that you can direct your destiny.