“ … [A] cellphone is a two-way microwave radio,’ Dr. Davis pointed out. “Industry has fought successfully to use the phrase ‘radiofrequency energy’ instead of microwave radiation. Because they know radiofrequency energy sounds fine.

We listen to music with radios. Everybody needs more energy. What could be better than that?

But radiofrequency energy is another word for microwave radiation. If people understood that they were holding a two-way microwave-radiating device next to their brain or next to their reproductive organs, they might think differently about it.”

Scents Can Alter Your Nervous System

When you inhale the fragrance of an essential oil, the aroma penetrates your bloodstream via your lungs,³ and this is thought to be one of the mechanisms by which aromatherapy exerts its physiological effects. Essential oils are also easily absorbed through your skin when applied topically.

The fragrance also affects the limbic system in your brain, which controls both memories and emotions. Many essential oils have antibacterial, antifungal, and/or antiviral qualities, and contrary to antibiotics, essential oils do not promote resistance.⁴

Modern scientists are not only finding compelling links between scents and human behavior,⁵ scents can actually influence the biochemistry of your nervous system.

This was shown in a 2002 Japanese study,⁶ which found that certain oils would stimulate sympathetic nervous system activity whereas others would calm it. (Your sympathetic nervous system modulates processes such as your heart rate, blood vessel constriction, and blood pressure.)

For example:

• Black pepper, fennel, and grapefruit oil caused a 1.5- to 2.5-fold increase in sympathetic nervous system activity (as measured by an increase in systolic blood pressure)
• Rose and patchouli oil resulted in a 40 percent decrease in sympathetic nervous system activity
• Pepper oil induced a 1.7-fold increase in plasma adrenaline concentration
• Rose oil caused adrenaline to drop by 30 percent

Lavender and Jasmine Help Uplift Your Mood

A Korean study⁷ found that lavender reduced both insomnia and depression in female college students.

Another study⁸ published in Phytomedicine in 2010 found that an orally administered lavender oil preparation (Silexan) was as effective as the drug Lorazepam for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. According to the authors:

"Since lavender oil showed no sedative effects in our study and has no potential for drug abuse, silexan appears to be an effective and well tolerated alternative to benzodiazepines for amelioration of generalized anxiety."

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Sensitive Permaculture might surprise some folk who have come to understand Permaculture as an entirely material undertaking, but for those who include it as part of their personal spirituality it will be a refreshing delight.

Alanna has spent a life time researching and practicing the art of Geomancy, "assessing and balancing the subtle energies of places", and in this new book she turns to Permaculture, also a lifetime interest.

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Traditionally, geopathic stress has been associated with the influence of underground streams passing under one's house or office, and resulting in some form of ill health for the occupants. In strict definition terms, it is defined as an unfavourable reaction of the human, animal or plant's biological system as the result of exposure to radiations from the earth that would have been dowsed as detrimental. But in 2006, life is changing more rapidly than ever before and our health is not improving with these changes. Our hospitals are bursting at the seams. We have never had so many people working in the health industry, some would prefer to call it the health service, but either way it's under strain and to say the least, is not winning the game. Then we hear the arguments for why the health service is failing, consultants? Management? Bed shortage? Department of Health? _____ What about Geopathic Stress? Why not? It has equal validity to all the other reasons mentioned, so let us take a few minutes to reflect on how the influence of earth's energy has on our lives before dismissing it and how Earth is coping with the new influences prevailing in the environment compared to 50 years ago.

All life on this earth has evolved under the influence of cosmic energy, and the cosmos has also evolved with the earth being an intrinsic component of its living energy field. Our forefathers were very much aware of this close relationship with the cosmos and understood the influence that planets within our solar system had on our very survival. The great Earth monuments and megalithic sites that have survived for more than 5,000 years on this land are testament to their knowledge and foresight in harnessing and managing these energies for the generations that were to follow. Such structures were not built as glorious burial chambers to their former leaders, but rather they are unique energy centres through which both cosmic and earth energy were received, transmitted, processed, and managed, to enhance life on this earth and beyond. This energy was tuned, and became harmonic. Today we enjoy the results of a technologically advanced people whose work with natural energy influenced harmony in subtle energies many thousands of years ago and in no small way has contributed to specific elements that support our life on this earth today. It is now time for us to return to this technology and support the re-tuning of Earth's energy with the atmosphere and environment.
The energy created by and through the structures our forefathers designed can be measured to this day, through dowsing methods, or even simply by the amount of people who travel to these megalithic sites in their thousands on an annual basis and marvel in awe at their structure and simple beauty. On a scientific level, significant changes in the mineral content of water has been measured on samples charged at different locations on certain sites, clearly demonstrating that the sites have specific energies which have yet to be replicated by science, but which have a significant influence on the biological system.

This could be said in other words, that their spiritual being is moved by the spiritual energy of the structures themselves, spirit being another word for higher energy that is not limited by religious dogma or commercial influences and is freely available to all those who seek it. The technology used by our forefathers can still be used today to harmonise noxious energy in our environment. Such energies are being generated, for the most part, due to our ignorance of the subtle effects of electromagnetic transmissions on all life forms. Their source is found in the myriad of radio transmissions within our atmosphere:-

* Communication
* Electrical
* TV
* Satellite

It is their inter-reaction with naturally occurring Earth energies, that results an un-harmonic frequency which has an adverse effect on human, animal and plant biological systems. The influence on both the human and animal neurological system by exposure to this new form of environmental energy is not known at this time, but it is likely that it contributes to the onset of certain types of clinical depression.

In addition our environmental atmosphere is influenced by:-
* The structures we create and place on this Earth
* The way we design our houses
* The geometric form that the structure takes
* The design of energy flow to and from the building and within the building.

Feng Shui, the Chinese discipline of energy management is well known, while in Europe the art of Geomancy (placing structures on the Earth) is a much less documented technology but its application techniques are extremely relevant and potentially more suitable to coping with geopathic type stress generated by 21st century technology and living styles than Feng Shui. Why? When we look more closely at the reasons why geopathic stress is becoming far more prevalent at an exponential rate when compared to 50 years ago the reason becomes obvious.

Isaac Newton introduced a simple and enduring relationship character to us, "For every action there is an equal & opposite re-action." This has profound implications in our lives today, for every minute of every day there are literally thousands of artificially generated electromagnetic radio waves passing through everyone's body, organs, and cell. This radiation has not had its origins in nature nor have these energies evolved in harmony with nature. They have been designed and tuned so that naturally occuring energies from the earth and cosmos have the minimum influence on their transmission in order to improve their efficiency. In simple terms, modern radio transmissions suffer very little interference from adverse weather conditions, and are able to be received inside of most buildings without the use of an external antennae. Satellite surveillance transmissions depend upon the reflection of their transmission signal from the object being observed and this is also the case in terms of:-
* X-Ray
* MRSI
* Ultra Sound Scans
all of which depend upon the same technical principal. However in terms of low level satellite transmissions there is a growing body of evidence, which suggests that such transmissions may not be as benign as originally thought.

The Earth with all its living elements is a simple yet complex group of organisms that are all inter-dependent upon the reception of light and electromagnetic transmissions from our immediate solar system and also from cosmic energies beyond in the greater cosmos. However this essential form of life giving energy is now reaching us through a soup of man made, man generated radio frequencies, through which cosmic energy is now being filtered, or to say the least knocked out of tune before it reaches its intended target. In addition we have the naturally occurring earth frequency which also has to inter-react with all forms of man made radio transmissions, coupled with corrupted cosmic energies, which results in an un-harmonic environment that is detrimental to specific biological life forms.

How does this new environment affect us humans and our friends in the animal kingdom? Because our environment is changing so rapidly, we have not recorded all critical elements that have an immediate effect on our health, coupled with the fact that we have a limited range of instruments to identify one of the most influential of these energies, namely radiation! We are all aware of radiation from radon gas and the hot spots associated are known throughout the country. However, radon gas is only one of the many unstable gases that are released from the Earth, and there is growing evidence that such noxious gases are been released at an increasing rate. This is based not on field studies of radiation levels, but rather by analysing an increase in the rates of debilitating health disorders whose origins can be traced to an in-balance in the individual's blood.

So let us briefly look at this health trail, low level radiation is absorbed into the bones, blood is manufactured in the bones, change the resonant frequency/energy field of the bones, you change the cellular structure of blood! How does this manifest itself in the body? Disorders of the blood will be influenced by this change of energy, so we can list leukaemia, certain other forms of cancer such as non-Hodgkin's, food allergies, MS, & ME and certainly some neurological disorders. Due to the rise in the Earths temperature which we are currently experiencing the breathing pores of the Earths skin, namely the Earth surface, both above and below water level, will become more open, with the result that we can expect to observe and be witness to an increase in the levels of radiation being released into the atmosphere. Unfortunately we also have to contend with the reception of increased cosmic radiation due to the depletion of the ozone layer.

Over the past ten years my research has identified one particular natural Earth energy influence that to the best of my knowledge has been overlooked as a critical influence in the health and well being of animal and human life living in its immediate area. I am referring to the existence of echoes. When we find the existence of an echo in rolling countryside we will find health problems close by. What I am referring to is, where we find an echo in a field for no apparent reason, because there is no structure to explain the existence for the echo. In such a case we can explain that the echo is due to a wall of energy rising out of the ground (an earth energy breathing hole). In such a scenario, a man made sound resonates off or is rebounded off an invisible wall of energy. The breathing hole of Earth energy may very well be coming from deep within the earths crust, and according to my case studies contains a certain level unstable radio active isotopes, or radiation. This phenomenon has gone un-noticed by science and environmentalists and as a result we are building some of our houses / estates in extremely unhealthy areas, and within a short period of time a pattern of illness soon emerges. It is in such areas that I have been able to explain the existence of health clusters, or health black spot, where there is an abnormally high level of cancer and or, neuromuscular health problems. In such cases, we find the health authorities will hide behind the mantle of the scientific body, who fail to explain the reason for the high concentration of ill health. At the same time they will dismiss the influence of geopathic stress and its adverse effect on human health as having no scientific credibility. Our inter-reaction with sound frequencies is as old as music itself. When we hear music that resonates with our soul we respond immediately, by

* Movement of body
* Alteration of brain frequency
* Alteration in mood
* Respond in song or dance

If the music is not of our taste, not in harmony with us, we will feel down, maybe get a headache, and will certainly remove ourselves from the source of such a sound. Now I am certainly not hoping for any positive response from the scientific world on the potential adverse influence of echo centres in the land based on my findings, however if find your health is out of balance and there is an echo near your home or work place, then the cause of your ill health may be due to leaking radiation from deep within the earths core.

Now the good news is that nature has given us the means to harmonise energies such as geopathic stress, and even the harmful effects of the afore mentioned echo centres, in effect neutralising their adverse influence and allowing us to create a truly harmonic environment where our physical, emotional, neurological, and spiritual energies can really shine and grow. We can use the simple yet beautiful forms of placing stones in the Earth in specific but simple geometric forms, carve the stones to tune them to the required frequency. We can use flowing water, or create labyrinths in the ground, we can use plant life likewise, to bring harmony to the land. In other words we can tune into the Earth elements, assemble an orchestra and dance, sing and live in harmony on this Earth for the good of our own health and that of our family and neighbours with the elements that Mother Nature has placed at our feet.

© Ciaran P. Graham - 9/11/2006

Most human beings now live in a sea of invisible electromagnetic radiation (EMR) that is millions of times stronger than anything encountered during our long evolution as a species. Networks of towers and base stations emit a cacophony of radio, TV, wireless internet and mobile phone signals. Further emissions are produced by domestic appliances such as computers, microwaves and hairdryers. Metal objects in your living environment can attract and re-radiate these energies.

 As modern technology has evolved, we have seen a proliferation of communication devices utilising microwave frequencies. Australia has reached a point where there are now more active mobile phone connections than there are people. During the 1990s, analogue mobile phone technology (using a continuous wave) was replaced with its digital equivalent (which being a pulsed digital signal is widely considered to be potentially more harmful to the human body).

Another fast-growing area of microwave-based communication is wireless internet, also known as Wi-Fi, which has been invading facilities such as schools, cafés and libraries. Despite the concerns that wireless technology has aroused overseas, the introduction of small wireless base stations continues unabated in Australia.

Health and EMR

It is becoming very clear that wireless technology, i.e., general electromagnetics (EMFs, EMRs, wifi, mobile phone frequencies, portable phone frequencies, TV, radio, etc.) are damaging cell membranes, which has many effects on our health.

One of these has been recently shown by Dr George Carlo - he showed that when autistic children were given even a part-time EMR-free environment, they began to excrete heavy metals, with many reacting as if they had suddenly come out of a fog.
Dr Carlo is the establishment scientist contracted by the phone industry in the early 90s to show there was no issue with EMR. As it turned out, he found that there were major issues, and became a researcher/activist for alleviation/reduction of these influences.

His recommendations for minimising the effects of these are listed below, along with some by Dr Mercola, and a few additions by me. His website is also listed below, where you can find a lot of further information and background to this issue.
Please pass these on to anyone who's open to it.

Consider some of the repercussions of this finding:

• EMRs can magnify any other health issue you may have. Said another way, EMRs are 'promoters' of health issues, when they don't actually initiate them.
• EMRs are often taken by the pineal gland, our master gland, sensitive to light, as actual light because the frequencies are very close. The result is that sleep can be disturbed as the pineal is confused about whether it's night or day.
• When cell membranes shut down (in self-defence), there is a build-up of toxins in the cells, water finds it hard to enter to do its job (transport, hydration, etc.) within the cell.
• Chelation (removing heavy metals from the body) is made difficult or impossible - hence the link to autism. See info on Dr Carlo's site.
• Your mobile phones, portable phones, and wi-fi are harmful to your health, and even more so to the health of children (thinner bones, actively growing)

Increase your body’s resistance to EMR damage: Maximize your health

1. Increase intake of natural oxidative stress fighters, such as antioxidants, melatonin, vitamins B, C, E and folic acid.
2. Eat fresh, chemical-free, organic meats, fruits and vegetables.  Limit heavy metal build-up by knowing the
3. source of your fish and other meats. Main sources of heavy metal ingestion are fish, poultry, meats
4. and tap water.  Eat organic whole grains – test for allergic responses.
5. Eliminate/minimize caffeine and alcoholic beverages, especially distilled liquor.
6. Drink carbon filtered water. Primarily use glass or ceramic containers. Limit bottled water in plastic bottles.  Use recycled paper products for drinking and eating; avoid plastic or Styrofoam.
7. Exercise and stretch daily to increase metabolism, not to train or work out. Breathe slowly and deeply. Surround yourself with nature as often as possible.  Do sweat and clean lymph.
8. Minimize exposure to chemicals. Use chemical-free, natural products as they are often gentle on your body
9. and the environment. Avoid chemical cleansers – vinegar, salt and baking soda work extremely well.
10. Take cool or lukewarm showers/baths, instead of hot.
11. Avoid/minimize exposure to bright and fluorescent light. Use subdued full-spectrum/natural incandescent bulbs or candle light as much as possible. Increase melatonin naturally by sleeping in the darkest room possible.
12. Get up to a couple hours of sun exposure daily unless Electrohypersensitivity won’t allow it. When exposed, wear light-colored clothing and hat, if needed.
13. Take time daily for personal silence.
14. Consult a person experienced in EMR sensitivity.

Minimize your EMR exposure:  Decrease hazardous risks.

1. Minimize all exposure and usage of wireless communication: cell phones, cordless phones, and WiFi devices.
2. Turn cell phone off when not in use and sleeping. Never keep it near your head or use it to play games, movies, etc.
3. Keep cell phone at least 6-7 inches away from your body and others while on, talking, texting and downloading.
4. Use air tube headsets or speaker mode when talking. Wireless and wired headsets still conduct radiation!
5. Never keep cell phone in pocket, purse, back or on hip all day. The hip produces 80% of the body’s red blood cells and is especially vulnerable to EMR damage. Close proximity may also affect fertility.
6. Do not talk on cell or cordless phone when pregnant, with a baby/small child in arms, under age 16, or while in a vehicle (car, train, plane, subway). Radiation gets trapped and is higher in these closed metal zones!
7. Minimize other EMR exposures to developing fetus via Ultrasounds and Electronic Fetal Monitoring unless absolutely necessary.
8. Replace all cordless and WiFi items with wired, corded lines (phones, Internet, games, appliances, devices, etc.). The cordless phone base emits high levels of EMR – even when no one is making a call.
9. Minimize/space out computer use, sit back from the screen; flat screens are preferable. Use wired Internet connections, not WiFi – especially for laptops. Keep laptops off of the body and away from metal surfaces.
10. Keep a low-EMR sleep, home, and personal zone. Move alarm clock radio at least 3 feet from head or use battery power; 6 feet is the recommended distance from all electronic devices during sleep. Avoid waterbeds, electric blankets and metal bed frames. Futons/wood frames are better than metal-coiled mattresses and box-springs.
11. When using electric stoves, cook on back burners instead of front, as much as possible. Metals attract EMR: keep them away from and off of the body. Use glass, cast iron and uncoated pans to cook with.
12. Measure EMR from wireless and wired devices with appropriate meters (see http://www.geopathic-stress.info/index_files/meters.htm). To decrease exposures, install EMR filters and preventive technologies to electrical circuits, devices, appliances, etc. (See other pages on the website above)  

Dr Mercola's Tips to Limit Your Damage from Information-Carrying Radio Waves

There quite simply is no safe biological threshold for exposure to information-carrying radio waves, and there is, quite honestly, little you can do to avoid them 100 percent. But you can reduce your, and your family’s, exposure by taking the following commonsense precautions:

• Limit the amount of time you spend on a cell phone or cordless phone.
• Use a wired headset to limit your exposure to the cell phone -- ideally, an air tube headset that conducts sound but prevents any radiation from traveling up the wire to your brain. Also make sure the wire is SHIELDED, which prevents the wire from acting as an antenna that could attract more information-carrying radio waves directly to your brain. Wireless BlueTooth headsets should be avoided.
• Limit your exposure to WiFi routers. Find out where they are located in your work environment and stay away from them.
• If you have any land-based (non-cellular) portable phones, do NOT use anything other than the 900 MHz phones as the Gigahertz phones stay on continuously, blasting you with information-carrying radio waves 24/7.
• Use the speakerphone instead of putting the phone to your ear; this is probably one of the single most important steps you can take other than not using your cell phone.
• Limit calls inside buildings.
• Use the phone in open spaces rather than closed or metallic ones as often as possible.
• Limit use by children and pre-adolescents, or don’t let them use cell phones at all. Children’s developing nervous systems and thinner skulls are simply too vulnerable to cell phone damage.

Reuters March 10, 2008

The Age 31 March 08

A top Australian neurosurgeon says the world's heavy reliance on mobile phones could be a greater threat to human health than smoking and even asbestos.

Vini Khurana, who conducted a 15-month "critical review" of the link between mobile phones and malignant brain tumours, said using mobiles for more than 10 years could more than double the risk of brain cancer.

He has called for "immediate and decisive steps" by industry and governments to reduce people's exposure to invisible electromagnetic radiation emitted by handsets.

Dr Khurana also called for a "solid scientific study" observing heavy mobile phone users for a period of at least 10-15 years.

"It is anticipated that this danger has far broader public health ramifications than asbestos and smoking, and directly concerns all of us, particularly the younger generation, including very young children," Dr Khurana said in a research paper published on the website brain-surgery.us .

Dr Khurana, who is a staff specialist neurosurgeon at the Canberra Hospital and an associate professor of neurosurgery at the Australian National University, said there had been increased reports of brain tumours associated with heavy and prolonged mobile phone use, particularly on the same side as the person's "preferred ear" for making calls.