Last but certainly not least in this series is the long list of questionable practices undertaken by our pharmaceutical industry, and supported by our government. Now don’t get me wrong – certainly many medicines have been proven to be [...]]]> This is the final of three articles.

Last but certainly not least in this series is the long list of questionable practices undertaken by our pharmaceutical industry, and supported by our government. Now don’t get me wrong – certainly many medicines have been proven to be life-saving, and invaluable for people with serious conditions that become treatable with these medical innovations. I’m not here to argue that modern medicine is a complete flop by any means.

However many argue that doctors are often too quick to prescribe a drug before investigating other safer, alternative therapies such as nutrition and natural supplements. For example, behavioral problems and grades improved in schools that changed their menus to healthy foods. But these days, so many people, including children, are being prescribed drugs which later have been proven harmful to many people. Particularly of note here is the increasing rate at which doctors recommend pharmaceuticals for such symptoms as obesity, ADHD, ED, depression and fatigue. More studies certainly need to be done on the multitude of interactions between all the various toxins we face in our environment (see Part II of this series). Likely as not, they, as well as the quality of the foods we eat, could be affecting these types of conditions in the first place. In many cases, a pill is given to treat a symptom instead of truly rooting out the cause of the dis-ease. However, as also indicated by the previous article in this series, big pharma seems to be winning out over natural solutions.

When sanity and reason seem to have vanished, it begins to smell like…money. A friend told me recently about someone who was prescribed an antidepressant by a doctor and ended up sicker than before – and addicted. Later it became evident that the doctor had received compensation from the drug manufacturer to do so. After some investigation my friend learned that pharmaceutical companies regularly bribe doctors to prescribe their drugs. The more often doctors tout these often still-experimental wares to their unwitting patients, the more they get paid in kickbacks and what are called “spiffs”. The entire scenario is outrageous and criminal. The New York Times published an editorial about it in 2007 entitled, “Is Your Doctor Tied to Drug Makers?” And there is plenty more where that came from. Natural News has a page of articles on such bribery. It’s quite a rabbit hole.

Another subject to mention here is the entire vaccination controversy, which has reached a furor the past few years due to claims that vaccines which contain thimerosol, a mercury-based preservative, are causing autism and even death in a percentage of children. The war is still raging, and official studies so far claim there is no link, even though thousands of parents disagree.

I am aware that many people with autism, while perhaps different in various ways, carry their own brand of wisdom, ability, and genius, often with the capacity to contribute a lot to the world. I must also admit that the basic science behind vaccines changed the face of modern medicine and has saved untold millions of lives. However if a drug that is supposed to prevent future damage to an individual could be changing the personalities they were born with and causing an increase in medical costs and challenges for the families at home, then I begin to wonder. With all the knowledge and technology available today, I might imagine that someone could find a preservative that didn’t raise so many concerns. It arouses suspicion.

The vaccine controversy gets darker when one begins hearing of mandatory requirements, and no way to really know of any added “preservative”. In New Jersey, new laws requiring flu shots for children in day care have been met with protests from parents. Is this just the beginning? On that note, I found a startling article, Drugging America to death, about the true dark side of the pharmaceutical industry, including controls mandated during GW’s time which has made forced vaccinations and drugs a matter of national security,

“In combination with state laws titled Model Emergency Health Powers Act (MEHPA), the government is authorized to quarantine, isolate, imprison or fine anyone who refuses to take these untested drugs and vaccines.⁶ Detailed plans have already been drawn up by the Pentagon and Department of Defense to use the military to enforce these compulsory injections and medical treatments,⁷ and state public health departments have used portions of their bioterrorism budget to identity large sites such as stadiums, malls and cinemas to hold mass vaccinations.”^{8 [see article for references]}

Eli Lilly, one of the oldest and largest of the big pharma, is the company that developed thimerosol as well as Prozac and other powerful and controversial drugs. Its prominent board members have included George H.W. Bush, and one can find quite of bit of information online claiming links between Eli Lilly, eugenics, the Bush family and even the Nazis. Eli Lilly is known to have participated in MKULTRA, the CIA’s mind control and chemical interrogation research program, conducted in the 1950s and 1960s, for which Clinton publicly apologized while President.

Wrapped up in this is the subject of the military’s mandatory bioterrorism vaccines, testing drugs on our veterans and other groups of citizens over the years, often circumventing safety measures in the name of fighting bioterrorism. It’s a very deep and dark rabbit hole of unauthorized manipulation, experimentation and mind control. Enter at your own risk.

One area where most of us have no choice is our water supply, which in many, many communities is now known to contain antibiotics and traces of various pharmaceuticals. Bottled water is not necessarily any better, believe it or not. Those are all mainstream news links. Fluoridated water remains more of a controversial issue. FluorideAlert.org reports studies that claim it’s linked to lower IQs. Fluoride.info claims it’s beneficial. The typical dividing line here, as in many of these issues, is that big pharma and government claim it is safe, while smaller independent, natural and homeopathic sources claim it is not. Just as I was finalizing this article, it was announced that communities in the UK were going to begin fluoridating their water, even though many people objected. It’s possible that it might help strengthen teeth, but have a series of negative long-term side effects as well.

The air around us, while perhaps still free, is also not free from harm. Along with pollution from various chemicals and particulates, electromagnetic radiation from power lines, appliances, cell phones – and potentially HAARP – is also on the increase. People in communities with wi-fi are beginning to complain of symptoms. And there’s always the issues of chemtrails – the famously controversial topic relegated to the land of the conspiranoids, regardless of the evidence. See The Chemtrail Smoking Gun: Proof of global atmospheric geoengineering.

After taking a hard look at this various evidence, it becomes clear that the agenda of the powers-that-be may be considered to be motivated by greed rather than pure humanitarian concern. It has been acknowledged that many medical innovations were important milestones in our growth as a society. However one must regard with suspicion the mega-corporations which are consolidating their power with the support of the government, causing sickness and death in millions, while independent alternatives are routinely squelched. I recommend the reader do their own research, as there is much more to be uncovered and made aware of.

These topics, from GMOs, to illegal vitamins and natural cures, to drugs in our children and drinking water, are simply food for thought. They are not meant to create fear, but awareness. To take the next step in our walk on this planet, and beyond, we must not allow a corrupt system to contaminate our minds, or bodies or our spirits. Take the knowledge and find ways to grow beyond it. Be aware of the injustices; fight against them with small steps, each person finding their own Way.

Ultimately it is the revelation of the true nature of our spiritual selves which so many people struggle with. These various contaminants are blocking this work. While I was writing this, a new study revealed that Antidepressants may also suppress love and romance. This article shook me to my shoes, for its synchronistic timing and relevance to this series. Love is the key to survival on a level many people cannot yet begin to fathom. Without the capacity to love, many people may be left behind. If this is indeed the case, it is tragic beyond measure.

While many use globalism as a means to “protect” or even geoengineer the environment and take our world past the current crisis, Aristotle continues to remind us, absolute power corrupts absolutely. The irony is that the work of saving our planet, and thus ourselves, begins in our own back yards. I am not one to advocate violent rebellion. The revolution is one of free will, and it takes place within us. With information as ammunition, we can change how we think, act and react. We can, and will, change the world for the better.

In harmony with the Tao,

the sky is clear and spacious,

the earth is solid and full,

all creatures flourish together,

content with the way they are,

endlessly repeating themselves,

endlessly renewed.

When man interferes with the Tao,

the sky becomes filthy,

the earth becomes depleted,

the equilibrium crumbles,

creatures become extinct.

The Master views the parts with compassion,

because he understands the whole.

His constant practice is humility.

He doesn’t glitter like a jewel

but lets himself he shaped by the Tao,

as rugged and common as a stone.

-Tao Te Ching, #39

I’m sitting here watching Gustav work its way towards Louisiana and listening to the current administration pat itself on the back for ‘fixing’ the mistakes of Katrina, and likely testing out their updated emergency powers. Facing another potential bull’s eye hit on New Orleans, a mandatory evacuation for many Gulf [...]]]>

I’m sitting here watching Gustav work its way towards Louisiana and listening to the current administration pat itself on the back for ‘fixing’ the mistakes of Katrina, and likely testing out their updated emergency powers. Facing another potential bull’s eye hit on New Orleans, a mandatory evacuation for many Gulf communities has been ordered, though many thousands have already left voluntarily, memories of Katrina easily convincing them to be afraid for their lives.

This time, though, the machine is well-oiled. Pipelines are being shut down and platforms evacuated. Hospitals patients are being transferred. Buses, trains and planes have been reserved and requisitioned. Evacuees are given barcoded bracelets for identification and tracking; final destinations are pre-planned, though often unknown to the evacuees until en route. Thousands of Guard troops, and even Blackwater and the British Royal Navy, have been put on alert. Dusk-to-dawn curfew is on, and looters are forewarned of their immediate and no-mercy trip to Angola prison.

What interesting timing. Almost exactly three years after Katrina, and just at the onset of the red convention, another swarm of hurricanes are working their way into the Gulf, threatening not only lives and property, but oil prices and further economic ruin. The newest is that GW will now not attend the party (if it happens at all this week) due to Gustav’s dreaded arrival. Pretty good way to excuse the bad taste he might have left, given his current popularity. Not to mention how these hurricanes take the reds off the headline hot seat on the VP news, and give them an opportunity to prove their worth.

I must admit I follow politics as little as possible, but with the elections in sight one can’t help but notice how the reds are falling all over themselves in an attempt to look viable in the wake of the blue’s messianic candidate’s magnificent performance last week, which included a strange, and much-discussed stage design which resembled an ancient temple, or perhaps the Pergamon Altar (thanks, J.). The powers-that-be must be enjoying the ease with which their little productions easily keep the hopes and fears of millions neatly under their thumbs.

That these ‘productions’ include weather manipulation, is a distinct possibility. I have mentioned this before several times, and weather modification, including steering hurricanes does make the news, though not to the extent of mentioning HAARP or other controversial, advanced electromagnetic technologies. It does seem that when the weather machine is activated, if or whatever that may be, there are also some big earthquakes around the world. This week was not an exception – a 6.1 rocked China yesterday, causing more major damage for them, swarms including a 5.8 off Canada’s west coast, and several in Tibet. There is a discussion of the hurriquake phenomenon, and other related thoughts (including mention of Hoagland’s Hyperdimensional Katrina) going on over at FSHOD this weekend. Here’s some insight from Scott Stevens over at Weatherwars.info as well.

One wonders whether it could be more weather wars with China, for example, rather than self-destruction with an underlying agenda; we shall see how the reds fare in the wake of this, and then perhaps gain some insight. Given the seemingly purposeful neglect by authorities in the wake of Katrina, compared to this round’s amped-up response, however, one is given to wonder at the potential for long-range planning and the ultimate agenda, including the suspicious timing re the elections.

The turmoil, it does continue and spin in all kinds of directions. Myself, still working on being the eye of the hurricane.

“Non-Lethal” [...]]]>

• Cloud Seeding in L.A. evokes controversy

• Take a clue for our future with these articles: The weapons of World War III : It will ‘be fought in the electromagnetic spectrum’

  “Non-Lethal” Weapons: Where Science and Technology Service Repression

  ‘Invisible Wars’ of the Future: E-Bombs, Laser Guns and Acoustic Weapons

  US Electromagnetic Weapons and Human Rights

• Russian Navy boosts combat presence in Arctic: Cold war flashbacks? Oil reserves? Hollow earth gateway?

• Stephensville object reported headed for GW’s ranch

• UFO researcher on BBC: “There are alien bases on earth”

• From The Canadian: Extraterrestrials and the Hollow Earth Theory

• Neil Kramer has been busy and in tune as always at The Cleaver: Go Your Own Way: Gnosis And The Fractal Spiral and Transcend the Control System: You Are Not A Number

• In the news, the Dutch are preparing for an Apocalypse in 2012. Maybe they should learn Kung Fu.

• Earth’s Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast, Study Says

• More Planet X rumors from mainstream science…or, a little more far-out, as the reason for chemtrails

• Hawaiian legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods at Sacred-Texts.com

Neil Kramer has blessed us yet again with another thoughtful post over at The Cleaver, entitled What Lies [...]]]> Please note a couple of excellent recent articles by two of my esteemed ‘blogeagues’, Kingsley Dennis and Neil Kramer, whose insights and intelligence continue to inspire me here at Surfing the Tao.

Neil Kramer has blessed us yet again with another thoughtful post over at The Cleaver, entitled What Lies Beneath: Is Belief a Big Con? From religions and spirituality to new physics and our concept of reality itself, how and what we believe, and how we apply these beliefs, can either uplift and heal, or bring certain doom. Our traditional concept of reality, including ‘mainstream’ science, must at some point begin to absorb the study of consciousness itself, to take a note from our ancient sources of wisdom. The two are intricately intertwined on a level we perhaps have not yet come to terms with. Certainly “unveiling the Control System” is important initially, but how we react and what we do with that knowledge is the ultimate key to an enlightened and sustainable future. It’s all in how we catch the wave.

One might understand why I mention Neil’s post in the same breath as Kingsley’s incredibly well-researched article, Global Gridlock: How the US Military-Industrial Complex Seeks to Contain and Control the Earth and its Eco-System. Kingsley does indeed note the spiritual implications of our ‘new reality’ in various posts on his blog, Between Both Worlds, and so this most recent article is received in the spirit of understanding there is a vast amount of information out there we need to be made aware of. The government is intent on achieving dominance over the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including the development of a ‘synchronic’ society with regards to tracking and monitoring even the biological elements – this is powerful information that could have vast implications with regards to our future as a society, and even as living beings within it. Making well-informed decisions about how we progress in this world is imperative, and Kingsley is a very important source to pay attention to on that front.

“…the Master concerns himself with the depths, and not the surface, with the fruit and not the flower…” – Tao Te Ching, #38