It's all about The Dirt:

“…the practice of conventional medicine actually generates more illness than health. Its methods rarely result in cures and are more likely to only temporarily alleviate or worse, to suppress the illness. This is a function of a quick-fix culture that has little patience for actual methods of healing that could produce long-term well-being. When disease is suppressed it may appear to be resolved, but it often smolders silently under the surface until it re-emerges, usually in more problematic form. This, too, parallels our societal proclivity to bury our truest needs and issues as we instead give paramount attention to matters of image and the pursuit of the material dream of wealth and security.”

-Larry Malerba, D.O. from Green Medicine

If the bulls eye photo doesn’t make you dizzy enough, then all the meds and health info will. There is such a clash of health culture right now that tells us we need to stand our ground and demand results, not patching us up to make us look healthy.

“When people notice the new medicine movement now and are surprised at its swift rise and sudden popularity, they must not overlook that it is the fruition of much that was going on for a long time. It is a single common rallying point now. But its potential is barely yet realized. It is dynamite, for it challenges the principles of government and the principles of science too, and it holds the seeds of new values that might actually not be the old values in new clothing. It is not simply another tyrant awaiting the convenient overthrow of the present regime”.

~ Richard Grossinger, Planet Medicine

We are all part of the movement, whether we choose to or not. Every time we buy a Coke or an apple, kale or a pizza, acupuncture or antibiotics, we vote. The more we realize that our vote counts, the more we put junk science to shame.

Cheers for choices…

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“No one said that a conscious path was easy. It’s easier, at least in the short term, to change channels, crack another beer, grab a slice of pizza, take the blue pill, and descend into a self-induced coma. Probably 90 percent of people do this, so it’s not as though you’ll lack for company.”

~Jack Bennett of thirty-two thousand days

No one said this life was going to be easy. My dad always warned me “Life’s tough… get used to it.” I think it may be a lot easier than we make it though. Have it be more conscious, collective, content, and creative. Not that a beer and pizza with a good movie is bad, but to be able to break out and breathe in is a good thing.

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11… what does it mean?

• A rocket must travel at over 11km per second to escape the Earth’s gravity.

• The space shuttle went up on its 11th mission, weighing 11 tons and fixed an errant satellite on the 11th day of the 11th month.

• The deepest point of the ocean floor is 11km at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

• The average adult male heart weighs 11 ounces.

• The number 11 is a prime number, which cannot be divided by anything other than itself.

• World War I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

• “Two pillars standing side by side will support far more than twice of what either pillar would individually.” ~Jerry J. Davis

Here’s 11 hints for life:

1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

3. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had.

4. It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives.

5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone – but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

6. Don’t go for looks, they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth, even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

7. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be. Because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

8. Always put yourself in the other’s shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

9. A careless word may kindle strife. A cruel word may wreck a life. A timely word may level stress. But a loving word may heal and bless.

10. The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with a tear. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you’re the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

~ Unknown

“Eleven Hints for Life” shared from Lance Ekum @ The Jungle of Life.

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