Wednesday, September 30, 2009
always good
By Bill Maher / September 27, 2009New Rule: If America can't get its act together, it must lose the bald eagle as our symbol and replace it with the YouTube video of the puppy that can't get up. As long as we're pathetic, we might as well act like it's cute.I don't care about the president's birth certificate, I do want to know what happened to "Yes we can." Can we get out of Iraq? No. Afghanistan? No. Fix health care? No. Close Gitmo? No. Cap-and-trade carbon emissions? No. The Obamas have been in Washington for ten months and it seems like the only thing they've gotten is a dog.Well, I hate to be a nudge, but why has America become a nation that can't make anything bad end, like wars, farm subsidies, our oil addiction, the drug war, useless weapons programs -- oh, and there's still 60,000 troops in Germany -- and can't make anything good start, like health care reform, immigration reform, rebuilding infrastructure.Even when we address something, the plan can never start until years down the road. Congress's climate change bill mandates a 17% cut in greenhouse gas emissions... by 2020! Fellas, slow down, where's the fire? Oh yeah, it's where I live, engulfing the entire western part of the United States!We might pass new mileage standards, but even if we do, they wouldn't start until 2016. In that year, our cars of the future will glide along at a breathtaking 35 miles-per-gallon. My goodness, is that even humanly possible? Cars that get 35 miles-per-gallon in just six years? Get your head out of the clouds, you socialist dreamer! "What do we want!? A small improvement! When do we want it!? 2016!"When it's something for us personally, like a laxative, it has to start working now. My TV remote has a button on it now called "On Demand." You get your ass on my TV screen right now, Jon Cryer, and make me laugh. Now! But when it's something for the survival of the species as a whole, we phase that in slowly.Folks, we don't need more efficient cars. We need something to replace cars. That's what's wrong with these piddly, too-little-too-late half-measures that pass for "reform" these days. They're not reform, they're just putting off actually solving anything to a later day, when we might by some miracle have, a) leaders with balls, and b) a general populace who can think again. Barack Obama has said, "If we were starting from scratch, then a single-payer system would probably make sense." So let's start from scratch.Even if they pass the shitty Max Baucus health care bill, it doesn't kick in for four years, during which time 175,000 people will die because they're not covered, and about three million will go bankrupt from hospital bills. We have a pretty good idea of the Republican plan for the next three years: Don't let Obama do anything. What kills me is that that's the Democrats' plan, too.We weren't always like this. Inert. In 1965, Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law and 11 months later seniors were receiving benefits. During World War II, virtually overnight FDR had auto companies making tanks and planes only. In one eight year period, America went from JFK's ridiculous dream of landing a man on the moon, to actually landing a man on the moon.This generation has had eight years to build something at Ground Zero. An office building, a museum, an outlet mall, I don't care anymore. I'm tempted to say that, symbolically, all America can do lately is keep digging a hole, but Ground Zero doesn't represent a hole. It is a hole. America: Home of the Freedom Pit. Ironically, it's spitting distance from Wall Street, where they knock down buildings a different way -- through foreclosure.That's the ultimate sign of our lethargy: millions thrown out of their homes, tossed out of work, lost their life savings, retirements postponed -- and they just take it. 30% interest on credit cards? It's a good thing the Supreme Court legalized sodomy a few years ago.Why can't we get off our back? Is it something in the food? Actually, yes. I found out something interesting researching last week's editorial on how we should be taxing the unhealthy things Americans put into their bodies, like sodas and junk foods and gerbils. Did you know that we eat the same high-fat, high-carb, sugar-laden shit that's served in prisons and in religious cults to keep the subjects in a zombie-like state of lethargic compliance?Why haven't Americans arisen en masse to demand a strong public option? Because "The Bachelor" is on. We're tired and our brain stems hurt from washing down French fries with McDonald's orange drink.The research is in: high-fat diets makes you lazy and stupid. Rats on an American diet weren't motivated to navigate their maze and once in the maze they made more mistakes. And, instead of exercising on their wheel, they just used it to hang clothes on. Of course we can't ban assault rifles -- we're the first generation too lazy to make its own coffee.We're the generation that invented the soft chocolate chip cookie: like a cookie, only not so exhausting to chew. I ask you, if the food we're eating in America isn't making us stupid, how come the people in Carl's Jr. ads never think to put a napkin over their pants?[Bill Maher is host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."]Source / The Huffington PostThanks to Bill Meacham / The Rag Blog
Monday, September 28, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
brian eno
its funny you dont know how lucky you are until circumstances change for the worse...
millie and i went to see the brian eno exhibit at cal state long beach last week. we didnt go to the lecture because it was a hundred bucks... a hundred bucks!
and our timing was such that we arrived at the exhibit when everyone else was in the lecture... there were just a couple kids manning the university art museum... and they didnt know anything from anything. but they were sweet.
there is a room of prints ~ giclee copies of prints ~ in the first room of the museum. they are competent and attractive. they are the basis for enos installation.
the next room has the sound and light show.
the reviews of the show were lukewarm but we decided to see for ourselves what was what. and we did.
the focus of the room is a wall of twelve monitors mounted in a kaleidescope pattern. on the monitors, images of enos prints slowly dissolve one into another. at first, the change is so slow we couldnt see them change. we thought the monitors themselves were moving but couldnt see the images move.
with no-one else in the museum, i could go up close to the monitors and really view them. we could sit ~ and we did for 45 minutes ~ and watch the slow parade of images...
enos trademark ambient music filled the room. and piles of gravel were placed in certain places...
the images and music were randomly generated and layered so the experience was always new... it was a meditation and millie and i thoroughly enjoyed it. it was beautiful.
we looked at the other exhibit ~ cory arcangel ~ before we left. it was also wonderful (an abstract, generated film thing ~ you have to see it).
millie and i went to papa luccis in belmont shore to eat veggie pizza... then across the street to finerprint records to look for music...
then we decided to go back to see the eno exhibit again.
the lecture was out and people were coming and going ~ mostly attractive college kids... there were different kids manning the desk and everywhere people were visiting... and as we sat in the viewing room, the noise of people talking, doors slamming, and general hubbub was a complete distraction from the meditation of the art. it is the noisiest museum i have ever been in. no respect, i tell you.
the exhibit is great ~ you need to see it. but go when the museum is closed ~ even the staff can be loud!
millie and i went to see the brian eno exhibit at cal state long beach last week. we didnt go to the lecture because it was a hundred bucks... a hundred bucks!
and our timing was such that we arrived at the exhibit when everyone else was in the lecture... there were just a couple kids manning the university art museum... and they didnt know anything from anything. but they were sweet.
there is a room of prints ~ giclee copies of prints ~ in the first room of the museum. they are competent and attractive. they are the basis for enos installation.
the next room has the sound and light show.
the reviews of the show were lukewarm but we decided to see for ourselves what was what. and we did.
the focus of the room is a wall of twelve monitors mounted in a kaleidescope pattern. on the monitors, images of enos prints slowly dissolve one into another. at first, the change is so slow we couldnt see them change. we thought the monitors themselves were moving but couldnt see the images move.
with no-one else in the museum, i could go up close to the monitors and really view them. we could sit ~ and we did for 45 minutes ~ and watch the slow parade of images...
enos trademark ambient music filled the room. and piles of gravel were placed in certain places...
the images and music were randomly generated and layered so the experience was always new... it was a meditation and millie and i thoroughly enjoyed it. it was beautiful.
we looked at the other exhibit ~ cory arcangel ~ before we left. it was also wonderful (an abstract, generated film thing ~ you have to see it).
millie and i went to papa luccis in belmont shore to eat veggie pizza... then across the street to finerprint records to look for music...
then we decided to go back to see the eno exhibit again.
the lecture was out and people were coming and going ~ mostly attractive college kids... there were different kids manning the desk and everywhere people were visiting... and as we sat in the viewing room, the noise of people talking, doors slamming, and general hubbub was a complete distraction from the meditation of the art. it is the noisiest museum i have ever been in. no respect, i tell you.
the exhibit is great ~ you need to see it. but go when the museum is closed ~ even the staff can be loud!
Friday, September 25, 2009
galleRoy @ BUSTER'S
i have postponed galleRoy @ BUSTER'S ~ the film, music, poetry performance scheduled for next month in culver city. everything is not coming together easily (see previous post) and it is better not to make myself crazy. er.
jessica, jason, and lily are working on the films ~ and that is where i need to focus... rehearsal schedules and technical difficulties will be dealt with in their own time.
in the meantime, i am trying to write. trying.
there isnt as much writing needed for the websites (though i did just finish a long newsletter), and the spiritual forum i write for closed today (though i am now writing for another), but between tequila tales (a book i am working on with my friend millie), my biography anecdotes, and the endless amount of emails i get... there is hardly time to clear the mind, let alone work on the two things i want to write: namely a long poem about dissatisfaction with the circumstances of life (to go with body of water) and the karma cookbook.
but these take psychic space... and mental time...
so maybe postponing galleRoy will give me those.
to keep abreast of my busy schedule see http://royanthonyshabla.com ~ and subscibe to the newsletter for even more info.
jessica, jason, and lily are working on the films ~ and that is where i need to focus... rehearsal schedules and technical difficulties will be dealt with in their own time.
in the meantime, i am trying to write. trying.
there isnt as much writing needed for the websites (though i did just finish a long newsletter), and the spiritual forum i write for closed today (though i am now writing for another), but between tequila tales (a book i am working on with my friend millie), my biography anecdotes, and the endless amount of emails i get... there is hardly time to clear the mind, let alone work on the two things i want to write: namely a long poem about dissatisfaction with the circumstances of life (to go with body of water) and the karma cookbook.
but these take psychic space... and mental time...
so maybe postponing galleRoy will give me those.
to keep abreast of my busy schedule see http://royanthonyshabla.com ~ and subscibe to the newsletter for even more info.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
daily grind
yesterday big jeanne and i went to see bright star the movie about keats. go and see it now because it wont be in theaters more than a couple days. poetry, early 19th century, country... a slow movie like this wont play to the american public. but it was good.
and we ate at real food daily. and it was good. (i had two five dollar coupons from the time elizabeth and i tried to eat there and they were remodeling... so the bill wasnt so bad either!)
i am done with traveling for a few weeks and relaxing at home... catching up on writing and art... even a little reading!
am trying to finish films... trying to put together a performance at busters in october... but everything is lagging. when the films are completed, we can begin rehearsals. dont have all the readers yet, dont have the musicians (but one)... but i need the films to even begin the work of putting it together... and am dependent on film editors (who seem to have better things to do) to finish this portion of the project.
o well. then i can have a nap~
and we ate at real food daily. and it was good. (i had two five dollar coupons from the time elizabeth and i tried to eat there and they were remodeling... so the bill wasnt so bad either!)
i am done with traveling for a few weeks and relaxing at home... catching up on writing and art... even a little reading!
am trying to finish films... trying to put together a performance at busters in october... but everything is lagging. when the films are completed, we can begin rehearsals. dont have all the readers yet, dont have the musicians (but one)... but i need the films to even begin the work of putting it together... and am dependent on film editors (who seem to have better things to do) to finish this portion of the project.
o well. then i can have a nap~
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
river of peace
today i crossed the peace river, a wide beautiful waterway in florida halfway between fort myers (where my aunt and uncle live) and orlando (where i left florida and flew back to california).
last night karen and grace and i spent the evening with my aunt ursula and uncle johnny. we ate and drank and ate some more. and we talked and talked and talked. we all had a wonderful time. johnny brought out old photographs ~ there is one of his father selling vegetables from a cart in niles ohio (there is no photo of my great grandfather selling from such a cart) and i would like to use it in my cookbook. and ursula brought out pictures of cousins i dont know, have never met...
and we talked politics...
and ursula told us about about a woman who had been ordained a catholic priest and was excommunicated from the church but still said mass and ministered to her congregation. she had a program for the homeless and urusula had cooked food for it ~ the same as we were eating... she had to tell us while johnny was out of earshot as he didnt approve. (others in my family are similarly inclined ~ my cousin helen in las vegas runs a food bank for aids patients ~ her catholic church helping over two thousand clients... but helen wont donate to the regular collection at church ~ that goes to pay for the pedophilia lawsuits ~ she only gives to the building fund and the food bank.)
we had a long drive today to get me to the airport on time so after we crossed the peace river, we stopped only for a few moments to get coffee and post peace graffiti. grace did the honors at a fast food chain and karen shot pictures...
it was a great trip to florida, surprising karen, meeting buffy, visiting with grace and al, seeing my aunt and uncle... we flew fighter kites, walked in the rain, shopped... and there was a big party... but mostly we talked. it was wonderful to be able to have a conversation and relax... and now im home and back to the grind... but the river of peace still flows through us all.
last night karen and grace and i spent the evening with my aunt ursula and uncle johnny. we ate and drank and ate some more. and we talked and talked and talked. we all had a wonderful time. johnny brought out old photographs ~ there is one of his father selling vegetables from a cart in niles ohio (there is no photo of my great grandfather selling from such a cart) and i would like to use it in my cookbook. and ursula brought out pictures of cousins i dont know, have never met...
and we talked politics...
and ursula told us about about a woman who had been ordained a catholic priest and was excommunicated from the church but still said mass and ministered to her congregation. she had a program for the homeless and urusula had cooked food for it ~ the same as we were eating... she had to tell us while johnny was out of earshot as he didnt approve. (others in my family are similarly inclined ~ my cousin helen in las vegas runs a food bank for aids patients ~ her catholic church helping over two thousand clients... but helen wont donate to the regular collection at church ~ that goes to pay for the pedophilia lawsuits ~ she only gives to the building fund and the food bank.)
we had a long drive today to get me to the airport on time so after we crossed the peace river, we stopped only for a few moments to get coffee and post peace graffiti. grace did the honors at a fast food chain and karen shot pictures...
it was a great trip to florida, surprising karen, meeting buffy, visiting with grace and al, seeing my aunt and uncle... we flew fighter kites, walked in the rain, shopped... and there was a big party... but mostly we talked. it was wonderful to be able to have a conversation and relax... and now im home and back to the grind... but the river of peace still flows through us all.
Friday, September 11, 2009
september 11
today is the anniversary of the september 11th tragedy. i am in florida (not portland like my schedule says) to surprise karen guido for her birthday. her husband made the arrangements and they picked me up at the airport last night and she was surprised. i think she is still surprised.
we stayed up til 3:30 in the morning talking, howling...
today we did a variety of things ~ the most important of which was vandalizing st. augustine beach. karen and i installed peace graffiti along the beach walk where surfers and strollers alike can enjoy it and meditate on it. we also placed graffiti on the bandstand, a great old and romantic structure in semi disrepair.
the army corps of engineers screwed up the placement of a jetty fifty miles north of st. augustine resulting in the quick erosion of st. augustine's beach, the area now closed because of dangerous high tides crashing on the beach wall rocks.
surfers access the dangerous waters from either end of st. augustine but the middle of the lost beach holds only a view for everyone else. peace graffiti is thus perfectly placed ~ natural grace and beauty made unattainable by military unintelligence, the structure of humanity eroding from human idiocy.
we had a lovely dinner with karen's parents then came home and talked about art late into the evening. we did not light candles on the street nor show our posters to the traffic but instead waged peace with peppermint tea ~ thus our work to save the world continues.
to print free peace posters, order peace t-shirts, or buy my book about peace graffiti ~ go to royanthonyshabla.com http://royanthonyshabla.com/ . (i was wearing a "one for all" peace shirt today and recieved wonderful comments.)
there are documentary photos on the posters page of royanthonyshabla.com. the pictures of today's vandalism will be posted soon.
what have you done today to save the world?
we stayed up til 3:30 in the morning talking, howling...
today we did a variety of things ~ the most important of which was vandalizing st. augustine beach. karen and i installed peace graffiti along the beach walk where surfers and strollers alike can enjoy it and meditate on it. we also placed graffiti on the bandstand, a great old and romantic structure in semi disrepair.
the army corps of engineers screwed up the placement of a jetty fifty miles north of st. augustine resulting in the quick erosion of st. augustine's beach, the area now closed because of dangerous high tides crashing on the beach wall rocks.
surfers access the dangerous waters from either end of st. augustine but the middle of the lost beach holds only a view for everyone else. peace graffiti is thus perfectly placed ~ natural grace and beauty made unattainable by military unintelligence, the structure of humanity eroding from human idiocy.
we had a lovely dinner with karen's parents then came home and talked about art late into the evening. we did not light candles on the street nor show our posters to the traffic but instead waged peace with peppermint tea ~ thus our work to save the world continues.
to print free peace posters, order peace t-shirts, or buy my book about peace graffiti ~ go to royanthonyshabla.com http://royanthonyshabla.com/ . (i was wearing a "one for all" peace shirt today and recieved wonderful comments.)
there are documentary photos on the posters page of royanthonyshabla.com. the pictures of today's vandalism will be posted soon.
what have you done today to save the world?
Monday, September 7, 2009
blanca
elizabeth and i went to see blanca today. blancita. she was my cleaning lady, elizabeths longtime friend. she worked for everybody -- including shelly winters. blanca has been dying of cancer for a long time -- throat, stomach cancer... a very hard way to go. we have visited her a few times but this was the worst. she looked like a tiny little ghandi under a blanket on the bed ~ bald, weak, alien...
but her soul was still there, her spark, her humor.
i will write more later.
but her soul was still there, her spark, her humor.
i will write more later.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
life and death
today is steves birthday. he died on the summer solstice a year ago. i miss him more and more. martha is still inconsolable.
last week, i was in the san francisco area (orinada is next to berkeley) to help stacy take care of her mom. when i was there three weeks earlier, alice was exhibiting slight signs of a stroke -- nothing too demonstrative but she was taken to the emergency room. she came back two days later with a diagnosis of alzheimers though she had no symptoms of alzheimers. the doctors had to make some diagnosis because thats what they do... but then she did start to exhibit signs of alzheimers... (you could almost think it was suggested by the diagnosis...) very quickly she went from stage two to stage six, really in three days... and alzheimers is a very slow-progressing disease...
experts now determine that alice is suffering with a very rare disease similar to mad cow --creutzfeldt-jakob disease -- a rapid, degerative brain affliction that turns the organ into a spongy mush. and physical, emotional, and mental functions deteriorate as the brain does. quickly.
there are several websites for information. and mad cow is not only in cows and humans -- the deer on bobs farm in oregon had it last year... maybe that accounts for bobs craziness!!!
as with any caregiving, a sense of compassion and a sense of humor are vital. and support is key.
stacys aunt meri, alices sister, was there to help and was tireless in her help. stacy has a six-month old baby and a three-year old girl. tater and coconut. and a husband, my friend chuck. and now her mother... it is a lot to handle.
people coming to visit were useless -- making things even more difficult... and professional care had not started yet. so i went to pitch in.
o i didnt do that much -- made food, helped with moving alice, watching the babies... working together makes difficult work enjoyable -- something always to remember as a caregiver: dont do it all yourself.
martha and i learned this well taking care of steve. 3 am toilet dramas would launch us into giggles and gagging... sleep deprivation and living room defication are handled better with a friend...
the feng shui has been difficult for health recently: both july and september have extreme illness and death. and october has the same...
i am so grateful my mother is fine, my family (knock wood) are all ok. besides stacys mother being sick; chuck, stacys husband, his mother has a relapse of cancer; and rich, stacys brother-in-law, his mother is dying of cancer.
marthas dear friend and neighbor joan, her husband doesnt have long to live...
and my dear friend, client, and student... my compatriot and bon vivant wifey, her father is hospitalized with a rare form of blood cancer. she is devasted. and rundown from being present for her parents...
the tough times are not only economic. but the blessing is that we have each other through it all.
last week, i was in the san francisco area (orinada is next to berkeley) to help stacy take care of her mom. when i was there three weeks earlier, alice was exhibiting slight signs of a stroke -- nothing too demonstrative but she was taken to the emergency room. she came back two days later with a diagnosis of alzheimers though she had no symptoms of alzheimers. the doctors had to make some diagnosis because thats what they do... but then she did start to exhibit signs of alzheimers... (you could almost think it was suggested by the diagnosis...) very quickly she went from stage two to stage six, really in three days... and alzheimers is a very slow-progressing disease...
experts now determine that alice is suffering with a very rare disease similar to mad cow --creutzfeldt-jakob disease -- a rapid, degerative brain affliction that turns the organ into a spongy mush. and physical, emotional, and mental functions deteriorate as the brain does. quickly.
there are several websites for information. and mad cow is not only in cows and humans -- the deer on bobs farm in oregon had it last year... maybe that accounts for bobs craziness!!!
as with any caregiving, a sense of compassion and a sense of humor are vital. and support is key.
stacys aunt meri, alices sister, was there to help and was tireless in her help. stacy has a six-month old baby and a three-year old girl. tater and coconut. and a husband, my friend chuck. and now her mother... it is a lot to handle.
people coming to visit were useless -- making things even more difficult... and professional care had not started yet. so i went to pitch in.
o i didnt do that much -- made food, helped with moving alice, watching the babies... working together makes difficult work enjoyable -- something always to remember as a caregiver: dont do it all yourself.
martha and i learned this well taking care of steve. 3 am toilet dramas would launch us into giggles and gagging... sleep deprivation and living room defication are handled better with a friend...
the feng shui has been difficult for health recently: both july and september have extreme illness and death. and october has the same...
i am so grateful my mother is fine, my family (knock wood) are all ok. besides stacys mother being sick; chuck, stacys husband, his mother has a relapse of cancer; and rich, stacys brother-in-law, his mother is dying of cancer.
marthas dear friend and neighbor joan, her husband doesnt have long to live...
and my dear friend, client, and student... my compatriot and bon vivant wifey, her father is hospitalized with a rare form of blood cancer. she is devasted. and rundown from being present for her parents...
the tough times are not only economic. but the blessing is that we have each other through it all.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
humanity
the september newsletter (see below) has stimulated readers to relate their stories of crazy people -- from inappropriate drivers to inappropriate shoppers... anywhere people interact. this is a crazy crazy time and things are only getting worse.
but no-one has mentioned the humanity shops. http://blesstheworld.com/humanity_shops.html
blesstheworld.com has launched a page of affiliate shops ~ links to other websites such as chocolate, coffee, wine, etc... where the retailer is green and socially conscious and donates to ecological and humanitarian charities. some really wonderful shops... if you follow the link from blesstheworld.com to one of the shops ~ gourmet chocolate for example ~ and make a purchase, blesstheworld.com receives a small referral fee.
on the humanity shops page, it states that this money (the referral fee) goes to help support the work of blesstheworld.com... and thus the question arises: what is the work of blesstheworld.com?
for those who dont read my newsletters or books... or dont listen to/dont appreciate what they read... blesstheworld.com and royanthonyshabla.com are regularly engaged in humanitarian works.
peace graffiti takes considerable effort and income as well as magic. if you havent read my book, (peace) words, order it now: http://royanthonyshabla.com/books.html and join the cause. war is an assault on the human spirit and a curse on the earth. what have you done today to save the world?
this week, blesstheworld.com has donated books to literacy and cultural programs in india, pakistan (for women in afghanistan ~ the taliban notwithstanding), brazil, zimbabwe, greece, denmark (anti-government squatters), poland, czech republic, and the ukraine. illiteracy is a worldwide shame on humanity.
blesstheworld.com regularly supplies the blessthebody.com spiritual remedy first aid to disaster victims. http://blesstheworld.com/spiritual_remedies.html this also takes considerable time and money. but it is a great service to wounded souls.
besides these humanitarian works, many many free consultations are given ~ you know who you are ~ both over the phone and through email. no one is turned away from meditation class for lack of funds ~ though those who do not pay, usually do not return. and the blesstheworld.com website includes a page of free posters (have you printed and posted peace fliers? if you have, do it again. if you havent, start now! http://royanthonyshabla.com/posters.html). what have you done today to save the world?
most people have a difficult time with their own lives, they dont have the energy to worry about others. unfortunately, inertia is the american way. but the blesstheworld.com humanity shops, the royanthonyshabla.com books, the peace shirts... all support peace and human rights in the world. if you do not have the time or energy to march to save the world, patronize blesstheworld.com and royanthonyshabla.com. your support is greatly appreciated.
but no-one has mentioned the humanity shops. http://blesstheworld.com/humanity_shops.html
blesstheworld.com has launched a page of affiliate shops ~ links to other websites such as chocolate, coffee, wine, etc... where the retailer is green and socially conscious and donates to ecological and humanitarian charities. some really wonderful shops... if you follow the link from blesstheworld.com to one of the shops ~ gourmet chocolate for example ~ and make a purchase, blesstheworld.com receives a small referral fee.
on the humanity shops page, it states that this money (the referral fee) goes to help support the work of blesstheworld.com... and thus the question arises: what is the work of blesstheworld.com?
for those who dont read my newsletters or books... or dont listen to/dont appreciate what they read... blesstheworld.com and royanthonyshabla.com are regularly engaged in humanitarian works.
peace graffiti takes considerable effort and income as well as magic. if you havent read my book, (peace) words, order it now: http://royanthonyshabla.com/books.html and join the cause. war is an assault on the human spirit and a curse on the earth. what have you done today to save the world?
this week, blesstheworld.com has donated books to literacy and cultural programs in india, pakistan (for women in afghanistan ~ the taliban notwithstanding), brazil, zimbabwe, greece, denmark (anti-government squatters), poland, czech republic, and the ukraine. illiteracy is a worldwide shame on humanity.
blesstheworld.com regularly supplies the blessthebody.com spiritual remedy first aid to disaster victims. http://blesstheworld.com/spiritual_remedies.html this also takes considerable time and money. but it is a great service to wounded souls.
besides these humanitarian works, many many free consultations are given ~ you know who you are ~ both over the phone and through email. no one is turned away from meditation class for lack of funds ~ though those who do not pay, usually do not return. and the blesstheworld.com website includes a page of free posters (have you printed and posted peace fliers? if you have, do it again. if you havent, start now! http://royanthonyshabla.com/posters.html). what have you done today to save the world?
most people have a difficult time with their own lives, they dont have the energy to worry about others. unfortunately, inertia is the american way. but the blesstheworld.com humanity shops, the royanthonyshabla.com books, the peace shirts... all support peace and human rights in the world. if you do not have the time or energy to march to save the world, patronize blesstheworld.com and royanthonyshabla.com. your support is greatly appreciated.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
complete september newsletter
royanthonyshabla.com
blesstheworld.com
September 2009
Happy Autumnal Equinox!
It is the end of Summer and the beginning of the Season of Blessings. Harvest festivals ~ culminating in the United States with Thanksgiving in November ~ are our opportunities to be grateful for what we have, what we enjoy. May this season bring you an autumn of the heart where you find a bountiful harvest festival within yourself.
The August newsletter received a great response! People commented on the “Predictions” section, reminding me of earthquakes I had foretold (I was like an earthquake meter when I was younger) as well as events personal to their lives. Usually, these incidents are downplayed or forgotten ~ I try not to be a “story”, a vaudeville, a parlor trick. But people do want to be entertained…
This month is very unsettled. I do not want to verbalize the possibilities; I prefer to work for peace. While the meditation class schedule is very disrupted (my travel schedule is posted to both websites), find time and place for meditation and rebalancing. Helping yourself will help the planet at this time. Schedule a spa day for your soul.
And go to the free posters page on royanthonyshabla.com and print out fliers. If you aren’t working for peace, you are allowing war. If you don’t believe in the possibility of peace, you are supporting the probability of war. Make peace graffiti ~ get the idea of peace into the consciousness of the planet. Any wall can change the world ~ write wisely.
This will be the 8th anniversary of the September 11th tragedy. If you will not post graffiti for peace, then wear a peace t-shirt to the supermarket, put a peace sticker on your car, hang a peace clock in your cubicle at work. Do not succumb to inertia and apathy. What have you done today to save the world?
The original recommendation for people directly affected by the September 11th tragedy was the use of blessthebody.com First Aid for five years. Boxes of First Aid were sent to various sites in New York City and elsewhere to assist with the immediate trauma. But there have been no reports of blessthebody.com First Aid usage even to one year. Hopefully, victims found another tool to assist them. Healing is a difficult road; not healing is worse.
On September 11th, light a candle as a prayer for peace for the world. Go outside your home, your safety zone, and light a candle for the world. Print out a free poster or wear your peace shirt and stand on the street with a candle. Stand up for peace in the world. Stand up for peace for yourself and those you love. And give thanks for the blessings in your life.
Humanity Shops
blesstheworld.com is pleased to announce the Humanity Shops. These are affiliate websites of quality which offer products to enrich your life and the world. While the Humanity Shops is still in progress, there are now available websites of fine chocolate, gourmet coffee, and connoisseur wine. Others will be added as things progress. Much of the Humanity Shops’ products are fair trade organic and sustainable and the companies return money to humanitarian and ecological charities. If you place an order having gone to one of their websites from blesstheworld.com, blesstheworld.com will receive a small referral commission. This helps to support the work of blesstheworld.com and RoyAnthonyShabla.com, the cost of peace graffiti, the cost of donated remedies, and many, many other things.
One of the Humanity Shops to note is the flower shop. Fresh, organic flowers delivered in beautiful, recycled materials. There is a special offer at this time: buy one dozen roses, receive another free. Send flowers to your neighbor, your friend, your mother-in-law for September 11th; order flowers for your Autumnal Equinox dinner party. Make peace with the world through flowers!
Go to the Humanity Shops page and read about the exciting companies with which we are partnering.
blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies
The cause of the “unsettled” crazy energy (people driving dangerously, reacting inappropriately, etc.) is a degeneration of the aura. The recommended blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse for the last two months and the warnings of radiation poisoning since the beginning of the year were a protection against this degeneration. Extreme weather patterns are also a result of disbiotic radiation, as is nervousness, weakness, and unstable empathy. Now, the frequent use of blessthebody.com Aura Spritz is recommended to repair the damage from ambient radiation, especially if you have not heeded the previous warnings.
Aura Spritz
The aura is a complex, multi-dimensional vibration-bundle which contains all information about you. A small portion of the aura is known as the light around the body, the halo. The complete aura exists both within and without time/space and contains all your spiritual bodies and reaches to the edges of the universe. Ascended Masters have access to the complete aura while most people operate within a very limited energy space.Damage to the aura affects the physical body, the chakric body, the emotional body; it affects the physical life-process, the spiritual life-process.The aura is damaged by many antagonists: radiation (use with blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse); family/inter-personal dysfunction (use with Chakra Tonic); anger, jealously (use with E-motion Potion)...But most importantly, the aura is damaged by psychic attack, black magic, voodoo. Negative thoughts directed from a casual encounter are very tangible antagonists to the integrity of the aura. Ritual abuse/attack is much worse.blessthebody.com Aura Spritz cleanses and repairs the aura at all levels and cuts karmic cords to all antagonists. It amplifies all other remedies (eg: see above; also: Silver Light for peace; Green Light for harmony/healing; Love Light for universal compassion, et cetera). For severe auric damage, use with blessthebody.com First Aid. For destructive empathy, use as a tonic with First Aid.blessthebody.com Aura Spritz is your first line of defense from bad luck in any form because everything exists in your aura before it exists in your life.
To balance the “unsettled energy” within your body at this time, it is recommended to use blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic regularly.
Chakra Tonic
The chakras are portals of spiritual energy which connect to specific points on the physical body. They pertain to psycho-emotional issues which manifest in the physical body and the physical life.blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic repairs, balances, and strengthens the chakra and nadi (connections between the chakras) systems and their subsidiary systems (the endocrine system, the nervous system, the acupuncture points and meridians systems). It supports the balance of the hormones, brain chemicals, digestive enzymes. It supports the balance of psycho-emotional life-issues. blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic is like "Kundalini-yoga-in-a-bottle".As a tonic, it is best used regularly over a period of time. This is an excellent basic remedy. Chakra Tonic combines well with the other blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies — choose to combine remedies to focus the energy to a desired action (eg: Chakra Tonic with Bright Brain for hormone balancing; Chakra Tonic with E-motion Potion for psychological processing; Chakra Tonic with Bright Immunity for strength and vitality).This is an important remedy during pregnancy (especially for the healthy development of the fetus), menopause, home re-modeling (combine with First Aid), mid-life crisis, or any life-transition. blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic helps you maintain healthy balance.
In honor of the tragedy of September 11th, blessthebody.com First Aid will be reduced to $13 for the month. Now is always the time to accept healing into your life. Also, the trauma of a damaged aura (from the current radiation problem) is more significant than the trauma of a damaged body and blessthebody.com First Aid will be your friend, relieving the pattern of trauma from both your body and your aura.
First Aid
Shock and trauma overwhelm a portion of the psyche, stunting the growth process on all levels. An insect bite or paper cut; a car accident or death in the family — from surgery to a stubbed toe, this is your "first-aid-kit-in-a-bottle". More effective than Rescue Remedy or arnica, use for all minor or major emergencies. It is indispensable if you have children or when travelling; keep an extra bottle in your car and toiletries bag.First Aid relieves shock and trauma from physical, emotional, mental, psychic, and spiritual stress, both current and historical. Use to relieve childhood and distant trauma as well as everyday circumstances. First Aid calls the spirit back so healing can begin.
Astrological Feng Shui
While there is the possibility of financial abundance this month, there is also conflict with that money, especially as robbery. There is also great illness and death. Take time to place these treatments with respect after removing last month’s treatments.
In the Southeast, place eight stones and six coins. Excellent luck.In the South, place three coins. Marriage luck.In the Southwest, good luck.In the West, place images of health.In the Northwest, excellent luck.In the North, stimulate the moving metal. Disaster.In the Northeast, leave coins, return fire.In the East, place six-times-six coins. Disaster.In the Center, place six-times-six coins in water. Violence and loss.
Use blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse and Aura Spritz on your home. If it seems the energy isn’t flowing smoothly or is out of synch, add blessthebody.com Implant Cleanse.
RoyAnthonyShabla.com and blesstheworld.com wish you a kind September.
blesstheworld.com
royanthonyshabla.com
purchase remedies
purchase t-shirts etc
meditation classes
Sunday EveningCasa La ReinaDowney5pm, $16
Wednesday Evening BustersCulver City6:30pm, $16
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there is no homebut your heart.even the oceanwhich draws the poison from my soul like a poulticecannot housethe furniture of my lifenor shelterthe delicate chinaof my work.i am indigentwithout your love.the sourceof my poemsis not the sea,not the sky ~though the breadthof these is a glimpseof the face of god…no, the sourceof poetryis notan expanse of bluenor anunfathomable depthbut insteadthe soft fresh greenof the gardenblossomingin the chamberof your heartwhere i live.
blesstheworld.com
September 2009
Happy Autumnal Equinox!
It is the end of Summer and the beginning of the Season of Blessings. Harvest festivals ~ culminating in the United States with Thanksgiving in November ~ are our opportunities to be grateful for what we have, what we enjoy. May this season bring you an autumn of the heart where you find a bountiful harvest festival within yourself.
The August newsletter received a great response! People commented on the “Predictions” section, reminding me of earthquakes I had foretold (I was like an earthquake meter when I was younger) as well as events personal to their lives. Usually, these incidents are downplayed or forgotten ~ I try not to be a “story”, a vaudeville, a parlor trick. But people do want to be entertained…
This month is very unsettled. I do not want to verbalize the possibilities; I prefer to work for peace. While the meditation class schedule is very disrupted (my travel schedule is posted to both websites), find time and place for meditation and rebalancing. Helping yourself will help the planet at this time. Schedule a spa day for your soul.
And go to the free posters page on royanthonyshabla.com and print out fliers. If you aren’t working for peace, you are allowing war. If you don’t believe in the possibility of peace, you are supporting the probability of war. Make peace graffiti ~ get the idea of peace into the consciousness of the planet. Any wall can change the world ~ write wisely.
This will be the 8th anniversary of the September 11th tragedy. If you will not post graffiti for peace, then wear a peace t-shirt to the supermarket, put a peace sticker on your car, hang a peace clock in your cubicle at work. Do not succumb to inertia and apathy. What have you done today to save the world?
The original recommendation for people directly affected by the September 11th tragedy was the use of blessthebody.com First Aid for five years. Boxes of First Aid were sent to various sites in New York City and elsewhere to assist with the immediate trauma. But there have been no reports of blessthebody.com First Aid usage even to one year. Hopefully, victims found another tool to assist them. Healing is a difficult road; not healing is worse.
On September 11th, light a candle as a prayer for peace for the world. Go outside your home, your safety zone, and light a candle for the world. Print out a free poster or wear your peace shirt and stand on the street with a candle. Stand up for peace in the world. Stand up for peace for yourself and those you love. And give thanks for the blessings in your life.
Humanity Shops
blesstheworld.com is pleased to announce the Humanity Shops. These are affiliate websites of quality which offer products to enrich your life and the world. While the Humanity Shops is still in progress, there are now available websites of fine chocolate, gourmet coffee, and connoisseur wine. Others will be added as things progress. Much of the Humanity Shops’ products are fair trade organic and sustainable and the companies return money to humanitarian and ecological charities. If you place an order having gone to one of their websites from blesstheworld.com, blesstheworld.com will receive a small referral commission. This helps to support the work of blesstheworld.com and RoyAnthonyShabla.com, the cost of peace graffiti, the cost of donated remedies, and many, many other things.
One of the Humanity Shops to note is the flower shop. Fresh, organic flowers delivered in beautiful, recycled materials. There is a special offer at this time: buy one dozen roses, receive another free. Send flowers to your neighbor, your friend, your mother-in-law for September 11th; order flowers for your Autumnal Equinox dinner party. Make peace with the world through flowers!
Go to the Humanity Shops page and read about the exciting companies with which we are partnering.
blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies
The cause of the “unsettled” crazy energy (people driving dangerously, reacting inappropriately, etc.) is a degeneration of the aura. The recommended blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse for the last two months and the warnings of radiation poisoning since the beginning of the year were a protection against this degeneration. Extreme weather patterns are also a result of disbiotic radiation, as is nervousness, weakness, and unstable empathy. Now, the frequent use of blessthebody.com Aura Spritz is recommended to repair the damage from ambient radiation, especially if you have not heeded the previous warnings.
Aura Spritz
The aura is a complex, multi-dimensional vibration-bundle which contains all information about you. A small portion of the aura is known as the light around the body, the halo. The complete aura exists both within and without time/space and contains all your spiritual bodies and reaches to the edges of the universe. Ascended Masters have access to the complete aura while most people operate within a very limited energy space.Damage to the aura affects the physical body, the chakric body, the emotional body; it affects the physical life-process, the spiritual life-process.The aura is damaged by many antagonists: radiation (use with blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse); family/inter-personal dysfunction (use with Chakra Tonic); anger, jealously (use with E-motion Potion)...But most importantly, the aura is damaged by psychic attack, black magic, voodoo. Negative thoughts directed from a casual encounter are very tangible antagonists to the integrity of the aura. Ritual abuse/attack is much worse.blessthebody.com Aura Spritz cleanses and repairs the aura at all levels and cuts karmic cords to all antagonists. It amplifies all other remedies (eg: see above; also: Silver Light for peace; Green Light for harmony/healing; Love Light for universal compassion, et cetera). For severe auric damage, use with blessthebody.com First Aid. For destructive empathy, use as a tonic with First Aid.blessthebody.com Aura Spritz is your first line of defense from bad luck in any form because everything exists in your aura before it exists in your life.
To balance the “unsettled energy” within your body at this time, it is recommended to use blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic regularly.
Chakra Tonic
The chakras are portals of spiritual energy which connect to specific points on the physical body. They pertain to psycho-emotional issues which manifest in the physical body and the physical life.blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic repairs, balances, and strengthens the chakra and nadi (connections between the chakras) systems and their subsidiary systems (the endocrine system, the nervous system, the acupuncture points and meridians systems). It supports the balance of the hormones, brain chemicals, digestive enzymes. It supports the balance of psycho-emotional life-issues. blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic is like "Kundalini-yoga-in-a-bottle".As a tonic, it is best used regularly over a period of time. This is an excellent basic remedy. Chakra Tonic combines well with the other blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies — choose to combine remedies to focus the energy to a desired action (eg: Chakra Tonic with Bright Brain for hormone balancing; Chakra Tonic with E-motion Potion for psychological processing; Chakra Tonic with Bright Immunity for strength and vitality).This is an important remedy during pregnancy (especially for the healthy development of the fetus), menopause, home re-modeling (combine with First Aid), mid-life crisis, or any life-transition. blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic helps you maintain healthy balance.
In honor of the tragedy of September 11th, blessthebody.com First Aid will be reduced to $13 for the month. Now is always the time to accept healing into your life. Also, the trauma of a damaged aura (from the current radiation problem) is more significant than the trauma of a damaged body and blessthebody.com First Aid will be your friend, relieving the pattern of trauma from both your body and your aura.
First Aid
Shock and trauma overwhelm a portion of the psyche, stunting the growth process on all levels. An insect bite or paper cut; a car accident or death in the family — from surgery to a stubbed toe, this is your "first-aid-kit-in-a-bottle". More effective than Rescue Remedy or arnica, use for all minor or major emergencies. It is indispensable if you have children or when travelling; keep an extra bottle in your car and toiletries bag.First Aid relieves shock and trauma from physical, emotional, mental, psychic, and spiritual stress, both current and historical. Use to relieve childhood and distant trauma as well as everyday circumstances. First Aid calls the spirit back so healing can begin.
Astrological Feng Shui
While there is the possibility of financial abundance this month, there is also conflict with that money, especially as robbery. There is also great illness and death. Take time to place these treatments with respect after removing last month’s treatments.
In the Southeast, place eight stones and six coins. Excellent luck.In the South, place three coins. Marriage luck.In the Southwest, good luck.In the West, place images of health.In the Northwest, excellent luck.In the North, stimulate the moving metal. Disaster.In the Northeast, leave coins, return fire.In the East, place six-times-six coins. Disaster.In the Center, place six-times-six coins in water. Violence and loss.
Use blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse and Aura Spritz on your home. If it seems the energy isn’t flowing smoothly or is out of synch, add blessthebody.com Implant Cleanse.
RoyAnthonyShabla.com and blesstheworld.com wish you a kind September.
blesstheworld.com
royanthonyshabla.com
purchase remedies
purchase t-shirts etc
meditation classes
Sunday EveningCasa La ReinaDowney5pm, $16
Wednesday Evening BustersCulver City6:30pm, $16
royanthonyshabla.com
blesstheworld.com
blessthebody.com
blessthehome.com
testimonials
newsletter archives
purchase books
there is no homebut your heart.even the oceanwhich draws the poison from my soul like a poulticecannot housethe furniture of my lifenor shelterthe delicate chinaof my work.i am indigentwithout your love.the sourceof my poemsis not the sea,not the sky ~though the breadthof these is a glimpseof the face of god…no, the sourceof poetryis notan expanse of bluenor anunfathomable depthbut insteadthe soft fresh greenof the gardenblossomingin the chamberof your heartwhere i live.
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