Category Archives: Social-Political Activism

Real-life Learning, Living “Connection” and Environmental Balance

Posted by Teri on March 10, 2013 2 comments

a gorgeous double-rainbow that demonstrates parallel levels reflecting the same light

I’ve been coming across a lot of things lately about connected-ness. A lot of spiritual based “messages” to remind us how much we are intricately connected, to our higher Selves, to our angels, to God.. to the Universe around us. All of these messages, from different denominational directions: all worded slightly different, as befits the paradigm in which it rests. But all sharing a very identical message. Everything is connected. That means each of us. No one is, nor can be.. ever be… alone or dis-connected.

I was just discussing the other day.. seeing and understanding the bigger picture.. the web, the connections of interplay.. I would take the process one step further — as with quantum physics and string theory/ M theory etc… All levels are reflections of shared dynamics. SO, as much as it is important for us to understand the heirarchy of connection.. i think it is also essential to understand the role of connection across space. Literally. Physical actions, choices and awarenesses that play out every day. It is all but pointless to grasp a spiritual truth, if we cannot embody and “translate” that into daily action and activity. Read more »

Hemp, Stress, Disease and healing

Posted by Teri on February 10, 2013 1 comments

I was just having a chat, online, with a colleague about hemp, regarding a post about hemp being used to cure cancer… This was my response to a comment. I thought it was worth sharing: .. I think “cancer” is a mufti-faceted issue.. that can be “cured”… but also, the body needs to be treated, for toxins, for imbalances etc.. even mainstream medicine understands cancer as a “failure ( or breakdown) of the immune system” to recognise and remove cancerous cells, before they can establish themselves and get out of control.

also the original posting was about treating autism– and, from what I understand ( and I do not have an autistic child, so I do not have the direct, first-hand experiences of someone who lives with this), you don’t-can’t cure autism.. and you DEF can’t treat autism without addressing the underlying issues of GUT imbalance and body-systems, CNS etc.

One thing hemp/ hemp oil probably contributes, one mechanism, is that when the body is in stress-mode.. it cannot, will not go into healing mode. The body is very capable of healing itself. it is more effective than any doctor, any pharmacologist etc, at producing what it needs.

The question that needs to be asked.. Read more »

Still here? Apocalpyse, Anyone?

Posted by Teri on December 21, 2012 None comments

Still here? No Kaboom? Disappointed? No worries- there are still 7 hours before the technical “end of the world.” And, at least in this corner, in Vermont, some creepy weird wind, power-outages, and a stunning Rainbow that went, unusually… directly from east to west- rather than the more typical north-south directions. Granted, it was right around noon, on the shortest day of the year.. for which a rainbow.. a double-rainbow, no less… is a little unusual, to say the least:) In ancient times, people would have taken these things as dire omens, portents of things to come.. which rarely boded well for the people:)

Ironically, it is Western cultures that are more caught up by the notion of “end of the world.” The galaxy is millions of years old, and the solar system has crossed through its galactic center, thousands of times. And nothing dire has come to pass. What is this moment we are passing through? The solar system is lining up with and “crossing” the galactic center. This happens every 26,000 years (or so). It has happened countless times in the past, and we are all still here. Well, not literally. But the planet is still here, alive and kicking. Read more »

Making Sense of tragedy and waking up

Posted by Teri on December 15, 2012 1 comments

Leading up to the Holidays, almost everyone in this country has been touched by the horrible incident that took place in Sandy Hook CT a few days ago. Everyone is sending love and support to those people who have been touched and affected by this tragic event. Lives have been irrevocably changed. Lives have been lost. We struggle to make sense of something that makes no sense. Defies the logic of the Mind and the Soul.

We all seek to place blame, to account for events.. to call someone sick, twisted or damaged. This is the easy way out of a horrific experience. this does not mean that this was not a horrific event. But, when these sorts of things happen… just as all are touched, in varying degrees and ways… all of us, as a society and culture/community bear some degree of responsibility for a broken system, by which these events are happening with greater and greater frequency.

I was in my graduate program the first time this kind of thing happened. Columbine. the entire country was stunned into a deep sense of loss and disbelief. Prior to that moment, that point in Time- our schools were sacrosanct. And, like virginity, once that line has been crossed, that taboo broken… it is never safe again. There are some lines, some courses in Fate, that are one directional- and there isn’t a way to place the proverbial genie back into the bottle. Would that we could….How do we move forward, onto a better, wiser path…?? Read more »

Lyme disease: chasing causes or chasing cures

Posted by Teri on May 10, 2012 2 comments

I was just reading yet another post about possible causes/ origins of Lyme disease.. Many people speculate that it is a government created bio-weapon. Who knows.. maybe it is.. I certainly wouldn’t put it PAST certain bodies and agencies, and is it possible- sure.. I don’t rule out that possibility.. although I also respect that Nature has many potent and powerful mechanisms that keep nature in balance.. and we, as a species, have certainly been transgressing in that area. However.. ultimately, I don’t CARE.. who what where when.. it’s a waste of energy to waste looking for someone to blame.. so unless someone did develop it AND.. is sitting on a cure.. I prefer to put my energy into staying WELL. How about you….? Read more »

Letter to a Friend: Intuition, Discovery, and cosmic support on the path

Posted by Teri on April 17, 2012 2 comments

I hope our chat was beneficial…

a lot of information got downloaded there..
be kind/ patient with yourself.. as this was, essentially, a form of energetic healing/work…

In the desert, when there is no one to give you your name- you find your true name.

Maybe on your trip to the desert.. put it out there that you are looking for insight/ clarity.. let this be your mini- spirit quest. The area you are headed is generally a spiritual kind of place, and particularly the New Mexico region. I’m not a desert person.. but I can appreciate that its a transformative place:)

Think of this is mediation, between what you want/ what you need.. and what the universe has in mind/ store for how you fit into its bigger plans/fabric.

And remember, ask with some degree of specificity. asking for “help”, could mean you find a 5.00 bill on the sidewalk.. or someone opens a door for you on the way into a store… “help” is a very vague/generic concept.. the universe doesn’t intuit-guess well… it isn’t a mind-reader that way.. and/ or.. there are constraints.. ask and ye shall receive…

BUT- one caveat…. Read more »

Animals: intuition,fear, and masculine-feminine paradigms

Posted by Teri on April 10, 2012 None comments

Grettal: who seems to have come here with Life's great secret! ( 2 wks old)

I remember someone noting that there are only 2 things. fear, and love. I’m not sure I entirely agree with the premise.. but I suppose in terms of polarity/ binary/motivation.. in our current paradigm ( physical plane).. there is toward, and away.. love=toward.. fear=away. whether we call it yin/yang, or pos/negative/ away/toward…

Love would equal that which we draw toward, accept and embrace. Fear would equal that which we push away, reject, deny.

I’m not entirely sure where moving away from a negative would be- something like maths- where 2 negatives make a positive…?

I suppose animals are a very basic embodiment of these aspects- making them neither higher nor lower than we are.. but like a stripped down, less complicated and cluttered model. This is not to say that animals don’t have any complexity. I would guess though, that ultimately.. they over-ride that complexity in their “decision-making..” Read more »

Animals and the Power of Intuition

Posted by Teri on March 22, 2012 5 comments

Bridget, as usual, with something in her mouth:)

We talk about our pets as being special. Many of us swear our pets have gifts, can read our minds, know what we are thinking.. more, know what we are feeling, and anticipate our needs. I think a lot more information from animals is available to us than we realise. They communicate powerfully on many levels- just not as much on our preferred frequency- the verbal:) Maybe they have “psychic gifts”.. maybe they take in far more information than we realise, just through their own basic senses. I have come across many instances of this happening. Horses counting by reading the dilations of a man’s eyes. Imagine that one! animals that can smell cancer and disease. So there probably is concrete information that can be tested and validated about the enhanced senses that animals have.

But I think that there is a lot of emotional intuition at play as well. And I think that this communication is bi-directional, both receiving and sending. I have worked with a lot of “troubled” animals, and even through their every day actions- just like people- they are telling bits and pieces of their story, in how they react and respond. Read more »

The Power of Animals: Teaching the teachers to heal

Posted by Teri on March 18, 2012 None comments

First baby goat, nicknamed Ishi

Animals have a huge power to affect change and healing. I think they help bring us back to who we are, or could be/ want to be.. our own best selves reflect in their eyes. They meet us in the present, respond predominantly to what we bring to them in that moment- and yet remind us that respect for what we do not see ( past, unknowns, externals) should always be respected and considered. It is somehow a paradox, that it is completely about us, and yet not about us at all. A horse or dog, brings all their own story- which they cannot “tell” or burden us with. But we do learn, at some intuitive level, that we must read on every level, what someone else is conveying ( fear? uncertainty? mistrust? anxiety?), and instill through our actions and emotions, a safe environment.

I teach my kids, to always be able to step back and ask themselves- am I nervous? worried? tired? What impact is that having on how I interact? and at the same time, they ( hopefully) learn, to pay attention.. is the horse, relaxed, comfortable, tired? I suppose it is about mutual respect and boundaries- recognising and owning, what is self/not-self, and accommodating “the other.” while it isn’t necessarily all about them, since the animal has its own history– it is also about them, and their ability to affect the moment through what they bring to it:)

I really would love to expand the program I currently have, which is small. And while I believe small can be more affective and powerful. As with, say democracy- it doesn’t work well on a large-scale. It really is about the personal-direct connections that are made. When we know someone or something, we react differently, with more integrity. We might hate, or carry a hate-belief about a race or religion- but we don’t hate Fred, or Yuri, or Benyamin, etc. When we are in direct contact, face-to-face, our experiences and actions are very different. Read more »

Selecting a new educational model:ego-holistic

Posted by Teri on March 16, 2012 4 comments

If you are reading this, or if you have been following this thread of posts, chances are you get exactly how broken the current public education model is. Understand that when I ask- who will fix the broken system.. I never meant.. fix the public school system. I meant, literally- how we educate our children. I don’t know that there is any fixing the good ship titanic of education. It is far too entrenched, and as noted, painting a house whose foundation is rotted and sinking. No one is looking at the basement/ foundation- and praising the pretty new colours on the walls.

My reason for writing this series– is to create the dialogue, about the importance of including the creative/ non-linear, human-spiritual–ecological aspects and connections. Without that.. the rest of educational reform is just window dressing and fresh paint. Here’s a question that hit me this morning: if school is soooo great and wonderful and the system has created such an amazing learning environment… why aren’t kids thrilled to be there, happy, healthy, and fully engaged- even over-coming their external life circumstances in the drive and hunger to learn and be part of it? Read more »