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  1. Commodity Fetish of Folk Taoism as Late Capitalist apocalypse

    that guy who was once criticizing "AVOID Tao Bums Forum, They Are MINDFUKS With Fake..." Chinese guy said in one of his videos I recall more or less "Chinese don't give a f*ck about animals" Not sure how this can be changed. Fur trade is as bad... skinning alive dogs, cats, foxes etc I won't post videos of this...
  2. Commodity Fetish of Folk Taoism as Late Capitalist apocalypse

    regarding anything in particular?
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    Raw vegan women are reporting zero pain from menstruation... and they have very, very little to none... and are fertile. Also no morning sickness or any sickness / discomfort during pregnancy... one lady saying she didn't even know she was pregnant. They have a very healthy raw vegan boy now. Menstruation is an additional way the female body releases toxins. It is all related to diet... particularly cooked food and meat consumption. It is my understanding that lunar cults practice blood rituals, animal and human sacrifice, blood moons, lunar eclipses...hiding the Sun/ Light/ Truth Islam and Judaism for example lunar cults practicing genital mutilation and halal and kosher ritual animal slaughter. Christianity has its origins in Lunar cults/ with a Pagan Solar buried underneath/ corrupted.... with Lunar dominance... surrendering to Christ etc drinking the blood of Christ/ Human / animal sacrifice for sins etc ... Lamb of God... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/shopping-and-consumer-news/11384505/Secret-halal-slaughterhouse-film-reveals-horrific-animal-abuse.html spoiler = graphic kosher slaughter methods My understanding is that Solar cults are vegetarian. Like Zoroastrian, Hindu and Original Pagan/ Pythagorean/ Druids Healthy Europeans, good wholesome diet and sun become bronzed like the stereotypical "bronzed Aussie" hmm most appropriate example I could find. (South African) // Thick black glasses must be an American thing.
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    It reminds me of sound and creation... or sound/ vibration proceeding matter. Would you say there is a connection between sound, light and consciousness? Through sound we should be able to manifest (nutrients for one) ... consciousness proceeding sound maybe what you call inner-silence? pure-awareness?
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    ISQ, What would you say is the difference between a water fast and a dry fast (/mostly dry fast)?
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    Hmm so I have to transform this... sometime ago I did read half of Taoist Yoga (at your mentioning of it, it is very good) I was reading a few things at the time though and lost track of it. Will have to start over and finish it this time. I have noticed these female displays at times..sometimes very overt... like basically as you said Another recently in casual conversation rubbed her breasts momentarily seemly unconsciously... so your mention of that is interesting too..
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    With female Asians and male whites it does seem white male commodity, most of the white males that engage this are generally unhealthy. I know of a Chinese woman who is a match-maker between Chinese women and white men. there is apparently an obsession with lighter skin in China... maybe they are thinking about children with this. Apparently they say white men treat them better too, they probably also want a "western" lifestyle + money + citizenship. I wonder how Chinese men feel about this. I think we should all be at peace with who we are and where we come from.
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    In a show called Supernatural, leviathan/("demonic") entities started a program to make humanity fat and docile... so they could harvest/ eat them... similar to what "humans" do to cows. People will say...oh these leviathans are evil... haha
  9. Commodity Fetish of Folk Taoism as Late Capitalist apocalypse

    These vegans are winning strong man competitions... they have strength. This man is 78 years and a vegan body builder http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/will-this-78yearold-vegan-bodybuilder-make-you-reconsider-your-diet-9049699.html I think weight training is good mental training, learning to go beyond the limitations of the mind. Consciousness over matter. I have only seen "wholefoods" vegans going from strength to strength... people in their 50s saying they feel like they are 20 years old again... some even saying it is the best they have ever felt... having a lifetime of illness until that change. In my opinion Soy is not good and unnecessary. It does appear the male population is being feminized, for government perhaps this means easier population control... when men are just as concerned about make-up and shoes as women are (in general) / encourage consumer/ capitalist behavior... social engineering. And yes, high fructose corn syrup is poison. The ideal is to be as close to Nature as possible / Wholefoods "Whole foods are foods that are unprocessed and unrefined, or processed and refined as little as possible, before being consumed. Whole foods typically do not contain added salt, carbohydrates, or fat." // I agree with sexual obsessions, inverting the Life-Force Energy. I am practicing celibacy and believe ideally sex should only be for pro-creation in a Space of Love. That with celibacy the heart opens? and being in this field/ divine energy goes way beyond anything experienced in sex as it is today. People are only experiencing shadows and believe it to be the peak experience. They believe you are losing out on something, sacrificing pleasure... yet I think eventually you gain everything... so to say. For me this is now naturally arising. I do see it as one of the vices of Man and Woman keeping people bound/yoked to the Earth. Can women take this energy without sexual intercourse? Are their guards against this? I believe one can reach a perception being in the presence of woman and not losing that energy in lustfulness. We have to make the Tree of Life which opens with Divine, Eternal, Glorious Fruits... unlike the inverted which only brings self-destruction, decay etc. Interesting you mention fasting. I am on day 2 now having maybe 500ml of pure water a day so far. I think celibacy helps with fasting. What is the Taoist Manual you refer to when speaking about salt etc?
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    It is false that vegetarian/ vegans are weak... you are playing into the hands of the very thing you denounce. Mindful vegans eating whole fresh organic fruits and vegetable are the healthiest people on the planet... some of them are glowing with radiance. Vegan Olympic and World Arm-Wrestling Champion ~ Alexey Voevoda Vegan World's Strongest Man Record Holder Patrik Baboumian http://www.greatveganathletes.com/vegan_athlete_patrik... Vegan Ultra-Marathon Champion Scott Jurek http://www.greatveganathletes.com/scott_jurek http://consciousnourishment.org/.../6-raw-foodists-over.../ Agriculture (animal) leading cause of deforestation + other http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/ 5 Haunting Photos: a Bird’s-Eye View of what Factory Farms Do to Our Land. http://www.elephantjournal.com/.../5-haunting-photos.../ Earthlings - Full Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibuQ-J04eLQ
  11. Commodity Fetish of Folk Taoism as Late Capitalist apocalypse

    ISQ Request for further sharing. It is mostly apparent though I think. Some kind of vampirism? I do not believe in freedom of religion... freedom of religion and religious tolerance lead to for example Christian infiltration and destruction of Pagan Europe, as the saying goes "give them an inch and they will take a mile". ... Witch burning, Ancient Pagan libraries burned to the ground, building over sacred sites (ongoing) etc... These human and animal sacrifice cults (Judeo-Christ-Islam) are a mind virus (physically and meta... parasites feeding on decaying flesh driving madness in humans) Ancient Greek Pagan Hesiod said once Aphrodite (love and beauty) was worshiped, flowers, fruit on the altar ... before the "unspeakable slaughter of bulls, and blood drenched altars". Middle Eastern religions now dominate the thinking of most of the planet. Perhaps from the demonic gateways they have opened through animal sacrifice rituals... what Wilhelm Reich would call Deadly Orgone Radiation. ... generally called "Satanic" yet practiced openly as a "religious practice" A Brahmin said Kali Yuga began with the slaughter of bulls/ the sacred cow. It is funny when people use "Western" (Christianity?) to mean European? When these "Western" things in origin have nothing to do with Europe or Europeans. As much as the Chinese have with Christianity... 100 million in number now... yet has nothing to do with Chinese, physically, culturally, spiritually. 1000 years from now will we say that China was always Christians? and that Christianity is it's culture and religion? Or will we say Christianity was like a virus and corrupted the Chinese? destroying it's spiritual roots and cultural identity. And the added trap in Christianity "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." 2 Timothy 3:12 Reinforcing the virus when people question them worshiping human sacrifice, Christ being killed for their sins... not unlike other animal blood sacrifice rituals. It is interesting how much Christian symbolism etc is infiltrating/ infesting Japanese anime etc... subtle programming techniques? Only indigenous religious practices should be allowed publicly. For example Christianity would not be allowed in China etc... t Neither in Europe. Christianity is part of the the globalized junk fast food Capitalist apocalypse
  12. Commodity Fetish of Folk Taoism as Late Capitalist apocalypse

    Regarding post #22 (ISQ) Thank you for the response. I find most interesting the leaving the forest/jungle and climate changes... my understanding is that the world was once all tropical? a type of paradise...which would have been abundant in sweet, hydrating fruits (humans are high % water). My understanding is that the fall of man is in moving away from tropical fruits and beginning to eat meat, the "forbidden fruit" It may be that we only need to return to our original diet of tropical fruits. I know I have had my highest experiences and even bliss when mono-fruit fasting. Clarity of mind, all senses. I have to extend this further... a box of mangoes daily would be nice, with other tropical fruits... this would have been perhaps our natural environment. It has been shown that both meat and wheat aggravate mental illness, schizophrenia and so on. So this trance dance may be to counter the affects of meat consumption. Is it any wonder all spiritual/ religious traditions at their highest levels advocate vegetarianism? The music examples were very good thank you, I particularly liked: Audio Example 33: The River Herlen. Mongolia (The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan, Smithsonian Folkways 40438, track 18). Audio Example 45 :Vetar Vee. Bulgaria (from Bulgarian Village and Folk Music, recorded by Ethel Raim and Martin Koenig) I also believe in complementary opposites. 1 + 1 can equal 3 with complementary opposites. What you say about salt I have found to be true. Very noticeable after fasting. It is a poison and also dehydrating... used in the past for drying and preservation. Not good for a water being. Interesting also often water is shown as a medium between Spirit and Earth. Do you have further historic/ Daoist information on salt? I believe a lot of the world problems can be solved through dietary changes... and battling the corpse worm demons that create unnatural craving and decay which they feed on.
  13. Commodity Fetish of Folk Taoism as Late Capitalist apocalypse

    This Israeli Defense Force advertisement appeared a little random in an article about National Socialist environmental and animal welfare ideology? ha
  14. Commodity Fetish of Folk Taoism as Late Capitalist apocalypse

    Good post, you have given a lot of information (+ links) I am quickly browsing to get a general idea... I agree about military... what you say is true... How do you suggest these shamanic cultures etc defend themselves though? My ideal would be Organic Psychic Self Defense... yet that may be too fantastical for many. Throughout history many of these cultures have been physically and ideological attacked? To decentralize defense would be better perhaps. Some also believe Atomic Bombs are also not real? / hoax I agree about money also... you may recall my "dead cities vs living organic permaculture" thread... as further understanding of my position. As with: Recognizing and valuing unique peoples/tribes and their right to Self-Determination/ Autonomy and Homeland Recognizing and valuing animal-kind and environment. From the land we gather our life. We seek mutual benefit/ harmony with our surrounding environment. Exploitation of any peoples, animals and abuse of the environment is strongly discouraged. I am not sure what position this can be defined as? // Somehow we have to get back to this as you say. So Pythagoreans and previous having true understanding? have you read of the shared believes of Pythagoreans and Druids? The other I would not call misunderstanding though, I would call it hostile subversion. How would you change those hostile to the free world? when they are hell bent on destruction and slavery? Do you have examples of this 1-4-5 music? Even gold and silver needs mining and refining... can we all be exchanging gold and silver? Is not gold and silver also monopolized. What about a world without gold and silver also?
  15. Commodity Fetish of Folk Taoism as Late Capitalist apocalypse

    The same Wall Street that funded the Soviet/Bolshevik government? This Wall Street appears to have financed the death of 150 million+ people in the last 100 odd years... I wonder who controls Wall Street... So it is "International Capital Investment" / International Capitalism (Communism is also a Capitalistic system) The Capitalists are the International Banks the Communists are their slaves "workers of the world unite" Fascism at least in ideology... was neither Capitalist or Communist, rejecting Globalist ideologies... seeking self-sufficiency and healthy environments...seeing the importance for harmony between Man and Nature. It would make sense for Fascism to be high-tech at first needing to defend itself against International Capitalists which have enslaved most governments and media. The Capitalists exploit all weaknesses... these countries they are enslaving are in comparison completely defenseless. If these countries had a high-tech military and National Self Sufficiency ideology they would be able to resist and start building their ideal nations. I believe the resources of a country belong to it's people. They would also have an interest in the Environment because it is their homeland after all.. All Nations/ groups so far that have tried to break away from International Capitalism/ Banks have been destroyed physically and ideologically through endless lies.
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    I agree with most of #11 other than the use of Fascism in describing the International Capitalist system. As, Are they wrong? + Environment and animal welfare Naturally, International Capitalists would despise these two ideas alone... as they would be unable to exploit entire Nations and the Planet. Ecology, Independence/ Self Sufficiency... not so removed from Daoist ideas? Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu - chapter 80 A small country has fewer people. Though there are machines that can work ten to a hundred times faster than man, they are not needed. The people take death seriously and do not travel far. Though they have boats and carriages, no on uses them. Though they have armor and weapons, no one displays them. Men return to the knotting of rope in place of writing. Their food is plain and good, their clothes fine but simple, their homes secure; They are happy in their ways. Though they live within sight of their neighbors, And crowing cocks and barking dogs are heard across the way, Yet they leave each other in peace while they grow old and die.
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    Good posts. Thanks. The Taoist stuff I read to become Immortal is less dense foods (plant based diets) to eventually living on cosmic energy/ light, becoming light... I don't get these tiger penis etc things. Corruption/ opposite to the truth... vampire/ parasitic in nature. Raw vegan, low fat, high carb is a good step forward IMO. Clarity + increase in all senses, feeling of lightness and overall well-being/ peace/harmony .. feeling subtle energy flowing in your body. Sense of smell for one... pollution is a lot worse, fresh mountain/wild air/ fresh flowers one would take over incense without question. Peoples senses have become dull. Nature is Perfect, Beautiful, Abundant... we are so unfeeling, unseeing, creating destruction all around. Aims for the future Recognizing and valuing unique peoples/tribes and their right to Self-Determination/ Autonomy and Homeland Recognizing and valuing animal-kind and environment. From the land we gather our life. We seek mutual benefit/ harmony with our surrounding environment. Exploitation of any peoples, animals and abuse of the environment is strongly discouraged.
  18. ~ Continuation from another thread ~ Returning to this... Moving away from this... High-rise more ecologically responsible? Where do people who live in cities get food, fuel, electricity, building material etc from? Cities are dead space vacuums sucking the life out of the planet. A vegetarian family* can easily live on a few acres, being say 90% self sufficient.. even growing their own timber on 1/2 to 1 acre supplying everything they need
 1/2 an acre of hemp for food and fuel also? Everything would be locally grown organic. No shipping, fuel etc much less materials needed to build cars, trucks, roads
 nor people having to travel daily to generally miserable jobs for the most part simply to feed themselves (with poor quality GMO food from supermarkets) + basic shelter. Vast amounts of forests, rivers, oceans are being destroyed to support these cities. Permaculture / Forest farming family gardens would increase biodiversity + an abundance of super vital food 
 opposed to vast amounts of land being used for animal consumption/ corporate mono-crops turning the world into a desert etc. *Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year: Vegan: 1/6th acre Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan “Our food our future.” Earthsave. http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf // Some stats from http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/ Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than all transportation combined. Fao.org. Spotlight: Livestock impacts on the environment. http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0612sp1.htm Transportation is responsible for 13% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions from this sector primarily involve fossil fuels burned for road, rail, air, and marine transportation. Environmental Protection Agency. “Global Emissions.” http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/global.html Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. Goodland, R Anhang, J. “Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change were pigs, chickens and cows?” WorldWatch, November/December 2009. Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, USA. Pp. 10–19. http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294 Methane is 25-100 times more destructive than CO2. “Improved Attribution of Climate Forcing to Emissions.” Science Magazine. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/326/5953/716.figures-only Methane has a global warming power 86 times that of CO2. NASA. “Methane: Its Role as a Greenhouse Gas.” Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/pdfs/podest_ghg.pdf Livestock is responsible for 65% of all emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas 296x more destructive than carbon dioxide and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years. “Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2006. http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) water use ranges from 70-140 billion gallons annually. “Draft Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources.” EPA Office of Research and Development. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2011. http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/HFStudyPlanDraft_SAB_020711.pdf Animal agriculture use ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons of water annually. [ii] Pimentel, David, et al. “Water Resources: Agricultural And Environmental Issues.” BioScience 54, no. 10 (2004): 909-18. http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/10/909.full Barber, N.L., “Summary of estimated water use in the United States in 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009–3098.” http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3098/ Agriculture is responsible for 80-90% of US water consumption. “USDA ERS – Irrigation & Water Use.” United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. 2013. http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/irrigation-water-use/background.aspx Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56% of water in the US. Jacobson, Michael F. “More and Cleaner Water.” In Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-based Diet Could save Your Health and the Environment. Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2006. http://www.cspinet.org/EatingGreen/pdf/arguments4.pdf One hamburger requires 660 gallons of water to produce – the equivalent of 2 months’ worth of showers. [iii] Catanese, Christina. “Virtual Water, Real Impacts.” Greenversations: Official Blog of the U.S. EPA. 2012. http://blog.epa.gov/healthywaters/2012/03/virtual-water-real-impacts-world-water-day-2012/ “50 Ways to Save Your River.” Friends of the River. http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/site/PageServer?pagename=50ways 2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef. Robbins, John. “2,500 Gallons, All Wet?” EarthSave http://www.earthsave.org/environment/water.htm Meateater’s Guide to Climate Change & Health.” Environmental Working Group. http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/interactive-graphic/water/ “Water Footprint Assessment.” University of Twente, the Netherlands. http://www.waterfootprint.org Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print 477 gallons of water are required to produce 1 pound of eggs; 900 gallons of water are needed for cheese. “Meateater’s Guide to Climate Change & Health.” Environmental Working Group. http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/interactive-graphic/water/ 1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk. “Water trivia facts.” United States Environmental Protection Agency. http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/water_trivia_facts.cfm#_edn11 5% of water consumed in the US is by private homes. 55% of water consumed in the US is for animal agriculture. Jacobson, Michael F. “More and Cleaner Water.” In Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-based Diet Could save Your Health and the Environment. Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2006. http://www.cspinet.org/EatingGreen/pdf/arguments4.pdf Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print. The meat and dairy industries combined use nearly 1/3 (29%) of all the fresh water in the world today. “Freshwater Abuse and Loss: Where Is It All Going?” Forks Over Knives. http://www.forksoverknives.com/freshwater-abuse-and-loss-where-is-it-all-go Livestock covers 45% of the earth’s total land. Thornton, Phillip, Mario Herrero, and Polly Ericksen. “Livestock and Climate Change.” Livestock Exchange, no. 3 (2011).https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/10601/IssueBrief3.pdf Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution [iv], and habitat destruction. Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. . Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print. “What’s the Problem?” United States Environmental Protection Agency. http://www.epa.gov/region9/animalwaste/problem.html “Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2006. http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm “Fire Up the Grill for a Mouthwatering Red, White, and Green July 4th.” Worldwatch Institute. http://www.worldwatch.org/fire-grill-mouthwatering-red-white-and-green-july-4th Oppenlander, Richard A. “Biodiversity and Food Choice: A Clarification.” Comfortably Unaware. 2012 http://comfortablyunaware.com/blog/biodiversity-and-food-choice-a-clarification/ “Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Research and Development. 2004. http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=901V0100.txt Every minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals raised for food in the US. This doesn’t include the animals raised outside of USDA jurisdiction or in backyards, or the billions of fish raised in aquaculture settings in the US. [v] “What’s the Problem?” United States Environmental Protection Agency. http://www.epa.gov/region9/animalwaste/problem.html “How To Manage Manure.” Healthy Landscapes. http://www.uri.edu/ce/healthylandscapes/livestock/how_manure_overall.htm 335 million tons of “dry matter” is produced annually by livestock in the US. “FY-2005 Annual Report Manure and Byproduct Utilization National Program 206.” USDA Agricultural Research Service. 2008. http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/programs/programs.htm?np_code=206&docid=13337 A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people. [vi] “Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Research and Development. 2004. http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=901V0100.txt 3/4 of the world’s fisheries are exploited. “Overfishing: A Threat to Marine Biodiversity.” UN News Center. http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/06/story.asp?storyid=800 “General Situation of World Fish Stocks.” United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). http://www.fao.org/newsroom/common/ecg/1000505/en/stocks.pdf 90 million tons of fish are pulled from our oceans each year. [vii] “World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture.” UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). 2012. http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i2727e/i2727e01.pdf For every 1 pound of fish caught, an average of 5 pounds of unintended marine species are caught and discarded as by-kill. [viii] “Discards and Bycatch in Shrimp Trawl Fisheries.” UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). http://www.fao.org/docrep/W6602E/w6602E09.htm As many as 40% (63 billion pounds) of fish caught globally every year are discarded. Goldenberg, Suzanne. “America’s Nine Most Wasteful Fisheries Named.” The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/20/americas-nine-most-wasteful-fisheries-named Scientists estimate as many as 650,000 whales, dolphins and seals are killed every year by fishing vessels.Goldenberg, Suzanne. “America’s Nine Most Wasteful Fisheries Named.” The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/20/americas-nine-most-wasteful-fisheries-named 100 million tons of fish are caught annually. Montaigne, fen. “Still waters: The global fish crisis.” National Geographic. http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/global-fish-crisis-article/ Fish catch peaks at 85 million tons. “World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture.” UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). 2012. http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i2727e/i2727e01.pdf Animal agriculture is responsible for 91% of Amazon destruction. Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. . Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print. Margulis, Sergio. Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Rainforest. Washington: World Bank Publications, 2003. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15060 The leading causes of rainforest destruction are livestock and feedcrops. “Livestock impacts on the environment.” Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (fao). 2006.http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0612sp1.htm 110 plant, animal and insect species are lost every day due to rainforest destruction. “Rainforest statistics and facts.” Save the amazon. http://www.savetheamazon.org/rainforeststats.htm Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print. 26 million rainforest acres have been cleared for palm oil production. [ix] “Indonesia: palm oil expansion unaffected by forest moratorium.” USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. 2013.http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/highlights/2013/06/indonesia/ 136 million rainforest acres cleared for animal agriculture. “AMAZON DESTRUCTION.” MONGA BAY. http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html Cows produce 150 billion gallons of methane per day. [xi] Ross, Philip. “Cow farts have ‘larger greenhouse gas impact’ than previously thought; methane pushes climate change.” International Business Times. 2013. http://www.ibtimes.com/cow-farts-have-larger-greenhouse-gas-impact-previously-thought-methane-pushes-climate-change-1487502 130 times more animal waste than human waste is produced in the US – 1.4 billion tons from the meat industry annually. 5 tons of animal waste is produced for every person. [xii] Animal agriculture: waste management practices. United States General Accounting Office. http://www.gao.gov/archive/1999/rc99205.pdf 2-5 acres of land are used per cow. Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print. The average American consumes 209 pounds of meat per year. Haney, Shaun. “How much do we eat?” Real agriculture. 2012. (276 lbs) http://www.realagriculture.com/2012/05/how-much-meat-do-we-eat/ “US meat, poultry production & consumption” American Meat Institute. 2009. (233.9 lbs) http://www.meatami.com/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/48781 Bernard, Neal. “Do we eat too much?” Huffington Post. (200 lbs) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neal-barnard-md/american-diet-do-we-eat-too-much_b_805980.html Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture. [xiii] 30% of the Earth’s entire land surface is used by the livestock sector. Versterby, Marlow; Krupa, Kenneth. “Major uses of land in the United States.” Updated 2012. USDA Economic Research Service.http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/sb-statistical-bulletin/sb-973.aspx#.VAoXcl7E8dt “Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns.” UN News Centre, 2006.http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?newsID=20772 1/3 of the planet is desertified, with livestock as the leading driver. “UN launches international year of deserts and desertification.” UN news centre, 2006.http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17076#.VAodM17E8ds Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print. 70 billion farmed animals are reared annually worldwide. More than 6 million animals are killed for food every hour. A well-fed world. factory farms.http://www.awfw.org/factory-farms/ Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print. Throughout the world, humans drink 5.2 billion gallons of water and eat 21 billion pounds of food each day. Based on rough averages of 0.75 gallons of water and 3 lbs of food per day. Worldwide, cows drink 45 billion gallons of water and eat 135 billion pounds of food each day. Based on rough average of 30 gallons of water and 90 lbs of feed per day. Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year: Vegan: 1/6th acre Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan “Our food our future.” Earthsave. http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf 1.5 acres can produce 37,000 pounds of plant-based food. 1.5 acres can produce 375 pounds of meat. Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print. A person who follows a vegan diet PRODUCES 50% less carbon dioxide, 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-eater for their food. CO2: “Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK.” Climactic change, 2014. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-014-1169-1/fulltext.html Oil, water: “Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment.” The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/78/3/660S.full Land: “Our food our future.” Earthsave. http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life. [xiv] “Water Footprint Assessment.” University of Twente, the Netherlands.
  19. Free West Papua

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  20. Dairy: Breast and Prostate Cancer

    Dairy: Breast and Prostate Cancer http://www.pcrm.org/.../health-concerns-about-dairy-products The danger of dairy product consumption as it relates to prostate and breast cancers is most likely related to increases in insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), which is found in cow’s milk.22 Consumption of milk and dairy products on a regular basis has been shown to increase circulating levels of IGF-1.23,24 Perhaps the most convincing association between IGF-1 levels and cancer risk is seen in studies of prostate cancer. Case-control studies in diverse populations have shown a strong and consistent association between serum IGF-1 concentrations and prostate cancer risk.25 One study showed that men with the highest levels of IGF-1 had more than four times the risk of prostate cancer, compared with those who had the lowest levels.26 In the Physicians Health Study, tracking 21,660 participants for 28 years, researchers found an increased risk of prostate cancer for those who consumed ≄2.5 servings of dairy products per day as compared with those who consumed ≀0.5 servings a day.19 This study, which is supported by other findings,27,28 also shows that prostate cancer risk was elevated with increased consumption of low-fat milk, suggesting that too much dairy calcium, and not just the fat associated with dairy products, could be a potential threat to prostate health. In addition to increased levels of IGF-1, estrogen metabolites are considered risk factors for cancers of the reproductive system, including cancers of the breasts, ovaries, and prostate. These metabolites can affect cellular proliferation such that cells grow rapidly and aberrantly,29 which can lead to cancer growth. Consumption of milk and dairy products contributes to the majority (60-70 percent) of estrogen intake in the human diet. In a large study including 1,893 women from the Life After Cancer Epidemiology Study who had been diagnosed with early-stage invasive breast cancer, higher amounts of high-fat dairy product consumption were associated with higher mortality rates. As little as 0.5 servings a day increased risk significantly. This is probably due to the fact that estrogenic hormones reside primarily in fat, making the concern most pronounced for consumption of high-fat dairy products. // Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men, other than skin cancer. About 1 man in 7 will get prostate cancer during his lifetime. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, behind only lung cancer. About 1 man in 38 will die of this disease. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/overviewguide/prostate-cancer-overview-key-statistics
  21. animals and chi/jing

    I've good relations with cats and dogs... spelt gods..first.. ha... hmm You'd have to know the personality of the animal more as dusty said.
  22. How to become more honest with oneself?

    Did you end up trying the apple fast? Fasting does bring clarity. What type of fasts do you practice? water, dry and so on?
  23. Living Family Permaculture Vs Dead Cities

    ISQ any thoughts on the future of humanity? Do you see a split? a few different paths.. Pursuit of Organic Light Transcendence, Technological, majority caught in the middle?
  24. Living Family Permaculture Vs Dead Cities

    Nature is the highest technology Best outcomes are when people understand and choose for themselves... Communism, Capitalism same thing both never had good intentions... Pandora's box was a gift... What I present is not a gift... it must be desired, worked for and achieved... bringing in the end great freedom and joy (by your own hands). It is perhaps impossible for many... it is the path to freedom... freedom that people so beg for yet do not really want... unable to even free themselves from their own self destruction... freedom which they want but will not give... Thanks for the information Innersoundqigong I agree with near everything you have presented here other than humanure... unless people are practicing a plant-based diet. Lth Venus Project is subtle deception... I was quite excited about it once too. We have vastly underestimated the power and wisdom of Nature... Nature is our power... perhaps why many Immortals and energy practitioners move toward pristine Nature... Nature is very alive.... and cities are very dead... you can feel this. Hence the reason the misleaders of humanity want people in cities... cities are dead space vacuums, vampiric. There is plenty of information for people to be successful in creating vital family gardens... it does take time... Maybe a simplified illustrated book would be helpful "all you need to know about permaculture/ forest organization/ Vital subtle energy environment creation..." not sure what to call it... What it is to be ALIVE... We are so numb we can't see/feel anymore what is really good for us...