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Autobiography of a Yogi

Monday, August 11th, 2008


Paramhansa Yogananda Classic Now Available Online


Autobiography of a Yogi

If you have never read the classic
text, Autobiography of a Yogi by
Paramhansa Yogananda, I am
delighted to share that it has
been made available, in it’s
original 1946 edition text,
online at this site:

Ananda Village Online Version

I just skimmed through a few
pages and gathered gems in
just that few, as I reminded
myself again of this book I
read long ago……

For example, I loved the
admonition not to confuse
spiritual tools with the goal,
which is greater communion
with and connection to God.

We can get so attached to
meditation that we forget it
has a purpose beyond itself.

I also loved the response of
the Saint that lived in his
home and rarely ventured
past his own sidewalk. He
said:

“God plants his saints sometimes in unexpected soil, lest we think we may reduce Him to a rule!”

Wonderful text. I’m so glad it’s available online now, free for the reading.

Swollen Left Leg Causes

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Causes for Left Leg Swelling



What causes swollen legs?

While getting new headshots done the other day, my photographer was telling me that his wife was dealing with an unusual health challenge. He said her left leg was swelling, from just below the knee to the ankles.

There had been testing done to rule out a blood clot in the leg (deep vein thrombophlebitis) and PAD.

She apparently had researched gout on the internet and ruled that out as well.

I really didn’t know what could be causing it either, other than maybe a hip misaligment impinging on and irritating nerves. I told him I’d get back to him if I could find anything else on it. Wow, I did not expect what I found.

Turns out there are quite a few reasons for leg swelling.

In fact, there is even one specific to women for which no cause is known. This type of swelling is called Idiopathic Cyclic Edema. This condition is alternately called fluid retention syndrome.

However, since idiopathc edema mainly affects younger women of menustrating age, and my friend’s wife is older, it doesn’t seem likely this would be the diagnosis either.

Other causes of unexplained leg swelling:
Cellulitis
Phlebitis
Venous Insufficiency (those with varicose veins more at risk for this)
Nephrotic Syndrome (a condition affecting the kidneys)
Scleroderma
Cirrhosis Of The Liver
Shulman’s Syndrome (caused by an increase of a certain type of white blood cell)
Diabetes
Silent Thrombosis
Lymph Congestion
Chronic Constipation
Baker’s Cyst (these typically affect the knee joint and back of knee more than leg)

A fall or hard bump against the leg, causing trauma to the tissues, can also cause prolonged swelling if a hematoma results.


The most facinating piece of information came from a forum where someone had posted, asking what could cause the left leg to swell.

One of the posters to the forum, who said they worked “in the field”, responded that a blow to the head could affect the kidney meridians and that a swollen left leg indicated that the left kidney was congested.

This is fascinating in this particular instance because, in the course of our conversation, my photographer friend also told me that his wife had fallen and hit her head before the leg swelled, and that she had also had a bladder infection.

While I certainly can’t say her swollen leg is connected to the hit to the head, it is odd that the events happened with the timing they did.

Here’s the post on swollen left leg causes

Solar Eclipse Thoughts

Friday, August 1st, 2008


The first day of the rest of my life


Solar Eclipse thoughts

This article, copyright, Maggie TerryViale, all rights reserved

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. But my heart is aching, I feel it terribly so. Something in me is dying, and it is a good thing. It’s been my friend too, too long and it’s time to say good-bye. I struggled, I tried to please, I wore my pride like a bright striped red flag flowing from my sleeve. It was false, phony, and a way to get attention. A way to seek approval and love. The house had to be just so. The yard. My hair. When all I wanted was for people to say, “How nice!” Approval, love, acceptance, it’s all we ever want, and is that so wrong? But where does the pride and the ego seep into the mix? When does it take over, slowly, bit by bit, unnoticed until we’ve created a monster to slay?

But it hurts. The disappointment, the loss of pride, the saying good-bye. Dreams, built on ego, the material and artificial facade of pretend. It’s all going away, fading into illusion. We are Spirit. We are not our house, our accomplishments, our children graduating with honors. We’re not our expensive cars, handbags, nor even our social security numbers. We Are Spirit. Plain and simple, living in the world of matter.


I now go deep inside the pain, and feel it. My shoulder lunge forward to protect my heart. I take small sips of air, seeing it as Light. I exhale, releasing, knowing my angels will assist in transmuting the energy of the dying ego. I take bigger and bigger breathes of life. I fill my lungs with love. I exhale, deeper and deeper, the pain, the hurt, the false pride. We are created by God. We are part of the Infinite Oneness. We are loved as we are. I breathe in the joy of living, and the freedom of being in the moment. I’m feeling better and better. The pain is dissolving, like a shadow, disappearing into the blackness of night. I say good-bye to my ego. He had been by friend, and taught me well. I now chose to release all remnants of pain and ego that no longer serve my Highest Good. I breathe in love, for I am worthy. I breathe in Joy. I breathe in Happiness. I turn up the music and dance! I am free. I am Spirit. I am.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life!

Releasing the Strangle-Hold of Fear

Friday, August 1st, 2008


Moving Toward the Spiritual Embodiment of a Fearless Life


Fear may be the biggest piece we, as a planet, are working now. It has such a grip on most of us. I certainly have danced my own dance with fear. I continue to get on the dance floor with it at times yet now, I do so with conciousness. Before, it was just blind movement. Now, I say to myself “Ah, I’m dancing with my fear again.”

I got this email this morning from Maureen Moss over at World Puja and thought I’d share what she had to say about fear. It feels timely and right on and I’d just add that we do still need discernment and intuition and the challenge, at least in my own life, has been to tell the difference between those guidance systems and fear. Even more important, to even be able to over-ride the intuition which is trying to protect me and may be doing so out of an old program of fear, and rise to the level of spiritual visioning and receiving guidance in the NOW.

Guest Article by Maureen Moss:

We are on shaky ground as fear continues to escalate and undermine our highest potentials, drags our consciousness through the mud and literally makes fools out of the Gods that we are.

As a species we cannot pull this kind of energy into play any more, not for any reason, for any season, for any story, for any thing or anybody. It is seriously obvious that there is infiltration on and off this Planet with a plan to incite fear wherever possible for personal gain. I am guided to reach out again and bring attention to the need to cultivate a fearless stewardship over your human form.

Many that live now and have lived previously have not worked so hard and for this long to simply let it be ok that fear is still running the show for far too many, and putting others at risk who are making great strides to cease and dismiss this malignant illusion once and for all. Fear is both a malignant and ignorant illusion induced by skewed perception of experience. It is humanity’s biggest Achilles heel and it’s got to be healed, or the end of suffering will never be had. Never.


Where is God in Fear?
I ask where is the sense in fear? There isn’t any. Where is the knowledge in fear? There isn’t any. (Please don’t confuse discernment or intuition with fear.) Where is the strength in fear? There isn’t any. Where is the life force in fear? There isn’t any. What will fear do to uplift your consciousness? Nothing. What will fear do to end wars? Nothing. What will fear do to bring down the price of gas? Nothing. What does fear accomplish? It multiplies itself, spreads like cancer and puts us into slave mentality. Can fear be used to work against us? Yes. Will it be used to work against us? Yes and it already is! Where is God in fear? Nowhere.

NEVER MIND what’s scaring the life out of you. Over mind what’s scaring the life out of you or consciously mind what’s scarring the life out of you and shift out of it before its malignancy destroys you and others. You owe it to yourself to know that you have what it takes to rise above the insidious groveling, demeaning and clawing nature of fear. Prove this to yourself once and for all.

Take anything inside of you or outside of you that you are afraid of before this day is over and take dominion OVER it by sheer will and pure love for yourself. Watch what happens. Love what happens. Don’t forget what happens.

As a collective we are standing smack dab in the middle of a massive planetary overhaul and we’ve got a job to do that requires complete clarity and fearlessness in spite of the mess we appear to be in and the predictions of what will be. The conditions of the experience we are all going through have a purpose; to give us an experience unlike any other to breakdown mental and emotional and spiritual facades. To breakdown greed and dishonesty and attentions that have strayed in the wrong direction. Furthermore, to abolish human made laws of attraction for inappropriate “things” and to help us rise up as powerful aspects of God by giving us a new value system, teaching us how to be Self sufficient, amplifying the power of the heart, and the heart mind and give us a new lens of perception to see what is real and what is worth being alive in human form for.

Yes we are in a planetary mass rearrangement and that’s why there must be both breakdown and breakthrough, which CAN NOT be done through fear. And if it can’t be done through fear, and you know it, are you going to take that road anyway? Former experience has proven to all of us that the fear road has a dead end and has never resolved one single thing in our lives. Are you going to take a dead end road and let a bully named fear take you and the entire Planet down?

Are you going to pass up an opportunity, perhaps the last of its kind ever, to find out what you are truly capable of and then live from that place, or do you need a recycled experience to give it another go? Are we going to repeat history or make history? Are we going to live Heaven or Hell right here and right now on Planet Earth where both are up for grabs? Pick your side before you are pushed to the side you don’t want to be on. Either side will have you reaping what you sow.

You owe it to yourself and all of humanity to demonstrate the power of fearlessness that lives and breathes inside of your skin and bones and to be in service to the mass consciousness on this Planet as a result of doing so. Your piece of mass consciousness is vital! You can lift it or deplete it with a fear based thought or a fearless one. Don’t think for a moment that your piece of Light doesn’t have enough power to cause a shift in this game, one way or another, because it does, and you are responsible to steward that Light properly.

You have the strength and the power to shift out of fear in mere moments if you come to understand the strategy of fear, and utilize your strategy to strip it down. You are further responsible for discerning whether it is truly you doing the thinking about anything based in fear, or if something is being impressed upon you to think in a perilous manner. This thought takes an open mind, void of Pollyanna mentality and is born of cultivating razor sharp consciousness. When you heighten yourself to that level of consciousness you will realize that you have the power to seal off the largest trap on this Planet, which is fear, and to ward off the “players” who use it purposefully.

If you consent, intend and equip yourself with the ways and means to go about the task of shutting that trap down forever, regardless of whatever comes up or comes down in your life, you will realize your inherent power… God that you are. Self respect and deep self-love will flood in and bless every corner of your life in ways and means that you may have never entertained as being both fulfilling and life giving.

If you consent, intend and equip yourself with the ways and means of abolishing fear, in an instant you can have a breakthrough moment granting you the consciousness to never consent to such obvious manipulation again. Fear is self induced or “otherwise” produced manipulation. For God’s sake, for your sake, for humanities sake please stop whatever you are doing and consider the above. Your life is at stake.

Consider this. What if you were given an internal command that asked you to spend the next 30 days building a safe harbor for your consciousness to dwell and expand in that never allows fear to trespass? How would you build an internal place where fear has no point of entry? What would you need to build a “foolproof/fearproof” harbor? What knowledge would you need as building material? What would you need to know about radical faith, action and inaction and insurmountable love for Self to make this harbor impossible for any fear based thoughts to penetrate no matter what? No matter what! Whether you’ve heard the command and turned a deaf ear or pretended not to hear the internal command…. it has been issued, and is asking you to become a Divine Architect and build that harbor now. No distractions, no stories, no victim mentality, martyr mentality or mortal mentality. No excuses. When you build that harbor, you will be met with indescribable peace, regardless of anything tha
t goes on or off in this world.

If we don’t come to understand and witness for ourselves, within ourselves what the Masters that came before us, (and some who walk among us) taught (and teach) about the simple, uncomplicated love over fear approach to living as Divine Beings of Love and Light we will not be moved up even a half level in consciousness no matter what knowledge you hold or teach about anything that entices the human mind to stray from Self Consciousness.

Consciousness, not knowledge is your energy imprint on the Earth. Consciousness enmeshed with fear profoundly impacts our energy imprint keeping us suppressed, depressed, and away from what we came here to do; transform mortal consciousness! Fear has got to go or we as a species are going to go down, again. Where fear is not, love is, or at the very least neutrality is, bringing us closer to stability.

We are truly at the final frontier of our former existence and undoubtedly it is scary as hell to stand at the threshold of your true Self. It changes everything, and I do mean everything. You are at the edge of the cliff of your life and here, right at the razors edge, do you learn to fly, so let go of everything fearful weighing you down. When you do, the first place you will fly is to the first step of your future life and you will feel the difference from what once was your path of progression to what now will be your path of progression.

Once you get there prepare to not know where you will fly to next, until you are led. Stand in the void and don’t get scared. This is a good place to be, embrace it and don’t get scared. If you do get scared, simply acknowledge it and don’t touch it with another thought! This is Mastery.

What will lead you to the next step is radical trust. Not the lukewarm surrender sort of trust, not the sweaty palms trust, but the trust that makes the difference between who you were while steeped in your fate and who you are about to become steeped in your destiny. Destiny is not shaped by fear; fate on the other hand is sealed by fear.

Wake up every day and get close to your soul. Approach your day fearless about everything no matter what and be willing to be led by the Lantern of the Divine. You will be, so be quiet, and be patient. Develop a strategy for building your fearless harbor and start building. It seemed so easy for so many to heed the call to make vision boards. Let this strategy supercede the most sublime of vision boards. For you see, not everyone’s destiny was meant to have everything they envisioned, for soulful and contractual reasons. On the other hand, everyone’s destiny requires fearless living in order for it to come to be. You may wish to pause and take that in for a moment, it’s important.

As you build your fearless harbor, undoubtedly you will find yourself renouncing existing plans, former ambitions, and mentally planned goals. So be it! Let it be. This is not about you breaking agreements. It is about you honoring the agreement to wake up and stay up, being true to your higher Self, and claiming dominion over your sovereign Self. Open to the Will of Heaven and be patient. When you are not open to the Will of Heaven, you are open to the will of everything and everyone else. I don’t sense that’s a good option, do you?

For the sake of your destiny and out of love for humanity and this Planet’s transition please deeply consider the action necessary to be taken on your behalf. Take a breath, make a commitment to your God Self to let it live out loud fearlessly and make your mark in history as a fearless hero in a never before played out shift in consciousness.

Final words: let no fear, no one and no thing hold you hostage again. You are the Light. Now blast it out, so there is no mistake about it.

Feel free to pass this on with proper credit to author Maureen Moss and website http://www.worldpuja.org and http://www.maureenmoss.com

Hidden Dangers of Herpes Simplex Virus

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The Hidden Dangers of Herpes Simplex Virus


Herpes is not just an std

Unless otherwise indicated, this article and it’s contents, copyright, Neva J. Howell, all rights reserved

Please read this: The views expressed here are my own and not intended to replace needed medical attention or evaluation. That’s true of every article I present but, with this one, due to the seriousness of thecomplications, I thought it best to impress it on my readers once more. I am not a doctor. I do not diagnose or prescribe. I provide information and my own experience and perspective. Do your homework and design the health care regimen most in alignment with your needs.

The virus that causes genital herpes is said to infect one in four sexually active adults. The strain of herpes that causes oral herpes, such as fever blisters, affects more than that. If you add shingles into the herpes mix, almost everyone is at risk or infected. If that doesn’t qualify as a pandemic, I don’t know what does.

Maybe the reason the systemic and pervasive aspect of herpes infections hasn’t been more in the news is because herpes is still considered primarily a recurring, non-curable genital std, with the focus on what that does to your lovelife. The Valtrex drug folks have certainly saturated the tv with that information, in cleverly designed ads that drive home the point that if you have herpes, you better have Valtrex.

They do this with an attractive, healthy-looking couple. At the beginning of the commercial, one or the other of these good-looking folks says “I have genital herpes” while the other, smiling says “and I don’t”.

Then there’s a doctor-looking actor who reports that you can spread herpes at any time, not just when you have signs of an outbreak and that there is only one approved medication for treatment of genital herpes….tada….Valtrex.

The commercial ends with the same couple, still smiling. One says “I still have genital herpes”, driving home again the point that it never goes away and you are never, ever safe from transmitting it. Then, the other half of the glowing couple reports “and I still don’t”……you can imply that this is in great part due to the one with herpes taking Valtrex, right? Even though the doctor just said nothing can keep you from spreading herpes at any time. It’s important to hear what they are really saying. It isn’t that Valtrex keeps you from spreading herpes; it is only being said that Valtrex can help reduce outbreaks.

To me, the focus on the std aspect of herpes is WAY missing the boat, anyway.

What you don’t see yet, and what I feel has to be coming, are commericals talking about the far more serious implications, systemically, when you have genital herpes. From what I’ve read, the danger goes far beyond the possibility that you may have a more complicated lovelife with herpes.


Systemic Herpes Complications:

One very serious complication from the herpes simplex virus is herpes encephalitis, or herpes of the brain. I haven’t seen a single commercial telling folks that, if they have repeated outbreaks of genital herpes or oral herpes, they are also at risk for developing herpes of the brain. Herpes Encephalitis can lead to permanent brain damage and can also be fatal.

Update 7/18/2008: After receiving a comment from a person with GHSV, I wanted to include the fact that HSE is considered rare. According to emedicine, 3 in 100,000 with HSV develop HSE. However, as I also wrote in the comments section, the fact that it’s rare won’t matter to those who have it. What will be important to them is knowing what it is, early enough for effective treatment. Related post: Arginine and Herpes

I also wanted to update what I said about the cause of HSE, again due to the insightful comment from a person who has genital herpes. I went back online and pored over information again and, after reviewing about 20 medical sites, came to the same conclusion. Most sites agree that HSE in adults is caused by HSV-1 while HSE in newborns is typically caused by HSV-2.

What was important to me through all the reading I did was that, whether it was from HSV1 or HSV2, it was definitely herpes-related so I’d consider anyone at risk who has had either fever blisters, genital herpes or shingles.

This brings up another important factor….I’m not singling out genital herpes in this article but herpes in general. I believe scientific study will one day find that the systemic effects of herpes simplex and herpes zoster are more pervasive and
far-reching than is now believed to be the case.


Herpes and Heart Disease:

The herpes simplex virus has also been implicated in heart disease. I’ve written ad nauseum about the arginine heart connection and wondering whether banning arginine as a herpes preventation treatment is wise. I have wondered if the ban on arginine for herpes suffers has, in some way, made that connection even stronger, since arginine is such a powerful factor in a healthy cardiovascular system. Whether it is the abstinence from arginine or something about the herpes virus itself, there does seem to be a connection between people who have herpes and people who then develop heart problems.

As far back as 1984, researchers have linked these two conditions but do you hear about that on the tv? Not yet. I found an old New York Times article which talked about the possibility that hardening of the arteries can start when fragments of herpes virus infect the arterial walls.

INVESTIGATORS EXPLORE LINKS OF HERPES TO HEART DISEASE

Meningitis is another herpes-related complication that can develop if the herpes virus spreads to the tissues around the spinal cord and brain. The virus can infect the cerebrospinal fluid and cause meningitis.

The virus can additionally infect the lower part of the spinal cord, producing a bizarre set of symptoms that can include unexplained constipation, a loss of feeling in the legs or a feeling of having no strength in the legs, and problems with urination. I’m really looking closely at this set of symptoms after my last bout of fever blisters and shingles because I’ve also reported ad naseum about the weird and persistent constipation problem I’ve been having. Even though it started after a long trip, and I assumed it was from sitting in one position for hours, could that have just been the trigger that stimulated a herpes response? Could my unusual constipation be herpes-related? I certainly know it’s new for me, a problem I’ve never had to this degree, ever in my life before.

Gosh, now that I really think about it, maybe herpes was behind my heart challenges of a few years back. It is ironic that an extremely high dosage of arginine cleared that up within a month but that, after that, it began to cause fever blisters and then shingles. I wish someone would seriously look at the arginine factor in all of this because just banning it is obviously not the answer, at least from my own experience.

I’m not trying to scare anyone here but I am trying to press home the seriousness of this condition, way beyond being a hindrance to your lovelife. It could be a hindrance to your life, period. The herpes simplex virus can cause viral infection to spread to almost every system of the body including lungs, liver and your joints. Source: Yahoohealth

Ocular herpes, or herpes of the eye, is another complication that can be devastating. If herpes is spread to the eye, it can lead to permanent eye damage or even blindness.

Additional complications from HSV infection:
Herpes and Alzheimer’s link studied, in people who have both HSV-1 and a gene called ApoE4. This same article details a complication known as Eczema Herpeticum, which can afflict HSV patients who have pre-existing skin conditions or a compromised immune system. Other rare complications, but complications that anyone with a compromised immune system and HSV infection should note, include arthritis, increased risk of cancer of the throat, ulcers in the stomach lining, certain types of kidney disease and blood disease, and inflammation of the cardivascular arteries.

The point I’m trying to make here is that this virus, herpes simplex, and all it’s strains are not just std’s. They are systemic infections that can cause far-reaching and very dangerous health problems if not managed carefully.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a proponent of prescription drugs. I suspect that Valtrex will present with some side effects in the future that are not now known, and I sincerely hope I’m wrong about that. My path to healing has always been the natural healing path. Luckily, nature does have some of the most potent antiherpetic substances on earth.

Essential oils for herpes work so well for so many because eo’s can pass the blood/brain barrier, which means rapid absorption and assimilation.

Whether you choose natural remedies or prescription drugs to treat herpes, the most vital point is that it should be treated and treated agressively.

I’ve added an entire section on the herpes simplex virus over at the wellness library. You can start on that series here:

Herpes Infections Information

And rather than jump on the fear bandwagon of Valtrex and the drug companies, let’s arm ourselves with information and take aggressive action to stop herpes now.

Full Moon of the Guru

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

July 17 Ushering in a New Age?
Full Moon of the Guru Coming


I was sent a link to a very interesting article and a video that affected me energetically as I watched it.

I tend to pay attention to such energetic effects so I’m passing along this information about a predicted, major energy transmission into the planet on July 17 that is being called unprecedented. That’s saying a lot after the energy transmissions we’ve already been part
of since 1988.

Although there are tons of articles and videos out there about this phenomenon, the particular article I read is by a woman named Stacey Lawson. I loved what Stacey said about one of the definitions of grace being “God working in humans to strengthen and rejuvenate” as I’ve seen the embodiment of the Divine in Human form as being a force that would lead to a new and unlimited physical beingness.

The video I’m speaking of, talking more about this Full Moon of the Guru phenomenon is further
down on the page and is by a man named Dattatreya Siva Baba.

An Outpouring of Grace:
Full Moon of the Guru

Dattatreya Siva Baba will be traveling after the energy transmission of July 17, this Full Moon of the Guru outpouring, to impart this Light of Grace to others.

However, any outpouring worth it’s salt is available to any seeker who has the level of consciousness to receive it so, though I presently have no plans to attend an in-person annointing (and not saying there won’t be special gifts for those who do) I fully intend to be open and available to this cosmic connection, wherever I may happen to be on July 17, 2008.

Did you fire the grid?

According to Dattatreya Siva Baba
The Grace Light associated with the full moon of
the guru on July 17 is to be felt:

New York Time, 11 pm on July 17
California Time, 8 pm on July 17
London Time, 4 am on July 18
India Time, 8:30 am on July 18


To participate in the Grace Light Meditation:

Light a candle
Light an incense

Keep a glass of water with some seasalt in it nearby

Close your eyes and visualize light coming down,
visualize an opening where you are sitting, right above
in the sky. He says there will be a vortex open.


Cat Flu Symptoms and Remedies

Thursday, July 10th, 2008


Cat Flu Symptoms and Remedies


Not sure if you cat has the flu?

Here are some common symptoms
of feline flu (most commonly caused
by two viruses, Feline Calicivirus and
Feline Herpes Virus-1):

Frequent sneezing
Swollen, red eyes
Eyes with noticable discharge
Nasal congestion
Loss of appetite
Ulcerations on mouth or tongue
Joint pain causing limping

Cats with flu have fever too but
since most people don’t often
check how hot their cat feels,
sometimes a vet has to determine
if they have a fever. The other
symptoms are much more noticable
to the alert cat lover.

Most cat flu is caused by two
viruses, Feline Calicivirus (FCV)
or Feline Herpes Virus-1 (FHV-1)

See your vet for proper diagnosis.

Cat Flu Remedy

Related Pet Care Articles:
Caring for Injured Animals
Does your pet have separation anxiety?

More on Cat Flu Symtoms Here


Updated spiritual and health content

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Recent updated info on Wellness Site


I’ve made some updates
to a few pages on the main site and wanted to
post those here, as well as to announce that
I will be adding some wonderful art galleries soon

I also just added a new section to Ask a Healer.
The Abundant Life Series shares about creating
abundance on all levels - mental, emotional, spiritual,
physical and financial.

Explore Abundant Life.

I am busy at work on two other sections that
will address specific health concerns. One
will address the health challenge of herpes,
which so many are dealing with now
and will include natural herpes remedies, tips
for reducing herpes outbreaks and other
related conditions such as cold sores.

The other will address male health, and
specifically, prostate gland health. Look
for those new sections soon.

Recent health and Spirit updates:
Fighting Personal Demons
Pomegranate Juice Info
Wellness Information
Liquid Nutritionals and Prescription Drugs

Computer Eye Strain and Shingles

Sunday, July 6th, 2008


Computer Eye Strain Remedy
Shingles of the Eye


MSM Drops to the Rescue

I work on the computer A LOT and
one of the results is that I have
computer eye strain. Getting up
about once per hour, taking a
break and closing my eyes helps.

I also try to make sure I have
good light at the computer and
that I have the fonts big
enough to see easily.

However, I recently got
reintroduced to a product
that I used years ago and
forgot about that is proving
very helpful for my own
computer eye strain.

It’s MSM drops.

Basically just purified water and
MSM. The type I’m using also has
ionic silver added.
It’s called Rich’s MSM drops.

I just put one drop in my eyes
morning and evening and it helps
so much. Helps also when I’m
driving a lot.

I heard from a woman who had
shingles around her left eye that
caused some eye damage and she
mentioned that the MSM drops had
helped her vision to improve and her
eyes to feel much better so I thought I’d try it for eye strain and also because I once had shingles on my head. It never went into the eye but it came close so I’ve dealt with some nerve tingling near the eye ever since. I’m considering this preventative medicine and also hoping the MSM helps reduce the tingling sensations.


DISCLAIMER, PLEASE READ:
The story above is ancedotal and
does NOT represent medical testing,
studies, research or any kind of proof
that MSM drops will help the eye
damaged with shingles.

My own story, of it relieving
eyestrain in my case, is also
just my own experience.

MSM drops are not represented
as replacement for any needed
medical treatment or evaulation
if you have shingles of the face
or eyes.

Shingles around the eyes is very
serious and you should get
appropriate testing and evaluation
done if you have it.

The standard medical treatment
for shingles is Acyclovir

Related: Medical Studies on Natural Antivirals and Shingles

Prometa Personal Experience Stories Sought

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Did you go through a drug rehab treatment with Prometa? Want to share the experience with others who may be considering Prometa for drug addiction?


Seeking Personal Experience Stories in being treated with Prometa for drug addiction

A while back I posted an article on the new drug treatment for addiction, Prometa which has been getting a good bit of response.

I am looking for people who may have personally used Prometa for drug addiction and who might want to share their personal experience for the benefit of others.

Rules for posting:

1. Cannot be promoting a Prometa site as this is a conflict of interest.

ps. If you do promote Prometa and you want to talk about the treatment, the results or any other aspect of this subject, I can still accept your articles if original and not already posted online. I see no point in posting content that can already be found with a simple google search.

2. Cannot contain inflammatory, accusatory language or be aggressively angry in tone. I just want a report of the results you personally had with Prometa, and not a rant against doctors, pharmacies, etc.

3. If you do want me to link a website, this content you are posting cannot also be posted there and your website MUST contain original content, and not just advertisements. Also, tone of website must be informative not aggressively angry or accusatory.

It’s not that I don’t share some of the same feelings. It’s that I don’t find airing personal opinion to be conducive to better understanding. Drug addiction is a complex issue and it is good to hear all sides of the issue, to understand more of what is needed for healing.