Today is the third time I have volunteered for chakra healing therapy at Kg Senang. I find it rewarding and meaningful that with a little time and hardly any effort, I could be doing something so useful as helping others with their health.
Chakra healing, or longevitology, uses the human body to receive energy from the universe. For those of us who have had our chakras opened, our bodies are like the conductors receiving the energy from the universe and passing it to others.
Excerpt from our handbook :
When universal energy enters our body, it energizes every cell, enabling every organ to function normally. "Chi" and blood flow smoothly and good health is achieved. From the oriental medicine perspective, "illnesses" mostly derive from the maladjustment of "chi" and blood. This is similar to the occidental medical approach of using metabolism and circulation to discuss health. Other causes of diseases are germs and viruses. These diseases will disappear naturally following the active flow of "chi" and blood, the improvement of metabolism and circulation, the increase of antibodies, and the enhancement of the immune system in the body. The toxins of disease are expelled by the metabolic system of the body itself: therefore, the person making the adjustment (healing), and the person receiving the adjustment will not contract each other's disease. This is the reason that "Longevitology" can help both oneself and others.
As it uses energy from the universe, it should not be affected by racial and religious divide. However, we have been advised to do the adjustment for those who need and are receptive to being adjusted.
During the training, I was told that it is especially helpful for cancer patients undergoing chemo. Those who received adjustment apparently had little or no side-effects from chemo.
During adjustment, there is only slight contact between our hands and the person receiving adjustment. In the case of sensitive areas or doing it for people of the opposite sex, adjustment can be done at a distance of a couple of inches away, without any body contact at all.
We have volunteers who go to hospitals, nursing homes and even to the homes of people who are house-bound to do the adjustment. Anybody wishing to receive adjustment can refer to the website for contact information.
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Kids (or parents) then, and now
Those of us who grew up in the kampung days before the HDB era can attest to the fact that kids then, and now are very different.
I was at a hawker centre recently when I overheard a conversation among some senior citizens about kids and parents then, and now. One of them was a retired teacher who is still doing relief teaching in schools.
He said, in those days, parents expected the teachers to discipline their kids as well. Teachers then were our educators as well as our disciplinarians, and our parents had the greatest respect for them.
Some teachers punished for the slightest offence, like forgetting to bring a book, etc. Misbehaving would warrant a more severe punishment. Punishments included scolding, being kept in during recess, writing lines, sent outside the classroom, standing on chairs or desks, and physical punishment like pinching, slapping and caning. We had a particular teacher, a male, who would reach for the boys' abdomen and pinched and twisted at the same time. Fortunately, he did not do that to the girls.
Kids of my age then would agree that, once we were punished by teachers, we would pray hard that our parents did not hear of it from snitching neighbours' kids or even siblings, otherwise we would receive a second round of punishment, usually a harsher one from our parents. It was unheard of to have our parents rushing to school to lodge a complaint or to confront our teachers.
Practically in any household, the cane ruled.
Our disciplinary committee not only consisted of the teachers, but also included our uncles, aunts and any adult in our neighbourhood who bothered to take it on himself to discipline an recalcitrant child.
While we did not have so much homework and stress as the kids now, we had to help with household chores, especially the elder sons and daughters of the family. Household chores of yesteryears were no mean feat especially for those living in the rural areas.
Ready-made and bought toys were a rarity, largely due to financial constraints and our parents thriftiness. Our toys were self-made and only limited by whatever materials available or our lack of creativity.
No game arcades and games were improvised by our stretched imaginative powers or copied from others. We played hard and worked hard.
Food - we ate whatever was placed on the table and the choices were really limited as there was no round the clock electricity supply and so no refrigerator for storing food.
Clothings and shoes were mostly hand-me-downs, and in fact, sometimes we would be happy enough to receive those.
Entertainment - no television and only battery-operated radio.
Luxury - none
Today, any harsh words from a teacher will put the teacher at risk of incurring the wrath of the parents. My daughter's Chinese language tuition teacher also teaches at a government aided school, which she transferred to in recent years. As a responsible and concerned teacher, she had always set high standards on her students' work by deducting marks for Chinese characters that were not written properly. For this, she was cautioned by the authorities of the school to be lenient and give the students a lot of leeway. Reason being that the students are the school's revenue tools, or something along that line, and the school could not afford antagonizing the parents.
Kids nowadays are defiant and rebellious, that every so often parents are left wondering where they had gone wrong. It is not uncommon to hear adults complaining that it is very difficult to handle today's children.
They are a materialistic lot too, handphone, ipod, branded goods galore, you name it, they have it, and sometimes spending money faster than their parents can earn it.
They are a pampered lot and don't help with household chores, and yet at times, expected to be served hand and foot.
Children of today are shaped by their parents and their environment, meaning other kids.
Before we blamed our own or others' kids, maybe we ought to look at ourselves as parents first. There could be children who were borned with mean genes but there were many more who were borned pure and innocent. So, how did a pure, innocent, sweet little cuddly baby transform into a little tyrant and sometimes a hooligan as an adult? What happened in between?
Clearly, our style of nurturing seemed to leave much to be desired. It is now necessary for most families to have dual income with both parents working, thus often leaving the kids in the care of the maid, who was usually a very poor stand-in for the parents. Parents, guilt-stricken about not spending enough time with the kids, generally tend to overlook their tantrums and over compensate with cash and material stuff, probably inculcating wrong values into the kids that they grew up to be so materialistic.
Of course, kids nowadays are exposed to much more resources and areas of influence than we were.
I recalled when we were kids, parents used to have a uniform level of discipline for kids. But I noticed a lot of parents now tend to indulge than discipline the kids.
Another contributing factor is our parents, who used to be strict with us when we were kids, but who have amazingly become super indulgent when it comes to our kids, probably because their limits for patience and tolerance have disappeared when they become free from the daily grinds.
There are parents who tried hard to instill discipline, responsibility and morality into their kids. Unfortunately, too, there are those who give in to their kids' every whim and fancy. When kids from different households come together, with their super absorbent mind and "monkey see monkey do" attitude, there is a tendency for them to adopt undesirable habits from one another.
A parent laughing at the child's undesirable antics is actually encouraging the child's bad behaviour. When we were young, such antics were not tolerated but rewarded with punishment instead.
I believed in the old adage of "spare the rod and spoil the child" and all my kids have felt the sting of the cane wielded by their mother. Still, my kids have tested my patience and stretched my tolerance. I am grateful that though, for now, they are not exactly angels, they do have some qualities that I can't fault with. My mum used to say that if you don't bend the bamboo plant while it is still young, you will never be able to bend it when it grows old.
So, are our kids still at fault or are we failing miserably as parents?
I was at a hawker centre recently when I overheard a conversation among some senior citizens about kids and parents then, and now. One of them was a retired teacher who is still doing relief teaching in schools.
He said, in those days, parents expected the teachers to discipline their kids as well. Teachers then were our educators as well as our disciplinarians, and our parents had the greatest respect for them.
Some teachers punished for the slightest offence, like forgetting to bring a book, etc. Misbehaving would warrant a more severe punishment. Punishments included scolding, being kept in during recess, writing lines, sent outside the classroom, standing on chairs or desks, and physical punishment like pinching, slapping and caning. We had a particular teacher, a male, who would reach for the boys' abdomen and pinched and twisted at the same time. Fortunately, he did not do that to the girls.
Kids of my age then would agree that, once we were punished by teachers, we would pray hard that our parents did not hear of it from snitching neighbours' kids or even siblings, otherwise we would receive a second round of punishment, usually a harsher one from our parents. It was unheard of to have our parents rushing to school to lodge a complaint or to confront our teachers.
Practically in any household, the cane ruled.
Our disciplinary committee not only consisted of the teachers, but also included our uncles, aunts and any adult in our neighbourhood who bothered to take it on himself to discipline an recalcitrant child.
While we did not have so much homework and stress as the kids now, we had to help with household chores, especially the elder sons and daughters of the family. Household chores of yesteryears were no mean feat especially for those living in the rural areas.
Ready-made and bought toys were a rarity, largely due to financial constraints and our parents thriftiness. Our toys were self-made and only limited by whatever materials available or our lack of creativity.
No game arcades and games were improvised by our stretched imaginative powers or copied from others. We played hard and worked hard.
Food - we ate whatever was placed on the table and the choices were really limited as there was no round the clock electricity supply and so no refrigerator for storing food.
Clothings and shoes were mostly hand-me-downs, and in fact, sometimes we would be happy enough to receive those.
Entertainment - no television and only battery-operated radio.
Luxury - none
Today, any harsh words from a teacher will put the teacher at risk of incurring the wrath of the parents. My daughter's Chinese language tuition teacher also teaches at a government aided school, which she transferred to in recent years. As a responsible and concerned teacher, she had always set high standards on her students' work by deducting marks for Chinese characters that were not written properly. For this, she was cautioned by the authorities of the school to be lenient and give the students a lot of leeway. Reason being that the students are the school's revenue tools, or something along that line, and the school could not afford antagonizing the parents.
Kids nowadays are defiant and rebellious, that every so often parents are left wondering where they had gone wrong. It is not uncommon to hear adults complaining that it is very difficult to handle today's children.
They are a materialistic lot too, handphone, ipod, branded goods galore, you name it, they have it, and sometimes spending money faster than their parents can earn it.
They are a pampered lot and don't help with household chores, and yet at times, expected to be served hand and foot.
Children of today are shaped by their parents and their environment, meaning other kids.
Before we blamed our own or others' kids, maybe we ought to look at ourselves as parents first. There could be children who were borned with mean genes but there were many more who were borned pure and innocent. So, how did a pure, innocent, sweet little cuddly baby transform into a little tyrant and sometimes a hooligan as an adult? What happened in between?
Clearly, our style of nurturing seemed to leave much to be desired. It is now necessary for most families to have dual income with both parents working, thus often leaving the kids in the care of the maid, who was usually a very poor stand-in for the parents. Parents, guilt-stricken about not spending enough time with the kids, generally tend to overlook their tantrums and over compensate with cash and material stuff, probably inculcating wrong values into the kids that they grew up to be so materialistic.
Of course, kids nowadays are exposed to much more resources and areas of influence than we were.
I recalled when we were kids, parents used to have a uniform level of discipline for kids. But I noticed a lot of parents now tend to indulge than discipline the kids.
Another contributing factor is our parents, who used to be strict with us when we were kids, but who have amazingly become super indulgent when it comes to our kids, probably because their limits for patience and tolerance have disappeared when they become free from the daily grinds.
There are parents who tried hard to instill discipline, responsibility and morality into their kids. Unfortunately, too, there are those who give in to their kids' every whim and fancy. When kids from different households come together, with their super absorbent mind and "monkey see monkey do" attitude, there is a tendency for them to adopt undesirable habits from one another.
A parent laughing at the child's undesirable antics is actually encouraging the child's bad behaviour. When we were young, such antics were not tolerated but rewarded with punishment instead.
I believed in the old adage of "spare the rod and spoil the child" and all my kids have felt the sting of the cane wielded by their mother. Still, my kids have tested my patience and stretched my tolerance. I am grateful that though, for now, they are not exactly angels, they do have some qualities that I can't fault with. My mum used to say that if you don't bend the bamboo plant while it is still young, you will never be able to bend it when it grows old.
So, are our kids still at fault or are we failing miserably as parents?
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Who is the sinner?
In Singapore, the majority of us lived in HDB flats. There is a reasonable number of Singaporeans who loved animals and yet the HDB only allows a certain breed of dogs to be kept as pets, but no cats. Unfortunately, owing largely in part to this ruling, a large number of cats were abandoned and ended up as strays.
Quote :
Where can we go?
HDB says No
We stay on the streets
Town Council says No
The feeders mess up public areas
We move to the carparks
Car owners say No
The scratches must be that "stupid cat sleeping on the roof"
We move to the hawker centres
NEA says No
Or else no 'Singapore OK' label
We hang around the walkway
The young lady says we scare her mother
We move near the childcare
The parents complaint to the Town Council's officer
"Get rid of the cat or we beat your brain out!"
We poo on the grass
The Town Council's Senior Property Manager screams
"Cats cannot poo! Not even on the grass!"
Where can we go?
Can we ask to be unborn?
We are labelled pest and nuisance
Without justification
Look who is destroying the earth?
At an unprecedented pace
Come on
We only want to live
Just like you do
What right have you got to push us off the brink?
TODAY Weekend
26th July 2008
Unquote
When I was young and staying in the countryside, I don't ever recall having strays around. Sadly, as our country progressed, land of our forefathers were acquired by the government and our countryside disappeared. As we had no natural resources, we, the people become our country's resource. To accommodate the growing population, we were put into units stacked on top of one another. Unfortunately, most of our pets, especially the cats, which had co-existed with us since time immemorial, suddenly found that our government had no provision for them in our stacked-up homes.
There are people of Singapore today, who have suddenly acquired an attitude of intolerance, making mountains out of molehills and complaining over every minor thing, to the extent of sacrificing their morals for their materialistic attachments, like wanting cats to be removed and killed because they claimed that cats leave paw prints or scratches on their cars.
Quote :
"When there is attachment toward materialism, detachment toward consciousness is created of its own accord. When attachment toward consciousness exists, detachment toward materialism becomes natural."
There are those who used fear of cats, ailurophobia, to have the cats removed from their neighbourhood. Complainants used cat defecation, noise from caterwauling, etc, as grounds for removal of the cats. The town councils, who, without a moment's hesitation, in turn called in the pest control to trap the cats, which were then sent to AVA for culling.
Ailurophobia cannot be overcome simply by removing cats from the phobic person's surroundings because there will always be cats anywhere and the phobic person cannot hope to avoid seeing cats for the rest of his life. For his own benefit and in the interest of everyone concerned, cats included, the phobic person should seek professional help for his phobia.
As for dirtying and noise, I have seen motorcycle owners cleaning and revving their motorcycle engines in the void decks, knowing full well that it is against the rules. The oil spills left permanent stains on the floor. These people usually get away with their act and if they are ever caught, at most they pay is a fine. So, why do cats have to pay with their lives doing something which comes naturally to them and not out of any evil intent?
Cats defecate on the corridors of the upper floors of HDB blocks because of the irresponsible or ignorant acts of humans, who feed all over the place. Naturally, the cats would defecate nearby instead of on the earth at ground levels. Cats are territorial and fight or caterwaul when not sterilized.
An ignorant or irresponsible cat or animal lover :
- feels sorry for cat and feeds on impulse, does not think of the mess left behind or that the cat may defecate nearby
Neighbour complained to town council of mess, and cat is trapped and sent to AVA where it would be killed.
A responsible cat caregiver (from professionals to illiterate old folks who put in time, effort and money):
- feeds cats and clears the leftovers
- either traps or engages a cat trapper to trap unsterilized cats for neutering to control the cat population
- returns the sterilized cats to the neighbourhood, or
- if they are newcomers and get bullied by existing cats, puts them in a cattery, where they somestimes get adopted
- sends sick cats under their care to the vets for treatment
- from their pockets, pays for food, cat trapper fees, vet fees, cattery fees, etc
- fights for the release of cats caught by appealing to town councils and AVA
- supports the control of cat population humanely by way of the trap, neuter, release and manage (TNRM) program
And yet unfortunately, very often the authorities failed to appreciate their kind and compassionate acts, and called in the pest control whenever a complaint against cats was received. Despite letters of appeals, reasonings and protests, sometimes the authorities remained unmoved and persisted unfeelingly and unrelentingly in their callous acts against another sentient being, thereby causing an unnecessary waste of town council funds and undermining the efforts of the caregivers.
Caregivers go through a lot of hassle to obtain release of the cats from AVA. Sometimes, the cats were not released and would be killed instead. Thus, either the caregivers are out of pocket or emotionally spent.
When everyone pays their dues (services and conservancy charges) to the town council, why does the town council not accord equal and fair treatment to all in return?
Why do the officers pander to the mere whinnings of a complainant, and yet remained so unapproachable to appellants?
Why have humans become so selfish that they cannot share the world with other sentient beings, that they forgot that the word "human" forms part of the word "humane"?
Why does HDB stick so hard to its "no cats rule" even when it had been pointed out that all their conditions hold no water?
Why does the authorities not educate the general public on cats and cats management and welfare when they have been provided with and have access to all relevant materials?
So, who is the sinner?
The one who complained to the town council?
The town council who called the pest control?
The pest control who trapped and send the cat to the AVA?
The AVA who killed the cat?
Or HDB, because of its "no cats rule" that inadvertently created the vicious cycle of complaining, trapping and killing?
The cruel acts do not apply to cats alone. Monkeys are trapped and killed at AVA too. Pigeons fed bread laced with poison are killed enmasse, when it was the humans who should be told not to throw food out of their units to entice the pigeons.
As I was typing this, another blogger posted the following article. I cannot comprehend why a human must subject another fellow human to emotional torture by forcing them to make such a painful decision.
Quote :
Two old aunties rushed down to AVA after they found out that their cats were caught. A mother and her baby.
The officer brought the cats out but said he could only release one. The aunties had to choose.
The cats jumped for joy at seeing these familiar loving faces, not understanding the anguish and the tears.
They chose the mother. Because they had seen her as a baby, as a young playful adult and then an unwitting, unsavvy young mother. Then they witnessed the baby frantic, hysterical in the cage as she was carried back into the unspeakable backrooms.
How does anyone make such a decision? How do you expect them to recover from it? This happened some time ago but the aunties will never ever forget this.
Perhaps one day the CEO of AVA will stumble on this and hopefully it will move whatever compassion there still is, and steer AVA towards truly improving the welfare of the animals, instead of being famous for its never ending death rows!
Quote :
Where can we go?
HDB says No
We stay on the streets
Town Council says No
The feeders mess up public areas
We move to the carparks
Car owners say No
The scratches must be that "stupid cat sleeping on the roof"
We move to the hawker centres
NEA says No
Or else no 'Singapore OK' label
We hang around the walkway
The young lady says we scare her mother
We move near the childcare
The parents complaint to the Town Council's officer
"Get rid of the cat or we beat your brain out!"
We poo on the grass
The Town Council's Senior Property Manager screams
"Cats cannot poo! Not even on the grass!"
Where can we go?
Can we ask to be unborn?
We are labelled pest and nuisance
Without justification
Look who is destroying the earth?
At an unprecedented pace
Come on
We only want to live
Just like you do
What right have you got to push us off the brink?
TODAY Weekend
26th July 2008
Unquote
When I was young and staying in the countryside, I don't ever recall having strays around. Sadly, as our country progressed, land of our forefathers were acquired by the government and our countryside disappeared. As we had no natural resources, we, the people become our country's resource. To accommodate the growing population, we were put into units stacked on top of one another. Unfortunately, most of our pets, especially the cats, which had co-existed with us since time immemorial, suddenly found that our government had no provision for them in our stacked-up homes.
There are people of Singapore today, who have suddenly acquired an attitude of intolerance, making mountains out of molehills and complaining over every minor thing, to the extent of sacrificing their morals for their materialistic attachments, like wanting cats to be removed and killed because they claimed that cats leave paw prints or scratches on their cars.
Quote :
"When there is attachment toward materialism, detachment toward consciousness is created of its own accord. When attachment toward consciousness exists, detachment toward materialism becomes natural."
There are those who used fear of cats, ailurophobia, to have the cats removed from their neighbourhood. Complainants used cat defecation, noise from caterwauling, etc, as grounds for removal of the cats. The town councils, who, without a moment's hesitation, in turn called in the pest control to trap the cats, which were then sent to AVA for culling.
Ailurophobia cannot be overcome simply by removing cats from the phobic person's surroundings because there will always be cats anywhere and the phobic person cannot hope to avoid seeing cats for the rest of his life. For his own benefit and in the interest of everyone concerned, cats included, the phobic person should seek professional help for his phobia.
As for dirtying and noise, I have seen motorcycle owners cleaning and revving their motorcycle engines in the void decks, knowing full well that it is against the rules. The oil spills left permanent stains on the floor. These people usually get away with their act and if they are ever caught, at most they pay is a fine. So, why do cats have to pay with their lives doing something which comes naturally to them and not out of any evil intent?
Cats defecate on the corridors of the upper floors of HDB blocks because of the irresponsible or ignorant acts of humans, who feed all over the place. Naturally, the cats would defecate nearby instead of on the earth at ground levels. Cats are territorial and fight or caterwaul when not sterilized.
An ignorant or irresponsible cat or animal lover :
- feels sorry for cat and feeds on impulse, does not think of the mess left behind or that the cat may defecate nearby
Neighbour complained to town council of mess, and cat is trapped and sent to AVA where it would be killed.
A responsible cat caregiver (from professionals to illiterate old folks who put in time, effort and money):
- feeds cats and clears the leftovers
- either traps or engages a cat trapper to trap unsterilized cats for neutering to control the cat population
- returns the sterilized cats to the neighbourhood, or
- if they are newcomers and get bullied by existing cats, puts them in a cattery, where they somestimes get adopted
- sends sick cats under their care to the vets for treatment
- from their pockets, pays for food, cat trapper fees, vet fees, cattery fees, etc
- fights for the release of cats caught by appealing to town councils and AVA
- supports the control of cat population humanely by way of the trap, neuter, release and manage (TNRM) program
And yet unfortunately, very often the authorities failed to appreciate their kind and compassionate acts, and called in the pest control whenever a complaint against cats was received. Despite letters of appeals, reasonings and protests, sometimes the authorities remained unmoved and persisted unfeelingly and unrelentingly in their callous acts against another sentient being, thereby causing an unnecessary waste of town council funds and undermining the efforts of the caregivers.
Caregivers go through a lot of hassle to obtain release of the cats from AVA. Sometimes, the cats were not released and would be killed instead. Thus, either the caregivers are out of pocket or emotionally spent.
When everyone pays their dues (services and conservancy charges) to the town council, why does the town council not accord equal and fair treatment to all in return?
Why do the officers pander to the mere whinnings of a complainant, and yet remained so unapproachable to appellants?
Why have humans become so selfish that they cannot share the world with other sentient beings, that they forgot that the word "human" forms part of the word "humane"?
Why does HDB stick so hard to its "no cats rule" even when it had been pointed out that all their conditions hold no water?
Why does the authorities not educate the general public on cats and cats management and welfare when they have been provided with and have access to all relevant materials?
So, who is the sinner?
The one who complained to the town council?
The town council who called the pest control?
The pest control who trapped and send the cat to the AVA?
The AVA who killed the cat?
Or HDB, because of its "no cats rule" that inadvertently created the vicious cycle of complaining, trapping and killing?
The cruel acts do not apply to cats alone. Monkeys are trapped and killed at AVA too. Pigeons fed bread laced with poison are killed enmasse, when it was the humans who should be told not to throw food out of their units to entice the pigeons.
As I was typing this, another blogger posted the following article. I cannot comprehend why a human must subject another fellow human to emotional torture by forcing them to make such a painful decision.
Quote :
Two old aunties rushed down to AVA after they found out that their cats were caught. A mother and her baby.
The officer brought the cats out but said he could only release one. The aunties had to choose.
The cats jumped for joy at seeing these familiar loving faces, not understanding the anguish and the tears.
They chose the mother. Because they had seen her as a baby, as a young playful adult and then an unwitting, unsavvy young mother. Then they witnessed the baby frantic, hysterical in the cage as she was carried back into the unspeakable backrooms.
How does anyone make such a decision? How do you expect them to recover from it? This happened some time ago but the aunties will never ever forget this.
Perhaps one day the CEO of AVA will stumble on this and hopefully it will move whatever compassion there still is, and steer AVA towards truly improving the welfare of the animals, instead of being famous for its never ending death rows!
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
H1N1
There's a lot of talk about H1N1 and swine flu in recent months. I have received an email from Australia detailing what the governments are not telling their citizens. The article is lengthy and the many links included should be convincing enough for us to make an informed decision before rushing for that vaccination.
Quoted article :
We have all heard of the new swine flu right?
Well there is a lot of information for good reason that the governments around the world are not telling you. They are really doing an awesome job right now at running fear campaigns to have everyone in the community running scared about H1N1.
Before you decide to get your shots voluntarily please take your time to weigh up the facts that could ultimately lead to protecting your health rather than just rushing into vaccination because your Government says it’s the right thing to do.
Did you know that the Australian Government has completed a deal with CSL to buy 21 million vaccinations for the Australian people and they start Australia’s single biggest immunization program ever on the 30th September 2009? – see
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfX&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=P&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfv&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=f&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfK&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=8&
Did you know that the Irish Government is making it Mandatory?
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf2&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=j&
- there is a huge list of articles on the right hand side of this article – all on the H1N1 along with further info and videos you can watch.
Did you know that the UK Government is planning mass vaccinations?
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfZ&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=U&
Did you know that a Baxter International research facility in Austria sent a quantity of the H3N2 viral material to 18 European Laboratories? Watch this -
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfe&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=5&
Here is information about the law suit filed against Baxter & Avir:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfo&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=k&
Did you know that 4.9 Billion Vaccines have been made for the H1N1 flu and they are about to be administered around the globe voluntarily to begin and eventually planned to be mandatory? Mass Vaccination Documents Leaked
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfL&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=Y& - Part 1
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfH&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=u& - Part 2
Ok so the vaccine is coming but what does this really mean for you?
Of course, everyone has free will to do what they want but before you make your decision, we just want to bring many important facts to your attention before you run out to get your
shot…. Take some time to read and watch the links below and you maybe shocked about the real facts of the H1N1 Flu….
This is the stuff the Governments won't tell you….
If you want more info on the affects of what this vaccine for swine flu can do along with the real facts of the swine flu then go to:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfm&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=x&
Here is an interview by Dr Mercola talking about the Vaccine: -
please disregard any advertising on this video.
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfP&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=T&
As of August 28th 2009 (update 63)
(http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDff&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=c& ), there
have been 2185 deaths world wide from H1N1. Compared to seasonal flu, this does not constitute a pandemic let alone justify mandatory mass vaccination with a vaccine that will have dangerous side effects and little proof of efficacy.
Approximately 36 thousand Americans die from seasonal flu every year, 200 thousand are hospitalised. Between 250 - 500 thousand people die from seasonal flu world wide, also resulting in three to five million cases of severe illness.
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf8&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=p& The world
wide 2185 deaths from H1N1 virus, does not constitute a pandemic yet alone grounds to begin mandatory vaccination around the world.
This doesn’t make sense to us and it seems there is some higher order or reason to be running this scare campaign around the world. There is also a massive cost to each tax payer along with a huge profit being made by the manufacturer of the vaccine.
While we are on manufacturers, can you believe a company called Medimmune filed a patent on the latest H1N1 flu more than a year before the first case? Yes you heard, a year before the swine flu started!!! Don’t believe us then watch this….
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfj&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=s& - H1N1 Swine
Flu Virus Patented by Medimmune Back in 2008
Funny that the Australian government cant even come clean on the actual cost yet they have put in an order for 21 million H1N1 vaccinations and there are only 21 Million people in the country!
If that is not starting to look like mandatory vaccination then what is? Why would the Government buy 21 Million Vaccines at a cost they can not even tell the tax payers of Australia about if they didn’t have a plan to max vaccinate? You be the judge…
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfv&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=f&
–Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says near the end of the article and we quote…
Ms Roxon was unable to put a precise figure on the cost of the vaccine.
"There are some confidentiality issues. We have a private contractual agreement with CSL for the priority provision for this vaccine," she said.
"I have made clear on the record before that it is over $100 million. It is not appropriate for us to be itemizing the exact cost, given the commercial interests that are also at stake."
Personally we find that very interesting that the government who has gone into contract with CSL can not give the Australian people (who will be consuming the vaccine should they choose to have it) an honest answer of what this vaccine is going to cost the tax payers nor the real facts behind the vaccine.
It is really interesting that CSL the makers of the vaccine have posted a tidy 63% profit also:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfU&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=1&
Some more interesting sites, articles & videos worth reading & Watching before you make your choice to be vaccinated….
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf5&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=b&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfk&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=3&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfY&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=N&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfu&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=7&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfx&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=d&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfT&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=q&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfc&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=g&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfp&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=n&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfs&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=D&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf1&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=a&
- action you can take if you are a US citizen
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfb&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=4&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf3&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=A&
- Bioterrorism Evidence - 134page document
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfN&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=6& - US troopers reacting to flu vaccine
US National Vaccine Information Center
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf7&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=E&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfd&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=B&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfq&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=S&
Other non relevant Articles about what is going on right now:
Ok, what can you do?
Choose to take it or choose not to take it? Your choice of course….
If you do decide to take it please follow Dr Mercola’s steps in this video -
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfP&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=T&
If you don’t decide to take it, stand up and be counted now, please! Please tell everyone you love and care about what is really going on with the H1N1. There is a game being played by
the powers to be and now more than ever before, the people of the world need to stick together to defeat the barrage that is about to be onslaught to the worlds people.
Don’t believe us that there are some serious games going on?
Even world renown actor and bad boy Charlie Sheen has stood up addressing President Obama asking questions about so many things in an Address on the anniversary of the 9/11 bombing – see:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfg&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=h&
Don’t know who is really controlling the world right now?
Watch this video and make up your own mind….
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfn&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=z&
- on the right hand side of the video you will see a lot more to watch. Feel free to research more at your own free will…
Believe what you will from it…
We believe there is a game being played in a big way right now and you need to know about it to assist you with the decisions you make for you and your family and to take action.
If what you have read and watched has you wanting to take actionand you live in Australia then Michael Bending of Alliance for Health Freedom Australia has a petition against mandatory swine flu vaccination on his site, he is aiming for 100,000 signatures
and has only just posted it so there are less than 1000 so far.
He needs as many health-wise people to sign this petition and send the message to Rudd and Roxson that mandatory vaccinations are TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
The link is:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfD&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=G&
Read the letter on the right hand side along with review the links in the letter. You can also send a copy of the letter to your local member if you live in Australia.
If you are not from Australia, research this more in your local country and make a stand now!
Please take action with your research today – time is ticking fast!
Please take it upon yourself to research the internet in your own country. Please google any of the following; “H1N1 Vaccination” “H1N1 vaccine” “H1N1” “H1N1 Update” “H1N1 Forced Vaccinations” to get you started.
Quoted article :
We have all heard of the new swine flu right?
Well there is a lot of information for good reason that the governments around the world are not telling you. They are really doing an awesome job right now at running fear campaigns to have everyone in the community running scared about H1N1.
Before you decide to get your shots voluntarily please take your time to weigh up the facts that could ultimately lead to protecting your health rather than just rushing into vaccination because your Government says it’s the right thing to do.
Did you know that the Australian Government has completed a deal with CSL to buy 21 million vaccinations for the Australian people and they start Australia’s single biggest immunization program ever on the 30th September 2009? – see
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfX&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=P&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfv&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=f&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfK&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=8&
Did you know that the Irish Government is making it Mandatory?
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf2&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=j&
- there is a huge list of articles on the right hand side of this article – all on the H1N1 along with further info and videos you can watch.
Did you know that the UK Government is planning mass vaccinations?
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfZ&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=U&
Did you know that a Baxter International research facility in Austria sent a quantity of the H3N2 viral material to 18 European Laboratories? Watch this -
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfe&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=5&
Here is information about the law suit filed against Baxter & Avir:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfo&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=k&
Did you know that 4.9 Billion Vaccines have been made for the H1N1 flu and they are about to be administered around the globe voluntarily to begin and eventually planned to be mandatory? Mass Vaccination Documents Leaked
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfL&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=Y& - Part 1
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfH&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=u& - Part 2
Ok so the vaccine is coming but what does this really mean for you?
Of course, everyone has free will to do what they want but before you make your decision, we just want to bring many important facts to your attention before you run out to get your
shot…. Take some time to read and watch the links below and you maybe shocked about the real facts of the H1N1 Flu….
This is the stuff the Governments won't tell you….
If you want more info on the affects of what this vaccine for swine flu can do along with the real facts of the swine flu then go to:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfm&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=x&
Here is an interview by Dr Mercola talking about the Vaccine: -
please disregard any advertising on this video.
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfP&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=T&
As of August 28th 2009 (update 63)
(http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDff&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=c& ), there
have been 2185 deaths world wide from H1N1. Compared to seasonal flu, this does not constitute a pandemic let alone justify mandatory mass vaccination with a vaccine that will have dangerous side effects and little proof of efficacy.
Approximately 36 thousand Americans die from seasonal flu every year, 200 thousand are hospitalised. Between 250 - 500 thousand people die from seasonal flu world wide, also resulting in three to five million cases of severe illness.
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf8&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=p& The world
wide 2185 deaths from H1N1 virus, does not constitute a pandemic yet alone grounds to begin mandatory vaccination around the world.
This doesn’t make sense to us and it seems there is some higher order or reason to be running this scare campaign around the world. There is also a massive cost to each tax payer along with a huge profit being made by the manufacturer of the vaccine.
While we are on manufacturers, can you believe a company called Medimmune filed a patent on the latest H1N1 flu more than a year before the first case? Yes you heard, a year before the swine flu started!!! Don’t believe us then watch this….
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfj&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=s& - H1N1 Swine
Flu Virus Patented by Medimmune Back in 2008
Funny that the Australian government cant even come clean on the actual cost yet they have put in an order for 21 million H1N1 vaccinations and there are only 21 Million people in the country!
If that is not starting to look like mandatory vaccination then what is? Why would the Government buy 21 Million Vaccines at a cost they can not even tell the tax payers of Australia about if they didn’t have a plan to max vaccinate? You be the judge…
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfv&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=f&
–Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says near the end of the article and we quote…
Ms Roxon was unable to put a precise figure on the cost of the vaccine.
"There are some confidentiality issues. We have a private contractual agreement with CSL for the priority provision for this vaccine," she said.
"I have made clear on the record before that it is over $100 million. It is not appropriate for us to be itemizing the exact cost, given the commercial interests that are also at stake."
Personally we find that very interesting that the government who has gone into contract with CSL can not give the Australian people (who will be consuming the vaccine should they choose to have it) an honest answer of what this vaccine is going to cost the tax payers nor the real facts behind the vaccine.
It is really interesting that CSL the makers of the vaccine have posted a tidy 63% profit also:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfU&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=1&
Some more interesting sites, articles & videos worth reading & Watching before you make your choice to be vaccinated….
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf5&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=b&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfk&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=3&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfY&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=N&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfu&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=7&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfx&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=d&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfT&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=q&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfc&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=g&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfp&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=n&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfs&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=D&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf1&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=a&
- action you can take if you are a US citizen
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfb&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=4&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf3&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=A&
- Bioterrorism Evidence - 134page document
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfN&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=6& - US troopers reacting to flu vaccine
US National Vaccine Information Center
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDf7&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=E&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfd&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=B&
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfq&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=S&
Other non relevant Articles about what is going on right now:
Ok, what can you do?
Choose to take it or choose not to take it? Your choice of course….
If you do decide to take it please follow Dr Mercola’s steps in this video -
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfP&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=T&
If you don’t decide to take it, stand up and be counted now, please! Please tell everyone you love and care about what is really going on with the H1N1. There is a game being played by
the powers to be and now more than ever before, the people of the world need to stick together to defeat the barrage that is about to be onslaught to the worlds people.
Don’t believe us that there are some serious games going on?
Even world renown actor and bad boy Charlie Sheen has stood up addressing President Obama asking questions about so many things in an Address on the anniversary of the 9/11 bombing – see:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfg&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=h&
Don’t know who is really controlling the world right now?
Watch this video and make up your own mind….
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfn&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=z&
- on the right hand side of the video you will see a lot more to watch. Feel free to research more at your own free will…
Believe what you will from it…
We believe there is a game being played in a big way right now and you need to know about it to assist you with the decisions you make for you and your family and to take action.
If what you have read and watched has you wanting to take actionand you live in Australia then Michael Bending of Alliance for Health Freedom Australia has a petition against mandatory swine flu vaccination on his site, he is aiming for 100,000 signatures
and has only just posted it so there are less than 1000 so far.
He needs as many health-wise people to sign this petition and send the message to Rudd and Roxson that mandatory vaccinations are TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
The link is:
http://getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=lDfD&mc=f&s=B6IEj&y=G&
Read the letter on the right hand side along with review the links in the letter. You can also send a copy of the letter to your local member if you live in Australia.
If you are not from Australia, research this more in your local country and make a stand now!
Please take action with your research today – time is ticking fast!
Please take it upon yourself to research the internet in your own country. Please google any of the following; “H1N1 Vaccination” “H1N1 vaccine” “H1N1” “H1N1 Update” “H1N1 Forced Vaccinations” to get you started.
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Power of mantra and chanting
Ever since I became a Buddihist and learnt to chant the mantra and sutra, I have always relied on mantra and sutra chantings for peace of mind and to overcome adversities.
When I underwent surgery in Nov 2006, my mind was only occupied with chanting until the anaesthesia knocked me out. I had asked for Buddha's blessings so that my surgery would proceed well, and had then concentrated on chanting silently. My preoccupation with chanting kept me calm and I felt no fear nor anxiety.
When I was warded, hooked onto oxygen and confined to bed, my mind was preoccupied with visualizations of the Buddha, my Root Guru and my local Master and continuous chantings while I was drifting in and out of morphine-induced sleep.
My lungs were flooded again before I stopped my chemo in June 2008. My onco wanted to start me on another round of chemo with different drugs. I refused as I was aware that it was more chemo that caused my lungs to be flooded again and also because I was taking ayurvedic herbal brews. Subsequently, when I was fit enough, I joined my prayer group for prayers and meditation. I recalled that it was only my 3rd visit with them when I realised that my lungs had cleared. I realised that I was suddenly breathing better. It was something like a choked sink, where the water was slowly dribbling through and suddenly the chokage was cleared and the sink was emptied of water. Yes, I had been on herbal brews and even the AM acknowledged that the effect is very slow and takes time. However, I believed that in my case, the blessings, chanting and prayers helped.
Some years back, my son broke his left little finger in an ice-skating accident. He was put on general anaesthesia during surgery to reset the broken bone. A friend told me once that after a surgery under GA, her surgeon had difficulty waking her. Her sub-conscious mind had resisted until her surgeon used the magic words "it's all over", only then did she allow herself to be awakened. I was in the waiting area outside and it was near midnight. I recalled that I had wondered about the length of time the surgery had taken and had thought about what my friend had said about being under GA. I asked for Buddha's blessings and chanted and sent positive thoughts to my son for him to come out of GA as soon as the surgery was over.
Later, when he was sent back to the ward, he told me that when he awoke immediately after the surgery, the nurses were surprised and commented that he looked so fresh and very different from people who just came out of GA.
During his national service, my son was attached to the armoured infantry. As a machine gunner of an armoured vehicle, the upper half of his body would protrude from the vehicle. During one training in Australia, the vehicle he was in slid into a ditch and came to rest at an angle, just stopped short of rolling over. In an emergency, his buddy inside the vehicle was supposed to pull him back into the vehicle. In that incident, it happened so fast, nobody had time to react. My son said, in those few moments he thought he was a goner. Fortunately, the vehicle did not roll over, and he came back to me safe and sound and I learnt what had happened. I told him I had been praying for him for the whole trip. I had chanted and had transferred merits to him throughout his national service days especially when he had life-firing exercises or other outdoor activities that I considered dangerous.
Some of the mantras and sutras comprised of a few syllables, but some are a few hundred syllables long, and it takes efforts and constant practice to memorize them. Over the years, due to various incidents and my own health, I have managed to memorized some of them. I admit I have not been very consistent and hardworking in my homework and it is due to all these crises that forced me to be a conscientious devotee. It is like 临时抱彿脚 , and I am fortunate that with Buddha's blessings I am able to share my thoughts today.
When I underwent surgery in Nov 2006, my mind was only occupied with chanting until the anaesthesia knocked me out. I had asked for Buddha's blessings so that my surgery would proceed well, and had then concentrated on chanting silently. My preoccupation with chanting kept me calm and I felt no fear nor anxiety.
When I was warded, hooked onto oxygen and confined to bed, my mind was preoccupied with visualizations of the Buddha, my Root Guru and my local Master and continuous chantings while I was drifting in and out of morphine-induced sleep.
My lungs were flooded again before I stopped my chemo in June 2008. My onco wanted to start me on another round of chemo with different drugs. I refused as I was aware that it was more chemo that caused my lungs to be flooded again and also because I was taking ayurvedic herbal brews. Subsequently, when I was fit enough, I joined my prayer group for prayers and meditation. I recalled that it was only my 3rd visit with them when I realised that my lungs had cleared. I realised that I was suddenly breathing better. It was something like a choked sink, where the water was slowly dribbling through and suddenly the chokage was cleared and the sink was emptied of water. Yes, I had been on herbal brews and even the AM acknowledged that the effect is very slow and takes time. However, I believed that in my case, the blessings, chanting and prayers helped.
Some years back, my son broke his left little finger in an ice-skating accident. He was put on general anaesthesia during surgery to reset the broken bone. A friend told me once that after a surgery under GA, her surgeon had difficulty waking her. Her sub-conscious mind had resisted until her surgeon used the magic words "it's all over", only then did she allow herself to be awakened. I was in the waiting area outside and it was near midnight. I recalled that I had wondered about the length of time the surgery had taken and had thought about what my friend had said about being under GA. I asked for Buddha's blessings and chanted and sent positive thoughts to my son for him to come out of GA as soon as the surgery was over.
Later, when he was sent back to the ward, he told me that when he awoke immediately after the surgery, the nurses were surprised and commented that he looked so fresh and very different from people who just came out of GA.
During his national service, my son was attached to the armoured infantry. As a machine gunner of an armoured vehicle, the upper half of his body would protrude from the vehicle. During one training in Australia, the vehicle he was in slid into a ditch and came to rest at an angle, just stopped short of rolling over. In an emergency, his buddy inside the vehicle was supposed to pull him back into the vehicle. In that incident, it happened so fast, nobody had time to react. My son said, in those few moments he thought he was a goner. Fortunately, the vehicle did not roll over, and he came back to me safe and sound and I learnt what had happened. I told him I had been praying for him for the whole trip. I had chanted and had transferred merits to him throughout his national service days especially when he had life-firing exercises or other outdoor activities that I considered dangerous.
Some of the mantras and sutras comprised of a few syllables, but some are a few hundred syllables long, and it takes efforts and constant practice to memorize them. Over the years, due to various incidents and my own health, I have managed to memorized some of them. I admit I have not been very consistent and hardworking in my homework and it is due to all these crises that forced me to be a conscientious devotee. It is like 临时抱彿脚 , and I am fortunate that with Buddha's blessings I am able to share my thoughts today.
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Chakra healing (爱心双手长生学)
I have just completed a six-night training on chakra healing. I have six of my 7 chakra points opened. The last point, Chakra point No. 1 is at a very inconvenient location and is never used in chakra healing by longevitology.
The training is free and all that is asked of us is that we volunteer our services to help others with their health.
This is the Singapore website.
There are two centres in Singapore where therapy is given free by volunteers. Chakra healing therapy or zhang shen xue (长生学) as it is known to the two centres, are only using the venues for its therapy sessions, so it is advisable to call first, in case the centre is closed due to holiday or other activities. Try to go 1 hour before the closing time to give allowance for waiting and therapy.
1. Kampung Senang
Blk 106 Aljunied Crescent
Time : every Wednesday, 10am to 12pm
every Sunday, 1pm to 3pm
Tel : 67498509
2. Poh Ern Shih
No. 9 Chwee Chian Road
Time : every Sunday, 2pm to 4pm
Tel : 64743926
When I went home after the first day of training on 6 Sept, Sunday, none of my kids wanted to be my guinea pig, so I grabbed my puppy and practised on her. My puppy has problems with her right eye, digestion and right rear kneecap. After I 'treated' her tummy, her appetite seemed to have improved.
I was not aware that we could actually used our techniques on animals and plants as well until I collected our training materials on the second day.
I had wanted to bring my youngest along as it is the school holidays and she is 14, which is the minimum required age. But she told me that "I don't believe and I am not interested, so there is no point for me to go". Ironically, on the second night, she became my first human patient or guinea pig.
She sprained her right elbow during gymnastic training in school. I told her, "just nice, let me treat it for you", and she went, "I don't want you to touch me". Oh, she ought to know this mummy doesn't give up easily. I made her lie down comfortably and treated her elbow for her. After that, she was all smiles and said she felt better and could move her elbow slightly. I have been treating her elbow for the past few days, and on Wednesday, her coach called to ask about her elbow and whether she had been to a doctor. I overheard her telling him that she is much better, elbow is not swollen and she had not been to a doctor.
Chakra healing involves harnessing universal energy to balance our system and repair our cells. It is supposed to be able to correct most health problems.
The training is free and all that is asked of us is that we volunteer our services to help others with their health.
This is the Singapore website.
There are two centres in Singapore where therapy is given free by volunteers. Chakra healing therapy or zhang shen xue (长生学) as it is known to the two centres, are only using the venues for its therapy sessions, so it is advisable to call first, in case the centre is closed due to holiday or other activities. Try to go 1 hour before the closing time to give allowance for waiting and therapy.
1. Kampung Senang
Blk 106 Aljunied Crescent
Time : every Wednesday, 10am to 12pm
every Sunday, 1pm to 3pm
Tel : 67498509
2. Poh Ern Shih
No. 9 Chwee Chian Road
Time : every Sunday, 2pm to 4pm
Tel : 64743926
When I went home after the first day of training on 6 Sept, Sunday, none of my kids wanted to be my guinea pig, so I grabbed my puppy and practised on her. My puppy has problems with her right eye, digestion and right rear kneecap. After I 'treated' her tummy, her appetite seemed to have improved.
I was not aware that we could actually used our techniques on animals and plants as well until I collected our training materials on the second day.
I had wanted to bring my youngest along as it is the school holidays and she is 14, which is the minimum required age. But she told me that "I don't believe and I am not interested, so there is no point for me to go". Ironically, on the second night, she became my first human patient or guinea pig.
She sprained her right elbow during gymnastic training in school. I told her, "just nice, let me treat it for you", and she went, "I don't want you to touch me". Oh, she ought to know this mummy doesn't give up easily. I made her lie down comfortably and treated her elbow for her. After that, she was all smiles and said she felt better and could move her elbow slightly. I have been treating her elbow for the past few days, and on Wednesday, her coach called to ask about her elbow and whether she had been to a doctor. I overheard her telling him that she is much better, elbow is not swollen and she had not been to a doctor.
Chakra healing involves harnessing universal energy to balance our system and repair our cells. It is supposed to be able to correct most health problems.
Sunday, 6 September 2009
My faith
There is a group on Facebook and called :
"I'm a Buddhist... and I'm proud to say it!!"
The creator is not Asian.
This is what was stated in the 'description' :
I am also a Buddhist and I am also proud to say it.
After I left school, my first job was with SIA. The Christian cell groups were very active. I was young, just left school, naive and impressionable. I was persuaded by colleagues to attend church, much to my parents' disapproval. I was not baptized and stayed away from church not long after. I had observed going-ons which I had reservations about.
I recalled the group renting a landed property in Thomson and they were displeased when they found that another group had also rented a place nearby. I didn't understand what all the fuss was about, as afterall aren't they of the same faith?
Then, there were the sharing sessions, where some members shared how they denounced their former religion to become Christians. They condemned other religions and called some of them cults. Witnessing those sessions disturbed me considerably, which was a blessing in disguise for me as that was probably the push-factor that made me stay away from church, to my parents' relief.
My parents were Taoists and also engaged in ancestral worship. I had a strict upbringing and filial piety was the order of the day, and to treat my ancestors' tablets without due respects was something which I cannot condone.
Later, I realised that I always found comfort when I visited the Goddess of Mercy temple in Waterloo Street. I wanted very much to become a Buddhist and started looking for a master, nevermind that my knowledge of theories on Buddhism was practically nil. From then on, I had always considered myself a Buddhist, and I have also found my master through a primary school classmate.
This is just my personal experience with a particular church and a particular group of Christians and I am aware that this does not represent Christians nor churches all over. I do have Christian friends who respect my choice of faith and other religions.
"I'm a Buddhist... and I'm proud to say it!!"
The creator is not Asian.
This is what was stated in the 'description' :
It seems like everyone on my friends list is joining some group about how much they love jesus, so I'm making a group to support the underdogs, and remind them all that less than 31% of the world is christian. So many people forget that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of other religions in the world that are equally, if not more, valid than christianity. Having studied the information and propeganda of every religion I could get my hands on, I came to the very obvious realization that Buddhists have been lightyears ahead of the rest of the spiritual world for a very long time!
I am also a Buddhist and I am also proud to say it.
After I left school, my first job was with SIA. The Christian cell groups were very active. I was young, just left school, naive and impressionable. I was persuaded by colleagues to attend church, much to my parents' disapproval. I was not baptized and stayed away from church not long after. I had observed going-ons which I had reservations about.
I recalled the group renting a landed property in Thomson and they were displeased when they found that another group had also rented a place nearby. I didn't understand what all the fuss was about, as afterall aren't they of the same faith?
Then, there were the sharing sessions, where some members shared how they denounced their former religion to become Christians. They condemned other religions and called some of them cults. Witnessing those sessions disturbed me considerably, which was a blessing in disguise for me as that was probably the push-factor that made me stay away from church, to my parents' relief.
My parents were Taoists and also engaged in ancestral worship. I had a strict upbringing and filial piety was the order of the day, and to treat my ancestors' tablets without due respects was something which I cannot condone.
Later, I realised that I always found comfort when I visited the Goddess of Mercy temple in Waterloo Street. I wanted very much to become a Buddhist and started looking for a master, nevermind that my knowledge of theories on Buddhism was practically nil. From then on, I had always considered myself a Buddhist, and I have also found my master through a primary school classmate.
This is just my personal experience with a particular church and a particular group of Christians and I am aware that this does not represent Christians nor churches all over. I do have Christian friends who respect my choice of faith and other religions.
Friday, 4 September 2009
Taekwondo tragedy
A reader wrote to the ST forum online on the tragedy concerning the participant who died in a taekwondo competition recently.
ST forum online, 4 Sep 2009
I sent my son for taekwondo training when he started Primary 1 because, being a boy, I wanted him to grow up tough and fit and have some knowledge of self-defence, not only that, but also to instill discipline and train his reflexes.
Recently, the papers reported about the death of a participant in a competition after his opponent kicked him in or near his head. As usual, after such incidences, the relevant authorities will talk about the guidelines and safety rules and stressed on adherence to these rules.
When my son saw the article, he said, "b.s., when we went for competition, our instructor told us to aim for the head as that would help us to score points". There was no such thing as matching opponents with same belts or same age groups. In one competition, he was up against an opponent, who was not only several belts higher than him, but was also older and bigger than him. My son was kicked in the mouth and they only stopped the match when they saw that he was bleeding.
Every so often, we come across situations where guidelines, safety rules and regulations were put in place without much foresight. When things go wrong, sometimes these rule setters not only do not admit to their lack of foresight, but also turned round and started shifting the blame.
Sometimes, I wonder how much does it take to admit to a mistake. Do saving dollars and reputation (face) matter more than having a clear conscience?
MR LIM Teong Chin, general manager of the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF), argued in his letter on Monday, 'Taekwondo tragedy could have been avoided if only...', that the unfortunate accident could have been avoided if the People's Association (PA) continued to engage instructors from the STF only. However, he seems more interested in preaching non-safety-related merits of being a member of the STF.
At no point in his letter did Mr Lim point out any specific lapses in safety or procedures that led to the tragedy specifically because of the absence of STF instructors. Instead, he dwells on the importance of being a member of the STF in getting recognised grades and having the opportunity to represent Singapore in high-profile tournaments, and takes the PA to task for engaging non-STF instructors.
Liew Chin WenST forum online, 4 Sep 2009
I sent my son for taekwondo training when he started Primary 1 because, being a boy, I wanted him to grow up tough and fit and have some knowledge of self-defence, not only that, but also to instill discipline and train his reflexes.
Recently, the papers reported about the death of a participant in a competition after his opponent kicked him in or near his head. As usual, after such incidences, the relevant authorities will talk about the guidelines and safety rules and stressed on adherence to these rules.
When my son saw the article, he said, "b.s., when we went for competition, our instructor told us to aim for the head as that would help us to score points". There was no such thing as matching opponents with same belts or same age groups. In one competition, he was up against an opponent, who was not only several belts higher than him, but was also older and bigger than him. My son was kicked in the mouth and they only stopped the match when they saw that he was bleeding.
Every so often, we come across situations where guidelines, safety rules and regulations were put in place without much foresight. When things go wrong, sometimes these rule setters not only do not admit to their lack of foresight, but also turned round and started shifting the blame.
Sometimes, I wonder how much does it take to admit to a mistake. Do saving dollars and reputation (face) matter more than having a clear conscience?
Approaching epidemic : brain damage from mobile phone radiation
Article is taken from mercola.com. It is very long and I am reproducing the whole article here as I feel that there is not much awareness here in Singapore concerning this.
This danger could very well be avoided had our authorities put in efforts to educate the public. A social worker from the hospice care had actually mentioned her observations to me concerning the increase in the number of young people with brain cancer among the patients she is counselling. I have also shared my own experience with mobile phones here.
A collaborative team of international EMF activists has released a report detailing eleven design flaws of the 13-country, Telecom-funded Interphone study.
Dr Mercola's comments :
Related Links:
Why Children and Teens Should Stay Away From Cell Phones
Sources : mercola.com
Business Wire August 25, 2009
RadiationResearch.org August 25, 2009 [Free Full-Text Report]
This danger could very well be avoided had our authorities put in efforts to educate the public. A social worker from the hospice care had actually mentioned her observations to me concerning the increase in the number of young people with brain cancer among the patients she is counselling. I have also shared my own experience with mobile phones here.
A collaborative team of international EMF activists has released a report detailing eleven design flaws of the 13-country, Telecom-funded Interphone study.
The exposé discusses research on cell phones and brain tumors, concluding that:
- There is a risk of brain tumors from cell phone use
- Telecom funded studies underestimate the risk of brain tumors
- Children have larger risks than adults for brain tumors
The Interphone study, begun in 1999, was intended to determine the risks of brain tumors, but its full publication has been held up for years. Components of this study published to date reveal what the authors call a ‘systemic-skew’, greatly underestimating brain tumor risk.
The design flaws include categorizing subjects who used portable phones (which emit the same microwave radiation as cell phones,) as ‘unexposed’; exclusion of many types of brain tumors; exclusion of people who had died, or were too ill to be interviewed as a consequence of their brain tumor; and exclusion of children and young adults, who are more vulnerable.Ronald B. Herberman, MD, Director Emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute has stated,
“Based on substantial evidence, especially from industry-independent studies that long term exposure to radiofrequency radiation may lead to increased risk for brain tumors, I issued a precautionary advisory last year to faculty and staff of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
Since then, my particular concern about exposure of children to radiofrequency has been supported by a report from Dr. Lennart Hardell. Some of my scientific colleagues have expressed skepticism about the reported biological effects, especially DNA0A damage by radiofequency radiation, because of the absence of a demonstrated underlying molecular mechanism.
However, based on the precautionary principle, I believe it is more prudent to take seriously the reports by multiple investigators that radiofrequency can damage DNA and increase the risk for brain tumors, and for industry-independent agencies to provide needed funding for detailed research to ascertain the molecular basis for such effects.”
Lloyd Morgan, lead author and member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society says,
“Exposure to cell phone radiation is the largest human health experiment ever undertaken, without informed consent, and has some 4 billion participants enrolled.
Science has shown increased risk of brain tumors from use of cell phones, as well as increased risk of eye cancer, salivary gland tumors, testicular cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia.
The public must be informed.”
Dr Mercola's comments :
After a break in the media about the dangers of cell phones, the issue will likely regain momentum with the release of this brand new report.
An International Expert Conference on Cell Phones and Health is scheduled to take place on September 13-15 in Washington D.C., and a yet to be formally announced Senate hearing on cell phone safety is also in the works by Senator Arlen Specter, according to Microwave News.
With the ever-increasing, widespread use of wireless communications, it is imperative to understand the risks inherent in the use of the technology, yet the government has been very slow to respond, no doubt in large part due to industry pressure. (In fact, the cell phone industry is expected to boycott the upcoming conference.)
Ever growing scientific research corroborates the suspicion that information-carrying radio waves transmitted by cell phones and other wireless devices can:
- Cause brain tumors
- Harm blood cells and cause cellular changes
- Damage your DNA
- Cause nerve-cell damage
- Accelerate and contribute to the onset of autism , and trigger Alzheimer’s disease
- Damage your eyes
- Cause sleep disruptions, fatigue and headaches
A quote from Chris Woollams, one of the endorsers of the new report, sums up the issue well:
“In a world where a drug cannot be launched without proof that it is safe, where the use of herbs and natural compounds available to all since early Egyptian times are now questioned, their safety subjected to the deepest scrutiny, where a new food cannot be launched without prior approval, the idea that we use mobile telephony, including masts, and introduce WiFi and mobile phones without restrictions around our 5 year olds is double-standards gone mad.
I speak, not just as an editor and scientist that has looked in depth at all the research, but as a father that lost his beloved daughter to a brain tumor.”
Researchers Keep Finding Links Between Cell Phone Use, Brain Damage and Cancer
Last year, a well-circulated Swedish study found that people using cell phones doubled their risk of developing brain cancer and acoustic neuroma (a tumor that damages your hearing nerve).
The study also showed that people who started using cell phones before the age of 20 were more than five times as likely to develop brain cancer.
The European Parliament responded by voting 522 to 16 to urge ministers across Europe to impose stricter limits for exposure to radiation from mobile and cordless phones, wi-fi and other radiation-generating devices -- in part because children are particularly vulnerable to the risk.
Dr. Gerd Oberfeld, M.D., the Speaker for Environmental Medicine for the Austrian Medical Association in Vienna, Austria says:
"The scientific data show, with a high degree of confidence, that mobile phone exposure is associated with an increased brain tumor risk.
The age group below 20 years is facing the greatest risk, which for malignant (deadly) brain tumors is about 400 percent, compared to non-exposed.
When we take the long latency period of up to some decades into account, and the fact that large parts of our society, and especially more and more teenagers and even children are using mobile phones on a daily basis, we may well expect a brain tumor epidemic.
From a public health perspective there is an urgent need not only for a wake-up call for our society, but for measures that are able to combat this public health threat effectively, now.”
The cell phone industry’s standard comment has been that "the peer-reviewed scientific evidence has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices do not pose a public health risk."
This report exposes that statement for the lie that it is.
In fact, there’s no shortage of evidence showing that cell phone use (and other wireless devices) can be dangerous to your health, and to your child in particular.
As this new report points out, even some of the industry’s own research found that cell phones caused brain tumors, and subsequent industry-funded studies from 2000 to 2002 also showed an elevated risk of brain cancer.
One such study reportedly found a 20 percent increased risk of brain tumor for every year of cell phone use!
And, if you remove the Telecom industry funded research, then the weight of the evidence overwhelmingly shows that cell phones cause health problems, including, but not limited to:
- Brain tumors
- Eye cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Salivary gland tumors
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Leukemia
Fortunately more and more people are beginning to take the warning signs seriously.
In 2005, the British-based National Radiological Protection Board suggested children younger than age 8 should not be given a cell phone as it risks exposing their young bodies to harmful radiation. Last year Toronto's department of public health followed suit, warning that because of possible side effects from radio frequency radiation, children under 8 should only use a cell phone in emergencies, and teenagers should limit calls to less than 10 minutes.
The U.K., Belgium, Germany, France and Russia have also introduced precautionary policies regarding cell phone usage due to potential health risks.Few people realize this, but brain cancer has surpassed leukemia as the number one cancer killer in children, and many scientists believe this is directly linked to the exponential increase in cell phone use and other wireless devices.
Australia has seen an increase in pediatric brain cancers of 21 percent in just one decade. This is consistent with studies showing a 40 percent brain tumor increase across the board in Europe and the U.K. over the last 20 years.
These statistics are consistent with many of the scientific research findings.
Another example is the 2003 study published in Environmental Health Perspectives (the journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences). They found that rats exhibited serious neuronal brain damage following exposure to radiation from a cell phone, at levels comparable to what you would experience during normal use.
The nerve cell damage was observed in several places within the rats’ brains, including the cortex, hippocampus and basal ganglia.
The authors concluded,
"Intense use of mobile phones by youngsters is a serious consideration. A neuronal damage of the kind described here may not have immediate, demonstrable consequences, even if repeated. In the long run, however, it may result in reduced brain reserve capacity that might be unveiled by other later neuronal disease or even the wear and tear of aging."
What Can You Do?
Remember, the damage from cell phone exposure can take many years to surface. There are rarely any initial symptoms, just like smoking and lung cancer. Are you really willing to risk the chance of developing brain cancer because you don’t want to sacrifice the minor inconvenience of using your cell’s speaker phone, or using a safe headset?
This should be of particular concern if you have children, since, just like smoking, WiFi does not discriminate between user and bystander.
I have written more in-depth about how to reduce the risk to your child before, and as a refresher, I strongly urge you to review some of that information now.
For a review of HOW cell phones and other wireless technology can cause the type of damage just discussed, I recommend reading this previous article.
In addition, the eye-opening DVD Public Exposure covers this serious health issue in even greater depth. But for immediate recommendations on how to protect yourself and your family from the dangers of cell phone radiation, please review the guidelines included in my previous article, Now Half the World Has a Cell Phone - - Why That is a Brain Tumor Epidemic Waiting to Happen.
Why Children and Teens Should Stay Away From Cell PhonesSources : mercola.com
Business Wire August 25, 2009 RadiationResearch.org August 25, 2009 [Free Full-Text Report]
Tulsi (basil) - remedy for swine flu
This article is from Yahoo News, August 12 2009.
In Singapore, the 'Himalaya' pure herbs carries basil (tulsi) in capsule form and is available from Watson's and Mustafa (I think).
Ayurveda, the traditional 'science of life', has a remedy for diseases when every other stream of medicine fails. Now, at a time when swine flu is spreading like wildfire across the world, Ayurveda has the remedy in the form of the miraculous herb, the basil leaves commonly known as Tulsi.
In Singapore, the 'Himalaya' pure herbs carries basil (tulsi) in capsule form and is available from Watson's and Mustafa (I think).
Ayurveda, the traditional 'science of life', has a remedy for diseases when every other stream of medicine fails. Now, at a time when swine flu is spreading like wildfire across the world, Ayurveda has the remedy in the form of the miraculous herb, the basil leaves commonly known as Tulsi.
Tulsi, the purest and most sublime plant, has been known and worshipped in India for more than five millennia for its remarkable healing properties. Considered as an 'Elixir of Life', this wonder herb has now been claimed to keep the deadly swine flu at bay and help fast recovery in afflicted persons.
"The anti-flu property of Tulsi has been discovered by medical experts across the world quite recently. Tulsi improves the body's overall defence mechanism including its ability to fight viral diseases. It was successfully used in combating Japanese Encephalitis and the same theory applies to swine flu," Dr U K Tiwari, a herbal medicine practitioner says.
Apart from acting as a preventive medicine in case of swine flu, Tulsi can help the patient recover faster.
"Even when a person has already contracted swine flu, Tulsi can help in speeding up the recovery process and also help in strengthening the immune system of the body," he claims.
Dr Bhupesh Patel, a lecturer at Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar is also of the view that Tulsi can play an important role in controlling swine flu.
"Tulsi can control swine flu and it should be taken in fresh form. Juice or paste of at least 20-25 medium sized leaves should be consumed twice a day on an empty stomach." This increases the resistance of the body and, thereby, reduces the chances of inviting swine flu," believes Patel.
As its name suggests, Tulsi has again proved to be the 'the incomparable' medicine - this time, in the prevention and cure of swine flu.
The symptoms of the H1N1 flu virus in people are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with novel H1N1 flu virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting. The high risk groups for novel H1N1 flu are not known at this time, but it's possible that they may be the same as for seasonal influenza. However, Please consult a practitioner in case of any such symptoms. Doctors have strictly advised against self medication.
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