It’s no secret that factory farmed animals are fed antibiotics. Some 80% of antibiotics made in the United States are fed to cattle, all the while millions of low income Americans struggle to get medical care. Aside from the potentially devastating impact that a ‘super bug,’ or antibiotic resistant bacteria might have on the planet, new research shows that antibiotic use in farming is related to the steep rise in food allergies.

Among children, the incidence of food allergies has risen by 50% between 1997 and and 2011. In The UK, one in three citizens has an allergy to something, be it mold, dust mites, pollen or food. Some research has been able to draw a parallel between the rise in allergies and increased antibiotic use, but a

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food is insisting that our current methods of agriculture are reaping dangerous effects on our global food supply, and that small farmers and agroecological farming methods are the key to the future of farming. Or at least that’s the opinion of Professor Hilal Elver.

“Food policies which do not address the root causes of world hunger would be bound to fail, she said to an audience in Amsterdam. “The 2009 global food crisis signaled the need for a turning point in the global food system. Modern agriculture, which began in the 1950′s, is more resource intensive, very fossil fuel dependent, using fertilizers, and based on massive production. This policy has to change.”

We are facing a range of challenges. Resource scarcity, increased population, decreasing land availability and accessibilit...

HJ: Obstacles only exist in the mind of the person who does not yet understand that ALL experiences in life are intended to help you learn, grow and evolve your consciousness to ever deeper levels of awareness, peace and bliss.

- Truth

Navigating the Unknown: How to Grow Through Whatever Life Throws Your Way

By Manal Ghosain | One With Now

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As synchronicity would have it, I got a chance to connect with a wonderful author and healing practitioner—Staci Boden. Staci recently released her book:Turning Dead Ends into Doorways: How to Grow Through Whatever Life Throws Your Way.

The ...

During this monumental time of change, you may feel as if you have been abandoned and left in a desert of loneliness.  Each of you is experiencing these changes in a different way and you may feel like the only person moving through a sea of uncertainty.  Please do not give up, beautiful one!  Along with the changes will come a new understanding of yourself and others like you have never known before!  All of the joy, love, happiness and wondrous things you have been waiting for are just a moment, a breath, a millisecond away.  Stay focused, as grounded as you can and, most of all, stay clear……..your time is at hand. ~ Creator

Acceptance is a powerful tool that acknowledges and celebrates the competency of each and every soul to know the exact experiences they wish to have. It also acknowledges that there is a universal system of guidance and assistance that works the same for every single person on the planet, to support them in those experiences. When you know, deep in your being, that nothing is ever wrong, that the unfoldment that you see is divinely perfect in all ways, you can finally settle into the beautiful state of peace that has been available, and waiting for you, all along. ~Archangel […]

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Long considered impossible to accomplish, new research reveals how a simple spice might contribute to the regeneration of the damaged brain.

Turmeric is hands down one of the, if not the, most versatile healing spice in the world with over 600 experimentally confirmed health benefits, and an ancient history filled with deep reverence for its seemingly compassionate power to alleviate human suffering.

I’ve always been a big fan of keeping things simple. The more complex things are, the more challenging life becomes. So consider these three simple things that can help lead you toward enlightenment.

1. Remember that every one and every thing acts based on what seems like the best choice according to their perceptions. What may seem like a stupid thing to have done seemed like the best course of action to them, and we aren’t here to judge the usefulness of anything.

2. We are all connected. This is something people say a lot, but do we really feel it? Every creature, plant and animal, and every person everywhere. “A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We are one planet. One of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time.” -Carl Sagan

3. When you consider what the best action is, it’s the action that considers everyone. Every living thing, every culture, e...

PATHS OF JOY “Many on Earth are so focused on their enlightenment and the future prospect of ascending that they totally miss all the pleasures of being in the Now. Many who are not consciously moving towards enlightenment are doing the same. It is understandable, for at this time on Earth, many cannot grasp even the basic necessities to stay alive such as food, shelter and clothing.

Look around and notice how many cheerful people there are who are in dire need. Ask them what their secret is. These people are the way-showers. They can be of tremendous value in helping you find joy in your life. There are an endless number of Paths to happiness and joy. It all comes from within, going back to the belief codes you have created and built your foundation upon. With diligence, you can break through the codes that keep you locked into sadness, victimhood and depression.

You can begin to day by calming your inner and outer world. Clear all thoughts racing through your mind. Clearly state that you intend to bring an abundance of happiness and joy into your life, NOW.

Forgiveness and release are important factors for growth. Once you have accomplished breaking through one belief code, it affects many others, and like dominoes, they begin to fall. This is scientifically proven, you can do research on the neural connectors in the brain and how they are changed when your thoughts are changed. Fascinating bodies you have on Earth!

One theme of your life has been: “What is this all about? Is this spate of life on Earth really life? What is it for, and why do I have to go through it? Why me? Why anyone?”
 
Juries in the world get excused from serving. Why not you, you ask. What possibly brings you here and now? Are you really supposed to deal with all that you are given to deal with when, from everything you know, it is too much for you?
 
There seems to be no respite for you. You are in for a dime or a dollar. You serve for life in the world so long as you are relegated to the world. You don’t even know how long you are here for. You feel the burden of all that you do not know.
 
Sometimes life seems interminable to you. You fear making it through, and you fear not making it through.
 
Of course, you have other moments when everything is just jim-dandy with you, yet most of the time you seem to know only vagueness, as though you are a wanderer in a land you happen to find yourself wandering in. You find yourself on Earth, yet you don’t know what you are doing here at all. You feel that there must be an error, or a repeated error that somehow you make, and you don’t know how to get away from where you find yourself at the same time as you fear getting away from where you are.
 
You know your time on Earth is measured, yet where the exit is and when you actually exit are not at all clear.