tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47324723498770699622024-03-18T23:05:14.484-03:00Naturopathic ControlWe aim to (re)"take control" of the mind, body and spirit, ie to achieve DIY "Naturopathic Control" through simplicity, efficacy and affordability. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-63370078772961220202024-02-21T16:12:00.032-04:002024-03-09T20:33:33.326-04:00Fermented Vegetables<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have otherwise posted about preparing fermented vegetables, specifically <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank">sauerkraut</a>, often along with other vegetables. Since that post is very comprehensive, I will make this one brief. While that other post is based on the dry method (ie fermenting without added water by expelling water that is naturally occurring within a vegetable like cabbage), this post discusses the alternative, ie the '<i>wet method</i>' because it involves adding water. This is an alternative to </span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">sauerkraut</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> if you do not have vegetables like cabbage that can produce enough water to entirely submerge the vegetables.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unlike </span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">sauerkraut</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, this process does not involve bruising or massaging the vegetables. All you need to do is pack the vegetables and add enough brine to submerge them. Everything else that applies to </span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">sauerkraut</a> <span style="font-family: verdana;">applies. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>All that extra brine</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I enjoy using the extra brine for other ferments, as a starter for sauerkraut and subsequent vegetable ferments. Otherwise, I use the brine along with the vegetables along with other foods like blandly boiled pearl barley along with any delicious extras like nutritional yeast.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eueFYPIrB8w" width="463" youtube-src-id="eueFYPIrB8w"></iframe></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You will need</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u>raw</u> vegetables. Crudely cut. I prefer crude cuts so as to prevent tiny pieces from floating above the brine. As much as possible, keep the skins, even for garlic. Here are some examples of commonly used vegetables. If you have organic vegetables, wash rather than discard the skin. You can wash and scrub them with diluted vinegar or lemon juice without killing all of the good bacteria. However, washing them this way, along with scrubbing them with a brush or even baking soda and or salt will remove wax coating. Never use antibacterial soaps because they will kill good bacteria. Many nutrients and good bacteria are abundant in the skin. While it is common to ferment only 1 vegetable at a time, you can get as colorful and varied as you like. Since this is not a science, just use what you have. See some variations below.</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">vegetables: <i style="color: #38761d;">carrots, sweet peppers, mushrooms, broccoli, cucumbers, sweet potato</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">herbs & spices: <span style="color: #38761d;"><i>garlic, onions, basil leaves, thyme leaves</i></span>. BTW, the intense flavor of garlic and onion become so much less intense that you can add more than just a pinch if you are particularly interested in them. </span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">herbs, flavorful (garlic, dill, onion, peppers). You can use dried herbs also. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">brine. Make enough to completely submerge the vegetables.</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">salt, 3% of water (ie apx 1 tbsp salt to 2 cups of water)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">non-chlorinated water</span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">optional. 1 Black tea tea bag for tannin per jar (or 2 tea bags of Green tea bag). Other alternatives include grape vine leaves. Tannin may keep vegetables crispier than otherwise. Place the bag at the base of your fermentation jar ... or use brewed tea as the base for your brine.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">weight or disk (to keep the vegetables below the level of the brine)</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are some other delicious mixes that I have made.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPByPfRPTATzeJT4CIO-25zvkkQ2VkYy3SPuvS2gm6Mz1aH7oc-cZknpkQhjdabtkbfqGnLewHOKebpQh754XHHqnFvCa520Cx4_n3TzYTNWEIYcNxXKEivBh6TMz_uumDl5bOP7OFrVc6VQiGtJ1cSQ9cHmT7V098dogUxWdfEim2wnDlsLFGwCjYIM/s1600/fermented%20veg%20-%20raddish,%20raddish%20greens,%20cabb,%20carrots,%20etc.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPByPfRPTATzeJT4CIO-25zvkkQ2VkYy3SPuvS2gm6Mz1aH7oc-cZknpkQhjdabtkbfqGnLewHOKebpQh754XHHqnFvCa520Cx4_n3TzYTNWEIYcNxXKEivBh6TMz_uumDl5bOP7OFrVc6VQiGtJ1cSQ9cHmT7V098dogUxWdfEim2wnDlsLFGwCjYIM/s320/fermented%20veg%20-%20raddish,%20raddish%20greens,%20cabb,%20carrots,%20etc.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsacd4661D3rJJ5AHXANxpHVDRyvisIczIh2eNtu_HmRy4Q7paiMjf-i7vqkjTJQmRmzUegM_drG5WuoQWAi9xhhoBdVORC2p0k-aUCpl4mAvpCA8PsJt7uS08uhSg3xdRch9_Qy9E8GvkHfPme5obmQxR6t2dJuObh28359cFUXuEnnbq58ws9Sk0j1c/s1600/fermented%20vegetables.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsacd4661D3rJJ5AHXANxpHVDRyvisIczIh2eNtu_HmRy4Q7paiMjf-i7vqkjTJQmRmzUegM_drG5WuoQWAi9xhhoBdVORC2p0k-aUCpl4mAvpCA8PsJt7uS08uhSg3xdRch9_Qy9E8GvkHfPme5obmQxR6t2dJuObh28359cFUXuEnnbq58ws9Sk0j1c/s320/fermented%20vegetables.jpeg" width="240" /></a><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Image above: carrots, red sweet peppers, raddish root & greens, cabbage, red onion, garlic, mint leaves, tarragon leaves</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_ajGsp5RK9q3shRsVj9W0qQmeTwleq_KyVS7quZL9LfTcYXrPf9EjLjCi6UhYAX68BgfUBtTIHNSJwcdzNeU2PKa_kDUCTJupHXaEmJNa8sPnQy9yuUvCvCm2n3ib7hIp4AGTg9IbRvci-7jwsAY3tTtn2-KG7JNeYADAMyYHAyCle5Rz8eTNmKJikQ/s2048/fermented%20vegetables.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_ajGsp5RK9q3shRsVj9W0qQmeTwleq_KyVS7quZL9LfTcYXrPf9EjLjCi6UhYAX68BgfUBtTIHNSJwcdzNeU2PKa_kDUCTJupHXaEmJNa8sPnQy9yuUvCvCm2n3ib7hIp4AGTg9IbRvci-7jwsAY3tTtn2-KG7JNeYADAMyYHAyCle5Rz8eTNmKJikQ/w199-h266/fermented%20vegetables.jpeg" width="199" /></a> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw5vUEGzn97tbUF2iJTbU1elfo4DS7O6tpZoVTWbnpOpWpNWQv4rwEuEbffg3TiU-PKxGnvUAmADAuR9SPcpQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Image & video above: I started to test leaves other than the popularly used cabbage to keep the ferment below the water. Here is Cuban oregano. It grows endlessly in my garden and mostly goes unused. I also used other non-traditional leaves from my garden that include salad peperomia pellucida and zebrina pendula.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Raw mushrooms (with fennel seeds) both good for brain health. Exposing mushrooms, even store-bought ones to sunlight increases the vitamin D2 content quite measurably. Place them upside down on a baking sheet to expose the more absorbent gills to the sunlight for up to 2 days of bright sunlight. For button mushrooms which do not have exposed gills (even when turned upside down), slice and lay them out on the baking sheet to allow vitamin D production from the meaty part (where their phytochemical vitamin D production occurs). See image below of some button mushrooms that I placed in an upturned stainless pot cover. I placed excess into an upturned glass cover that received sunlight from the bottom also because it was on top of a reflective pot. (If you are dehydrating the mushrooms, take them in at night to avoid re-uptake of moisture from atmospheric humidity.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhkyRFhDa5Uw0ZQIyjIizCL334Pffvq0CpqojIMCuzWydNqDeZTaEfOeOFK9rcfHJN8wakBaZT2FhkRHgzRL1XL3rIdZDW13UJLdBcqdmuWWgFi5XVuIyX7jvGh45LOrBNsF7eTr_xdY35B4zN2RaAawDUScPG_gVJ0ztQ_cZqFIW-62VuOO7YJi_tzE/s2048/sun%20bathing%20mushrooms.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhkyRFhDa5Uw0ZQIyjIizCL334Pffvq0CpqojIMCuzWydNqDeZTaEfOeOFK9rcfHJN8wakBaZT2FhkRHgzRL1XL3rIdZDW13UJLdBcqdmuWWgFi5XVuIyX7jvGh45LOrBNsF7eTr_xdY35B4zN2RaAawDUScPG_gVJ0ztQ_cZqFIW-62VuOO7YJi_tzE/w244-h183/sun%20bathing%20mushrooms.jpeg" width="244" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvR4HyWlNSvVIYjhLxkuDgDvOq4PagQ62ZgDlzA614i6GdcxsJAcpHzrKvqkKccxEDGS3PlRZviMef0wR_i0E04OKqFZsqv-Vy_33UOqVoA-RojEIr7_BSShkXty0Ev1P0eA5kT3GEclWcSa6fMkomI8skcXfo0sOVxrFGJuMmzkwHluYz6GK-CBsGMfE/s2048/sun%20bathing%20mushrooms%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvR4HyWlNSvVIYjhLxkuDgDvOq4PagQ62ZgDlzA614i6GdcxsJAcpHzrKvqkKccxEDGS3PlRZviMef0wR_i0E04OKqFZsqv-Vy_33UOqVoA-RojEIr7_BSShkXty0Ev1P0eA5kT3GEclWcSa6fMkomI8skcXfo0sOVxrFGJuMmzkwHluYz6GK-CBsGMfE/w243-h182/sun%20bathing%20mushrooms%202.jpeg" width="243" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="348" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YeYR1C7NMUI" width="468" youtube-src-id="YeYR1C7NMUI"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="317" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-NAE7EOMx08" width="480" youtube-src-id="-NAE7EOMx08"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Heart of palm (below). The taste and texture, even before fermentation, are great. However, I am on the fence from a conservation perspective.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EyQcZfOWvSXCbtJt3g4U6tnv_FiTgKsxKB2Ad_h-JAvuSMjuKEg6INupd3DuuaQJAdd_zB-h33vc8sxf9G1LmIznMPDggjYTU3tBMVyTD7kK0wwn5J0JZZ_YITpPvnTtlXwPpTreppCSdXKW6lB9xwWUmzofeKIcIsL27ESImwPn2ZE9D24LL6NZlpQ/s2048/heart%20of%20palm.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EyQcZfOWvSXCbtJt3g4U6tnv_FiTgKsxKB2Ad_h-JAvuSMjuKEg6INupd3DuuaQJAdd_zB-h33vc8sxf9G1LmIznMPDggjYTU3tBMVyTD7kK0wwn5J0JZZ_YITpPvnTtlXwPpTreppCSdXKW6lB9xwWUmzofeKIcIsL27ESImwPn2ZE9D24LL6NZlpQ/w166-h221/heart%20of%20palm.jpeg" width="166" /></a><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgB2khTHlem-bOhRxOUGwF0SunLj_W4c-EDGkfZYeZ1uvVwCZd8Olk_sW14USb068tB-NaWSH9dQoEbuxMOIYktK-4dkD99yv3Y0nP8pVJUFHES1QBH4NPg3FYDFoizcx8C_K-FLZM-Zw6eivkE7NKXu4Jj31W5lEZ-b596zwOwmSv8IRYhRuEasAJQdI/s2048/heart%20of%20palm%20with%20fennel%20seed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgB2khTHlem-bOhRxOUGwF0SunLj_W4c-EDGkfZYeZ1uvVwCZd8Olk_sW14USb068tB-NaWSH9dQoEbuxMOIYktK-4dkD99yv3Y0nP8pVJUFHES1QBH4NPg3FYDFoizcx8C_K-FLZM-Zw6eivkE7NKXu4Jj31W5lEZ-b596zwOwmSv8IRYhRuEasAJQdI/w167-h222/heart%20of%20palm%20with%20fennel%20seed.jpeg" width="167" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO FERMENTED VEGETABLES</span></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/speed-up-digestion.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speedup digestion</span></a></li><div id="cabbage"></div><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/fermented%20food" target="_blank">Fermented foods</a></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank"><span>Sauerkraut (full instructions</span></a>)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-vegetables.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fermented vegetables</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/ginger-bug.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ginger bug</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-drinks.html" target="_blank">Fermented drinks</a> (ginger ale, etc)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/cheong-syrup.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cheong: sweet fermented syrup</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" target="_blank">High protein yogurt with chickpeas</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html#" target="_blank">Extra creamy yogurt with oats</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">DIY chickpea yogurt</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Oat yogurt</a></span></li></ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vegan milks and other drinks</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/creamy-rice-milk-diy.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Creamy rice milk</a></span></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/12/water-kefir.html" target="_blank">Water kefir</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tofu</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/01/chickpea-tofu.html" target="_blank">Chickpea tofu</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Breakfast or snacks</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/12/vegan-gluten-free-christmas-cake.html" target="_blank">Vegan Caribbean Christmas cake</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/pink-pancakes-blood-type-b-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pink (beetroot) pancake recipe</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/tortillas.html" target="_blank">Tortillas (Green spinach)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/07/health-bar-recipe-homemade-natural.html" target="_blank">Protein granola bar</a> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/vegan-gluten-free-pizza-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pizza</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/11/bajan-conkies.html" target="_blank">Barbadian (aka Bajan) conkies</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Other</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-make-egg-substitute-with.html" target="_blank">Vegan eggs</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Topping (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/guacamole-recipe-tropical-unique.html" target="_blank">guacamole</a> inspired)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/08/green-papaya-salad-to-improve-enzyme.html" target="_blank">Papaya salad</a> to improve enzyme activity and improve digestive health</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/01/sprouting-101-demo-lentil-sprouts.html" target="_blank">Sprouts (lentils)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/ghee.html" target="_blank">Ghee</a> (not vegan)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2017/08/agar-agar-medicinal-super-food.html" target="_blank">Agar agar</a> (medicinal superfood great for making vegan flan with vegan milks)</span></li></ul></ul></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-69115955665480057962024-02-20T17:00:00.113-04:002024-03-09T20:31:29.113-04:00Ginger bug<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ginger bug aka '<i>first ferment</i>' is a fermentation starter culture. In other words, it is rich in wild bacteria and (fermentation) yeast that will help you to kickstart other fermented products like <i>ginger ale, probiotic lemonade and other sweet fermented effervescent fresh fruit drinks (or sodas)</i>. While some people also devise ways of using the ginger bug, this post will focus on using the ginger bug in the more common way, ie as a fermentation starter that may be kept alive for up to years on end to start a wide variety of drinks.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Uses & benefits of a ginger bug</b></div></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rich source of lactobacilli, the health-enhancing probiotics or 'good bacteria' (like those found in yogurt) that promote the growth of healthy flora in the intestines and helps with digestion and the absorption of nutrients</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">to preserve nutrients</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">to break down nutrients into their more digestible forms</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You will need:</b></div></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>pure water</b>, <u>non-chlorinated</u></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>ginger root</b>, fresh, partly grated / finely diced / finely minced (preferably organic so you can use the skin). I hate grating foods. A manual workaround is to thinly slice the ginger, chop and then smash the slices. Works fine for me as this makes it easy for straining away the fiber afterwards. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you have organic material, wash rather than discard the skin. You can wash and scrub ginger with diluted vinegar or lemon juice without killing all of the good bacteria. However, washing them this way, along with scrubbing them will remove wax coating. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>sugar</b>, white</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">transparent, wide-mouthed glass jar for fermenting and storing the ginger bug. Transparency of this primary fermentation bottle allows you the brewer to observe the ferment. The wide mouth allows the brewer to easily feed, empty and fill the jar.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">hot water and soap to sanitize the bottle</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Steps for making the ginger bug</b></div></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Combine the following in a glass jar</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">grated <b>ginger</b>, 2 tbsp to 1 cup (according to your taste). You can use the skins. Set aside the remaining un-grated ginger for later. You will need to grate a little more periodically to continually feed the bug.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 tbsp white <b>sugar </b></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 cups of <b>water</b>. </span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cover the jar. You need not seal the jar with an airlock. The cover really only needs to keep out dust or other contaminants. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Allow to stand at room temperature and out of direct sunlight for 24 hours. (Overtime, direct sunlight can sterilize fermentations over time)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every day, feed the bug by combining the following very well into the mixture. </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 tbsp grated ginger </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 tbsp grated sugar</span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stir vigorously to oxygenate the liquid as this is useful to the yeast and to re-submerge ginger pieces that may have been pushed up to the liquid's surface.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watch for signs of successful fermentation:</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">build up of gas within the mixture. This is evident through bubbles and a popping sound when uncovering a securely closed lid.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The mixture starts to get cloudy.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The mixture makes a fizzing sound</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ginger solids settle to the bottom.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">white yeast settles at the bottom. This is completely normal.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">bubbles form a frothy layer on top of the bug, even without the bottle being sealed.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">the mixture has a slight smell of yeast (somewhat like how beer smells)</span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Decide whether you will refrigerate your ginger bug or leave it at room temperature. The feeding requirements for your options are as follows</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Refrigerated: feed once weekly</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Room temperature: feed daily as above</span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Things you might observe.</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">GOOD / ACCEPTABLE</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is common for some people to see their culture turn pink. This is safe. This is possibly due to mineral contents in your fermentation. </span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">BAD SIGNS</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">the culture becomes dark and or slimy</span></li></ul></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can keep the ginger bug alive for months to years on end, even after starting to use it (for <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-drinks.html" target="_blank">fermented sweet drinks)</a>. </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Top up with more unchlorinated water and continue feeding the bug to populate the new volume of water</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you wonder whether the bug is still alive, test it by observing if a small amount can make a sweet drink (that has no other starter). If the sweet drink starts to bubble within about 24 hours, the bug is still alive.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If the ginger pieces begin to crowd the jar, strain off the spent ginger and then add new stock. BTW, an indicator that the ginger is very old is when it turns brown. You do not need to wait for the ginger to get brown before removing it however. The liquid alone will already have the useful bacteria.</span></li></ul></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="319" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtb1BvRUWmI" width="479" youtube-src-id="wtb1BvRUWmI"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO MAKING GINGER BUG</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/speed-up-digestion.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speedup digestion</span></a></li><div id="cabbage" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></div><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/fermented%20food" target="_blank">Fermented foods</a></span></li><ul><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sauerkraut (full instructions</span></a>)</li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-vegetables.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fermented vegetables</span></a></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/ginger-bug.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ginger bug</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-drinks.html" target="_blank">Fermented drinks</a> (ginger ale, etc)</li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/cheong-syrup.html" target="_blank">Cheong: sweet fermented syrup</a></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" target="_blank">High protein yogurt with chickpeas</a></span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html#" target="_blank">Extra creamy yogurt with oats</a></span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">DIY chickpea yogurt</a></span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Oat yogurt</a></span></li></ul><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vegan milks and other drinks</span></span></li><ul style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/creamy-rice-milk-diy.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Creamy rice milk</a></span></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/12/water-kefir.html" target="_blank">Water kefir</a></span></li></ul><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tofu</span></span></li><ul style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/01/chickpea-tofu.html" target="_blank">Chickpea tofu</a></span></li></ul><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Breakfast or snacks</span></span></li><ul style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/12/vegan-gluten-free-christmas-cake.html" target="_blank">Vegan Caribbean Christmas cake</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/pink-pancakes-blood-type-b-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pink (beetroot) pancake recipe</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/tortillas.html" target="_blank">Tortillas (Green spinach)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/07/health-bar-recipe-homemade-natural.html" target="_blank">Protein granola bar</a> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/vegan-gluten-free-pizza-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pizza</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/11/bajan-conkies.html" target="_blank">Barbadian (aka Bajan) conkies</a></span></li></ul><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Other</span></span></li><ul style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-make-egg-substitute-with.html" target="_blank">Vegan eggs</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Topping (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/guacamole-recipe-tropical-unique.html" target="_blank">guacamole</a> inspired)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/08/green-papaya-salad-to-improve-enzyme.html" target="_blank">Papaya salad</a> to improve enzyme activity and improve digestive health</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/01/sprouting-101-demo-lentil-sprouts.html" target="_blank">Sprouts (lentils)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/ghee.html" target="_blank">Ghee</a> (not vegan)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2017/08/agar-agar-medicinal-super-food.html" target="_blank">Agar agar</a> (medicinal superfood great for making vegan flan with vegan milks)</span></li></ul></ul></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-30485736182579839702024-02-14T17:30:00.016-04:002024-03-01T09:17:25.371-04:00Amanirenas - History to meet the ancestors<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8XdNjZA9qc4q09Fjoc3vSvgQOS6EsZGAl_sbcccW63tyhqsBBQHuIcDQchlVsAYHrZ8NcFzmmMqRVYdRyW09eeNiB-CZtpypYnxnScoO6hPP3ZEEmrNzGL1kW7dchcNhLlSgrhabIoWXY8K65JWB22GYRSuJapyV6n6VQTqoKnYOd_su0LfmErTBe7c/s193/Amanirenas%20-%20bundle%20of%20golden%20arrows%20-%20my%20compilation.png" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="192" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8XdNjZA9qc4q09Fjoc3vSvgQOS6EsZGAl_sbcccW63tyhqsBBQHuIcDQchlVsAYHrZ8NcFzmmMqRVYdRyW09eeNiB-CZtpypYnxnScoO6hPP3ZEEmrNzGL1kW7dchcNhLlSgrhabIoWXY8K65JWB22GYRSuJapyV6n6VQTqoKnYOd_su0LfmErTBe7c/w74-h75/Amanirenas%20-%20bundle%20of%20golden%20arrows%20-%20my%20compilation.png" width="74" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kandake<b> </b>(aka
Queen) <b>Amanirenas</b> was a fierce, one-eyed warrior queen of Kush
who defeated the emperor of the Roman superpower, Caesar.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Backstory to tell you about the characteristics of his spirit.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Consider these points when <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/libations-101.html" target="_blank">pouring libations</a> or otherwise <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/working-with-ancestors-101.html" target="_blank">connecting with this ancestor</a>. </div></span><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Kandake Amanirenas recognized that the Emperor Caesar had already conquered Egypt and would soon thereafter expand further South to also conquer Nubi (Northern regions of Africa, below Egypt). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Her husband King had died in an earlier battle, leaving her to manage on her own. </span>She needed to <b><i>think swiftly and strategically</i> </b>because <i><b>her army was much smaller</b></i> than that of the Romans. Consequently, she <i><b>planned a surprise attack</b></i> against the Romans in Egypt. She did not even await their approach or attack. She lead her roughly 30,000 soldiers Northward for this attack with swords, bows and arrows, and won. In fact, the victory was so good that she <i><b>captured 3 Roman cities</b></i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not surprisingly, the Roman emperor was angered and retaliated by invading Kush. The Romans destroyed an old capital and sold thousands of Kushites into slavery. Kandake Amanirenas <i><b>counterattacked quickly and repeatedly</b></i>. Her spirit was that of an unapologetic fighter. For instance, paintings suggest that she fed captives to her pet lion and used war elephants. In one of these battles, she lost her left eye. However, that did not stop her. As if arising out of a short autumn to winter hibernation, she continued fighting once healed. After <i><b>3 years of further battles</b></i>, Amanirenas was able to force the Romans into a stalemate. At this point, she sent a peace treaty with terms that would assure the well being of her people which he signed before retreating, even from Egypt.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overall, the battle between Caesar and Amanirenas lasted for 5 years. However, Caesar agreed to leave Egypt and leave Nubia alone.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Symbol ideas you may use for <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-set-up-altar-101.html" target="_blank">altars</a></b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>One-eyed</b>. She only saw through her right eye because her left one had been blinded in battle with the Romans. CK. I find it oddly coincidental that the Egyptian Eye of the Sun god Ra symbol is usually depicted as the right eye and represents power, fury, and violence. </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Ra's eye, like Amanirenas' remaining eye, symbolizes power, fury and violence. I would add <i><b>laser focus</b></i>. Amanirenas’ ability to succeed her entire family that consisted of only males was likely responsible for her being described (by European scholars) as <b><i>masculine</i></b>. While this description was likely a butthurt, her energy was necessarily masculine. It is coincidentally significant that she succeeded her husband and sons who had died in battle. Again this parallels the way that <i><b>Ra sent his daughter to punish his disrespectful followers</b></i>. In short, the one-eye symbology also embodies the mission of Ra’s daughter.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Bundle
of golden arrows</i></b> symbolizes the kandake's brilliant achievement of peaceful resolution, albeit with defiance. When she had stalemated the Romans, leaving them unable to advance in their attack against her (new) capital, she sent a peace treaty with a bundle of arrows. The defiant message read "<i>This gift is from the Kandake. If you want peace, this is a token of her warmth and friendship. But if you want war, keep the arrows because you are going to need them.</i>" (As typical of her people, she was an archer).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>3 cities</b> (she captured three major Roman cities). Somewhat like the biblical story of Gideon, the repetition of the psychic number 3 might suggest that she <b><i>accepted a spiritual calling and was consequently granted </i></b><i><b>supernatural intervention</b></i> because, like Gideon, her army was considerably smaller and, ordinarily a huge mis-match against the opponent. Other mentions of 3 include the length of her reign, 30 years.</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="313" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7lNCiCNZCEM" width="457" youtube-src-id="7lNCiCNZCEM"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Other general details</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Her full title was </span>Kandake Amnirense Qore Li Kdwe Li. She lived in the 1st century BC and ascended the throne in her early 20s and bore 2 sons with her husband king (likely Emperor Terigetas).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Amani (as a name or name prefix) pays homage to the kandake. Several successors adopted her name ‘Amani’ in their titles like Queens <u>Amani</u>shakheto (10 BCE – 1 CE) and <i>Amani</i>tore (1CE – 25CE).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">She died in her 50s.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kush is modern-day Sudan.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>The description of her being a masculine woman unsurprisingly came from a </span>Greek scholar, Strabo. This continues to be the butthurt of white supremacy when faced with black women who resist and win against European imperialist antics. Afterall, she had succeeded her entire immediate royal family that consisted of only male relatives. Besides, she never remarried after her husband's death. Regardless, as the study of the hermetic principle of gender shows, masculine energy has little to do with the male gender. It is therefore fitting to commend her for knowing when and how to use masculine energy.</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>CONTENT RELATED TO HISTORY TO MEET THE ANCESTOR KANDAKE AMANIRENAS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Series: <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/Meet%20the%20Ancestors" target="_blank">Meet the Ancestors</a> (an introduction to some noteworthy ancestors that include <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/marcus-garvey-history-to-meet-ancestors.html" target="_blank">Marcus Garvey</a>, the Kush Kandake <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/amanirenas-history-to-meet-ancestors.html" target="_blank">Amanirenas</a>, Ken <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/Ken-Saro-Wiwa-history-to-meet-ancestors.html" target="_blank">Saro Wiwa</a> and more)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/working-with-ancestors-101.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Working with the ancestors</a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/libations-101.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Libations</a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-set-up-altar-101.html" target="_blank">Setting up an altar</a></span></li></ul><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="328" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x98Gfvo0BFw" width="480" youtube-src-id="x98Gfvo0BFw"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by YouTuber Displore '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x98Gfvo0BFw" target="_blank">Top 10 greatest African leaders of all time</a>'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-19836400867044408472024-02-12T16:02:00.017-04:002024-02-18T09:13:35.067-04:00Marcus Garvey - History to meet the ancestors<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRwnGKNhm6cJ6nuUv-mCPzIHEidINRE3yVGv6jOvJDvLRmzNJEI4NYDr9lOx0Mhyphenhyphen-qiJsEkQxVor794e2lXdw7OgdtI_BTzxa4axt-sUtlA2b4jNjKNOoWjXu06OYkWRhhR-xqpkGpZkxGab_ebvywyDUSOnA_cdZJh1Q9hN8f-Ixq61TFMS3aqXrOUM/s657/pan%20African%20flag%20-%20my%20creation.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="657" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRwnGKNhm6cJ6nuUv-mCPzIHEidINRE3yVGv6jOvJDvLRmzNJEI4NYDr9lOx0Mhyphenhyphen-qiJsEkQxVor794e2lXdw7OgdtI_BTzxa4axt-sUtlA2b4jNjKNOoWjXu06OYkWRhhR-xqpkGpZkxGab_ebvywyDUSOnA_cdZJh1Q9hN8f-Ixq61TFMS3aqXrOUM/w85-h48/pan%20African%20flag%20-%20my%20creation.jpg" width="85" /></a></div></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the still operational Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Key points & Characteristics</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Consider these points when <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/libations-101.html" target="_blank">pouring libations</a> or otherwise <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/working-with-ancestors-101.html" target="_blank">connecting with this ancestor</a>. </div></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> One of the earliest fathers of pan-Africanism (Pan-Africanism is a general term for various movements in Africa and the diaspora that have as their common goal the unity of Africans and the elimination of colonialism and white supremacy from the continent. It focuses on upliftment.) </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Revolutionary, visionary and action-oriented</b>. In fact, he roused the suspicion of some governments, like the US and Costa Rican governments. They considered him a '<i>trouble maker</i>'. In fact, the FBI surveilled him and tried to find ways of imprisoning him until they forced the issue, imprisoning him for 3 of a 5-year sentence. Example(s) of his revolutionism. </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He founded a shipping company that owned a ship called the SS Black Star Line. This ship's mission was to repatriate the diaspora to West Africa.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was very publicly <b><i>vocal about pan-Africanism</i></b> in public speeches and articles, even owning newspapers for this purpose in different countries. He held the first international conference for like-minded black people. Among his messages was the, at the time, novel idea like reparations and trade unionism in support of fair treatment of black workers. These ideas were particularly revolutionary for their time because black people had only recently emerged from slavery and were even far more severely marginalized than today. Consequently, many of his ideas likely seemed hard to conceive and even overly ambitious.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To continue from the SS Black Starline, which was to make a positive spin on the Trans-Atlantic trade, was <i><b>entrepreneurial</b></i> by also including commercial ventures like the restaurant business and laundry services. His vision was to expand a black commercial network. He was already promoting the idea of buying from black-owned businesses.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He promised that, <b><i>even in death, he can be counted on to be the Marcus Garvey he aspired to be</i></b>. Essentially, this is his call to action to others who will step forward to welcome his ancestry. Ancestors had visions that could not be completed in their life time for one reason or other. The baton is therefore passed on.</span></li></ul></ul><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Symbol ideas you may use on your altar</b></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pan-African flag. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkxQCMPt3Bjv6WN9ixZ2OsOaerDOx6uc-Z-PU2UsqrOjAlBnMciQW1MUdnvTyAKgV_tndwQoCc8pLt6g_bnDhnS8e-ubeegF5Z5Q_nqmEg6JnRi7O-POmlc5DMyAkSweTEwKIkI7-eiK2g-1YXRgYSTRZUSn01zXojNwZ80BqlYnQzYvLmISzn0xJVkw/s657/pan%20African%20flag%20-%20my%20creation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="657" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkxQCMPt3Bjv6WN9ixZ2OsOaerDOx6uc-Z-PU2UsqrOjAlBnMciQW1MUdnvTyAKgV_tndwQoCc8pLt6g_bnDhnS8e-ubeegF5Z5Q_nqmEg6JnRi7O-POmlc5DMyAkSweTEwKIkI7-eiK2g-1YXRgYSTRZUSn01zXojNwZ80BqlYnQzYvLmISzn0xJVkw/w106-h59/pan%20African%20flag%20-%20my%20creation.jpg" width="106" /></a></div></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red: the blood that unites all people of Black African ancestry, and shed for liberation; </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black: for the people whose existence as a nation, though not a nation-state, is affirmed by the existence of the flag; </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Green: the abundant and vibrant natural wealth of Africa, the Motherland.</span></li></ul></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other details about the pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey</b></div></b></span><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His life spanned from 17 August 1887 to 10 June 1940. He was born in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica. However, he traveled widely, living at different points in countries that include his home country of Jamaica, Costa Rica (Limón province), Panama, the US and England.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He needed to start working at 14 to help his household. To this end and somewhat prophetically, he worked as an apprentice in a printery.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He died after a series of strokes in 1940. Although initially buried in London, in 1964 his remains were moved to Jamaica.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>CONTENT RELATED TO HISTORY TO MEET THE ANCESTOR<span style="text-align: left;"> PAN-AFRICANIST MARCUS GARVEY</span></b></span></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Series: <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/Meet%20the%20Ancestors" target="_blank">Meet the Ancestors</a> (an introduction to some noteworthy ancestors that include <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/marcus-garvey-history-to-meet-ancestors.html" target="_blank">Marcus Garvey</a>, the Kush Kandake <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/amanirenas-history-to-meet-ancestors.html" target="_blank">Amanirenas</a>, Ken <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/Ken-Saro-Wiwa-history-to-meet-ancestors.html" target="_blank">Saro Wiwa</a> and more)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/working-with-ancestors-101.html" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Working with the ancestors</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/libations-101.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Libations</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-set-up-altar-101.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Setting up an altar</span></a></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="328" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x98Gfvo0BFw" width="480" youtube-src-id="x98Gfvo0BFw"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by YouTuber Displore '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x98Gfvo0BFw" target="_blank">Top 10 greatest African leaders of all time</a>'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-84367093225469012422024-02-12T14:54:00.672-04:002024-03-02T15:09:15.999-04:00Ken Saro Wiwa - History to meet the ancestors<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ken Saro-Wiwa (10 Oct 1941 to 10 Nov 1995) was a Nigerian writer and activist for human rights and the environment. He was killed while fighting a non-violent campaign against the extreme environmental damage that indiscriminate petroleum waste dumping caused by foreign companies, especially the Royal Dutch Shell company to his Ogoni people's homeland in the oil-rich Niger Delta. This suffering occurred because his people's land was a key target by oil companies who dug for oil without adequate safety and human rights measures.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He became such a thorn in the side of corrupt government officials and Shell that he was eventually hung on trumped up charges. Needless to say, his execution provoked international outrage, even resulting in the suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth of nations for 3 years. For a while, his activism placed him in the crosshairs of those who benefited from the corruption. For instance, he was imprisoned for several months without trial by the military police as an attempt to silence him.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The legal, non-spiritual conclusion: Lawsuits against Royal Dutch Shell</b></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Human rights cases were brought against Shell for criminal human rights violations, including <a href="#summaryexecution">summary execution</a>, inhumane treatment, arbitrary arrest and detention. With an abundance of material wealth, Shell paid this sum easily, albeit grudgingly. However, do not lose sight of that the spirit guiding a company to act this way is hardly likely to truly change. Rather, like any other psychopathic energy, it learns to be more surreptitious. For instance, rather than more easily recognizable tactics like summary execution and other physical warfare, it uses more spiritual forms of warfare like <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/01/character-assassination.html" target="_blank"><i>character assassination</i></a> and <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/gangstalking.html" target="_blank"><i>gang stalking</i> </a>psyops. In short, it simply continues in this vein whenever opportunities present themselves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="313" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f53jVvJBT6E" width="484" youtube-src-id="f53jVvJBT6E"></iframe></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by YouTuber NewAfrica '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f53jVvJBT6E&t=58s" target="_blank">The Ken Saro-Wiwa Story | Greed, Betrayal and the Battle for Nigeria's Oil Money</a>'</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"></span></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Backstory to tell you about the characteristics of his spirit and mission.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: medium; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: normal;">This ancestor had a mission but was unable to complete his mission in his desired way (ie to immediately protect the well being of his people). You decide whether aspects of his characteristics will help or hinder your specific set of circumstances before inviting them into avatar. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is painful to watch Ken Saro-Wiwa's dignified calls for peaceful protests, knowing that greed for money would ultimately motivate the military government to respond by killing him. Essentially, he projected onto Shell and the military government the positive response he would likely have given had the tables been turned. The imagined response was, "<i>We respect your humanity. Let us talk about how we can invest our vast resources to devise a mutually beneficial path.</i>" When you call upon the ancestors, they are often those who were unable to complete their mission. Calling upon ancestors who were unable to complete their mission is a matter of not only thanking them for the point to which they brought us but very importantly of volunteering to succeed them in their cause so as to either push their mission further or succeed. Regarding <u>his success</u>. At the very least, Ken Saro-Wiwa's death brought international awareness and roused emotions. Furthermore, the unique legal approach to tackling Shell created a noteworthy precedent. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">He made <i><b>sacrifices for his people's future</b></i>. He understood that he was dealing with a war. It is worth also noting that many youths died as they protested. This created tensions among his people, many of whom began to think he should revert to more peaceful, albethey ineffective forms of protests.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">After his peaceful protests and requests were being ignored as his people struggled with the negative impact on their wellbeing, he organized a group of youths to sabotage Shell's infrastructure which successfully forced Shell to pause operations in his people's land for a short while. Unfortunately however, this meant that <i style="color: black;"><span style="color: #38761d;">the military government </span></i>went from perceiving him as a small nuisance to be ignored to being their single biggest internal threat because a significant part of their income was this operation. In response, the military government responded with ever-increasing violence and thuggery against Ken Saro-Wiwa's activists. The mysterious killing of 4 chiefs of a rival tribe was blamed on him. Not only was he imprisoned without evidence but the court case involved various false witnesses that later admitted to being bribed. Despite the international outcry, he, along with 8 other leading members, together called the 'Ogoni 9' were sentenced to be hanged. </span></i></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">He <b><i>organized people</i></b>. </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">In response to the social injustice and environmental degradation of his people, he founded an activist group</span></i>.</span></li><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">His dying words (about the fight continuing after his death) were not only prophetic but also a call-to-action, especially to you who have chosen to seek out this type of content.</span></i></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was <b><i>a peaceful and respectful, yet bold negotiator</i></b>. Example(s)</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>He sent a bill of rights to the government. (A bill of rights is a summary of rights and privileges guaranteed to a people against violations by the government. Common terms include the freedom of speech). This was bold because his group was a micro-minority (accounting for only 1% of the country's population and he had no real bargaining power). From the perspective of the government and Shell, he was too big for his britches and can be brushed aside and ignored without regard for his humanity</i>. </span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was <b>persistent</b>. As anyone understanding the West knows, this characteristic encourages organizations like Shell to consider Ken Saro-Wiwa as a '<i>trouble maker</i>' to be cut down rather than consider his humanity and that of the many people whose suffering was clear from Shell's irresponsible practices. For instance, </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>After being unable to get a response from the government or Shell, he organized 1/3 of his people for a peaceful protest</i><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>.</i></span></span></span></li></ul></ul></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Symbols you may use on your altar</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: verdana;">Quotes</b><span style="font-family: verdana;">:</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His words just before being killed were "<i>Lord, take my soul but the struggle continues.</i>" These words almost seem like the result of his divine opportunity to give a final call-to-action. Specifically, he said these final words after the executioner's 4th failed attempt but succumbed in the following attempt. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I am more dangerous dead than alive"</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“<i>Whether I live or die is immaterial. It is enough to know that there are people who commit time, money and energy to fight this one evil among so many others predominating worldwide. If they do not succeed today, they will succeed tomorrow</i>.”</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“<i>In this country (</i>England<i>], writers write to entertain, they raise questions of individual existence, but for a Nigerian writer in my position, you can’t go into that. Literature has to be combative</i>.”</span></li></ul><li><b style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">A pen / a pen and a (symbolic) sword</b><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">. He was a writer, as he said, not of stories but activism to save the future of his people.</span></li></ul></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>CONTENT RELATED TO HISTORY TO MEET THE ANCESTOR KEN SARO WIWA</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Series: <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/Meet%20the%20Ancestors" target="_blank">Meet the Ancestors</a> (an introduction to some noteworthy ancestors that include <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/marcus-garvey-history-to-meet-ancestors.html" target="_blank">Marcus Garvey</a>, the Kush Kandake <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/amanirenas-history-to-meet-ancestors.html" target="_blank">Amanirenas</a>, Ken <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/Ken-Saro-Wiwa-history-to-meet-ancestors.html" target="_blank">Saro Wiwa</a> and more)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/working-with-ancestors-101.html" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Working with the ancestors</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/libations-101.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Libations</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-set-up-altar-101.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Setting up an altar</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Internal links: <a href="#summaryexecution">summary execution (definition)</a>;</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="328" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x98Gfvo0BFw" width="480" youtube-src-id="x98Gfvo0BFw"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by YouTuber Displore '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x98Gfvo0BFw" target="_blank">Top 10 greatest African leaders of all time</a>'</span></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Notes</b></span></div><div id="summaryexecution"></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Summary execution refers to an execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without the benefit of a free and fair trial.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul></ul></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-52272130422749047732023-12-21T18:28:00.013-04:002024-03-01T08:56:00.780-04:00Banishment ritual: Spiritual Burning<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This <i>spiritual burning</i> aka 'write, burn & release' is a banishment ritual. If you have ever journaled, you will likely relate to the powerful release that comes from writing away onto paper your negative thoughts (like sadness, details over which you would ruminate otherwise, doubt and so on). The burning part of this ritual takes this type of release to a higher level.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Common uses and benefits of spiritual burning rituals include the following.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">To reprogram yourself, for instance; as per the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">hermetic principle of mentalism</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">To clear the way of blocks against your ancestors, especially if you are seeking to complete their mission</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white;">The process is to write </span></span>a personalized version of the following and then to burn the paper with fire. After you have completed the ritual, thank the spirit world for their assistance.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana;"><i>I destroy and release </i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><u><span style="color: #783f04;"> [Fill in the blank] </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Example(s): energies; 'thoughts, conditions & indoctrination'; generational curses; etc</span></u></span></span></i><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>against</span></span></i><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: #783f04;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><u> [Fill in the blank] </u></span></span></i><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><u> </u></span></span></i></span><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><u>Example(s): </u></span></span></i><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><u>me; my </u></span></span></i><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/working-with-ancestors-101.html" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;" target="_blank"><i>ancestors</i></a><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><u>; my loved ones; finances, [etc]</u></span></span></i></blockquote><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana;"><i>in spirit and in flesh; be they </i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #783f04;">spell work, dark magic, evil eye, wicked rituals or monitoring spirits.</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></i></span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is another from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@chhavizainetarotinvestigat425" target="_blank">YouTuber Chhavi Zain</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>All thoughts, conditions and indoctrination that does not serve my highest good is now destroyed in spirit and in flesh.</i></span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>CONTENT RELATED TO THE '<i>WRITE. BURN, RELEASE</i>' BANISHING PRAYER</b></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/03/my-cleanse-plan-tropical-version.html">Holistic Cleanse</a> program for Mind, Body & Spirit </li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/05/how-to-do-psychic-cord-cutting-setting.html">How to cut psychic cords</a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/working-with-ancestors-101.html" target="_blank">Working with ancestors</a> (breaking generational curses, etc)</li></span><li style="text-align: justify;">Banishment </li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2017/03/banishing-prayer-abbe-male-spiritus.html" target="_blank">prayer (abbe male spiritus)</a></li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/12/banishment-ritual-spiritual-burning.html" target="_blank">spiritual burning ritual (aka '<i>write, burn, release</i>')</a></li></span></ul></span></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-89086164174126420652023-09-21T04:59:00.110-03:002023-12-03T14:17:11.685-04:00Autumn Equinox<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyI1rI_uyEiRtrO-Sk2PymUv86-sVvzzKQK0bbPnWto-CwIhD8i4rbfNif-nYPDds8-krIKxE1LLtA8TCb1hLfcWoFX460hQSKtJoADXbUjB2mLR996p67xnOGJ_d4XB5NsAEhbQAArsHsfWKp-K2T6O3tAQO4NmqOzXXubDYEhz-NrR-2WCuRD7XDjk/s180/fall%20equinox.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="180" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyI1rI_uyEiRtrO-Sk2PymUv86-sVvzzKQK0bbPnWto-CwIhD8i4rbfNif-nYPDds8-krIKxE1LLtA8TCb1hLfcWoFX460hQSKtJoADXbUjB2mLR996p67xnOGJ_d4XB5NsAEhbQAArsHsfWKp-K2T6O3tAQO4NmqOzXXubDYEhz-NrR-2WCuRD7XDjk/w62-h59/fall%20equinox.jpg" width="62" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwT-iZHUgwm0yU3f9qIGhwv2FTaIsiCUGXcbcrqhwMZKJUp_vRsMh4VYhWg97JB4B70zMYsR8ACqnvdLuc8B19tSg8BLXUKyETYzJWcpVtquLcjYoGQo8jm3FpwJK0KLWTm8xuYXt9_ItlHhrNrDrwRaYxs-uazrWoKjXWL98ckkSqO7Yp5tTeNPY84o/s224/equinox%20symbol.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The autumn equinox is the half-way point of the astrological year. Astronomically, an equinox is a specific minute during which the equator is perfectly aligned with the sun. For this reason, if you researched the equinox for any year, you will receive a date AND time. Arguably, this alignment translates into nearly equal amounts of light and darkness on the planet, called an '<i>equilux</i>'. In reality, this is debatable because light refracts around the curvature of the earth, meaning that light is still visible beyond sunrise or sunset and one's latitude also impacts amount of visible light and darkness. Needless to say, despite this debate, the equinox is always fixed, regardless of one's physical location on Earth. The equinox marks the changing of seasons.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The autumn equinox marks the transition from Summer whose days are longer than its nights and the earth tilts, towards the converse, Winter via Autumn, ie a season whose nights are longer than days. Summer is brighter and warmer while Autumn is the shift towards a darker and colder time. On these bases, paying homage to the autumn equinox can be spiritually significant because of the correspondences between the cosmos and the fractal level of an individual human life.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Taking cues from nature</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kemetic culture recognizes the constant cycles in creation; ie death and rebirth in nature like the equinox, seasonal or any other natural cycles. This culture observes how these cycles correspondence with personal human life and a connection with the universal forces. Needless to say, it is quite unlike the Gregorian callendar that Julius Caesar introduced to tell time. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Example(s)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">A <b>bear that hibernates</b> from October until the snow melts does into a sleep-state that might be likened to a human who retreats to heal in quiet, without external distractions like the bear's food and external stimuli. The sleep-like state is called torpor which is a state of physical and mental inactivity, loosely comparable with meditation or isolation. During torpor they slow down their body's functions to such a degree that they may not even need to ear or drink water for as long as 6 or 7 months. </span></i></li><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The 4 stages of <b>metamorphosis of butterflies</b> and moths (egg, larva, pupa and adult) are an example of seasons of a sentient being. The pupa is the transition stage during which the caterpillar goes into a dormant state of isolation. While it may appear that nothing is happening, huge transformations are occurring. Special cells that were always present in the earlier stage but unawaken grow rapidly at this stage to become legs, wings, eyes and other parts of an adult butterfly. Ultimately, after this being's autumnal equinox, it emerges in a way that looks vastly different from its prior self.</span></i></li><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The hot climate version of a hibernating bear is how a <b>snail estivates</b> during very hot and dry periods of scarcity. Snails draw deeply within their shells and bury themselves under the surface of the soil and go into a state of torpor.</span></i></li><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The other upcoming equinox (the Spring equinox) can mark the start of a new year. Maybe this is the reason that eggs are used to represent Easter.</span></i></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Spiritual significance of the autumn equinox, an opening gateway & discernment</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reminiscent of the bear going into hibernation from autumn, the autumn equinox is a time of retreat, healing, deep contemplation, introspection, ascetism (certainly unlike its celebratory opposite, the Spring equinox). Similar to the greater portion of darkness when the sun can not be seen, this period corresponds to human life and its need to focus on the darker, unseen side of oneself that we usually keep hidden. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In other words, this is a time of doing '<i>shadow work</i>' or returning to source as a means of regenerating oneself for the upcoming abundance of the upcoming spring. Regeneration typically involves learning about those 'dark' sides. These dark parts can relate to addressing unused talents and hobbies, recognizing toxic situations and trauma that do not resonate with your spiritual trajectory and so on. This relates to any aspect of your mind, body or spirit. The spring involves walking in harmony with your true purpose as intended by the universe. This is the path that brings most fulfilment. In short, this period is ideal for deep introspection and planning for the future spring or re-birth. Despite its apparent depressiveness, see it as the opportunity to take some steps back to gather strength you need to launch forward.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qCv_b9PW4tw" width="435" youtube-src-id="qCv_b9PW4tw"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by YouTuber Girl Boss SA '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCv_b9PW4tw" target="_blank">Autumn Equinox Breakdown</a>'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The equinox is a gateway between the outward expressions of Sun-dominated Summer and the inward flowing energy of introspection, approaching the moon-dominated winter. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Astrologers suggest that this opened gateway is an opportunity to download Christ energy of intuition and inspiration and to return to simplicity (away from worldly distractions). Part of the introspection also requires you to see how to focus on changing your inner world in order to get more joy, regardless of the external world. In other words, rather than try to change the outer world or external forces, inner world mastery allows you to enjoy peace, even despite chaos in your outer world.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Correspondences with particular spiritual practices include the following. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Tarot card 'the hermit (IX)'</b>. Quite symbolically, the imagery of the hermit is of a mature bearded man. The fact that he walks alone and in darkness highlight the isolation away from external influence. His only guidance to illuminate the path ahead is a bright lantern that he carries. Symbolically, this suggests that his only influence is internal because he is heavily reliant on his inner self and not external forces around him. Words associated with this card include ascension, illumination and introspection</span></i>. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">The <b>Mercury retrograde</b> is an astronomical illusion in which Mercury appears to be moving backwards. Since the planet is associated with communication, the retrograde is seen as backward stepping and retreat (and often blamed for miscommunication or mental health challenges like depression or anxiety). Astrologers suggest that these 3-week periods are unsuitable for discussing sensitive matters, big purchases or major contracts (or at least without extraordinary due diligence). Spiritually, energy spins inwards and more deeply into one's own mind and intuition. </span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Mabon</b> is an alternate Welsh name for autumnal equinox. It is one of the 8 Wiccan sabbats celebrated during each year. (A sabbat or sabbath is a day of religious observance and abstinence from work).</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">The <b>Green Man from Druidism</b> is the spirit of all vegetation. Symbols may include trees. He is balanced, characterizing neither good nor evil. He just is and governs growth from beautiful flowers we love to the unwanted vines that strangle them. Honoring the green man is often done by connecting with mature trees at their roots.</span></i></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In addition to using the equinox to prepare for the upcoming Spring, one may use it to also prepare for the upcoming <b>eclipse cycle</b> (in October in the Northern hemisphere). <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/spiritual-significance-of-eclipse.html" target="_blank">About eclipses</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Responding to the autumn equinox portal</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Common practices around the autumn equinox include the following.</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Connect with nature</b> </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Walk through nature. Spend time barefooted to ground yourself with the earth. Pause at the root of a tree to <b>meditate on your connection with Mother Earth</b>, visualizing your roots extending into the earth. Thank Mother Earth for the harvest of Summer (<i><span style="color: #38761d;">good health, your ability to have done something that you did, etc</span></i>). Also observe and connect with the shifting / waning energies of equinox. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Give an offering to nature</b>. Before going into the quiet of autumn, give thanks for the abundance of Summer. This is the basis for the harvest celebration traditions. You may <i><span style="color: #38761d;">place a fruit, twig, leaves from your garden. I like selecting items from my most abundant and beloved plants that gave me the most harvest. You may also pour juice at the roots of a tree with which you connect.</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Collect articles for your altar from nature. See discussion about an altar for the autumn equinox above.</span></li><li><b style="font-family: verdana;">Preserve and consume items of this time</b><span style="font-family: verdana;">. Preservation or storage of something useful for scarce times is one of the keywords of autumn. As the Summer ends and the autumn begins, some Summer produce becomes less scarce. Consider feasting on and preserving produce fitting this description that is emblematic to your location. Example(s). </span><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Wine was made by fermenting the Summer harvest of fruits like grapes. This process was rushed before autumn became too cold for grape vines to sustain unpicked grapes.</span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Consider fermenting or otherwise preserving your location-specific produce. Options include making </span></li><ul><li><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;">kvass with local fruits and or vegetables. A kvass is a fermented drink with very low levels of alcohol or tartness</span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Tepache, a fermented drink using only sugar and water with pineapple peels</span></i>.</span></li><li><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Fermented ginger with sugar (other fruits as an option) and yeast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pIc4N4CAQWs" width="471" youtube-src-id="pIc4N4CAQWs"></iframe></div><br /><br /></span></i></li></ul></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Clear up space</b> physically, mentally and emotionally. Example(s).</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">physically speaking, this involves <i><span style="color: #38761d;">cleaning your physical space or at least your altar. Get rid of things you no longer need. Burn sage to energetically clear your space or burn incense. Set up flowers or whatever pleases you</span></i>. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do the same regarding thoughts and relationships. <i><span style="color: #38761d;">Do banishment rituals and use your symbolic broom to clean the area</span></i>.</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>Set up an autumn equinox aka '<i>mabon</i>' </b><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-set-up-altar-101.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span><b>altar</b></span></a>. Collect natural items that are signatures of the season in your area to customize your altar to the equinox. For instance, <i><span style="color: #38761d;">if your area experiences colorful leaf fall, collect some of the fallen leaves</span></i>. Other more tropical or sub-tropical examples that might not include leaf fall include </span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">fruits or flowers that are specific to the autumn in your area</span></i>. You can also collect items in nature to make your own autumn symbols. Example(s). </span></li><ul><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><b>Brooms (spiritual besoms) </b>for rituals. A besom is a tool used to swipe away negative or stagnant energy. It is ideal for the autumn equinox. It is typically made of twigs, dried herbs from the current equinox harvest, <i style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">, ribbons, charms, crystals and the like</span></i> tied around a stick. A broom is therefore a type of besom. Broom represent fertility (I suspect of new ideas and plans for the spring). They represent the balance of diving masculine as represented by the phallic handle and the divine feminine energies, represented by the hairy bristles. These may be made of anything like a cinnamon stick to represent the masculine energy with rosemary at one end to represent the feminine energy. Since brooms are associated with cleaning, they seem to also signify a cleaning away of the old to make way for the new season. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsjBaBU0u5qwXg53SojtKm5SoP9HqCnrLx3x-nVK-XWD-TGeFdmL57NRrvtmMrCoy9NmTsW5maecEqdDagJZN4u2SmHBG0msJ9MhftuMB5PDPvT9rw-Zxmf1ns2OL-MxMFRzBktoM4rgNr7DTsOekVFWrl5i-TeHOhuKzAYd5oGmuCTaG1cTQWR2v6uY/s342/besoms%20early%20Oct%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="342" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsjBaBU0u5qwXg53SojtKm5SoP9HqCnrLx3x-nVK-XWD-TGeFdmL57NRrvtmMrCoy9NmTsW5maecEqdDagJZN4u2SmHBG0msJ9MhftuMB5PDPvT9rw-Zxmf1ns2OL-MxMFRzBktoM4rgNr7DTsOekVFWrl5i-TeHOhuKzAYd5oGmuCTaG1cTQWR2v6uY/w294-h259/besoms%20early%20Oct%202023.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /></span></i></li><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><b>Harvest</b> of abundant fruits. Cornucopia (a horn of plenty).</span></i> </span></i></li><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><b>Fire</b> for burning old things. You may list things that you need to burn.</span></i></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Become like the hibernating bear</b> and acknowledge your pupa-like phase (that resembles the pupa phase of a butterfly's metamorphosis). When possible, isolate yourself from (worldly) distractions.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>Plant bulbs in the warm darkness of the earth, in keeping with hibernation and preparation for future spring. I even plant garlic bulbs which are most readily available to me</i></span>.</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>Meditation and rituals</b>. Be clear about your current position and what needs to be kept or let go. Set an intention for the session.</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><b>Harvest celebration</b>. Ideally, make lists of things to be celebrated (in your 'spiritual Summer'. Acknowledging these things helps to set your mindset of abundance. Since these are things you wish to keep, </span></span>you may write these reasons for your gratitude on leaves that you place into a box to which you can access from time to time into the future.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Important lessons learnt.</span></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Good health</span></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Safe living situation</span></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Reliable people and so on</span></i>. </span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Declare your <b>purpose for upcoming season </b>and <b>vision of yourself. </b> </span></span></li><ul><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Consider not only your personal transformation but also how you affect the collective consciousness</span></i>. </li><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><div id="wine"></div>I started my own little tradition of making <b>wine</b> during this period ... even though I do not generally drink alcohol. The quiet transformative process of fermentation is symbolic and I am preparing the juice today in a quiet dark place so that it can be enjoyed in the Spring equinox as wine. I tried to make wine with fruits and vegetables that can render the color of the chakra that needed the most work. For instance, red beetroots are not only the color red but a root vegetable and therefore ideal for representing the first chakra. The orange wine I made from papaya and ginger represented the 2nd chakra to me. That way, symbolically, the making of the wine is like the conception of my future self (as it relates to the corresponding chakra) and the Spring equinox would be the birth or rebirth of my future self. While the wine ferments, I can look very closely to see the rising bubbles as a sign that, slowly but surely, the transformation is underway. I could then drink the wine to celebrate at that time of my (re)birth in the spring. I can also offer some of the wine as a powerful <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/libations-101.html" target="_blank">libation</a>. Watch the rising bubbles in the video immediately below. See how I <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/06/diy-wine.html" target="_blank">make wine</a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4_vxKHcoiJw" width="412" youtube-src-id="4_vxKHcoiJw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMiktSt3wW1w_qKngcf44Oh9XjUUTR12oVk0B5p187LCkeoLZh5THr-YepMZSWHuMLD5KHtDfNaYjrnx3g3a-pEyRCkXb9Eb_D6Q8SylKwe3w9Z86RCQIBQ5ZYOnPltw61adW4dNRf1nsMBzX8a53PjBKXVIM9g1F2ekky1XLc1IO-k8NkfJkLOCqvGU/s2048/pawpaw.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMiktSt3wW1w_qKngcf44Oh9XjUUTR12oVk0B5p187LCkeoLZh5THr-YepMZSWHuMLD5KHtDfNaYjrnx3g3a-pEyRCkXb9Eb_D6Q8SylKwe3w9Z86RCQIBQ5ZYOnPltw61adW4dNRf1nsMBzX8a53PjBKXVIM9g1F2ekky1XLc1IO-k8NkfJkLOCqvGU/w410-h354/pawpaw.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></i></li><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Planting bulbs that will blossom in Spring are another version of the wine gesture.</span></i></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>In honor of the vision, <b>meditate on things from the old season that must be let go</b>. These are things, people and habits that no longer serve your vision. </span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">This may involve </span></i></span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">banishment prayers <span style="font-family: verdana;">like the </span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2017/03/banishing-prayer-abbe-male-spiritus.html" target="_blank">Abbe Male Spiritus</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> prayer</span> and </span></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">psychic cord cutting</span></i>.</span></span></li></ul></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>Create your alter ego</b> that you will assume permanently. Formulate your new alter ego. Meditate on <b>things that will help you to achieve your purpose</b> in some way or other. Unapologetically embrace the opportunity to re-invent yourself however you see fit. Be specific about what you need and emotionally connect with your already having attained them.</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>This may involve African <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/libations-101.html" target="_blank">libations</a> (an African practice)</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>[This section is developed further in the article on the hermetic <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">principles of mentalism</a>] Many famous people have created alter egos as a strategy for becoming the best versions of themselves and to fulfill dreams. See YouTuber <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHtLk-M6hsE&t=815s&pp=ygUPamlsbHogYWx0ZXIgZWdv" target="_blank">Jillz Guerin video on how 'an alter ego can change your life</a>' (inspired by Todd Herman's book 'The Alter Ego Effect'). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="278" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nHtLk-M6hsE" width="469" youtube-src-id="nHtLk-M6hsE"></iframe></div><br /> </i></span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">As the uncertainty of change in darker months brings anxiety, <b>ask the universe for protection and guidance in this new season</b>. </span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">See immediately below how others pay homage to the Autumn equinox.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by YouTuber Alwyn Oak '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7W9HiZkOo" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Mabon the autumn equinox: <b>how to celebrate. Simple ideas, DIYs and rituals</b></a><span style="text-align: left;">.' (below)</span></span></li></ul></ul></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="271" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LA7W9HiZkOo" width="439" youtube-src-id="LA7W9HiZkOo"></iframe></div><span><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><span>Video by YouTuber The Intuitive Healer '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CseA5g25LFg" target="_blank">The spiritual significance of the autumn equinox</a>' (below)</span></span></li></ul></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="290" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CseA5g25LFg" width="438" youtube-src-id="CseA5g25LFg"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Fun facts</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">During equinoxes, the sun has a stronger magnetic pull on the planet than any other time. Consequently, systems of water are strongly affected by the sun. </span></li><ul><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">This is why you likely see heavy downpours of rain near the equator around September. ... and stronger tides. </span></i></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">The transatlantic hurricane season peaks in September (starting in mid-August and ending at the end of November)</span></i>.</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some keywords associated with autumn include the following. They may inspire the quiet celebrations of the time. </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">abundance (from the Summer harvest); change; preservation (like preserved Summer foods that are worth keeping); balance (between opposite energies whether masculine and feminine to be modest overall); </span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few different traditional symbols are used for the autumnal equinox </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">half sun and moon. This shows the transition from the Sun-dominated Summer time towards the moon-dominated winter via the autumn. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyI1rI_uyEiRtrO-Sk2PymUv86-sVvzzKQK0bbPnWto-CwIhD8i4rbfNif-nYPDds8-krIKxE1LLtA8TCb1hLfcWoFX460hQSKtJoADXbUjB2mLR996p67xnOGJ_d4XB5NsAEhbQAArsHsfWKp-K2T6O3tAQO4NmqOzXXubDYEhz-NrR-2WCuRD7XDjk/s180/fall%20equinox.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="180" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyI1rI_uyEiRtrO-Sk2PymUv86-sVvzzKQK0bbPnWto-CwIhD8i4rbfNif-nYPDds8-krIKxE1LLtA8TCb1hLfcWoFX460hQSKtJoADXbUjB2mLR996p67xnOGJ_d4XB5NsAEhbQAArsHsfWKp-K2T6O3tAQO4NmqOzXXubDYEhz-NrR-2WCuRD7XDjk/w119-h114/fall%20equinox.jpg" width="119" /></a></div><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">The double spiral. Since this equinox is a bridge between 2 seasons, the symbol illustrates the essence of the 2 seasons: the out-breath of the Summer and the in-breath of incoming winter. </span></li></ul></ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwT-iZHUgwm0yU3f9qIGhwv2FTaIsiCUGXcbcrqhwMZKJUp_vRsMh4VYhWg97JB4B70zMYsR8ACqnvdLuc8B19tSg8BLXUKyETYzJWcpVtquLcjYoGQo8jm3FpwJK0KLWTm8xuYXt9_ItlHhrNrDrwRaYxs-uazrWoKjXWL98ckkSqO7Yp5tTeNPY84o/s224/equinox%20symbol.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="224" height="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwT-iZHUgwm0yU3f9qIGhwv2FTaIsiCUGXcbcrqhwMZKJUp_vRsMh4VYhWg97JB4B70zMYsR8ACqnvdLuc8B19tSg8BLXUKyETYzJWcpVtquLcjYoGQo8jm3FpwJK0KLWTm8xuYXt9_ItlHhrNrDrwRaYxs-uazrWoKjXWL98ckkSqO7Yp5tTeNPY84o/w90-h64/equinox%20symbol.jpg" width="90" /></span></blockquote></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX PORTAL</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/autumn-equinox.html" target="_blank">Autumn equinox</a><span> </span></span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-set-up-altar-101.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How to set up an altar</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/05/how-to-do-psychic-cord-cutting-setting.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overview of psychic cords & Psychic Vampirism, Solutions for Psychic Vampires and Victims</span></a></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/05/how-to-do-psychic-cord-cutting-setting.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is psychic cord cutting? How to perform psychic cord cutting</span></a></div></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-to-escape-toxic-relationships-with.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How to escape toxic relationships with narcissists and psychopaths</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2019/01/protecting-yourself-from-flying-monkeys.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How to deal with the narcissist's 'flying monkeys' (ie those who do the narcissist's bidding)</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2019/01/cast-magickal-circle-with-4-elements.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Casting a magickal circle with the 4 elements</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/06/are-you-subconscious-mind-control.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Free yourself from mind control</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/01/character-assassination.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Character assassination</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2013/10/spiritual-grounding-definition-uses.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Spiritual grounding</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/jerusalema-song-english-translation.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerusalema song</span></a></li><li><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/06/diy-wine.html" target="_blank">DIY wine making</a>.</span></i></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="311" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DxyV0m7l4I8" width="438" youtube-src-id="DxyV0m7l4I8"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/byw9c5kdbp0" width="438" youtube-src-id="byw9c5kdbp0"></iframe></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Internal links: <a href="#wine">wine</a></li></ul></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-82175495540384156802023-09-08T09:49:00.339-03:002023-12-19T20:09:45.880-04:00Flutter Breath of Fire Meditation <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The <i>flutter breath</i> aka '<i><b>breath of fire</b>'</i> (or '<i>vipreet swas</i>') is a quick meditative method of breathing entirely through the nose. Your inhalations and exhalations must be equal in length. It is ideal for manifestation work (with your <a href="#vision">vision board</a>).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Benefits of the flutter breath of fire</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It can help to <i><b>raise your vibration</b></i>. Raising your vibration relates to being able to reach a state (mentally and emotionally) that can best attract positive situations into your life. It is a matter of achieving theta brain waves, ie raising your frequency to those of your the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">superconscious mind</a>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is useful for <i><b>manifestation</b></i>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is one of the <b><i>quickest and most convenient</i></b> ways of raising your vibration. Consequently, it can be used even when you generally have limited time or resources, like while traveling, at work and so on.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Steps for doing the flutter breath</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Calm your mind</b>. Strive to reach a state of stillness.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Sit or stand up comfortably straight</b>. The straightness of your spine is ideal to keep your channel through all of your chakras as wide open as possible to allow energy to flow up through you and out of your crown towards the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">universal mind</a>. The erectness of your spine should be natural to ensure that your breaths can be truly equal. Throughout the meditation, make a special point of keeping your back straight. In other words, be comfortable and relaxed. If possible while standing, stand barefooted on the bare earth to <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2013/10/spiritual-grounding-definition-uses.html" target="_blank">ground yourself</a> to draw energy directly up from the ground.</span></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Hold the dhyan hand mudra, upwards facing</b>. My understanding is that this mudra symbolizes the mind - body connection. Maybe the pressure points even promote this connection. By holding this mudra (ie hand pose), you are amplifying that connection, (essentially through the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-correspondence.html" target="_blank">hermetic principle of correspondence</a>) and therefore re-stating physically to your body and mind your intentions for them to connect them deeply. Ultimately this intention instructs them into a deeper connection. Your palms should face upwards as this signals that you are in the receiving mode. Notice that the 3 straight fingers should be together and touching (not apart) while the thumb and index finger tips lightly touch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHULdxEsEUCwC3Sm2ZjCVjjnk0PDJefxVBP-VGQ3Hl-tRnTVo0S9Kv865zvGvp3M9uLLmSz0aeHHxae5gcKIJLcngM6yI_0H1ibcf9wz6Ov9jWqs62bBk9qiBEZ7adQMiQlIiHOOFBKnLL9TK4tJJXduyoEgEiKyMiQwjhOi02aoaPEJLNLqZzPqrFrXE/s176/dhyana%20mudra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="83" data-original-width="176" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHULdxEsEUCwC3Sm2ZjCVjjnk0PDJefxVBP-VGQ3Hl-tRnTVo0S9Kv865zvGvp3M9uLLmSz0aeHHxae5gcKIJLcngM6yI_0H1ibcf9wz6Ov9jWqs62bBk9qiBEZ7adQMiQlIiHOOFBKnLL9TK4tJJXduyoEgEiKyMiQwjhOi02aoaPEJLNLqZzPqrFrXE/s1600/dhyana%20mudra.jpg" width="176" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Close your eyes.</b> Closing the eyes helps to remove distractions (many of which triggers thoughts, even subconsciously).</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>For at least 2 minutes, breath quickly and quietly <u>only</u> through the nose with the mouth closed</b>. This equates to roughly 3 to 5 times per second. The aim is to just breath swiftly (and quietly) while focusing on the breath. There is no need to breath loudly and heavily. BTW, it is normal to be unable to achieve this quick and even breath work at first. In that case, try more slowly. With regular practice, you will be able to speed up the process. If you are struggling as a beginner, set an alarm for 2 minutes.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Focus ONLY on your breath</b>. Concentrate so intently on the in and outward flows of air that you can not have the chance to think about anything else (not sounds around you, why things are happening or not and so on). </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div id="vision"></div>After the flutter breath, <b>focus on your manifestation intentions</b>. Engage as fully as possible with your <b>vision board</b>. <span style="color: #444444;">A vision board is a <u>consistent reminder / call to action</u> (usual visual) of dreams you want to manifest into your life. It must be <u>specific</u> and focus on the main realistic / truly potential dream (ie rather than too many that scatter your focus). The vision board is useful for overcoming the common tendency of losing sight of your new year resolutions or other goals and therefore not reaching them. This is why consistency is important to keeping your vision in the forefront of your mind so that your daily actions and attitudes can align with your vision. Choose the level of specificity that works best for you. For instance, if you might want to travel around the entire world but can not yet afford to leave your town, make the vision board around traveling to your capital city or even crossing the nearest boarder to the next country. For instance, make a collage of images that represent your dream. However, whenever possible, personalize it. For instance, the YouTuber Jillz (vision board demonstration below) used an image of her YouTube channel profile image and name and then inserted the number of subscribers to the larger number she wanted. Prepare your vision board with much care. For instance, make it aesthetically appealing. Seeing your vision board may help you to do what is required to get a passport, research appropriate countries and so on</span>. Needless to say, after the flutter breath, avoid negativity or other distractions from your vision like technology. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/93ZccZGCmQk" width="461" youtube-src-id="93ZccZGCmQk"></iframe></div><br />YouTube video by Jillz Guerin '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ZccZGCmQk" target="_blank">How to make the perfect vision board to create your dream life</a>' </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Repeat this process consistently</b>, ideally daily.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>CONTENT RELATED TO FLUTTER BREATH / BREAH OF FIRE MEDITATION</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hermetic principle of mentalism</span></a></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Internal links:</span></li><ul><li><a href="#vision"><span style="font-family: verdana;">vision board</span></a></li></ul></ul></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-11426685553836749232023-09-07T13:29:00.773-03:002024-01-15T22:36:32.838-04:00Hermetic Principle of Gender<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x6afBx_QXHvsyfr16O67DRUNyLpyncbJgCfOJ5sG8Rq23qayigiihlQAKUm7MT6ffdG8dZZaVKH37dvtJpOYQhzftNczFAN8TlqupEZiMAttNJotBxYc2__1tuKZjofMznRMywuwU2dJfvfyCF89iWlDc2UOLbPpx-Xl-xMBiqFlMwDPK6d2O4HUeko/s91/gender%20hermetic%20principles%20of%20natural%20law.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="65" data-original-width="91" height="46" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x6afBx_QXHvsyfr16O67DRUNyLpyncbJgCfOJ5sG8Rq23qayigiihlQAKUm7MT6ffdG8dZZaVKH37dvtJpOYQhzftNczFAN8TlqupEZiMAttNJotBxYc2__1tuKZjofMznRMywuwU2dJfvfyCF89iWlDc2UOLbPpx-Xl-xMBiqFlMwDPK6d2O4HUeko/w64-h46/gender%20hermetic%20principles%20of%20natural%20law.jpg" width="64" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">This is the last </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">instalment of a <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/natural-law.html" target="_blank">7-part series</a> on the 7 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">hermetic principles of natural law.</span><p></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">#7. Principle of Gender</span></b></p><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" lang="en-CR" style="border-radius: 8px; clear: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CA4QAA" role="heading" style="overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>"</span><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>Gender is in everything; everything has its masculine and feminine principles; gender manifests on all planes.</i></span>" Kybalion</span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>The word '<i>gender</i>' refers to the existence of male and female energies in everything. In order to manifest, you must work correctly with the genders. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span>The conscious mind has forceful masculine energy while the subconscious mind has receptive feminine energy. Consequently, </span></span><span>masculine energy impregnates feminine energies in order to manifest.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Masculine energies are embodied in your ruminations, dominant thoughts, </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>passionate ritual words, libations and so on. In contrast, those masculine energies impregnate the subconscious (and superconscious?) minds. After all, your subconscious mind simply accepts without question whatever thought, however good or bad it receives. It can be likened with soil into which you can throw any seeds. If the environmental conditions are favorable, the earth will germinate that seed without question. Unfortunately, in most cases, we allow the conscious mind to run rampant, tossing all kinds of seeds indiscriminately and unchecked. Depending on what other seeds you have sown and the strength of your conviction for each seed, some will germinate, while others will not. A magickian ought to be like a strategic farmer.</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="302" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dlXGJqDwKes" width="422" youtube-src-id="dlXGJqDwKes"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">YouTube video by Ariel Gatoga '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlXGJqDwKes" target="_blank">How to utilize the principle of gender - studies with Ariel</a>'</div><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Applying gender</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your task is to manage your thoughts because it is the conscious mind over which you have control. We can not actively control the subconscious mind. This is much like how, as a gardener, you can not control the magical transmutation by feminine energy of water and nutrients into leaves. You can only provide the water and nutrients. The most you can actively do with masculine energy is to ensure the mind remains free of thoughts, mental states and actions that can be likened to '<i>weeds</i>' because they work against our intention. (The most you can do with it is trance work or setting intentions before going into trance like states like before bedtime.) </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Engage your subconscious mind. Feminine energies trust that the masculine energies are enough and that it is now safe to slow down, <i style="text-align: left;"><b>rest</b></i><span style="text-align: left;"> and trust that you are deserving of your intentions and able to receive them. Negative emotional states like anxiety and depression are indicators that the masculine and feminine energies are in misalignment. </span></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Realignment exercises include meditation to quieten your mind and immersing yourself in the visualization of your intention. (While you can not control the subconscious mind, meditation is like opening the door to it because being mindful, ie present helps to align us more with the rest state of the subconscious mind).</span></li></ul></ul></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It may seem confusing that this principle even exists, ie because masculine and feminine energies can be understood within the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-polarity.html" target="_blank">principle of polarity</a>. While the source of this confusion is understandable, this principle deserves its own special place as a principle because it specifically relates to manifestation.</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="309" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l6wLbrfvccc" width="426" youtube-src-id="l6wLbrfvccc"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">YouTube video by Art of Awakening '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6wLbrfvccc" target="_blank">Law of gender / principle of gender / 7th hermetic principle (spiritual law) - part 1</a>'</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Masculine & Feminine energies</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just to be clear, these energies do not narrowly relate to animal kingdom males and females that manifest off spring. That is only one example of how the principle manifests. More importantly, know that, even within those examples; each sex (male or female) can express masculine and or feminine energies. in fact, people within certain professions, cultures or sub-cultures living under unique circumstances can collectively tend towards one type of energy or another. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I will illustrate the energies by showing them against the contrast of their polar opposite. As the </span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-polarity.html" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">principle of polarity</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> suggested, de-polarization, ie combining the 2 polar extremes is often the ideal. Neither energy is good or bad. Context is everything.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every day life examples of masculine and feminine energies. As you will see, they have nothing to do with the physical sexes; male or female.</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i style="color: #38761d; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To be successful at manifesting a partner, a woman must combine both masculine and feminine energies. The masculine energies involve putting herself out in the world to find a partner, learning to groom appropriately and so on. However, she may become unsuccessful if other aspects of her presentation (like her emotional state) are inconsistent with what she has planned. Her emotional state is a feminine energy matter. It relates to her emotional state in the moment. For instance, she should exude confidence in whatever statement made by her dress, makeup and willingness to attend. This confidence comes from feeling that she deserves the man that she wants. To go further, the female body is usually softer and more flexible. If a woman can portray these qualities, she is likely to become all the more attractive. In other words, the masculine and feminine energies must work together. </span></i></li><li><i style="color: #38761d; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To use his masculine energies, a man may hustle very hard. However, he should be able to rest in feminine energy, ie be in a present moment emotional state that enjoys the fruits of his hard work. Being burnt out, stressed, anxious or wanting to work even harder will not secure his well being.</span></i></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO THE HERMETIC PRINCIPLE OF GENDER OF NATURAL LAW</span></b></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/natural-law.html" style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Introduction to the 7-part series on the 7 hermetic principles of natural law</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Physical rendering of feminine energy in architectural designs. </span></i></span></li><ul><li><i><span style="color: #38761d;">The Aqua Tower (in Chicago) has a very feminine appearance, especially when looking up at it from the street level. The curvilinear edges of glass against concrete make the glass look like lakes of water dispersed randomly among higher fields of land</span></i>. </li><li><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The Casa Catló (in Barcelona) by Antoni Gaudi is an example in which a man created very unapologetically curvilinear structures, not only in balconies and window frames on the outside but even the ceilings on the inside.</span></i></li></ul></ul></div></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-72144546257454460002023-09-05T13:30:00.758-03:002024-01-16T18:49:36.349-04:00Hermetic Principle of Rhythm<p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqN-SqA0ROetmunnE_bUSOd-_BXEPziuggCLyx47qXszoXTLF4GffrdTI6CEZ_5e3nyEi2uPplewOnboV7xne8eaJ7yHijeDD_nEgt8szto_M4ai8PY4opBc45EEqq-h6J_FoTw1EnydJHQiu1raGS2Jtblbo56T1IgU3HcRQHLXT58gXCYZt_BW6l6Tg/s93/rhythm%20hermetic%20principles%20of%20natural%20law.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="65" data-original-width="93" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqN-SqA0ROetmunnE_bUSOd-_BXEPziuggCLyx47qXszoXTLF4GffrdTI6CEZ_5e3nyEi2uPplewOnboV7xne8eaJ7yHijeDD_nEgt8szto_M4ai8PY4opBc45EEqq-h6J_FoTw1EnydJHQiu1raGS2Jtblbo56T1IgU3HcRQHLXT58gXCYZt_BW6l6Tg/w76-h53/rhythm%20hermetic%20principles%20of%20natural%20law.jpg" width="76" /></a></span></span></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Principle of Rhythm is </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">the 5th </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">instalment of a <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/natural-law.html" target="_blank">7-part series</a> on the 7 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">hermetic principles of natural law.</span><div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">#5. Principle of Rhythm</span></b></p><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" lang="en-CR" style="border-radius: 8px; clear: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CA4QAA" role="heading" style="overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>"</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400;">Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates</span></i></span>." Kybalion</span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The universe was built to follow cycles, ie processes in which continuous and predictable changes occur. Rhythm is the driving force that maintains cycles. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">This principle recognizes that all matter is in constant motion, rhythmic motion.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rhythm is the 'ordered and recurrent alternation towards polar opposite'. For sound, this relates to the pattern of alternation in time between sound and silence; for politics, left wing and right wing; for astronomy, day and night or Summer and Winter; and so on. While the pendulum swings away from one polar extreme and towards another, this principle does not necessarily suggest that rhythm swings the pendulum fully towards polar extremes. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">In other words, each stage within a cycle could have moderate (non extreme) pendulum swings to the left before swinging back moderately to the right and so on. Similarly, in seasonal cycles, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the elements (like air, water, soil, fire and spirit) have different levels of intensity, like a lot of water in wet seasons versus little water in drought.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b14dkQOq9Fo" width="460" youtube-src-id="b14dkQOq9Fo"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">The YouTube video by Pater Amadeus '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b14dkQOq9Fo" target="_blank">The principle of rhythm - the Kybalion</a>' (above)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Going with the flow: </b></span><b style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">your path to empowerment</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A key takeaway from this principle is to observe these cycles, recognize inherent opportunities in each stage and then take advantage of those opportunities accordingly. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Needless to say, timing is everything. For instance, this is why we must wait for fruits to ripen. You might work on fruit-related matters like weaving the harvesting baskets, getting the tools and so on but you just do not pick the fruit as yet. Inherent within this idea is to resist fighting against these cycles. Perhaps this is the origin of the saying '<i>go with the flow</i>'.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Take time to specifically identify and analyze cycles in your personal life; internally (like your moods, stages in life and health) and external (like astronomical alignments, quality of relationships, periods of isolation, political climate)</span>. See how you can take control of your life within the cycles rather than be controlled by them. What '<i>high tides</i>' can you ride? Even the down times can be used with suitable activities that help to transmute the negativity that you normally associate with those times. in fact, since the pendulum can swing in the opposite direction with the same measure, if you have an extreme down period, see ways in which you can harness an extreme alternate reality. See downtime such as solitude from rejection, mourning from loss and the like as opportunities for positive change like healing or preparation for a better reality as opposed to seeing it as victimhood. Needless to say, you can harmonize yourself and become the ebb and flow of cycling energy. <span style="color: #38761d;"><i>In the many rags to riches cases like Oprah Winfrey, the pendulum swing was made possible by engaging all the other principles with this one. This ranged from the idea of what was possible (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">mentalism</a>), pain and desires that were so intense that they created a potent vibrational force (</i></span></span><i style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-vibration.html" target="_blank">vibration</a></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>) and so on</i></span>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="319" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0C5sAbFYEWg" width="476" youtube-src-id="0C5sAbFYEWg"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by YouTuber Law of Insight: '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C5sAbFYEWg" target="_blank">How to master the law of rhythm (to master your life)</a>'<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The <b>menstrual cycle</b> has distinct phases that you can use strategically to your advantage.</span></i></li><ul><li><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Women are most fertile during ovulation, ie roughly 12 to 14 days before the next period. On that basis, if a couple wanting to have a child times their attempts to conceive accordingly, their rate of success will significantly rise. </span><span style="color: #990000;"><strike>While conceiving otherwise is possible, couples wanting to conceive will be swimming against the natural tide. They are likely to become frustrated</strike></span><span style="color: #38761d;">.</span></span></i></li><li><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The pre-menstrual period can often cause depression. Maybe it can be likened with an autumn, a period of rest. In such a case, rather than become impatient with yourself, go with the flow by doing activities that are more restful and transmute your down mood into something more positive. For many people, activities can include <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/art%20therapy" target="_blank">art therapy</a>, gardening, light study and reading.</span></i></li><li><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sluggishness during menstruation can force you to rest more than normal. Consequently, this downtime can be an opportunity to heal. Besides, a woman's body can use menstruation to detox itself. </span></i></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><b>Gardening</b>. Planting seeds according to the appropriate planting season for specific species will significantly raise your rate of success. Water loving soft plants like pak choy is more likely to thrive during the wet season but struggle or need extraordinary effort on your part during the dry season. Struggling against the dry season is essentially unwillingness to accept the principle and to go against the flow. This non-acceptance often results in suffering.</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><b>Magick</b> is commonly done according to sabats ie high energetic points within astronomical cycles like equinox and solstice points.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6gCe3e1gaLPmr9VrOy5wVZ0b2mbuOvAxrpdDoxmdA4HX42ZhXQLxAdUqVkhJ0BaUS8TWJYUGiy_bI6U09_mGKXtWFb8tG9dpR3FAVdhonGScbpSXw4Uu9OGJgpfiFsvxHacWw4bARaUCa_jMRyfbQHTubGo2yd5kh5QngzGN6Y7J5XSW558kquOZ2Vg/s230/rhythm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="230" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6gCe3e1gaLPmr9VrOy5wVZ0b2mbuOvAxrpdDoxmdA4HX42ZhXQLxAdUqVkhJ0BaUS8TWJYUGiy_bI6U09_mGKXtWFb8tG9dpR3FAVdhonGScbpSXw4Uu9OGJgpfiFsvxHacWw4bARaUCa_jMRyfbQHTubGo2yd5kh5QngzGN6Y7J5XSW558kquOZ2Vg/s1600/rhythm.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Magick is practiced at these times much like gardening during appropriate seasons. ..... Even regular lunar changes are used in the same way. For instance, during a waxing moon (ie when the moon is growing in size and light), it is best to try to manifest things of growth like wealth. Conversely, the waning moon is more conducive to lessening, like weight loss.</i></span></li><li><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is the cycle of your <b>mental states and stamina</b>? </span></i></li><ul><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Are you sharpest in the afternoon ... or morning ... or late at night? Schedule your more complex tasks for that time. Schedule your rest and relaxation time for your low energy periods. </i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Take cues from your physical environment. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UqRkaPKck_8" width="478" youtube-src-id="UqRkaPKck_8"></iframe> YouTube video by Alecia Renece '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqRkaPKck_8" target="_blank">Winter reminds us to rest</a>'</div><br /></i></span></li></ul><li><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When <b>crises</b> occur (like personal or other types of loss), they often disrupt your rhythm. However, in the moment, as much as possible, see them as temporary disruptions to your still true, underlying rhythm. Since natural law allows for both ebb and flow in nature, your natural rhythm will eventually re-emerge, bringing with it a renewed sense of balance. Consequently, treat the disruptions as opportunities for learning and growth (much like the opportunity for rest forced upon a woman by her premenstrual phase). </span></i></li><li><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you allow a baby, a new plan and so on to be born at the correct time within its natural cycle of life, you raise the probability of success. </span></i></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i><b>Coastal tides</b> can mean drastic changes in water levels. Ships may need to time their arrival before falling tide in order to enter or leave a river entrance.</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Humans have created <b>financial markets</b> which have predictable stages of growth and crisis. Long term investors know and exploit these cycles to their advantage. </i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>In the <b>political space</b>, changes sometimes occur that feel like polar opposites to pre-existing regimes. Arguably, this is reflected in the voting in of US President Donald Trump, after many nervous white supremacist voters took action to swing the pendulum immediately after the first black US presidency.</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Personal habits follow cycles.</i></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wEKFWfBLtV4" width="481" youtube-src-id="wEKFWfBLtV4"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Applying this principle with the principle of polarity</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the earlier article on the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-polarity.html" target="_blank">principle of polarity</a>, I spoke of striving for de-polarization. Since the alternate swing of the pendulum will occur with equal measure, moderate how far you swing in the direction that is your default polar tendency. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>With either form of <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/blog-post.html" target="_blank">bipolar mood disorder</a>, I think persons should study their triggers and natural methods of tempering their polar extremes. This also requires understanding the principles of <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-polarity.html" target="_blank">polarity</a> and <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-vibration.html" target="_blank">vibration</a>.</i></span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>type 2 sufferers may strive to minimize their extreme lows (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/getting-help-for-psychological-concerns.html#mdd" target="_blank">major depressive disorder / MDD</a>) in ways that go with the natural flow of the low, like restful activities that bring you a feeling of well being</i></span>.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>type 1 sufferers may strive to moderate the mania while with </i></span></span></li></ul></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Immutable rhythm, mutable effect</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A common concern is that the desirable things one manifests (like wealth) can be lost. While such an eventuality is possible, master the all 7 of the principles together so as to counteract the effect of this immutable law. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO THE HERMETIC PRINCIPLE OF RHYTHM OF NATURAL LAW</span></b></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/natural-law.html" style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Introduction to the 7-part series on the 7 hermetic principles of natural law</span></a></li></ul></div></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-87625913605573657792023-09-03T13:53:00.946-03:002024-02-11T18:35:57.208-04:00Hermetic Principle of Vibration<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzch0Tufq0MfS7IKmG6EsrMrwmcAq3tHW377-pRsiBn4r8dhIjhf8ZiXFdgwMHG9XtLjvFctFw6zZ9rt3PbHbEGiiGlfZInG6PgW8omZyc65U5ylG76sII9Gdv5YXNGKHB4XumggbTJxLjb8avOwvsg-mSZlfaF72cjLlSg8i5WRb_PIWfyC-n_68ZCbo/s108/vibration%20hermetic%20principles%20of%20natural%20law.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="46" data-original-width="108" height="36" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzch0Tufq0MfS7IKmG6EsrMrwmcAq3tHW377-pRsiBn4r8dhIjhf8ZiXFdgwMHG9XtLjvFctFw6zZ9rt3PbHbEGiiGlfZInG6PgW8omZyc65U5ylG76sII9Gdv5YXNGKHB4XumggbTJxLjb8avOwvsg-mSZlfaF72cjLlSg8i5WRb_PIWfyC-n_68ZCbo/w85-h36/vibration%20hermetic%20principles%20of%20natural%20law.jpg" width="85" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">This is the 3rd </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">instalment of a <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/natural-law.html" target="_blank">7-part series</a> on the 7 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">hermetic principles of natural law.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">#3. Principle of Vibration</span></b></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>"<i><span style="color: #ffa400;">Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.</span></i>" Kybalion</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>In high school Science, I learnt that atoms are the smallest physical components of everything; air, liquids, solids and so on. An interesting point was that these atoms are energetic, in that they are </span>in constant motion, even for densely solid objects. In other words, even though a rock seems to be perfectly still, it is actually vibrating at an atomic level. This illusion can be likened to the way in which some objects appear still when they are vibrating at their fastest, like the blades of a fan on high speed or wheels of a very fast moving car. This appearance of stillness occurs when there is a lot more energetic movement per unit of time. In short, vibration is about energy. It refers to the movement of energy through something external to itself (regarding speed and pattern).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre-aNI1e82xIA8NZGgDJzb-wAuLE3LFBbtEWzQVfdAOaqs5PI2ocidaBHBtw2ypkPmn-MHGpUfjSDEsYIsTskPXGaSL0y3aG6Taa25HGYu1vUHAeWvSkuVxzBJSPUVj0nKVxJUSobr0nvUDBv2qWCQsMx1nApDW6ptQB50r90H49k_AUqyJKgSfFJe2s/s359/frequencies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="359" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre-aNI1e82xIA8NZGgDJzb-wAuLE3LFBbtEWzQVfdAOaqs5PI2ocidaBHBtw2ypkPmn-MHGpUfjSDEsYIsTskPXGaSL0y3aG6Taa25HGYu1vUHAeWvSkuVxzBJSPUVj0nKVxJUSobr0nvUDBv2qWCQsMx1nApDW6ptQB50r90H49k_AUqyJKgSfFJe2s/w242-h125/frequencies.jpg" width="242" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Had my Physics and Chemistry teachers been more holistic, they would have also said that, by referring to "<i>everything</i>", this concept also implies intangible matter like emotions, consciousness, thoughts, opinions, moods, spiritual entities, music and so on. Vibration also relates to '<i>aether</i>' or electromagnetism as observed to be the 5th element (ie beyond just the 4 of earth, water, air and fire).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What distinguishes manifestations (whether tangible or intangible) is the electromagnetic frequency (EMF) of energy vibrating around them, specifically the pace and manner of the vibration. For instance, each specimen of any species of medicinal herb is arguably '<i>possessed</i>' by a very particular '<i>spirit</i>' because it vibrates at a unique frequency, ie at the same unique pace and manner as any other of its species, regardless of where it is planted. The frequency is so unique and special that it is recognizable anywhere on the planet. Needless to say, each individual specimen, including you as a human has its unique vibration.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At one polar extreme, the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">universal mind</a> vibrates at the highest frequency. Conversely, more base forms of matter vibrate at the lowest frequency. The rest of the world vibrates between these 2 polar extremes. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are 3 types of vibration.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ol><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Forced vibration occurs when some type of force continues to exert itself so as to create the vibration, continually. The input of the force may be stable or even sporadic for instance. Example(s)</span></li><ul><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>consistent daily devotion to projecting certain thoughts</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>(physical world). Someone beating a drum at intervals. </i></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Free vibration continues after a one-off trigger. It is called free because it is allowed to linger naturally without any further external force that exerts itself. Consequently, over time, the free vibration dissipates, aka '<i>damps down</i>'. Example(s)</span></li><ul><li><i style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">One-off ceremonial magick ritual</i></li><li><i style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">(physical world). A string of a guitar that is plucked once or tuning bowl that is struck once vibrate for a while. This lingering vibration continues to make a sound for a while before fully dissipating.</i></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Damped vibration. I believe dampening vibrations are those counteract other vibrations so as to dampen or dissipate them.</span></li><ul><li><i style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">The energy of haters and people who try to discourage you from your goal.</i></li><li><i style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">(Physical world) The vibration of shock absorbers in cars dampen rattling sounds of a car engine. </i></li></ul></ol></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>How managing your vibration can be life changing: (the secondary law of attraction)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since each feeling, mood, sense of purpose and thought has a specific emotional frequency that correlates with it, you can intentionally polarize your mind with the frequency while visualizing what you want. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This works because things on the same frequency can connect with and attract each other, much like how a radio picks up a station when set to its transmission frequency. This is why there is much talk of '<i>raising one's vibration</i>' to whatever you want to attract. For instance, if you want to attract a safe, loving environment, you need to train your conscious <u>and</u> subconscious minds to think you are already in that safe, loving environment ... and assume the corresponding avatar so that you can ultimately attract it. BTW, this is the basis on which the law of attraction works.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>External vibration attunement</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When there is a psychic connection (aka <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/05/how-to-do-psychic-cord-cutting-setting.html" target="_blank">psychic cord</a>) between individuals, one affects the other at the quantum physics level (ie at the atomic and subatomic levels). This has long been discussed casually as a bond between twins. However, even modern science has also observed this and now recognizes that this connection occurs beyond normal laws regarding physical distance and time. Essentially, each individual's unique vibration is recognizable at the quantum / sub-atomic level of consciousness. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>The experiment using a mother rabbit and her offspring illustrates that psychic bond exist even beyond physical contact. The mother's brain waves were monitored while held in a submarine, far away from her off spring in a laboratory. The precise moment that her off spring died, her brain waves became intensely altered</i></span>. </span></li></ul></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>The double slit experiment illustrates that even watching any type of matter, including inanimate matter, can alter its behavior.</i></span></span></li></ul></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="307" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5WV1SMoVYDM" width="434" youtube-src-id="5WV1SMoVYDM"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The implications of this is that you can use vibrations as an intentional conscious effort to influence not only your mind but also of others and the <i>superconsious mind</i> as a whole. Digressing momentarily to the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">principle of mentalism</a>, this is why you should police your words, thoughts and especially more intense ruminations. Clearly, your vibration is connected to something far bigger and complex than any individual, the universal mind. While each individual exists in its egoic individualism, each is connected as a component of the universal mind. All the different intentional vibrations thrown out into the universal mind compete for dominance. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(Consequently, your dominant and most intense emotional thoughts immediately start to do whatever they can to bring your reality into alignment. In other words, your emotions establish your vibration. Needless to say, doubts weaken your vibration and its ability to win in the super highway of competing vibrations.)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Resonance among people may be the reason that groups influence individuals to behave and feel in ways individuals might not have alone.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Watching movies in a cinema is always a different experience to watching it alone on a television in my living room.</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>It has been frequently observed that most by-standers are motivated into action to help someone they always knew were in need when someone else initiates the action of helping that person.</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Gang stalking, <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/01/character-assassination.html" target="_blank">character assassination</a>, <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2019/01/protecting-yourself-from-flying-monkeys.html" target="_blank">flying monkey</a> activity and so on are typical ways in which (negative) ideas can be spread and amplified among others with whom the frequency of hatred is a vibrational match.</i></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Your frequency is NOT a matter for the tone police</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Tone policing is a type of ad hominem aimed at the tone of an argument instead of its factual or logical content. It is a tactic used to dismiss ideas being communicated when they are seen as angry, frustrated, sad, fearful or other negative emotion. There is considerable mis-use of the principle of vibration for one-upmanship. Often this involves arguing that people in a state of any negative emotion, whether anger, fear and so on should '<i>raise their vibration</i>'. For instance, </span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">this is a typical response to avoid assuming the kind responsibility of support to someone in need. People unwilling to listen to someone else's situation and request often shut down cries for help with the retort that the person needing help only needs to 'raise their vibration' or to 'let go'. This can be re-traumatizing for someone who has been seriously traumatized and in real need of emotional support that can help them to raise their vibration for positive manifestation and to let go of the effects of trauma</span></i>. Also; <i><span style="color: #38761d;">this is a typical response of abusers when challenged by their victim. They suddenly shout 'calm down', claim fear for their lives and so on</span></i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, having said this, I want to stress that natural law is NOT moralistic. (Besides the concept of morality is too culturally and temporally subjective to fit within the immutability of natural law). So I am not making a moral point.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Too often, positive and negative emotions are rigidly associated with high and low frequency respectively. The problem is that, sometimes, positive emotions may trap you in dangerous naive when, what you need is frustration and anger to push you in action away from things that negatively impact you life and towards manifesting what you desire. Of course, as the principle of polarity shows, depolarization at least most of the time is required. So you would not want to remain constantly angry or frustrated. However, those emotions may push you to finally leave a toxic relationship, work place and so on. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When it comes to manifestation, the issue is more about the intensity than type of emotions. Intense emotions are the most ideal for manifestation. More intense emotions send higher vibrations or stronger signals to your consciousness at all levels. On that basis, witness your emotions (positive and negative) and determine whether they are intense and can help or hinder your progression towards your goals. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The law of attraction is secondary to the principle of vibration. In other words, before you can manifest something, your vibration should be appropriately attuned.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="295" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BIz35fqvHIU" width="484" youtube-src-id="BIz35fqvHIU"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">YouTube video by IntroBooks Education '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIz35fqvHIU" target="_blank">The law of vibration</a>'</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>How to raise and maintain a high vibration</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Consciously condition your subconscious mind. Having desires on only the conscious level will not bear fruit if the subconscious mind is not aligned. Read about the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">principle of mentalism</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Engage in activities that naturally raise vibration. </span></li><ul><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>being in nature, natural foods, exercise, loving relationships, pets, gardening, getting sunlight, exercise, inspirational movies</i></span></li></ul></ul></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Support others without absorbing lower vibrations. This involves listening for ways in which action can be taken. Outside of this, distance yourself and avoid becoming enmeshed in the lives of others, especially when you can and you do not resonate with them.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Avoid vibrational hindrances. </span></li><ul><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>entertainment that prevent you from hearing and connecting with your personal unique frequency. Ensure that you can always check in with how you are thinking and feeling. </i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>excessive exposure to damaging radiation from mobile phones</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>naysayers to your goals</i></span></li></ul></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be watchful of external messaging from any source that can influence others. This includes authority figures and mass or social media. Consider how the father of propaganda, Edward Bernays suggested ideas, however false to the public and encouraged acceptance by engaging people's emotional aspirations. For instance, he encouraged women to embrace smoking as a gateway to feeling free. He therefore created the association of smoking with images of freedom among women.</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="326" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gse7AtLIyTg" width="478" youtube-src-id="Gse7AtLIyTg"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span>Video by YouTuber David McEwen '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gse7AtLIyTg" target="_blank">Once you speak to yourself correctly, reality is yours</a>'</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO THE HERMETIC PRINCIPLE OF VIBRATION OF NATURAL LAW</span></b></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/natural-law.html" style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Introduction to the 7-part series on the 7 hermetic principles of natural law</span></a></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="326" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W_1HivkfbbY" width="439" youtube-src-id="W_1HivkfbbY"></iframe></div><div><br /></div></div></div></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-48646483861652035492023-09-02T19:33:00.313-03:002024-01-15T12:05:35.025-04:00Hermetic Principle of Correspondence<p><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogaEkP7tGZNKMItH9KKpv8nd8QOL350nnOPtud7Dh6IWtvN6qWL57Jl4BNgcTAzC-wsUplPATW_E1bDu6kpm4ry56gf-P4Y5ELsLt74pXUEg3iQ0epWyvAuhYD-Ab495IDydbFiKJjpIdv54m-RITEcTx5uibg7imHwaTRiVwA1V71aq4TkRIPe7rNAA/s186/correspondence.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="60" data-original-width="186" height="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogaEkP7tGZNKMItH9KKpv8nd8QOL350nnOPtud7Dh6IWtvN6qWL57Jl4BNgcTAzC-wsUplPATW_E1bDu6kpm4ry56gf-P4Y5ELsLt74pXUEg3iQ0epWyvAuhYD-Ab495IDydbFiKJjpIdv54m-RITEcTx5uibg7imHwaTRiVwA1V71aq4TkRIPe7rNAA/w128-h41/correspondence.jpg" width="128" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">This is the 2nd instalment of a <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/natural-law.html" target="_blank">7-part series</a> on the 7 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">hermetic principles of natural law.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">#2. Principle of Correspondence</span></b></p><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" lang="en-CR" style="border-radius: 8px; clear: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CA4QAA" role="heading" style="overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"<span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>As above, so below. As below, so above</i></span>."</span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This principle is a reminder that patterns repeat themselves across the various planes of reality, along the full range of scale, ie no matter how big or small, potentially into infinity. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A fractal refers to a part of something that has the same essential characteristics as the whole through the full range of scale. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">This type of predictable recurrence of</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> fractals is </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">useful. For instance, you can make reliable predictions of patterns on different planes. Additionally, this level of consistency is evidence that, despite differences in planes, the manifestation of the pattern on one plane is undeniably connected with the other. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From an individual human perspective, your outer state generally reflects your inner state. For this reason, journal strategically, ie to observe patterns that exist in your life, like </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the types of situation and people you repeatedly encounter.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Example(s) of correspondences.</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Fractals in nature.</i></span></li><ul><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Even if not entirely identical, small branches of a tree, blood vessels replicate the general Y-shaped pattern of the large tree from which it was extracted. Each instance is a matter of extending the self in <i>a type of 'controlled randomness' </i>for greater efficiency. When broccoli spirals, it does so into cone-like structures (ie instead of flat structures) that gives each fractal more sunlight exposure than otherwise.</i></span></li></ul><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Synchronicities. The superconscious mind sometimes reveals its connections with your microcosmic consciousness in obvious ways. It does this through 'synchronicities', ie meaningful coincidences or rapid manifestations that sync with your thoughts or feelings like when you encounter someone or thing shortly after thinking about them, seemingly randomly. These synchronicities are gentle reminders of the interconnectedness between our inner and outer worlds. If you have trouble remembering these synchronicities and consequent manifestation, force the issue by smiling more to strangers. Generally speaking, people respond more positively.</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>You need not be invited into the private board room meetings to know the essence of what occurred. This is because the actions taken, especially those that follow a clear pattern, reflect decisions made during those private meetings.</i></span></li></ul></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Applying this principle</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once you can see patterns in your life, identify ways in which you can alter something, internally and or externally. This requires you to also consider and engage the other principles. For instance, considering the principle of cause and effect, identify those things that you can alter that can have an effect. The easiest is usually oneself. However, as that principle shows, you may also need to consider other aspects of life that improve the probability for creating your desired effect. Apply the other principles like thought (mentalism) and emotion (vibration) and so on. For instance, allow your emotions to be as they would if you already were in the state of what you desire.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Journal</b> in a strategic way, ie with the intention of finding patterns in your life. Note synchronicities and what are reflecting about your inner world. Avoid time wasting toxic positivity. Observe your negative thoughts and patterns. Work hard to improve your dominant thoughts. Study the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">principle of mentalism</a>.</span></li><li><b style="font-family: verdana;">Be consistent</b><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Create balance</b>. Balance refers to the practice of aligning your thoughts, actions and emotions with your intentions.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Be patient</b>. In most cases, manifestations do not occur immediately. Remember that, before the skin of an apple turns bright red, a sign of ripeness, it must first gradually transition from being green to being ripe. </span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u8GqHFThgPY" width="509" youtube-src-id="u8GqHFThgPY"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Law of Insights '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8GqHFThgPY" target="_blank">The hidden meaning behind 'as above, so below'</a>'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO THE HERMETIC PRINCIPLE OF CORRESPONDENCE OF NATURAL LAW</span></b></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/natural-law.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Introduction to the 7-part series on the 7 hermetic principles of natural law</span></a></li></ul></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><ul></ul></div></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-26796359792652748262023-09-02T18:01:00.147-03:002024-01-30T12:40:45.914-04:00Ghee<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ghee, aka clarified butter, is a non-vegan type of butter. It is unlike regular butter because the water and milk and <i>casein</i> / protein solids are removed through a controlled heating process that resembles boiling. Ghee may derive from butter of cows, goats or buffaloes. However, A2 cow milk is considered the best. A2 is best for those with A1 beta-casein intolerance.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Benefits of ghee</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ghee is <b>suitable for lactose intolerant diets</b> (because the milk fats are removed).</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ghee has a <b>high smoke point</b> of roughly 232-251 C (or 450-485 F). This is much higher than that of butter at roughly 120-175 C (or 250-350 F). An advantage of this higher smoke point is that the ghee does not burn as quickly as does butter when cooking something like eggs for instance. It can even be used for deep frying.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ghee has a <b>long shelf life</b> and does not need refrigeration.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ghee is good for <b>digestive health</b>. It has the highest known amount of butyric acid which improves nutrient absorption. This is especially good to <b>resolve </b><b>colon issues</b>. Colon problems often compromise one's ability to process and absorb butyrate normally (from fiber). It also helps to improve bile production to improve your digestion of fats and in turn improve nutrient absorption from fats. Who knew?! Ghee is even <b>prebiotic</b> because short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), which butyric acid is, are prebiotic by nature.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ghee <b>improves insulin resistance</b> thereby normalizing blood sugar levels. It is fascinating to note that ghee actually reduces the glycemic index of meals.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ghee is also a source of </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">vitamin K2 and D, both of which promote </span><b style="font-family: verdana;">good <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/08/bone-health.html" target="_blank">bone health</a></b><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">omega 3 fatty acids, which can reduce bad cholesterol.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">vitamin A. It provides lutein which promotes good eye health, and even <b>blocks macular degeneration</b>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">vitamin E</span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Ghee boosts energy</b>. This is because its butyric acid is a short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) which the body readily uses as a source of energy immediately, ie rather than gets stored (the way long-chain fats do). In other words, it is <b>not fattening</b>. In fact, ghee <b>promotes fat loss</b> in that it moves fat from stubborn parts of your body.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is even <b>anti-carcinogenic</b>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other reported benefits include <b>heart health</b>, <b>boosts brain function.</b></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="324" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/obiIWcF73GE" width="476" youtube-src-id="obiIWcF73GE"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kQQtMukwrFk" width="474" youtube-src-id="kQQtMukwrFk"></iframe></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Its topical use is <b>lips and skin loving</b>. Specifically, it is hydrating, softening and reparative.</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Uses</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A rule of thumb is that you can use 2 to 4 tsps of ghee daily, regardless of gender, body type, age or fitness level. While ghee is a fat burner, excessive amounts can be fattening.</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cooking butter substitute. (NB. The only exception is baking when you want lightness, fluffiness or flakiness. This is because the steam produced by the butter's evaporating water is responsible for those effects.)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Body butter</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lip balm</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eye cream to reduce dark circles, thanks to its vitamin E content.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Frying (without smoking), sautéeing, etc</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Drizzle over rice, breads, toast, curries, stews.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Never use ghee as follows.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">Do NOT combine ghee with curds or (equal parts of) honey. The combinations are considered unhealthy.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>You will need</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">unsalted butter. Butter quality matters. For instance, Irish butter renders far more delicious ghee than Crisco. While you can use salted butter, unsalted is preferable because the salt will be more intense in the ghee and that might not go well with everything you want to cook.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">heat</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">heat resistant strainer</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">cheesecloth (about 4 layers) inside of a heat resistant strainer over a heat resistant container</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Steps</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On a stove top, heat butter in large pot. Stir gently.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You should see the <b>first milestones: 'giant' bubbles</b>. These bubbles are caused by the water that is forcing its way up through the fats as it boils in the lower level.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watch for another <b>milestone: a foam of roughly 1/4 inch</b> that sits on top of the fat, usually for a few minutes (roughly 3 to 4 minutes). The foam looks like runny ice cream. Each batch is slightly different. On that basis and depending on the butter composition, the foam may or may not cover the entire yellow surface of your fats. It is a combination of proteins, sugar and air. Stop stirring at this point.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Turn up the heat slightly to encourage more of the larger bubbles. The larger bubbles should become more vigorous to the extent that they even push the foam outwards to the edge. The water is now escaping rapidly and you will no longer see the fine foam being produced.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eventually, you should see another <b>milestone: the creamy appearance of the foam is dissipating as it begins to sink (where they will ideally stick to the bottom of the pot). Also, bubbles consist more of oil</b>, which is unlike before when the bubbles were primarily water. Drag the strainer across the surface to skim off the foam. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Milestone: the color should become increasingly yellow</b> as the white milkiness separates. Your objective at this point is to see the bottom of the pot without the opacity of white milk solids.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remove the pot from the heat source entirely when you have reached your <b>final milestone: the milk solids have settled and caramelized</b>. The caramelization is highly desired because it imparts a slight nutty flavor (and a deeper golden color).</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While still hot, you may pour ghee through the cheesecloth. The cheesecloth will trap remaining milk solids that are still suspended in the butter.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To prevent rancidity, store in dark, airtight and cool conditions.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uA13kqIO3OM" width="481" youtube-src-id="uA13kqIO3OM"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="325" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sGFtNRKiHS4" width="476" youtube-src-id="sGFtNRKiHS4"></iframe></div><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO GHEE</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">.</li></ul><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-63195568885110401792023-09-02T14:17:00.014-03:002024-03-09T20:35:54.827-04:00Speed up digestion <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sluggish digestion, sometimes called 'slow transit constipation / STC' or<span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif" style="color: #231f20;"> 'lazy bowel syndrome' a symptom of a disorder rather than a medically diagnosed condition. </span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif" style="color: #231f20;">Common symptoms include abdominal bloating and pain, nausea, infrequent bowel movements, slow transit time of food, constipation, and straining.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif" style="color: #231f20;">This post is greatly inspired by Dr Eric Berg's structured explanation of what is required to speed up digestion by considering the 5 determinant variables of digestive health. I like this structured approach because, if it helps you to identify specific factors in which your digestive system is deficient so that you can respond appropriately.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><b>Key issues:</b> roots of and solutions to the problem</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif" style="color: #231f20;"><b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Stomach acidity</b> of pH 1 to 3 is required to easily breakdown food. However, if the pH in your stomach is not adequately acidic, the breakdown process becomes impaired. Beware, it is unsafe to consume anything at this acidity </span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif" style="color: #231f20;">level</span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif" style="color: #231f20;"> because it would burn your tissues that line the route from your mouth to the stomach. Instead, it is ideal to consume weaker acids that help to boost the stomach's ability to reach its optimal acidity</span><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif" style="color: #231f20;">. </span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">Useful supplements include.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">betaine hydrochloride (ideally with pepsin)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">salt in food</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">potassium-rich foods</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>avocado</i></span></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">kombucha tea with as little sugar as possible</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">consume weaker acid</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp in a glass of water</i></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank">sauerkraut</a></i></span></span></li></ul></ul></ul><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Substances to avoid include</span></blockquote><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>antacids</i></span></span></li></ul></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><b>Bile</b></span> helps to breakdown fats. (Bile is produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder). </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">Useful supplements include</span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">pure bile salts (sal biliar). 1 capsule after meals will help with bloating, burping and belching.</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">Items that prompt the liver to produce bile</span></i></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">beetroot greens</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">choline</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/ghee.html" target="_blank">ghee</a></span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">ginger. An additional digestion-related benefit of ginger is that it promotes motility, ie the rate at which food moves through the digestive process.</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">lemon</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">milk thistle</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">probiotics, They help your body to recycle bile.</span></i></span></li></ul></ul></ul><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">Avoid</span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>antibiotics</i></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>fatty liver condition</i></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>removal of the gall bladder</i></span></span></li></ul></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Enzymes</b> are the non-physical (or body's natural chemical) means of breaking down nutrients like carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Enzymes are produced in different parts of the body that include the stomach, pancreas, large and small intestines. Enzymes are very important. Symptoms of poor enzyme action include dark fatty tarlike stool that sticks to the toilet.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KqDDNUhxBeU?si=hm2eG-CzekMiSYVC" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">Useful supplements that contain enzymes like</span></p></blockquote><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">lipase (for poor fat absorption or in response to pancreatic insufficiency and associated conditions)</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">pepsin and other pancreatic enzymes (in response to age-related low performance of the pancreas which is often spotted in deficiencies in B12 and fat soluble vitamins like A, D, E and K)</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">pepsin (to improve protein digestion). NB take with acidic foods for better assimilation.</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">pancreatin (for improving the digestion of lipids and proteins)</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">amylase (for better carbohydrate management)</span></i></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Foods rich in amylase include <b>sweet potato</b></i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">alpha-galactosidase (for breaking down legumes)</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">beta-galactosidase (for lactose intolerance. African and Asian people report a much higher rate of lactose intolerance than otherwise.)</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">papain and chymopapain in <b>papaya seeds</b> that enhance the digestion of proteins. </span></i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">raw foods. Since heat destroys enzymes, get as many enzymes from raw foods as possible.</span></i></li></ul></ul><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">Avoid or minimize</span></p></blockquote><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Heated foods like canned or pasteurized foods.</i></span></span></li></ul></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #231f20;">Flora</b><span style="color: #231f20;"> refer to friendly bacteria. These are mostly found in the large intestines. Insufficient flora can lead to constipation, for instance </span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">if you do not ease back out of colon cleanse sufficiently well and eat, even the best types of food</span></i><span style="color: #231f20;">. Take care to ensure you flora is intact because its lack also leads to poor absorption of vitamins and in turn deficiencies.</span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">Useful supplements include</span></p></blockquote><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">probiotics. These help to promote the good bacteria and enzymes (aka gut flora)</span></i></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>sauerkraut (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank">how to make sauerkraut</a>)</i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">prebiotics. </span></i></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">fiber, especially in vegetables like </span></i></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>aloe vera. I have dissolved probiotics in aloe vera as a final round of <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2013/11/cleansing-enemas-herbal-enemas.html" target="_blank">herbal enemas</a>.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank">beans, fermented in fully fermented sauerkraut brine</a>. Beans have a high fiber content.</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">beetroot. If you dislike beets like me, find creative applications like the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/pink-pancakes-blood-type-b-recipe.html" target="_blank">pink (beetroot and oats) pancakes</a></span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">bitter gourd</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">broccoli</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">carrots</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>cauliflower</i></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">kale</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">acorn squash (which is low glycemic and therefore safe and ideal, even for <b>diabetics</b>) <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gc0fKu_h2UY?si=B3vF-RX9zXMYwb9w" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc0fKu_h2UY" target="_blank">Clean & Delicious' YouTube video 'Acorn Squash 101. how to cook acorn squash</a>'</span></i></span></li></ul></ul></ul></ul><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">Avoid</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><ul><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>antibiotics</i></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Beware, too much fiber like dry oats without enough water can worsen sluggish digestion</span><span style="color: #38761d;">.</span></span></i></li></ul></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Parasympathetic nervous system (PNS)</b> is the part of nervous system that focuses on restfulness and digestion. It is the opposite part of the sympathetic nervous system that deals with handling stress through fight or flight. In short, you need to reduce stress as much as possible to coddle the PNS. Overall, however, to need to 1) reduce stress, 2) increase vitamins B1, potassium and Magnesium. </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">Useful supplements and practices include</span></p></blockquote><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">stress management</span></i></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2013/10/spiritual-grounding-definition-uses.html" target="_blank">grounding techniques</a></span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">meditation</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">deep abdominal breahting from the diaphragm</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">repetitive prayer</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">nature</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">play with animals or children</span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">calming practices like yoga, chi kung and so on.</span></i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>increase vitamin B1</i></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>flaxseeds</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>sunflower seeds</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>nutritional yeast</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>acorn squash <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cJ6MIiPyXZY?si=Q1QOcR9hb72eTtjG" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Avoid substances or practices that severely deplete B1</i></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><i>refined sugar, carbohydrates, high blood sugar levels, diuretics (beware that good foods like cucumbers, coffee, ginger, garlic, water melon, and parsley are diuretic), metformin diabetes medicine </i></span></li></ul></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>increase potassium</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>magnesium</i></span></li></ul></ul><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;">Avoid</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Proxima Nova Fallback, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>stress</i></span></span></li></ul></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"><b>Severe cases</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif" style="color: #231f20;">If your system is very severely backed up to the point of becoming toxic, you might consider </span><span style="color: #231f20;">laxative methods like the following.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #231f20; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2013/11/cleansing-enemas-herbal-enemas.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cleansing & herbal enemas</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">castor oil</span></li><li style="color: #231f20;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">senna</span></li><li style="color: #231f20;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bowel retaining. This may include biofeedback to retrain the bowels to empty regularly.</span></li><li style="color: #231f20;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #231f20;">bisacodyl (FYI: </span><span style="color: red;">a synthetic laxative</span><span style="color: #231f20;">)</span></span></div></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">However, using laxatives on a long term basis is undesirable because it can lead to dependence. In turn, dependence can slower or lessen the body's natural peristalsis. Peristalsis is a series of muscle contractions that the body uses to push food through the digestive tract</span><span style="color: #231f20;">.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c1aVGlBUzOo?si=-6g671Xc-zOiTKuJ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1aVGlBUzOo" target="_blank">Dr Berg's YouTube video 'Speed up digestion'</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div data-preamp="serena-chatbot" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #231f20;"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #231f20; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENTS RELATED TO SPEEDING UP DIGESTION</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #231f20; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2019/01/biliary-system-101-liver-gallbladder.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Biliary system</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/03/my-cleanse-plan-tropical-version.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Digestive cleanse plan (tropical version)</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2013/11/cleansing-enemas-herbal-enemas.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cleansing & herbal enemas</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Berg's YouTube video '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KEul-uxnJ4" target="_blank">Your digestive system explained in simple terms</a>'</span></li></ul><div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/speed-up-digestion.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speedup digestion</span></a></li><div id="cabbage"></div><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/fermented%20food" target="_blank">Fermented foods</a></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank"><span>Sauerkraut (full instructions</span></a>)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-vegetables.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fermented vegetables</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/ginger-bug.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ginger bug</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-drinks.html" target="_blank">Fermented drinks</a> (ginger ale, etc)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/cheong-syrup.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cheong: sweet fermented syrup</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" target="_blank">High protein yogurt with chickpeas</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html#" target="_blank">Extra creamy yogurt with oats</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">DIY chickpea yogurt</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Oat yogurt</a></span></li></ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vegan milks and other drinks</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/creamy-rice-milk-diy.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Creamy rice milk</a></span></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/12/water-kefir.html" target="_blank">Water kefir</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tofu</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/01/chickpea-tofu.html" target="_blank">Chickpea tofu</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Breakfast or snacks</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/12/vegan-gluten-free-christmas-cake.html" target="_blank">Vegan Caribbean Christmas cake</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/pink-pancakes-blood-type-b-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pink (beetroot) pancake recipe</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/tortillas.html" target="_blank">Tortillas (Green spinach)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/07/health-bar-recipe-homemade-natural.html" target="_blank">Protein granola bar</a> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/vegan-gluten-free-pizza-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pizza</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/11/bajan-conkies.html" target="_blank">Barbadian (aka Bajan) conkies</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Other</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-make-egg-substitute-with.html" target="_blank">Vegan eggs</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Topping (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/guacamole-recipe-tropical-unique.html" target="_blank">guacamole</a> inspired)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/08/green-papaya-salad-to-improve-enzyme.html" target="_blank">Papaya salad</a> to improve enzyme activity and improve digestive health</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/01/sprouting-101-demo-lentil-sprouts.html" target="_blank">Sprouts (lentils)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/ghee.html" target="_blank">Ghee</a> (not vegan)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2017/08/agar-agar-medicinal-super-food.html" target="_blank">Agar agar</a> (medicinal superfood great for making vegan flan with vegan milks)</span></li></ul></ul></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-32522044314641595202023-09-01T20:25:00.251-03:002024-01-15T23:07:56.849-04:007 hermetic principles of natural law, How to apply them<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfq1z8PEURgkv7HMnV63jp_aTFlJ7JUEp6aeTA9QgePwdbnIlx7856Tg5LofQpmYE8d0EXTKD-fy3nwy0c0FLXF0fDNAOb7n3wwoUMJytCbuakaZSEhyehC0Kfn_T1bK6MrId9pGCdNBlG18sq07QuHbOTAnKuESnH4jOd8aaWsgAJjDfJHhR1EPSkZfw/s147/nat%20law.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="97" data-original-width="147" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfq1z8PEURgkv7HMnV63jp_aTFlJ7JUEp6aeTA9QgePwdbnIlx7856Tg5LofQpmYE8d0EXTKD-fy3nwy0c0FLXF0fDNAOb7n3wwoUMJytCbuakaZSEhyehC0Kfn_T1bK6MrId9pGCdNBlG18sq07QuHbOTAnKuESnH4jOd8aaWsgAJjDfJHhR1EPSkZfw/w113-h75/nat%20law.jpg" width="113" /></a></div></b></span>Natural law is expressed </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">through </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">the '<i>7 Hermetic Principles</i>'. The principles apply to all forms of nature. They became widely known through the 1908 publication '<i>The Kybalion</i>' by the anonymous author or authors called 'Three Initiates'*. However, they date back to ancient Egypt where the principles were said to have come from Hermes Trismegistus (aka Thoth), the scribe of the gods. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html" target="_blank">The Principle of MENTALISM</a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-correspondence.html" target="_blank">The Principle of CORRESPONDENCE</a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-vibration.html" target="_blank">The Principle of VIBRATION</a></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-polarity.html" target="_blank">The Principle of POLARITY</a></span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-rhythm.html" target="_blank">The Principle of RHYTHM</a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-cause-effect.html" target="_blank">The Principle of CAUSE and EFFECT</a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-gender.html" target="_blank">The Principle of GENDER</a></li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These principles are the blueprint of God or the universe because they manifest consistently in everything, regardless of your cultural bias for understanding life. There are no gray areas that are open to multiple interpretation or manipulation. They are the black and white, inescapable laws of the universe.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">By understanding these principles, you can empower yourself considerably. This does not mean that you will live problem-free. However, you will be able to better analyze challenges so as to rise above them.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Each is preceded by the word 'principle' from Latin meaning first or most necessary as a reminder of the following assertion by the Three Initiates. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif" style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -0.054px;">“<span style="color: #ffa400;">The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, </span></span><span face="source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif" style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -0.054px;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose </span></span><span face="source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif" style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -0.054px;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open</span>.”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Know all 7 principles together</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In order to get consistently good results, you should learn ALL of the principles, ie versus focusing on only one or the other as was often the case in the New Age movement's popular narrow focus on the law of attraction, which is secondary to principles of vibration and mentalism. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The different principles work together. Ignoring one may help you to get results but only for as long as another principle undermines what you have done if you have not already considered that other principle.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Immutability </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ASUHN3gNxWo" width="446" youtube-src-id="ASUHN3gNxWo"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">YouTube video by Mark Passio '<a href="https://youtu.be/ASUHN3gNxWo?si=nr_0XWnysU4Fmv7i&t=5346" target="_blank">Mark Passio - Natural Law Seminar 0 New Haven, CT, Part 1 of 3</a>' At 1hr, 29min, 15sec to </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">1hr, 34min, 38sec, Mark defines and describes natural law. At one point, he uses an every day scenario to illustrate the immutability of natural law. Specifically, he speaks of how the laws of gravity will not spare a baby from falling over a cliff to a gruesome death, irrespective of that child's innocence or lack of knowledge of the law. Given the immutability of the law, it would be wise to learn how gravity works in order to know how to avoid strife. Perhaps this means not walking close to the edge of a cliff, erecting barriers and so on. The same applies to hermetic principles of natural laws. The principles exist in everything.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This post is the first of a 7-part series to cover each principle for the sake of knowing these principles "<i>understandably</i>".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N2n83DFeu_8?si=RPSq2B6zftMHFlrX" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">YouTube video by Victor Oddo '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2n83DFeu_8" target="_blank">How to release "frozen emotions" quickly</a>'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Applicability</b></span><b> to daily life</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just as laws of physics govern the physical world, so too do natural law govern the spiritual aspect of our physical world. In other words, the spiritual world exists almost like a parallel universe. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO NATURAL LAW</span></b></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/spirituality" target="_blank">spirituality</a></span></li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">* It is believed that the 'Three Initiates' was the pen name of <span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.06px; text-align: start;">William Walker Anderson</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-35679832057270338892023-09-01T18:35:00.464-03:002024-03-03T17:16:48.471-04:00Hermetic Principle of Mentalism<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgCmy_gJuvttughz-8mDePUtbIGscHDUikTtijil1LrL_gkc21CqwTwnd-F0xEupKDxrSGeD0yCFcdqJiSOyQOrqn1PoX8u0bTsMZsoUM7LUYiXFi2VYu_1CSoahXV_Mo2PN0QLJkjZKGPfsLOJ0KXGo8rNpdfijk9p1m3paGWv4cXW4H3-YA8vO3lCI/s127/mentalism.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="58" data-original-width="127" height="43" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgCmy_gJuvttughz-8mDePUtbIGscHDUikTtijil1LrL_gkc21CqwTwnd-F0xEupKDxrSGeD0yCFcdqJiSOyQOrqn1PoX8u0bTsMZsoUM7LUYiXFi2VYu_1CSoahXV_Mo2PN0QLJkjZKGPfsLOJ0KXGo8rNpdfijk9p1m3paGWv4cXW4H3-YA8vO3lCI/w94-h43/mentalism.jpg" width="94" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">This is the 1st instalment of a <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/natural-law.html" target="_blank">7-part series</a> on the 7 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">hermetic principles of natural law. It is the single-most important of the 7 principles. It is necessary for the success of any of the other principles.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">#1. Principle of Mentalism</span></b></p><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" lang="en-CR" style="border-radius: 8px; clear: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CA4QAA" role="heading" style="overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>"<i><span style="color: #ffa400;">The All is Mind; The Universe in Mental.</span></i>"</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everything begins in the mind of God. Since you are a fractal of God, ie designed microcosmically in God's image, the same also applies to you. So everything starts in your mind as thought; ie everything like your achievements, material things, states of mind and so on. In other words, you need the appropriate mindset as a prerequisite for a desired outcome.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, a critical thing to understand is that the word '<i>thought</i>' refers to deep subconscious, NOT surface level conscious thought. Huge difference! Fear not, despite the depth of these thoughts, you can use your free will to change these subconscious thoughts with choices that you make at the conscious surface level. However, the choice needs to be an intention that is so profound and clear that it can drive you to engage all points of your trinity (mind, body and emotion) into manifesting your intention.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In other words, when you have implanted the thought and emotion of achieving something into your conscious and subconscious minds, your corresponding actions will follow naturally. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Furthermore, you can also engage </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the <i>superconscious mind</i>, aka <i>universal mind</i>, which is the macrocosmic consciousness outside of what you perceive to be your egoic self. From time to time, the superconscious mind reveals itself to your subconscious and conscious minds in obvious ways through '<i>synchronicities</i>', ie meaningful coincidences or rapid manifestations that sync with your thoughts or feelings like when you encounter someone or thing shortly after thinking about them, seemingly randomly. </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Every thought is like a seed you plant in the fertile grounds of the universal mind</i><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The now famous double split experiment in Quantum Physics has illustrated that your potent conscious and subconscious thoughts can even influence the macrocosm. There is a supernatural connection between your individual minds and the rest of the universe. This is why </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">hermetic magick rituals like </span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2019/01/cast-magickal-circle-with-4-elements.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">magick circles</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> connect with the 4 elements of reality and even start with the spiritual element of air (for the mind in the East), then fire (for action) and then water (for emotion). The dream state, which is just like a deep meditative state, is a microcosm practice session of how our minds can create and interact with external realities, physical and even superconscious. Ideally, practices like mindfulness, <span style="color: #ff00fe;">meditation</span> and ritual magick can transport you away from egoic distortions </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">and </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">towards a deeper connection with the universal mind. This is important because these practices put you into a receptive state to 'see' the universal mind and to attract infinite wisdom (which can include working with ancient African <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/08/working-with-ancestors-101.html" target="_blank">ancestors</a>). Needless to say, these practices are also opportunities for introspection to examine how you can reframe predominant conscious and subconscious thought to being constructive, to then align the predominant </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">constructive</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">thoughts with the universal mind so that, in turn you can attract corresponding circumstances from the universal mind.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>How </b></span><b>to (re)program your subconscious mind</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Select intentions that will be the predominant thought</b> on which to focus throughout the day and during daily meditation. Your subconscious mind can only handle your predominant or most intense thought. Catch yourself when you fall back into negative thinking: worries, fears and ruminations and then redirect your thoughts accordingly. Many people default to rumination over past negative experiences, like failures. The subconscious and superconscious minds listens Remove as many distractions (or '<i>noise</i>') as possible from your life. This makes it easier for manifestation to occur. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NAT9pFN2GqU" width="441" youtube-src-id="NAT9pFN2GqU"></iframe></div>YouTuber Dr Tracey Marks' video '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAT9pFN2GqU" target="_blank">Two things you can do to stop ruminating</a>' explains that </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">rumination is strongly linked with <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/getting-help-for-psychological-concerns.html#mdd" target="_blank">(major) depressive</a> and <span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/anxiety-disorders.html" target="_blank">anxiety</a></span> disorders. Unlike normal constructive analysis of past events to problem solve, ruminating thoughts are only repetitive, unhelpful and negative without any problem solving. Studies show that rumination mostly occurs when you are not actively focused on or thinking about something. Said in terms of brain science; your brain's '<i>default mode network</i>' is more active. Looking on the bright side, <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b>treat rumination or any type of mild <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/07/dissociative-disorders.html" target="_blank">dissociative</a> state <b>(especially if it is very engaging to your senses, aka <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-vibration.html" target="_blank">highly vibrational / manifestational</a>) </b>as a golden opportunity to see what your subconscious mind is REALLY up to</b></span>.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Depressive rumination examples</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Thoughts associated with feeling un-lovable like "They would not like me", "I can not find a partner that can truly appreciate all of my complexities".</span></i></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anxiety rumination examples</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">You relive or repeat past traumatic events in your mind.</span></i> (It is much like re-experiencing, a key aspect of PTSD anxiety disorder, but in thought).</span></li></ul></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Adapt intentions to current circumstances</b>. One reason that many people do not succeed at manifestation is that their minds can not see the possibility of their intended end goal. In other words, their gatekeeping conscious mind rejects the idea, thereby preventing their subconscious mind from ever receiving it. For instance, if you wanted anything, and set that intention without being ready to attract it, you are more likely to fail. Just imagine someone barely able to write and not having even a high school diploma but setting the intention to earn a PhD within 6 months. While people continue to break the mold, such a person is unlikely to be very prepared, even if the universe presents opportunities for full scholarships. Conversely, if you set more realistic intentions, realizing that you need some type of self development that will help you to attract, identify and keep what you want, you are more likely to succeed by giving your mind an intention that is adapted to current circumstances. In other words, you need to take the necessary baby steps.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Write down your plan for your mental state</b> to tell your mind to take this process seriously. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Use the right language</b>. Set your intentions in the <b>present tense</b> as if they have already materialized. The subconscious mind is NOT good at the future tense. It just wants to slavishly deliver on your current program, however you set it. Ensure your wording does not suggest lack. For instance, do not say '<i><strike>I wish I had</strike></i>' because your mind will recognize that you do not have it. Use powerful words like '<i>mastering', 'perfect</i>' and so on.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Repetition. </b>Review your vision board as the first and last things you ponder on each day.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Incorporate your mentalism plan into your daily life</b>. <b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Meditate</span></b> on the intention. During meditation, visualize and imagine the intention, engaging as many of your senses and emotions as possible. See article on the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-vibration.html" target="_blank">principle of vibration</a>. In response to negative patterns (like rumination), <b><span style="color: #ffa400;">follow an 'if-then' action plan</span></b> for each type. For instance, you may decide that '<i><span style="color: #38761d;">if you catch yourself ruminating about / dealing with trigger x, your remedial response will be to do y</span></i>'. Remedial responses do not follow the one-size-fits-all model but usually include meditation, <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2013/10/spiritual-grounding-definition-uses.html" target="_blank">grounding practices</a>, <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/art%20therapy" target="_blank">art therapy</a> and the like. Learn more about '<i><u>r</u>umination-<u>f</u>ocused <u>c</u>ognitive <u>b</u>ehavior <u>t</u>herapy / RFCBT</i>'. As much as your current circumstances will allow, start to <b><span style="color: #ffa400;">behave according to your new avatar</span></b>. For instance, <i>if your intention is to become a chef, start consuming educational content on culinary arts. If your intention is to be more abc, learn how to start incorporating as many of those traits</i>. Whenever possible, jump into the role, even if this means impersonating someone who already embodies the traits you desire. Impersonation involves responding to situations like how that person would, ie rather than how you would ordinarily. Naturally, this requires you to have really analyzed that person in advance. This may also involve <b>rehearsing and acting out scenarios in advance</b>. Remember to <b>be patient because this is a process</b>. Specifically, at first, your old self image will continue to rule the show, attracting reflections of its existence in your life. However, over time, the balance will tip in the other direction towards your new self image. Calls to action: Write out your alternative / alter ego (specify your superpowers, objectives, triggers, future); reveal your alter ego / powers in everything that you do. </span></li><ul><li><i style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">YouTube video by Aaron Doughty '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsyFkUHWlmU" target="_blank">3 Steps to anchor your new self image</a>' speaks of first acknowledging your old self image so as to be clear of what you want to undo. For instance, do you have some <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-polarity.html" target="_blank">polarity issues</a>? He also speaks of using repetition so that the new persona sticks. For instance, several times daily, check in with yourself to ensure that you are consistently aligning yourself (through thoughts, words and emotions) to your new self image. As part of your checking in process, imagine and visualize yourself in experiences that align with the new self image. Do so with imaginations of your 5 senses.</i><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="323" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VsyFkUHWlmU" width="461" youtube-src-id="VsyFkUHWlmU"></iframe></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><i>Many famous people have created alter egos as a strategy for becoming the best versions of themselves and to fulfill dreams. See YouTuber <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHtLk-M6hsE&t=815s&pp=ygUPamlsbHogYWx0ZXIgZWdv" target="_blank">Jillz Guerin video on how 'an alter ego can change your life</a>' (inspired by Todd Herman's book 'The Alter Ego Effect'). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="278" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nHtLk-M6hsE" width="469" youtube-src-id="nHtLk-M6hsE"></iframe></div></i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V-YsBZaZ7tE" width="470" youtube-src-id="V-YsBZaZ7tE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />YouTuber Ethan Schwandt's YouTube video '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHSorHEBHE" target="_blank">The alter ego effect - Todd Herman (mind map book summary)</a>'. This video speaks about the superhero Superman and Clark Kent in a very interesting way. He suggests that, while most people would likely think that Superman was the alternative ego to Clark Kent, it might be the other way around. Specifically, Superman was truly who this being came to the planet as. However, he selected an alter ego, Clark Kent for safety in a society, knowing that he could switch back to his true self when necessary. In other words, your superhero abilities are truer versions of your higher self. You must therefore tap into that version of yourself.</i></span></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jLHSorHEBHE" width="479" youtube-src-id="jLHSorHEBHE"></iframe></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>Bob Proctor speaks of "creating a new persona" (from <a href="https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxqMrS0aO-PKtotI13GmTEHTTv4Dik2tx_?si=xfCEe1g6SZz_bAz4" target="_blank">Proctor Gallagher Institute YouTube video 'Write your new self image', 3:45 to 04:45</a>). He did this by borrowing elements of different people he wanted to emulate. For instance, he admired a man who always dressed very well. While he had not yet had the finances to support dressing like that, he set in his mind that that was one way in which his new person would be. He admired another man who walked with calm confidence. He visualized himself walking that way. This was the way he eventually built the different aspects of his new self. He committed in action to honoring the new vision. For instance, regardless of how others dressed, he went out of his way to ensure that he was always the best or one of the best dressed people in any room. </i></span> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YWcdCalprPQ?si=xfCEe1g6SZz_bAz4&clip=UgkxqMrS0aO-PKtotI13GmTEHTTv4Dik2tx_&clipt=EPDrDRjQwBE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Example(s). Daily repeat affirmations like the following.</span></li><ul><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>I am learning so much about field X</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is the adaptation from <i><span style="color: red;"><strike>Please give me / I wish I had an expert in field X</strike></span></i>. Who knows, maybe you do NOT specifically need a PhD, just knowledge and certain opportunities to perform within the field.</span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Financial ease is on its way that allows me to focus on passions a and b</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is the adaptation from <i><span style="color: red;"><strike>How can I ever get out of this financial set back? I do not know how</strike></span></i>. </span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>I am <b>mastering </b>[trait a], becoming <b>expertly</b> [trait b] [like Person A]</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is the adaptation from <i><span style="color: red;"><strike>I envy Person A</strike></span></i>.</span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>I am growing in gratitude for life (because I am developing myself in a,b,c ways)</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is the adaptation from <i><strike><span style="color: red;">I am tired of life</span></strike></i>.</span></li></ul><li><br /></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="326" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gse7AtLIyTg" width="477" youtube-src-id="Gse7AtLIyTg"></iframe></div><br /></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by YouTuber David McEwen '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gse7AtLIyTg" target="_blank">Once you speak to yourself correctly, reality is yours</a>'</span></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Consider using accessories</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Music with the 963 Hz frequency, aka the '<i>God frequency</i>' or '<i>miracle tone</i>' is considered useful for significantly raising your vibration which is key to manifesting positive circumstances and outcomes. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/flutter-breath-of-fire-meditation.html" target="_blank">Flutter breath meditation for manifesting your vision</a> (using a <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/flutter-breath-of-fire-meditation.html#vision" target="_blank">vision board</a>)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">High vibrational foods</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">fermented sprouts, especially with brain health herbs likes parsley and cilantro. (Fermented) lentils are considered as '<i>brain food</i>' and can also be added to sauerkraut. (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/01/sprouting-101-demo-lentil-sprouts.html" target="_blank">sprouts</a>, <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank">sauerkraut</a>). I include as many brain foods as possible. 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However, <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-mentalism.html">apply the natural law principle of mentalism</a> as a first step in combatting these types of disorders</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other general (third party) content</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">YouTube video by Feminine Universe '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FSRHcnE7Pw" target="_blank">When you're tired of the bare minimum, watch this</a>'</span></li></ul></ul></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-31043584590870633052023-09-01T11:44:00.237-03:002024-01-20T23:14:54.160-04:00Onesided relationships<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkpH0MRfy_tv8-SDecNtKlr9YXbPu1ez2dAxtGju9qjGsrSsgmKJvmWlc2-aQziuygcGZaqrgAtg0rac0c7Bg_QLNObBP0tYJ3JWygeIYW1H-0MROhv5S1y_vMdSX_HyEeRin3WacT0Cgg_ZPRqw-8hObgPJTk_gOs9I2RvRbijmcYrA554tGYqcx1uw/s242/frienship.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="242" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkpH0MRfy_tv8-SDecNtKlr9YXbPu1ez2dAxtGju9qjGsrSsgmKJvmWlc2-aQziuygcGZaqrgAtg0rac0c7Bg_QLNObBP0tYJ3JWygeIYW1H-0MROhv5S1y_vMdSX_HyEeRin3WacT0Cgg_ZPRqw-8hObgPJTk_gOs9I2RvRbijmcYrA554tGYqcx1uw/w99-h53/frienship.jpg" width="99" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Earlier, while <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/gideon.html" target="_blank">discussing the story of Gideon</a>, I mentioned the non-haters among Gideon of whom God instructed him to get rid of from his army. It is so easy to spot and avoid the overt antics of haters. However, this article discusses those non-haters. </span>They are not necessarily bad people. They are not gossiping against you, condescending to you, talking down your dreams ad so on. They are simply not as invested in you. </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Such a person, to whom you may apply the word '<i>friend</i>'</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">never initiates contact</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">seems to initiate only if that friend is bored or has no other people to call in that moment</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">does not ask at all or sincerely about your well being</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">is always too busy to respond to you</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><i>Find someone who is proud to have you</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><i>scared to lose you</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><i>fights for you</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><i>appreciates you</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><i>respects you</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><i>cares for you and </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><i>loves you unconditionally</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Quote by YouTuber MissCTolbertVOH</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>How this relationship affects you</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Investing in such relationships devalues your worth in the eyes of that other person, and even to you, even if subconsciously. You are likely seeing that person engaging with others in ways that you would enjoy. Yet still, they did not consider you. Just enduring this is covert energy vampirism.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Your response to one-sided relationships</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Accept the reality</b>. Know that the other party</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">will NOT provide you meaningful support in times of crisis or great need. Recognize and accept this reality.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">does NOT make you a priority. When they make plans, you are not even a consideration. In other words, you are NOT a priority. Be careful if you are considered only when you can give something they need and can not get otherwise. It breaks the principle of rhythm because it is unnatural for things to flow in only one direction. The laws of nature show us that. Nature also shows us that good fruit, ripe and ready come to us easily, sometimes even falling off a tree. Nature never makes you tug at ripe fruit. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">They are like those people in the dating scene who you have accepted do not reciprocate the feelings of attraction. Upon analysis, any attention you might have gotten previously was likely because you had yanked the fruit when the tree was unyielding. In other words, jumped through hoops or chased them relentlessly.</span> </li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Honestly </span><b style="font-family: verdana;">evaluate how well you align with each other</b><span style="font-family: verdana;">. Accept if one or the other has changed to an extent that is so significant that the relationship can no longer sustain itself in the same way or at all. Also, <b>evaluate whether your expectations of the other person are realistic and reasonable</b> versus you being needier than their life can realistically or reasonably support. After all, as friendship coach Danielle Jackson points out, most people are unable to get all of their friendship goals from a single person. Example(s)</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>If you met and connected because of a shared situation (like work or school) or interest and at least one of you has moved on from that original situation. The rest of the situation may be unable to sustain the relationship from the other person's perspective.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>If you have some personality trait, illness, challenge or situation with which the other person is unwilling or unable handle, the person may pull away. Are they capable of friendship only when all is well in your or their world? Have <i>you offended the other person and misunderstood or ignored </i>their displeasure, overt or otherwise? If you might have mis-stepped, you may ask to make amends and see if the friend values the relationship enough to work through this rebuilding process.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>The dynamics of your relationship has changed like a former boss who was used to making more than you and befriended you after your work relationship ended may continue to see as a subordinate. If your circumstances change to the extent that you will become the bigger earner or one with greater prestige, that might be enough to ruin the relationship from the perspective of the other person. </i></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><ul></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This point extends from the earlier one. If you still struggle with whether you are reading the situation correctly, "<b>test the spirit fairly</b>"! Give them the space and chance to initiate or at least to show up in the relationship in some other way that is truly meaningful. Be careful to NOT assume that the other person is simply disinterested. Are they already showing up meaningfully in the relationship in ways other than a specific way in which you are focusing. For instance, some people might actually prefer you to initiate meetups because they might not have as good ideas, options, contacts or other resources. It would be unreasonable for you to compare their contribution based on different levels circumstances. Evaluate whether the other person has insecurities or circumstances of which you are unaware. This might even be because you are the dominant person in the relationship. In short, leave your invitation as open as possible to avoid needlessly putting the other person on the defensive. Needless to say, check the sincerity of your motivations. Do NOT rig this test with biases that force a response one way or other. After all, insincere motivates give shabby results like garbage in, garbage out. Do not be forceful, condescending or confrontational. If you can spend more, do you make a deal of how they never want to make plans when you are unwilling to go to less expensive locations or you plan for outings that exceed their budgetary constraints.</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">You may ask "The last 2 times we met, those were my ideas. Do you want to <u>OR</u> would you mind if you <i style="color: black;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><u>OR</u></span></i> would you be comfortable to suggest the next time?" Step back and wait. Prepare yourself psychologically for either outcome.</span></i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If for whatever reason you must interact with this person, <b>mirror their level of investment</b>; keep them on your back burner. Downgrade that '<i>friend</i>' to an '<i>acquaintance</i>'. For instance, do not go out of your way to support her (because she won't do it for you).</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Honestly <b>evaluate your friend selection criteria</b>. Check to see if you are chasing after people who are unwilling or unable to reciprocate your level of investment. Consider your criteria also from the perspective of others to see whether your expectations will be perceived as realistic, fair and attractive by your target. Take time to re-establish your criteria if necessary.</span></li><ul></ul></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO ONESIDED RELATIONSHIPS</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is why <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/gideon.html" target="_blank">Gideon needed to downsize his army</a>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Danielle Jackson Friendship Coach YouTube video '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCs0vJ7-nO4" target="_blank">Do you really need a best friend?</a>'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MCs0vJ7-nO4" width="408" youtube-src-id="MCs0vJ7-nO4"></iframe></div><br /></span></li></ul><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-57207599468433037622023-08-21T18:42:00.051-03:002024-03-09T20:34:31.531-04:00Tortillas<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Earlier, I made <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/pink-pancakes-blood-type-b-recipe.html" target="_blank">pink pancakes</a>. This is an alternative for a savory breakfast.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Green (spinach) tortillas</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is how I made spinach tortillas. Variations to this are regular white or yellow corn tortillas ... but with </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">thyme</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">grounded dahl lentils (which BTW was absolutely phenomenal with <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank">sauerkraut</a> that had a generous mix of greens and vegetables and a sprinkling of nutritional yeast.)</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I blended spinach leaves very well with water. With that, I combined the (corn) flour and oil.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4VZWgqZqSLmE9pahKgz_8kjnnoHb8DRjtjjQQNQOkVUlEqGnqTvhM_AzHVc77PJWvnJcGVqXZkoCaSzAA17l0rOGBQyNOw1EYbi6gUmTAWeobxWW0Ge99PIsdclWBGYn-w3Fy54GsypG06h6AUV4HpgmN3PVUHDOl-GkdFzoKUaIKPei0UjYks7woBU/s2048/spinach%20pancakes%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4VZWgqZqSLmE9pahKgz_8kjnnoHb8DRjtjjQQNQOkVUlEqGnqTvhM_AzHVc77PJWvnJcGVqXZkoCaSzAA17l0rOGBQyNOw1EYbi6gUmTAWeobxWW0Ge99PIsdclWBGYn-w3Fy54GsypG06h6AUV4HpgmN3PVUHDOl-GkdFzoKUaIKPei0UjYks7woBU/s320/spinach%20pancakes%201.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I rolled the dough into balls.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3taXyaYqdPIodKmjPXVTtUn_kAUjifc6Z39sW_WZZOPS7nGzMHC66UspdqgdFFVoOBHtgJDiuLureSV2I29iErCSmYJSma8Eryqur8a4lQgW17SJvzZbSOJma7g0HjpBRIFNTkA1JfjkvI7MR2Y7j-SXLXtx6OBwVUEec2pWgVJh0bI5K4lpFRQnNV1c/s2048/spinach%20pancakes%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3taXyaYqdPIodKmjPXVTtUn_kAUjifc6Z39sW_WZZOPS7nGzMHC66UspdqgdFFVoOBHtgJDiuLureSV2I29iErCSmYJSma8Eryqur8a4lQgW17SJvzZbSOJma7g0HjpBRIFNTkA1JfjkvI7MR2Y7j-SXLXtx6OBwVUEec2pWgVJh0bI5K4lpFRQnNV1c/s320/spinach%20pancakes%202.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I placed each ball inside of a clean food plastic bag (with one side slit open).<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyu8RBotvhjqsrafNaPr00RnzX4gOR2vip_EJZSdzWT6-p4wO8ZELNEfdhHKC5tVurYA21CH2-qyBiNnpVgYDXaF9dpxFyIPMAKomyz_ITAmDk8jNzUWUtgtfQE8P3Z9ZTGTNC0rfv5L7Nt8sE0sZ9fQKnPd_PCE9I8YFs99GHRDsZOHLaSvjob23hgA/s2048/spinach%20pancakes%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyu8RBotvhjqsrafNaPr00RnzX4gOR2vip_EJZSdzWT6-p4wO8ZELNEfdhHKC5tVurYA21CH2-qyBiNnpVgYDXaF9dpxFyIPMAKomyz_ITAmDk8jNzUWUtgtfQE8P3Z9ZTGTNC0rfv5L7Nt8sE0sZ9fQKnPd_PCE9I8YFs99GHRDsZOHLaSvjob23hgA/s320/spinach%20pancakes%203.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I used the bottom of a pan to flatten the tortilla.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoFTpXg4MdNjAtuGdSzd4R_g1M4VqDRdPEsmYvwDWDBdUsqWsbGOFFqZ7hyhLgbfKSdIO5r9Ndta6K7sertorFuqH6KEkTTIxj9NuL9Slh3dfXwyAmC7dl1QZvdwNIbkTA9WgTAA_1fDH02x6eWmRi9e7HRXYmsVaft5n-1lmjN2WVwr963I14vGYDFo/s2048/spinach%20pancakes%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoFTpXg4MdNjAtuGdSzd4R_g1M4VqDRdPEsmYvwDWDBdUsqWsbGOFFqZ7hyhLgbfKSdIO5r9Ndta6K7sertorFuqH6KEkTTIxj9NuL9Slh3dfXwyAmC7dl1QZvdwNIbkTA9WgTAA_1fDH02x6eWmRi9e7HRXYmsVaft5n-1lmjN2WVwr963I14vGYDFo/s320/spinach%20pancakes%204.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I used a silicone spatula to spread oil onto a frying pan very thinly.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9pBj9guj19LC1A89mb0MysEcc0qmhYBOtHYecrMHc5QGKrEYTq7yYgJRR5__vwYQkFPMcYa7RhqDT0Ka3aGV5gZtC9noiiPfy5hDiIv1YvTSJuyxshTD9Mo6Rsj_o_pJlOiBSPYc65ce5LrBT2EWng5JaR_KZdeIyaR-VRv-ad4aZrdJ4vPGenU5lT8/s2048/spinach%20pancakes%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9pBj9guj19LC1A89mb0MysEcc0qmhYBOtHYecrMHc5QGKrEYTq7yYgJRR5__vwYQkFPMcYa7RhqDT0Ka3aGV5gZtC9noiiPfy5hDiIv1YvTSJuyxshTD9Mo6Rsj_o_pJlOiBSPYc65ce5LrBT2EWng5JaR_KZdeIyaR-VRv-ad4aZrdJ4vPGenU5lT8/s320/spinach%20pancakes%205.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once the pan was very hot, I slapped a tortilla onto the pan.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Jf8uuvAftr0v9qgBKHJqsRv1Gd8swX3LFsGWk5CmUyL-Fk4yfukGD5kyNgtyYu7yen5MCqacgw-kIIYlHsG1xhLSwePpdDFO6DihVQJQTTkGtleEvxZiLjoiqtMRh1uljTxKHgr2HuaoG_PrQ5FTmLxrk8ZjRNlzrTZX1v4-YhsR6zufPd835dyMv0I/s2048/spinach%20pancakes%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Jf8uuvAftr0v9qgBKHJqsRv1Gd8swX3LFsGWk5CmUyL-Fk4yfukGD5kyNgtyYu7yen5MCqacgw-kIIYlHsG1xhLSwePpdDFO6DihVQJQTTkGtleEvxZiLjoiqtMRh1uljTxKHgr2HuaoG_PrQ5FTmLxrk8ZjRNlzrTZX1v4-YhsR6zufPd835dyMv0I/s320/spinach%20pancakes%206.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><b>CONTENT RELATED TO TORTILLAS</b></p><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/speed-up-digestion.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speedup digestion</span></a></li><div id="cabbage"></div><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/fermented%20food" target="_blank">Fermented foods</a></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank"><span>Sauerkraut (full instructions</span></a>)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-vegetables.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fermented vegetables</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/ginger-bug.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ginger bug</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-drinks.html" target="_blank">Fermented drinks</a> (ginger ale, etc)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/cheong-syrup.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cheong: sweet fermented syrup</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" target="_blank">High protein yogurt with chickpeas</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html#" target="_blank">Extra creamy yogurt with oats</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">DIY chickpea yogurt</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Oat yogurt</a></span></li></ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vegan milks and other drinks</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/creamy-rice-milk-diy.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Creamy rice milk</a></span></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/12/water-kefir.html" target="_blank">Water kefir</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tofu</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/01/chickpea-tofu.html" target="_blank">Chickpea tofu</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Breakfast or snacks</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/12/vegan-gluten-free-christmas-cake.html" target="_blank">Vegan Caribbean Christmas cake</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/pink-pancakes-blood-type-b-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pink (beetroot) pancake recipe</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/tortillas.html" target="_blank">Tortillas (Green spinach)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/07/health-bar-recipe-homemade-natural.html" target="_blank">Protein granola bar</a> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/vegan-gluten-free-pizza-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pizza</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/11/bajan-conkies.html" target="_blank">Barbadian (aka Bajan) conkies</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Other</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-make-egg-substitute-with.html" target="_blank">Vegan eggs</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Topping (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/guacamole-recipe-tropical-unique.html" target="_blank">guacamole</a> inspired)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/08/green-papaya-salad-to-improve-enzyme.html" target="_blank">Papaya salad</a> to improve enzyme activity and improve digestive health</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/01/sprouting-101-demo-lentil-sprouts.html" target="_blank">Sprouts (lentils)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/ghee.html" target="_blank">Ghee</a> (not vegan)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2017/08/agar-agar-medicinal-super-food.html" target="_blank">Agar agar</a> (medicinal superfood great for making vegan flan with vegan milks)</span></li></ul></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-3296648044503869832023-08-07T21:29:00.425-03:002024-03-18T23:04:43.099-03:00Sauerkraut<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sauerkraut is prepared from shredded cabbage that is fermented by lactic acid bacteria. Its sour flavor and long shelf life are a result of the lactic acid that is formed when bacteria ferment sugars inside the cabbage. Sauerkraut is well liked for its nutritional profile and health benefits. For instance, sauerkraut</span></div><p></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>promotes <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/speed-up-digestion.html" target="_blank">healthy digestion</a></b>. This is best known as a rich source of probiotic bacteria (beneficial gut flora). However, in addition, it also supports other aspects of healthy digestion like stomach acidity, bile production and <b>enzyme activity</b>. Read about <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/speed-up-digestion.html" target="_blank">speeding up digestion</a>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">can prevent or fight polyps in the colon.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">is full of essential nutrients like fiber, vitamins, and minerals</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">may contribute to improved heart health, <b>bone health</b>, immune function, and inflammation</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">controls blood sugar and therefore useful for managing <b>diabetes</b></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">is a versatile food (some uses below)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fermentation <u>differs to pickling</u> because the end result promotes the growth of good bacteria. In contrast, pickling uses vinegar that wards off and kills both bad and good bacteria. For this reason, sauerkraut is a <b style="text-align: left;">live food</b><span style="text-align: left;">.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;">allows <b>phytonutrients to be more bioavailable</b> to the human body. (This is possible because the good bacteria counteract, thereby disable anti-nutrients).</span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Basic
Sauerkraut Recipe</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You will need</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A wide fermentation container. This may be made from glass or food grade plastic. </span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>mason jar</i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">glass juice jug</span></i><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsNrMtnNJFAv64XaOy320qMf4Is_dteTIY3DRHbeIetmWugSRV1VMi2bX2ZxBEc7fAij3LvYwj3FJR_uSYICfR88L8vCXikDsNYFHKgzG5lq6ixZgSg-6W1aa13n3tIU3uWpdRxZA2KHu_iq3XzAt6x10QhdAmTRPIq61RAuW9h9HRJYHUuPjy3J7eUA/s2048/sauerkraut%20fermented%20in%20juice%20jug.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsNrMtnNJFAv64XaOy320qMf4Is_dteTIY3DRHbeIetmWugSRV1VMi2bX2ZxBEc7fAij3LvYwj3FJR_uSYICfR88L8vCXikDsNYFHKgzG5lq6ixZgSg-6W1aa13n3tIU3uWpdRxZA2KHu_iq3XzAt6x10QhdAmTRPIq61RAuW9h9HRJYHUuPjy3J7eUA/w330-h342/sauerkraut%20fermented%20in%20juice%20jug.jpeg" width="330" /></a></div><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Image (above): Combination of red and white cabbage. flexible plastic container cover cut out and used below a shot glass. The blue cover of the jug forces the shot glass and cabbage to stay in place below.</span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">cabbage, white or red. See <a href="#cabbage">nutritional differences below</a>. Remove outer leaves, especially if store-bought. You can use the tough cabbage hearts by very finely grating them in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Natural salt, 2% to 2.5% weight of cabbage weight. </span>The primary purpose of salt is to inhibit the growth of bad bacteria. A secondary purpose is to expel the water from the cabbage leaves. Avoid salts with iodine or caking agents because they may inhibit the fermentation process.</span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">sea salt</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Himalayan rock salt</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">pink salt</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kosher salt (that is free of iodine, caking agents or other undesirable additives)</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional ingredients</span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">inoculant. This helps to inoculate the sauerkraut mixture with probiotics, which can increase the odds of successful fermentation. If you use whey, you may use less sea salt. This is also useful if you are concerned that the cabbage might get exposed to the air.</span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">kefir whey (optional), <o:p></o:p>8% cabbage weight.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2% salt water brine (highly advisable)</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">caraway seeds or fresh chopped dill (optional), </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2% of cabbage weight</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">See the many other options (<a href="#variations">below</a>).</span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">weight. A weight helps to <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b>keep the solids submerged below the brine</b></span>. This is a <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">must-have</span> to keep the sauerkraut safe. Never overlook this requirement.</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Well scrubbed and boiled rock will suffice</span></i>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">For mason jars; a shot glass that can be firmly taped in place (with masking tape) to the side of the jar and then covered with plastic wrap. The plastic wrap is soft enough to allow air to escape. The shot glass can be retaped as tightly as necessary after using more of the sauerkraut. When the level of the kraut is too low for a short shot glass, I use a narrow bottle. Since the bottle held sauce that I bought from the supermarket, I wrap it with a brand new, sterile plastic bag that I turned inside out to be extra safe. See the image of this adaptation below</span></i>. </span></li></ul></ul><blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIt8wjmrdCeMA5RX0Sw2ZUHFBkh0-UjWwQ3YUuzhHRAG16-0RS6kTBdKAcj6uttb5wEt6WM5BVtQSs8JCnNrdvcZ73cBb6MPdkheNmaounAIzk7qd74HVviSJFWIJbIXZgtYVuDy3Snz-bCoYKpSvGiwsNxP6dv9i9yeXclYFADeflxUPzBjcLaL9gRg/s2048/sauerkraut%20-%20covering.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIt8wjmrdCeMA5RX0Sw2ZUHFBkh0-UjWwQ3YUuzhHRAG16-0RS6kTBdKAcj6uttb5wEt6WM5BVtQSs8JCnNrdvcZ73cBb6MPdkheNmaounAIzk7qd74HVviSJFWIJbIXZgtYVuDy3Snz-bCoYKpSvGiwsNxP6dv9i9yeXclYFADeflxUPzBjcLaL9gRg/w229-h275/sauerkraut%20-%20covering.jpeg" width="229" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49KIsr-fYtfv6qaMtsmI8HI2qwTL6po-hKBSHPiiThgHrrhM2P96Dmr6u2HwZvw_oX1_1AATl7U8StBWXtJ4VWE2I-0Nmg5O9hyphenhyphenhWGQyNp1a8VgblkpQxfJrYtlkjHgt8qnDo9JJMJdTyUszphrchCx0UpvI1WmInsjWaOxMnHu0BDcH0atxV9gvDmME/s2812/sauerkraut%20-%20low%20level%20in%20jar%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2042" data-original-width="2812" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49KIsr-fYtfv6qaMtsmI8HI2qwTL6po-hKBSHPiiThgHrrhM2P96Dmr6u2HwZvw_oX1_1AATl7U8StBWXtJ4VWE2I-0Nmg5O9hyphenhyphenhWGQyNp1a8VgblkpQxfJrYtlkjHgt8qnDo9JJMJdTyUszphrchCx0UpvI1WmInsjWaOxMnHu0BDcH0atxV9gvDmME/w440-h319/sauerkraut%20-%20low%20level%20in%20jar%202.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /></blockquote></blockquote><br /><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Instructions for making sauerkraut</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Grate or shred the cabbage finely. Grind the rough fibrous heart of the cabbage as finely as possible. Its fiber makes it a useful prebiotic ingredient that feeds the probiotic bacteria. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Mix the cabbage with salt</b> (and inoculant like liquid brine). The process of adding only salt is called '<i>dry salting</i>'. The salt draws the water out of the cabbage. Allow this process to occur by leaving the mixture to stand for roughly 15 to 20 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Pound the mixture</b> with the help of a meat mallet or a
wooden pounder until the cabbage becomes bruised and releases juice. There are multiple ways of achieving this. My most recent preferred method is to place the cabbage inside a bag and then pound it with a mallet or other very hard object.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Compact the cabbage into the bottom of a clean glass jar until
the juice rises to the top and completely submerges the cabbage below. The aim is to <b>prevent the cabbage from making contact with the air</b>.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Cover the surface</b>. The primary objectives are to prevent dust or other air borne particles from falling into the sauerkraut and to prepare for weighing down the mass of little bits of cabbage. Example(s)</span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5scEi8YYY6Q089ACNhvrS7ibHoiqNIL0?si=mi7Hw-RQ2R9KEzqv" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">DIY plastic discs</a><i> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NbNu0CPBev0?si=mi7Hw-RQ2R9KEzqv&clip=Ugkx5scEi8YYY6Q089ACNhvrS7ibHoiqNIL0&clipt=EMiWKBiOtyo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></i><span style="font-style: italic;">YouTube video <u style="font-style: italic;">clip</u> by Elly's </span><i>'</i><a href="https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5scEi8YYY6Q089ACNhvrS7ibHoiqNIL0?si=mi7Hw-RQ2R9KEzqv" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">How to make mixed vegetable sauerkraut</a><i>'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsILIH9LRv_nn60ReFizSGEvzjI0eMpjMy4oTD_tFVexXaz8WbBZNTZPw63YvUQS-MssGXp8zRESUFrRZDxAQls5dkuAlfTlMmLJWqXjs_TxSbxXdIPlxVFWSNr7RDdixjwK3_aVD_0HenPdNytf_WFQaTjTRewgiGBebraQhOcG0_x7FWRaHoO7mn_s/s2048/sauerkraut%20weights.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Crudely cut discs made from plastic containers" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsILIH9LRv_nn60ReFizSGEvzjI0eMpjMy4oTD_tFVexXaz8WbBZNTZPw63YvUQS-MssGXp8zRESUFrRZDxAQls5dkuAlfTlMmLJWqXjs_TxSbxXdIPlxVFWSNr7RDdixjwK3_aVD_0HenPdNytf_WFQaTjTRewgiGBebraQhOcG0_x7FWRaHoO7mn_s/w359-h269/sauerkraut%20weights.jpeg" title="Crudely cut discs made from plastic containers" width="359" /></a></div><br /></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>disposable plastic lunch box cut to the circumference of the jar. In the image below, you will see that, when I cut one side of the lunch box, I did so close to the vertical sides. I used lunch boxes that were as close in circumference as possible to my fermentation jar. This allowed me to create handles by leaving 2 vertical sides of the lunch box. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0kKJYb3vHmUvuf1LqJENT9JaZX0OAAhz08cv8KDlpY--k8w9dwrIMms6uiAlrakbNDIx7h5RmVBEflkI7jijbL_Mbyr-085Wu5fysbMjs7M3LUZ3ukP2Pp6KP4REaeLB6gd1Jq-TgYUClWzZqYCOtNAm_fVfl-JPqS4_Cn_2H2-WHpMQ-oWtGPk0t6U/s2048/sauerkraut%20fermentation%20cover%20-%20upcycled%20plastic%20disposable%20lunchbox%20-%20handles%20highlighted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0kKJYb3vHmUvuf1LqJENT9JaZX0OAAhz08cv8KDlpY--k8w9dwrIMms6uiAlrakbNDIx7h5RmVBEflkI7jijbL_Mbyr-085Wu5fysbMjs7M3LUZ3ukP2Pp6KP4REaeLB6gd1Jq-TgYUClWzZqYCOtNAm_fVfl-JPqS4_Cn_2H2-WHpMQ-oWtGPk0t6U/w150-h200/sauerkraut%20fermentation%20cover%20-%20upcycled%20plastic%20disposable%20lunchbox%20-%20handles%20highlighted.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i><a href="https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxnQX8XcTHGceV-usZgZYZ8Ffgyew2H-vt?si=5JMyssx0xByuupaa" target="_blank">sealed plastic bag fill of water</a>. This idea both covers as well as weighs down the sauerkraut. It is good at filling spaces and crevices. <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HFee7O9mgio?si=S46gAIF_Arh9VxhW&clip=UgkxaxPRzgEIzLoJH9JLBVBSc3wAaed7bCdr&clipt=ELDzKhiphi0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>un-shredded cabbage leaves</i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>plastic wrap</i></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Leave behind at least one inch of space for expansion.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Place some type of <b>weight over the surface</b> to ensure the cabbage remains submerged. Ensure the weight is very clean and free of potential contaminants. Example(s) </span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>a shot glass that can fit inside most jars. See image above.</i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>sealed jar of water</i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>a rock, washed and boiled</i></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cover the jar fully to prevent fruit flies or other contaminants. The container need not be air tight. However, the lactic acid bacteria prefer an anaerobic (ie airless) medium, within liquid without air contact. This is why the cabbage fiber must be kept submerged. However, always <b>make provision for air release from the fermentation process</b>. As an option if you are concerned about mold, remove oxygen as much as possible from inside the jar. Some airlock gadgets also suck oxygen out of the jar. Example(s).</span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">air lock</span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">a non corrosive lid (because metal lids will rust). <b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Screw on lids VERY lightly to allow gases to escape</b>.</span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">air lock with oxygen suction feature</span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">a cloth that is secured with rubber band</span></i></span></li><div id="pawpaw"></div><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">cling wrap (aka plastic wrap) or <a href="https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5XbJxqhRIKyfYP8pEMwFPG3FcFKAVUFI?si=mnhTJPlVDFcnUoa7" target="_blank">discs of wax paper</a> (video clip). I lay the cling wrap directly onto the top of the sauerkraut to block air from entering. Since wrap is so light weight, air can escape. I allowed some excess wrap to cling to the inner sides of the jar above the level of the sauerkraut. During the first few days of a vigorous fermentation with cabbage and semi-ripe papaya, the cling wrap had bubbles caught between itself and the liquid. In that case, I changed it until the sauerkraut barely created bubbles. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_Btipq8stDgwYF8rz_bdTCSbzaBlJcDaWWhAxFcWJOdJlzdz1Rb7hOko_kob2Kp72H5_53hgz7QIaxvF987BXfMnLIjPn3EcxImeoTWu_Aq4HbuFXLlAXIoTJ7pZHYOiaLs9Qtl5MItu-9Vy2jav6yv_u1x1yo2diSdNY0X6tHla6ci0AavcYYj5KmE/s1600/cling%20wrap%20for%20sauerkraut.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_Btipq8stDgwYF8rz_bdTCSbzaBlJcDaWWhAxFcWJOdJlzdz1Rb7hOko_kob2Kp72H5_53hgz7QIaxvF987BXfMnLIjPn3EcxImeoTWu_Aq4HbuFXLlAXIoTJ7pZHYOiaLs9Qtl5MItu-9Vy2jav6yv_u1x1yo2diSdNY0X6tHla6ci0AavcYYj5KmE/w170-h227/cling%20wrap%20for%20sauerkraut.jpeg" width="170" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlkKUssXw7Gq1PEZbg-s44rAOScLBeBZG9a7t-wU5P2AtV7PHsaLPf_Eybngqqnn59DR5IboPlZ9670f6fgTT9PMwEkiDdfvdHsi_WKX0mRVIYqw5iAGAC5GMYAWFQ_QzX00AUmHFeZEhZGgycFpjnyAFZEH-R3yUQljXqsqcn2rLAHtr58Waoz2P0VI/s2048/cling%20wrap%20for%20sauerkraut%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlkKUssXw7Gq1PEZbg-s44rAOScLBeBZG9a7t-wU5P2AtV7PHsaLPf_Eybngqqnn59DR5IboPlZ9670f6fgTT9PMwEkiDdfvdHsi_WKX0mRVIYqw5iAGAC5GMYAWFQ_QzX00AUmHFeZEhZGgycFpjnyAFZEH-R3yUQljXqsqcn2rLAHtr58Waoz2P0VI/w174-h231/cling%20wrap%20for%20sauerkraut%202.jpeg" width="174" /></a> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NbNu0CPBev0?si=mnhTJPlVDFcnUoa7&clip=Ugkx5XbJxqhRIKyfYP8pEMwFPG3FcFKAVUFI&clipt=EJigRhjSjUc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>YouTube video <u>clip </u>by Elly's Everyday soap making '<a href="https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5XbJxqhRIKyfYP8pEMwFPG3FcFKAVUFI?si=mnhTJPlVDFcnUoa7" target="_blank">How to make mixed vegetable sauerkraut</a>'</div><br /></span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">schedule for daily burping if you completely seal the jar. Beware, if you can not keep the schedule, the bottle can explode.</span></i></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Label the jar with the production date</b> and store in the dark at room temperature for roughly 2 to 4 weeks. The ideal range of temperatures is roughly 16C to 24C. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Catchment tray</b> for overflow. Place the fermentation inside of a catchment tray just in case of messy overflows.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Place in a warm part of the kitchen (ie NOT the refrigerator) but away from direct sunlight.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Within the first week, you may see bubbles rising. This is a sign of fermentation. However, this may force some of the cabbage to rise. for this reason, keep checking to ensure that the cabbage remains submerged. (If not, the cabbage might grow mold or rot).</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If your brine ever gets too low and can no longer effectively cover the leaves, top up with a 2% salt brine.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After the first week, the bubbling slows down. You may therefore need not be as worried about the cabbage rising into the air. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After the first week, you may <b>start to taste test the sauerkraut</b>. The time period beyond this point is a matter of personal taste. The longer you allow the process continue, the tangier and less crunchy the sauerkraut will become.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>pH test the brine</b>. Pre-fermentation readings without any acidic additives usually give a pH of about 5. Harmful microbes can not survive in a pH below 4.5. Consequently, the reading should be <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">under pH 4.5 to be safe</span>, usually within the first 3 days. This will also indicate that the fermentation process has occurred successfully.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div id="kahm" style="font-weight: bold;"></div><b><a href="https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxwy2r42MBipDio59oNuebG2EoD-y5g14U?si=pkRoCIj7JxnjTfGN" target="_blank">Skim off kahm yeast</a></b> with a clean paper napkin. (See how in YouTube video by Clean Food Living '<a href="https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxwy2r42MBipDio59oNuebG2EoD-y5g14U?si=pkRoCIj7JxnjTfGN" target="_blank">Fermented beans & lentils</a>') Since it grows back quickly, like a day in my case after skimming it off only when you are ready to eat the sauerkraut. You may also opt to transfer the ferment into a refrigerator if you do not want to keep removing the yeast each time. Another consideration is that, since it can not survive vinegar for long, I think it will likely thin out over time if your ferment gets very potent. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBD_ghnrvF9SZ1lfs5JhUlNQjtnatRYIIZCDe966DRQpgJZiyWGwps-yPYOo_9BLkNYAI2JA1rrSAgFKnYI4WRbFT5e-7MKCB0waDyl1ciTXzwPtQLYpyI1fFEZ0z69YMXLMKGfIKymXNyX-Crsx1lqzcsHsI_EZd9kusxqYBKQvbJvxNTGAETUHOyoc/s344/kahm%20yeast.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="344" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBD_ghnrvF9SZ1lfs5JhUlNQjtnatRYIIZCDe966DRQpgJZiyWGwps-yPYOo_9BLkNYAI2JA1rrSAgFKnYI4WRbFT5e-7MKCB0waDyl1ciTXzwPtQLYpyI1fFEZ0z69YMXLMKGfIKymXNyX-Crsx1lqzcsHsI_EZd9kusxqYBKQvbJvxNTGAETUHOyoc/s320/kahm%20yeast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Fear not if you see kahm yeast. However, ensure that you are seeing Kahn yeast and NOT mold since the latter is unsafe. See below how to <a href="#mold">identify and deal with mold</a>. Kahn yeast forms a thin layer that completely covers the top of ferments. Over time, it may trap air bubbles below its surface. While kahm yeast is not ideal, it is not harmful. It is therefore safe to eat a ferment that is contaminated with kahm yeast. You will find it impossible to remove it without some breaking a way into the sauerkraut. Do not stress over this. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other observations about which you need not worry is </span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">garlic turning blue. This is perfectly safe for consumption. This is a normal reaction between sulfur compounds found in garlic that react with copper found in some water sources (like spring water, well water, etc). The blue / green color is a copper sulfate. If you want to prevent this from happening, use distilled water. Additionally, acidity (including from well known sources like vinegar and lemon juice) can speedup this chemical reaction. If you wish to avoid the blue color, consider the following. Since this reaction more likely when the acid was present before you added the garlic, consider using garlic only when you are starting your fermentation from scratch, ie rather than adding garlic to brine that has already fermented and produced the acidic bacteria. </span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When you are happy with the level of fermentation and need the process to stop, <b>store the sauerkraut in roughly 7 to 10C</b> (which is around the temperature of a standard refrigerator). Since the cold will stop or drastically slow fermentation, you may place the sauerkraut in a sealed jar. As a rule of thumb, people try to use the sauerkraut within 4 to 6 months. (You may also add citric acid which helps to slow down fermentation).</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over time, a dry method sauerkraut seems to '<i>lose the brine</i>'. (The dry method refers to adding only salt to the vegetables so as to expel water that naturally exists within the vegetables to produce brine, ie rather than adding water from an external source). This common phenomenon occurs because the vegetable may re-absorb the brine, salty and all. Vegetables that have reabsorbed well fermented brine should not easily grow mold because the low pH inoculates it thereby keeping mold at bay.</span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As mentioned otherwise, <b>refrigerate the sauerkraut if the sauerkraut brine has '<i>disappeared</i>'</b>. This helps to reduce the chance of drying out un-submerged vegetable and inviting mold. If there is only a little mold, you may toss at least that and nearby sections. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Do NOT add new unfermented brine to counteract the '<i>disappearing brine</i>'</b> phenomenon. The problem with doing this is that it will lower the pH, thereby potentially increase the susceptibility of allowing mold to grow. Having said this, depending on how much you added, the sauerkraut may eventually return to an ideal pH. However, it is ideal to avoid the risk of setting back the fermentation this way. Furthermore, do not vinegar to counteract the way that adding unfermented brine raises the pH. While vinegar will provide an appropriate pH, depending on the concentrations, vinegar will kill at least some of the live bacteria and thereby also defeat the purpose of fermenting food. (See explanation in 'benefits of sauerkraut' for discussion on the difference between fermentation and pickling.)</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I eat sauerkraut in various ways. My preference is to eat mine raw because heat (temperatures over 46C / 115F) kills the probiotics. However, that does not mean you can not do it.</span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">raw, on its own</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">raw, with <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/tortillas.html" target="_blank">tortillas</a>. I absolutely love my ultra colorful sauerkrauts with tortillas. Not only is the taste delightful, but it is also visually very appealing. Outside of the white cabbage, the color comes from carrots, red bell peppers, katuk leaves, thyme leaves, garlic, onion and chives. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">raw, as a salad condiment. When I found my pineapple sauerkraut too acidic for me, I mixed lots of it with otherwise 'boring' / bland salads made of christophene or cucumbers. The slight sweetness really makes the salad more interesting.</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you have any, <b>use remaining <u>fully fermented</u> brine for other ferments</b>. </span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div id="beanslentils"></div> fermented <u>COOKED</u> (& only a few, not all slightly bruised; NOT mashed; NOT canned) red kidney <b>beans, garbanzo or (dahl) lentils</b>. Since vegetables improve the success rate, add the beans to a fully fermented jar of sauerkraut or just add vegetables to the fully fermented brine. <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Choose garbanzo over red kidney beans if</span> you want less potassium in your diet ... and if you want more healthy fat and vitamin E in your diet. <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Choose red kidney beans over garbanzo if</span> you want more fiber, potassium, phosphorus or calcium in your diet. (Regarding protein, garbanzo has only marginally more protein than red kidney beans.) Some people increase the salt percentage, even up to 4%. When a batch of sauerkraut is running low on the counter, I add the beans. <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Choose lentils over garbanzo</span> if you want more B vitamins B6 which is good for <i>brain health</i> (as brain food, especially if black lentils) and B9 which is good for the blood, iron, phosphorus, fiber, protein ... <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">garbanzo over lentils</span> if you want more calories, more unsaturated fat, carbohydrates in your diet. BTW, beans are considered a longevity food. Coincidentally, blue zones like Okinawa and Costa Rica are high bean consumers. See below YouTube video by Clean Food Living '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehD8V0lrc-A" target="_blank">Fermented beans & lentils</a>'.</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="260" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ehD8V0lrc-A" width="407" youtube-src-id="ehD8V0lrc-A"></iframe></div><br /></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mUwC7bTjLkQ?si=WLlOAqsw6YaqeX4q" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></p><div id="variations"></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Variations </i><br />
<br />Variations abound beyond plain sauerkraut. Some involve combining other ingredients at the same time as cabbage<span style="color: #ffa400;">*</span> to be massaged and pounded while others involve separate preparation. Generally, the difference in treatment is based on the structural integrity of the ingredient. For instance, apples and pears will turn into a mush. Consider how ingredients will impact on taste and nutritional value. Here are a few ideas of additives. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Apples, apple skins<span style="color: #999999;">, diced or grated and added when stuffing fermentation jars. Apples offer pectin, a prebiotic. Apples are a source of polyphenols.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="#beanslentils" style="text-align: left;">Beans</a>, cooked<span style="color: #666666;"> and some skins broken (NOT mashed) to expose starch.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Carrots</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Celery</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dill greens</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fennel bulb</span><span style="color: #ffa400;">*</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fennel seeds, freshly ground</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Garlic</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ginger root, minced<span style="color: #ffa400;">* </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">Rich source of <i><b>Vitamin C</b></i>.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Herbs (thyme is my favorite)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Horseradish</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Katuk leaves</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lemon</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="#beanslentils" style="text-align: left;">Lentils</a> (dahl variety)<span style="color: #999999;">, cooked, NOT mashed.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Onions, thinly sliced</span><span style="color: #ffa400;">*</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Orange zest, pith and or pulp. <span style="color: #666666;">Even zest and pith are a source of <i><b>vitamin C</b></i>. Don't worry, the pith should not make the sauerkraut bitter</span>.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Papaya. <span style="color: #666666;">Great source of prebiotics and digestive enzymes that help with digestion of proteins and fats. Below, I used barely ripening green papaya with red cabbage. <a href="#pawpaw">Images also above</a>. Delicious! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wdP-eTAmfIr6FDKv_KPgqJXX-Szk-F_bYsLSbt4ESXuPot0wzRcLaUUDU6TXivyMyddFUJE1UtMCk_tb0Q3jiYKBscnM-dkw6v_N2m_gtljGAQ9QAxW_msS1cRPZjcI1L7Vxk4OxU0cFPIsx2WThCx4FbQtudp-OU6GVssxuiXHMVDO3NXl2w5gLGuQ/s1600/pawpaw%20sauerkraut.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wdP-eTAmfIr6FDKv_KPgqJXX-Szk-F_bYsLSbt4ESXuPot0wzRcLaUUDU6TXivyMyddFUJE1UtMCk_tb0Q3jiYKBscnM-dkw6v_N2m_gtljGAQ9QAxW_msS1cRPZjcI1L7Vxk4OxU0cFPIsx2WThCx4FbQtudp-OU6GVssxuiXHMVDO3NXl2w5gLGuQ/w143-h191/pawpaw%20sauerkraut.jpeg" width="143" /></a></div><br /></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pear, diced</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pepper</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Peppercorns</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pickling spice</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pineapple (for Vitamin C). This makes the sauerkraut slightly sweet. Do not worry, this process does not produce alcohol. Example(s)</span>: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zx6U4DBcTtk" width="418" youtube-src-id="Zx6U4DBcTtk"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx6U4DBcTtk" target="_blank">YouTuber Kickin' it with Karen's combination of pineapple at roughly 33% of vegetable weight with ginger and turmeric (with black pepper</a>); <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y8GEwuI7jfk" target="_blank">someone else used it at roughly 30% by weight</a><span>)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/polyphenols.html" target="_blank">Polyphenols</a> (carrots, citrus, onions, etc)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pumpkin <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Radish</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/01/sprouting-101-demo-lentil-sprouts.html" target="_blank">Sprouts</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Turmeric (with black pepper as an option)</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All other
vegetables should be used raw, except green or yellow wax beans, cooking them for at least 5
minutes before being pickled.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lj23YWn2X0k?si=7_zotYFd42eIblwu" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO DIY SAUERKRAUT </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/speed-up-digestion.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speedup digestion</span></a></li><div id="cabbage"></div><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">White or red cabbage? <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7waKleuhI9c?si=XfgS5Q8FdX5xtNZ2" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></li></ul><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">YouTube video '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7waKleuhI9c" target="_blank">Cabbage nutrition facts - Which is better: green or purple cabbage? In-depth comparison</a>' by YouTube channel Clean Food Living </span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overall, red cabbage is by far the victor on so many measures. However, consider your personal needs. For instance, white cabbage has a few significant victories that might meet your current objectives. For instance, it offers over twice the amount of vitamin K (a nutrient that is particularly important for <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/08/bone-health.html" target="_blank">bone health</a>) than red cabbage. Someone concerned with bone health as they age may consider this. However, if that aging person is also particularly concerned about Alzheimer's disease, they may prefer red cabbage. If they are concerned with both, they will likely want to use a bit of both varieties.</span></p></blockquote><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of my favorite sauerkrauts thus far.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">cabbage, 55% by weight</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">carrots, 29%</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">sweet red peppers, 11%</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">greens (katuk), 5%</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">salt, 2.25% of vegetables</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">parsley, thyme</span></li></ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/speed-up-digestion.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speedup digestion</span></a></li><div id="cabbage"></div><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/fermented%20food" target="_blank">Fermented foods</a></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank"><span>Sauerkraut (full instructions</span></a>)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-vegetables.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fermented vegetables</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/ginger-bug.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ginger bug</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-drinks.html" target="_blank">Fermented drinks</a> (ginger ale, etc)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/cheong-syrup.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cheong: sweet fermented syrup</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" target="_blank">High protein yogurt with chickpeas</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html#" target="_blank">Extra creamy yogurt with oats</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">DIY chickpea yogurt</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Oat yogurt</a></span></li></ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vegan milks and other drinks</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/creamy-rice-milk-diy.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Creamy rice milk</a></span></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/12/water-kefir.html" target="_blank">Water kefir</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tofu</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/01/chickpea-tofu.html" target="_blank">Chickpea tofu</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Breakfast or snacks</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/12/vegan-gluten-free-christmas-cake.html" target="_blank">Vegan Caribbean Christmas cake</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/pink-pancakes-blood-type-b-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pink (beetroot) pancake recipe</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/tortillas.html" target="_blank">Tortillas (Green spinach)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/07/health-bar-recipe-homemade-natural.html" target="_blank">Protein granola bar</a> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/vegan-gluten-free-pizza-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pizza</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/11/bajan-conkies.html" target="_blank">Barbadian (aka Bajan) conkies</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Other</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-make-egg-substitute-with.html" target="_blank">Vegan eggs</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Topping (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/guacamole-recipe-tropical-unique.html" target="_blank">guacamole</a> inspired)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/08/green-papaya-salad-to-improve-enzyme.html" target="_blank">Papaya salad</a> to improve enzyme activity and improve digestive health</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/01/sprouting-101-demo-lentil-sprouts.html" target="_blank">Sprouts (lentils)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/ghee.html" target="_blank">Ghee</a> (not vegan)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2017/08/agar-agar-medicinal-super-food.html" target="_blank">Agar agar</a> (medicinal superfood great for making vegan flan with vegan milks)</span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Internal links: <a href="#kahm">kahm yeast</a>, <a href="#mold">mold</a>, <a href="#variations">variations</a> (ie ingredients in addition to cabbage), <a href="#pawpaw">semi-green / ripe papaya</a> with cabbage, <a href="#beanslentils">beans & lentils</a> in sauerkraut,</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Mold </b><div id="mold" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Mold</b>. Most types of mold are problematic. <span style="color: red;">If your sauerkraut has a brine that has under 2% salt and it develops mold, <b>throw out the entire batch</b></span>. Do not try to skim off the mold because, like other fungi, most types of mold have filaments called hyphae that are invisible to the naked eye that extend below the surface. (The only time that mold can be safely skimmed off is when the brine has at least 2% salt because the salt prevents the hyphae from growing below the surface. However, remove any kraut that was floating and could have potentially become contaminated, even if you can not see signs of mold. The kraut that has remained submerged below the surface of the brine will be safe for consumption.) Here is how to identify it so that you do not confuse it with <a href="#kahm">kahm yeast</a>. </div><div id="mold"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Mold is usually blue, green, black, brown or white. (Kahm yeast is white)</li><li>Mold is usually fuzzy. (Kahm yeast creates a thin, flat layer that floats on the brine) </li><li>Mold does not cover the entire surface area of the ferment. (Kahm yeast spreads out over the entire surface of the ferment).</li></ul></div></span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-1965835706467993252023-07-22T17:36:00.022-03:002024-02-12T10:13:13.120-04:00Gideon<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjsfu-zBcjFp0jrYugD5IO1TItQTDgWQL_DcYaEAFZ5vBWWuUMtfMS5ocA07fVT1V3g2QolMh_X3w4hzeFkbinp5AxmdaQ-JfXS1UZpJ7zpLZtI0t-HDP4AO6NddnnWWJg__vJ73bmizpM19YbQE1BW_pZSF-Mv-otBWtDoYObYZYvNhy8nLzNZJ5KKKo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="405" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjsfu-zBcjFp0jrYugD5IO1TItQTDgWQL_DcYaEAFZ5vBWWuUMtfMS5ocA07fVT1V3g2QolMh_X3w4hzeFkbinp5AxmdaQ-JfXS1UZpJ7zpLZtI0t-HDP4AO6NddnnWWJg__vJ73bmizpM19YbQE1BW_pZSF-Mv-otBWtDoYObYZYvNhy8nLzNZJ5KKKo=w155-h78" width="155" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The less taught story of Gideon with a few themes </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Main theme is that victory of the weak is assured against very powerful opponents through the intervention of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">God / the Universe. Consequently, this is a story of <b>faith in God </b>/ the universe.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One should see himself not through a worldly perspective but from that of God. Gideon saw himself as a weak underdog while the universe addressed him as a '<i>mighty man of courage</i>'. In short, know thyself, ie beyond your human avatar or ego.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recruit only those (likely few) soldiers that align in both spirit and ability with your divine purpose.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Are you Gideon? Look at yourself the way the Universe does</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gideon was an Israelite who epitomized the cowardice that had crippled and enslaved his people. His people had been consistently attacked and sabotaged by Midianites. Quite symbolically, overcome with fear, he hid in an underground wine cellar. Furthermore, he was not held in high esteem by his people. He was in his lowest point and looked pitiful. Gideon was not a warrior. In fact, he was weakened. However, God chose him to lead an army and an angel referred to Gideon even at that point as a "<i>mighty man of fearless courage</i>". In other words, it is important to know that the Universe (or God) sees you better than others do, despite current setbacks. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Universe saw Gideon as a 'Mighty Man of Courage'</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J5Cnh0GPJ1g?start=150" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Others, even you may underestimate or undervalue your potential. Your potential is not necessarily based rigidly on human standards like age, number of friends, money, education, family & connections and so on. Example; <i><span style="color: #38761d;">Gideon was from a poor family and not held in high esteem among them. His people, Israelites, living in a weakened state of perpetual fear of the constant sabotage by the Midianites</span></i>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J5Cnh0GPJ1g" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">YouTube video '<a href="Gideon - God's Unlikely Choice Daniel Kolenda" target="_blank">Gideon - God's Unlikely Choice</a>' by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DanielKolenda" target="_blank">Daniel Kolenda</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why Gideon needed to downsize his army</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gideon's army was whittled down to only 300 men that went up against 135,000 men. Gideon was instructed to downsize his army to ONLY those with whom his mission resonated. Likewise, even your non-haters whose only curse against you is their ignorance should be let go. Their well meaning ignorance can make them act against you inadvertently.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is easy to decide to let go of haters because they let us know they mean harm and that hurts. So instinctively, you know very quickly that you need to let them go. However, there are times when you also need to let go of even non-haters because your association with them insidiously blocks your path. Below is what they may look like. Know that you need to separate from such people in order to achieve your goal.</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">People who resist anything they do not believe is possible for your life. Maybe they are too used to seeing you in a depressed, compromised state and <i><span style="color: #38761d;">want you to succeed ... until you actually start to succeed</span></i>, especially if you are doing so in a big way. I suppose one might argue that they are covert haters because their energy is based on selfish fear that you will surpass or leave them, jealousy and or passive aggression.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They tell you "<i>You can not" </i>do [what the universe has ordained you to do]<i>,</i> (ie rather than say, 'I will do what I can to help you proceed on your path').</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They do not resonate with your vision.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They can not appreciate you or very significant parts of you. This may include them only valuing you when or if they think you have material wealth but having no interest in you spiritually.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CRctm-1N9A4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of these people make your letting go decision easy. They let you go. As Madea said, if they let you go, then go. Most people are only interested in taking. Some are fickle leaves on a tree that blow in every direction with the breeze (ie rather than remain firm in your goal). Some people are like a branch that will break and let you fall if you step too far out to progress. Even after you explain their harm, they continue to do harm, they are leaves that do not want to become anything other than leaves.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CnzhbI_Egek" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gideon was instructed to make his army smaller. The significance of this is that an army need not be large to deliver success. Your army comprises the people around you. There is no point having many people around you who can not share your vision. They may derail you. It is hard to find like-minded people and so your army is better off being small. After all, you do not want a large army of the blind leading the blind, away from your life's goal and into peril. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In short, everyone can not be on your side or align with what the universe intends for your life. That is fine! See them as ballast and let them go!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J5Cnh0GPJ1g" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">YouTube video '<a href="Gideon - God's Unlikely Choice Daniel Kolenda" target="_blank">Gideon - God's Unlikely Choice</a>' by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DanielKolenda" target="_blank">Daniel Kolenda</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Madea says that you really only need a few people like strong roots of a tree in your life. Be prepared to just let <u>everyone else</u> go.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CnzhbI_Egek?clip=Ugkxdgq3U3tJiF6u2YNeBs419vpd2omp0x-6&clipt=EKC8Bxir_Qk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxoPXhKhISjWe2G-iKBYHRTl9yGb-Lp-Kv" target="_blank">Madea speaks about needing only 2 or 3 roots</a> (@02:02 to 02:43)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Faith in Finding the Right Soldiers</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although it is hard letting go of people because you need connections in life and can be left entirely alone and desperate without them, have faith that the Universe will replace unfit soldiers with the right ones.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your soldiers can arrive for short or long periods in your life.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Invite people into your life only if they will help you to serve your purpose. Do not base your decisions on worldly or other standards. Too many good people were led to peril by having the wrong people in their lives who might have had wealth, socioeconomic status and otherwise.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Accept your task and ask the universe to show your soldiers. Gideon asked for clear signs that he could recognize.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have a recruitment process in mind. Example(s)</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;">Gideon culled his large army twice by using specific criteria. <b>1</b>) Specifically, if they felt fearful, they were allowed to leave and most did. </span><span>In order to be worthy, your soldiers must be fearless in the face of your formidable armies. There is no point recruiting them if they would cower away at crucial points. </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;"><b>2</b>) Then in the second round, if soldiers drank in a unfavorable way ie drink water like an animal rather than cup it in their palms, they were not kept. BTW, one of the symbolic meanings of drinking water is the ability to defeat enemies and evil. Perhaps they needed to show not only fearlessness but capacity to fight in the appropriate way.</span> It is pointless having a soldier who is fearless but fights like an animal. You need soldiers that balance fearlessness and skill.</span></li></ul></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prepare yourself for your soldiers & the war</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do not be fearful of being alone. Use isolation to work on yourself to be right for the right soldiers. <a href="https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxuUqDgIAYixUPeZ8_IRNkbH12ZXy_BZzI" target="_blank">Hear Madea speak about this</a>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prepare yourself for the reality that many people close to you support you only until you are on the verge of succeeding. They may uncomfortable with you changing what they see as your status that is lower to their, which keeps them comfortable with you. Example. <i><span style="color: #38761d;">The Midianites that constantly sabotaged the Israelites were actually cousins to the Israelites</span></i>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have faith in the process presented by the Universe. Example. <i><span style="color: #38761d;">God instructed Gideon, who was entirely inexperienced in warfare to whittle down his number of soldiers until he had only a few hundred to fight the Midianite army whose soldiers were as numerous as 'grains of sand on the sea shore. Yet still Gideon's army won because he followed God's guidance. Gideon learnt that, when he is weak, God is strong within him. So he does not need to be independently strong. This is in line with 2 Corinthians 12:10 'For when I am weak, then I am strong.' </span></i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">This story does not stress the point that, before he could win the war, Gideon had to be worthy. He needed to pass the test of faith by whittling down his army, even though it seemed counter intuitive to reduce his army as a novice. Remember that, before any major gifts of manifestation, you must test the Universe's wisdom over the limits of your own. <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sR4AT0LMJ5c?si=VARhDkR9kbbjQBxO" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Symbols</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">If you are a Gideon, use these symbols on your altar.<br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">A </span><b><i style="background-color: #d9ead3;">raised horn</i></b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">is a common biblical symbol of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">victory, especially of being rescued from oppression</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">. Blowing the horns announces the arrival of God.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><i><b>Upheld flaming torches</b></i></span><span style="background-color: white;"> symbolize </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">life, truth and the regenerative power of flame.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><i><b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Clay pots</b></i><span style="background-color: white;"> symbolize transformation and sanctification (ie purification) into God's will. The bible speaks of God as a potter and man as the clay. It also speaks of 'treasure in clay jars that one should make certain to know that the treasure is power that comes from God and not from within ourselves. it is a reminder that we do not need to be all powerful on our own. We can rely on God's strength to work through us by allowing ourselves to be re-shaped and shaped according to God's will for his will. Regarding the fact that Gideon's men shattered their clay jars seems to be a metaphor for their breaking their original molds as the underdog to make way for the power of God to act and likely to also re-shape them into victorious warriors against the Midianites.</span></span></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 Corinthians 4:7 reads, “<i>But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us</i>.”</span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b><i>300</i></b></span> repeatedly carries the same theme of <span style="text-align: -webkit-center;">supernatural victory over enemies. (The victories even included bloodshed). This is evident not only in scriptures with </span>Gideon, but also Sampson and the mighty men of David. These conquests are so unusual that they can only be understood as the hand of God creating the<span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">supernatural victory that defies human ability. </span></span></li></ul><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO GIDEON</span></b></p><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CnzhbI_Egek?clip=Ugkxdgq3U3tJiF6u2YNeBs419vpd2omp0x-6&clipt=EKC8Bxir_Qk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.chronline.com/stories/torches-and-pots-bibles-gideon-illustrates-power-of-god,78201" target="_blank">Retelling of the Gideon story and its meaning</a> (third party content).</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gideon's Horn and Torch</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/06/diy-wine.html" target="_blank">Wine making</a> (my new spiritual tradition)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How to identify and handle <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/onesided-relationships.html" target="_blank">one sided relationships with non-haters</a></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="310" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vgEHCYVfXmE" width="483" youtube-src-id="vgEHCYVfXmE"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-9063293623473328422023-06-22T15:51:00.508-03:002023-10-01T16:32:06.822-03:00DIY wine<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While I do not drink alcohol routinely, I started to ferment my own wine at home as a spiritual practice in homage to the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/autumn-equinox.html#wine" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">autumn equinox</a>. This article explains how to prepare the wine, even with options for anyone without any special wine making equipment or ingredients.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is a <a href="https://youtu.be/eNXP5UPGJ9M?si=gljWkwagEgfuMF6b&t=147" target="_blank">comprehensive list of ingredients and equipment that you will need</a></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Select or make a juice</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beetroot juice, strained </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 part in weight grated beetroot with skin (for tannins in the skin) to 2 parts of water. </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional additions: lemon zest, a dash of lemon juice, <a href="#tannin">tannins</a> (See <a href="#tannin">details about tannins below</a>). Simmer for roughly 45 minutes. Sift and discard away solids.</span></li></ul></ul></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Homogenously <b>combine sugar.</b> Use one of the following method.</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><i>For a more scientific way of calculating the amount of sugar to add using specific gravity (SG), use a hydrometer. See how in this third party <a href="https://youtu.be/Gy1AUJVPGyQ?si=g1MuUpG4FqIMpeMD&t=58" target="_blank">video</a>. </i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><i>1 part sugar to 4 parts unsweetened fruit juice. If you do not have a hydrometer, this is a rule of thumb. </i></span></li></ul><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional. <b>Measure the starting specific gravity</b> (SG). Note the SG on the label. This will be compared with the end SG to calculate the alcoholic value.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="308" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j-SuigGDs9w" width="456" youtube-src-id="j-SuigGDs9w"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LemzFQRESDI" width="408" youtube-src-id="LemzFQRESDI"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Label the fermentation jug</b> with details like the date, fruit type, starting specific gravity.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional. <b>Add pectic enzyme</b> to render the wine crystal clear. The enzyme consumes the pectins in juice that can make wine cloudy. The enzyme is particularly useful for full fruit juices (ie juices made with all of the fruit pulp). You can add this either at the start of end of the fermentation process. However, when adding at the start, you need to use half the amount of what you will need at the end. </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><i>0.5 tsp pectic enzyme per 1 usg of juice (if added at the start of fermentation)</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><i>(A natural source of pectic acid is citrus fruits and apples)</i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div id="tannin"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Optional. <b>Add tannin</b>. Tannins are responsible for the health benefits in wine because they contain antioxidants. Antioxidants combat free radical cell damage, thereby helping to combat <i><b>cancer, heart disease</b></i> and other health problems. Tannins are natural polyphenols that are typically found in plants, bark and fruit skins. This is why adding <i><span style="color: #38761d;">fruit skin</span></i> to your must (the juice at the start of fermentation) is a good idea. The consumption experience is a dry sensation and lasting bitterness. Despite the initial turn off, people generally acquire the taste for tannins in wine. Very tannic wines can give some people headaches. However, well balanced wine avoids this problem.</span> Highest tannin concentrations exist in <i><span style="color: #38761d;">#1 black tea, #2 oolong tea, #3 green tea</span></i>. Other teas include <i><span style="color: #38761d;">hibiscus, cinnamon, mint, chamomile</span></i>). </div></span></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>tannin powder (often ground charred oak bark extract), <i>0.5 tsp</i> per 1 usg of juice</i></span>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>black tea, <i>brewed, unflavored</i> (as water to dilute juice)</i></span><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">. I suspect it if fine to add the tea to the pot while you simmer the juice. Experiment to establish the way you will brew your tea for a particular result. This will help to ensure consistency. A good starting pointing from which to test is a strength of 2 tea bags per gallon (ie apx 3,785g) This tea may be steeped in a cup of water in advance and then added to the fruit juice. While tannin is destroyed with heat, over half remains after cooking for periods beyond what is required for simmering the juice</span>. </i></span><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(A study showed that, after cooking for 90 minutes, over 50% of tannin remained in wine.) </span></i></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional. <b>Add acid</b>. Acidity helps to provide a lively taste to wine and is antibacterial to keep wine safe. </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><i>0.5 tsp acid per 1 usg of juice (if added at the start of fermentation)</i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Protect the must</b>. Cover the container to prevent contaminants or fruit flies from entering into the mixture.</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">ideally an airlock</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">loosely fitting lid</span></i></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional. <b>Add sterilizer</b> to kill bacteria, other yeasts within the fruit and prevent mold growth. A common type is the Campden tablet which is made of <i>potassium metabisulfite</i>. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional. Allow the must to stand for 24 hours. This period will give the Campden tablet to work.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To the mixture, <b>add yeast</b>. Rule of thumb rates are 0.25 tsp per 2 cups of fruit juice -- or 1g per gallon on juice.</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><i>wine yeast</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><i>Baking yeast</i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Stir the must daily</b> with a sanitized paddle during the initial days of vigorous fermentation. Bubbles rising from within the liquid is a sign that the fermentation process is ongoing. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Note the end of the '<i>primary fermentation</i>'</b> (ie initial vigorous fermentation). </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Use a hydrometer to see whether the fermentation has ended. See others use the hydrometer for this purpose. </span></i></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://youtu.be/eNXP5UPGJ9M?si=Sr1tU4okJBckpxvu&t=1486" target="_blank">HowToDoneRight video</a></span></i></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As a rule of thumb, this is when the bubbles slow down to the rate of a bubble every minute through a wine airlock</span></i>. </span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Rack the wine</b> every 30 days until the wine becomes acceptably clear. Wine racking is the process of transferring wine from one container to another<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;">. The aim is to siphon the wine into a the target container to separate it from all the sediment at the bottom of the original container. The sediment is spent yeast and therefore waste. The process uses gravity as a natural 'pump'. </span>Regarding the origin container in the above position, you can use a clamp or even clothes pin to hold the racking tube above the level of the sediment. Ensure that your racking tube in the target container should be below the liquid level. This helps to minimize the amount of oxygen you allow into the must. Accept that you will lose some volume of wine within the sediment. Do not try to save it. The yeast sediment should be discarded because, if left for too long in the wine, it can impart an undesirable flavor.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After racking, <b>top up the target container</b> with some old wine. This helps to minimize the amount of oxygen contact.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional. <b>Filter the wine.</b> There are several filtration methods. Regardless of your chosen method, filtration occurs at your last racking when your wine is already beginning to clear up. Clear wine allows you to read print behind a standard wine bottle. During the last racking, rack well above the sediment level. </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Pour <b>bentonite mixture</b> at the bottom of your target racking container before racking the wine. Stir the wine and bentonite daily to suspend the bentonite in the wine. </span></i></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">0.8 tsp bentonite clay per gallon wine. To prepare, homogenously combine the clay with water as follows. For every 1 tsp of clay, add water 0.33 cups of water. Example, if your recipe needs 2 tsp bentonite clay, you need 0.66 cups of water (ie 0.33 cups X 2)</span></i></li></ul></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional. <b>Stabilize the wine and rack the wine for the last time.</b> <i><span style="color: #38761d;">Potassium sorbate</span></i> is commonly used. This ensure that the wine stops fermenting. After stabilizing the wine, you will be able to 'back sweeten' the wine, ie add more sweetener without fear that yeast will continue to ferment away that sweetness and explode sealed bottles. Stabilizers typically call for 0.5 tsp per gallon of wine. Add the stabilizer to the target racking container. Rack the wine into the target container and then stir. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Optional. <b>Back sweeten</b>. The taste of a fruit becomes more evident with back sweetening. </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="307" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gy1AUJVPGyQ" width="441" youtube-src-id="Gy1AUJVPGyQ"></iframe></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="310" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eNXP5UPGJ9M" width="441" youtube-src-id="eNXP5UPGJ9M"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="295" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lD1EkLNbrFQ" width="438" youtube-src-id="lD1EkLNbrFQ"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="295" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3D_YkBertpc" width="446" youtube-src-id="3D_YkBertpc"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="297" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1FF2EWq15WA" width="453" youtube-src-id="1FF2EWq15WA"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO DIY WINE WITH BREAD YEAST</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/autumn-equinox.html#wine" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My tradition of wine making as a spiritual practice as I pay homage to the autumn equinox </span></a></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-7778710708804993212023-01-26T18:34:00.101-04:002023-08-01T17:21:17.139-03:00Grooming 101<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LJcCRiIrGQmB3nnI1XNXOz3pUo5IahgrNcZycUpB7TH61t6TRvYYdK0Wyk2igZG34edurn0gLQpaLZ86ikAq3QNOlo0NpG92n1VEy3m85cNZ7Dor2_KsnlZlrEd74kgvOTQuhzKTCeh7-HmmWMYJkAlFQn-AbsPxSM-uVf84xImQ9JyaplAo7LlN/s165/grooming.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="41" data-original-width="165" height="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LJcCRiIrGQmB3nnI1XNXOz3pUo5IahgrNcZycUpB7TH61t6TRvYYdK0Wyk2igZG34edurn0gLQpaLZ86ikAq3QNOlo0NpG92n1VEy3m85cNZ7Dor2_KsnlZlrEd74kgvOTQuhzKTCeh7-HmmWMYJkAlFQn-AbsPxSM-uVf84xImQ9JyaplAo7LlN/s1600/grooming.jpg" width="165" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Grooming is a process of manipulation used by a predator against a target. It involves deliberate actions aimed at befriending a target with secret intentions to subsequently exploit the target in some way that the target would have disapproved otherwise (like sexual abuse, trafficking, etc). In other words, it involves getting the target to lower his or her boundaries or defenses. The most widely known form of grooming involves sexual exploitation of children by persons like teachers, coaches, spiritual leaders and other authority figures. However, c</span>ommon misconceptions are that this happens only in sexual abuse cases or to children. In other words, it can happen in non-sexual cases and to adults. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rest assured that grooming is a form of abuse because it involves manipulation for power and control over the target. Afterall, a concise way of understanding grooming is <i><b>to take from someone by pretending to be nice</b></i>. In other words, it is a slicker way than overt aggression. The most commonly known form of grooming involves <i><span style="color: #38761d;">sexual predation of children</span></i>. However, it can take any form. For instance, <i><span style="color: #38761d;">a business partner can 'be nice' to learn everything from the other person to steal the idea</span></i>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The most skillful groomers are those who will take rejection gracefully, making themselves seem even more virtuous. They do this to ensure they do not lose the target's trust. Be certain that, if they could get away with forcing their way into what they want, they would do so. When the rejection is not acceptable to the more skilled groomer, he might however give himself away by bringing up the request soon again. Alternatively, after suffering a rejection, he may be sufficiently slick to take a slightly different approach that he expects to be more palatable to the target. If he can, he will try to find ways to make the target feel concerned about not accepting his request.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/99asqSz3qSY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video '4 Ways Adults Are Groomed By Predators' by YouTuber Ehren's Journal (<b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">excellent video</b>)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also know that, while grooming generally relates to personal relationships, it can also relate to groups. For instance, families, friend or social groups can groom individuals. Consequently, be mindful of your general experience in a culturally homogenous town, group, etc. Afterall, grooming essentially occurs macrocosmically among political groups of nations. (Consider how <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/04/machiavellism.html" target="_blank">Machiavellianism</a> plays out even among nations for instance.) However, for the sake of simplicity, it is easiest to grasp the concept in the context of 2 individuals.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The various forms of grooming feature similar motivations.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">to overpower the target (with elements of belittling)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">to exploit the target in some way that is self-serving to the predator (sexual, financial, other forms of theft and so on)</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Common stages of grooming</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These stages are variable, meaning that cases vary. Single actions may meet multiple of these stages (like <i><span style="color: #38761d;">giving car rides to someone</span></i>).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>1. </b></span><b>Select the victim</b>. Predators have their unique preferences, like specific vulnerabilities, demographic and so on. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Common vulnerabilities include </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>people without proper support</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>people who are new to an environment.</i></span></span></li></ul></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #ffa400;">2. </b><b>Gains trust & access</b>. The trust may be aimed towards the target and or the target's circle of influence which usually includes family members or friends. The tactic on its own seems socially acceptable, benign and non-threatening. Common examples include the following.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>little favors. Examples include: </i></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>car rides</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>access to helpful contacts</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">token educational assistance for children. This is very useful when predators seek the trust of parents.</span></i></li></ul></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #ffa400;">3. </b><b>Meeting the needs that the target considers to be most pressing</b>. This is a strong emotional hook that encourages the target to see the predator as necessary to their life. When grooming is part of <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/01/narcissism-psycopathy-sociopathy.html" target="_blank">narcissistic abuse</a>, this stage is called '<i><b>love bombing</b></i>'. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Needless to say, predators must read situations well enough to figure out the target's most motivational needs so that he or she (the predator) can morph into the perfect provider of such needs. For this reason, predators present themselves as great listeners, not because predators truly care about their target's wellbeing, but only to study the target to </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">know how to best morph into a perfect provider of the target's need so as to manipulate that target</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Targets are left thinking "<i><span style="color: #274e13;">[Predator] is my best friend because while no one else listens or tends to my concerns, he is there.</span></i>" The void in the target's life is studied and filled <u>perfectly</u>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This step easily masks the true nature of a predator that is narcissistic because the ostensible interest in listening to the target's problems can make the target feel cared for. (This is because, narcissists lack any genuine interest in the needs of their targets). This stage is therefore the ultimate trap because predators are drawn in and eager to overshare. All the while, the predator is picking out the target's vulnerabilities that he or she (the predator) can exploit. Here are some examples.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The predator provides supplies for target student who feels desperate to advance academically but can not afford.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A sexual predator may offer a listening ear to his target who has no support system. He listens, all the while, bored and irritated, feeling it is a waste of time but will smile and appear to care. He is banking on the emotional connection she believes they have to translate naturally into her sexual interest in her.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Since young children often consider candy as a 'need', predators are quick to provide it to the children they target.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>The predator puts on an act of being outraged by any harm caused to their victim by others. This gives the victim a false sense of safety and protection.</i></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #ffa400;">4. </b><b>Isolates the target / renders the target defenseless</b>. As much as possible, predators find it useful to distance the target from other people who can offer support or become suspicious of his or her (the predator's) nefarious motives. The objectives are to <u>make the target (more) vulnerable</u> and to <u>give the predator (more unrivaled) control</u> over the target. As usual, if the target has defenses like people in their life, financial independence and so on, predators use subtle ways of isolating the target. Conversely, the more defenseless the target, the more direct, swift and aggressive the predator can afford to be in isolating the target.</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A sexual predator may realize that a direct approach like forcing a target into a relationship is too risk if the target has some type of pre-existing defense like supportive family or financial independence. In such cases, the predator may offer emotional support like a listening ear, not through genuine concern but to find new avenues of vulnerability. Other ostensibly benign ways of isolating the target is offering one-on-one interaction like car rides as a means of getting the target alone. Predators may try to encourage the target to see fault in and distance themselves from people who are supportive of the target. The predator selects people who are suspicious of the predator or seem capable of protecting the target from the predator's advances. The benign seeming alone time gives the predator more opportunity to break down the target's own defenses.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Consider how traffickers and other criminals confiscate the passport of vulnerable targets. This isolates the target to a place of the predator's choosing. The same is true for withholding important documents or access to finances, knowing that the target must subserviently beg the predator to meet his or her basic needs.</span></i></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b style="color: #ffa400;">5. </b><b>Create secrecy in the relationship</b>. Predators attempt to gain trust of a target by sharing 'secrets' to give the impression of a special, caring relationship. Predators use different target-appropriate methods to ensure that the target also keeps the relationship secret.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p></ul><p></p><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The predator may tell the child to keep their 'special' relationship a secret. To this end, he implies or overtly threatens harm to others or the ruin of something held dear by the target.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A married sexual predator may lie to the target by saying that the reason his wife can not attend to the target's invitation is because of tiredness, illness or her dislike of the target. To this end, he may also make excuses as to why the target should leave extending the invitations to his wife only to him. For instance, he may say that his wife is difficult to talk to. He might even encourage the wife to think ill of the target so that the wife does not want to talk to the target anyway. This is evil manipulation on a whole other level.</span></i></li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #ffa400;">6. </b><b>Desensitization through benign-looking versions of the predator's true intentions & testing boundaries</b>. These actions can start to give the predator away because they are small versions or hints of what the predator really intends to do. These actions gratifies the predator. In the mind of the predator, these actions are virtual full forms of the behavior they really want while the target might only see the action as benign. The predator hopes to de-sensitize the target. Predators gage their level of success with how well they are reaching their goal by seeing whether the target will establish or re-establish boundaries. Predators want to push the limits in violating a target's boundaries as much as possible without overly alarming the target.</span></p><p></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The predator may sexualize a relationship with a child in ostensibly innocent ways like putting an arm around a target child's knee, play wrestling or otherwise getting a little closer than normal.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Predators of adult targets may offer non-sexual massages that encourages the target to get used to physical proximity to the predator.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The predator may set up scenarios that allow them to be naked (accidentally) in front of the target and so on.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The predator may find ways of discussing the topic subtly. When work colleagues are traveling together, a sexually predating boss may test the target with a 'joke' that they will need to sleep in the same room. </span></i></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b style="color: #ffa400;">7. </b><b><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Coercive control</span> over the target becomes <u>OVERT</u></b> once the grooming has been successful. While the earlier stages of grooming featured forms of coercion that are </span><u>covert</u>, this stage is different. Predators now have enough of a stranglehold over their target to the extent that the gentler, covert games of coercion are no longer necessary for one reason or other. Predators feel free to express their true nature and intentions.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The predator will observe key indicators of success of his or her work in earlier stages (like getting the target to show shame of mistakes or other shortcomings, even if the predator encouraged them or; to stress the target's isolation from anyone else). <a href="#cc">Find more content on coercive control below</a>.</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although a predator initially lured a child with smiles and kind gestures, his behavior switches in an instant to intense harshness once the child is in his grasp, without the chance to run away or seek help. Consider however that, when predators see children already defenseless or alone in a compromising state, he would likely skip earlier stages and immediately show overt coercive control.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The predator violates the victim's ownership of what naturally belong to the victim: time, money, autonomy of choice over basic aspects of your life (personal care products), etc ... Coercive control victims report the predator controlling access of their own home, car, telephone, social media and so on.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predators may be very overtly abusive, making harsh demands like 'come here', 'never lock your door again', 'remove your clothes' and so on.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The predator may try to take over the target's property or act like the owner more than just a visitor, borrower, etc.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Victims become emotionally numb. Emotional numbness is similar to physical numbness in that it does not register pain. It allows victims to overlook their own suffering and to pretend that everything is fine.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Stop asking questions. Just pay me $x now if you want to ever get back your things."</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Wow, you do not have anyone! No one cares about you. I am the only person you have."</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"If you tell anyone about this [some nefarious activity], I will kill your family."</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"You give me no choice. I have to do this </span></i><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">[some nefarious activity]". The predator often finds a way to blame the victim for the abuse. This is useful to the predator because the victim becomes ashamed of their assumed culpability and prefer to remain silent.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predators monitor victims: surveillance, etc</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>Typical examples of coercive and controlling behaviors in intimate or family relationships (used by the UK government and legal professionals for proving the offence). These types of behavior are considered in terms of </i><b><i><u>patterns of behavior</u></i></b><i>. Patterns are discernible by frequency, duration and so on as they relate to criminality and their impact on the victim. Criminal assessment considers whether the '<span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">pattern of behavior amounts to fear of violence or serious alarm or distress leading to substantial adverse effect on usual day-to-day activities</span>' of victims. (ie your way of life can become adversely affected). <div id="cclist"></div></i></span></span></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">isolating victim from friends and family</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">deprivation of basic needs</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">monitoring the movements of the victim's life, this includes online stalking</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">controlling different aspects of the victim's life (like setting rules regarding clothing, personal care products, etc)</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">depriving victim access to services like medical services (likely to prevent detection of abuse).</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">continued psychological abuse (like put downs or attempts to encourage the victim that he or she is incapable of achieving things of significance)</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">humiliating the victim or encouraging others to humiliate the victim</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">forcing the victim to participate in criminal activity</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>encouraging the victim to feel shame over a wrongdoing or embarrassing act of the victim. This is insurance against the victim going to the authorities or others in the society who may harshly judge the victim.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>financial abuse, often in the form of providing inadequate funds and micromanaging and harshly criticizing the spending. This also involves confiscating the victim's earnings.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>controlling the victim's ability to progress (like preventing the victim from studying or working)</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>threat of harm against the victim or loved one.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/01/character-assassination.html" target="_blank">character assassination</a>. This includes sharing private details without the victim's consent which usually puts the victim in a socially awkward position.</i></span></li></ul></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Returning to a groomer that failed before is very dangerous</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you are fortunate to free yourself of a groomer, never go back at a later point. Your fate could be like that of Lot's wife. Groomers are unlikely to ever really change. Even if the outward esthetics of a situation (like your age, living circumstances, etc) have changed, the rules of the grooming game never does. Once a groomer, always a groomer, even if he or she lost the first time around. A failed first time groomer wants their '<i>pound of flesh</i>' (ie revenge as payment for what they perceive was your rejection). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Such groomers will try to appear respectful and benevolent. All the while, they seethe with envy and hatred. Consider the following scenario(s).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A sexual predator who was unable to isolate a target is likely to reappear later in the target's life if the defense (like financial independence or social support) is no longer available to the target. In such case, the predator might not even be still interested in or capable of the original form of exploitation but simply wants revenge for rejection. In such cases, predators may reappear to pretend to offer help, only to sabotage the target in retaliation.</span></i></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Groomers can take the form of single individuals, friend groups, entire communities (in a town, etc) and so on. The rules from above apply regardless.</div></span><ul style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JfeYHX3P8Bs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>YouTube video: 'Don't Go Back' by YouTuber ''<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@missctolbertvoh">missctolbertvoh</a>'. Sometimes you needed to even leave behind valuable things behind (money, personal values and so on). Know however that you should still not return because you can compromise your safety and even life. Going back is essentially going against prayers for deliverance from a bad situation. You are likely going to be able to get new material possessions that you lost as a result of leaving a bad situation. Do not fall for the traps that groomers set to pull you back in. By going back, against the will of God may be more detrimental the second time than the first time. As far as possible, prevent people you leave from using things of value that you left behind to remain connected to you after you leave.<br /></span><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iWDpDRv27jg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p></blockquote></ul><blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Christian, scripture-based YouTube video 'Don't Go Back. This is a warning!' by YouTuber '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SaraiLaelPodcast">Sarai Lael Podcast</a>'</span></blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO GROOMING</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/01/narcissism-psycopathy-sociopathy.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Narcissism, psycopathy & sociopathy</span></a></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2019/01/protecting-yourself-from-flying-monkeys.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Narcissists and their flying monkeys</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/01/machiavellism.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Machiavellianism</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/01/character-assassination.html" target="_blank">Character assassination</a></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/social%20psychology"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Social psychology</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/05/how-to-do-psychic-cord-cutting-setting.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cord cutting</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/05/psychic-cords-energetic-vampirism.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Psychic cords & Psychic Vampirism, Solutions for Psychic Vampires and Victims</span></a> </li><div id="cc"></div><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Coercive control (<a href="#cc">Link to bookmark this section about 'coercive control'</a>)</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article on <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/01/coercive-control.html" target="_blank">Coercive Control</a> (this blog)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3SV7WaFu50" target="_blank">The Dark Threat of Coercive Control by SBS Insight (YouTube video)</a> </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0wIuiXvYsQ" target="_blank">How to prove coercive and controlling behavior by Hear the Truth OnRecord Podcasts / Jill Canvin (YouTube video)</a>. A <a href="#cclist">list (above)</a> has been created based on this video. <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L0wIuiXvYsQ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;">...</li></ul></ul></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-7326935840373553812023-01-15T11:14:00.103-04:002023-08-02T08:02:53.860-03:00Coercive Control<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhLyKEiK4wKqk1Aw-mmUt8HLY22PjRXSF1yt2gd0Ui4fiHKsX-6x4Emv3yutLAInCV492pqRe5GGQ_Acuw5GxS0R1EFiZSRy19r4tmbXnc0SHDMM7BAhGR1Ju33MAktyqieTR3M7yXE51v6A_wYmvWuxk9lcODCzSZR2z2oRwLgAdZkvkuNJWGoqkAiY/s307/coercive%20control.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="307" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhLyKEiK4wKqk1Aw-mmUt8HLY22PjRXSF1yt2gd0Ui4fiHKsX-6x4Emv3yutLAInCV492pqRe5GGQ_Acuw5GxS0R1EFiZSRy19r4tmbXnc0SHDMM7BAhGR1Ju33MAktyqieTR3M7yXE51v6A_wYmvWuxk9lcODCzSZR2z2oRwLgAdZkvkuNJWGoqkAiY/w167-h79/coercive%20control.jpg" width="167" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Coercive control is a type of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">intentional sadistic</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> abuse to </span><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana;">dominate</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> others. It may occur as a clear one off act or an ongoing PATTERN of sadistic acts</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. Because it applies to different scenarios, it manifests in forms that are specific to the nature of the relationship between the involved parties. For instance, in sexual relationships, it may include sexual forms of coercion where men abuse their male privilege over women. (Similarly, in relationships involving racism, the form may not be sexual but specific to racial features, like the privileged group demanding victims to change their natural appearance to fit in or get jobs.) While physical forms can occur, it is very often non-physical. Ultimately, the end goal of abusers is to entrap victims in a hostage-like way. (FYI, to be held hostage refers to when a victim is held involuntarily by an aggressor so as to control the victim). This hostage-like end goal can be physical or psychological. Like any other type of hostage situation,</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">hijackers</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> take away independence / </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">autonomy</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">, freedom, dignity, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">personhood</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> or sense of psychological integrity. The term </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">hijacker</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is often used to describe the aggressor because he or sh</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">e unscrupulously seizes and redirects these manifestations of the victim's personal freedom away from their natural course to fulfil his or her selfish purposes instead. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">To this end, whatever form is used, the abuse uses degradation, assault, threats (subtle or otherwise), humiliation and intimidation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, the abuse is subtle and hidden behind closed doors. Many people on the outside of the situation are unable to identify the abuse. Consequently, this abuse may white ants victims. In other words, it is likened to the action of termites, aka white ants that are known to eat the inside of wooden structures, often without leaving outward evidence, until it is too late when the structure finally crumbles. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This danger involved in ignoring this form of abuse includes murder. This abuse makes the red flags.</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3KuS3HQX6f0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video by Dr Rhoberta Shaler '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KuS3HQX6f0" target="_blank">Coercive Control: Sneaky, Subtle & Sadistic Patterns of Domination</a>.'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-AD2naBK-fk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">BBC Three video on YouTube 'Is This Coercive Control? Men & Women Discuss'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Example(s):</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">taking away or cutting off your phone and changing passwords</span></i></li><li><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">isolating / preventing you from getting support, family, medical, <b>police</b> and otherwise. This is because the hijacker does not want others to know what is really happening. Needless to say, at the same time, they will use <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/01/character-assassination.html" target="_blank">smear campaigns</a> against you to convince others that they (the hijacker) are benevolently helping you. They encourage others to force you into dependence on the hijacker.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">not allowing you to go to work or school</span></i></li><li style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">surveillance / stalking, monitoring your movements, getting others to create fake social media profiles to monitor you, searching through your <b>bank statements</b>, etc. Beware, surveillance can sometimes appear like friendly concern. It often looks like questions like where are you now, what are you going to do next, etc. In more taxing cases, the messages can look like this: it should usually take you 15 minutes to buy product x, why are you not back as yet? Shouldn't you be out of the shower by now?</span></i></li><li style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">degradation, especially in an area of the victim's life that gives the victim a sense of self esteem and self respect. The degradation (or insults) therefore take away the victim's self respect. This often includes name calling, telling you that no one else cares or respects you. House wives may be told they are bad at their role (like keeping the house, caring for the children, etc), lovers are told they are inadequate sexually, an independent woman is told she is incompetent at handling her own affairs and need the hijacker's help instead. </span></i></li><li style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">implementing strict rules over minute aspects of daily activity:</span></i></li><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">what you can and can not wear</span></i></li><li style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">food you can eat</span></i></li></ul><li style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">restricting your access to transportation</span></i></li><li style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">forcing pregnancy onto the victim to secure a life long financial or other connection. This causes a relational imprisonment.</span></i></li><li><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><b>over-riding your decisions over your personal matters </b></span></i></li><li><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">In far east countries, African women are often lured to work under harsh conditions in a form of modern day slavery. During the servitude, the women's passports or other means of escaping or contacting loved ones may be confiscated by their employer.</span></i></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">When does it officially cross criminal lines?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That depends on where you are. For instance, in countries like the UK, coercive control can be considered a criminal offence when it disrupts the victim's normal activities. So while a single act of coercive control like preventing someone from going to work (perhaps by sabotaging their work) might not alone be a criminal offence, that act within a cluster of other acts (isolating from support systems, financial control, name calling, etc) that follow the same pattern will translate into a criminal offence. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Consequently, it is best to continuously report events, even though each event alone is not taken seriously. This is because, together, multiple offences create a pattern.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Victims usually need to <i><span style="color: #38761d;">prove </span></i></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">clear acts or patterns of these controlling acts</span></i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">events that created a real sense of fear of harm. Example(s) of events can be </span></i></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">breaking dishes</span></i>. </span></li></ul></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The perpetrator</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Perpetrators are very controlling, power hungry and feel entitled. This person can not handle disappointment or stress well and easily go into fits of rage. These persons are often malignant narcissists and psychopaths.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO COERCIVE CONTROL</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/01/grooming-101.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Grooming</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/05/psychic-cords-energetic-vampirism.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Energetic chords in toxic relationships</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Malignant narcissism and psychopathy</span></li></ul></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-51910205379185430692023-01-03T08:19:00.461-04:002024-03-09T20:34:57.910-04:00Chickpea Tofu<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div id="cGfnZLbWEL-okvQP77yGiAU__15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="g" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; width: 600px;"><div data-hveid="CBAQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwi2zuOQv_WAAxU_lIQIHW-eAVEQFSgAegQIEBAA"><div class="tF2Cxc" style="position: relative;"><div class="yuRUbf" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.58;"></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div id="cGfnZLbWEL-okvQP77yGiAU__14" style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" style="clear: none;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chickpea tofu is high in protein. For this reason, it is liked among <b>vegans</b>. While it has similar nutritional content as conventional soy tofu, it is suitable for people on a <b>soy-free diet</b>. When compared with soy tofu, chickpea tofu has less protein. Despite the similarities, it differs in a few noteworthy ways. For instance, compared with soy tofu, chickpea tofu is a richer source of many minerals and vitamins such as <b>vitamin B6, thiamin, iron, zinc and phosphorus</b>. On the other hand, it has less potassium, magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, copper and vitamin C. Consider details like this in terms of your personal dietary concerns. For instance, someone on a <b>reduced potassium diet</b> (perhaps due to kidney disease concerns) may prefer chickpea tofu over soy tofu.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CBsQAA" role="heading" style="overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This post features a recipe that has been inspired by YouTuber Mary's Test Kitchen. The recipe makes tofu that is so firm that it can even be boiled for at least 2 minutes or otherwise cooked. Unlike many other cases, it does not even require gypsum or other coagulants.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><b>Steps for making chickpea tofu</b></span></div></div></div><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Soak <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">dried chickpeas</span> overnight in cold water</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Drain chickpeas</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blend thoroughly in cold water that is double the volume of the chickpeas. (The ideal homogeneity occurs after roughly 30 seconds with a powerful VitaMix <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">blender</span>).</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Squeeze and wring through nut bag until the fiber in the bag is dry. <span style="color: #666666;">(The fibers will not be used. Rather than toss them, you can freeze them for other projects. See other <a href="#byproducts">by-product project ideas</a> below)</span>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Allow the milk to rest on the counter for roughly 1.5 hours. This is to allow the maximum amount of starch to settle. (<b>In tofu making, isolating / removing starch is ideal to render a bouncy, even chewy textured tofu that will not crumble</b><i>. <span style="color: #666666;">FYI, this starch can be used as a corn starch substitute for purposes like thickening gravy or batter ingredient to make your fried foods crispy</span></i><span style="color: #666666;"><i>. </i>See other <a href="#byproducts">by-product project ideas</a> below)</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As much as possible, remove the liquid without disturbing the starch layer. You can do this with a <span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">soup ladle</span><span style="background-color: white;"> and </span><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">turkey baster</span>.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Use a <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">heavy saucepan</span> to simmer the milk on high heat. Use a <span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">flat bottomed spatula</span> to keep stirring the milk to prevent sedimentation and burning. When the milk reaches a simmering point (ie at <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">a </span><span style="background-color: white;">temperature </span>just below its boiling point), allow to continue simmering for roughly 10 minutes. Use a <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">thermometer </span>for this. Coagulation can usually occur at around 82C. (As with any other legume, you should aim to cook through the chickpeas so as to counteract the antinutrient effect of uncooked legumes. Antinutrient legumes prevent proper absorption of nutrients.)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The milk should begin to coagulate, on its own. (<i>Coagulation is the process in which a liquid changes into a solid or semisolid state</i>. A tofu maker dreams of getting curds that are as big as possible that separate clearly from the remaining liquid, called the whey. To this end, makers must usually add <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">calcium sulfate (aka gypsum)</span></span> to milk at the end of the simmering stage. However, chickpea se</span>lf coagulates without needing a coagulant.)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remove from heat and allow to stand for 15 minutes (as per the usual tofu making process. This rest time gives the milk to form more curds if it can.)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remove the curds (ie the solids) from the whey (ie the liquid). To this end, you may use a spoon with small holes, a colander or strainer. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Place a tofu cloth into a drainable mold. (A tofu cloth allows remaining whey to drain out if the curbs are pressed. A grade 100 cheesecloth is adequate. DIY molds that also allow drainage include strainers or colanders.)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After wrapping the curbs inside of the tofu cloth, allow to cure with a weight on top of the wrapped curds. DIY weights include books, jars and the like. The weight allows the curds to bond while forcing remaining whey out of the tofu. (The whey is not part of the tofu. However, you may experiment with it for soups or other projects. See <a href="#byproducts">by-product projects</a> below.)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Allow the tofu to remain <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">refrigerated</span> in the mold for 24 hours. Refrigeration encourages the curbs to bind.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When you unwrap and cut the loaf of tofu, a cube of your new tofu should be bouncy (as opposed to crumble).</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cooking ideas:</span></li><ol><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Coat tofu cubes with a combination of spices like nutritional yeast, salt, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder and oil before stir frying.</span></li></ol></ol>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><span> </span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="353" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9JwU4nbeDlo" width="453" youtube-src-id="9JwU4nbeDlo"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A YouTube video by Mary's Test Kitchen called '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JwU4nbeDlo" target="_blank">Will chickpeas tofu? Finally, we find out</a>'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>CONTENT RELATED TO CHICKPEA TOFU / GARBANZO TOFU</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div id="byproducts"></div>Projects with by-products of this recipe</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Falafel. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Mixing the starch back into the pulp, and using it to make falafel is a great way to use up the byproduct of chickpea tofu, and it makes for some of the best falafel I've ever had.</span></li></ul></ul></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Traditional falafel must haves condiments include chopped garlic, onion, parsley, cilantro, cumin, pepper (for flavor, not heat), salt, baking soda.</span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/speed-up-digestion.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speedup digestion</span></a></li><div id="cabbage"></div><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/fermented%20food" target="_blank">Fermented foods</a></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/sauerkraut.html" target="_blank"><span>Sauerkraut (full instructions</span></a>)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-vegetables.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fermented vegetables</span></a></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/ginger-bug.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ginger bug</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/fermented-drinks.html" target="_blank">Fermented drinks</a> (ginger ale, etc)</span></li><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2024/02/cheong-syrup.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cheong: sweet fermented syrup</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" target="_blank">High protein yogurt with chickpeas</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html#" target="_blank">Extra creamy yogurt with oats</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/high-protein-vegan-yogurt-with-chickpeas.html#" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">DIY chickpea yogurt</a></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/vegan-yogurt-with-oats.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Oat yogurt</a></span></li></ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vegan milks and other drinks</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/07/creamy-rice-milk-diy.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Creamy rice milk</a></span></span></li><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2018/12/water-kefir.html" target="_blank">Water kefir</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tofu</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/01/chickpea-tofu.html" target="_blank">Chickpea tofu</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Breakfast or snacks</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/12/vegan-gluten-free-christmas-cake.html" target="_blank">Vegan Caribbean Christmas cake</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2014/10/pink-pancakes-blood-type-b-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pink (beetroot) pancake recipe</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/08/tortillas.html" target="_blank">Tortillas (Green spinach)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/07/health-bar-recipe-homemade-natural.html" target="_blank">Protein granola bar</a> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/vegan-gluten-free-pizza-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pizza</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2021/11/bajan-conkies.html" target="_blank">Barbadian (aka Bajan) conkies</a></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Other</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-make-egg-substitute-with.html" target="_blank">Vegan eggs</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Topping (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2015/07/guacamole-recipe-tropical-unique.html" target="_blank">guacamole</a> inspired)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/08/green-papaya-salad-to-improve-enzyme.html" target="_blank">Papaya salad</a> to improve enzyme activity and improve digestive health</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2016/01/sprouting-101-demo-lentil-sprouts.html" target="_blank">Sprouts (lentils)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/ghee.html" target="_blank">Ghee</a> (not vegan)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2017/08/agar-agar-medicinal-super-food.html" target="_blank">Agar agar</a> (medicinal superfood great for making vegan flan with vegan milks)</span></li></ul></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732472349877069962.post-80942611508592898872022-08-11T10:52:00.022-03:002023-10-25T18:11:29.268-03:00Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) vs PTSD<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHHFtHQ-UnLl82BdBsShZ3Xau5CH4HbJdVB6-I7O4WR0M9ZbaEqOHwKCzvl423zla_uVwG6Jd_cxNEWI8XSgo6fWw9y4kLpIVxXSmZ8ryTcYUEnRSkxSOctgnpDhSRZZE3uXI-bZXyy_KHuf4zwKoBQKgoTFodz-FYCBDrePxMHbOCLkXEiYmThII/s121/CPTSD.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="51" data-original-width="121" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHHFtHQ-UnLl82BdBsShZ3Xau5CH4HbJdVB6-I7O4WR0M9ZbaEqOHwKCzvl423zla_uVwG6Jd_cxNEWI8XSgo6fWw9y4kLpIVxXSmZ8ryTcYUEnRSkxSOctgnpDhSRZZE3uXI-bZXyy_KHuf4zwKoBQKgoTFodz-FYCBDrePxMHbOCLkXEiYmThII/s1600/CPTSD.jpg" width="121" /></a></div>Previously, I discussed <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.html" target="_blank">PTSD</a>. However, his post will focus on a more severe cousin, Complex PTSD. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder, aka c-PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can be considered an overall more severe form of PTSD because, in addition to the standard PTSD symptoms, it features additional ones. Before continuing, it should be noted that, some mental health professionals make a distinction between PTSD and CPTSD in line with <span style="background-color: #f7f9f9; color: #212121;">the 2018 decision of the </span><span style="background-color: #f7f9f9; color: #212121;">World Health Organization (W</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><span style="background-color: #f7f9f9; color: #212121; font-family: verdana;">H</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><span style="background-color: #f7f9f9; color: #212121; font-family: verdana;">O) </span><span style="background-color: #f7f9f9; color: #212121; font-family: verdana;">to include C-PTSD as its own separate diagnosis in the 11th revision of the "</span><a data-component="link" data-ordinal="1" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" href="https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/classification-of-diseases" rel="noopener" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(247, 249, 249); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a55ad; font-family: verdana; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems</a><span style="background-color: #f7f9f9; color: #212121; font-family: verdana;">" (ICD-11). However, as at 2022, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">CPTSD is still not recognized as a distinct disorder in the DSM-5 (the US diagnostic manual), forcing only the diagnosis of PTSD in the US, with mild, moderate, severe and where patients may need to stress the additional criteria to emphasize the greater level of severity. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The classification of the PTSD and c-PTSD under <span style="font-family: verdana;">'</span><i><b><span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/07/trauma-stressor-related-disorders.html" target="_blank">Trauma & Stressor-Related Disorders</a></span></b></i><span style="font-family: verdana;">' indicates a coping response to trauma and stressors, usually intense trauma like rape and torture. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Causes of C-PTSD</span></b><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is believed that C-PTSD is the result of severe, prolonged and <b><u>repetitive</u></b> abuse when the victim is <u>vulnerable</u>, <u>disempowered </u>and <u>unable to escape</u>, like childhood. In other words, it is the result of a series of ongoing traumatic events, commonly associated with the following list. Furthermore, the harmful effects of items on the list can be compounded <span style="text-align: justify;">within the context of oppression and racism, especially if the justice and other highly influential systems and institutions are involved or facilitating in this abuse.</span></div></span><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Child abuse, neglect, or abandonment</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Torture</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Slavery</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Domestic violence</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Genocide</i></span></li><li><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Childhood soldiering</i></span></li></ul></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Traumatic stress can have a number of effects on the brain. Research suggests that trauma is associated with lasting changes in key areas of the brain including the amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">C-PTSD versus PTSD</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is a contrast between CPTSD and PTSD.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">CPTSD<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">caused by repeated, inescapable, ongoing series of traumatic events over the long-term. The abuse may occur systematically (ie versus as a single, well defined event with a start, middle and end point). This is particularly the case with interpersonal relationships in which the sufferer feels disempowered and their sense of security is jeopardized. Offensive behavior is very personally directed against the sufferer. Needless to say, key terms include <i><b style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">disempowerment, unsafety</b></i>. </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;">The events may collectively create a life with a pattern of trauma like a rape at age a and then at age b, witnessing a murder at age c, being in a life-threatening accident at age d and then experiencing continuous abuse at work. (Many people only experience 1 event and even if they experience multiple events, they are usually able to fully recover from the first before others occur).</span></i></li><li style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;">People with daily activities that are potentially life threatening or otherwise dangerous may not only experience their own suffering but even their children who fear for the safety and life of their loved one each time they leave home. The children may have panic attacks, especially if the loved one has already had a real event.</span></i></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>People who have already had major health issues that involve numerous traumatic events scares that can recur can suffer. For instance, during the course of treating an illness; patients might have relapses, medications might provoke bad reactions, the patient and caregivers may make mistakes and so on.</i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">typically occurs in childhood (<i><span style="color: #38761d;">a time of greatest vulnerability, especially if without a support system</span></i>)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">usually more intense than PTSD</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">often associated <i style="color: #38761d;">with </i><span><i style="color: #38761d;">oppression, racism, subsequent chronic mental and physical health issues like serious </i><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/anxiety-disorders.html" style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">anxiety disorders</a><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;">, </span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/getting-help-for-psychological-concerns.html#mdd" style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">depression disorders</a><i style="color: #38761d;">, dissociative disorders, fibromyalgia, </i><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2019/01/pancreas-insulin-diabetes-101.html" style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">diabetes</a><i style="color: #38761d;">, heart disease, a compromised immune system, feeling intensely separate from others, digestive problems, perfectionism, limerence, addiction (to substances to numb and regulate negative emotions). </i>There is <i><b>greater functional impairment</b></i> than in the case of PTSD. The brain structure begins to change because people suffering ongoing feelings of disempowerment lose hope.<br /><br /></span></span></li></ol><span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>PTSD</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">caused by one-off traumatic event like </span><i style="color: #38761d;"><u>an</u> accident, <u>a</u> terrorist attack, being raped as a <u>one-off</u> incident (ie versus repeated rape over several years, as by a primary caregiver)</i></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">can occur at any stage in life</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">usually milder than CPTSD</span></li></ol></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Effects of C-PTSD (vs PTSD or ASD)</span></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcF316SvjaZXYMfPJBzHiVByJhlFAxIJCR-1_teKM_9cz-fB5C1jlsmlDqpe27ekdjTMwUqGnTW0pkqdJXCW7tPRn1eyoGIRqpyYFjs4GZUr_UeT4uA1R4Z14CxReKWZTR_F1uQMKdibAroc0OPLEZFNJHi8rEZVP_VWRxtk6sbk5OVy2cm_OwCrey/s813/dandelions%20vs%20orchids.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="813" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcF316SvjaZXYMfPJBzHiVByJhlFAxIJCR-1_teKM_9cz-fB5C1jlsmlDqpe27ekdjTMwUqGnTW0pkqdJXCW7tPRn1eyoGIRqpyYFjs4GZUr_UeT4uA1R4Z14CxReKWZTR_F1uQMKdibAroc0OPLEZFNJHi8rEZVP_VWRxtk6sbk5OVy2cm_OwCrey/w200-h120/dandelions%20vs%20orchids.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">C-PTSD is very isolating because others have trouble understanding the continued struggle. This lack of understanding is possible even among others who recovered from PTSD, thanks to the singular nature of their challenge and support, not only from family and friends but even from the wider community and justice system. Needless to say, the average person in the population (who has, at the worst already recovered from their acute stress disorder / ASD) is even less likely to understand. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The intensity of the suffering of a vulnerable person without the wherewithal to overcome the circumstances, like a small child with long term abuse from primary caregivers and others in the community who exploit the child's obvious vulnerability is a greater burden to overcome. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Consider the fundamental differences between people carrying <i><b>complex trauma</b></i> versus those who are not with the analogy offered by </span><span style="color: #030303; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">CTAD Clinic, Dr Mike Lloyd (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinic Director) @02:30 in his following video. Dr Lloyd likens the average person without the ongoing burden of trauma to hardy dandelions. They survive harsh sunlight, heavy rain, transplantation to different environments and so on. Conversely, the orchid is fragile and needs a very special set of growing conditions in order to survive and even thrive. The case of the orchid is not lost, just a special one that requires special attention. CPTSD sufferers should therefore focus on learning what they need, usually </span><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">safety</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"> is a key component. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUyM6SmV2Do" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>Symptoms of C-PTSD (that exist in addition to PTSD)</b></span></div><div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-24" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">In addition to all of the core symptoms of PTSD (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.html#reexperience">re-experiencing</a>, <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.html#avoidance">avoidance</a>, and <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.html#hyperarousal">hyperarousal</a>), C-PTSD symptoms generally also include the following to a life-altering extent. (See <a href="#dissvid">video below</a> about re-experiencing)</p><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-24" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Negative self-view,</span> aka cognitive distortions, maladaptive thoughts, errors in thinking or irrational thoughts refer to very unpleasant thoughts that are extreme and arguably inconsistent with reality. As a result, such negative thoughts can negatively influence mood and lead to unhealthy behaviors (like <i><span style="color: #38761d;">isolation and other forms of avoidance because </span></i><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>solitude is attractive over having to deal the dangers inherent in dealing with others</i></span>). When child abuse CPTSD sufferers experienced such complete defenselessness and powerlessness, it is no wonder they feel like this. </span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">When one views him or herself negatively, their thoughts might be of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>helpless, hopelessness, guilt, or shame, feeling unlovable, feeling alien from others</span></span></i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Constantly <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">feels unsafe or a heightened preoccupation with safety</span>. This is coupled with fears of the potential occurrence of absolute catastrophes. Tendency to create a routine that is planned to manage every detail with multiple backup plans to safeguard against adversity. </span></span></i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dissociative disorders and detachment from one's own experiences (emotions, health, etc)</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. While these phenomena occur with PTSD, the incidence is much greater among those with c-PTSD. Consider the fact the PTSD symptom re-experiencing (aka intrusions) involves the instantaneous '<i>fronting</i>' of a fragmented part of one's past self wanting to protect the main person. Consequently, complex trauma provides far more opportunities of this type of fragmentation to occur. Triggers can make a person disconnect from themselves (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/07/dissociative-disorders.html#depersonalization" target="_blank"><i>depersonalization</i></a>) and the world around them (</span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/07/dissociative-disorders.html#derealization" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;" target="_blank"><i>derealization</i></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">) or some other form of <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/07/dissociative-disorders.html" target="_blank"><i>dissociation</i></a>. Triggers can make a person even forget their trauma (<a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/07/dissociative-disorders.html" target="_blank"><i>dissociative amnesia</i></a>).</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">A child who was repeatedly raped by primary caregivers and community members recognizing that child's vulnerability over extended periods is more likely to dissociate in order to survive daily life (ie in comparison with someone who was raped once by strangers or acquaintance but had support from family, friends and the justice system).</span></i></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">numbness, ignoring or denial of illness which imitates lacking concern of authority figures during the abuse and their corresponding response to survive.</span></i></span></span></li></ul></ul></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qQTPDRB65jQ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></blockquote><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nervous system dysregulation</span><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. While a healthy nervous system is able to calm down shortly after some stress-inducing trigger, an unhealthy nervous system has a very delayed recovery period. See video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GIk4hU8Z9-Y" target="_blank">nervous system dysregulation</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GIk4hU8Z9-Y" width="476" youtube-src-id="GIk4hU8Z9-Y"></iframe></div></span></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #38761d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Two people are startled by something. Both experience abnormal breathing in the moment. While the one with a healthy nervous recovers normal breathing and reverts to an overall state of calm within seconds or minutes at most, the person with an unhealth nervous system continues to demonstrate signs of anxiety for hours or even days.</i></span></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Difficulty controlling emotions</span><span style="background-color: initial;">. Triggers can commonly provoke sufferers to lose control over their emotions in one of several ways, like explosive anger, persistent sadness, depression, and suicidal thoughts.</span></span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Having been blamed in an overly harsh way for extended periods, always fearful of being targeted for ill treatment, left to fend for oneself as a child and so on, C-PTSD sufferers may handle conflict with inappropriate emotions and levels of emotion. The reactions may appear excessively aggressive to others.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Long term concentration camp survivors may have excessively loud, anxious reactions if someone hits them unexpectedly from behind </i></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>many years afterwards.</i></span></li></ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Difficulty with trust in relationships</span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">. Relationships may suffer due to difficulties trusting others and a negative self-view.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"> A sufferer may avoid relationships or develop unhealthy relationships because that is what they knew in the past.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: verdana; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Major change in world view</b><i>, aka 'loss of a system of meanings'</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">. This can include losing one's core beliefs, values, religious faith, or hope in the world and other people. One's world view may become negative.</span></li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>The impression of how the world works and the lack of understanding of the sufferer's circumstances can lead sufferers to feel that there is no place in the world for them, that they do not fit in anywhere.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>You may no longer feel capable of overcoming obstacles but as if your hands are tied behind your back by external forces, like a racist judicial system, a corrupt authority figures and so on.</i></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><i>Sufferers are more observant and aware of the potentially threatening stimuli in the world than the average person.</i></span></li></ul></ul><p></p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-27" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-28" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_qIAZcOryl4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p></div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qOibW5LXt3w" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </p></blockquote><blockquote><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j7Ctqxocrzg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;">Treatment</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The key elements for recovery is to <b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">restore a sense of safety and empowerment</b>, <b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">reintegration</b> of fragmented parts of self, including the parts stuck in the fight or flight mode of the brain's amygdala and <b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">relational security</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In addition to the <a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.html#" target="_blank">treatments sought for PTSD</a>, the following are used for c-PTSD.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>EMDR</b> is used for the reintegration specifically.</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Common mis-diagnosis</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beware, C-PTSD is most commonly misdiagnosed as borderline personality disorder. However, keys ways in which CPTSD and borderline personality disorder (BPD) differ are that the following.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">C-PTSD sufferers tend to be avoidant of relationships while borderline personality disordered persons are more concerned with abandonment issues.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">C-PTSD sufferers tend to have a distorted sense of self while BPD sufferers have trouble with a sense of identity, something different.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">C-PTSD sufferers are less likely to be suicidal while suicide has a stronger likelihood.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">C-PTSD sufferers have an extremely strong likelihood of significant childhood trauma while this is hardly the case with BPD sufferers.</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">CONTENT RELATED TO COMPLEX POST TRAUMATIC DISORDER (c-PTSD)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> and its key symptoms (<i><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.html#reexperience" style="font-size: 16px;">re-experiencing</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 16px;">, </span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.html#avoidance" style="font-size: 16px;">avoidance</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 16px;">, and </span><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/06/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.html#hyperarousal" style="font-size: 16px;">hyperarousal</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 16px;">)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2023/09/hermetic-principle-of-polarity.html" target="_blank">Extreme empaths</a> can inadvertently retraumatize themselves and cause C-PTSD</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 16px;"><div id="dissvid"></div>Re-experiencing video: 'When Dissociation Gets Physical' by CTAD Clinic (Dr Mike Lloyd)</span></span></li><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ffyQRFVQzBM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><li><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/2022/08/complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://naturopathiccontrol.blogspot.com/search/label/social%20psychology"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Social psychology</span></a></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Food for thought</span></li></ul><blockquote><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JfeYHX3P8Bs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></blockquote><blockquote><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iWDpDRv27jg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </p></blockquote><p><br /></p><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tG4Ul6dKzt4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Challenges with mental health and fatigue from masking neurodivergence are clues that helps in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG4Ul6dKzt4" target="_blank">recognizing neurodivergence</a>, especially for boomers and generation Xers. </span></div></div><div><br /></div><p> </p></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0