Thursday 17 July 2008

codex alimentarius and other insignificant musings

hello to those reading (arjen, kristof, robin?)

my health is unfortunately rather poor at present, i am seriously considering whether spending another 6 months imbibing and bathing in forest row's heavily chlorinated water is the best thing for me.

nice to hear about your plant communications kristof, this had been my intention in persuing bd, however at the moment constant tiredness largely limits my attention to the required movements for the job i am being asked to perform, whilst in better periods i am able to becomeconscious of these movements and likewise remember breathing. this i think is the foundation of conscious work with plant energies. but it is perhaps the unconscious/passive element, which needs to be combined with conscious 'research', i.e. posing a question, or attuning oneself to a certain frequency. this is something that standard education has given us no tuition in; for we are trained to be passive absorbers of information. likewise nice to hear that you are doing something of that calls upon the use of inspiration. i fear that i cannot say the same about packing vegetables. quite often i feel like i'm working in a factory here; it takes great effort to prevent robotism. i suppose most people don't have this struggle so i should be grateful for the opportunity (gurdjieffian approach). or masochism?

remembering to do energetic diagnoses of plant energies with hands has also been forgotten in the rush of farm life (who'd have thought), though i did manage to do this over the prep barrel, however we have only sprayed about 4 times, apparently too busy to do more (i am quite disillusioned about this supposedly being a biodynamic farm - it seems that the demeter stamp is a requirement of the rent agreement. one worker was even complaining about being made to stir preps.) the times that i did stir i entered into an altered state through the process. regular energetic exercises seem necessary to be able to start to trust one's hands, in my case qi gong/chi gung. sadly my vision is not so great for whatever reason, and visual reading of plant forms is likewise quite important in communicating with them i would say. would be interested to know how you enter into communication kristof... don't be afraid to tell us will you now?

anyway, here some links to keep one going:

Sonic bloom

Flower clock


on the gm resistance front, if you are not familiar with the codex alimentarius, it is perhaps advisable to become so. linked to in the title of this post is an interview with a man named ian crane discussing this agenda, as well as some relevant videos and links. in the light of such things a btec seems rather frivolrous... methinks ensnaring us in a theoretical frame of mind, when it is action that is called for.

one more article about a leaked world bank report on gm and biofuels.

robin i believe you never replied to my request for elucidation of speculation in food after i posted the last batch of articles on this topic.

blessings,

a.

1 comment:

RobinE said...

I very much hope you health improves and that you return to Emerson. I for one would be extremely disappointed were you not to rejoin us for the 2nd year. Personally, your contribution to the course is very valuable and you woul dbe dearly missed my all of us.

If it is mainly the water that is a problem then I am more than happy to ensure weekly deliveries from Plaw Hatch. Or, if you like you could buy some Blenheim Palace mineral water through me. I get 18.5L containers delivered every 2 weeks. They are about £6.00 each (I will check).