Life is really posing us a challenge. What does it then mean to be an intelligent being? Some people can easily reason about something to find what the best solution may be; some people have to experience the frustration of making the wrong decision, try again, get the same results, and even try again, until finally they get it. We learn to think of those who have to do it again and again as not very smart. But those who don’t need to go through that are actually looking for a way to use less of their brain.

2000 years of religious fairy tales have been enough to put human consciousness to sleep to the point where -- despite the fact that he is born on Earth, lives on Earth, dies and gets buried in the Earth -- the human being has acquired an admiration for everything extra-terrestrial and extra universal. These Gods with enigmatic origins are placed above the Earthly Gods and, as a logical consequence, the extra- terrestrial creatures are classified as higher than humans and are declared more intelligent than humans.

This story shows the reader that there is more value in investing in one’s spirituality (by honoring your Ancestors and Gods), than in giving our lives to the destruction that the system puts in front of us. The system strategically puts love, peace, freedom and justice among other ideologies at the forefront of our attention, in order to bring every human being under their submission.

Like any other species on Earth, our survival is based upon our awareness, honesty and adherence to the natural principles of our environment. The evil that has used the process of enslavement to make victims out of humans for millennia, take no losses when we turn on ourselves, (our own species), mislead into a battle of flesh and blood.

If we continue to sit and watch like UN peacekeepers as humanity’s roots continue to be destroyed, if we do nothing as this evil continues to spread, where will humanity turn for wisdom and enlightenment? It cannot continue to be someone else’s problem. If it’s a problem, it is all of our responsibility to put aside our distractions and work towards finding and implementing solutions. It starts with you.

he modern concept of a human is only understood by looking at the things that connect to a human such as being male or female, being self-conscious, or by other daily activities or physical features. It is like seeing a house from the outside and not knowing what’s inside it.

Perhaps the most important tool one will become familiar with is one’s mind. The initiatic process, by design, helps a person remove the layers of conditioning that have been caked upon the mind, helping the initiate to better perceive reality for what it is more so than what we want it to be. Reconditioning the mind is no simple task, as it involves large doses of humility and honesty, two things many of us are not raised to revere.

Although cleansing is gaining increased attention from the health community today, people have been cleansing their bodies for many thousands of years, especially the blood. For those of us living in urban cities where we breathe in large amounts of pollution and eat industrialized food on a regular basis it is necessary that we have a means of regularly cleansing the blood. If not, the toxins in the blood can lead to greater illnesses, including high blood pressure, tumors, diabetes, and cancer. By cleansing we can give ourselves a greater chance at living a longer, healthier life.

Today, more and more people are being led to even burn the bodies of their loved ones. In the same territories where the law forbids people to burn religious texts or the national flag, we are burning our parents. May we have the courage to get behind institutions like The Earth Center for the sake of our descendants who depend on - and will copy - the quality of life that we leave on Earth and in human society.

To call a nuclear reactor inherently safe means that your kids should be able to play with it... While it is true that a few of these nuclear disasters were simply too large for the media to ignore, the fallout from these and other nuclear accidents has not been publicized. Do you know how nuclear fallout is affecting you?

Depending on the ceremony, the dances may vary. There are many types of dances in a variety of different cultures/tribes across the world. In a traditional context, each ceremony is often accompanied with dance as a form of acknowledgement or celebration. Spiritual harmony and recognition of the order in existence is at the root of any ceremony. The context for dance involves a spiritual transition or transformation that takes place throughout our lives. From birth to death a human being shifts from one level to the next, along the way indicating to Ancestors and the Divine World each step that is made in his or her lifetime.

Because the primary concern of making music is now making money, the quality and standards of the craft has sunk to an all-time low. Popular music is now at its lowest form, and it continues to challenge how low that bottom can possibly drop.

To provide an example, we can see our situation in the modern world similar to a bird that has been taken from nature, and placed within a cage. The bird, upon entering the cage, becomes stripped of its natural way of living. Over time it loses the knowledge that it once had to survive in nature based on the fact that it is now forced to only know the limits of the enclosure that it is contained within. Not only does this weaken the bird, but also it creates an illusion of reality for the bird to focus on. Depending on how long the bird is caged, it becomes virtually impossible for it to then return back to the wild and survive if let free.