Are your health issues being caused by emotional blockages? If so, what are the tools to clear what's holding us back from great health? Listen to Jessica Neideffer share her experience with healing herself from Crohn's, which almost killed her. She now supports people on their healing journey through the same energy and emotional healing protocols that include changing our language, transforming our thoughts and creating new vibrations. A "must listen" for anyone trying to heal from any illness.
Jessica Neideffer became aware that there was more to her than just a physical body at a very young age. She experienced many health issues during childhood and almost died when she was fifteen from complications of Crohn's. After many years of doctors treating the symptoms with western medicine, she knew there had to be another way of being healed and healthy. After a profound experience at the age of 31, she realized there was a different way and that she was meant to support herself and others in healing on a deeper level.
[00:24] Hi everyone. This is Reena with the live longer podcast and the cancer program, so we're chatting today with Jessica. Jessica has an interesting and unusual story of hope, of energy, of healing, and of creating a whole new mission statement for her in terms of helping people like you and me. Jessica is the founder of the Agate Energy Healing Program and is here to talk to us all about energy today, but a little bit about her background, so she became aware that there was more to her than just a physical body to a very young age. She had a lot of health issues during childhood and almost died when at 15. She had complications from Crohn's disease or symptoms, which is a lot of you who know my story. It parallels a little bit of my story treating the symptoms with Western medicine. She knew that there had to be another way of getting to help, so after profound experience at the age of 30, which I'm going to get her to share with you because it's fascinating, she realized that there was a different way and that she was meant to support herself and others and healing on a deeper level, so since that moment in 2007, Jessica began studying practicing energy work, sound healing, became more conscious of what her body was asking her for.
[01:47] Her own research and life experience found that a combination of diet, exercise, emotional healing practices was able to give her the health and joy that she is now full of. When you meet her, she glows. She's a beautiful soul. I had the opportunity of meeting her at our last. HealCircle get together and that's where I asked her if she'd be willing to come on my podcast because she has a beautiful story of healing to share and I believe a really great message of health. Jessica, welcome. Thank you, Rena. It's good to be here. Let you know, share with our listeners your mission statement because it's so powerful.
[03:52] Emotional baggage that we hang onto, emotional experiences that are unloving when we experience symptoms of depression. And I don't like to say I have Crohn's disease. I was diagnosed with this thing we called Crohn's disease when I was 14, about 30 years ago. But when I, when people ask me about my journey or they ask me about Crohn's disease, I express an, a share with the, um, that I experienced symptoms of Crohn's disease sometimes, but that is not me and it does not define me because the second I say I have this, I'm telling the universe and I'm telling the energy around me, this is what I have and this is what I am.
[04:30] And that's not supportive to me. So I work with a different language. I love that. I love your emphasis on language because I think we so often forget that the words we use as you rightly reminded us in that he'll circle session, are real. That words have the impact that they're, they're not just meaning less thoughts, they're actually real manifestations that can take form. And so using a word like I have implies that this is something that now I am, which is very different from I have symptoms, which means I absolutely. This is not who I am, this doesn't define me. So just changing the words that we use when we're indices can change potentially how we approach our wellness program. And I, I, I really love that. What are your thoughts around the fact that thoughts are more than just words?
[05:28] Well, as Mike Dooley, the lovely, a messenger of the notes of the universe at so eloquently says, thoughts are things. Choose the good ones. He wrote the book the secret messages from the universe and I really love that he, that he shows that, hey, just because you have thoughts in your head doesn't mean that we don't feel them out in the university. Doesn't mean that there were not sharing them even though we're not speaking them. So if I am telling a story about myself and it's unloving or I'm hearing maybe maybe you hear one of your kids telling a story and they're telling you how their day went and they're using some words that don't feel good or they feel like they, they, they say they're depressed or they don't feel like they're welcomed into groups at school and when you're listening to that story, sometimes a parent's heart feels like it's breaking, right?
[06:17] Because you want to help them and you want them to feel better and feel confident and secure. And yet that's the story they're choosing. So we can, we can suggest some different words to work with or we can just tell a new story with them. So I like to tell that new story because those thoughts in our head actually do become things because when we have a thought or an idea, what do we do? We speak it. We share it with people. We share the idea or we write it down and we create a plan and then we created here in the physical world. When we do that by default, our thought this if their Iq thing that we have now is a physical thing here on earth. We build a building. We built a practice. We build a home for wayward kids, whatever it may be. It's an organization that we put together in our minds and then we created here. So if I'm talking about something I want to create and I'm using words that are unsupportive or unloving or just don't feel good, then that's the energy I feel I'm putting into that creation and I don't feel that we are creating it from the most loving space. Just like the millionaires that are out there in the world. Some people are really, really great at manifesting money, but most of the people that you ask that are millionaires are not very happy.
[07:31] So as we look at disease and as we look at thoughts in, as you mentioned, a lot of these diseases, dark with unhappy emotions, what have you seen work in helping people get rid of these negative emotions? So when I work with clients, um, and these are the, I call it my toolbox and I have a, I have a toolbox and I have, I give people a tool belts and then I hand them a few tools every week when we work together. So they are not overwhelmed by all of the tools that we have at our disposal, but we don't really practice and they're really simple things that we can practice, like creating a morning ritual. If you want to create something new in your life and you want to create a new habit in your life, you have to create a new way of doing something.
[08:16] So most people that I know and that I talk to don't really have something that they do in the morning to actually sit down and ground. Visualization is really powerful. Our minds are really powerful tools, but we're usually using them or working with them to focus on the negative or the unloving stuff, and so if we choose every morning to set our alarm at the same time every day and I like to do it at about 6:00 between six and seven, still relatively quiet outside and that really gives me a moment to sit in my meditation chair, which I have intended to be a chair for meditation, so that way my mind says, oh, this is the chair for meditation. So when I sit down in it, my mind is in cooperation already and then when I sit there, I visualize. I see roots growing from the bottom of my feet.
[09:02] I create light within my body. I breathe it in and I create a bubble around myself and I create this safe and sacred space that I am grounded into. As I do that every morning I am creating a new habit and maybe one of those old habits. It's not really serving me like feeling rushed or depressed or sad or lonely or whatever it may be. I am doing something that feels loving and that is loving and so maybe one of those other patterns that I've practiced before doesn't get practice anymore because I have this new thing that I'm focusing on that feels good.
[09:35] Very powerful. What other tool have you seen to work? Do you believe in tapping? Is that something you've used as well? Um, I work with acupressure points, so like an acupuncturist works with needles. I just work with my fingers on the different acupressure points I work with sound. Um, I am also a reiki master, so it's a combination of sound of energy, movement by touch therapy. Um, I don't necessarily tap on people, but sometimes I will move them. Um, maybe I move their arm or their leg or I will press deeply into certain acupressure points to. And all I'm doing is giving the mind to focal point to come to you because in, in my hands I can feel a vibration or I can feel a heat where I am to guide that person to. I don't always know what is living in the body at that place in time or at that point.
[10:28] But their mind in their unconscious mind and their body knows and if they're willing and open, the answers will come to them and they will be able to release. And sometimes when people release emotions from their body, there's an actual physical reaction. There's a, an involuntary movement of the hand or an arm or a leg or foot. Um, another tool that I work with is just sharing how to acknowledge themselves, sharing an exercise I call acknowledge welcome, breathe and release. And I feel that and I know in my own practice, in my own process of healing because I'm no different than anybody else, I just have a different awareness of how energy works. And I do my best to share that in a very simple way so everyone can remember that they're already practicing it. They're already capable of doing what I'm doing because we all are.
[11:20] So when we acknowledge what's going on within ourselves, meaning if we're feeling depressed or angry or frustrated, we just stop. In the moment that we realized we're in an unloving space. Frustration isn't unloving space. It doesn't feel good. Our body talks to us. We feel pain in our body or we feel our chest tighten, or we feel our guts turn when we feel frustrated or we feel insecure or we feel angry. There's physical symptoms that we will experience, but most of us are living in our head and ignoring the messages that our body is giving us. So when we're able to see the unloving feeling, frustration, we can just stop and say in our heads or out loud if you're by yourself, I acknowledge I'm feeling frustrated and the next most important part is to welcome that or to feel that, to allow yourself to feel frustrated, even though it's an unloving feeling.
[12:11] We must acknowledge it first and then feel it. Welcome it in order to let it go. Because if we don't acknowledge and welcome it, then we're just pushing it under the rug and saying, OK, fine. I acknowledge I'm feeling this way, but you know, just get over it and I'll move on with life. We've still holt. We're still holding onto that feeling because we didn't say it's OK. We didn't say it's OK to welcome this and to feel this angry or frustrating. Feeling so the welcoming part is really important, feeling it, allowing yourself to feel it. You don't have to be angry, but allow yourself to feel the anger that you're, that you're feeling inside in order to breathe it out and let it go. This is actually a great segue for you to share your own experience if you're comfortable with that as to how you emerged into this particular compression because this isn't how you started right now.
[13:01] I've worked in high tech for 20 years as an office manager or executive admin. And um, this, the awareness came into my life about 11 years ago. I was [inaudible]. Um, I was having some. I was experiencing some symptoms of extreme vertigo. I'm to the point where I couldn't walk for a couple of weeks and I went to a chiropractor and he recommended I go to this woman who was renting a space in his office for a massage and I went for a massage. And um, at the end of it she offered to do 15 minutes of Reiki for free. And I said, well, it's that I don't know what that is. And she says, well, it's based on our vedic healing and there's these energy centers or Chakras within your body, and I'm just going to place my hands on the different energy centers and you're gonna relax for 15 more minutes for free.
[13:48] And I said, sure, that sounds great. And so she put her hands on my head first shock that are the seven Chakras to the top of the head and I could feel a warmth and I could feel a vibration. I could feel the top of my head by braiding and it could feel heat coming into my head. And then when she got to my chest, when she put her hands on my chest, I left my body and I had experienced different energies when I was a kid. Um, we want to call them spirits or energies. It's up to you. Um, but I knew that there was something outside of my physical body. I couldn't see it, but I could feel it very intensely. And it was very scary for me at that age. I didn't have anybody to really guide me or mentor me. So I shut it off and I'm in that moment.
[14:33] I left my body and it was the first time I had experienced that and I was looking down and watching her with her hands on my body, on my chest. And I thought, wow, that's really interesting. And instead of reacting, I continued to just observe. And um, at that point, as I relaxed into it, I the picture below change into like a black and white x Ray. And I saw my rib cage under her hands and I saw a big lock on my rib cage. And the moment I saw the lock, I also saw shatter into a million pieces. And then my rib cage opened up and my heart flew out of my chest and I returned to my body. And now I'm watching this heart, this like cartoon heart flying above me smiling as I'm laying on the table and I heard a man's voice say you are free.
[15:21] And it was only me and her in the room. So I don't know whose voice that was. One of my guides or whoever you want to believe that is. But I heard this man's voice and I thought, wow, that's interesting. What does that mean? And when I asked what does that mean in my mind, I then saw like a powerpoint slide show of all the times I was ill from the time I was five until that moment, that 31. And they realized in every picture that I was watching in my mind that I was putting my hands on the different parts of me that I was feeling pain or discomfort. And I'm that and asking Jesus, I was raised Catholic. So for me, Jesus was the guy. And um, I asked Jesus to take the pain whereas God to take the pain away and it would almost immediately subside.
[16:04] And I thought in my mind, wow, I wish that's interesting. I really wish that was true. And I heard the voice again say it is, this is what you're supposed to do now. And I really didn't understand what that meant, but I knew that that's what I was supposed to do. So I continue to work in high tech. I continue to do my, my daytime job and be financially responsible and pay my bills and uh, in my, in my private time I studied Reiki and I started to ask for teachers just asking in my meditations for teachers to come and people just showed up exactly when they were supposed to be there and that, that's how it began. That's incredible. And how did you heal your symptoms of chrome? That has been a combination of. I'm really seeing what emotions I'm hanging on to a, it's also a change of diet.
[16:54] Um, I was also, uh, I, I, I like to party quite a bit when I was younger, so it was a lot of drinking and some drugs involved. So obviously that didn't really support my body and being healthy. So I stopped doing that and I'm really dove into the energy work and I practiced on myself at first because when you start learning Reiki, there's not really any way to teach you. They do your attunement and they say, OK, now go practice on yourself or on friends. And you're like, well, it's not really helping me to understand what this is is. Um, and so for anybody out there that wants to practice energy work or is interested in learning more about Reiki, I highly recommend picking up a copy of Reiki for dummies because the manual for the institute doesn't really give you any pertinent information that gives you, you know, hand positions and the history of it, but doesn't really give you anything more than that.
[17:41] And reiki for dummies really opened up a whole other perspective for me. So I started working with that book and then I, in 2011 I met Tina personnel who works here, um, the four agreements or toltec wisdom and different neuro-linguistic programming processes. And really that's when the majority of my growth started to happen because I started to really listen to my language and how I was communicating with others and what kind of energy or intention was behind the words that I was working with. Because words are a dime a dozen. They are powerful. But really it comes down to the intention behind them.
[18:19] What do you find are some of the most negatively impactful words that people seem to use? Because I remember in our session you talked a lot about like, I hear these words, I hear these words, so you've heard hundreds of people use words, certain kinds of words that clearly are negative when it comes to their health. What are some of the most common words and phrases that you can share so we can all become mindful and not using them going forward.
[18:44] Trying is the number one on my list because trying is neither doing nor being. I'm trying to accomplish the school. I'm trying to be healthy. I'm trying to lose weight. What are we doing? We're simply trying to do something but we're never really really doing it because we are putting this label of trying on it and we're telling the story of trying instead of doing or being. So when I start working with clients, I ask them to not work with that word anymore. Not to erase it completely. Unless you want to say try it all anymore. If I, if I could help it, um, because it really doesn't allow us to tell the story of I am accomplishing this, I am doing this, right. I'm thinking, I think, I think this is what I want, I'm thinking is of the EGOIC mind. The mind is a really powerful tool. Remember, but it's also a worthy opponent and it's there to challenge us to see things in a different way to move out of our head and to go into our body and feel more. But most of us are living in the head. So when someone says, I think a lot, I asked them to work with words like I am, I know I feel, or I believe because those are owning it.
[19:58] I think I want to do this. You're not really owning it. You're not committing to it. So there's no commitment there either in that, in that phrase for me and also working with I am. You want to be very aware of what word you put after I am. I am is the most powerful sentence in the English language I am. That's a sentence saying I am angry. Maybe I'm just feeling angry, right? Because feelings flow. I can flow the feelings if I'm feeling angry, but when I say I am angry, that's telling the energies around me, that's telling the universe, God, whatever it is for you, I am. This gives me more of this experience and that's not necessarily what I want cultivated either. I am love, I am. I am forgiveness, I am compassion. I want to tell that story.
[20:59] three times a day, especially because sometimes I work with mantras. I'm, if I'm going to have, if I'm going to suggest some mantra, then I asked them actually anybody that I work with, I gave them a copy of the book. You can heal your life by Louise Hay, h a y. most people know who she is and that book has a chapter 15 in it and it's called the list and that list in that chapter is basically giving you a bunch of physical symptoms that we experience. It gives you an emotional or energetic reason as to why we may be experiencing them and then it gives you a mantra that's connected to it and I usually ask people to refer to that book to find the symptoms that they're experiencing to make a chart of them and to see the similarities and what the pattern may be there, whether it's a pattern of anger or pattern of insecurity or a pattern of sadness and then practice the mantras that are in the book or I asked them to look at the book and then make their own according to the book.
[22:01] No, that sounds amazing. What about people that are suffering from diseases that, you know, they say that there's a genetic, but I don't have any emotional issues. What do you say to them?
[22:16] I don't necessarily agree that everything is genetic. We, we all have the, the capacity to experience autism or we all have the capacity to experience.
[23:19] has the symptom appear, whether it be acne or [inaudible] or cancer or whatever it may be. Those are not symptoms that feel good within the body. Nor, nor are they loving things that we really want to experience. At the same time, once we're in it, we've gotten to the point of no return. We, we ha, we are experiencing cancer. The best thing that we can do, a lot of people that, um, I've some people that have worked with and a lot of friends that I know that have dealt with it or have been through the experience, they tend to want to fight this thing called cancer. I'm going to fight this war and then it becomes this war. But what we're really doing and saying that what I see us doing is saying this is a bad thing in my body and it's not OK. And when I say that some part of my body, it's not OK. I'm saying that it's not good enough. So in the mind I am fighting this thing that's part of me, but I'm perfectly made even with this thing called cancer inside of me. It's still a part of me at that point. So the best thing to do would be to embrace the experience, to embrace this thing called cancer and say, OK, this is not really what I dreamed of. It doesn't feel good. How can I work with it? How can I be in harmony with it so I can release it from my body?
[24:45] I had colon cancer and I had, of course, another more debilitating diseases I say at 45 and um, you know, as, as a quote unquote patient, it's always hard to think that your disease is something that you may have caused, uh, from your own list of a imbalances that you created, whether it's wittingly or unwittingly. It's so much easier to say all I just inherited that, you know, it's not my fault. And so it's, I love your message around sort of looking in that mirror and acknowledging that I have not facing the emotions that need to be faced or dealing with the emotions that need to be dealt with, which then has consequences in my body. And, and a big part of that is learning to reset my life, reset my mind, my body, my soul, my emotions. Your thoughts, your thoughts. Let's talk about thoughts. What can you share on that? How does someone go about resetting their thoughts?
[25:54] Yes. Uh, yeah, that's more, a little bit more challenging because we don't feel good, right? And then we have, we can experience symptoms of depression or we can experience symptoms of sadness or just not wanting to move on, um, or to be here. And that's very real. I'm not, I'm not making light of anybody's feelings or that cancer is this easy thing to move through. I'm not saying that at all. I see our thoughts as being a very important part of our process because if we are constantly in the negative thoughts than we are perpetuating that, which we do not wish to experience. So as if something like that happened, just like for me when I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, um, in my experience at that point, I was told by doctors saying, you have this and you need to take all these pills.
[26:44] You need to come in here and have these appointments and, you know, once a month and then we're going to give you more pills and you're going to feel better. But I wasn't feeling better. And um, I was also a teenager and I was going through puberty and there's all these things happening around me and I just felt like I was being killed slowly by my parents because they were smothering me by the doctors because there's all these tests and stuff going on and the medications they were giving me, we're not, we're not resonant with my body. So I, um, it was quite radical actually. I had some issues with my parents and I ended up just moving out when I was 17, before I even graduated high school. I just left home and, um, I just lived in a few people's places here and there and I was making enough money at the time as a waiter or waitress to move into my own place.
[27:28] And I just didn't allow all these other thoughts that people were trying to shove on me. All these ideas and beliefs. I just said, no, I'm not doing this anymore. And I moved out and I stopped taking all medications all together. I'm not saying that's the best solution for anybody to, to do what it was for me in that moment to liberate myself from what everybody else was telling me was best for me when I could feel in my body that it wasn't. So at that point I just decided to do anything except think about this thing, Crohn's disease. And it was very conscious on my part. If this thing does not rule my life, it does not define me. It is not who I am. And I, I just refused to accept it. And for seven years I didn't take any medications. I did some, you know, probiotics and some vitamins and stuff.
[28:21] Juice plus was really helpful for me in the beginning. Actually, juice plus is a really great brand and very potent and very powerful. And probiotics. Um, so all these things happened and then I realized, OK, yeah, mind over matter. I'm just going to keep doing this. And so it was anytime I started to feel bad, I would just say, OK, well, what can I do to, to feel better? OK, change this thought. So I'd already been practicing it when I was younger. I just didn't know that this thing, an lp or neuro-linguistic programming existed. I didn't know that we could have a conscious form of communication, meaning being aware of the words we're using and actually understanding the intention behind them too. So as I started to go through my process, it was just again, changing the thoughts. Well then I had some symptoms later on in life and those came up again and then I was introduced to Reiki and then I started practicing energy work on myself, and that again was moving energy, right?
[29:15] Placing your hands on your body and using the mind to visualize light or visualize energy moving through it and moving darkness out or moving deceased out or or harmonizing things. Those were new thoughts. I was giving my mind to see this new process to this new thing that I'm doing here. Oh, this my hands on my belly. Yeah. That's not just my hands on my belly. There's actual energy coming through me from my source, whether you want to call it God or universe or whatever. We're all these electromagnetic fields. Flower floating around in this world. We are energy, right? Energy's better equals MC squared. It's Einstein's theory. It's science. Energy is matter. Matter is energy. Our thoughts.
[29:58] Yeah, and as you shared earlier, I mean our feelings are vibrations, so it's thoughts, but it's also feelings, right? There's, there's a whole different layer that comes into manifestation just based on how you feel.
[30:24] and you have some suggestions on how to have a great day every single day. What are those suggestions?
[30:31] I'm starting with the morning ritual. Yeah, absolutely. I do that every day and when I do miss it sometimes because I am human and I get busy in my mind, um, I noticed a difference. I noticed that things don't go as smoothly during my day. So when I wake up in the morning, I sit in my chair and I ground and for me that looks like tree roots coming out of the bottom of my feet. And bringing light into my body and creating a safe and sacred space around me, whether it be a bubble or whatever that looks like for you. I like to see myself in that bubble floating through and if I'm not, if I'm interacting with someone who may be in an unloving space, I put a bubble around them to send them some love intentionally cause we can touch people from anywhere in the world.
[31:18] We can touch them with our thoughts and our feelings. Just like when you have a thought about a friend and then they call you an hour later, right? I was just thinking about you. Well, because they were. They were in receiving mode and you were intentionally sending them a message with love from your heart. So why don't we do that for ourselves by sitting in morning meditation. We're doing that for ourselves. We're giving ourselves the message that we're worth this moment of quiet and peace. We start our day with quiet and peace and then we see our day how we'd like it to go. And then I recommend that everybody let go of the expectation of that actually happening. Because it usually doesn't because for me, expectations equal disappointment every time we can have agreements with people and then if they aren't kept, then we have a conversation, but the second you have an expectation of anything happening, you will be disappointed. So it's best to the envision what you want because the mind is a powerful visualizing tool. That's great, but then let go of that vision. Otherwise you get stuck in that vision in the universe can give you what you're actually asking for.
[32:26] How do you let go of something that you've just visualized? Because to me it seems like counterproductive. Wait, I just visualized it is that I might not meant to hold on to that visual tape a little bit about how you let it go.
[32:40] Um, it's not about I'm forgetting about it or you know, just letting it fly off all together. There's a feeling that's connected to what you're visualizing. So I ask people when they are visualizing to ground in first my practice, main, main part of this practice that I share with people is to be grounded or to allow themselves to see themselves being grounded. And then to feel grounded. So I ask everybody who does any work with me to practice a grounding meditation in the morning or just to practice it throughout your day. When you start to feel like you're floating off of your foundation, right? When we feel frustrated, we feel overwhelmed. To go back to that picture that you've given, that means grounding for your mind and you've given your mind. Now a focal point to go back to that means grounding. Then when you have that visualization in your mind and you're grounding into it, I like people to.
[33:32] I like to ask people to feel that in their body, so maybe you feel like you're most joyful moment in your life like when you're first baby was laid on your chest at birth. That pure an adulterated joy that you felt when that baby was there, that feeling you can bring up probably pretty easily write that warm, fuzzy feeling in your chest or in your gut and you're in. You're there. You're in that moment again and I asked people to get into that feeling place and to feel that joyful moment and then to drop their body here in now into that moment, mingle back into that joy that they felt then because it's not really happening then any less than it's happening now. It's the same. I believe that everything is happening at the same time, our past, present, and future.
[34:20] So you do believe that, that it's actually all happening. We, we just experience it differently because of how we interact with the fabric of the universe.
[34:30] Yes, so I believe that we experienced what we would call a past life experience. We see ourselves in another form and another body and we'd pull information from that area and from that being, but I also believe it's just a different aspect of us living in a different dimension that we're able to pull from timelines. Have you ever seen the movie interstellar with Matthew mcconaughey? So the timelines, he's in these other timelines and he's able to communicate but in a different way, and I see us pulling from these timelines when we are looking for the answers, that's where it is. They come from, from the unconscious mind, from the other parts of the other aspects of us.
[35:23] or we let go of the belief here in this physical space and time that you are not healed and healthy already, right? Because you're simply experiencing symptoms. It's not you don't have cancer. You're experiencing symptoms. Cancer, it doesn't mean and you're not healthy. You're experiencing symptoms of cancer.
[35:42] They're going to be gone there. They're going to be leaving you soon. Instead of having that expectation that it isn't something that's with you for the long haul. It's something that's just very temporary.
[35:53] It's just an experience. We don't even have to label it as temporary or long-term. I'm having this experience now. This is my experience and OK, it doesn't feel good. So how do we change that? OK, we change our thoughts. We surround ourselves with people who are in a loving space and supportive of us in our journey. We have energy work done on us. We go for a massage. We go to a chiropractor. You know even if you can't afford to go get a full body massage, go to happy feet, foot massage for 20 bucks.
[36:25] you're touching every part of your body right through the foot and the hands, right? There's a hundred 44 acupressure points in each ear alone. Just rip your ears, Rub your feet right or have someone do it for you. These are all really important things to consider. How are you loving yourself? What are you doing for yourself instead of expecting your partner to make you feel better? Because that's not your partner's responsibility, really is not your kid's responsibility either and removing the labels, right? Expectation is a label. Mom is a label and there's expectations that come along with that word mom, that label right society tells us, Mama's supposed to do these certain things for us and make us feel better and make us dinner, pay for our college tuition, whatever it may be, but that's not really your role. It's just a label that somebody put on you.
[37:14] You and your husband were the portals for your children to enter into this space and the second they incepted into your belly. They were on their own journey and they were their own being and they are their own being and the fact that we call them my children just keeps us more attached to the expectations or the outcome of their experience and it's not ours to have, are simply there to mentor and Guide and love them to the best of our abilities. Some days we're not successful because you want to punch them across the room. That's OK. Right, and that's when we process what we're feeling. We acknowledge it, we welcome it and see, OK, I'm not very loving that I'm feeling that way, but it's OK that I feel that way because this is challenging me right now. What is there for me to see about myself? What is this person mirroring back to me and how can I change my thoughts or my energy? How am I able to do that now in this moment to let go, to be at peace with what's happening right now even though it doesn't feel good.
[38:37] and the observed. This is another exercise that I practice with people to, um, we do. I do a guided meditation and when people start to work with me and in my eight week program where they tap into the observer form of them and understand what it means to be an observer by tapping into this other aspect of them are this energetic version of them and I ask them to see themselves in this energetic version and most people at first because they are told that they're meditating wrong, where they believe that they don't know how to meditate, that they don't believe that they can see this version of them and that comes into working with language again because if I, if you are not a visual person, I asked you to see something. You're not going to be able to see it and then you're going to feel frustrated that you're not seeing this thing.
[39:23] So I say I ask them to imagine what it would look like if you stepped out of yourself. Imagine in your mind what this would look like. What? What are you wearing? What are you a shape? Are You a light? Maybe it's not even looking like you allow the first thing to come into your mind to appear and just be OK with that and every time they're able to see something, some people see an orb, some people see I'm a cartoon version. Some people see an older version of them and older, wiser version of them or they see a completely different person all together. Uh, one of my clients last week saw an eagle and that's what he showed up as, as this eagle. And I also pay attention to where this observer or where they see themselves as the observer and where they show up.
[40:13] Is it the right side or the left side? Is it behind you to the right, left or in front of you? Above you. These all have different meanings as well for me, right? So our feminine side is our, our, our left side is our feminine receiving side are nurturing and being side. If they have a guide shop on that side, it's usually asking you to be more in alignment with that being in nurturing side. That feminine right side is our masculine doing warrior side. Do we release, we let go of energies are coming in and out that way too, into the feminine, out through the masculine. If it's showing up on the masculine side, we're being asked to balance out the masculine with the feminine, or maybe there's some things that were being asked to do more of acting in alignment with our heart's desires instead of just thinking about it and not doing anything to help your people who come to you learn to surrender. Because boy, that's not easy.
[41:14] It's a choice, right? Just like suffering is a choice. And when someone gets the point where they don't want to suffer anymore than, than they say, OK God, universe, whatever you are, yeah, I don't know what to do. And um, you know, show me. And that's, that's when people find or that's when the teacher shows up or that's when the mentors shows up. Or that's when the. And I don't really like to work with the word healer when I address myself because I'm not healing anybody. I am simply a facilitator and I assist people in moving energy out of their body, meaning dis-ease or anger or frustration. They're all just unloving things were moving out and all I do is hold space for them. I am a channel. I see, I see energies coming through, I see things moving, I feel that moving intensely. Um, but it all depends on that person's openness to, at that point in time and what they're ready to let go of or what they're ready to even acknowledge, right.
[42:13] Because I've had people come to work with me. And um, as you experienced that, the healing circle that you held at Tina's house. I'm, I'm, I'm quite direct and I don't really feel like there's, there's need to mince words or to add more words because then words become unimportant and it's really important for us to see clearly where we're at. And that's what I support people in doing is seeing what their attitude is, what their energy is, the communication that they're working with, the language that they're working with. Um, some of them are not ready to see some of that stuff and that's OK. We work each week to see something new, um, and like when I studied with my, with my teacher and his wife, I was a group of us and it was, it was him repeating the same thing over and over again, all three years that I took these classes with him until we were ready to hear it. So the only way I know how to support people is to be the most clear and perfect channel that I can be, that I am able to be. That means taking care of myself and being conscious of the words that I work with and really walking the talk and talking to walk, doing both. And um, that is, that is the best way I know how to support someone in their healing journey. Usually when people find me or we find each other, it's because they're ready and if they're not.
[44:16] and there are no accidents and she did not heal you. You healed yourself. She was a facilitator for you. She showed you some different perspectives and she made some different suggestions that you may not have seen on your own and that's. That was your. That's what you did, not anybody else, so you have to honor your journey as well and honor your participation because you chose to participate in a different way. You chose to show up in a more loving way of yourself and that's how we heal.
[44:45] You're absolutely right. That I did make after sort of that pivotal moment when I switched from, I'm gonna fight this, how dare this happened to me too? This is just an experience I meant to go through and then her giving me, you're right, a lot of important tools, recommendations and we just sort of following them. And one of the first ones was just the belief that I was going to get healthy because I had basically stopped believing that. I mean I've gone to so many dollars and my symptoms were not botching, they were just getting worse. I literally had given up and I think, you know, as she rightly said, you know, that hope, of course, of course it can go away. Um, is, is a big part of it, isn't it? Just knowing that, like you said, it's just an experience. It's not who I am, but we often define ourselves by our quote unquote disease, the four agreements. But tell our listeners a little bit about that because I thought that was beautiful.
[45:46] So the four agreements, the book is great and I was introduced to it when I was introduced to the teachers that I work with. Troy and Tina and a track actually worked with Don Miguel Ruiz and um, studied with some other toltec masters. And then he started practicing here in San Jose in and sharing what he knew here. And um, those four agreements be impeccable with your word. Don't take anything personal, never assume and always do your best. And really, if each human being is truly living by those four principles, you're not able to be in an unloving space because you're being impeccable. You're meaning what you say, you say what you mean. And that's keeping your word. You're being, you're being honorable. And if you don't take anything personal, you don't have to feel defensive about anything. You don't have to feel like you to fight something either because that's not a very loving or good feeling.
[46:41] Spacey. And if we're not assuming that people are thinking things about us or saying things about us, even if they are, if we're not assuming that they are, we're not wasting our time and energy about what other people think of us, which is really none of our business anyway. Right there on their own journey. We're on our own journey. And if you're doing your best, like if you really stop at the end of the day and say, did I do my best in that experience? And the answer's yes, then yes, great, you did your best. Now if I have the flu that week and I'm my best is really not going to be the same as it was the week before when I was feeling a hundred percent. So understanding that our best changes in each situation with each moment of awareness, right? Because we have a different awareness every day that we wake up and as we grow or we sometimes we choose not to grow. That's OK too. Um, but as we choose to be more aware, the more those thoughts in our head change because we are following these principles of not taking things personal and doing our best and those things feel good and they're supportive and loving of growth and evolution.
[47:52] So I really resonate with those four agreements and that book. But what the book didn't provide for me was tools. And that's what troy, um, shared with me were tools, the tools that you offer. Those are the, the tools that I was talking about earlier, that morning ritual and the acknowledging exercise, um, allowing people to be aware of the observer and what it means to be in the observer forum and that the observer only observes and to understand what that means for themselves, which most people don't observe. They react. So instead of reacting, let's, let's observe for a moment because then you can take a few deep breaths and step back and watch yourself too and be like, oh wow, there's a bunch of anger bubbling up inside of me. OK, well let's, let's process that in the middle of the discussion you may be having with the other person, right?
[48:40] Or just with yourself and then you can shift out of that. I always, I'm always able to find gratitude. I talk about gratitude. Yeah, let's talk about gratitude because I think that's a huge underlying pinning of leading a life of joy and in health isn't. I agree, um, gratitude is always easy to find. There's always a silver lining. I'm not always able to find love for the person standing in front of me at that moment. Sometimes they're the one that I'm feeling angry about, so I'm not able to really feel like I want to be loving with them, but I am able to step outside and be the observer and say, OK, what is this person mirroring back? What are they showing me and I'm, I'm going to choose to be grateful for this moment of awareness that I am being unloving of myself by feeling angry towards this person.
[49:34] It's not about them. They are mirroring back something to me. I'm not saying that it's every time a mirror back, but maybe that mirror is just showing me, not literally, but maybe it's showing me that I'm there to hold space for them at that point in time because they're in there. They're in the crap story, right? So sometimes it's just for us to see that that's where they're at and to check our own energy and say, OK, am I contributing to this right now? No, I don't feel that I am OK, great. I'm going to hold space for them and I'm going to be kindness and compassion to be grateful for this moment of awareness that they shared with me.
[50:12] No, that's, that's beautiful. One last thing. There was something very beautiful you talked about that. That's stayed with me and I've tried to practice it. And that was the concept of lovingly release. Yes. This is a really great concept. Um, this came to me, um, through another exercise that I share with people. It's, it's a toltec exercise called recapitulation. I just call it cutting the cords and it's, it's really a lovely process of visualizing. Um, it's also, there's a whole tradition called whole upon upon, which is the same thing. It's really just seeing whatever person you may be having a hard time with or being challenged by or you don't have any resolution with some things in your life. Um, it's a space in the mind that you create and you see the person in front of you and maybe you do multiple people at once, but if someone is really affecting you or you're allowing this person to affect you, it is a space to go and be with them in the energetic, in your mind and the etheric and you can have a conversation with them there and say what you feel and be open and honest because I don't believe there's any difference between that space in our mind that we close our eyes and go into and this space here.
[51:30] I'm Joe Dispenza, did a workshop in, in November at 1440 multiversity in Scott scally and I attended. I didn't know anything about him until I went and I was there for two and a half days and one of the things he shared was this different brain neurofeedback. He's been doing studies for like the last six years. Excuse me, shows that the brain, and this is something that's known among science. Also, the brain doesn't really know the difference between what we are seeing in our mind and what we're experiencing here in the physical right now. Who's to say that you can't create these things in your mind, in this space, create this new life, create this new story, have a conversation with someone you want to resolve things with in this space that's not not real. When we cut cords, we see the person in front of us, we feel all the emotions we feel and then we see whatever chords maybe connecting us and then I take a deep breath in and I see that cord go taught and then I actually use my fingers, my physical fingers, and I cut as I'm sitting with my eyes closed and I say to that person, I, I forgive you.
[52:43] Please forgive me on. I lovingly gave you back your power and they lovingly taking back mine and then as I'm doing that, I am seeing things lovingly releasing from my body. I lovingly releasing this anger that I may have felt. I'm lovingly releasing these insecurities that I may have felt because the mind is a powerful tool. We're, we're focusing on all these different visuals in our head that aren't supportive and loving. Why don't we just give it something new, loving and supporting to focus on?
[53:10] Jessica, this has been so wonderful. Is there any one specific task that you have for our listeners as they you know in listening to this podcast, what is the one thing you want them to do right away? Delete a much happier life. Create a morning ritual. Give yourself at least 10 to 15 minutes in the morning to just sit in a quiet space that you have intentionally created for meditating and go there and honor yourself and honor your experience without judgment in quiet meditation and contemplation, [inaudible] [inaudible] of yourself. I love it. Thank you so much, Jessica, for the rest of you were going to be putting in links to her website as well as diverse social media and stay smiling. There is so much wonderful insights you can take away today from this podcast. Share it with your loved ones, share it with your spouse, share with your kids so we can all together grow as humanity to lead happier lives. I'll see you on another live longer podcast soon.
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Q: Error Code: 1329 No data rows fetched ,selected or processed (mysql) hello am getting the error of no data - zero rows fetched and trying to use the cursor to store the Employees Name( full name) for the
HR department into a variable called emp_names.
`CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `new_procedure`()
BEGIN
declare emp_id int;
    declare first_name varchar(30);
    declare last_name varchar(30);
    declare full_name varchar(60);
    declare is_done int default 0;

    declare emp_c cursor for
    select emp_id, First_name,last_name
    from employee;

    open emp_c;

    getdata:loop
    fetch next from emp_c into emp_id,first_name,last_name;
        if is_done =1 then
            leave getdata;
        end if;
    set full_name= concat(first_name," ",last_name);
    end loop;
    close emp_c;

END

A: I believe you are trying to learning about cursors and loops, else i would recommitment a single update  clause.
you need to declare always a DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER so that thw variable is_done gets  a new value when the loop is complete

CREATE tABLE employee ( emp_id int, First_name varchar(30),last_name varchar(30),full_name varchar(60))

INSERT INTO employee VALUES(1,'a','b',''),(2,'c','d','')

CREATE  PROCEDURE `new_procedure`()
BEGIN
declare _emp_id int;
    declare _first_name varchar(30);
    declare _last_name varchar(30);
    declare full_name varchar(60);
    declare is_done int default 0;

    declare emp_c cursor for
    select emp_id, First_name,last_name
    from employee;
      DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER
        FOR NOT FOUND SET is_done = 1;
    open emp_c;

    getdata:loop
    fetch next from emp_c into _emp_id,_first_name,_last_name;

        if is_done =1 then
            leave getdata;
        end if;
    set full_name= concat(_first_name," ",_last_name);
    end loop;
    close emp_c;

END

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This quality will be understood by anyone who really understands the meaning of the Middle English word solempne. This means something different, but not quite different, from modern English solemn. Like solemn it implies the opposite of what is familiar, free and easy, or ordinary. But unlike solemn it does not suggest gloom, oppression, or austerity.
The ball in the first act of Romeo and Juliet was a 'solemnity'. The feast at the beginning of Gawain and the Green Knight is very much of a solemnity. A great mass by Mozart or Beethoven is as much a solemnity in its hilarious gloria as in its poignant crucifixus est. Feasts are, in this sense, more solemn than fasts. Easter is solempne, Good Friday is not. The Solempne is the festal which is also the stately and the ceremonial, the proper occasion for pomp-and the very fact that pompous is now used only in a bad sense measures the degree to which we have lost the old idea of 'solemnity'. To recover it you must think of a court ball, or a coronation, or a victory march, as these things appear to people who enjoy them; in an age when everyone puts on his oldest clothes to be happy in, you must re-awake the simpler state of mind in which people put on gold and scarlet to be happy in.
Above all, you must be rid of the hideous idea, fruit of a widespread inferiority complex, that pomp, on the proper occasions, has any connexion with vanity or self-conceit. A celebrant approaching the altar, a princess led out by a king to dance a minuet, a general officer on a ceremonial parade, a major-domo preceding the boar's head at a Christmas feast — all these wear unusual clothes and move with calculated dignity. This does not mean that they are vain, but that they are obedient; they are obeying the hoc age which presides over every solemnity. The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual.
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I pray the Papal household reads this blog in its spare time and begins to understand "humility" and "humbleness" in less superficial terms.
I don't understand why so many people here think they know what "the Papal household," etc., are thinking.
"Solemnis" and "solemn"… do we not now—when speaking in a liturgical/religious context—use these words in the sense that Lewis is describing the Middle English word? Without, of course, the common idiomatic implication of gloom and/or austerity.
What does the word really say?
I often caution people not to attach the sad, gloom, etc. connotation to the word "solemn" when speaking of liturgical matters, especially in the sense of "Solemnity of the Nativity", but to think of the word "solemn" as "serious".
C.S. Lewis is right; Pope Francis and his fawning media are wrong.
Glad to see Fr. Z is coming around to the obvious conclusion that everyone on Rorate has been defending since Pope Francis was elected.
Do you think Jesus wore a prayer shawl, a tallit, as an observant Jew or was that an insignificant item of apparel He would have jettisoned?
I see no similarity between what Fr. Z is doing and what Rorate has been doing. Rorate is working to dig up any fact, event, news article, dirt, rumour or hearsay from the past that can be used to attack the Pope. Fr. Z is evaluating what Pope Francis is actually doing right now as Pope. Two extremely different things.
@Bosco: Your question makes me wonder if observant Jews in first-century Israel & Judea used the tallit like we see today in the diaspora. It could be something that came into general use with the spread of Rabbinic Judaism. An interesting topic I would like to know more about.
Our Lord did express dissatisfaction with those religious leaders that would "lengthen their tassels". I understand this to be a statement on the disparity between the beautiful religious garb on the outside and the ugliness of the soul on the inside. We may see the opposite in our Holy Father; it is possible the religious garb on the outside is not representative of the beauty on the inside. Certainly the latter is not nearly as bad as the former!
Excellent excerpt! I always enjoy C.S. Lewis' writings. I truly appreciate this informative and clear-minded evaluation of the ideas flying around these days – and the Pope's choice of actions. Let's pray that the Pope demonstrates a greater sense of solemnity in the days to come.
People are overreacting. We have very little knowledge of what the Pope will do liturgically. The lack of mozzetta, the wearing black shoes, the silver crucifix instead of the gold… these are small things. They have deep meaning and afford significance, but we can't overreact like the Pope is doing something horrible. He's using incense, he's not giving up the pallium or fisherman's ring. People have different styles. From what I've seen, the Masses that have been celebrated have been solemn and reverent. Would I like to see the mozzetta? Yes. Do I think that, some how, the liturgy is in danger because of the Pope's choices? Nope. We need to remember that the "Liturgy Wars" are not what they are overseas like they are here. How about we see a few more Masses before we make any assumptions of what liturgical style Pope Francis will follow.
Praise is good when it is true.
Praise is bad when it is false.
The opposite is also true. Bad news is worse when it is false.
Yes, Jesus wore fringes on his garments. That's what the woman with the issue of blood touched.
I had never heard of the word "solempne". This is a most interesting observation and I do so heartedly agree that proper solemnity has a valuable place in any society. Thank you for this article Father.
Excellent description of the despicable behavior of Rorate.
Thanks. I was just being a bit mischievous ala the red slippers and other regalia and ceremony which have quickly disappeared in the last week.
Proper solemnity is very important, and ought to remain so, but how we treat those who don't see that is even more important still. It is like Fr. Z said when he insisted that no one ought to surpass those who value the traditional rites and customs in terms of their generosity to the poor and needy. The charity with which we express our understanding of the great riches tradition has to offer with regards to how solemnities ought to be observed needs to buttress our position, and not undermine it. If we are quarrelsome about it, we'll work against the very point it was our duty to make.
There's a tendency for people to point to the joyous celebrations of the Bible and imagine that our "solemn" celebrations are missing that. However, the beauty of the celebration itself is an indication of its joy and festivity. That's why Sunday is the most festive – and therefore most "solemn" – day of the week.
This reminds me of a change of mind I've had over the past two years. Not that long ago, I was one of those people who "put on his oldest clothes to be happy in." I remember complaining to my wife that people in Mexico (including her) would keep their children in their Sunday bests to go the midnight Christmas party (after Mass.) "They're going to get all dirty and covered in food" I would complain. I tried to convince her, to no avail, to bring along a change of their old clothes. I would wear jeans and t-shirt (to Mass as well.) Despite some significant loss of Catholic culture there, on points like this you can still see the firmly Catholic roots of their culture.
All the people I mentioned here are/were very poor. This is why I believe if the poor really had their way, Mass would look far more beautiful and formal.
What has bothered me personally, was the report of the verbal assault on the Papal M.C. by Pope Francis just before the balcony event, and also a further simillar event immediately before the Papal Mass to mark the end of the Conclave.Hardly moments of "charity". ( would not be surprised to see the poor Msgr leave , if only to save his dignity. )Furthermore, after all the talk of serving the poor etc., a new plain Chasuble was purchased; despite what I am sure is a noble collection aleady existing in the Vatican. This seems, to me at any rate, highly egotistical. One would have thought that having been raised to the See of Peter, Pope Francis would understand he is now Supreme Pontiff, formerly an Archbishop from Argentina; not an Argentinian Archbishop who is now Pope?
A priest sent this to me earlier in the week also. It is a good piece with a good message worthy of reflection.
Jumping to conclusions without sufficient information is probably not the best approach concerning the Liturgy under the current Papacy. Let's wait for a bit and see. There can be plenty of time for discussion down the track if needed.
I have a question, one which I promise is not intended to tease, provoke, irritate or in any way offend. But it is such a simple – and probably naive – question that I'm amazed I haven't heard it asked before now.
OK, this is the question: If Roman Catholics believe that the Holy Ghost influenced the cardinals when they selected Pope Francis, does it not then follow that you have to accept that liturgical renewal cannot be high on God's list of things to do? If this man really is all that the Church claims, then you must accept, surely, that what he teaches in respect to the liturgy in some sense expresses the will of God.
But even as I write this, I see the fatal flaw in my logic, since if the Holy Ghost chose Frances, He also chose Benedict, and Benedict taught something very different about liturgy. So was the Holy Ghost in favour of a liturgical revival in 2005 but changed His mind in 2013? It seems to me that if Popes contradict one another and make sudden arbitrary changes of the kind that Francis has made in the past week, they imply that their predecessor was in error. Bluntly, his present Holiness's words and actions suggest that – in liturgical matters at least – he believes that Pope Benedict XVI was wrong. It seems to me that in so doing Francis undermines the authority of his Office.
The ultimate irony of this is that, uniquely, the former pope is alive to see what is happening. I can only imagine that it is the source of some grief to him. Perhaps he is even wondering if his abdication wasn't a mistake.
2) it reminds me of a conversation I had a while ago with someone about the solemnity of Mass. The quote above articulates what I couldn't in my own words.
3) Alii: try to keep in mind how many times The Pope himself has described himself/his actions as 'humble' versus the amount of times these have been called 'humble' by other people. Let's wait before we try to guess the Holy Father's motives.
4) Long tassels and phylacteries were not considered in themselves bad by Christ; rather, He criticized the scribes and Pharisees who preferred these things over love of God and fellow men.
The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual.
And so may it not exhibit something quite different from true humility? Who has not seen parish Masses whose casual manner of celebration brought this question to mind?
Russell Baker on "serious" vs. "solemn", from 1978.
Love C.S. Lewis. He would be one person I would loved to have known.
It does seem that there is such a promotion of socialist ideas today, the wealthy pitted against the have-nots, the resentment towards people and companies who are successful, the way corporations in the US are all making themselves less "formal", UPS = "Brown" (as in what can "Brown" do for you?), it's not McDonald's, it's "Mickey D's", JC Penney is now "JCP".
Charles Schwab is now "Chuck"! There is just this overall egalitarian promotion going on, and socialism, I'm NO authority, but this seems to be socialism's whole point, that nobody should be "UP there" while other people remain "down there". I really do think that is what is behind the liberal's giddiness over Pope Francis, they feel they have someone who will somehow end this "show" of authority and put a stop to this never-ending issuing of decrees and bulls and so on that dampens secular enthusiasm for living life the way they want to. Enough of this "infallibility" and jabberwocky. When you come down to our level, it will become clear we don't have to worry about your incessant reminders that we are on the fast track to…somewhere potentially unpleasant…and hopefully all the people will realize that they're ok we're ok and nobody has to concern themselves with commandments and other unnecessary rules for living. Then perhaps, we might hear what tickles our ears, that there really are no rules.
Don't think I had read this bit of CSL before, but it reminds me why I love his stuff. It's just perfect.
Excellent description of the modern "cult of casual". This used to be mainly an American thing, but sadly we have successfully exported our slapdash ways around the world. A sense of occasion, formality and decorum, appropriate (as in the worship of God), is not amiss.
Brilliant post. Many thanks Father to help us keep our eyes on the horizon.
Solemn is not the enemy of humble, nor is "inequality." There is a brief and grand visual of solemnity and inequality at the Vatican.
I can't get the link to work but it can be Googled : "The privilège du blanc and God's love for inequality". It's worth seeing the photos of the popes with royalty.
amont, can you provide a link to this "report of the verbal assault on the Papal M.C. " ? I had not heard about anything like this.
I hope that as Hank Igitur's priest friend says, that we give the new Holy Father some time. Some of the attacks on him as to his supposed liberalness seem hard to reconcile with the homilies of his that I have read.
"…a major-domo preceding the boar's head at a Christmas feast".
Indeed, and not to mention a head waiter resplendent in his dress-suit with cummerbund, gold cuff-links etc. etc. presiding over a top-class restaurant, with minions all equally well-dressed, where all will be done with due solemnity (solempnity, even) and decorum or somebody will pay for it. Because somebody is already paying a hell of a lot for it, and therefore expects (and deserves) no less. Even kids over here (and in the US also, I'm sure) put on the Ritz when going out on their graduation shindigs, because they want to mark the occasion as something special.
Yet somehow a lot of people (who have no problems themselves participating in the aforementioned customs of dress and manners) immediately start the screaming hib-jibs when they see Catholics giving due reverence to God with their best in solemn vesture and dignified ritual. You just know that the old standards "what about the poor" and "noble simplicity" are immediately going to be brought forward, as though we're suddenly transformed into Lazarus ignoring the poor man at the gate, or Pharisses broadening the phylacteries, the moment we produce even a pinch of incense or beautiful antique vestments.
It's such a disconnection, really. As for the "why not sell the Vatican art-treasures and give to the poor" bit, that is just such a semi-educated knee-jerk that it's no longer even worthy of response. Unfortunately, though, it's going to have to get some response time and time again because, like a dog returning to its vomit, our "well-educated" secular friends just can't get away from their treasured little nuggets of supposedly devastating critiques.
We must avoid seeing this in terms of secular politics and buying into the media's image of rupture and antithesis.
I'm sure Pope Benedict was well aware that someone very different from himself could/would be chosen. I'm sure that he worked through that before making the decision and is quite firm in what he decided. While he had no way of knowing that Bp. Bergoglio would be chosen, Benedict was very well aware of what he was doing as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, his liturgical style, and in the curial positions to which Benedict himself appointed him.
Papal infallibility applies to matters of faith, morals and doctrine. It does NOT apply to personal style or to liturgical practices. It's entirely possible that a Pope could set a bad example or make an error in something they choose to do – even in the liturgy – without casting doubt on the protection the Holy Spirit gives him concerning matters of faith. Also, while evaluating Pope Francis' choices in style and liturgy is perfectly fine and useful, it's incorrect and misguided to use these choices (correct or not) to portray some sort of rupture between the two popes. While on the surface it looks like pitting one Pope against his predecessor, in reality it's a way of attacking the Church.
Take a look at the video from Michael Voris that Fr. Z posted today. It explains this point very well.
Finally, this is all so much speculation. Does Pope Francis think that Benedict was wrong about his liturgical style and teachings? We don't know, Pope Francis hasn't commented on the matter. His changes don't necessarily indicate that he thought Benedict was wrong. Is Benedict disappointed with the election of Pope Francis? I think it's very unlikely, but I don't know any more than you do. Benedict hasn't commented on this, and I'm sure he never will.
Father Z, I have a question regarding this and Cardinal Mahoney's recent Twitter comments. My question has to do with humility, poverty, and the liturgy. His eminence seemed excited that papal liturgies were going to be more simple and humble so as to allow a true encounter with Jesus Christ. But what about our Eastern Rite Catholic brothers and sisters? Surely there are Catholics in the Ukraine, in India, in Syria, and other eastern regions with far less money than the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, but who have far more elaborate liturgies with all of the trappings his eminence seems to want to be rid of? Isn't this call for a return to "simplicity" in the liturgy, as if it were more "Catholic" to do so, a misunderstanding at best? Surely our eastern brothers and sisters would disagree.
I would say that a beautiful Mass, with all of the "trappings" of the east or west, is just as "Catholic" as any more simple Mass. The Mass is the Mass. There is a place for simplicity and a place for more elaboration. There are religious orders who do "simple" but with far more "trappings" than his eminence would seem to like. I'm trying to be as charitable as I can, but I find myself at odds with him on this. Am I way off on this?
Obedient to the hoc age? Am I the stupid kid today?
Typical Lewisian wisdom :) – if only God had given the CC Christians as wise as he was.
OTOH, rejection of pomp can well be evidence of "vanity or self-conceit". The quotation by that last poster is a tonic.


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Madison St. Rose will attend SJV next year. Now on the surface, you may say, there is nothing special about this …you'd be wrong, as in really wrong. Many talented young players have decided not to attend SJV over the years, why? Because they know Coach KARPELL makes only one promise. If you are good enough and work hard enough, you will play. There is no hinting of starting or playing time with a wink. If there's one thing Coach KARPELL has proven over the years…its this, NO ONE PLAYER IS BIGGER THAN HER PROGRAM. It's exactly why I believe Madison St. Rose choose SJV. She doesn't want anything given to her. Madison St. Rose believes in her game. She believes, she can earn her spot and time at SJV. She is a kid that wants to play with and against the best. She doesn't need promises, she knows SJV is stacked, but she also knows nobody on God's green earth prepares players for college like Coach KARPELL. It's this competitive nature that makes Madison so special. It's why she plays up on the u16 EYBL SPARKS TEAM. She relishes the competition and thrives in it. It's why one day she will be known as a SJV great.
Madison St . Rose has been given a gift. She may not know this yet as she is still young. Her gift is that she is a human Chameleon. She has the ability to fit into any setting. It's because despite being one of the best babies in the state, she is liked by all. There is no jealously that often surrounds great young players . The reason is simply, she is quite and approachable at the same time. There is no bragging or show boating. There is no talk about player rankings or who is the best..she just fits in and does as the romans due in Rome. One morning as we were driving to camp. A college coach called while she was in the car and her name came up. She heard the conversation and not once the rest of the week, did she ask me about it. It was a school trying to reach her to extend a offer. You see Madison St. Rose has bigger things to worry about…like just being a typical teenage girl, except with a special talent. She smiles when you tease her. She protects her twin brother with a passion, she doesn't know, I caught her looking for her brother all week at camp. Madison I LOVED THAT ABOUT YOU….DONT STOP BEING YOUR BROTHERS BIGGEST SUPPORTER. Madison's gift is not her basketball talent by a long shot…that's just the cherry on the top.


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I loved taking these family photos at Lake Powell. I took photos at this particular location once before and although it can be hard to talk around on the uneven ground it makes for beautiful photos. Lake Powell looks very blue next to the pink rocks and the sunset here was outstanding. It was really nice to meet this close family from Louisiana and take their photos here in Northern Arizona.


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Each time there is a cantonal election in Geneva I am pleased and astonished at the system. It works. Ballots are sent out on time and eligible citizens can vote by mail, electronically or in person. Like a reputable Swiss watch, everything worked again this time. There were only minor complaints of irregularities. (I am still traumatized from the 2000 Bush vs. Gore Florida recount.) All this confirms Switzerland's recognized position as an exemplary democracy.
As envisioned in the law, on May 31 in the Cathedral of St. Pierre, the seven Conseillers d'Etat of Geneva will take their oath. We assume the swearing-in ceremony will also work like Swiss clocks and watches.
Nonetheless, closer examination shows that following the election and before the swearing-in, the democratic process started to break down in two significant ways. The future Conseil d'Etat met several times to decide on the attribution of the departments and who will be the president. We know Switzerland has a long history of citizen participation in the legislative branch through checks and balances by referendums and initiatives, but the activities of the cantonal executive branch in these meetings showed a democratic deficit. The seven future members of the executive met behind closed doors; decisions were made about the future functioning of the Geneva government with only the interested parties present.
There are seven members of the Geneva executive because there are seven departments. When voting in the election, citizens were asked to select the candidates without any reference to which department the person would head if elected. In other words, we voted for individuals with no knowledge about which department the elected would lead. The law says that the elected officials decide among themselves. Really? With no citizen input? Is this direct democracy?
How many citizens voted for a candidate thinking that that person is eminently qualified for a specific job? How many Genevese voted for Micheline Spoerri or Isabel Rochat in previous elections thinking they might eventually head the Department of Security? How many people voted for Nathalie Fontanet this time hoping that she would not have to lead that department and suffer the same unfortunate fate as her predecessors?
Based on seniority, the Geneva elected officials chose among themselves the different department assignments. We, the citizens had no say. In the United States, not often cited these days as a democratic example, there is a democratic oversight by the Congress of major executive choices. The legislative branch must confirm the President's choices for ministers. In Geneva, as well as in the other cantons as well as at the federal level, citizens have no say about which official will head which department. Since the legislative branch also has no say, this system is not even indirectly democratic.
The second puzzling element of the election is the naming of the departments themselves. Once the seven Conseillers d'Etat were elected, they chose among themselves the various functions each department would have as well as the department's title. So the seven elected officials decided among themselves without checks and balances which departments they wanted to lead as well as the titles of and activities within each department.
Not only is this changing denomination process undemocratic since there is no consultation, it is also expensive in terms of changing offices and letterheads. Why in one legislature are economy and health in the same department and not in future legislatures? Are the designations and names and functions of departments solely up to the executive branch? Hello democracy!
Switzerland prides itself as an example of best democratic practices, the bastion of direct democracy. The above two elements in the electoral process appear to be fundamentally undemocratic with absolutely no checks and balances by citizens or other elected officials. The assumption is that those elected should have the freedom to make choices, a freedom which, to these democratic eyes, appears to be democratically deficient.
Not to mention the participation rate: a mere 35%.
Il fallait le dire. Merci !
Ce serait assez fastidieux de voter séparément pour chaque poste ministériel et il est tres probable que cela ferait encore baisser la participation électorale. Par contre, je ne serais pas contre l`introduction d`une période d`essai -mettons six mois- pour chaque ministere apres la formation du gouvernement. En ce moment, par exemple, il semble bien qu`il y ait un réel probleme Maudet mais, puisque celui-ci semble décidé a ne pas démissionner, ce probleme risque de devenir une casserole permanente pour le nouveau gouvernement genevois.
We compromise with an elite?
Liberalism requires progress from among those diasadvantaged, and I am not encouraged how today shows one leadership at war with progress in the name of the same people, Ending Balkanisation isn't enough, but neither apparently is inaction for whence then peace?


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Report from visits from Australia, Fiji, Kiribati to FFA last week
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 7-10 MARCH 2011: High level delegations from member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) - Australia, Fiji and Kiribati - visited the regional headquarters of the agency last week to tour the Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre and to discuss key fisheries issues.
Unfinished business remains as WCPFC ends
HAWAII, US, 10 DECEMBER 2010: As the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) annual meeting closed today, FFA members said there was unfinished business that the Commission needed to address next year. While FFA members made advances on some technical issues, there were no decisions made on the critical issues of overfishing of bigeye and yellowfin tuna, catch of whales and dolphins, and adequate severity of punishment for illegal fishing.
WCPFC Photos
This week the Annual Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is being held in Ko Olina, Hawaii. News on outcomes from the meeting will be released on 10 December 2010 (Hawaii time).
POLYNESIAN COUNTRIES SEEK TO PROTECT AND MAXIMISE BENEFITS FROM FISHERIES THROUGH CLOSE COOPERATION
Senior representatives of the Fisheries Administrations of Cook Islands, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau and Tonga have just concluded a successful round of cooperation talks in Auckland, building on the signature of TeVakaMoana Arrangement (TVMA), in January.
This release comes from the current Chair Mr Peter Graham, of the Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources.
Key fisheries meetings outcomes
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2010: The regional headquarters of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) hosted 2 key meetings last week – the Management Options Consultation to develop FFA positions for the WCPFC meeting and the Special Forum Fisheries Committee to approve these decisions.
New film 'Oceanic Guardians' launched today to celebrate Pacific Island success in establishing rules for fishing
A new film titled 'Oceanic Guardians' was launched today by the UNDP-GEF funded Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFMP) at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Committee meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
FFA & SPC assist consultative process for fisheries management & legal review
FUNAFUTI, TUVALU 12-21 OCTOBER 2010: The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the South Pacific Community (SPC) assist Tuvalu to hold stakeholder consultations and develop a National Tuna Fisheries Management and Development Plan this week.
Meetings that are being held at Funafuti week will progress a consultative process to upgrade Tuvalu's fisheries laws and develop a new tuna fisheries management and development plan.
Tuvalu launches 4-year roadmap for fisheries
FUNAFUTI, TUVALU, SEPTEMBER 2010: After months of discussion, consultation, and planning, Tuvalu launched a roadmap for how to strengthen its fisheries institutions, manage and develop its fisheries and coordinate activities of government.
FSM Minister says GEF support critical Pacific Islands manage 25 million sq km of ocean
MADANG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SEPTEMBER 2010: The Minister of Environment in the Federated States of Micronesia has made a strong and urgent statement to support the continuation of GEF funding for the Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project.
Outcomes from Ministerial Meetings about fisheries
MADANG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 7-8 JULY 2010: The Sixth Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting agreed on several strategic priorities for management and control of fishing. Australia, Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Niue, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Kingdom of Tonga and Tuvalu were represented at Ministerial level and four other members were represented by Senior Officials at the meeting.

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EU rejects Indian grapes
Contains lihocin, a growth regulator not regulated in India
By Nidhi Jamwal
Published: Monday 31 May 2010
Vineyard owners of Maharashtra who export grapes are worried. The Euro-pean Union rejected their table grape consignments in mid-April as they were found containing traces of chlormequat chloride, a plant growth regulator. The export of table grapes (these are consumed directly unlike grapes that go into wine making) was halted immediately. The farmers are facing losses of about Rs 300 crore, media reported.
"My son-in-law had exported two containers (30 tonnes) of table grapes worth Rs 20 lakh. The thekedar (export agent) informed him the entire produce has been rejected and no payment would be made," said Tukaram Nirgude Patil, a vineyard owner in Nashik.
Farmers pay for authority's lapse
The EU's maximum residue limit (mrl) for chlormequat chloride, commonly called lihocin, came into effect in 2000—0.05 mg/kg (or 0.05 ppm). But the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (apeda), under the Union Ministry of Commerce, did not include it in its list of chemicals and pesticides to be screened in export quality grapes. The list is revised every year and the latest one of January 13 mentioned 99 chemicals. There is no mention of lihocin in it. apeda general manager, R K Boyal, declined to comment.
"Use of chlormequat chloride is not regulated in India and there are no national studies to determine its safe limit. But EU regulates its use and has prescribed its permissible limit which the Indian government realized only after some consignments were rejected," said P D Hendre of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, an agricultural research institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (icar).
Lihocin is recommended for grapes in India as it helps protect fruit buds. It is supposed to be sprayed 45 days after pruning in October; some farmers use it excessively and much later than October leaving high level residues, said Hendre.
India is a major exporter of table grapes and Maharashtra grows 80 per cent of it. In 2008-09, the country exported 124,627 tonnes of grapes, of which 40,000 tonnes were exported to EU. Indian grapes arrive in the European supermarkets between March 15 and May 15 and are randomly tested for banned pesticides and chemicals.
The European Food Safety Authority (efsa) that investigated the exported grapes said use of lihocin is not allowed in EU and no maximum limit has been specified. So, the lower limit of quantification of 0.05 mg/kg became applicable. "The efsa calculated the acute threshold limit for chlormequat chloride residue at 1.06 mg/kg," said Ian Polambi, authority spokesperson.
Use of lihocin is not regulated in India and there are no national studies to determine its safe limit. But EU regulates its use and has prescribed its permissible limit
— P D Hendre, horiticulture department, Krishi Vigyan Kendra
The efsa informed the European Commission on April 23 that consuming grapes with an mrl of 1.06 mg/kg "is not likely to pose short-term risk for public health". But it also said that "if children were to eat, at one time, a large amount of grapes containing lihocin at levels above 1.06 mg/kg, health risks could not be excluded".
The commerce ministry is trying to resolve the matter by arguing that the grape consignments are safe for consumption as lihocin residue in them is within the 1.06 mg/kg threshold limit of efsa. "The Indian Ambassador in the EU met the European Commission on this issue on April 20. Regular contacts at the working level are taking place," said Frederic Vincent of the Directorate General for Health and Consumers at Brussels. But it is still not clear if the EU member countries are accepting the grape consignments.
The Indian government is in denial mode. "There is no question of rejection of Indian grapes by EU. We are regularly conducting the required chemical/ pesticide testing on grapes," said P G Adsule of the National Research Centre for Grapes at Pune, the referral laboratory of icar for setting monitoring guidelines and mrl for grapes.
While farmers said their consignments have been rejected, grape own-ers' associations played down the incident. "The EU has merely asked for clarifications which are being provided by the commerce ministry. There is no serious problem," said Sopan Kanchan of Maharashtra Grapes Growers Co-op Society in Pune.
This is not the first time Indian produce has been rejected. In 2003, the European Commission issued 17 rapid alert notifications saying high levels of pesticide residues were found in Indian grapes.
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What is Intramurs?
Portada » What is Intramurs?
Intramurs, for artistic experimentation in the Mediterranean.
It is a project for the promotion of all contemporary arts that is located within the area that the old walls of Valencia delimited.
INTRAMURS is positioned as a reference for the most avant-garde artistic proposals, to be the place to experiment with risky and participative projects. An essential event for artists with pioneering proposals, a showcase for new artistic behaviors, where disciplines merge and complement each other. An expanding project that hybridizes diverse management / production formulas to innovate in the arts and culture, where we develop strategic and communication processes that foster social responsibility in the company and citizen participation.
During all our editions the intention has always been that the artistic manifestations maintain the specific character and are thought to intervene in the public, giving priority to the interaction in front of other types of more passive samples where the public is a mere spectator. Intramurs is the reference festival for public art, where the framework for the works is the street and the attending public who ends up completing the artistic proposals.
Intramurs, which reached its fifth edition in 2018, is a consolidated project of a group of Valencian artists who came together to create, with the support and collaboration of the merchants of the historic center, an artistic appointment based on three fundamental premises: gratuity, innovation and interest of the proposals. Its scope of action is limited to the territorial framework of Ciutat Vella de València, promoting interventions of public art in its streets and squares, and temporarily activating space in disuse in scenarios for the arts.
Last year the project started a new stage, also organizing in April the "Trobada d'Artistes per la Llibertat d'Expresió" in Ibiza while we keep maintaining the annual call for Valencia. In this new era, the denomination becomes "Intramurs, per l'experimentació arte al Mediterrani", to put the emphasis on the always innovative character of the project and the desire to influence various cities in our geographical area, facilitating in this way the mobility of artists and productions.
Intramurs is unique in its format, a pioneer for its interdisciplinarity and transversality, generating in each edition:
New experiences and emotions for all who participate, whether public or artist.
New spaces of relationship, activating empty lots, streets and squares of the city for ephemeral urban activities or as temporary situations for the living arts.
Innovation and creativity among the economic and social sectors.
Recovery of our origins, linking them to the new global reality of a multicultural nature.
Cultural connections with different Mediterranean cities.
A focus of multidisciplinary artistic attraction that improves the image of Valencia as a cultural destination.
Social fabric through the promotion of artists and local groups to which we put in contact with our guest artists.
An interdisciplinary approach between the arts, which translates into the process of creating new audiences.


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