Pigs have 'evolved to love mud'

Pigs have 'evolved to love mud'

By Victoria Gill Science and nature reporter, BBC News  It is a true picture of contentment, and now a scientist is suggesting that a pig's love of mud is more than just a way to keep cool. A researcher in the Netherlands has looked at wallowing behaviour in pigs' wild relatives to find out more about what motivates the animals to luxuriate in sludge. His conclusions suggest that wallowing is vital for the animals' well-being. The study is published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science. It is already well accepted that pigs use wallows to keep cool. The animals do not have normal sweat glands, so they are unable, otherwise, to regulate their body temperature. Liking shallow water could have been a point in the evolution of whales from land-dwelling mammals  Marc Bracke Wageningen University The scientist who carried out the study, Marc Bracke from Wageningen University and Research Centre, trawled the scientific literature for evidence of what motivates other animals to carry out similar behaviours. He examined closely related "wallowers", including hippos, which spend their time in water to keep cool. Dr Bracke also looked at other hoofed animals, such as deer. Although these animals do not wallow, they roll on the ground in order to "scent mark", which has an important role in attracting a mate. That analysis has led Dr Bracke to propose that mud wallowing, like rolling, could play a role in reproduction in pigs. But more fundamentally, Dr Bracke suggests the behaviour could have evolved in pigs' most ancient relatives. Pigs are related to water-loving hippos "We all evolved from fish, so it could be that this motivation to be in water could be something that was preserved in animals that are able to do so." For many animals, this would be too dangerous, because watering holes are ideal places for predators to ambush their prey. "But pigs, like many carnivores, are relatively large animals with enlarged canine teeth, so they would be better able to fend off an attack." So rather than pigs needing to cool down in mud because they do not have [functional] sweat glands, Dr Bracke thinks that they "did not evolve functional sweat glands like other ungulates because they liked wallowing so much". Part whale? "Pigs are genetically related to particularly water-loving animals such as hippos and whales," Dr Bracke said. He explained: "It seems to me that this preference to be in shallow water could have been a turning point in the evolution of whales from land-dwelling mammals." He concludes that the desire to wallow is probably hardwired and rewarding in itself. "If so, wallowing could be an important element of a good life in pigs," said Dr Bracke.

Creating My Day

Creating my Day

I am taking this time to create my day and I am infecting the Quantum Field. Now, if it is a fact, that the observers watching me the whole time I am doing this, and there is this spiritual aspect to myself, then show me a sign today that you paid attention to anyone of these things that I created. Bring them to me in a way that I will not expect, so I am surprised at my ability to be able to experience these things and make it so I have NO DOUBT that it has come from YOU. And so, I live my life all day long thinking about being a genius, and as I do that, during parts of the day, I will have thoughts that are so amazing that cause a chill in my physical body that have come from Nowhere .......

(Joe Dispensa)

What the Bleep

How to Summon Fairies

How To Summon The Fairies

Collect some  Dew from the Flowers new,

Then place it on your eyelids.

Sit very quietly on a nearby rock so they all can find you.

Then Cross your toes and pinch your nose .

Take some  time to Chase all your woes.

Stick your fingers in your ears.

Say I believe in Faeries.

Then wish real hard on a lucky stone, and

Feel them all surround you?

©Rebecca DiNolfi

Better known by the Faeries as:

My Lady Becky Fire Elfshimmer

VIBRONIC SOUNDS PART 34 Equinox Equilibrium BY JONATHAN GOLDMAN

♪♫♥A Spiritual Conspiracy by Brian Piergrossi (From the book "The Big G...

A Spiritual Conspiracy

A Spiritual Conspiracy

 On the surface of the world right now there is

war and violence and things seem dark.

But calmly and quietly, at the same time,

something else is happening underground.

An inner revolution is taking place

and certain individuals are being called to a higher light.

It is a silent revolution.

From the inside out.

From the ground up.

This is a Global operation.

A Spiritual Conspiracy.

There are sleeper cells in every nation on the planet.

You won't see us on the T.V.

You won't read about us in the newspaper

You won't hear about us on the radio

We don't seek any glory

We don't wear any uniform

We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles

Most of us work anonymously

We are quietly working behind the scenes

in every country and culture of the world

Cities big and small, mountains and valleys,

in farms and villages, tribes and remote islands

You could pass by one of us on the street and not eve n notice

We go undercover

We remain behind the scenes.

It is of no concern to us

who takes the final credit

But simply that the work gets done.

Occasionally we spot each other in the street

We give a quiet nod and continue on our way

During the day many of us pretend we have normal jobs

But behind the false storefront at night

is where the real work takes a place

Some call us the Conscious Army

We are slowly creating a new world

with the power of our minds and hearts

We follow, with passion and joy

Our orders come from the Central Spiritual Intelligence

We are dropping soft, secret love bombs when no one is looking

Poems ~ Hugs ~ Music ~ Photography ~ Movies ~ Kind words

~Smiles ~ Meditation and prayer ~ Dance ~ Social activism ~

Websites,Blogs ~ Random acts of kindness...

We each express ourselves in our own unique ways

with our own unique gifts and talents.

"Be the change you want to see in the world"

That is the motto that fills our hearts.

We know it is the only way real transformation takes place

We know that quietly and humbly we have the

power of all the oceans combined.

Our work is slow and meticulous

Like the formation of mountains

It is not even visible at first glance

And yet with it entire tectonic plates

shall be moved in the centuries to come

Love is the new religion of the 21st century.

You don't have to be a highly educated person

Or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it

It comes from the intelligence of the heart

Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Nobody else can do it for you.

We are now recruiting.

Perhaps you will join us Or already have.

All are welcome

The door is open.

Author, Brian Piergrossi

Dowsing

A BRIEF HISTORY OF DOWSING

By Don Nolan

Cave drawings were found in Spain dating back to the cro-magnum era or 40-50,000 years ago showing dowsing being used at that time. Some cave drawings were also found in Iraq depicting dowsing, some 8,000 years old. In King Tuts pyramid dowsing tools were found. There are two famous wood cuts showing dowsing being done. One is from China in 2000 BC and the other from England in 1530 showing miners looking for ore deposits.

Queen Elizabeth the 1st, of England, had German miners come to England to teach dowsing to their miners, to enable them to find mines and ore deposits they needed. Around 1630 in France there was a famous murder case of a wine merchant and his wife. The police asked a dowser for help. He tracked the man involved in the case with dowsing tools and helped solve the case. Dowsers during the 15th and 16th century were thought by some to be witches or the devil. This was brought on by churches and Martin Luther who said "that this was the work of the devil". It is known that Martin Luther's father was a miner who may have been a dowser or worked with many miners who were dowsers during this time. Many of the dowsers themselves treated their craft with such superstition and mystery that it is not hard to believe that some would think of them as evil doers. Some of their procedures for doing their work were very strange. Some examples are a stick that was used had to be cut from a certain tree on a particular day from a branch facing a definite direction. It could only be used if it was soaked in salt and could only be used once. The dowser to be successful had to were one sock of a specified color. The dowsers were called water witches. This is because many of them felt that they had to use a branch from the Witch Hazel Tree to succeed in finding water.

Dr. Karl Berg, Arch-Bishop of Salzburg, Austria in a Decree of 1942, said "If a Christian wants to do Gods will and protects himself with prayers when doing radiaesthesic works (dowsing) and use his or her instruments only in a helping way based on love, when examining houses, and finding water, then this work is blessed by the church. This helped take away the devil and witch names the dowsers were called for many years. Dowsing is known by many names through out the world. Some are divination, divining, dowsing and radiesthesia, and geobiological to name a few. Divination and divining is mentioned in the bible many times. The rod, wand or scepter is mentioned, All are tools of divination or dowsing. The word dowser could be a mix of words from different languages. Englands Henry the VIII hired a treasure finder named George Dowser who was successful and the name stuck. Many consider dowsing a sixth sense that was given to early man to survive as a species in a very hostile environment so that he could find water, food and shelter and other things necessary for survival. Dowsing is a normal sensory perception available to birds, fish, animals and man. Salmon use it to find their way back to their birthplace to spawn. The swallows use it to go south or north to return to the Mission Capistrono every year. Bees find their way back to the hive after flying from flower to flower over a distance of 2 miles or more. The monarch butterfly returns to the same tree in Santa Cruz, California from South America, three generations later. Thousands of lost cats and dogs have crossed the country to reunite with their owners. People use this sensory perception all of the time, without words or actions. We sense if we are welcome or unwelcome as we enter a room. Mothers know when a child is in trouble or making trouble. Many of us at numerous times knew who was on the phone before we answered it, or who was at the door before opening it. We all have sensed good or bad feelings about a person or situation and our feeling were proved true. In modern times dowsing is used for hundreds of things other than finding water. The U.S. military had a dowser teach the marines how to find land mines and underground tunnels of the Viet Cong. Vernon Cameron, a dowser, told Navy officials, where all the U.S. and other submarines were located by map dowsing. They would not confirm or deny his findings, but a few years later he was denied a passport because he was considered a security risk. Many countries and corporations hire dowsers to find water, gas, oil minerals and etc. Some of the famous dowsers in history: Leonardo De Vinci, Robert Boyle (father of modern chemistry), Charles Richet (nobel prize winner), Albert Einstein, General Rommel of the German Army, and General Patton (U.S. Army). General Patton had a complete willow tree flown to Morocco so that a dowser could use branches from it to find water to replace the wells the German Army had blown up.

The British army used dowsers on the Falkland Island to remove mines. Some Supporters of Dowsing: The Encyclopedia Britannica The American Academy of Science The Academy of Sciences of Paris. The Canadian Ministry of Agriculture The British Academy of Science. The British Army The Smithsonian Institution. The U.S. Marines The former Soviet Union The Government of the Netherlands

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration Many private and public utilities workers throughout the world Well over 300 items are used as dowsing instruments. Many people can use their own body as a tool to dowse. The four most common tools used today are the Y Rod (a forked stick), the L Rod (a rod bent in the shape of the letter L), the Bobber (a long slender tapered stick), and the Pendulum, (a weight that is attached to a string or chain) or variations of all of these.

I hope this information will help to shed some light on this fascinating subject, if you would like to learn more about Dowsing, I would suggest reading "The Divining Hand by Christopher Bird, "The Divining Mind by T. Edward Ross and Richard Wright.

Don Nolan has 15 years experience as a dowser, and is the founder and past president of the Heart of Wisconsin Dowsers. He specializes in Earth Energy work, which is the elimination of harmful noxious energies or geo-pathetic stress. Proficient at locating electro-magnetic and other negative energies that can be detrimental to your health, water sources for wells, ponds and lost or buried items. Don is a consultant, instructor and speaker.

IN THE INFINITY OF LIFE

In the infinity of life where I am,

all is perfect, whole, and complete.

Each one of us, myself included, experiences the richness and fullness of life in ways that are meaningful to us.

I now look at the past with love and choose to learn from my old experiences.

There is no right or wrong, nor good or bad.

There is only the experience of the moment.

I love myself for being myself through this past into this present moment.

I share what and who I am,

for I know we are all one in Spirit.

All is well in my world.

GREAT TIPS TO LIVE BY

GREAT TIPS TO LIVE BY

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day, if you are able. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. When you wake up in the morning, complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to ______ today.'

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured.

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli , almonds & walnuts.

6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

7. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive, present moment.

8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

9. Life is fair and good.

10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

11. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

12. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

13. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

14. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In one year, will this matter?'

17. Forgive everyone for everything.

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. GOD heals everything.

20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

21. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch!!!

22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

23. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:
I am thankful for __________. 
Today I accomplished _________.

24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed

Regrets

Regrets

     My girlfriend Susan just called me . She was on her way to see a little pig that was hit by a car get operated on. We talked a while and somehow the subject of regrets came up.

She said  I should write about it so here I am at my computer searching for some regrets to write about.

     What is a regret? My definition of a regret is something you might have done that you are feeling sorry for now.

 I'm trying my best to remember any regrets I might have, but I can 't think of even one .

      The reason I know I do not have any regrets is because I have come to a time in my life on this earth where I have the realization that everything happens for a reason .       What that reason might be may not be apparent at this particular time, but there will be some day when we have that ah ha moment and we just know. You might say we get it.

     I also don't have any regrets because if I were to go back and change anything in my past I know I would not be the person I have become today.  It is almost like going back in a time machine and changing the past. If the past is somehow changed the future would not be the same. I would not be here writing this to you and you would not be here reading it.

     Who knows what might have transpired and what time line I would have taken. I also believe in parallel lives  so where would I have been today if I had not left my first husband and married my second one? What would I have been doing if I had not had my heart attacks? Would I have become a pig parent and gone into the healing field?  Would I have been able to find the courage to do what I did and go where I went had it not been for a pig that captured my heart and the heart of others?

     What would I have been doing if I had given in to the panic attacks that I was having after my near death experience? What if my attitude was like so many others that just give up on their lives just because something happened that made it tougher?

     Regrets No I have no regrets I have a full wonderful life because I used my life to help others and that is the secret . Find something that makes you passionate and run with it.

     Keep kicking yourself out of bed every morning no matter how bad you might feel. Find something that makes your life  meaningful .

Go to a nursing home and read to the patients, make lap blankets, write a letter for someone that can't write anymore.

Call a friend and make them laugh, Do anything you can to take your mind off your own problems and they won't seem so big. Whittle them down by doing good things whenever you can.

     So maybe there were regrets at some time in my life but I'll be dammed if I can recall them now.  I have too much good to think about. Now is my time to shine and I intend to shine on with all my heart and soul. With No Regrets..