Ever since Aaron Russo passed away, I have always urged people to understand the difference between a Republic and a Democracry. This short video, which brings Roman history into account, explains nicely. I like it a lot:

http://www.flixxy.com/political-systems.htm

Most people don’t realize that the majority of “democracies” in the world are actually oligarchies, which means rule by a leader and a group of a powerful few behind him/her. It has always been this way. In ancient China, the Emperor had several strong families to contend with that controlled many matters. In Persia (go read about the foundations of the Persian dynasties) it was the same. Same for Rome and so forth.

Go to the Philippines, Indonesia, and South America in our modern times and in country after country (as Confessions of an Economic Hit Man pointed out) you’ll find a few rich, strong, powerful families who have their hand in most of the wealth creation and money flows of that state. Nothing significant happens without their involvement, ie.  ”take.”

It’s always been that way. Hence the talk of the CFR, Bilderbergers, Council of 300 and so on. Ex-President Clinton knew of this (CFR) and used it as part of his ascension. Obama needs their support so his advisors and officials are all part of this group of “keep the status quo for the most part”, a group which does not want any of its members to lose money/fail even at the expense of the public (and so they may topple the whole house of cards as they blindly try to stick to that, paradoxically having urged Japan during its lost decade to do exactly what they now refuse  to do).

Only the ignorant refuse to believe that powerful people do not get together and try to promote their interests. The problem is, do they have wisdom and compassion for the well being of the common folk? Russo, in his talks with Rockefeller, argues no. In my book on Kuan Tzu, I show how one can become leader of this group and how one should act to become such a leader or single most important person in the country, but emphasize the principle of virtue and compassion as opposed to Machiavellian and Sun Tzu type principles. Then one can become a political savior of a nation.  Other principles inevitably lead to destruction – note the present as a perfect illustration of the the typical way things play out, and the video points out this is typical as well.

A few parties jostling for power – note the oligarchs of Russia – it has always been this way. The Morgans, Rockefellers, Rothschilds and so forth at the turn of the century are just another example. In fact, it probably SHOULD be this way IF that set of individuals has culture, learning and wants what’s best for the people. They also need good advisors, otherwise without moral remonstration they tend to grab too much.

The written history of China  shows this and the fact that we all need good advisors that offer a moral conscience, otherwise in pursuit of power and money we tend to trespass. The Nestle debacle on mother’s milk is one such example. The extremes of several Roman Emperors in raping the wives of nobles or of Michael Jackson (if you are super rich and thus free of most backlash, who will you respect and listen to to make sure you don’t go too far in self-destruction?) When the mentality of asuras abounds, destruction results in the economic, political and most of all cultural field. Today the leaders, for the most part, are all interested in more power, money and control. TV shows the decline in the cultural arena due to asura-type reasoning. The economy – you see what happens when one does not store money among the people but tries to suck it out.

In Chinese history, as an example again, perhaps only five or six Prime Ministers (Chuko Liang, Kuan Tzu and a few others) really cared about the people. That’s all – in the long history of thousands of years, only a handful fit the bill. So Cheney and Rumsfeld –  sorry, don’t kid yourself … they are perfect examples of individuals who do NOT truly understand how to help the masses and make a nation strong, though they think they do. The ear of ministers today is lent to corporate and banking interests, thinking those are the interests of the people because it makes more money for the country.

Too much to say. No ears to listen. Or ears that have no power, or ears with power that will not or cannot act.

One weeps for the  country because in restoring Republican principles it can aright itself, but the restoration will not be done because vested interests - people with money and  power – will not voluntarily give up the little bit extra they have to set the whole system aright. When they sacrifice it, it’s a even playing field (hence no loss) and the money machine is also then preserved for their own best interests, but asuras don’t think that way. They want to cut down the forest of ALL trees to get the cash immediately, and then walk away and try to find some other place to take control of. That is why there are three targets that are preoccupying their attention as untapped: China, India and Russia.

My prediction? Within a few decades the US will split into several nations — two or three with the West coast splitting off as one of them. Not because of anything I do or say, but because of the federal government and its over-extensions and wrong policies. This is a horrific,  terrible fate for a country with no natural enemeies due to its wonderful geographical location, but who creates them all the time because of its actions that profits these interests.

Terrorists? nonsense. Replace the word with “criminals” and then you see we spend too much time and money blowing things out of proportion. Think of them as “criminals” and then sanity will return to the country, but keep using the word “terrorists” to scae people and you can justify all sorts of excesses, infringements and extremes as Bush did. Idiotic policy, and the destruction of the national fabric, fiber and culture.

Already the excessive intrusion of the Federal government is provoking responses by states , and in Britian ex-Ministers are warning that things have gone too far. History shows that they will continue to go too far and then break, and then the powers that be will wonder what happened even though, like the reckonging of the banking crisis we all warned about, it is perfectly obvious.  

A man weeps for his country. I have no voice, there is nothing I can do.

Several points I warned about:

1. Control of water by non-government entities. They do NOT care about the public good, but profits. Profit seeking in this case is at odds with the public good. The current economic crisis is exactly because Washington stopped considering “national interests” and started listening to corporate and banking interests instead. The two are EXTREMELY different.

Profit seeking ventures will do almost anything to make more money, and it’s government’s job to regulate them to keep this in check and in line with the national good. Otherwise, see what happened … if instead of keeping the loans I make I sell them instead, then I will eventually have an incentive to make lots of bad loans I can sell because collection and default will be someone else’s problem. Exactly what happened – Common Sense 101.

The problem proliferates from this point onwards. Rating agenices will eventually continue to say “all is well,” and if you are in charge of investments and warn your firm not to buy these loans while everyone else is, you will likely lose your job. So the problem proliferates due to lack of ethics and common sense.

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/02/25

2. You cannot “stimulate” jobs where there are none – you need to recreate the manufacturing sector and it will take 30 years of policies to do so, especially since we are a high cost environment that cannot compete due to labor costs and health care costs. Rejuvenating the industrial sector is the only thing that will restore national prosperity to our peak of supremacy because the jobs that have left US shores are not going to come back – we’re too expensive. Two things can help. Tax incentives for manufacturing at home, and also a revamping of liability laws to encourage production of products that otherwise would not be made here. Too manyproducts are not made because of liability laws. Sorry, but liability has to be rethought.

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article9109.html

3. The long term cycles do show the stock market rebounding late this year into late 2010, and the dropping from then on into late 2014/early 2015. Here’s a video I made of the current short term seasonality of the stock market calling for a low right about now or in mid-April. Options traders use to your advantage. I’ll release this software sometime soon so you can analyze any market by western and lunar seasonals, by political conditions, by economic conditions, by trend following, by cycles and that’s about it.

http://www.screencast.com/users/wbodri/folders/Jing/media/14d55f26-9769-4a99-99de-349f42a649f3

( http://www.screencast.com/t/Fueshusm )

I’ve tried hundreds of supplements, herbs, and all sorts of concoctions over the years. So has my teacher – his were primarily Chinese formulas and many at that. Our joint conclusion is that NONE can help you increase your level of cultivation in the sense that eating the right supplements will help you build your muscles. You just have to meditate.

However, I have discovered that the Taoists were right — there is a big benefit to reducing the level of germs and viruses in the body, and candida too. I wrote about the modern Taoist approach in http://www.meditationexpert.com/stubborninfections.html

What I’d like to do is add a simple Candida protocol. Ready?

Candisol right before bedtime and immediately upon waking up.

If that’s not enough, add Oregacillin, Physicians strength. And if not enough, www.PurestColloids.com colloidal silver.

If you’ve had Candida for a while and tried everything, then do this for one month priori: SeaCure to help heal the intestinal lining (leaky gut) and Beach Wood Canyon brand PC 1-2-3 to help change the gut chemistry. Dr. Ohira’s probiotic is helpful at this time but optional.

That’s it. For simplicity sake, Candisol + Oregacillin is just fine.

The result after a minor die off reaction is reduced Candida load, and a clearer mind. That clarity (because you’re not fighting the toxins given off by those organisms or their chi) will help you in your meditation efforts. It won’t help improve your meditation so-to-speak, but will provide clarity of mind that will help you with vipassana.

As for detoxing the body, yes the same old story (I do this every year):
Nature’s Pure Body
+ nattokinase
+ Vitalzym

Alright, one last review.

Only if you practice the skeleton meditation, mantra and practice merit-making can you, by using tantra, open up the heart chakra using the Vairocana-Zhunti tantra I taught you.

If you open up the heart chakra, you can pass through the conception skandha. Prior to that, you develp the thought born body when you pass through the sensation skandha. If you pass through the volition skandha, you’ll be able to see the root chakra source of life chi which is connected to the tree of life. If you break through the consciousness skandha, you’ll reach a stage of non-production.

If you keep cultivating the body after you pass through the skandhas, you’ll open up and start the River Chariot Rotation. If you keep cultivating, at that point various enlightened beings will come to help you if your vows and merit and behavior are good enough. They’ll test you severely.

With their help, you’ll reach a stage where you no longer cultivate the chakras or chi channels — the body is transformed in such a way as they no longer seem to exist. What do you then cultivate now?

Prajna wisdom and samadhi.

The method to use is prajna or anapana to cultivate prajna. So from now on I don’t want to talk about anything except prajna and real cutlviation. For gong-fu we’re finished. For prajna you have to read the Buddhist sutras or Nagarjuna.

Remember, ALL religions have the dhyana, the four dhayna. The Bible has prophets who cultivated dhyana. Christianity has saints who cultivated dhyana. Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, the Greeks, etc. etc. all have saints and sages who cultivated dhyana. Only Buddhism has prajna wisdom — you don’t cling to dhyana and you don’t cling to emptiness, you don’t cling to conventional existence nor to empty mind. Nagarjuna, who is considered the “second Buddha” (most people don’t know this) explained this best. But dhyana is what most people should cultivate to help attain prajna.

So from now on I’m switching modes as I’ve given enough gong-fu revelations to last a lifetime, and most of it has never been published nor revealed. Soon I’ll be offering monthly lessons on How to Meditate, Tantra, etc. on the website, so that’s where I’m putting my efforts now.

Frank Key told me that two doctors (Dr. John Coombs of Ottawa Canada and Dr. Luke Lentz of Florida) independently came up with the exact same protocol for Lyme disease :

2 ounces of Purest Colloids Colloidal Silver, 4 times a day, for 3 months

Thought you should know.