Holding the Vision and Intention for a world to work Together

The Tenth Insight....Holding the Vision

The Tenth Insight is the realization that throughout history human beings have been unconsciously struggling to implement this lived spirituality on Earth. Each of us comes here on assignment, and as we pull this understanding into consciousness, we can remember a fuller birth vision of what we wanted to accomplish with our lives. Further we can remember a common world vision of how we will all work together to create a new spiritual culture. We know that our challenge is to hold this vision with intention and prayer everyday.

The Death Card

Rebirth

As 2012 is rapidly coming to a close and 2013 just around the corner, bringing with it new and exciting possibilities. Holding the vision for the world as we transform into higher levels of understanding. That being said, there are always to side to the coin, which side have you chosen in the past? Are you ready to embrace the goodness around you? Are you ready to for a Rebirth? 

Our struggle with letting go of old stuff can be very intimidating for most people. Whether it is physical stuff, emotional stuff or with a relationship that has gone past its “expiration date”. 

As all the major systems in America and around the world are failing, we can choose to despair, or we can embrace letting go of the old and gracefully allow our transformation to take place. Bringing with it the dawning of a new day, new possibilities or ideas we perhaps would not have explored. 

Congress is a perfect example of holding to the old, when as a country, the “Old” is no longer serving us as a whole. Looking at how we got here is important, so we can change direction and release what doesn’t work any more. The problem can not be fixed by the continuing to use the same old concepts. This applies to our personal life as well. 

A very fitting quote from Joseph Campbell, author of A Hero with A Thousand Faces. “The familiar life horizon has been outgrown; the old concepts, ideals, and emotional patterns no longer fit; the time for the passing of a threshold is at hand.”

Many of us have been on a spiritual journey for many years, others are just beginning.

No matter where you are on your path, you have the freedom of choice at any time to become more conscious. You have the freedom to change your thoughts, beliefs,or even diet, right now, for the betterment of yourself and the global good. 

You have the power to release the familiar, possibly unhealthy self, to welcome and invite the change in, Now.

Show up as your best self in the game of life. 

This last year has been one of challenge for many of us, with the last few months being very intense. I myself as many have been facing my past, going through a life review. Seeing perhaps where I have been hurt or hurt others. Forgiving them and my self. This has been a time of deep inner work for me, and I haven’t always liked what I see. I know to glide into a more aware and promising future, it is best for me to be awake and present, rather than holding onto the past or things that just don’t work any more. 

The time has come that we who hold the torch for the future, must hold it high for all to see. Those who are able to see the torch will follow and perhaps light their own. Those who don’t will continue on the road of desolation, spinning on the hamster wheel of life. 

We have chosen this time to be here on this planet. Many of us a torch bearers. Shine your torch now!

Cynthia Fontaine

A Critical Mass

1st Insight Critical Mass

10 of Swords

This is from an assignment from my Mentor, Teacher and Currendera Althea Gray(www.altheagray.com). The assignment was to take the First Insight from the Celestine Prophecy and a tarot card she pick for me. My card was the 10 of swords. 

This was my insight:

  THE FIRST INSIGHT . . . A CRITICAL MASS

A new spiritual awakening is occurring in human culture, an awakening brought about by a critical mass of individuals who experience their lives as a spiritual unfolding, a journey in which we are led forward by mysterious coincidences.

Reflecting further on the 1st insight and what it means to me through the 10 of swords, as I listened to the other cards others were getting, the feeling of “why do I always get the worst card” why does everyone else get the “good” cards! Talk about feeling like the world is picking on me. 

Martyr....

Though I have been through an awful lot, I still somehow keep going and keep going to take what I have been through and hopefully inspire others. 

Also, I have had to be tough since I was a kid, to mentally and spiritually survive! So of course 1 sword wouldn’t kill me, try 10!! This brings back a memory of when I was in High School. I grew up in a neighborhood of all boys. So, if I wanted to play I had to play with the boys. Well we used to play tackle football and I would never let a boy beat me! I held the record of 11 guys on me to finally take me down and tackle me! None of them could believe it. I was a legend! So 1 sword? Ha! 

As we are entering a new and exciting time on planet Earth, the "Critical Mass" is being to awaken. Despite or perhaps because of the "Swords" in our backs. We now have the power to choose to stay on the ground defeated, with the swords of life in our back, or we can get up, knowing even 100 swords won't keep you down. Every part of your journey is a spiritual unfolding, the stress, the blessings, the fear, the joy, all of it. Embrace it all! Look for the gifts in them. Let spirit guide you to the wonderful, mysterious coincidences in your life. They may bring you to a place of such wonder, you may have never reached otherwise.

Wishing for you a Blessed Holiday Season

Cynthia

Shift in focus 2012: Learning from Nature

Shift in focus 2012: Learning from Nature: Today I had the one of the most interesting moments of enlightenment...from 2 Ants. Yes, you read that correctly 2 Ants! I was observing 2 a...

Learning from Nature

Today I had the one of the most interesting moments of enlightenment...from 2 Ants. Yes, you read that correctly 2 Ants! I was observing 2 ants that happen to be on my bathroom wall, they both seemed on some sort of mission. As one was traveling up the wall, the other down, I waited to see if they would somehow communicate with each other as they approach the other more closely. The 2 collided. One sped up it's pace immediately after the collision and now seemed to be running in the same direction it originally was traveling in. The other stopped moving completely for at least 5 seconds, before turning in the opposite direction of which it had been traveling and now seemed disoriented, going in circles. It took what seemed like over 2 minutes for it to get back on course.
At that moment of observation I had an epiphany. How many of us are heading in one direction and encounter a road block, most likely all of us, and do exactly what the ant who went in circles did? The lesson from the ants is, now that you have encountered the road block what do you do next. Both chose differently. One ant now running(if ants run) continuing faster in the same direction with not a second of hesitation. The other stopped completely, seemingly stunned. Then couldn't seem to find a direction.
It is so easy for us to become distracted or get dis-railed from our focus. Sometimes that pause and change of direction is a positive thing. Even going in circles before you get back on track can serve a purpose, as long as you chose to get moving again. When we continue to allow the distractions to dictate our life, to send us in constant circles, we are unable to gain the forward momentum allowing us to do the things we want in this lifetime. The things that really matter.
Remember, YOU are the writer of your life story.
By choosing to create you life by living in the now.

The Shift of Power

Ahhh....here we are just 2 and 1/2 short months from December 2012. The shifting is very much underway. We are seeing it around the world. This is a time for us to awaken and embrace our true self. Very often hidden by drama, alcohol, over eating, working all hours of the day or night and never allowing that true loving soul, that you came here with, to be seen and experienced.
So many at this time say they feel "abandoned" or alone. We have never been abandoned or alone. Very often it is because each has chosen to abandon that small child, who was hurt in some way, by the adults around them. We move forward in our lives growing up and as adults with that little child still somehow locked inside, just wanting to be loved.
When you can embrace this little one and just love them, let them know you will never abandon them or leave them again. Bringing back together this part of your soul, will allow you to begin to heal and become whole once again.
We are now in the 5th dimension and all who are on the earth at this time are feeling the energy's of the 5th dimension.
The ease of your transition will be based on your ability to embrace the changes. We often allow ourselves to be stuck in a group, whether religious, work, or friends that no longer serves us, out of fear of abandonment. As we relax and allow with ease the changes to come, your life will become more in balance. When you are allowing, embracing yourself and are in balance, others will notice and begin to ask, noticing a difference in you.
If you have a pattern in your life, that continues to show up, notice the pattern. Notice at the moment what triggers these patterns. Ask what is my understanding belief?
We can do this, together, and come out on the other side in a much better mental, emotional and spiritual place
Cynthia Fontaine
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Do you know that 1/3 of All personal care products contain at least one ingredient linked to cancer and that over 45% contain ingredients that may be harmful to the reproductive system or baby’s development? And that is just the TIP of the ICBERG.

My Intuitive work has been the big push behind my diving into researching. I am often asked very deep questions, such as why do kids get cancer. I just couldn’t accept some popular beliefs out there, that even baby’s create their own experience, including cancer!! What I have discovered is SHOCKING!!

Not Just Your Pretty Face, written by Stacy Malkan discovered, the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) panel, which is FUNDED and RUN by the cosmetic industry is the group that “regulates” cosmetics. The industry “polices” itself!!! The FDA DOES NOT have the authority to require companies to safety test personal care products, including BABY products before they hit the market. Nor do they have the authority to recall defective or possibly harmful cosmetic/beauty products!! 

This extends far into products we have and use everyday in our homes. Most consumer products are UNREGULATED in the US. Europe has many more safety regulations. Manufacturers in the US are allowed to use hazardous chemicals withOUT demonstrating the safety, or are they required to label these products as toxic!!

On the average women use a dozen products on their bodies and hair that contain over 168 chemical ingredients A DAY. Some applied directly to the skin, others inhaled or ingested, such as hair sprays or lipstick. 

A study conducted by the Red Cross on babies born between August and September  2004 in US hospitals for the Environmental Working Group, discovered SHOCKING information. The study revealed a total of 287 chemicals in the babies tested blood cord. 180 of those chemicals KNOW to cause cancer in humans and animals. 217 toxic to the brain and nervous system and 208 that cause birth defects or abnormal development in studies of animals.

Texas Tech University conducted a study of breast milk in 19 states and found that ALL the samples were contaminated with a component of ROCKET FUEL!! Perchlorate. 

The very products we buy and use everyday that we have led to believe are safe, are poisoning our environment, our foods and our bodies, without our awareness or PERMISSION! Chemicals such as mercury, lead, dioxin, lawn chemicals, cosmetic chemical more, manufactured by the companies that are now controlling our government , with there bottomless pockets! Companies including but not limited to Dow, Monsanto, Exxon, Shell, Union Carbide. Just this year Dow received the green light for there own Franken foods, following in Monsanto's’ footsteps.

The right to know should be ours, however, the information doesn’t make it into mainstream media. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! It is almost impossible to avoid all chemicals, but we do have a choice as to what we put in our bodies and on our bodies. Once we are aware, we than have the ability to make better and healthier choices for ourselves, our children and our environment. Every single choice makes a difference. 

As a result of my research and my years in the holistic field, I will be launching a line of ALL NATURAL products, Alchemy of the Earth sourced from the best ingredients available. 

I encourage you to educate yourself and others and make healthy choices. For more information or to find out where and when products will be available, contact me at cynthiafontaine@live.com, follow me on twitter http://twitter?#!CynthiaFontaine

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The long reach of Monsanto

Many of us have been so trusting of the companies who make the foods we buy to feed ourself and our families. For many years we have been fooled! This will be one of many articles I will share with you. 

The Corporate Corruption of Organics-

June 2003

What We Need to Know About the Corporate Takeover of the "Organic" Food Market

by Paul Glover

Multinational Ownership Impacts on Organic Standards List of Boycotted Brands Health Impacts Packaging Miscellany The Good News GreenStar Education Committee Most goods sold at GreenStar Co-op (Ithaca, New York) are chosen with a high degree of concern for the environmental and labor impacts of manufacture, and the health effects on shoppers.

GreenStar's Mission Statement emphasizes "exercising ecological responsibility and leadership in our choice of product line..." and "being sensitive to the working and living conditions of those whose labor produces the goods we sell..." But exploring GreenStar's aisles, one finds that several of our favorite products are now owned by global corporations which damage the environment, oppress labor, and endanger world peace.

The good news is that there are alternatives to these products, and we should stock them. In fact, GreenStar can use its capital to help start new businesses which rely on local culinary talent to create new products of greater variety and quality. HERE ARE THE DETAILS: € Bearitos, Bread Shop Granola, Celestial Seasonings, Garden of Eatin', Health Valley, Imagine Foods (Rice Dream), Terra Chips, and Westbrae (canned vegetables, soy drinks, pastas, Little Bear Corn Chips), are all owned by the Hain Food Group whose prime investments are managed by companies like "Wellington Management."

Their principal stockholders are PHILIP MORRIS (cigarettes), MONSANTO (genetically modified food), CITIGROUP (rainforest destruction), (genetically modified foods), EXXONMOBIL (global warming), WAL-MART, ENTERGY NUCLEAR, LOCKHEED MARTIN (weapons), WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (giant landfills), PFIZER (drugs), MERCK (drugs), BANK OF AMERICA (racial discrimination) & (animal cruelty), etc. All of the above are themselves significantly owned by Citigroup, "the World's Most Destructive Bank" --Rainforest Action Network. Citigroup backs corporate prisons, Third World debt, genetic engineering, predatory lending, and rainforest destruction. H.J. Heinz Co. owns nearly 20% of Hain: Editorial in Natural Progressions, by Bob Swientek 11/99: "Back in April, I wrote in this column that the corporate suits (mainstream food manufacturers) were overrunning the tofu eaters (natural foods processors) at the Natural Products Expo-West. Well, the "run" is now a full-fledged sprint.

In September, Heinz bought a 19.5% stake in Hain Food Group for nearly $100 million. Hain, the leading producer of natural foods in the country with annual sales of $206 million in '99, acquired the Earth's Best baby food brand in the deal. By gaining entry into the natural and organic foods arena, Heinz may be in the initial stages of reinventing itself. It better...most of its businesses, including its profitable ketchup franchise, are slow growth." Heinz itself is owned by same mutual funds that own Hain, and its prime stockholders include the same multinationals. € Cascadian Farms and Muir Glen are owned by Small Planet Foods which is owned by GENERAL MILLS, whose principal investors are PHILIP MORRIS, EXXONMOBIL, GENERAL ELECTRIC, CHEVRON, NIKE, McDONALD'S, TARGET STORES, STARBUCK'S, MONSANTO, DUPONT (weapons & pesticides), DOW CHEMICAL (Agent Orange, breast implants, napalm), PEPSICO, ALCOA ALUMINUM, DISNEY (exploit Third World labor), TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (weapons: one of GW Bush's top contributors), PFIZER.

General Mills is also being boycotted for animal rights abuse. € Stoned Wheat Thins is made with GMOs and is owned by NABISCO, which has been bought by PHILIP MORRIS (12/00), which also owns KRAFT General Foods Philip Morris Boycott & In Fact & Nabisco/Labor & Nabisco News & pension funds & other € Odwalla Juice is owned by Coca-Cola, part of the Minute Maid unit. Coca-Cola prohibits unionizing: WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire -- Edgar Paez, of the Colombian trade union Sinaltrainal, was joined on Monday by Teamster representatives, the AFL- CIO, members of the clergy, civil rights activists and political leaders as he described the brutal torture, kidnapping and murders of union workers in his country -- particularly those working at Coca-Cola bottling facilities.

The group assembled for a peace vigil in front of the World of Coca-Cola Museum in Atlanta, GA. "My brothers and sisters in Colombia have suffered unspeakable horrors because they belong to a trade union," Paez said. "We stand united with American workers to demand that Coca-Cola stop the violence." Coca-Cola paid $192.5 million to settle a U.S. racial discrimination lawsuit in 2000. Fresh Samantha, a Maine juice brand that merged with Odwalla in May 2000, "has already begun reducing its fresh-fruit content by boosting the water content--a way to make juices cheaper and longer-lasting," according to Bill Sipper, marketing vice-president of the Ultimate Juice Company.

• Boca Burgers is owned by Kraft Foods, which is owned by Philip Morris.
• Hearty & Natural veggie burgers is owned by Sunrich Food Group, which is owned by Stake Technologies, which is owned principally by Gruber & McBain Capital Management, whose principal investors are Boeing, Lockheed Martin and by Polymedica, whose principal investor is Safeco, whose principal investors are ExxonMobil, General Electric, and Citigroup.
• Morningstar Farms (Kellogg's) has been contaminated by Starlink GM corn. € Silk Soy Drink is owned by White Wave, which is owned by Dean Foods (5/9/02), whose main shareholders are Microsoft, GE, Philip Morris, Citigroup, Pfizer, ExxonMobil, Coca Cola, Wal-Mart, PepsiCo, Home Depot.
• Stonyfield Farm (yogurt) is not yet dominated by multinationals, but has "partnered" with GAIAM, whose major stockholders include IBM, EXXON, CITIGROUP, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, WAL-MART, and will be owned by Danone by 2004, which has been (like Nestlé) 'breaking code on baby milk for Third World' (1/17/03 http://www.independent.co.uk). Danone is publicly traded: (DA) and has trace ownership by Citigroup, GE, Wal-Mart, Exxon, etc.
• Gardenburger is getting on the corporate gravy train, with 20% of its stock owned (8/02) by such companies as PFIZER, WAL-MART, MICROSOFT, CITIGROUP, AMERICAN EXPRESS, GILETTE, EXXON. Among their brokers is Patman Foods, a major factory farm meatpacker.
• Arrowhead Water and Poland Spring Water are owned by NESTLE, which is being boycotted because its "breast milk substitute" causes the deaths of millions of babies. Nestle Boycott & breastfeeding.com & Baby Milk Action: "These babies are twins.(see photo) Their Pakistani mother was wrongly advised that she would not have enough breastmilk to feed both and so bottlefed her daughter while breastfeeding her son. The girl died the day after this photo was taken in Islamabad Children's Hospital. 'Use my picture,' said the mother, 'if it will help others not to make the same mistake.'"
• Seeds of Change is now owned by M&M-Mars Candy: "Women are from Venus, Seeds are from Mars "Earlier this year, Seeds of Change, an idealistic company formed in the 1980s to "preserve and spread a diversity of organic seeds through the gritty, caring hands of backyard gardeners," was bought out by M&M-Mars, Inc, the candy company. As Seeds of Change Vice President Steve French explained to the incredulous editors at Food & Water magazine, "I don't think there are any real differences between Seeds of Change and Mars.... whether it's a Mars product or it's a Seeds of Change product, the product benefits are very, very similar if we're talking about nutrition here." --Earth Island Journal, Fall 98 Impact on Organic Standards & Supply Some have said they welcome major corporate investment in the natural food market, as vindication of the value of natural foods.
• We should be concerned, however, that control of the natural foods industry by fewer companies will result in multinational corporate control of organic acreage and marketing, forcing out smaller regional/family suppliers, reducing competition, leading to weakened organic standards (sewage sludge, irradiation, GMOs). We have already seen the political effects of media integration-- once there were thousands of independent radio stations and daily papers, now there are a handful of TV networks and newspaper chains owned by these same corporations. As well, payments by GreenStar shoppers to these companies reinforce corporate control of other markets and of lobbying, where they do great damage. "If we don't pay attention to the politics of health food industry then we will shortly not have organics." --Milo MacTavish, manager, Whole Foods Co-op, Norfolk, VA For additional corporate link updates, see also VeganBuyout HEALTH IMPACTS GreenStar's Mission Statement: "Emphasizing the sale of nutritious food in as natural a state as possible."
  
  Petguard contains "Ocean Fish" which may include unregulated non-dolphin-safe tuna catch. Animal Protection Institute & Pet Food Ingredients & more yuck Food Additives is book describing harmful ingredients in health foods. "While not all vegetable-protein products are 100% organic, most of them sport the label 'made with organic soy.'
  
  According to the new FDA rule, this means no genetically modified foods. The Wall Street Journal decided to challenge GMO-free labeling by testing 20 products labeling that claim. One product tested showed 40% of the soybean DNA in a veggie bacon came from genetically modified plants." --Soyinfo.com Ten Reasons Why GMOs Will Not Ensure Food Security