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After last weeks' snow blizzards, sky cracking thunder, wildly rowdy lightening and super full moon we have at last, crossed the threshold of Spring in Mendocino County. The equinox is upon us. Brrrr. Yes the day is lengthening, now in equality with the night. the sun is shining, but the forecast is wet, very wet and cold. The weather seems extreme, out of balance and the birds the last few days have been shouting at me on my daily walks.
"I hear you" I say. The earth is changing quickly. yes, We know it. Brilliant, shocking, terrible, dramatic unquestionably. This is it. Am I prepared for whatever is ahead and the answer is no. My family and I do not have an emergency plan. How to get back together should we have an earthquake or a monster Tsunami and the bridges go down? How many days supplies do we have? Don't know. Do you? If you do great, if not. It's time

I take these triple tragic events in Japan as a major wake up call and I am answering. I know you are too. So much fades in the shadow of these kinds of threats, but at the same time it is essential for me to keep a bright eye on the future. For my sake, my children and my grandchildren and my great grand children if you will.

I'm not trying to scare you. Fear can be very useful when there is something to truly be scared about, but we spend a good deal of time being afraid of what might happen. That can itself bring disaster and self fulfilling prophecy. It's alright to be scared. But don't make stuff up.
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. Check your immediate circumstances. How are you? How's your family. Do you have basic needs and services. Is there an imminent threat in your vicinity?
Yes, there is a real concern about a cloud of radiation descending over the west coast. How will we know? I mean it's invisible right?

Americans are hoarding Iodine and taking it as a precaution to radiation exposure. But wait, taking iodine randomly out of fear will make you sick, kind of like radiation poisoning. symptoms of iodine overdose from supplements or medications that exceed one gram can cause a burning sensation in the mouth, stomach and throat, abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, weak pulse, diarrhea and coma. There is a simple test one can take to find our if your levels are normal. This is from Home test for iodine deficiency includes taking some iodine and a swab of cotton. You can find tincture iodine in a drugstore. Dip the cotton swab in the tincture iodine and paint a circle in the inner part of your upper arm or the thighs. Once you have done with that, wait for an hour. After an hour if you find that the circle has disappeared, it means that your body is deficient in iodine. However, on the other hand, if the circle remains as it is for at least four hours, it means that the iodine levels are fine. This is one of the easiest self test for iodine deficiency which you can use, but if you are still not sure, you can get a iodine deficiency test done in a laboratory.
Iodine levels are important nuclear fallout or not. Here's the good news:
One of our great local resources, seaweed is the natural food source for iodine. Local Harvesters are in the process of defending their rights to sustainably harvest now with the introduction of the MLPA (Marine Layer Protection Act) (listen to the Universal Perspective Archives for more info on that). These folks have spiritual,long term, respectful relations with our mama ocean and they have been standing up for all of us. There are three seaweed companies on the coast, rising Tide, Mendocino Seaweed Vegetable Co and Ocean Harvest. Each one has been inundated with orders for Wakame, Kombu, as a protection from and detox for radiation. Many of us have been eating sea veggies for years. Don't stop and make sure your kids munch on Sea Crunchies and Nori as often as you can. Little thyroids are most vulnerable to exposure.
We as a community have a real sensitivity to our environment. We know that our water, our air, and soil have been compromised sometimes to the point of toxicity. What can we do when the threats are invisible to the naked eye.
Prayer is strong, millions, even billions are praying right now and the Japanese are receiving and appreciating that.
Is that real action? I mean we can't see prayers, they are invisible. Well, radiation is invisible but it's real. Think of prayers the same way or even stronger. Direct them toward water. As Japanese Scientist Dr. Masaru Emoto has shown us in his studies and his book "Hidden messages in water" prayers for the water changes it's biochemistry, it's physical form . In experiment after experiment, He shows us water molecules respond beautifully to love, appreciation For my equinox ritual I walked in my backwoods and kneeled by the creek, did water prayers. rushing by so clearly and beautifully, thank you water, blessed water, holy water, knowing that this water is the water in the louisiana gulf, the Niger Delta, the Mekong river, the Tigris and Euphrates. And if our positive thoughts effect water that way, why not the air, the earth around us? Let us imagine it is true for all our elements and daily prayers of gratitude, peace, love, understanding, blessings will change molecules.
And you know how much we love this place and the people in it. I know everyone out there cares. Everyone within the sound of my voice cares. That really matters, literally.