dangerous herbicides, such as 2,4-D,one of the two ingredients in AgentOrange, a defoliant used in the VietnamWar. Benbrook projects that these newGMO crops could drive herbicide usageup by about another 50 percent.According to Warren Porter, Ph.D.,a biologist and environmental toxicologyprofessor at the University ofWisconsin-Madison, and Theo Colborn,Ph.D., president of The EndocrineDisruption Exchange, glyphosate, theactive chemical ingredient in Roundup,is an endocrine disruptor, meaning itinterferes with hormone systems.Porter says we can expect higherlevels of herbicide residues in GMOfood crops. A report from the U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) found thatglyphosate is now commonly found inrain, streams and air during the growingseason. “Though glyphosate is the mostwidely used herbicide in the world, weknow very little about its long-term effectsto the environment,” cautions PaulCapel, a USGS chemist.A Canadian study showing thatthe Bt toxins from GMO corn areshowing up in umbilical cord bloodand the blood of pregnant women isanother concern. Monsanto claims Btis harmless and will break down in ourdigestive tracts. But we have no way ofknowing the effect of these toxins ondeveloping fetuses, says Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Ph.D., a senior scientist withthe Pesticide Action Network.Claim: GMO labeling isn’t necessary.Fact Check: Hansen believes that ifthere are unexpected adverse healtheffects resulting from consuming GMOfoods, a product label would allowpeople to begin connecting symptomswith foods consumed. Until there isconsistent, national GMO food labeling,everyone is just dining in the dark.Learn more and take action atJustLabelIt.org.Melinda Hemmelgarn, aka the “FoodSleuth,” is a registered dietitian andaward-winning writer and radio hostat kopn.org, in Columbia, MO (FoodSleuth@gmail.com). She advocatesfor organic farmers at Enduring-Image.blogspot.com.inspirationNo Dust on the MirrorReflections on a Lifeof Conscious WholenessWe spend a good deal of timegazing at ourselves in a mirrorwith the physical eye, aswell as into the mirror of our mind withan analytical eye, endeavoring to sizeourselves up in our own estimation,and also determining how others mightevaluate us. Both of these mirrors areclouded with ego-related dust that distortsour vision. Only when we turn ourgaze inward with the intuitive eye ofawareness can we perceive our innatewholeness, for there is no dust on themirror of the soul.Consider this: A consciousness ofwholeness reunifies us with our authenticself, so that even during those timeswhen we are unaware of it, our wholenessis intact and utterly dust-free—onlyour awareness of it is missing. Whenawareness returns, we live free fromego’s bondage and its ignorance-soakedhistory and habits. We are reunifiedwith the reality of our being.Our daily practice is to be evermindful—on the dot—the moment welose sight of our true nature. Everydayexperiences grace us with remindersby mentally tapping us on the shoulderand returning us to the qualities wewish to express in our interactions withour self, others and all of life. We arecontinually given the opportunity toreconnect with the high vision we holdby Michael Bernard Beckwithfor ourselves in our mental, emotional,spiritual, physical, professional, relationaland communal life structures.It serves us well to remember thatwe are here learning to mother ourconsciousness, just as the universemothers us throughout our lifetimeand beyond. Intelligence, wisdom,intuition, joy and creativity—theseare the qualities we want to motherwithin ourselves in order to unveil ouroriginal face. As we set a conscious intentionto evolve, we live as the masterartists we are—creating, directing andproducing our lives.The more time we set aside formeditation, contemplation and lifevisioning, the more we can have 20/20vision in foresight, rather than hindsight.Through practice, we activate ourintuition, clean off egoic dust and entera more consistently clear-sighted stateof mindful being. Thus we actualizeour highest potential and realize ourorganic, enlightened consciousness.Michael Bernard Beckwith is the founderof the Agape International SpiritualCenter, in Los Angeles, California, authorof Life Visioning: A TransformativeProcess for Activating Your Unique Giftsand Highest Potential (Sounds True,2011/2013), and originator of the LifeVisioning process.natural awakenings January 201323
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