The Essential Vita
Vita is a well-known Goddess who lives on the only Mountain in Darebin.
Her column is an inspired look at her world and her attitudes to love,
spiritual matters world politics and the less examined issues of life
in the 21 century.
Sunday, Oct 26 2008
Know your self know your product [Vita's Clients] -
vitalingus - @ 12:48:pm
The New York Times" quote
?President Bush has agreed to play host to a summit
of world leaders soon to discuss the global response
to the financial crisis, a senior White House official
said. No date for the meeting was set,the official said.?
Vita on the issue
One wonders whether people would genuinely want to attend
a summit that Mr. Bush hosted anyway?We at Vita are fairly
clear the turn up would be poor "Sorry George washing my
hair that week Berlusconi"
(the current Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi.)Ciao Bella"
We at Vita are sure it would be an absolute event managers
disaster, given his poor record of ?accomplishment?over the
4 years? We would absolutely love to see the list of George's
perceived successes... His swing on collaboration and win-win
strategies in is reign of genuine terror death and destruction
is truly intriguing..
One could surely only see a menacing fearful regime, a time
that can really only be described as deeply ill conceived
destructive & controlling to the outsider, or prey tell for
those that have gone to war on his behalf, to fight an enemy
that may well be in President Bushes head....then as he said
'i did it for my daddy' yeah right...?
One wonders what is George?s understanding and framework
of genuine friendship, with the world outside of America.
It could appear as Abba would say ?winner takes it all.?.
We at Vita are inclined to think this approach to capturing
the minds and hearts of nations around the world has been
a dismal failure!!
It seems this ?summit of world leaders to discus the world
financial crisis? is indeed a very hollow attempt to create
good will in the last days of a failing empire!
Even if he George had a face book account,one wonders
whom would really be genuinely interested and actually
turn up for a an event?At this dire stage a party with
George is very unlikely..Hollow words from what could
be seen as very hollow men!
There was a fab article in the New York Times yesterday
on the issue of friends and turning up..(It does not want
to link here so one will have to Goggle)
'Face book in a Crowd" By HAL NEIDZVIECKI
Published: October 24, 2008
OBAMA"S REIGN IS ARRIVING
May be when the lovely ?lion?(astrologically that is)
Obama arrives in November; America could be well placed
to revalue redefine and redevelop the values of loving
the other as would have our self-loved. Or "call us old
fashioned or a modern miss", imagine prey tell speaking
with integrity and acting from compassion? ah ya ya!!
The potential for Obama is immense!
Obama will certainly have an opportunity to turn up the
volume of this fundamental truth and respecting the other.
Given the event goes ahead and is redefined, Obama?s events
people may consider getting on-line and importing some
divine and much loved seating for the "crisis talks from
down under...From the fabulous Westgarth village..The East
Village of the south indeed.....
The owners of this fabulous store are people who not only
know their product, they are very aware and alert when it
cones to loving fully, speaking from integrity and ?soooo?"
know their audience and absolutely ?know their product?
See their products and yet more below on their site
Their logo will grace Vita very soon indeed
linkwww.knowyourproduct.net.au
Vita
Thursday, Oct 23 2008
The survival of women in the 21st century [ Vita's Healthy Banquet] -
vitalingus - @ 01:13:pm
What is the relationship between cancers and the
the prolific use of plastics and the dangers of
bottled water??
Some state the connection to dioxins and how bad
they are for us is by heating our food in the
Microwave using plastic containers...
This apparently "applies to foods that contain fat.
high heat, and plastics that releases dioxin into
the food that will ultimately permeate into the
cells of the body..."
Instead, some recommend using glass, corning ware,
pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food.You get
the same results, only without the dioxin.
"So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups,
etc.should be removed from the container and heated in
something else.Paper isn't bad but you don't know what
is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass,
corning Ware, etc."
Apparently when food is heated, at high heats it causes
poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap
and drip into the food. One should cover food with a paper
towel instead.
"Bottled water in your car can be very dangerous as well.
This has been identified as the most common cause
of high levels of breast cancer, especially here
in Australia. Ir has been recommended to women
with breast cancer should not drink bottled
water that has been left in a car. It is said
that the heat and the plastic of the bottle
have certain chemicals that can lead to breast
cancer.
Source was from Medical personnel at a major cancer
hospital in Melbourne........
Vita on the issue
So be organic don't rush to heat food and fill the spaces
in ones hungry stomach and cell structure with over priced
over processed foods...Take heed of this information
and step lightly on ones body and soul and those one
feeds....Cook fresh quick produce that is organically
grown and continue to love and live in the garden of
ones body and soul......
www.communitygarden.org.au/schools/index.html
No plastic containers in microwave.
No water bottles in freezer.
No plastic wrap in microwave.
"A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast
cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of
our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with
water in them as this releases dioxins from the
plastic."
This information is the kind we need to know and be
FULLY aware of and can only empower us as a world a
community and women who birth and feed the world...
linkwww.bcna.org.au/content/view/890/1426/
For ALL THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD WHO ALL TOO OFTEN
ARE EXPECTED TO JUMP FAR TO HIGH IN THE 21 CENTURY
OR FOREVER REALLY ...
LETS NOT GENOCIDE OUR WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOR THE
SAKE OF EXPEDIENCE OR AS THE SAY IN AMERICA SO
CALLED "PROGRESS"
WE THINK GENOCIDE IS NOT BEST PRACTICE AT VITA!!!
Don't ask whether a woman has truly fed ones body
and soul ask whether one has fed her body and soul
Vita
Friday, Oct 17 2008
Love is equal for all of US [Vita's Guests] -
vitalingus - @ 04:50:pm
"Join over 70% of Australians, and every State &
Territory, in supporting an end to discrimination
against same s-x couples.
Click here to help ensure Australians aren't treated
as second-class citizens purely on the basis of their
s-xual orientation.
www.getup.org.au/campaign/EqualBeforeTheLaw&id=29
Last year a GetUp nationwide poll made politicians
and pundits sit up and take notice - over 70% of
Australians want same s-x* couples to have the same
legal rights as de facto heterosexual couples.
A GetUp petition was then launched to tell politicians
the time had come to remove this unfairness. Finally,
after more than a year of intense lobbying,the Senate
are debating laws that remove this absurd outdated
discrimination.
The latest word from Canberra is that some politicians
who want to keep this discrimination will stall the bill
once again with amendments. That's why we'll be walking
the halls of Parliament with this petition in hand to
convince our pollies to get the job done.Add your name
to the petition above we'll be carrying to make it too
large to ignore.
Those politicians who want to keep the discrimination,
or water it down with amendments meaning same s-x couples
will not be entirely equal before the law, need to know
the community demands an immediate end to this unfairness.
This petition will send that message that now is the
time to write this discrimination out of our laws.
When the weight OUR opinion is effectively expressed,
politicians will have to follow.
We've been busy behind the scenes on this issue, liaising
with key decision makers, writing letters to every MP and
Senator and visiting politicians face-to-face to take ALL
our concerns directly to Canberra.
Now it's time for our final push. We need everybody who
believes in equality and love for ALL to convince the
lingering fearful doubters that no excuses remain for
not seeing the truth about love....We must redefine and
revalue their rights This discrimination against same
s.x relationships must end NOW..... add to the final
figure we present to politicians before they vote!!
Your signature could be the difference..There is majority
support for equal rights extending across all demographics,
across every region, across every political party in the
nation. Tell the politicians it's time they caught up to
the people that voted them in. With our help, we can travel
further down the path to greater equality for ALL of us."
Be a part of this, imperative change
The GetUp team
Don't ask what love has done for you ask what you
are doing for love
For my darling friend Bec and her partner Mindy
Vita
Sunday, Oct 12 2008
Vita's favorite "MG" Goddess has returned [ Vita loving fully] -
vitalingus - @ 12:59:pm
As Tibetan Magic would have it Vita's absolutely
favourite "MG" Tibetan Goddess friend has returned
from Tibet and is heading to revisit Vita's mountain..
We at Vita could not be be more thrilled and excited!!
to spend divine time in her presence
http://www.tibet.com/
And then there is this OUR TOP 22 global responses to Vita
or those that are following Vita on the day and in the
moment they are here!!
1.UNITED STATES 2.FRANCE 3.AUSTRALIA 4.SPAIN 5.GERMANY
6.CHINA7.POLAND 8.CANADA 9.SAUDI ARABIA 10.JAPAN
11.ITALY 12.UNITED KINGDOM 13.BRAZIL 14.TAIWAN
15.SWITZERLAND 16.PORTUGAL 17.NETHERLANDS 18.SWEDEN
19.SOUTH AFRICA 20.ISRAEL 21.INDIA 22.BELGIUM
Vita
Thursday, Oct 09 2008
Love while one sleeps on the mountain [Vita's Mountains] -
vitalingus - @ 03:36:pm
We all want our life's to be an authentic love
filled experience..."A must have" Mmmm...this is
entirely possible, when one is conscious and the
mind is pure, as the water in the divine and very
magical white mountains, of Afghanistan?
that is pre the invasions of the last forever?)
Good habits and more good habits
Our habit to indulge in feelings whether it is
joy, grief, or rage is always a response to the
immediate yet tend to be influenced by what may
have been past sad experiences?
We fail to balance our feelings with what is?in
the clarity of right now and experience it as a
new moment clear water and a new self-expression?
We are all prone to attach present consciousness
due to our past experiences.
Given it is the negative realm this can present
conflict toxic projections and fears from what has
been ones experience that are sadly acted out time
and time again at the OTHER!!!?
We tend overlook the present in these circumstances
and not as a divine moment and our only opportunity
to create the future as we wish it to be.Our very
thoughts are often times sadly aligned with negative
damaging actions that AFFECT THE OTHER.
So be aware of what one does and thinks in every
moment...Practice practice practice every moment
as NEW vibrant circumstance?Act from love not fear.
Love the other, as one would have ones self loved....
Minnie Mullee a woman of positive action
Word on the mountain is my dearest Minnie has been
sighted ?near the site where the world-famous Bamiyan
Buddha?s are in Afghanistan. By all accounts, Minnie
was there to capture the moment of finding the lost
Buddha?s...See story below
ABC NEWS SOME TIME AGO YET STILL A VERY
CURRENT ISSUE
*Giant Buddha statue found in Afghanistan*
"Archaeologists in Afghanistan have discovered a
giant Buddha statue buried near the site where the
remarkable world-famous Bamiyan Buddhas were very
thoughtlessly destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
They say the 19-metre tall statue dates back to
the third century and depicts Buddha in a sleeping
posture. A local official in Bamiyan says part of
the statue has been damaged though proactive actions
are being taken to protect it. She says the statue
will go on public display in 2009...
Minnie moves deeper "inside" Afghanistan
My sources have confirmed Minnie has just been in
Pakistan working along side the Bajur tribal people
assisting in their plight of their lost homelands.
Minnie reportedly was seen 2 days ago traveling on
foot in to the Bamiyan tribal lands, to see the
extent of the damage of the earthquake they have
just endured.....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraki_Barak_District
It may bode well for Wall St folk to consider the plight
of the Afghan stocks and losses over 1000's of years not
just their own experiences of their sacred "walls"
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?206415
Vita
Wednesday, Oct 08 2008
Paul at the Rubin Musuem of art [Vita's Guests] -
vitalingus - @ 11:13:am
In September this year Paul Ekman launched his
fabulous new book "Emotional Awareness"...
(That is truly over coming the obstacles of our
OWN....projections ego's and fragile ways....
The launch was held at the divine and essential
Rubin Museum of Art in New York on September 21st
2008....
linkwww.rmanyc.org/index.xml?context=/
The Rubin Museum is a sacred place in the heart
of New York full of Tibetan Magic and crisp clear
truth honesty and the fresh air of the mountaintop
Pearls of wisdom from Paul Ekaman
?Emotions unite and divide the worlds in which we
live, both personal and global, motivating the best
and the worst of our actions.
They save our lives, enabling quick action in all
emergencies. Yet how we behave when we are emotional
can make our lives, and the lives of those we care
about, miserable.
Without emotions there would be no heroism, empathy,
or compassion, but neither would there be cruelty,
selfishness, nor spite. Bringing all our different
perspectives to bear.Eastern and Western, spirituality
and science, Buddhism and psychology..The Dalai Lama
and I sought to clarify these contradictions and
illuminate some paths that might enable a balanced
emotional life and a feeling of compassion that can
reach across the globe.?
Paul Ekman, Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the
Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion.
linkwww.paulekman.com/
Ones karma is ones karma (consequence of action) yet we
can and must learn to have a "balanced emotional life"
express our feelings of "compassion that can reach across
the globe.?
Vita and Paul in that moment above....
Saturday, Oct 04 2008
Love and water at ACMI always flow [Vita's Guests] -
vitalingus - @ 12:39:pm
ACMI this weekend in Melbourne Australia
Flow for love of water
Unclassified 18+
Irena Salina, 75 mins, USA, 2007,
Digital Betacam.
Source: Celluloid Dreams, Paris
Flow: For Love of Water
Co-presented with Urban Screens Conference
Profit, privatization, the 'blue gold' rush -
it's a life or death resource grab as major
conglomerates see dollars, not deserts, and
battles erupt worldwide to survive the 'siphon
and sell-back' global water business.
From Bolivia to Michigan, USA, from India to
Africa, people are fighting (and occasionally
winning) to keep control of what keeps them
alive.
Flow: For Love of Water is a passionate, call
to arms expos? of international double-dealing
and the bottled water scam. It's an empowering
look at the potency of local invention/activism,
and a scary reminder of what is truly a life
threatening crisis. You can't drink oil!
"Thousands have lived without love, not one
without water"
W.H. Auden.
Australian premiere!
Dates Fri 3 Oct 2008, 7pm [Premiere last night]
Sat 4 Oct 2008, 7pm
Sun 5 Oct 2008, 5.30pm
audience 18+
admission Full $13 Concession $10
phone (03) 8663 2583
www.acmi.net.au/calendar.aspx
Vita
Thursday, Oct 02 2008
Wall St becomes homeless and thoughtless [World Politics] -
vitalingus - @ 10:45:am
Have we hit the commodity ethics wall...?? Mmm we
at Vita are inclined to think so.....The economic
meltdown is all around us..Americans are now living
in their cars.. This is Sooooo not sustainable nor
ethical nor right.....in anyones language...
Karma has well and truly caught up on Wall Street
and impacting on the streets and affluent life's
of Americans not just the working poor and the
really economically deprived world wide..
Maybe they are NOW getting the picture of how the
other half of the world lives? This entire situation
is tragic deeply shameful and indeed appalling..That
is that ANYONE is unable to sustain Maslow's basic
pyramid of human needs...Interestingly he was born
100 years ago this year in April.....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Maslow
Bring on sacred ethics working in sync with the
ethics of human kindness and equality for US ALL!!
Greed begets Greed. Love begets love,genuine giving
begets genuine giving..ONE can not BUY ones self
out of ONES KARMA!!Giving is giving stealing is
stealing....May Wall street become homeless and
find out how others suffer in the world!!
Vita
Getup will not let us "meltdown"
With the world and the nation focused on Wall Street
today, we need to make sure the other great meltdown
is not forgotten.
In our first campaign together, as GetUp's new National
Director, I want to ask for your help in calling on our
Prime Minister to make some viable financial decisions
that safeguard our economic prosperity into OUR future.
That means investing in a clean energy economy. We must
let the PM know we want to be an economic winner with
this full-page newspaper ad highlighting the economic
opportunities for Australia in switching to a renewable
energy economy. See the ad, and donate to help put it
in the paper here:
linkwww.getup.org.au/campaign/ClimateActionNow&id=402
In the next 8 weeks the PM will set Australia's carbon
pollution reduction target for 2020. Placing this ad in
our national papers will place it directly on Kevin Rudd's
kitchen table at a crucial time.
The US economy is crashing thanks to irresponsible decisions
yet who'll be there to bail Australia out if we don't pursue
the responsible economic course and build an innovative clean
energy economy?
For a strong chance of better targets, we need to reframe the
climate debate around financial risks and opportunities. We
have 8 weeks to show Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull that
our future economic prosperity depends on them climate-
proofing our economy."
Simon Sheikh National Director GetUp
Don't ask how the world sustains one ask ask how one is
sustaining the world......
Vita
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