Gary ‘Z’ McGee, Staff Writer
Waking Times

“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” –Frederick Douglass

So you’ve answered Shakespeare’s question: to be or not to be? What’s next? I hate to break it to you; it only gets harder. Now you must answer an even more daunting question: fight for freedom or fight for empire? It’s a theme that has haunted the human condition since time immemorial. Indeed, a most intimidating mytheme that has both undermined and propelled the evolution of our species at different times in the overall human leitmotif.

By Ethan Indigo Smith

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

Marijuana is the embodiment of the Divine Feminine. Say what? This is what you may say on reading that marijuana embodies divinity at all. However this is my belief, which I will explain. (Of course take my thoughts with a grain of salt. What do I know? I’m just the son of a registered nurse and a farmer.)

The cannabis plant has traditionally been revered, with many useful applications from agricultural to medicinal to spiritual. Providing nutritious food, potent medicine, sustainable fuel, low-impact building material and consciousness expanding herb, cannabis is a nurturer of humanity. It is no wonder the hyper-masculine, partriarchal corporate-government complex has dared to outlaw it.

You have your own way of growing and learning.  What one person ‘gets’ immediately takes another person time process.  Just because you do not understand it….yet…..does not meant it is inherently wrong. Do not let your temporary ignorance of any given matter create fear and stand in the way of your full understanding of a situation or thing.  There are many thoughts to think, many ways to grow and each is as unique as the person who chooses that path.  Honor each as if it were your own. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2015/05/25/thoughts-3/

Karen Foster, Prevent Disease
Waking Times

Extra virgin olive oil has the capacity to induce rapid death in cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact. The many implicated health benefits of olive oil is well known, however scientists have been unable to effectively confirm the anti-cancer phenomenon until now. The processing of olive oils also highly differentiates the concentration of anti-cancer compounds.

Oleocanthal (OC), a phenolic compound in extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), has been implicated in the health benefits associated with diets rich in EVOO.

Researchers have discovered that the key to understanding the effect of oleocanthal on cancerous cells lies in its reaction with the lysosomes of the cell.

by Dana Mrkich

We are off to Isla Mujeres tomorrow, Women's Island. There I'll visit the ancient ruins of the Temple of Ix-Chel, Mayan Goddess of Love, Fertility, Midwifery and Medicine.

The island and Ixchel have been calling me like a magnet since we got to Playa just over a week ago. This is my third time here and I've never felt this strong a pull to go there.

I will be taking some offerings for her, and saying some prayers. I invite you to say a prayer for something that is in your heart, not to write here but just to hold in your heart, and tomorrow as I visit I will pray that she hear those prayers in your heart. 

Judicial Watch has – for many years – obtained sensitive U.S. government documents through freedom of information requests and lawsuits.

The government just produced documents to Judicial Watch in response to a freedom of information suit which show that the West has long supported ISIS.   The documents were written by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency on August 12, 2012 … years before ISIS burst onto the world stage.

Here are screenshots from the documents. We have highlighted the relevant parts in yellow:

This Mercury retrograde is quite potent! Not only is Mercury in his home sign, Gemini, but he’s also forming a square to Neptune in Pisces as he retraces his steps in the Gemini sign. I have the feeling that I’ve been forgetting things more than usual with this retrograde. Another side effect is a slightly late newsletter! I hope everyone still finds it of use.

I am raising my rates again. However, if you mention my newsletter and purchase a reading with Sun in Gemini this month I will charge the “old” rates for any reading. No worries about my ability to do sharp, insightful readings even with Mercury retrograde, because I have natal Mercury retrograde and also, my natal Saturn helps to mitigate Mercury’s mischief when he’s in Gemini. Mercury retrograde has nice opportunities for those willing to acclimate to his pace. Care and caution, and even “re-doing” tasks or “re-thinking” various strategies might yield better results than a one-shot deal. Indeed, Mercury is about learning.