Shamanism is an ancient and wise approach to healing and lifestyle
which can be traced back at least 30,000 years (recorded in
Palaeolithic cave drawings) and which, as a philosophy, has spread
into all cultures, sciences and religions.

See http://www.lovehealth.org/tools/shamanic.htm for more details.

At the heart of shamanism are 2 principles:

1. The universal connectedness of all things - a view re-enforced by
modern physics.

2. Respect for nature, and a desire and intention to live in harmony
with nature, recognising that we are ourselves part of nature's
dynamics.

When bird, animal or even human populations get out of hand, nature
gets them back into balance and harmony via amongst other things
(e.g. predation or war), the natural "thinning" effect of disease
epidemics.

In many parts of the world, waterfowl populations have been getting
out of balance for some years now - populations too crowded, with
consequent pollution (thereby lowering their disease resistance) of
lakes and waterways. This is a situtation just asking for a disease
epidemic!

The same happens with farm animals - such as poultry - sometimes
i.e. overcrowded housing or transport, with poor ventilation and/or
hygiene, is just inviting a disease epidemic.

Also...
the stale air "plume" from overcrowded buildings is ideal for
spreading a virus like influenza much further.

Isn't it therefore madness to think that bringing all poultry
indoors will prevent an epidemic?

This month is the 5th Anniversary of the start of the world's worst
foot-and- mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in which between 5 and 8
million animals (mostly healthy and uninfected) were slaughtered,
including children's pet lambs, calves, goats and zoo animals.

Unfortunately, we humans are still not learning to live in harmony
with nature - neglecting the ancient wisdom of our ancestors whose
lives depended very directly on mastering that art!

Instead of harmonising with nature's actions, we add another layer
of catastrophe such as, in the case of the 2001 FMD disaster, waging
mindless destructive warfare against the virus, instead of
regulating and caring for populations better, and boosting natural
disease-resistance where possible, combined with some strategic
culling or thinning of populations.

A Shamanic perspective on animal disease epidemics can be found here:
http://www.stress-counselling.co.uk/sunflower/VISIONS/connection.htm

More about Bird flu:
http://www.pighealth.com/influenza2.htm

Free conference to discuss animal disease epidemics:
http://www.pighealth.com/diseases/FMD/news.htm


Wishing you a harmonious day!
Michael Meredith
http://www.sunflower-health.com