Author: Alice

I am hemiplegic and spend a lot of time online searching out the news on stem cell therapy research that may help me recover the use of my body.  Recently I came across stemPAC, a newly formed group committed to advancing the cause of scientific study that holds so much promise for relieving suffering and improving the well-being of our human family.

I wrote to the group leader, John Hlinko, to ask how I could help.  His reply was a request for my story.  The web site has begun to post personal stories from people concerned about the future of stem cell research, and the threat we face from those who would deny us knowledge.

I’m not posting my story here, it is available at the stemPAC website.  If you  (or someone dear to you) suffer from a disease of the central nervous system, or any one of the afflictions that could be helped by stem-cell transplant, please visit their website and submit a story or comment. Research is being done in every health area, so we could be on the threshold of truly miraculous medical progress.

This might be the issue that stops the BushCo juggernaut.  Every American has a loved one who could benefit from this research.  Our country is being held back while the rest of the world takes the lead on these discoveries.  Already some of our people are travelling abroad for the medical care they are being denied here by our  own version of the Taliban

Please join us in this effort.  This is a fight we can and must win if we all stand together.

I do believe that divine forces speak to humans through the natural world, and that each one of has a guiding spirit that is represented symbolically by another living creature – a totem.  Maybe a family or community will have its own totem as a group.  I don’t know anything, so I search for information, try to pay attention, and make up my own version of the meaning of life.  Symbols speak to us all, but we can’t always agree on their meaning.

Ted Andrews says this in his book ANIMAL SPEAK:
   “The frog is a totem of metamorphosis.  It is a symbol of coming into one’s own creative power.”

Another excellent reference for animal medicine is MEDICINE CARDS by Jamie Sams & David Carson:
   “Frog sings the songs that bring the rain and make the road dirt more bearable.  Frog medicine is akin to water energy….teaches us to honor our tears, for they cleanse the soul.”
   
   “The transformation into adulthood prepares Frog for its power to call in the waters of the skies:  the rain.  In knowing the element of water, Frog can sing the song that calls the rain to Earth.  When the ponds are dry, Frog calls upon the Thunder Beings to cleanse and replenish the Earth with water.  Like Frog, we are asked to know when it is time to refresh, purify and refill the coffers of the soul.”

   “An ability of Frog medicine people is to give support and energy where it is needed.  A Frog medicine person can clean negativity from any environment…..Frog speaks of new life and harmony through its rain song.”

Pretty much applies to Booman Tribune, eh?