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AN ORGANIC THOUGHT

2010-03-12T08:49:00.003Z

All arises from mind... You, me, our computers and the internet. Nothing has any objective existence without a relationship to a mind... Yours or mine, but, from my perspective, mine.

How many layers of clutter and interface do we actually need to exchange thoughts and ideas, and are all means of communication actually obstacles to what we can naturally do, just think to communicate.

Our hard wired world has facilitated an increase in speed and a reduction in travel to relay our thoughts to one another, but are these kind computer manufacturers actually beginning to strip away the layers we have built up, through science and technology over the past 1000 years or so.

Is there a reason why not much was written down millenia ago? Well, consider this, it may well be that earlier civilisations had the ability to communicate and share thoughts, telepathically, so they had no need to write things down, and thus there remains little trace of their cultures, and, was this a lack of sophistication, as modern historians might have us believe, or was it perhaps, a super realised state of being, that had hyper sensitivity to those around us and our environments?

Just a thought.

So, for the next generation of computer designers, and internet radicals, for the new semantic web we need to look into the mind. Not an empirical, statistical, scientific version of the mind, but the actual nature and function of the mind, in its true and abstract manner.

I am going to explore this, to create a new means of communicating, understanding and sharing.

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

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UNDER YOUR ORGANIC SKIN

2010-03-09T08:33:00.003Z

Starting from the outer edge of ourselves what do we have? Those hairs, those fine filaments that extend into the area that surrounds us, picking up subtle movements and vibrations, and nestling a warmed layer of air closer to our skins. Do you feel those hairs?

And then onto the skin that covers our body, from head to toe, including the parts that we seldom think about, like our backs, the layer of skin that completely encloses our sense of self, but also has a blurred sense of finality where it meets the external air. And this skin, this holds our shape, it is the form that we are, our size, our shape, our figure, our body... Love it, or?

Then, we have a layer of fat that lies beneath our skin and cushions and protects that which lies within the body, from that which is without, and then of course we can go inwards, muscle, bones, tendons, blood, veins, arteries, glands, organs, nervous system, all functioning in relative harmony (if you are well), and by and large, completely ignored by us... But then again, there is more.

Aside from all those massed physical sensations that comprise our body, there is something more, an identity called me.

And, that is where the real mystery dwells, and within this understanding lies the wisdom that will reveal the next stage of internet development, and this I will begin to explore... Stay tuned...

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

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DIGGING DEEPER INTO ORGANIC

2010-03-08T11:09:00.003Z

I am digging a little deeper into the fertile organic soil, to both plant seeds of future growth and direction, but also to see what actually lies deep below the surface, and indeed, closer to the core.

For, this is where the life actually emerges from as we have been witness too in this past few months, as the Earth quakes, and reminds us that she is not a fixed and static observer of the activity upon her surface, she is an active participant, and ignore this at your peril.

And the core, the centre, the essence is that which the surface is compounded upon, and therefore is a direct result of the hidden activity.... As above, so below. And, in the context of the next generation of the interweb, web 3.0+ - this is referring to mind.

I have watched the CEO of Microsoft, and also many SEO gurus talking about the next organic generation of the this fertile field, and they do actually all miss the point, as the the point is this... They will no longer be of any use, and will eventually serve no purpose, as the future will make them and their products and services redundant.

For what is coming is the actuation, or rediscovery of telepathy, the communication that requires no interface, and this will of course sideline all the communication companies, those who make mobile phones, computers and their software... and hopefully even reducing all those mindless games and puerile activities so beloved by the manufacturers who thrive on the inadequacies of the massed consumers.

And come it will, and along with this will come the powerful inner understandings of personal empowerment and potential for liberation from the heavy handed media who have created the dependent relationship twixt cash flow and dumbing down.

The future generation of the the organic internet, maybe web 6.0, will not require any hardware or software, as we shall discover it is within us already, and just like our great mother, Earth, that which resides deep within will manifest externally, in response to the surface layers that may have been piled on top of us by external agents... We shall shrug off the low quality media piles, seeing them for the distractions that they really are, and permit the growth of our own inspired dynamic to emerge... organically... It is coming.

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

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READING THE ORGANIC

2010-03-02T08:03:00.003Z

Creating a focus point or loci, where might the centre be. Yes, the centre of our universe? Considering both the infinitely large and the infinitely small, where might a judgement be as to where the centre might be?

I have two suggestions.

1. It is everywhere.

2. It is you.

Perhaps these appear contradictory, but in understanding how things truly exist, and how they might be read and understood, there is no contradiction. For according to both quantum physics and also ancient wisdom, the mind of the observer creates the affect of appearance to that mind.

Be careful what you think, eh?

To read the past, one can see versions repeated and manifested before our eyes, as we can say that the future of the past exists in the present, so... an aspect of the past does exist, simultaneously with our present.

And too, the past of the future exists in the present. Yes it does. An aspect of the future exists here and now. To read this future, what do we do?

In their subtle aspects the variables that comprise possible futures are like potentials or seeds that will grow when the correct conditions are aligned, and thus, as a gardener, we can help to shape our own futures, in terms of the inner conditions we experience, and those outer conditions that affect us (or seem to).

And as an organic gardener or organic divinator, we not only plant for the the future, we also see potential obstacles and clear them away, a bit like weeding, getting rid of those that we do not wish to see.

For, as the centre is both unique (for you and I), and everywhere (for everyone else), the simultaneous experience, though dulled and obscured, manifests throughout. This is sometimes described as the holographic principle, in that everything is contained within each part, but just as we all have eyes to see, not everyone chooses to look, and thus some are insular and seemingly disconnected from the greater whole.

And to look into a future, use your mind. Not your sense awarenesses. Read a possible and potential external by connecting with the entirety within, for a future exists in the present, as the past of that future.

Next, how to know which is which.

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PROJECT ORGANIC REALTIME

2010-02-26T08:14:00.002Z

With an increased recognition of the potential of a semantic and intuitive based interface between the minds of the the users of the next generation of the internet, I have developed a strategy that enables and increases the organic (living) aspects of the web, and also utilises the power of the inorganic (hardware) aspects.

As realtime search becomes a major feature of web 3.0+ I felt it was time to look a little closer at what might be achieved here... For those who might not know, realtime search is a means whereby what ever is being uploaded onto the internet, now (often in the form of blogs, status updates on Facebook and Twitter) is searched and collated, and as such the 'wave' of news, information, gossip and chatter creates surges that are based upon the collective consciousness of the planet (well those who are busy sharing data on the web), and though this collective, and conscious wave of information the 'status' can be read...

So, for instance, if there is a major incident at an airport somewhere in the world, the news will break into the media, firstly through the web, something that is called 'citizen journalism'... You get the picture.

News spreads very fast.

Now, this is where it begins to get a little interesting for me.

As, contained within this constant flow of facts, figures, gossip, news etc., are also the hidden, or deeper subconscious events, that are revealed, though obscured. At this point I may say cheerio to a reader or two, as I am going to venture into the world of mysticism and divination.

Now, there are statistical proofs that the prices of metals (on the world market) fluctuate in direct relationship to the movement and phases of the moon and planets, and this has long been understood by the most successful traders, so... don't dismiss the idea just yet.

What I have created, is a method whereby a divinatory aspect is layered upon realtime search, which in effect reads the future of the all those millions of online contributors. Seeing movements and extrapolating trends in all manner of areas of human endeavour and understanding and also reading the hidden and concealed developments that are yet to emerge as conscious thoughts and actions.

What I am doing is reading the mind of the world, or learning to... And, I would love to share this journey, with you, if you feel this might be of interest.

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ORGANIC SEMANTIC PRANIC

2010-02-23T07:22:00.003Z

So, I am following an abstract path of integrating the hardware interface, with the current software offerings, and extrapolating how a more intuitive and semantic web might be created, developing a truly organic interface, one that can relate mind to mind.

The relative crudity of the mash-ups we have between minds, and the wealth of information that lies within each is currently one of the biggest, if not the prime obstacle to a more organic web, the dream... And the level of intercommunication can depend upon the the skill of the user (the seeker) and the skill of the author (the creator), and should this system lack balance, an imbalanced result will arise.

I mentioned yesterday that the true depth of communication might be magnified by the increased use of symbology, imagery and more developed alphabet, one that had been created with digital communication in mind, a new language.

But, there is another aspect that needs addressing too. Consider the keyboard through which we enter our datas... A single digital on/off interface that has no movement other than strict linear progression, allowing no lateral interpretation and development. So maybe a key board that senses pressure, subtle energies and yet more mystical elements, read and held as part of the data entry, and this containing elements of colour and feeling, and not juts by those who have great control and can manipulate the English language... A more feeling interface between fingers and database.

Maybe the touch screen is a way that this might be developed and achieved, pressure and movement sensitive, and over time able to 'read' other flows from the author, to be transmitted to the reader. An element of chi or prana, that can be taught as part of our language and communication skills.

About time really, and not just for computer folks....

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ORGANIC SEMANTIC 3.0+

2010-02-22T11:05:00.003Z

Developing the flexibility of intuition and comprehending the meaning of relationships, in effect being able to look into the eyes of a web page and 'read' what lies beyond the facade.

Connecting mind to mind, through the non-organic face of current hardware and software, is as yet an unrealised dream, but I think that there are ways of associating words, meanings and intentions, and by drawing these together, in randomised manner, though within a finite set of rules and relationships, deeper, semantic understandings can be drawn.

The lack of flexibility is inherent in the mechanical interface, whereby a coarse communication, predicated upon the 26 letters of the English language imprison the deeper meanings of your words shared over the internet.

We have a linguistic limitation, whereas imagery, appropriately coded can bear far more information... Consider - A picture is worth 1000 words.

We have the smiley codes and images, and also those based upon punctuation marks, and text abbreviations, which are able to communicate far more, though rather facile as yet, so I am suggesting that the semantic web, the organic internet, not only require a leap in programming and hardware design, but also a re-evaluation, and re-design of the language we use on our computers.

Sure, it will be tough for the oldies like me, but young minds have the capability to learn 2 languages at once, after all, mathematics is a language of sorts too, isn't it?

So, the linguists, the communicators, the visionaries, need to thread a language to share, and one that is user friendly for the machine. Start again... start again.

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AN ORGANIC INTERNET 3.0

2010-02-21T07:25:00.003Z

I'm searching for meaning, and understanding. I am seeing the word 'organic' juxtaposed with the word 'internet' with regard to Web 3.0

But when I look, dig and try to uncover I find no concise definition of the phrase, other than the over laboured usage by the SEO community, who seem to serve no other purpose other than to create a myopic introspective and a sickly, self aggrandising language based upon smugness. A anti-social media predicated upon inspeak and double, and triple fold meanings, attempting to extract every living and dead drop from a dead horse. And, they call it an industry! Could anything be less industrious?

But beneath that banal superficiality I detect that something important is afoot, that some true meaning might be established, and some benefit derived.

I would love to develop this idea, and I have created a list of words that might relate to the advancement, and I list them here, drawn in random order... I tried to consider which ones I liked, and those that I did not like, and then I reversed the polarity of my reaction, trying to like those I was repelled from, to gain a more insightful understanding to my experience.

This is my list of words.... Possibility, Probability, Mutate, Fear, Karma, Synchronicity, Attractors, Enhance, Spontaneous, Uncontrolled, Flexibility, Adaption, Control, Perturb, Risk, Random, Change, Create, Confusion, Uncertainty, Paradox, Havoc, Resistance, Evolution, Luck, Chaos.

So, what is your immediate reaction to each of these words? Like or not? Then, reverse your reaction, to engage with that which you might fear (from a point of safety of course...).

Do try, and let me know.... We can build what we want, organically... or not?

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

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ORGANICA CHAOTICA

2010-02-19T15:35:00.002Z

To quote from the Concise Oxford Dictionary, 5th Edition.... To 'Organise' means: 'to furnish with living organs; make organic; make into a living being or tissue.'

Q. So, am I organised and organic? A. I am chaotic and inorganic.

The teetering edge between order and chaos, is it wide or narrow? Well, it depends upon how deep you want, or even need to go, for the ridge that straddles the precipices is temporary, and unreliable.

The illusion of order provides a facade of safety, that facilitates a stasis for our emotional balance, for the order to be maintained, we have to maintain it, and should we choose not to, or should it fall away from our grasp, chaos will emerge from behind the curtain.

And should the organic fear disorder, might it be unmanageable? I guess the question that really arises here is 'how much do we think we are creating order?' Well, to some the illusion of order is maintained by keeping surfaces at home dust free, to others it is regular direct debits, and to others, taking the medications at the prescribed times.

But for those that choose to view the glass from the other end, order is limiting, restricting and, well, dull. The elements of chaos are the hidden aspects within order, and I, choose to see chaos from an ordered perspective, almost applying a magnifying glass when I choose to see a little deeper into the reality.

From this union of both order and chaos we skate our lives upon the thin ice, avoiding the cracks wherever possible, but peering in when we have the stability or courage, for a wise man does know what lies beneath the surface.

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ORGANIC FRUIT NOW

2010-02-12T09:52:00.002Z

With spring arriving upon the breeze, and the farmers preparing their fields and orchards, the time to start considering the Summers' harvest is not too far away. For the fruits that will be gathered, some of summer and some of autumn are already glimpsed by nature's eye.

The organic apples and pears, and also the soft summer fruits, strawberries and raspberries will soon be sitting upon their mother's breast, to be shared and enjoyed by those who choose to forego the laden fruits of the chemical source.

By preparing now, the wise farmer knows what he might expect form his harvest, and though there may be difficulties, hurdles, problems and unexpected encounters, by experience he understands that should be put in the appropriate effort, he is increasing the opportunities for his crop to ripen.

And in this way it is the same for the farmer's of life, for as they sow, so shall they reap... And what harvest might the organic life farmer wish for? A summer crop of peace and happiness or? And should he choose these crops, does he know the correct manner in which he should sow his seeds, and indeed what seeds he should sow.

For this organic man is one who wishes for a wisdom harvest, an inner sunshine and warmth, laden with rich calming colours and lights, and the succulent richness of inner peace and tranquility... By following the path.

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ORGANIC YOGA

2010-02-11T12:02:00.004Z

Upward dog, downward dog.... 5 breaths... Sound familiar? Well if it resonates with you I understand, and empathise with you too... A yogi.

And in this world of organic life, we too are organica, but, does this mean the very word and meaning might be used, levered and angled to suit? Well, yes and no. Yes, for good purposes and no for exploitative reasons, and the funny thing is that the very word 'Organic' is beginning to bite back at the hand that purported to support it, once... it had been used in a cynical manner.

I have read that one of the UK's leading organic brands, Duchy Originals lots several million pounds in their last trading year, and whilst I have sympathy for their financial plight I also have an inkling as to why this may have occurred. In a word? Greed. Based around that big bad bogey of the organic world - trading upon a celebrity name.

GET THE MESSAGE YET? More and more of these vanity projects will suffer and fail, and drag the word organic through the mud (pun intended), it is a short term and elitist idea that is failing, and Prince Charles' advisers had better regain the clear ground, based upon product and service and not upon name, for not only will the organic world suffer, those whose names are associated, (brands in themselves) will also suffer.

Anyway, get back to your yoga mat, I know you have not been very good about practicing this year, even though you made a resolution to do so. I can see you, feel you and know you... But, despite your reputation, I love you... x

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AN ORGANIC BEAUTY RANGE

2010-02-09T14:21:00.002Z

Oh you pretty things! Come out into the sunshine, for it is time to expose your skin to the air once again.

Protect and moisturise, but make sure it is an organic base and moisturiser, or you will find that you are grinding chemicals into your face, and just shudder to think how that would feel, or you could always just use gravel... if you are hard core.

The whole market of organic beauty and skin care is exploding, and we are offering to review your products and then expose the truth to our 1000's of readers... Yes, we have over 10,000 a week, so if you dare, share!

If you are interested in submitting samples for a review, please send them to me. Please include any information you would like me to feature, as well. Feel free to keep me posted on happenings you feel my readers would like to know about, such as sales, tutorials & recipes you post online, etc.

This is also a great opportunity to advertise your products to readers specifically looking for organic bath and body products.

There is no better organic window in the UK, and growing faster than a GM bean in a cannabis factory...

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GETTING ORGANIC TASTE

2010-02-08T07:00:00.002Z

When you eat, what is the process that occurs? It starts with your eyes, as the plate is laid before you, the meal is devoured by your eyes, you make many quick, some rational and many irrational decisions about what you are about to put into your body.

For, with organic produce, you have an idea about what might be hidden within the food, or more likely, what you will not find within your lunch. Because though we wash most of our foods prior to cooking and this washes the excess dirt and possible chemical contamination from the surfaces, if the vegetables have been raised in chemical beds, the very substance of the food will contain various amounts of largely untested chemicals, as part of your meal.

And when I say untested chemicals, I mean exactly that, as by eating this food, you are the tester, you are part of a big food experiment, that hopefully will not go wrong, but it might.

The organic food industry has the desire to use methods of cultivation that are not predicated on this experimental methodology, thereby not using you, the consumer as a Guinea pig, for should the food industry experiment go awry, who will help you... No one.

What you taste might not be the food you eat, but a chemical soup of laboratory gunge whose derivation is obscure, frightening and potentially toxic. Would you reach into a bag of chemicals and lick your fingers, however nice it tasted, if you did not know what it was?

Organic food tastes of food, and sure, add pepper, salt, herbs and spices, but what about those enhancers, preservatives and so called 'E' numbers, now there is a bad joke if I ever heard one.

Eat and taste your food, as it is, as it was grown, not as the food chemist determines on the basis of profit and shelf life - are those criteria that suit your taste?

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LOOKING FOR ORGANIC REALITY

2010-02-04T12:27:00.003Z

Searching for truth, in both the organic and the inorganic, but how lies the definition of inorganic. It is assumed to be non-biological and without a process of vitality... And I waver over these both.

For what is static and unchanging? I see that an onion grows, it is biology and has a process and development, and I see that a gold wedding band is static, non-biological and does not change. But at the same time we know that nothing remains. And the metaphysical aspects of organica vs inorganica are no more than the usual semantic philosophical conundrum.

But there is more, if we dig a little deeper into the dark, moist, enriched soil. For the relationship between the inner and outer worlds, sometimes described by the word - ANTHROPOSOPHY - coined by no less a figure than Rudolf Steiner.

And all these pathways, as they intersect at the crossroads of inner/outer space, at the confluence and convergent points are subjected to our own personal editing suites - programmed by karma, often in the guise of learned behaviours, and powered by our inhibited relationship with both extremes.

Within the quantum point(s) that are the non-entity of stillness and being, the deity within and without is her/him that reflects our desires and projects them upon the curtain that is drawn over the surface of our eyes.

So, leave those eyes in the drawer, and open the hidden eye, the third eye, and see.

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ORGANIC ASTROLOGY

2010-02-02T07:59:00.002Z

Taking biodynamics to the next level, or reaching new heights? I first heard about biodynamic agriculture, with regard to organic production, when I met a very interesting lady who had a vineyard.

She took her understanding of the relationships between the elements of the natural world much farther than I had ever contemplated. She spent long nights in the vineyard watching what happened, to try and gain an understanding through passive observation, and one quite remarkable discovery of hers was that of when the birds chose to eat the grapes.

She saw that the birds would choose to eat the grapes from the vine at a very specific time of the lunar month and also a specific time of the night, and she concluded, that if the birds ate the grapes at this time, they, being attuned and subtly aligned, were determining their eating times to co-incide with the time at which the grapes were at their most nutritious and sweetest.

So, this seemingly retrograde (no pun intended) method of timing harvesting, has become another string in the ever subtler bow of the organic wine maker - watching the cycles of the moon, and the movements of nature around the crops.

Which brings me to a further potential, that of the ancient new science of astrological crop management, looking even further outwards to try and interpret the signals that are indicated in the skies and heavens above, and indeed all around. The seasonal periods, indicated by the ancient solar and lunar clocks, the Stonehenge and the Avebury, that are a manifestation of the relationship between inner earth and outer sky, no longer visible to many modern men and women, as the tension within their own inner and outer spaces prevents a harmonic imaging and relationship process.

Too uptight to relax, and see... To see what nature is, as it is us. All around, and all within.

The stars are not separate from us, and we are not separate from them, and this unison and understanding helps our relationship with our planet Earth, and fosters a stewardship that creates an organic relationship with all we consume and create.

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MY ORGANIC VALENTINE

2010-01-31T10:53:00.003Z

As lovers gather their dreams and yearnings, so many secret and never known, the time for hearts to share is due, for that arrow of the sainted one - Valentine.

Before the time of Chaucer, no mention was of this finest man, and before his days, and even now, it is not known if this is one or many men... A St Valentine or...

And whence the meaning contained within this day? For Valentine has the word, buried within its etymology, valour... courage and fearlessness. Do display one's love without fear of rejection, or is this a form of cowardice, to post a card or leave a bouquet both untitled, for fear of refusal?

For within the arrow of love, released from Eros to the heart, is the thread that joins two or more within love's messenger... And for you and I, we share gifts, and here we have organic flowers from me to thee, and card upon recycled paper, a gift of creativity rather than monetary considerations... Think Green Valentine, for any saint would wish no harm to another, and green is that little less harmful, today and tomorrow.

So on this 14th February, consider, be green and organic, step lightly, and know that love is in the air....

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DIGGING ORGANIC

2010-01-29T13:44:00.005Z

Digging into your soil, and becoming engaged in the organic life... Digg has just celebrated it's 5th birthday, and The Organic Home has just passed it's 1st birthday Can U Dig It? Thank you PWEI...

So, it is time to sit and look around to try and understand the organic nature of the past year's events.

The organic movement has been absorbed and now manipulated by the might of the major chains, its grass roots, though still pure and idealised, are being shoveled to one side, bulldozed even, into the sideways.

I visited my local farmer's market yesterday, to see what organic produce was available, and to see how the market was faring... Not such good news, the stalls were quiet, and an air of non-enthusiasm filled the air, and why was this.

Well, it is the hi-jacking of the organic phraseology by the aspirational marketeers, and this has the potency to discourage the general public from being allowed to think that they can afford organic, and this is going to create an ever smaller market, the business will shrink. It was over hyped, and those celeb creatures have done irreparable damage to the word...

Time for a new word, or a grass roots relaunch of the industry, as otherwise the island will shrink, and shrink...

One year in... Well that is what I see, but on the converse side I am seeing an explosion of interest in the green and eco worlds, these, which I considered to be so directly related to the organica are in fact less class related, and less status obsessed, so for the next year, we are going to be looking at ways in which we can marry the two, a wedding - you are invited, to our internet adventure, our eco/green www.edding.com...

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BLACK BELT ORGANIC

2010-01-28T15:37:00.002Z

10th Dan... Who is it, does such a mysterious master of organic martial arts exist? Yes, he is out there, right at this very moment, pitch forking perfectly dry waste onto his bonfire, wasting no effort, no material and no compost.

For the master, he shows by example, silent and private, sensei holds no court. But should you wish to learn, sit by his allotment, watching his every move, come rain or shine, look into his organic garden and be still. And one day, he might just look at you and laugh at your stupidity, with a dismissive look, but be aware grasshopper, he is but testing you.

For the master organico is of the soil, is of the air, and is of fire and water too, his alchemy is the transformative energy of growth and of creation, that brings the harvest to your table, carried the apples to your basket and the wheat to the miller. For no Kill Bill here, his methods are those of the peaceful warrior, who deflects his enemies strength and watches the errors of the clumsy nationals. Who says that big is beautiful eh? And who believes it anymore... Only the big.

So, the arena is clear and the contestants are warming up, to be graded and qualified for their belts, from yellow to black, but today we have a new belt, the green and black belt, for those masters of the martial organic art, and who have green and eco qualifications in their moves. Into the dojo warriors of the soil, ye alchemists and mystics, for you see, hear and breathe the nature that all was organic, and now for a conundrum...

Is anything that exists within our eco sphere, that of planet Earth, not organic and not of this place? It simply has to be, for everything we have has been created from that that is the Earth. We have manipulated and juggled, but all is natural.

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ORGANIC FARMERS MARKETS

2010-01-26T07:16:00.002Z

Oh, it is the time for the farmer's markets to shrug off their mantle of frost and snow, and peer round the corner of their winter storage barns, as the season changes and faces the new year.

For now the sun begins to rise that moment earlier each day, and whilst he rises higher over the horizon, to look down with a stern eye to say... you dormant ones, time to pass your nourishment over, to grow and thrive and share your energy with mankind.

For the coming spring brings forth not only the new crops of vegetables, but also the farmer's markets, those sources of fresh, green organic produce, none fresher. For these are the lifelines of Earth's natural produce into our cities and towns, carried by individuals and small collectives who are growing organically for your and my benefits.

And these sweet producers are not the majors who barge and jostle into our consciousness using all the subtlety of a brick thrown through a window, they are small, independent, and proud of what they are achieving, and we in turn should realise exactly what they are doing, and take up their kind offers. These small organic growers are those who are paving the way for the return to the future, a recreated echo of the past, but with modern inspiration.

Carry the flag of hope to your local farmer's market, and listen to what they tell you of the Earth and her gifts, for they will have an ancient story to tell you. Shop with them, even a small amount, as this will encourage and support their precious work, they need you and I to survive, and we need them to show us how to survive.

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

THE LATEST ORGANIC MARKET NEWS, FROM THE ORGANIC HOME

AN ORGANIC VACATION

2010-01-23T21:58:00.003Z

At the depth of winter, our sweet sun seems oh so far away, and summer, well, did it ever happen? But it did, and it shall return, and for those with a taste for green vacations, or eco travel, why not consider the new phenomena.

Green was last year, eco the year before that, and now we have organic travel, with hotels, resturants and tours - all for you! And here, we are building a collation or directory of all the services you will require this year, even down to the organic t shirt for the beach.

But, as ever, we need your help... If you have, or know of any business, website, group, hotel, restaurant we need it. We wish to help us to help you, by helping you to help us.

We have our green travel website - Travel Can be Green - and for that we are seeking a partner, one with full travel agent experience, in booking flights and tours... We are waiting for you.

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

THE LATEST ORGANIC HOLIDAY NEWS, FROM THE ORGANIC HOME

NEW ORGANIC MEDIA

2010-01-23T17:42:00.002Z

The Organic media, spreading like wildfire throughout the etheric forest of sociality, unknown just 5 years ago, and now vice like gripped upon the roots of the internet.

For two giants have awoken, the ubiquitous Twitter and Facebook wherein it does appear that all becomes available to others.

For no other democratisation of scale and power has ever existed in this world before, and in the organic roots lie you and I, those individuals who are now co-creators of the shared mediums.

And we, here, at The Organic Home are ready to step further and forward into this new venture, as for our own sakes, we have become the most popular organic website in Britain, our statistics are radiating, as a result of silent hours. We have large followings in so many areas of our spread, to divinations granted.

For, it appears that no other has taken the opportunity to use the media in a varied manner, within our verdant world. For using the famous two... FB and TW we have now built the largest online directory of green, eco, and organic in the UK, and watch out world, for we are coming at you next. I am planning to create the largest of all, the mother and father of the green family online, but this is a group effort that will not happen unless the world wishes to play in our garden, and indeed make it their garden.

Th gate is open, and there are cakes and candles on the tables, waiting for you.

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

THE LATEST ORGANIC MEDIA NEWS, FROM THE ORGANIC HOME

ORGANIC RESEARCH - OF THE PAST

2010-01-22T13:40:00.004Z

Don't we just love to build an industry and career around new science. For new science means new research, and that means new research grants, publications, buildings and more. And we do have the organic research institutions to be grateful for, so we can all benefit in the long term, the healthy long term future of us all... Welcome and hail new science.

Hang on... What is going on here? Is this new science, this adventure into our green future? I think not. For the science here is done, recorded, researched and published, not only in books, but within our very DNA, for we are organic, and what the 'science' we have to learn now, is that of de-learning all those criminally propagated quackeries that have promulgated virally the over chemicalisation of our food supply chains.

The science, and the art of organic, resides in the past, it had been refined and purified over 5000 human years, for the simple benefit of growing food, maximising output, and minimising effort, for what farmer or his labourer wished to toil any harder in the fields. Mechanisation, was in part causal, but that element, in isolation cannot be removed from the equation, and for no Luddite I, as you understand that the future is upon us.

But, look back too, see what had won the day, what sunshine was available for our crops, that did not need toxifying, waxing, regularising and 'perfecting, for, that fruit which to contemporary eyes looks 'perfect' is merely a perfect disguise for foolish eyes...

The future of organic, does it lie in the past?

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

THE LATEST ORGANIC RESEARCH NEWS, FROM THE ORGANIC HOME

HAITI RELIEF GARDENS

2010-01-22T08:11:00.002Z

In support of Haiti and all relief efforts, Banana Tree Consulting is offering to plant Haiti Relief Gardens on properties large and small. The organic vegetable gardens will be planted in the spirit of survival and regrowth. They will be a symbol of your solidarity with the people of Haiti, and the greater community of developing nations worldwide. Banana Tree will donate 30% of all proceeds of these Haiti Relief Gardens to Doctors Without Borders, an international NGO working on the ground in Haiti to bring medical care to those who need it.

This is your chance to donate a substantial amount to the relief efforts, while gaining a sustainable, organic kitchen garden on your property's site. The garden will only continue to grow and provide fine food and nourishment for your guests, while honoring the struggle of those in Haiti. The garden can be marked with a lovely, discreet, hand painted sign made by local Caribbean artisans. Or your efforts can be made known simply by the vegetables and herbs planted in the soil. For rates and information please contact us as soon as possible.

Written by Banana Tree - For further details - CLICK HERE

THE LATEST ORGANIC GARDEN NEWS, FROM THE ORGANIC HOME

FRUIT ORGANIC - VEGETABLES TOO...

2010-01-18T11:32:00.002Z

What is your choice, your favourite organic vegetable or fruit? Does it have to seasonal and local to really do it for you? Does that combination organically click it?

Looking at this time of year, THE vegetable has to be the humble parsnip. And this pale yellow, winter root vegetable is the new Elvis, the reformed Beatles, the Rock and Roll vegetable. For some obscure collection of reasons and causes, there is simply no more fashionable food in this universe than the parsnip..

What has happened? Well, simply put, people have realised how nice it tastes. It has been hauled out of the heavy stewed and casseroled campaign pans, and lifted onto the front page of TV celebrity stardom... I mean, did you see the parsnip in Celebrity Big Brother, or that lovely baby parsnip on the X Factor... Missed it? Never mind, as you will be able to see our ubiquitous friend, sexily draped between the fingers of glorious Jamie.

But, might there be a more amusing reason for this surge in interest... Well, catch this hot potato! The parsnip is related to the cannabis plant, the two share common attributes, so it could be that whilst we are enjoying our chillie and parsnip soup, or our roasted, and honey basted parsnip frites, we are just getting a little high.

Oh, and just another note, we should be drowning in them soon, as frost is a real friend to this plant, as it brings out the full richness of flavours, slightly sweet and tangy. And organic fruits, well there ain't none in this country just now, and leave those air freight ones alone... Oh, it could be that your local apple orchard has some apples in their chiller room from last season, but time is running out, as by February they will not be any good for eating, just for juicing.

101 ways to cook a parsnip... number 1 - you can eat it raw.

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

THE LATEST ORGANIC MONEY NEWS, FROM THE ORGANIC HOME

ORGANIC CURRENCY - ORGANICANOMICS

2010-01-17T18:08:00.005Z

Can you spend organic cash? So, tell me, did your parents ever say this to you? 'Do you think that money grows on trees'? And if so, what did you think at the time, for I'm going to guess that you were a child... right? I can recall exactly what I thought, 'well mum, if we all agreed that leaves were money, then money would grow on trees, wouldn't it' in my fresh young mind.

But then the argument returned was, 'well, you try spending leaves in the shop'... OK mum, I know, I know, but it would be nice if we could pluck leaves from the tree in the garden and spend them in the sweet shop (candy store in you are the USA), wouldn't it.

But, there are some leaves on certain trees and plants that have a value, for instance those used for the production of cocaine, from the coca plant, and many other leaves of a lesser value.. but, you get the picture.

So we have had the world of economics, of freakonomics, and now welcome to the world of organicanomics.

The basis for definition starts here...

Crazy - inescapable condition of disassociation with the shared contextual identity

Internal world - that which exists within the confines of our body, relating to emotion and experience

Creation - arising from that which did not previously exist

Manifesting - appearance of that which is created

Psychology - tools for the basic mapping of the internal world

Sub-conscious - that which dwells within our reactionary and experiential mind

Prayer - connecting desire with creational understanding

Healing - energetic easement of blockages

Empathy - connectivity without judgement

Will - manifest expression

Preparation - garnering the intermediary conditions

Patience - awaiting outcomes, accepting conditions

Imagination - subtle sense awareness related to primary and preparatory experience

Alchemy - transformational process, from lower to higher, impure to pure

And the mechanism upon which the system of organic economics functions? Working on it, but it involves thought... ;-)

Written and Published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home

THE LATEST ORGANIC MONEY NEWS, FROM THE ORGANIC HOME