What is 3rd Eye?

Referred to as the seat of the soul, the third eye is seen as the gate to the spiritual world. The physical location of the third eye is just above the eyebrows in the center of the head. It is said that when the third eye is activated, one can see beyond the mere physical world becomes connected to the realm of the super-consciousness.

There is much debate over the existence and origin of the concept of the third eye. Western science is beginning to discover the organic relation between the physical 3rd eye and the spiritual third eye. The pineal gland is seen as the source of the third eye activation that is described as experiencing a dream in an awakened state.

A direct portal to the dream world, many indigenous cultures including Buddhist, Hindu, and Yoruba, find the third eye as the hub that connects us to true reality. In the Book "Of Water and Spirit" by Malidoma Patrice Some a Dagra spiritual healer, he speaks of how in his culture, there is no separation between the dream world and the real world. He goes on to say that the Western world finds itself locked in to the concept that reality is only what can be seen, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted.

Just imagine if we were able to tap into the forces that allow us to shape our thoughts into realities. Wonder what the world would look like if everything that we thought of and wanted was instantly transferred into the physical world. Although this may seem to be some storyline for some science fiction movie of a sequel to the Matrix, this reality isn't to far off. Ask yourself, have you ever thought of someone the instant that they called you. Have you ever woken up and questioned if what you dreamt was real or "just a dream"?

As humans, we are reality creating machines, from skyscrapers to the international space station, we harness the power to manifest infinite realities. As individuals, we often find challenges in finding our true selves. In the Western world, it is often difficult to realize our dreams because we are so focused on the material world. Giving happiness, security, and comfort a physical form like that three story house, that Cartier bracelet, or that Italian coupe, diverts energy away from liberating ourselves. Breaking beyond the dualities that complicate our lives is achieved through focus on the unseen. Life through the third eye transcends the concepts of good and bad, right and wrong, light and dark. Through the third eye, we just are.

Countering Economic Slavery

Here is some news that was forwarded to me regarding the investment front abroad. If you don't already know, Africa is being exploited on all sides by firms like the IMF, World Bank and even countries like China. Their tactics of exploit involve locking in African countries into complex loan structures that require the country to lower their currency and commit to massive (and sometimes useless) infrastructure enhancement contracts before the loan can be granted. As a result, the countries become bogged down in endless debt with no way to repay the loans because their currency becomes worth less than the paper its printed on. Funds like the one listed below allow investors to buy into the future of our developing brothers an sisters in order to counter the often draconian financial instruments that result in economic slavery. Let us know your thoughts...

Africa fund backs unity drive with cash
Mon 2 Jul 2007, 10:41 GMT

By Pascal Fletcher

ACCRA (Reuters) - African public and private investors plan to finance highways, hydro-power dams and other infrastructure through a continent-wide fund that puts hard cash behind the goal of a more united Africa .
African ministers officially launched the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund late on Sunday at an African Union summit in Ghana that is debating how to speed up integration of the world's poorest continent.
"This is a fund by Africans for the benefit of Africans," South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said.
Her Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo Addo, said the home-grown initiative was a break from the tradition of African states "holding their hands out for alms" from the world.
The fund's chief executive, Tshepo Mahloele, said mostly South African public and private investors, including banks and pension funds, had already committed $625 million to the first long-term equity fund of its kind in Africa.
"The goal of the fund is to raise $1.2 billion," he added.
The initiative would provide long-term financing for cross-border energy, transport, telecoms, water and sanitation projects.
Other investment instruments -- quasi-equity, structured finance and high-yielding debt -- would be considered.
The fund, whose start-up investors include the South African government-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and Ghana 's Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), was now looking for more investors and financing partners inside and outside the continent.
"We've got a lot of international interest. We've got the Singaporean pension funds looking, we've scheduled engagements with American institutions, and also some of the regular development finance institutions," he said.
"We have set ourselves the next 12 months to get to the $1.2 billion," Mahloele added, saying the funds had made a point of obtaining its initial commitments from African institutions.
"It is unlikely that we will get anyone to invest on the continent unless Africans start investing themselves," he said.
PIPELINE OF PROJECTS
Mahloele said the fund, which was based in South Africa but would open offices in the main geographical regions of the continent, had more than 19 possible infrastructure deals in the pipeline.
Some of the projects under consideration included an airport in West Africa, a toll road in Nigeria, a gas scheme in Namibia, a satellite covering the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa and investment in the massive Inga hydro-electric dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"Of our five top projects, what we call our A list, we're sure that we should be able to close two within the next 12-18 months," Mahloele said.
Countries such as Namibia , Kenya , Nigeria , Botswana and Tanzania , were looking at amending their legislation and regulations to allow national pension funds to invest abroad so they could join the initiative.
Mahloele said the time was ripe for the launch of such an investment vehicle, allowing African pension funds to invest resources on their own continent and contribute to easing the region's huge infrastructure deficit, which was hampering development.
© Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved.

A History of the Bryant Family

I am writing this post from the Nations Capital Washington D.C. The purpose of this trip is neither to celebrate the so called independence that this nation was granted more than 300 years ago nor be hypnotized by complex displays of pyrotechnics and upbeat classical ballads. I have come here to reunite myself with part of my past and part of myself.


Family is a fruit bearing tree that reflects our past, present, and future. The roots of this tree represent our ancestors whose energy and timeless guidance provide a foundation for all life that draws from this source. The trunk or pillar of the tree is seen in the knowledge carried by the elders who are still with us on this side. It is our grandfathers and grandmothers who are the time capsules for a history so recent yet almost forgotten are often overlooked as oracles for the future.

I am grateful to have a grandfather who at age 87 is sharp as he is hansom. At age 23, I came to the conclusion that now is the time for me to chronicle his history and experience in nearly nine decades of life. This post will be to share my interactions with him to you as the reader with the hopes of allowing you to relive his life as a boy, an adolescent, a man, a husband, a father, and a grandfather. As the evolution of man is compared to the chrysalis of the butterfly, my grandfathers story will communicate the importance of realizing where we come from so that we understand where we are going.