Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Kathy" <Vanokat@mrtc.com>]

Young Living is the biggest rip off on the internet - takes people awhile to 
figure it out. Anyone interested in Essential Oils needs to order from here
http://www.aromaland.org
These are highest quality oils  (Theraputic grade) you can get at far better 
prices. (No I am not a Dist. not a MLM)
Don't be fooled by Gary Young and his minions.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] When the body says no


> Okay, we can debate the merits, but to be fair I have to state as 
> listowner, it's hard to stop commercial promotions once they get started 
> on a list like this. As for being worth their weight in gold, I can't 
> afford gold either ... And no one's arguing for plastic tablecloths, video 
> games, or lab fragrances. They're bad, but that doesn't mean we need to 
> shell out $700 for an essential oil "training". Further, we have no 
> possible way of knowing which oils are adulterated or "poisonous" and 
> which aren't and are supposedly worth a few months groceries. Personally I 
> take special supplements like Zyflamend and IP-6 that are clinically 
> proven, but I have yet to hear of clinical evidence for healing by 
> smelling these oils. And it's safe to say my own ancestors didn't have 
> rose petals and lavender soap.
>
> I feel strongly about this thing of getting what you pay for. Frankly, I 
> don't buy it. The food we get at Sunflower or Trader Joe's is as good or 
> better than Whole Foods and at half the price. Life-giving foods and other 
> needs can be had at lower cost if people make the effort and find a way. 
> Reminds me of an old Joan Baez number, All My Trials: "If living were a 
> thing that money could buy, Then the rich would live and the poor would 
> die"...
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
> On 2/28/2010 at 2:49 PM Laurie Ann Powell wrote:
>
> > Trading Post Paul said:
> >
> > <Interesting but I looked at your website, ridiculously expensive as a
> > commercial promotion. I don't see why its price is in the stratosphere
> > compared to plain old aromatherapy that ordinary people can afford. And
> > I'm sure good diet is far more effective in maintaining good health and
> > mental outlook.
> > ____
> >
> > Hey, Paul,
> >
> > I know that you, of all people, know that you "get what you pay for" in
> > terms of food and health.  Cheap distillation methods, additive
> > adulteration, and synthetic reproduction of fragrances make most
> > aromatherapy oils smell good - and poisonous.  They are the equivalent of
> > factory-raised food.
> >
> > Young Living Essential Oils and the Raindrop Training are both worth their
> > weight in gold, because the oils really heal people, and the training
> > helps you use them to their best effect. The level of training in what you
> > called "a commercial promotion" is far more than selling the company's
> > product.  The use of fragrances in our daily lives is a lost art - one our
> > ancestors did every day without being aware that rose petals in their bear
> > grease, thyme and cedar in their closets and lavender in their soap were
> > actually healing them continually. The flowers on their tables that have
> > been replaced by plastic, the gardening that has been replaced by playing
> > video games and the lab fragrances in all our body care products are not
> > health -neutral. They are destructive.
> >
> > Radical diet change  is the core for improving health - but when we hit a
> > plateau where better food could do no more, learning about the therapeutic
> > value of essential oils opened up a whole new level of health and
> > well-being.
> >
> > I'd love to see our living on the land companions growing the plants
> > needed to make therapeutic-grade oils more widely available and
> > affordable.  It takes a lot of roses to make a tiny bit of rose oil -
> > hence the steep price tag!
> >
> > All the best to you,
> > Laurie Ann
> >
> >
> >
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