Latest podcast added to the current archives: "Survival of the Smartest"
Channeling Session Date:
(02/11/97)
 
   It never ceases to amaze me that with these channeling sessions being chosen at random, more often than not they fit well with the previous ones that included the relevant information. This channeling session of April is different though a better session could not have been chosen for moment. The title, as you will hear, was provided by Karra as it reflects the theme carried out through each of the speakers. From Omal to Kiri, we discuss preparations handy for just such an occasion as the pandemic being experienced globally. This is one of those times where the preparations discussed are overblown due to a fear that turns out to be nothing but not this time. This time things are real and the information provided will probably not work in most situations so adjustments would have to be made for the location of the listener. When this was recorded over twenty years ago it was for a house at 6,500 feet and apparently during the winter. Hearing it now, the preparations being discussed are embarrassingly inadequate for what would even a mild crisis would require. Nonetheless, it's never too late to start until it is so we hope the following podcast provides useful information that can be combined with the information on survival preparations from previous channeling sessions. Now on to the summary.

   Though rare, our channeling sessions were not without our recording errors and this month was just such a case. Either only play was pushed or someone forgot to hit record, we lost about ten minutes of a sixty minutes of taping where both Tia and Omal had already been talking. We begin in the middle of Omal's discussion on the storage of provisions in the event of the breakdown of society. As we discuss the building of an atrium you will hear about the talk of pogs. Pogs were part of an employee award system Heavenly ski resort had at the time where both Mark and myself were employed. Pogs, which were about the size of a poker chip, was a game craze of the 90s and several companies tied in their award system to the fad. Heavenly was no exception and the pogs they used were valuable to those trying to earn them. What time Omal does have with us is used to explore various ways we could prepare the habitation Mark and I shared for most eventualities. We had then recently had a greenhouse in the yard suffer structural damage and so we explored a way to building instead on the deck. With Karra adding input telepathically to Omal, a few options became available to both prepare for the worst and increase the value of the house in the process. Speaking of Karra, she is the next speaker and now comes on to add her suggestions in person. Karra focuses more on food and nutrition in her conversation and what would be needed to survive on should access to food staples be unavailable. At one point she reflects back on her time as a little girl of seven being stuck in the family cabin during a snowstorm. The story's value to us is that she remembers the peat that would be burnt to keep the fire lit and the pleasant smell that it produced. Should the need arrive, she reminds me of a nearby field that may be a source that could be utilized. Between the pine nuts and pine needles, a mountain environment provides plenty of resources to fall back on in nature should the need arise. A best-case scenario is that there is never a need.

   After a short side one, Tia gets side two off to a start as we go over a book that dealt with extreme shortages on a far-off planet. The book is "Dune" and in the book the shortage is a lack of water while in a scenario with basic services, many shortages will be taking place. Tia's contribution to the session's theme of survival gets into the practical details that would be involved in a survival situation such as how long the supply should last and the optimal number of people that could be support each other during the crisis. We cover cooking, heating, and lighting before it's time to bring on the guest speaker. Luckily for us, the guest speaker of the night turned out to be Lyka who knows more about survival than most of the other speakers. We start off a little off topic as we talk about the rehearsals being put on at the Corner Bar which would be part of the dancers to preform at that year's Tri-Base Ski Races being held at Hades Base in a few weeks. The topic of soul animals comes up and we learn hers is the tigress. It was only two months ago in February's podcast that In Lyka's last third dimensional life she had been the person the world knows now as General George S. Patton. At the time of taping she had not yet turned twenty-one so did not have access to her past lives. By now she has no doubt come to accept her life now a logical incarnation in retrospect. In one of her most enlightening revelations, she explains the role of a member of the Sirian Defense Force. We haven't really gone into the equipment she wears while on patrol now that their main mission is to provide reconnaissance and support but not supply advanced weaponry to the force they are helping. She even touches on the laser swords they use prior to having to rush out in such a hurry she doesn't have the time to say goodbye. Tia jumps back in real quick to bring on Kiri to take us to the end of the tape which turns out to be fortuitous as an engineer's take was just what the home preparations needed. She has a favor to ask first which is to get in some fencing practice after the channeling session. Kiri not being a fencer, her request came as a surprise but she reveals Lyka's fencing instructor had programmed into her some moves. What she has for us is even more surprising as she gives us do-it-yourself solar anyone could make that double as a source of hot water. We also get into the designs for a solar oven made out of tin foil just before the tape reaches its conclusion.               
                 
This month's editorial is called "Fly Like A Seagull". This month we honor the genius of Richard Bach.