Trapped In A Straight Jacket!! Or Is He....???

World Class Illusionist David DaVinci was strapped into a straight jacket over 200 times! To be exact, he was locked in a straight jacket, and escaped each and every one, 220 times, making this amazing man the world's record holder for the most straight jacket escapes in 8 hrs! And he did it in 95 degree heat (Florida in August!) and 55% humidity!





Congratulations, David!!


Of course, this amazing feat of magical dexterity was not without danger. David suffered as he was rubbed raw, his skin was stripped from parts of his body and began to bleed as he struggled to escape those thick, rough, heavy straight jackets.


His lovely wife, Jamieleigh, stood by his side, repeatedly strapping him in, keeping perfect tally of each escape, and handing him drinks when needed. One of his managers, who's name I believe was Stephan, also helped strap him into those jackets, as well as bringing him water and replenishing drinks. The Ormond Beach Fire and Rescue were there as well, keeping a watchful eye as David started to suffer from heat exhaustion and nearly passed out!


Mayor Fred Costello came to the event and placed the final straight jacket on David at around 5PM, after 8 hrs, and then officially congratulated David on his New World Record Title.


The paparazzi were out in full force, too!


Thanks for a great, wonderful and entertaining show as you became a World Record Holder, Mr. David DaVinci!

If you're going to be in the Ormond Beach, Florida area on Sept 5th or 6th, grab some tickets to his awesome show!

Enigama, at the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center

Sept 5, 2009 - 7PM
Sept 6, 2009 - 3PM

$15 Kids - $20 Adults
Tickets (386) 676-3375

Peace, love and magical light!
LaSal

Interesting Sights

Whilst (always wanted to use the word 'whilst') walking the backyard, I came upon a few interesting sights. Too many to post really, but here are a few...

A nifty nest, probably built by Carolina wrens, tucked into a flowerpot....


Can you see it....?


A butterfly fluttered by and landed on a flower....

Why aren't they called 'flutterby's'?



A panther lounging on on a jungle path....

(Actually, she posed for the picture!)



Thanks for stopping by...
Peace, love and light,
LaSal

Fishy Fotos

Archangel feeding the fish... one of which is a miracle fish (check previous blogs for that one). You can see how they come runni- uh, swimming to him.


Seriously, he just taps the water and they try to climb his arm and kiss him.






And who is silently watching this whole fishy scenario.....?


Peace, love and light,
LaSal

How Can You Want For Something You Have?

Want. Do you want something? How many of us want something? Different things, but don't we all, at some point or another, want something? And what do you do when you want something? You start thinking about how you want it, how you want to get it, or how you don't have it yet, but you're going to get it. Or how you're going to achieve it. Or how you are going to manifest it. You may start waiting for it.

And there-in lies the rub. If you want something, or you are thinking how you are going to get something, then you don't have it. If you don't have it, but you want it, and you keep on wanting it, you still won't have it. The longer you want it, the longer you won't have it. Seriously, it's almost too simple. If you have something, do you still want to get it? Of course not! If you have it, you have it. You don't long for something, or want to get something if you already have that something. How can you want to get what you already have?

And maybe that's the answer. According to the latest scientific research in quantum physics, everything already exists. It exists as waves of possibility all around us. At some point, consciousness seems to collapse those waves into particles of reality. That means everything is already there. We already have everything.

If everything already exists, so does wanting something exist. If your consciousness focuses on wanting something, instead of appreciating the having that something, then you're manifesting the want while keeping away the something.

Emotions seem to play a part as well. Longing, wanting, gratitude, appreciate, sadness, fear, joy, contentment, awe, happiness.... they all play a part in manifesting those waves of possibility into the reality we experience. Science seems to be in the kindergarten stage of understanding this, but it does look like we are all poised on the brink of another paradigm shift. Time to get our toes wet.

So, knowing you already have it, what do you want?

Yes, it's a trick question. ;D

Peace, love and light,
LaSal

Archangel And The Miracle Of The Fish

There's a guy I refer to as Archangel. He's a creative type, loves the outdoors, loves being busy, doing things, working on projects, and such. One of his projects a few years back was a pretty big koi pond. Koi tend to get 'jumpy' in the spring around mating season. Jumpy doesn't mean nervous here, it means they like to jump. They jump up out of the water and splash back down. Some kind of mating ritual that's supposed to turn on the other sex. Every once in a while, one of them will jump too high, too close to the edge of the pond, and land on the patio. That's always unfortunate if they're not found and put back almost immediately.

Recently one of the koi did an out of the pond jump and Archangel found it just as it was weakly gasping it's last gasp. This fish had obviously been there for more than few moments; it already had flies landing all over it. Archangel scooped it up and put it back in the water where it instantly went belly up. Not being one to give up, Archangel proceeded to turn it upright, then stayed with that fish for about two hours. He held it under it's belly and helped it swim back and forth. He massaged it's little chest to help what might be some sort of lung function. He held it by it's tail and pulled and pushed it through the water, forcing water through it's gills. He kept righting it as it would keel to one side, and after about an hour, the fish started swimming on it's own. Weakly, but swimming around. Archangel stayed there, still monitoring, still giving occasional belly rubs, and slowly the fish started swimming better and better. It started swimming down a bit deeper in to the middle of the pond and across the other side. Archangel slapped the water a few times and this fish came back over to him for more belly rubs. Yeah, I know. Hard to believe, but true. Finally it nestled down beside the filter where the water would be constantly flowing around it; it seemed tired, but it seemed to be doing OK. Archangel, exhausted from leaning over this pond nursing a fish for two hours, went into the house and fell asleep for the night.

First thing in the morning Archangel went to check on this fish. It was swimming with the other fish, acting normal, and eating. It was fine, still is fine, and has no ill effects from it's closer than close brush with certain death. Unbelievable. Really, it's a miracle it survived. Thanks to Archangel.



Peace, love and light,
LaSal

Nostradamus Quatrain Anagram Solution

Last year, at the very end of the year, one of my blog entries was about Nostradamus and the solution to an anagram. It was more about wondering what to do with the information, than the actual solution. I decided to forgo putting the 'Nostradamus Quatrain Anagram Solution' in the book (which will take a long time given how much writing has been going on it lately) and instead, post it here. Exciting, eh?

Here goes.

Nostradamus: Century X, Quatrain 96

Religion du nom des mers vaincra,
Contre la secte fils Adaluncatif,
Secte obstinee deploree craindra,
Des deux blessex par Aleph & Aleph

The traditionally believed translation is:

The Religion of the name of the seas will overcome,
Against the sect of the son of Adaluncatif,
The obstinate lamented sect will fear
The two wounded by Aleph & Aleph.

I'm not exactly agreeing with the translation of the last two lines. It seems to read more like:

The sect obstinate, regretably, will fear
From the two, a wound, by Aleph & Aleph.

It's easy to play with the translation and twist it and make it sound they way you want, however, that's not what I'm writing about. I'm writing about the first two lines. The religion of the name of the seas, and the sect of son of Adaluncatif. And I won't play with the translations.

Starting with the first line, what if.....

In the 12th century B.C. the Philistines settled on the coast of Palestine. They were known as the 'Sea Peoples' and occupied the five cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath along the coastal strip of southwestern Canaan. They were considered pagans by the Jews, Christians, and Muslims because their religion held to a doctrine of or belief in more than one god or many gods. Today it's believed that the Palestinians are the descendants of the Philistines, the Sea People. If that's true, then the first line of this quatrain, 'The Religion of the name of the seas...' would mean the Palestinians.

Now for the second line. Sect of the son of Adaluncatif. Some people who deal with the quatrains have thought it might be a Muslim name. But, what if....

Adaluncatif is an anagram for two words put together. What if Adaluncatif is an anagram for Adullam Caitiff?

Adullam was a city of the Cananites in the Valley of Elah, not far from Gath. The Cave of Adullam was the resort of David when an outlaw. There "every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him."

Caitiff means a captive, a prisoner, or a contemptible knave. A knave is 1) a lad or servant, 2) a rogue or rascal, and 3) one of the court cards, just below the Queen, but above the 10. This is a perfect description of David. 1) He was considered a vassal when he was given protection from Saul by the Philistine King, Achish of Gath. 2) He was considered an outlaw and hunted by Saul who desperately wanted him as his captive, or prisoner. Those who surrounded him and helped him considered him a rogue and a rascal and admired him for eluding capture as he did. 3) He was indeed part of the Court and eventually became not just a knave, but the King. David, the Adullam Caitiff, was also the one who started the Jewish Kingdom. His son was Solomon, the last King to rule the whole of Israel before it split into the northern and southern kingdoms. If the 'Sect of the son of Adaluncatif' is really the 'Sect of the son of the Adullam Caitiff' it would mean 'Sect of Solomon', or, simply put, Israel.

What if we re-read the first two lines of this quatrain with these solutions. It would read:

The Palestinians will overcome,
Against Israel.

Interesting, isn't it? Was does it mean? Is there a way to prevent the 'wound' mentioned in the last two lines of this quatrain? Isn't there a way to change the 'fear' and 'regret' mentioned in those lines to 'love'?

Some of the questions from the first Nostradamus blog were 'Is it fated to unfold that way? Can it be changed? Should it be changed? Should people be told? And what could or would change if people did know?'

Now you know. What will change?

Peace, love and light,
LaSal

Daytona International Aquatic Speedway

Race fans may be gearing up for some new fun. Thanks to the incessant rain and historic flooding, instead of the car races, there will now be boat races. Flood boats, start your engines!