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Post by musedeva on Aug 24, 2015 3:15:53 GMT -5
OKAY.....I went away for a while.....I love Linda!!!
just bumped into her CBS interview...from last year?? the other day.... THEN,,,I saw a program.....then got inspired to re do the tracks on a new channel
DOES Linda ever check this site out??
Can we send healing Ideas and Hugs HEre and Now!!
I really VIBED This for Linda when I saw it the SAME day I saw that interview....Please Linda...check out the Curry & Hartman Grids re: Geopathic Stress
And check out the location of your BED in S.F. seriously!!
www.wholisticresearch.com/info/artshow.php3?artid=211
The Curry grid seems to give rise to more geopathic stress than does the Hartmann Net. Both can interact with each other and with stress coming from underground water and fault lines.
Of all the types of Geopathic Stress, that caused by underground water and fault lines is the most important.
Why is Geopathic Stress important and what effects does it have?
Geopathic Stress can adversely affect the health of those whose houses are affected by it and it can be one of the many causes of chronic ill health. Fortunately its effects can be removed or neutralized
n my own practice I find that the main effect of Geopathic Stress is that it stops patients getting completely better. It appears to block the action of virtually any type of therapy. When patients tell me that they have already seen two homoeopaths, an acupuncturist, and three Harley Street consultants, none of whom could get them better I find that they are usually suffering from Geopathic stress. I suspect that Geopathic Stress is the only reason for natural remedies to fail. If a patient does not respond to correctly administered remedies and assuming that the disease is potentially treatable one usually finds that they are suffering from Geopathic Stress.
The reason for this appears to be that it continually disrupts the body's electrical field and its electrical control systems.
How can I tell whether I am affected by Geopathic Stress?
There are a number of pointers which may suggest the presence of Geopathic Stress by its effect on both people and buildings.
The following clues may suggest that a person is affected by Geopathic Stress:-
1. They have a serious illness such as cancer, M.E., or multiple sclerosis.
2. They have any illness which does not clear up despite good treatment.
3. They have tried a number of different therapies without success.
4. They feel better when away from home. For instance, a condition may clear up or improve when away on holiday only to come back again when they get back home.
5. They became ill shortly after moving house.
6. They live in a house which has never "felt right" or they instinctively dislike it.
7. They wake up feeling unrefreshed or feel worse in the mornings.This is because people are often affected by Geopathic Stress in bed as the body's resistance to it drops to a third of normal during sleep.
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Post by musedeva on Aug 31, 2015 23:43:57 GMT -5
WOW!! didn't realize the "signature line" link would be so HUGE...deleted that... >oKAY!!! in case anyone reads this stuff.....there is a follow up by David Wilcock on all the Geopathic Zone stuff re: the Schumann REsonance and Pyramids that help heal those bad spots in a house/lot/ area Just putting this out there...just in case...I'm fascinated by it here is the updated show www.gaiamtv.com/video/magnetic-resonance-technology#play/104626and some commentary re: geopathic zones and the CURES that the above video references (aND all of this stuff is under classic Feng Shui Cures as well) kragusin, posted on August 31, 2015 Wonderful Tools to change our Frequencies and upgrade DNACheck out David Sereda - he is an amazing mystic brilliant scientist, he has the beautiful tools to change frequencies coming into our homes. DavidSereda.Net, It would be great to see David as a guest on David's show his research is cutting edge and also what he has discovered the Pyramids really were beyond anything I have seen yet. Check out Patrick Flanagan as well at phi sciences., he is thought to be the reincarnation of Tesla - he famously wrote Pyramid power and had a friend who made pyramids to sleep under reply iyann, posted on August 31, 2015 Yes, very interesting guyYes, very interesting guy Patrick Flanagan... To say the least! He is selling pyramids. Those are titanium, which he claims makes the best meditation pyramids in the world... I haven't found anything else about titanium, but this is where the testing equipment which David talks about should come into play. With proper measuring equipments, it would be great to test various materials... PVC, titanium, aluminum, copper, - angelinabutera, posted on August 31, 2015 pyramids and 30minsYayy! now I gotta read up on all about ludwig research. =D also, according to the law of one, pyramids should not be placed under the body for more than 30mins. www.lawofone.info/results.php?s=57#13 so does that mean that it's not a good idea to build pyramids if you're in apartments and people live on a floor on top of you so that you don't expose them to the pyramid energy that comes off the top of the apex? i'm in the first floor so I'm going to place my pyramid in the balcony instead. =D reply CosmicCharly, posted on August 31, 2015 pyramid cap I believe you can put a stone or crystal on top and it will load up and then direct the energy back down inside. this why many ancient pyramids have boxes or chambers on top. reply CosmicCharly, posted on August 31, 2015 phi pyramid golden sectionshi, I was a trained and licensed architect. one of the easiest ways to size a golden section pyramid is to use two consecutive numbers in the fibonacci sequence after the 0112, of course, and you probably don't want to use the numbers before 5 and 8 because they are not a close enough approximation to the golden mean 144/89 = 1.6179775... ~ 1.618...the bigger the numbers the closer to the mean so you can use inches or whatever with these numbers : 0 1 1 2 3 (5 8) 13 21 34 55 89 144 233(144+89) and so on... for example: I made this movable pvc pyramid with concrete tub or bucket style footings and it was 5 foot wide by 8 foot tall. if you cut a vertical section through it you will find the golden rectangle or phi proportion. it is interesting to note that the tallest russian pyramid is 44 meters or 144 feet high, which is a fibonacci number. hope this helps, thanks, Charly reply iyann, posted on August 31, 2015 Great work! More on pyramids?One of your best episodes! Great continuation of the info on geopathic zones... Can't wait till next week, and hoping for more info about healing pyramids. A relative is starting to build home/garden pyramids, meditation pyramids, and we could use this knowledge! David, could you elaborate on the types of materials or metals that work? You mentioned silver maybe. How about copper, aluminum or titanium? Finally, I really hope subtitles become available for sharing that knowledge on a more widespread level. Thank you David and the team at Gaiam! - See more at: www.gaiamtv.com/video/magnetic-resonance-technology#play/104626 |
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Post by Goldie on Sept 1, 2015 5:41:37 GMT -5
I knew many people who were into pyramid healing in the 1970s. A garden pyramid would be really interesting to make. They used to sell mini pyramids way back when to sharpen razor blades.
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Post by Dianna on Sept 1, 2015 16:40:34 GMT -5
I knew many people who were into pyramid healing in the 1970s. A garden pyramid would be really interesting to make. They used to sell mini pyramids way back when to sharpen razor blades. my brother used to make those out of wood (pyramids) with a few drawers. very cool. we had them all over the house.. my brother and dad were into that and I do remember hearing something about the razor blade.. there was something else too but I can't remember. guess I didn't pay enough attention. I do have black tourmaline stone I carry with me, which is supposed to be powerful and used for protection. |
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Post by musedeva on Sept 1, 2015 18:22:06 GMT -5
thanks for replying....yeah I had always heard of pyramid "power" too....they are saying you have to use all of one type of material, ie. no mixing...like all metal sides and screws, or all wood and joints, or pvc pipe...but I think that would outgas
really a lot of FENG SHUI principles
I just wanted to post all this in case Mamacita checks in...there are some new devices to help
the Schumann resonance generator being one of 'em and just to put it out there re: moving the bed three feet or so
they keep talking about the german chancellor wife commissioning a scientific study with 700 people with cancer moving their beds and under a scientific study THEY all HEALED!!!!
apparently in Germany, they are so aware of this stuff...they have signs on the road to slow you down when you drive thru a geopathic known "Zone"
the Germans (Bavarians) use to put an anthill in the proposed bedroom when building a house and if the ants stay, you're supposed to NOT put the bed there!!!ahhaah |
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Post by Goldie on Sept 2, 2015 12:12:54 GMT -5
Yes, I would never want to put my bed over an anthill. There is also some research on "dirty electricity" coming from our outlets: www.dirtyelectricity.org/What is Dirty Electricty? Here's What Everyone Should Know About Electrical Pollution Electrical pollution, otherwise known as dirty electricity is a term used to describe a type of electrical phenomenon occurring worldwide. However, the phenomenon is not widely known, and can be complex to understand. But research and case studies have shown that consumers should learn about electrical pollution, how it is controlled and measured, the health effects, and public protection against electrical pollution. Electrical pollution is not something you can see, smell, taste, or touch. It is not something you can sense, making it difficult for one to be aware of the presence of electrical pollution. With this in mind, it is important to understand what causes electrical pollution and what to look for in your everyday environment and home. Many people complain about a variety of side effects to dirty power, these can include headaches, ringing in the ears, trouble focusing, and a variety of other symptoms. If you suffer from some of these symptoms then you may want to discuss this with your doctor. For more information on the health effects of dirty electricity please read Health Effects of Electrical Pollution. Electrical pollution can be controlled with special filters designed by Graham Stetzer. Graham Stetzer filters (GS filters) can help reduce the harmful electricity that enters home or office environments. The GS filters work best when the utility has an adequate neutral conductor. This means that the conductor can handle more than the standard utility practice to meet thermal or voltage regulation. For more information see Measuring and Controlling Dirty Electricity. |
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Post by Goldie on Oct 19, 2015 23:43:16 GMT -5
I heard about this while half asleep but it looks like a huge thing for parkinsons sufferers AND Linda. It is turning them around from near death: Parkinson's victims 'brought back to life': Cancer drug's amazing effect echoes Awakenings film Leukaemia drug nilotinib helped advanced Parkinson's disease patients Scientists said those given it for a research study had 'come back to life' One wheelchair-bound patient able to walk again, others regained speech Researchers now hope ‘life-changing’ drug will help those with Alzheimer's Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3278525/Parkinson-s-victims-brought-life-cancer-drug.html#ixzz3p50XdPLg Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Researchers now hope the ‘life-changing’ drug – a leukaemia treatment called nilotinib – will also work for those with brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s. The fact the drug has already gone through extensive testing in cancer patients should speed up the approval process for its use treating other conditions. However, experts have stressed the work is at an early stage – with some questioning whether the results are too good to be true. More than 125,000 Britons have Parkinson’s, in which the death of the brain cells that produce a chemical called dopamine leads to tremors, stiffness and a gradual slowing of the body. There is no cure and existing drugs can only provide temporary relief. In contrast, it is thought nilotinib spares the key brain cells from death. In dramatic scenes reminiscent of the Robin Williams film Awakenings (pictured), in which a drug was used to awaken catatonic patients, one wheelchair-bound patient was able to walk +2 The team from Georgetown University in Washington DC gave nilotinib to 12 men and women who had Parkinson’s disease or a similar condition called dementia with Lewy bodies. The daily dose of the drug for six months had dramatic effects, with some of their worst symptoms being reversed, the Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference heard. Three patients regained the ability to talk, one was able to walk again and another could feed herself once more. One patient, retired lecturer Alan Hoffman, said: ‘Before nilotinib, I did almost nothing around the house. Now, I empty the garbage, unload the dishwasher ... I read a book for the first time in a couple of years. My wife says it is life-changing.’ Lead author Dr Charbel Moussa said: ‘We’ve seen patients at end stages of the disease coming back to life. 'We had people as stiff as a board at the start of the study who were walking around, sitting down and bending their legs by the end.’ It is thought nilotinib clears away toxic proteins that accumulate in the brain cells of Parkinson’s patients, so freeing them to make dopamine. Researcher Dr Fernando Pagan said the drug seemed to be the first to reverse some of the symptoms – but that larger studies were needed to determine its true impact. Parkinson’s UK has cautioned that the study’s failure to include untreated patients made it impossible to say how well the drug had really worked, warning that ‘just someone’s belief that they are taking a new drug could produce these results’. Professor Carl Clarke, a neurologist at Birmingham University, added: ‘It seems too good to be true. I dearly hope I am wrong.’ Further trials are now planned. |
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Post by Goldie on Oct 20, 2015 3:36:16 GMT -5
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Post by sliderocker on Oct 20, 2015 9:45:36 GMT -5
I heard about this while half asleep but it looks like a huge thing for parkinsons sufferers AND Linda. It is turning them around from near death: Parkinson's victims 'brought back to life': Cancer drug's amazing effect echoes Awakenings film Leukaemia drug nilotinib helped advanced Parkinson's disease patients Scientists said those given it for a research study had 'come back to life' One wheelchair-bound patient able to walk again, others regained speech Researchers now hope ‘life-changing’ drug will help those with Alzheimer's Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3278525/Parkinson-s-victims-brought-life-cancer-drug.html#ixzz3p50XdPLg Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Researchers now hope the ‘life-changing’ drug – a leukaemia treatment called nilotinib – will also work for those with brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s. The fact the drug has already gone through extensive testing in cancer patients should speed up the approval process for its use treating other conditions. However, experts have stressed the work is at an early stage – with some questioning whether the results are too good to be true. More than 125,000 Britons have Parkinson’s, in which the death of the brain cells that produce a chemical called dopamine leads to tremors, stiffness and a gradual slowing of the body. There is no cure and existing drugs can only provide temporary relief. In contrast, it is thought nilotinib spares the key brain cells from death. In dramatic scenes reminiscent of the Robin Williams film Awakenings (pictured), in which a drug was used to awaken catatonic patients, one wheelchair-bound patient was able to walk +2 The team from Georgetown University in Washington DC gave nilotinib to 12 men and women who had Parkinson’s disease or a similar condition called dementia with Lewy bodies. The daily dose of the drug for six months had dramatic effects, with some of their worst symptoms being reversed, the Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference heard. Three patients regained the ability to talk, one was able to walk again and another could feed herself once more. One patient, retired lecturer Alan Hoffman, said: ‘Before nilotinib, I did almost nothing around the house. Now, I empty the garbage, unload the dishwasher ... I read a book for the first time in a couple of years. My wife says it is life-changing.’ Lead author Dr Charbel Moussa said: ‘We’ve seen patients at end stages of the disease coming back to life. 'We had people as stiff as a board at the start of the study who were walking around, sitting down and bending their legs by the end.’ It is thought nilotinib clears away toxic proteins that accumulate in the brain cells of Parkinson’s patients, so freeing them to make dopamine. Researcher Dr Fernando Pagan said the drug seemed to be the first to reverse some of the symptoms – but that larger studies were needed to determine its true impact. Parkinson’s UK has cautioned that the study’s failure to include untreated patients made it impossible to say how well the drug had really worked, warning that ‘just someone’s belief that they are taking a new drug could produce these results’. Professor Carl Clarke, a neurologist at Birmingham University, added: ‘It seems too good to be true. I dearly hope I am wrong.’ Further trials are now planned. I was about to post the aol version of this story, but don't need to because it's the same as the above. The only caveat I would have about a cancer drug would be what the possible side effects could be. There's no such thing as a safe drug, all have side effects, some more dangerous than others. Cytoxin, for instance, is a drug that fights cancer but it's a drug that's seriously twisted as it can also give you cancer! One diabetic drug has a link to pancreatic cancer and another has a link to heart failure. There are other drugs which can cause seizures if you stop taking them. Much as I want and wish for Linda to be free of Parkinson's and all of her other health problems, if this drug can have an effect on her Parkinson's, the question for me would be what side effect would she have to contend with in return? And would it be more a devastating illness than what Parkinson's already is? Would she consider it a fair trade off if the drug gave her an illness like heart failure or cancer? |
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Post by musedeva on Oct 22, 2015 21:42:44 GMT -5
WOW great Goldie!!! isnt' that INCredible how you heard that!!! U are a true Linda Lover!!! PRAY she hears about THAT aND in any event!!! GO SEE DOLORES" daughter Julia!!! This is the guy I'm following; he has ALL of Dolores' videos WITHOUT commercials here; www.andysway.com/70% DOWN on the link first page...is 56 IMBEDDED videos with NO commercials CALLING LINDA!!! CALLING LINDA!!! |
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Post by Goldie on Oct 22, 2015 23:31:25 GMT -5
Few people understand the importance of Dolores Cannon. Thanks for that link on www.andysway.com Let's hope Linda gets or stays connected. I would think Dolores and alternative healing would be popular in California being a state far ahead of the rest. |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 23, 2015 6:55:27 GMT -5
I have to try and find my black tourmaline. was carrying around with me like 6 mos or so ago. can't find it now. guys and their pockets. I carried around rocks a lot when I was a kid. A friend from florida got me into them again. eddiejinnj
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Post by Goldie on Oct 23, 2015 12:01:57 GMT -5
I used to wear an ankh that I bought at a psychic fair. It contained a quartz crystal, wrapped in copper wire suspended in an ankh shaped wire all held by a chain that had enough length to cover your solar plexus. I was afraid to wear it during thunder storms or while watching young Frankenstein.
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Post by Guest on Nov 22, 2015 5:31:27 GMT -5
It seems like Linda got her wish.
"'I don't know why I thought I could sing, I never could sing, I never should have been singing,' " she says, then laughs. "I hear all kinds of things wrong. I could write you a long list."
Years of her belief she couldn't sing and shouldn't have been singing finally sank into her subconscious pulling up a disease that would make it so. It all makes sense. Be careful what you wish for as it might become true.
Linda Ronstadt can no longer sing, which is about as cruel as an irony can get.
"I wish I could," says Ronstadt, 67. The 10-time Grammy Award winner is coping with the onset of Parkinson's, the degenerative brain disease that also afflicts Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali. "Not even in the shower."
So it is with some surprise that, for a fleeting moment during an expansive conversation covering everything from past loves to her passion for YouTube, the voice returns.
In the middle of a detailed discourse on the roots of American popular music, she mentions that singers who emerged from the African-American Baptist tradition were "belters, you know, like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke."
Then suddenly she sings the opening line to Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come: "I was booorn by the river …"
It is high-pitched and a little wobbly, but beautiful. And like a rare bird, the music vanishes. "I try to send my voice to another place, but it doesn't go there," she says. "It's like calling the elevator. You're on the third floor and your voice, the elevator, keeps going to the 13th floor, and it doesn't come to your floor, ever."
But Ronstadt's echo carries. Packing one of the pre-eminent voices in pop — after fueling Los Angeles' 1970s country-rock sound, she went on to embrace Broadway musicals, the American songbook and Mexican standards — the Tucson native is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame April 10 at New York's Barclays Center along with Cat Stevens, Nirvana, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates and Kiss.
As if to mark the occasion, Linda Ronstadt Duets bows Tuesday, featuring previously released musical liaisons with Frank Sinatra (Moonlight in Vermont) and Aaron Neville (All My Life). Ronstadt will not, however, make it to the induction ceremony.
For starters, traveling is difficult because the most comfortable position for her these days is either lying down flat or sitting in an overstuffed chair with an ottoman, as she is today in her neatly appointed house on the western edge of town. It looks like the home of a retired schoolteacher — tidy and bright — not a music legend.
"To go anywhere, to fly anywhere, even to drive down to San Jose (an hour south) is a big deal," she says, adding that at this stage Parkinson's causes her to tire quickly if she overexerts herself. "I have to make sure there's a place like this, to lie down. Or I have to take a wheelchair, but I can't last that long in a wheelchair."
“I'm grateful, but it's astounding to me people like (the early hits).”
Linda Ronstadt
While she is pleased by the Rock Hall honor, Ronstadt makes it clear that she doesn't consider most of her early work to be that good.
"I'm grateful, but it's astounding to me that people like (the early hits, such as You're No Good or Blue Bayou)," she says.
So she really can't turn on When Will I Be Loved and enjoy it?
"No. It would probably ruin my month. I'll hear it and go, 'I don't know why I thought I could sing, I never could sing, I never should have been singing,' " she says, then laughs. "I hear all kinds of things wrong. I could write you a long list."
Atop that list would be her conviction that in those early days her sense of rhythm was subpar. "Rhythm was a problem for me, so phrasing was a problem," she says. "When I learned to sing Mexican music (she released Canciones de Mi Padre in Spanish in 1987), that helped me learn how to phrase."
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Post by rumba on Nov 22, 2015 12:51:50 GMT -5
It seems like Linda got her wish. "'I don't know why I thought I could sing, I never could sing, I never should have been singing,' " she says, then laughs. "I hear all kinds of things wrong. I could write you a long list." Years of her belief she couldn't sing and shouldn't have been singing finally sank into her subconscious pulling up a disease that would make it so. It all makes sense. Be careful what you wish for as it might become true. Linda Ronstadt can no longer sing, which is about as cruel as an irony can get. "I wish I could," says Ronstadt, 67. The 10-time Grammy Award winner is coping with the onset of Parkinson's, the degenerative brain disease that also afflicts Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali. "Not even in the shower." So it is with some surprise that, for a fleeting moment during an expansive conversation covering everything from past loves to her passion for YouTube, the voice returns. In the middle of a detailed discourse on the roots of American popular music, she mentions that singers who emerged from the African-American Baptist tradition were "belters, you know, like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke." Then suddenly she sings the opening line to Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come: "I was booorn by the river …" It is high-pitched and a little wobbly, but beautiful. And like a rare bird, the music vanishes. "I try to send my voice to another place, but it doesn't go there," she says. "It's like calling the elevator. You're on the third floor and your voice, the elevator, keeps going to the 13th floor, and it doesn't come to your floor, ever." But Ronstadt's echo carries. Packing one of the pre-eminent voices in pop — after fueling Los Angeles' 1970s country-rock sound, she went on to embrace Broadway musicals, the American songbook and Mexican standards — the Tucson native is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame April 10 at New York's Barclays Center along with Cat Stevens, Nirvana, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates and Kiss. As if to mark the occasion, Linda Ronstadt Duets bows Tuesday, featuring previously released musical liaisons with Frank Sinatra (Moonlight in Vermont) and Aaron Neville (All My Life). Ronstadt will not, however, make it to the induction ceremony. For starters, traveling is difficult because the most comfortable position for her these days is either lying down flat or sitting in an overstuffed chair with an ottoman, as she is today in her neatly appointed house on the western edge of town. It looks like the home of a retired schoolteacher — tidy and bright — not a music legend. "To go anywhere, to fly anywhere, even to drive down to San Jose (an hour south) is a big deal," she says, adding that at this stage Parkinson's causes her to tire quickly if she overexerts herself. "I have to make sure there's a place like this, to lie down. Or I have to take a wheelchair, but I can't last that long in a wheelchair." “I'm grateful, but it's astounding to me people like (the early hits).” Linda Ronstadt While she is pleased by the Rock Hall honor, Ronstadt makes it clear that she doesn't consider most of her early work to be that good. "I'm grateful, but it's astounding to me that people like (the early hits, such as You're No Good or Blue Bayou)," she says. So she really can't turn on When Will I Be Loved and enjoy it? "No. It would probably ruin my month. I'll hear it and go, 'I don't know why I thought I could sing, I never could sing, I never should have been singing,' " she says, then laughs. "I hear all kinds of things wrong. I could write you a long list." Atop that list would be her conviction that in those early days her sense of rhythm was subpar. "Rhythm was a problem for me, so phrasing was a problem," she says. "When I learned to sing Mexican music (she released Canciones de Mi Padre in Spanish in 1987), that helped me learn how to phrase." Linda loves to sing and her subconscious would never wish this disease upon her. It's hereditary- her grandmother had it. |
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Post by Goldie on Nov 22, 2015 15:28:27 GMT -5
The mind-body connection is very powerful and Linda has been talking like that for a very long time. Makes sense to me.
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Post by jhar26 on Nov 22, 2015 15:34:47 GMT -5
The mind-body connection is very powerful and Linda has been talking like that for a very long time. Makes sense to me. Linda is a lot more spiritual than she let's on imo. |
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Post by sliderocker on Nov 22, 2015 17:30:55 GMT -5
It seems like Linda got her wish. "'I don't know why I thought I could sing, I never could sing, I never should have been singing,' " she says, then laughs. "I hear all kinds of things wrong. I could write you a long list." Years of her belief she couldn't sing and shouldn't have been singing finally sank into her subconscious pulling up a disease that would make it so. It all makes sense. Be careful what you wish for as it might become true. Linda Ronstadt can no longer sing, which is about as cruel as an irony can get. "I wish I could," says Ronstadt, 67. The 10-time Grammy Award winner is coping with the onset of Parkinson's, the degenerative brain disease that also afflicts Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali. "Not even in the shower." So it is with some surprise that, for a fleeting moment during an expansive conversation covering everything from past loves to her passion for YouTube, the voice returns. In the middle of a detailed discourse on the roots of American popular music, she mentions that singers who emerged from the African-American Baptist tradition were "belters, you know, like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke." Then suddenly she sings the opening line to Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come: "I was booorn by the river …" It is high-pitched and a little wobbly, but beautiful. And like a rare bird, the music vanishes. "I try to send my voice to another place, but it doesn't go there," she says. "It's like calling the elevator. You're on the third floor and your voice, the elevator, keeps going to the 13th floor, and it doesn't come to your floor, ever." But Ronstadt's echo carries. Packing one of the pre-eminent voices in pop — after fueling Los Angeles' 1970s country-rock sound, she went on to embrace Broadway musicals, the American songbook and Mexican standards — the Tucson native is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame April 10 at New York's Barclays Center along with Cat Stevens, Nirvana, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates and Kiss. As if to mark the occasion, Linda Ronstadt Duets bows Tuesday, featuring previously released musical liaisons with Frank Sinatra (Moonlight in Vermont) and Aaron Neville (All My Life). Ronstadt will not, however, make it to the induction ceremony. For starters, traveling is difficult because the most comfortable position for her these days is either lying down flat or sitting in an overstuffed chair with an ottoman, as she is today in her neatly appointed house on the western edge of town. It looks like the home of a retired schoolteacher — tidy and bright — not a music legend. "To go anywhere, to fly anywhere, even to drive down to San Jose (an hour south) is a big deal," she says, adding that at this stage Parkinson's causes her to tire quickly if she overexerts herself. "I have to make sure there's a place like this, to lie down. Or I have to take a wheelchair, but I can't last that long in a wheelchair." “I'm grateful, but it's astounding to me people like (the early hits).” Linda Ronstadt While she is pleased by the Rock Hall honor, Ronstadt makes it clear that she doesn't consider most of her early work to be that good. "I'm grateful, but it's astounding to me that people like (the early hits, such as You're No Good or Blue Bayou)," she says. So she really can't turn on When Will I Be Loved and enjoy it? "No. It would probably ruin my month. I'll hear it and go, 'I don't know why I thought I could sing, I never could sing, I never should have been singing,' " she says, then laughs. "I hear all kinds of things wrong. I could write you a long list." Atop that list would be her conviction that in those early days her sense of rhythm was subpar. "Rhythm was a problem for me, so phrasing was a problem," she says. "When I learned to sing Mexican music (she released Canciones de Mi Padre in Spanish in 1987), that helped me learn how to phrase." Linda loves to sing and her subconscious would never wish this disease upon her. It's hereditary- her grandmother had it. Linda's subconscious would never have intentionally wished the Parkinson's on her, but her mind, like the minds of everyone else, is very powerful and is capable of acting upon the things we say about ourselves or our world. And if Linda thought she couldn't sing or was a lousy singer, her mind could've found the means for making that statement a reality. I don't know that the Parkinsons is absolutely hereditary or more of a coincidence. Was it from her paternal grandmother's side or her maternal grandmother's side? And if it was because of genetics, how come Linda's older brother and late sister didn't have the disease? Bad luck of a draw, so to speak? I suspect a lot of our illnesses have to do with self-loathing or resentment from the things around our lives, and that our minds are powerful genies capable of giving us what we want. I believe the Bible also mentions that if two or more people pray for the same thing, it will come to pass. What is prayer but a focusing of the mind on a subject, whether it's praying to God or people with a wish for a positive (or negative)outcome on some issue? There is truth in the adage about being careful about what you wish for. Linda may not have actually wished not to sing or realized she was wishing when talking about how she wasn't a good singer or couldn't sing, but years and decades of saying such that made it a reality. And did it happen because of the Parkinsons or because of Linda always being so negative about her singing? |
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Post by sliderocker on Nov 22, 2015 17:47:06 GMT -5
The mind-body connection is very powerful and Linda has been talking like that for a very long time. Makes sense to me. Linda is a lot more spiritual than she let's on imo. I've always thought Linda was a lot more spiritual than she lets on, and that includes believing in God and heaven. People have this idea she is an atheist but during an interview (think it was in the USA Today) shortly after she announced she had Parkinsons, the subject of death was brought up, and she talked about going to heaven, going through the gates and being welcomed into heaven. As atheists don't believe in God or in heaven, it was a strange thing for her to say if she were an atheist. I suspect she is an atheist as it relates to organized religion but I don't know if that extended to a belief in God or a god or gods and goddesses. But, I've always believed Linda believed more than she lets on, and that her reason for giving a different impression had more to do with not wanting to impose her beliefs on others. |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 22, 2015 18:53:49 GMT -5
while listening to the boston music hall concert of '76. linda discussed the plane ride from upstate ny to boston story when she and the band were stranded and late as the opening act for the doors and had to take the small plane. she said they prayed the rosary the whole way. I found it weird that they delayed the concert 3 hours because the opening act wasn't there but maybe it was weather related why they waited. eddiejinnj
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Post by JasonKlose on Nov 22, 2015 22:13:42 GMT -5
Linda's subconscious would never have intentionally wished the Parkinson's on her, but her mind, like the minds of everyone else, is very powerful and is capable of acting upon the things we say about ourselves or our world. And if Linda thought she couldn't sing or was a lousy singer, her mind could've found the means for making that statement a reality. I don't know that the Parkinsons is absolutely hereditary or more of a coincidence. Was it from her paternal grandmother's side or her maternal grandmother's side? And if it was because of genetics, how come Linda's older brother and late sister didn't have the disease? Bad luck of a draw, so to speak?
Parkinson's disease is on her mother's side.......her grandmother had Parkinson's. Linda's grandfather, Lloyd Groff Copeman, the famous inventor, was her husband. I remember listening to an interview with Linda two years ago where she mentioned that her grandfather spent a lot of money trying to find a cure for her grandmother, but he couldn't. I have Huntington's disease in my family.......on my dad's side. Huntington's and Parkinson's are similar, but unlike Parkinson's, Huntington's is totally genetic. If one parent has the gene for it, then each child has a 50 percent chance of inheriting it, which means my two brothers and I are at risk. Parkinson's can sometimes be genetic, but not always. In Linda's case, it could very well be. But just because her brothers and sister didn't have it, it doesn't mean that it's not genetic. It doesn't always work that way. Linda and I talked about it when I interviewed her last May. She is so down-to-earth and very empathetic, as I found out from her response when I told her about the illness in my family. She knew right away what it was when I told her, and she was very caring. Of course I care about her well-being too, as I know we all do.
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Post by markv on Nov 22, 2015 22:53:43 GMT -5
This talk is quite disturbing. Please stop this nonsense.
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Post by Goldie on Nov 23, 2015 1:06:22 GMT -5
Not really nonsense. Not even disturbing as far as healing topics go. I have been to health seminars that focus on topics like this. I've also read books on how we "choose our disease." There is a doctor (vet) and naturopath who wrote a book called Dead Doctors Don't Lie who claims that proper nutrition can reverse most illness including Parkinsons, diabetes, and even turn around blindness caused by macular degeneration. He went so far as to prove his claim by reversing blindness in dozens of people.
I have to believe Linda would welcome a conversation like this and may have even considered it herself.
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Post by JasonKlose on Nov 23, 2015 10:33:50 GMT -5
This talk is quite disturbing. Please stop this nonsense. I'm not talking nonsense, I'm speaking truth. How do you know what Linda really thinks? I actually talked to her. Who else on here has done that? I have a disease in my family that I have absolutely no control over, and that is a simple fact. Does anyone else on this forum know what it's like to have to take care of a parent with a debilitating disease? Well I do, and it's extremely hard at times I can tell you that. There was medication to slow the progression of the disease and alleviate the symptoms my dad had, but there is no cure. My dad was only 69, the same age Linda is now. So he was young in my opinion. And I was only in my early to mid-thirties......never thought that I would have to help my mom take care of my dad at such a young age. I wish there was a cure.......for all diseases. I sincerely hope there will be more advances in medicine in the coming years that will be available, if and when I would develop any symptoms myself. Linda to me sounds like she has come to terms with Parkinson's.......from interviews I've heard and from my conversation with her. And I'm sure she has gone through the emotions that we don't know about, and still does. How could she not......her singing voice has been taken away from her. But Linda is resilient, courageous and positive, and she has shown that in her interviews and in the appearances she has made. She is also looking much healthier, and I'm sure going to a vegetarian diet has contributed to that. I'm not exactly sure what medications she is taking, but maybe she has found something that is working for her. I hope Linda continues to improve despite her illness. |
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Post by markv on Nov 23, 2015 11:17:16 GMT -5
I simply feel it is not right to speculate on others health issues. I have my own which I share with those closest to me only.
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Post by Goldie on Nov 23, 2015 11:59:39 GMT -5
Being a public figure and very "out" about her illness and other aspects of her life, especially after the release of her book and numerous interviews I shouldn't think it a problem although I understand what you are saying markv. Some of it is fans being fans but a lot of what we do here is speculate on just about everything with no ill intent meant. CubScout it sounds like you have quite a cross to bear and some of us have our own stories that in our own way are also weighty. The way we deal with things is probably more important than the illness or challenge itself. In that respect Linda's is a positive model of how to handle one's malady.
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Post by linda on Nov 23, 2015 12:25:18 GMT -5
Guys and Gals- Like Linda, I also have Early onset Parkinson's. In no way shape or form did I "will" this upon myself. My Dad had Parkinson's. It is the luck of the draw. It happens. Linda positively has the most realistic view of this disease. I admire her for it. She knows, shit happens. She isn't taking this laying down (literally), she is very versed in all aspects of research. Trust me, she is doing as well as she can with this challenge of hers. She is the toughest little SOB I have ever known.
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Post by erik on Nov 23, 2015 14:50:59 GMT -5
Quote by linda:
Mind you, I'm not someone who thinks that Linda either "willed" or "imagined" Parkinson's on herself. But I do think it a shame that she only seemed to recognize the gift that she had shared with us for so many decades after it had been destroyed by the disease.
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Post by linda on Nov 23, 2015 16:20:16 GMT -5
Quote by linda: Mind you, I'm not someone who thinks that Linda either "willed" or "imagined" Parkinson's on herself. But I do think it a shame that she only seemed to recognize the gift that she had shared with us for so many decades after it had been destroyed by the disease. I totally agree. Like Joni Mitchell said " Don't it always seem to go, that's you don't know what you've got til its gone............... |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 23, 2015 16:22:18 GMT -5
If I missed you saying before what it is that Linda said to you cubscout I apologize but what it is that you have talked to Linda personally about please let us know the parts that are not confidential and how was it that you got to talk to her? thanks!!!! eddiejinnj
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