PLUMPY'NUT is the magical product...

PLUMPY'NUT is saving children....

Niamey-Niger-May 2007.

The terrible famine which killed thousands of children in the worst Niger's severe nutrition crisis in his history, seems to be lessening its grip!

The sight of undernourished children is less common than it was, but chronic malnutrition still affect more than 50 percent of them.

Even when the harvests are good, still the 10 percent of them suffer acute malnutrition!

A large scale effort has been launched to face this walking- ghost, and one of the tools used to stop this

massacre, is the therapeutic food known as Plumpy'nut. Food which helped to save thousands of lives during the crisis in 2005.

Like many therapeutic health centres across Niger, the UNICEF gives Plumpy'nut to severely malnourished children.

The high-protein, high-energy, peanut-based paste, typically comes in foil wrappers, or small plastic tubs, who are practical for children, who can easily eat them.

People call it:” the magical product!”

says the Regional humanitarian Advisor Jan Eijkenaar of the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Department ( ECHO ).

Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world!

Neptune in Aquarius, is high in the sky, in these years, and this planetary position gives a large vision to humanitarian actions, opening the way to new solutions.

The world is one world, and its sufferings are one; humanity is in truth a unity, but many are still unaware of this, and the events are there to awaken the consciousness of the many.

A great human family will emerge in the future, there is no room , and time, for “neutral people”.

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com

Full Moon in Gemini

At the time of Gemini, we are entering the 3^rd most important Spiritual Festival of the year.

The full moon in Gemini celebrates the invocation of that part of humanity who aspire to convey Higher energies to share, and make them available for the whole planet.

As men grow in consciousness they begin to realise the link between Soul and matter.

Right human relations, peace and unity are standards which, openly, are searched and invoked by people.

On the day of the full-moon in Gemini, many people within many groups meditate, focusing

upon the “Great Invocation”.This invocation was released to the public on the 6^th of May 1936. The source is very ancient, and has been used only by few initiates and disciples, until it was given into the public domain.

At full-moon the “Great Invocation” is pronounced by thousands of people around the world, along with a meditation. This Festival also celebrates the advent of the Right Human Relations.

This Spiritual Day has been established by different groups of people, from different credos and from different religions. They all are linked by a impelling consciousness to shorten the the distance between Humanity and the Spiritual Plane.

With the quality of Gemini's energy which tends to relate a pair of polarities, and with the help of its soul-centred ruler, Venus, a bridge is going to be built, which will fill this ancient gap.

The Great Invocation is part of this bridge, is extraordinary powerful, it is effective,and it is able to transform the one who believes in it.

This day has been dedicated to World-Good-Will and to Humanity.

Launching such invocation, or if you want to call it, this collective pray, helps to release from the Higher Planes some spiritual energies. Energies which allow the human beings to create right and positive human relations, as well as a new civilization. Civilization based on the Light, Love and Good Will.

The Great Invocation is the mantram which inaugurates the New Era. It unifies the aspiration which comes from the Heart, with the comprehension of the Mind, and its action is scientific.

This is a new process, and is called: “the Science of Invocation and Evocation. With time, this massive meditation will be able, finally, to unify the “Above” with the “Below!”

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com

Pluto in Capricorn

The planet Pluto represents the deeps, the bottom of the well, the unexplored depths of darkness. Pluto in the year 2008 will enter in Capricorn, and its passage will last until 2024.

It 's interesting to note that this planetary combination shows the depths with Pluto, and the heights with Capricorn, the sign of the “Mountain Goat”.

It is a vertical movement, either from above to below, or, the other way around.

Vertical is a very spiritual direction, if it points upward! The inferior opens up to the Superior.

Both deal with the right use of power, and the right use of the will. The enormous potential of this combination can have a regenerative effect on the masses.

The process will be slow in motion, Pluto is a slow-moving planet , and because Capricorn is a cautious, patient, target-oriented sign, we can figure out the reformer and structural impact.

Both are working in alliance, to ameliorate the social scene.

Capricorn rules political leaders, the government, and people in positions of social power. Pluto's power is polarized. It is extreme, tending either to the harmonious or to the disharmonious. This will make politics more black and white but whichever political wing gains power, the masses will exercise more active participation.

Distorted Plutonian power, has to do with money, sex, abuse, etc. Pluto is raw power wherever it is used for selfish ends it will have a boomerang effect upon selfish individuals, or nations.

Pluto in Capricorn can break crystallized old concepts, structures, and outlived forms of government. It rules the homoeopathic principle in medicine, and will bring purifying change to whatever needs to be cleared up. The generation of children born under this configuration can well be called: ”The Reformers”.

We are entering into the period of 2500 years of the Aquarian Age, this will introduce a general growth of consciousness. This combination of Capricorn with Pluto can challenge the status-quo of those who hold unequal power. Ultimately, we are referring to power unequal to their Soul's development. So, for the individual, so for a nation.

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com

L'Imagination au Pouvoir! The World Children Festival

The world's largest celebration of creativity and imagination.

The World Children Festival will show-case children's talent, equip them with communication and collaboration skills and promote mutual respect and trust for the next generation of global leaders.

The World Children Festival culminates the Arts Olympiad in which more than three million children , from 100 countries produced art-work on the theme:”My Favorite Sport” to celebrate the artist-athlete ideal of a creative mind and healthy body

Children performance-groups from around the world, will join the visual artists and artist-athletes, on the National Mall on June 23-25, in Washington D.C.

The Festival is free and open to the public.

“Art and Sport have the power to change the world, the power to inspire people in a way that little else can... They create hope where there was ,once. only despair. They are instrument for peace ,even more powerful than governments!” - Nelson Mandela, Nobel prize.

Children are ruled by the sign Lion in Astrology, the sign of creative expression, the sign of artists.

The last generations got an enormous amount of potentials to share , especially from the 80's onwards.

Their creativity contains the seeds of “world consciousness”, they are less separative than we actually are.

Rise up! Three million of creativities from children, will be the largest explosion of colours, expressions, stimulations, warm involvements, ever experienced.

“L'Imagination au Pouvoir” / “The imagination takes the Power”, can be source of inspiration for the Planet, and the Children are the colourful Protagonists.

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com

SCIENCE AND MEDITATION

Three months of intense meditation can sharp the mind in such a way that perceptions of facts and details of daily life are picked up. This is impossible to reach ,in a normal living condition

It is like ,a larger world, opens its doors.

An American scientific research found, after experiments on volunteers, that Vipassana meditation, this ancient discipline, can help, control and develop the human mind. There are possibilities that can heal some problems which belong to the mind.

These problems hamper the normal behaviour and regular concentration.

It is called ADHD ( attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ) which affects from 3 to 5 % of the children.

This explanation is reported from the neuroscientist doctor Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin.

Ten years ago, the Dalai Lama ,suggested him to make a research on this matter, being Davidson

himself into this path of meditation,since years.

In the next 5 years Dr. Davidson wants to find out how Vipassana meditation ( taught by Buddha, 2.500 years ago ), acts on the brain.

He wants to reach a connection with the forensic medicine, in order to treat this illness which affects children.

In the New Millennium, meditation, under supervision and equilibrium, is steadily growing, the peace of mind, body and emotion, is a necessity.

Science is approaching this philosophy and the search for truth is taking the first , daring , steps.

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com

WATER CHILDREN

Water is the element of feelings, of compassion, of sensitivity, and Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are ruled by water.

Water children are the most sensitive and emotional of all signs, they are able to capture, by their subtle understanding, what is going on ,both, in a person and in a situation. Water children can have x-ray perception, especially when the planets Pluto and Neptune (related to water) are close to the rising sign.

Because of this natural sympathy with another person, water children strongly need, more than any others, to be surrounded by gentle and positive people.

Relationships, turn out, easily for them, but this can have a down-side, water children can take on other's personal baggage and can absorb more than they can “digest”. These relationships are built on feelings rather than other qualities.

When water children misbehave parents should pay more attention to reassuring their children after an argument or storm, rather than reiterating the disciplinary point. Water children immediately sense when you are angry with them, therefore there is no need to overemphasise the point. Overwhelmed, they can overreact strongly when they are emotionally flooded by their moods. Give them time and space -- let them sort out a solution to the problem. Beware, any attack to them, is an attack to their emotional security.

Parents should be very supportive during their child's development because the water element is very much connected with the past. With the water child first impressions count more than for other elements. Therefore an infant's impressions will affect the rest of his or her life.

The generation with Pluto in Scorpio (1982-1995), marked by this water-combination, are in their 20s, right now. We can sense that they are able to cope with the violence in the society, but this can leave profound scars within.

Water is the inclusive element, it is compassionate, selfless, tending to serve others.

Is the element which can bring regeneration, bring transformation, caring, and nurturing. Water children will express these qualities, if they are allowed to grow strong in early childhood.

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com

Afghan children

AFGHANISTAN, improvements are on the way...

I remember the night when I arrived, to the Afghan border, it was in the '72.

Two rocks an a log, this was the marking-border.

A hot night, full of magic and mystery in the air, our passports were checked, under the lights of some candles...

An entire generation fell in love with this country.

We saw what we wanted to see.

In this torn- apart-land, finally, are arriving, the very first signs of marked improvement in the health sector, it is a beginning to life again, for this country.

Independent evaluation suggest 40,000 fewer infants deaths per year, compared to 5 years ago.

United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ( UNAMA )

Kabul -may '07

Infant mortality rates in Afghanistan ,declined from an estimated 165 per 1,000 live births in 2001 to about 135 per 1,000 in 2006, according preliminary findings of Johns Hopkins University household survey

This means that 40,000 fewer infants are dying each year compared to during Taleban rule.

An overall improvement of 25 per cent is indicated from 2004.

Dr.Fatimi, Public Health Minister of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , quotes:'There are clear signs of health sector recovery throughout the country!”

Afghanistan is ruled by the sign Capricorn, you can see it in the proud behaviour of the people.

This is the sign of “the goat”, symbol of the animal which is able to climb mountains.

Capricorn has to do with directed will , dealing with political and economic power.

Pluto, the planet of deep reforms and drastic changes, will enter in the year 2008 in this sign, marking strongly this country, for more than a decade.

In spite of all the difficulties , and the domestic struggles, there are already, signs of rebirth; we all hope, that the education of children and women, will be soon, a further step , to take.

Rise up with your beauty, Afghanistan, in peace and love, in the world's geography!

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com