WHAT IS HEALTH?

It’s all so simple really

Having suffered pneumonia as a small child, growing up I was dogged with bronchitis, asthma and chest infections. As a teenager I chased a hedonistic life of parties, nightclubs, alcohol and dancing (not there is anything wrong with those things per se) but then I hit my early 20s and a close friend gifted me a box of essential oils and a book called The Art of Aromatherapy by Robert Tisserand. My life changed…Juanita Shield-Laignel writes in her capacity as a Natural Health Practitioner

The discovery of Aromatherapy opened up a whole new world for me, not only was I fascinated by the romance of the incredible aromas but astonished by the numerous medicinal benefits of the oils that we are all so familiar with and yet have only come to really understand in the last few decades.

This discovery led me to study and qualify in, not only Aromatherapy, but several other therapeutic techniques. Coupled with this thirst for natural health knowledge was a realisation that in order to be a good healer…one must also seek to heal oneself.

True health – is so much more than the absence of disease.

We are all so multi-dimensional, multi-faceted and capable of indomitable multi-tasking, there is a danger of becoming too disparate in our everyday lives. On the other hand, accepting and moving forward with all the things that bring us joy and not denying any part of ourselves…seeking - and becoming our most authentic self…is what makes us truly whole and therefore - naturally healthy.

‘There is Truth in Nature!’

Owning every part of who we are, helps us to move into a truly open, honest and loving being who can then help others to do the same…this in turn leads one to not want to harm anyone else, animals or the planet. It is all very simple really…as you grow to truly love yourself – your body, mind and creative essence – that spark that makes you human – you realise you are inexorably linked to Nature / God and that everyone else is also linked to Nature / God whether they acknowledge that for themselves yet or not and therefore you have no desire to hurt them or any other sentient being – you become gentler, more compassionate, more loving, more understanding, kinder…you seek to heal not harm. You want to protect all life, the life of others, the life of all animals and the very life of the planet itself. This is TRUE health. A connectedness beyond all else…this is wholeness, this is health.

“That which we seek is Authentic Self.”

My personal healing quest began and before long it became obvious that the adage of ‘Mind, Body, Spirit’ only just scratches the surface of what is meant to be ‘truly healthy’ and is in fact a life-long continuum of self-improvement and self-discovery and then an honest sharing of the one’s discoveries.

DOES THE MAGNA CARTA HAVE ANY RELEVANCE TODAY?

Local ‘Real Housewives of Jersey’ celebrity, Hedi Green explores the extraordinary, if slightly controversial but recently popularised world of Common Law and the ‘Strawman’…

SO THIS IS HOW THE THEORY GOES - In 1666, the

Great Fire of London blazed away and somehow Westminster and all of the parliamentary buildings were saved, wherein the Cestui Que Vie Act was passed. This act introduced the birth certificate, as in the ‘berth’ certificate, which a ship's captain would produce when harbouring in the dock, after having passed through the berth canal…

Although we have come to accept in society that our birth certificate is proof of identity and proof of registration, there are some who believe it is not but rather that it is a contract that was signed by one of your parents (named on the birth certificate as 'informant'), when they registered you to the state.

From this, your legal fiction (also known as your ‘strawman’) was created, which has the same name as you, but it is always represented in writing by the use of capital letters (which is how a dead entity is represented, legally) or will have a corporate title, such as Mr., Mrs., etc., before it.

According to strawman philosophy, the legal system contains no laws - instead it is made up of Acts and Statutes. These Acts and Statutes are laws of the sea, not laws of the land. This is why it is sometimes referred to as Admiralty Law. The law of the land is known as Common Law, Natural Law or God’s Law. In order to give the acts and statutes of Admiralty Law (the legal system's laws) the same power as laws of the land, joinder, or agreement upon the terms of the contract must first be agreed upon by both parties involved in the interaction.

So for this to work it is purported that the strawman or legal fiction exists within the legal system but is a dead fiction in a dead world, which can transact with other dead fictions within the legal system or so the theory goes. To facilitate any transactions, the term corporation is used, rather than dead fiction or dead entity. It is not a real human but instead a 'person' (persona - from early 20th century Latin meaning; mask or character played by an actor), which is a corporate title for a legal fiction or corporation.

Under this guise - only a corporation can exist or trade/communicate within the legal system. Humans cannot. Persons can. Therefore, a company can interact with a person (or strawman/legal fiction/corporation)… and on it goes.

But, first, your ‘person’ needs to contract, or give joinder, and that's where you, the human comes into play. It is mooted by supporters of the Strawman theory that we are tricked into thinking that the strawman is our real identity. Every time we give someone our name and address, we are giving them joinder and acting as our legal fiction. So assuming for one moment that this theory has some merit, one might ask - are we inadvertently taking responsibility for it every time we sign our name?

you accepting the contract and giving joinder, representing your legal fiction or Strawman in the corporate world, or system? These are just some of the huge questions posed by such an idea.

The legal system is filled with words that have different meanings to their everyday ones called, 'Legalese' and the meaning for these words are taken from Black's Book of the Law, or so the story goes. For example, proponents of the strawman community hypothesise, that when a police officer asks you, "Do you understand?", they are not asking you if you comprehend, but rather, "Do you stand under my authority?" A 'summons' is an invitation only and the word 'must' can mean 'may'. Person, parent and child are all legal terms for man, woman, boy and girl, according to popular belief. The subject can get very meaty and any investigator needs a head for twists and turns in the convoluted plot.

Conversely, Common law is thought to be much simpler and easier to understand and is used in everyday life, for the ‘common man and woman’ to live and work together. It is deemed by an ever-burgeoning community to be the best way forward for an unWe’d all like to think we have what’s known as inalienable rights, right? A few examples are; freedom of speech, freedom to freely move around within the country or to leave the country, freedom to worship or not to worship God in the manner one chooses. Under Common law, astonishingly, free men and woman also have the right to abolish a said government if it becomes a destructive treasonous regime!!!! How extraordinary is that? And this finally is where Article 61 of the Magna Carta comes in, seemingly intended originally as a security clause and basically enables the common man and women to rise in lawful dissent against tyranny…

Fascinating!

This is a big subject and one that should really be taught in our schools and universities. What do you think? Have fun finding out more!

As a former local political candidate, and a Natural Health Care Professional, Hedi Green seeks to understand the past and present in order to help shape a better future.