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Raelians in Trinidad & Tobago

thomas — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:22:03 -0500

On March 26th a team led by Bernard Lamarche and his assistant Vic Muscat landed in Trinidad to spend the next 18 days bringing the message of our Creators to people on the island. The locals were found to be friendly, respectful and interested in what the Raelians had to say no matter what their present beliefs were. They understood that nobody was trying to convince or recruit them and that they were there only to inform. Once they understood that, they seemed very curios and asked a lot of interesting questions.

Many interviews were given. Amongst them an interview with Newsday, the number one daily newspaper in readership in this country. Bernard and Vic also got interviewed by Eddison Carr from AM730 radio, Dr. Hans Hanoomansingh from 101.7 FM and Kiran Maharaj from the C.L. Communications group.

Two lectures were given as well. One at the Chaguanas Borough Hall in Chaguanas and another one at the Creative Arts Centre in San Fernando where the team ended up being sold out on books due to the high demand!

The team flew back home very satisfied with the experience and is already planning for a future trip back.

Benefits of Nudity

brigitte — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:55:15 -0500

"If you put a plaster cast on a broken arm the skin starves for Vitamin D, the muscles weaken due to strangled range of motion, the nerve synapses depress to a whimper of their former joy. Twenty-first century hominids? We shroud our entire skin palette except for face, neck and hands - we obliterate symbiosis with the planet.

We hide in cocoons, when we could be free as butterflies.

History reveals many cultures that were not clothes-minded. Spartans were basically bare and their victories in pan-Hellenic sports competitions enticed all neighboring Greeks to exercise nude, creating the word “gymnasium” (Greek gymnos = naked). Romans mingled in magnificent bathhouses, enjoying dense communal nudity as they drank, dined, defecated, bathed, read books, argued politics, and watched theater."

To read more about this excellent article by Hank Pelissier on the scientifically documented benefits of nudity, go to:

http://immortallife.info/articles/entry/nudity-provides-health-benefits-for-your-body-and-brain

Paradism Day in Mexico

thomas — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:51:07 -0500

Raelians celebrated Paradism Day in Mexico City and Puebla on May 1st.

Beny Reyes, Guide for Puebla, tells us:

"Leveraging the fact that on the 1st of May many people celebrate Labor Day, the Raelians from Puebla went out on the streets to promote the world Paradism Day . We were impressed how many young people no longer want to work, mostly students who already are using science and technology. We talked with a young man who studies physics and he told us that it is time that all governments of the world give a chance to the geniuses to achieve Paradism, that today it is an utopia, but in a short time it can become a reality, since geniuses always seek benefits for everyone. He asked us to send him more information about Paradism and Geniocracy to his email so that he can promote it among his fellows at university.

We also talked with a union leader who was promoting the rights of dissatisfied workers and was surprised when he saw our banner that said 'Paradism, a world without money or work'. We explained him the benefits of this system of government and he said that it was very difficult to achieve this system but he supports it. It was the first time that he heard of Paradism but if people start to understand the magnitude of our work, certainly we are going to achieve that all can become happy. He added that he was ashamed to tell us that he promoted work and dignified treatment of workers and that would be better to 'Take advantage of science and technology, not work and be happy'. He was a very kind person who all the time gifted us with a smile."

End of labor being celebrated in Las Vegas

thomas — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:56:50 -0500

Raelians worldwide celebrated the end of labor on May 1st by supporting the Paradism Movement with colorful events.

In Las Vegas local Raelians were on the "Strip".

Kelvin tells us: "We showed our creative and eye catching signs to the passerby’s. We handed out flyers that artistically resembled money. And we had lots of fun doing it. Speaking of eye catching! The public couldn’t help but to stop and gaze at our very sexy dressed robots ;) The beautiful costumes were a big hit!"

1 Minute for Peace in Houston

thomas — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:01:43 -0500

Michele Pernoud, leader for the US central region, reports about their recent 1 Minute for Peace meditation in Houston, TX:

"Sunday the 24th of March was a gorgeous early spring day and the weather was windy with a beautiful blue cloudless sky in Houston. We met in a little park and got set up with sheets, pillows, the posters and sweet ambient music by Brian Eno. You could hear the birds singing, the squirrels scrambling about and the children's shreeks of happiness. We all had driven hundreds of miles to be together and were thrilled that our first attempt at the One Minute for Peace Meditation went so well and was so beautiful. We felt blanketed in Love and Hope.

We then all gathered at a little restaurant nearby to feel each others vibrations and harmonize some more and just visit, reconnect and catch up. We are looking forward to more of this very beautiful action in the future."

Gabon protest in DC and NYC

thomas — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:34:28 -0500

Upendra Singh, regional Guide for the northeastern US, reports about the protests in front of the Gabon diplomatic missions in Washington DC and New York City:

"For us protesting peacefully in the cold weather in two major cities, it was such a heartwarming experience to be in action to free Jean Rene Ogoula in Gabon, one of the Raelian Guides there.

Both our teams started the protest at 1pm. We spoke with people, held our posters, and gave out flyers proudly as people walked in and out of the Gabonese Embassy/Consulate Office.

What was interesting in both cities was that the staff and the visitors were very curious about what we were doing, and they wanted to know more. The ambassador (in DC) and the consul (in NYC) now have our letters in their hands.

In NYC, our team got interviewed by a journalist who shared the same building with the consulate. In Washington, DC, the florist who was going in and out of the embassy tipped
us off that the letter was being "discussed". She said 'it's working!' :) Very soon a staff form the embassy came out with his iPad and started taking our pictures!

We are all proud to be part of this peaceful global revolution. Love and support to our dear brother Jean in Gabon. We are demanding his immediate release from jail."

Sydney Mardi Gras refuses Aramis slogan

brigitte — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:55:08 -0500

ARAMIS Raelians always made a big impact during Sydney Mardi Gras.
In 2012 and 2013 ARAMIS has presented actions highlighting concerns about the direction of the Sydney Mardi Gras, which has been the annual equivalent of the Pride march in one of the world’s gayest cities but for two years in a row the Sydney Mardi Gras has rejected the ARAMIS slogan, “HOMOPHOBIA is criminal Bible bullshit”. Therefore ARAMIS hasn’t had a float in the annual Parade but we decided to stand by our slogan or make it even more confronting with a Debaptism ceremony.

The ARAMIS Debaptism Ceremony processed from the front of St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral through Hyde Park in the middle of Sydney to the Parade gates. Rose petals marked our journey and made a beautiful statement. Our ceremony engaged with many people and there were a number of debaptisms and great interest in our action. ARAMIS actions are having an impact.
In its 35th year, Sydney Mardi Gras (formerly the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras) is going through a crisis in direction. It changed its name two years ago, which has caused a big outcry. It remains to be seen if the name will be restored. Financial forces are compromising the Parade and watering down the messages of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (GLBTQ) communities.
ARAMIS is concerned that the voices of the GLBTQ communities, especially in protesting about religious intolerance, are being gagged. The gay pride Parade which started out as a protest and a demonstration demanding equal rights and sexual liberation is being hijacked by corporate interests, with apparent influence from religious bodies.

1 Minute for Peace in Miami

thomas — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:37:20 -0600

Donna Newman, Guide for southeast USA, reports:

"We gently spread our blanket on the grassy knoll on Lincoln road in South Beach where we invited the passerby's to join in and pray one minute for peace.
We meditated and sang the AOM which resonated over the hustle and bustle of the crowds.
Thank you Elohim for sending us your son and the message which has enriched our lives."

Peruvian President mobilizes its Police to prevent Homosexuals to kiss in public

brigitte — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:00:00 -0600

The Raelian members of ARAMIS, the Raelian association of sexual minorities, offered their support to the "Kisses Against Homophobia" event organized by the Homosexual Movement of Lima who welcomed their noticeable banners stating "A kiss is love, live your freedom" and "A kiss is peace, live your freedom"

Initially the event was meant to take place at the Plaza de Armas of Lima where the Presidential Palace and the Catholic Cathedral of Lima are located, but the Peruvian President Ollanta Humala had ordered the police to close every access to the Plaza de Armas with fences and even with a tank that threw dirty water, so that no lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual or heterosexual supporters (LGBT) could enter, though any other people could!

« That was a clear message of discrimination from President Humala, who initially got votes from the LGBT community for his supposed support to them. » explains the Latin American Aramis leader Erich Rever.

The event gathered a large crowd, including LGBT and heterosexuals supporters who shouted proudly:
"We are not anymore afraid", "Kisses are love","Our rights must be respected like the rights of anybody else".

As the event kept going with the main entrance still blocked by the police, the Homosexual Movement of Lima succeeded to have an access through another entrance and mobilized everyone there. Once there the police had time to also block that access with fences, but some LGBT people had entered through the police security passing like "normal" civilians and begun kissing on the other side of the fence! It was a victory for the LGBT, but after some minutes the police started to use force to remove them from there.
The LGBT community in the other side pushed the fence to pass through it to prevent any harm from happening to the LGBT members and that prompted the police to bring again the tank that threw pressured dirty water.
Even though Aramis leader, Erich Rever, was not pushing the fence, the water struck all over him, leaving his skin and clothes all wet and dirty. All the LGBT community went backwards as the tank continued throwing dirty water and the police started coming out from the fence with their sticks and shields ready to enforce any necessary measures.
The only one left in front was the ARAMIS Peru leader who decided to sit down, close his eyes and meditate by just sending peace and love towards the aggressive police men.
« It was beautiful, an undescribable sensation. » said Erich. « I didn't know if I was going to get hit by the police or taken to jail, I just relied on the power of love, which was the force that moved me to remain there confronting the violence that was coming towards me. I was focused on my meditation, just thinking of love and peace on Earth. I have been reminded that it was like the "1 minute for peace meditation" action launched by Maitreya Rael, though within a completely different circumstance. »

Erich was just meditating peacefully. They didn´t harm him, they didn´t touch him, they just passed by his side in silence. When he opened his eyes and stood up, he could see that the police got again to the other side of the fence and some LGBT members begun pushing again the fence and the police immediately answered by throwing a bomb of gas that irritates protesters eyes and nose and makes them cry. Everyone went away screaming to protect their sight and airways.
"It is incredible that we still live in such a primitive society today in the 21st century, where a kiss is so dangerous that it needs a presidential order to use policemen, fences, gas bombs and even tanks to protect a PUBLIC area from homosexual people wanting to express a fundamental human right, armed with only one weapon, a kiss of love!." said Rever
Today´s action brings to perspective how much still needs to be done to create the change that we need on our wonderful planet... but thanks to the teachings of the Elohim through Maitreya Rael, the ARAMIS members took the necessary steps in order to achieve it, by answering with love to violence...and it works!

Clitoraid’s head surgeon to perform clitoral repair surgery

brigitte — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:16:56 -0600

on FGM victims
in San Francisco in conjunction with ‘One Billion Rising' movement

Movement’s goal: to end violence against women worldwide

Today, in conjunction with the V-Day Movement launched by Eve Ensler, Clitoraid, a nonprofit organization that assists victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), is supporting and participating in “One Billion Rising,” an international call to end violence against women.

“In San Francisco, our head surgeon, Dr. Marci Bowers, M.D., will perform clitoral repair surgery for two FGM victims at her San Mateo Clinic,” said Nadine Gary, Clitoraid’s director of communications and Raelian Guide.

Bowers, well known for her gender reassignment surgeries, has been volunteering for Clitoraid since 2009, according to Gary.

“To date, she has operated on close to 40 FGM patients, and in October she will travel to Burkina Faso, West Africa, for the opening of our new hospital,” Gary said. “At that time, she will begin operating on the more than 400 FGM victims currently on our waiting list for clitoral repair surgery.”

Gary said today’s One Billion Rising event is the perfect occasion for Clitoraid volunteers to rise up and dance.

“That’s especially true for our team in Burkina Faso, West Africa,” she said. “They’ll gather at what we call our ‘Pleasure Hospital,’ which is where Dr. Bowers and other volunteers will be helping FGM victims once the facility opens in October.”

Gary then cited some alarming statistics concerning violence against women.

“One in three women living today – a total of one billion women worldwide – will be raped or beaten within her lifetime, and every 6 minutes, a little girl is being genitally mutilated,” she said. “These atrocities must be eliminated. Therefore, for the 15th anniversary of V-Day on February 14, Clitoraid supporters around the world will join those one billion abused women and those who love them. We’ll walk, dance, and above all else, rise up and demand an end to the violence.”

Gary said Clitoraid has always supported Ensler’s efforts to end violence against women.

“We applaud her for such things as setting up safe houses in Kenya to protect girls and women who have fled their homes rather than become FGM victims,” Gary said, adding that Clitoraid’s participation in One Billion Rising will also include raising awareness about Clitoraid’s work by holding special events.

“We’re holding community awareness events throughout the United States and Canada, in European countries like France, Switzerland and Italy; in Australia and South America, and in Southeastern Asia, where large numbers of potential FGM victims are at high risk in Indonesia,” Gary concluded.

Open letter to the board of Sydney Mardi Gras

brigitte — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:36:13 -0600

Open letter to Michael Rolik, CEO and the Board of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, by Luke Roberts, aka Pope Alice, Raelian Guide and member of the ARAMIS association

Dear Michael and Board,
Thank you Michael for your recent letter outlining the specific “What Mardi Gras won't do” and “What Mardi Gras will do” clauses, which are the reasons for rejecting the ARAMIS (Raelian Association of Religious Minorities) Expression of Interest in the Parade.
Admittedly the proposed slogan “HOMOPHOBIA is criminal Bible bullsh*t”, was also rejected last year, but the Raelian Movement had positively hoped that enough changes had taken place both inside Mardi Gras itself and the socio-political scene in Australia and internationally to highlight the salient need for free expression of GLBTQ communities’ concerns about religious homophobia.
Benedict XVI in his recent Christmas message once again condemned gay peoples and denounced same sex marriage as a manipulation of nature. He claimed homosexuality was destroying the very “essence of the human creature.” Whilst many people see the Pope of Rome as a joke these days he still has an unfortunate and powerful influence on opinion and decision-making. Ironically his supporters also seem to influence Mardi Gras, despite the pope’s slanderous, discriminating edicts against homosexuals and transgender peoples and the formation of a Royal Commission to investigate pedophilia within the Church.
According to the head of the Christian Lobby, the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard recently assured religious groups they would have the ''freedom'' under a new rights bill to discriminate against homosexuals and others they deem sinners. The federal government is also proposing anti-discrimination laws that would leave transgender people vulnerable to discrimination.

“What Mardi Gras wont' do - Allow messages that discriminate or cause harm to others.”
The slogan Mardi Gras rejects only condemns passages of religious texts, unlike homophobic religions, which condemn countless individuals to lifetimes of trauma, misery and abuse and even foster the death penalty for GLBTQ peoples in some countries to this day.
“Homophobia is criminal Bible bullsh*t” doesn't imply that the Bible is all “bullsh*t”, it simply highlights that there are at least some parts which are obvious lies and deliberately misleading. The word bullshit is understood by most people to refer to a blatant lie, a flagrant untruth, an obvious fallacy, nonsense or exaggeration etc.
The Raelian religion also relies on key sections of the Bible, as well as sections of the Koran and many other religious scriptures in its philosophy. However we denounce homophobia in any form and particularly religious homophobia, which is so virulent, so blatant and based on misinterpretations and fear-mongering.
By combining the opposite values of love and homophobia, homophobic religions create toxic messages and mental conflict in impressionable minds. “Criminal Bible bullsh*t” is hardly an adequate term for the horrors homophobic religions inflict on the vulnerable to this day.
The separation of Church and State doesn't appear to exist in Australia. Should GLBTQ rights to speak out against persecution be held back so as not to offend bodies, which keep in step with religious homophobia?
“What Mardi Gras will do - Assess an Entrant based on its integrity and purpose in relation to the core values of the Parade.”
The International Raelian Movement positively affirms homosexuality, and transgender as natural and normal and actively promotes sexual liberation.
By questioning the integrity and purpose of the Raelian Movement in relation to the core values of the Parade, Mardi Gras begs the question of its own integrity and its current purpose. The original spirit of Mardi Gras is being lost and the revolutionary energy for much-needed change appears to have been hijacked by corporate funding and government interests. It seems Mardi Gras is losing sight of the core reasons, which had made the formation of the Mardi Gras protest and consequent Parade necessary in the first place.
In its 35th year it’s time to review not only the proposed name change, but also Mardi Gras itself. Is Mardi Gras still a full expression of Gay and Lesbian core values and concerns? Does it still have integrity and purpose in relation to the objectives of the original Parade? Is it censoring the expression of some serious GLBTQ concerns? Is it a national GLBTQ event celebrated by GLBTQ communities across the country, or is it to be simply a Sydney Mardi Gras event in a country where GLBTQ peoples remain freely targeted by religious bigotry and where same-sex marriage is outlawed?
Australia professes to treat its citizens equally, but equality doesn't exist here for gay, lesbian and transgender peoples. We feel Mardi Gras is muzzling our outcry to be free of religious persecution and discrimination and to have equal rights.
Mardi Gras was created for the sexual liberation of humanity. Lets keep it this way. Or rather make it a more efficient and a more powerful tool for change. It is the mission we, as GLBTQ communities, have entrusted to the Mardi Gras Board and we still have a long way to go to achieve true equality.
Sincerely,
Luke Roberts (aka Pope Alice)
ARAMIS Responsible Oceania
www.raeliangay.org

1 Minute for Peace in Mexico City

thomas — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:45:00 -0600

Frank Caballero, Guide for Mexico City, reports:

"The Raelians of Mexico City were again successful in their promotion of the "Meditate with Us, 1 Minute for Peace" campaign. It was emotional to see people stop by and without us having to invite them to meditate with us, they sat down, it was so great! We realized that there are always people who actually want peace.

A newlywed couple saw the blanket and came to meditate with us.

People thanked us for performing this action of awareness for peace on this planet."

Raelians support Hindu child persecuted for drawing swastika in a New Jersey elementary school

thomas — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:38:06 -0600

After an 8-year-old child of Hindu heritage who drew a swastika as part of a third grade holiday assignment in an Old Bridge Township elementary school was subjected to traumatic reprimand and racial bias counseling without parental approval, the International Raelian Movement (IRM), which includes a swastika in its most sacred symbol, today issued a statement supporting the child and the child’s parents as well as upholding use of the symbol itself.

“The swastika is an ancient symbol of good will for nearly a billion Hindus worldwide, and Middlesex County, New Jersey, where this incident took place, is home to a large Hindu minority,” said Raelian Guide Thomas Kaenzig, who wrote a letter of protest to the Middlesex School Superintendent on behalf of the IRM. (See the letter along with the child’s drawing at http://www.proswastika.org/news.php?item.20.1 .)

“It’s not the child who needs counseling but the teacher aide who complained about the child’s drawing, the counselor and the principal who approved the counseling,” Kaenzig said. “They need to know the beautiful, original meaning of this symbol, which can be found on every continent. For thousands of years before the Nazis hijacked and distorted it, it signified peace, harmony and good luck. And for billions of people, it means those same things today.”

He dismissed statements by New Jersey school officials claiming that counseling would also have been ordered for a child choosing to draw a Christian cross or a Star of David.

“I doubt a principal would approve counseling for a Jewish child drawing the Star of David, even if it were to offend a teacher aid from Palestine whose family was slaughtered by the Israeli army,” Kaenzig explained. “A double standard is unacceptable, and we expect the Middlesex school system to issue an apology to the child and his parents as well as to all others for whom the swastika is a highly sacred symbol.”

“Year-round, including on Swastika Rehabilitation Day, Raelians support Hindus and others who revere this ancient symbol,” Kaenzig said. “We hold rallies to educate the public and assert the right of people everywhere to use this traditional symbol of peace. Discrimination against those who use it needs to be eliminated once and for all.”

The Embassy project presented in the US Virgin Islands

thomas — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:10:26 -0600

Gabriel Bluteau and his assistant Victor Muscat recently visited the US Virgin Islands to launch the Raelian Movement there. They held a very successful lecture introducing the Raelian philosophy to the local population, proudly wearing their newly made t-shirt with the slogan "Scientists from another planet created us using DNA - RAEL.ORG". They also personally delivered the Elohim Embassy project proposal to the Governor's office as well as to Donna Christian-Christensen, the US Virgin Islands delegate to the United States House of Representatives who gave them a very warm welcome in her office.

1 Minute for Peace in Mexico

thomas — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:19:22 -0600

Frank Caballero, Guide of Mexico City, tells us about the most recent 1 Minute for Peace action in Morelia, Michoacán:

"We were located next to the cathedral, in front of a kiosk where we put down our blanket and held a banner saying 'Meditate with us, 1 minute for peace'. We handed out flyers and invited the public to participate in the meditations as well as attending our lecture which took place that evening at the 'Casona del Teatro'.

65 people attended this lecture and they were excited to hear that there is a movement that is concerned with love and world peace. The messages are always a glimmer of hope for all the people."

RAEL applauds conclusion of UK Home Affairs committee on drug policy

brigitte — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:55:52 -0600

Following its year-long inquiry into drugs policy, the Commons Home Affairs Committee concluded that efforts to combat the drug barons had failed and called for the UK Government to consider the possibility of legalizing and regulating the use of drugs.

Rael fully approved the committee conclusions.
“They are absolutely right ! Criminalizing drugs is putting depressed and hopeless people in jail, where they get more hopeless and depressed and then can become real criminals. To punish sad people who try to escape in artificial heavens is not only stupid : its criminal Instead society should have values based on love, sharing , and compassion which give hope and oneness feeling to everyone.”

The UK is not the only country considering new drug policy. Recently Portugal has “depenalized” drugs allowing possession of small amounts to not be subjected to criminal penalties. Two US states have legalized cannabis and Uruguay recently proposed a state monopoly of cannabis production and sale.

Rael has long called for such a move as prohibition has never been a solution. “ Police and jail are not the right answers to depression and hopelessness and criminalization of drugs just creates more crime due to illegal trafficking as no prohibition has ever stopped, nor will it ever stop the use of any substance.”
“Alcohol and tobacco are sold freely, while they are even more dangerous than cannabis and kill many more people every year. If we accept that alcohol and tobacco are sold with simple warnings on the label about the dangers of using them, why not do the same with all other drugs, especially cannabis? The real solution to help people stop using drugs (or alcohol or tobacco) is to give them new values and new philosophies which destroy guilt and encourage pleasure so they can enjoy life without needing any drug.”
The Raelian philosophy has helped thousands of Raelians to stop using drugs. To know more about Rael's teachings go to rael.org or attend one of your local Happiness Academies ( see events on rael.org)

Raelians denounce San Francisco's ban on nudity

thomas — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:53:08 -0600

The city of San Francisco recently passed a ban on public nudity. Maitreya Rael commented on it saying: "It is a fundamental right for everybody to be naked wherever they want. We are all born nude."

Florence Laudoyer, Guide for the pacific region reports from the Bay area:

San Francisco may no longer be a city where anything goes, due to lawmakers recently approving a proposal to ban public nakedness, which means that enjoying a leisurely stroll 'au natural' in a city known for its liberal views and progressive lifestyle, may soon be a memory of the past!
And who best to lead such a campaign than a Wiener?? Oops..pardon my french :-)), I meant Scott Wiener (SF supervisor) who introduced the measure in response to growing complaints about a group of carefree people exercising their rights to be bare in the city's predominantly gay Castro District.
Under Wiener's ban, exemptions would be made for participants at permitted street fairs and parades.
The ordinance passed early December 2012, but it will not go into effect until February 1, 2013 to give a federal judge time to review it. The Castro nudists are suing because they assert that the ordinance violates what they call their constitutional right to be nude in public.

As Raelians and supporters of Gotopless, we had the opportunity to join this group of nudists to protest against the proposal of this ban, and we were able to make our voices heard in front of the city hall.

We also met with nudity activist Gypsy Taub, whose courage to address the SF board of Supervisors in the nude a few days before that drew quite a bit of media attention.

Raelians are standing up in defense of nudity since the proposed ban is a direct attack on our freedom of expression, our constitutional right as citizens to go nude, and no one should be denied that right.
It is also important to understand that those who claim that public nudity is psychologically detrimental to children don't know what they are talking about. The fact is that children exposed to social nudity grow up more aware and accepting of their bodies, and they learn to embrace themselves fully. In other words, they grow up to have significantly higher body self-acceptance and much less body image issues, but also a much higher acceptance of others and others' differences. Let's face it, clothing requirements make people unbalanced as it is very easy to use power over people while hiding behind layers of clothes. Think about it, we have the right to bare arms, but we don't have the right to go bare? It's arms that kill, not nudity!!
Just imagine our politicians meeting each other in the nude, how drastically different our planet would be governed, how different laws would be, would they be made by naked lawmakers. We are all on the same level in the nude, our natural state makes us more beautiful, more compassionate, more human, more humble...

Our fathers from space, the Elohim, have created us in the most beautiful way possible, for us to enjoy every part of our brain but also every inch of our body. Thanks to Maitreya Rael's teachings and the practice of Sensual Meditation, we are able to peel off layer upon layer of shame and guilt which may be keeping us from growing and blossoming as a human being.
So instead of creating more restrictive laws with the sole purpose of shackling people and giving up all individuality, let us honor the MASTERPIECE that WE ARE by challenging these laws...let us build a society with sustainable human values, in which universal Love and Respect will transcend, in which NUDITY will be celebrated in its most purest form :-)))

1 Minute for Peace in Nepal

thomas — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:28:36 -0600

Upendra Singh, National Guide for Nepal, tells us about the recent 1 Minute for Peace campaign there:

"It just felt so good - just to be with people and meditate for peace!! Very different from other events we have done, there wasn’t much explanation required for people here to understand why we have to meditate for peace. They simply wanted to be with us and do this. As it is said, 'Peace is possible, it must be felt,' we felt peace as we meditated together in this simple, harmonious and poignant campaign shown to us by our light for humanity, Maitreya Rael.

We touched hundreds of people as we held 5 events in 3 major cities of Nepal - Pokhara, Lumbini and Kathmandu. All events were held in major Buddhist/Hindu temples and monasteries. Some of us chanted 'Aum' while others handed out flyers. Men, women and children all joined us. The biggest crowd we had was at Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha.

Yes, we all felt peace!!!

Special thanks to Aboo, our Raelian sister from Thailand who joined us, and other Raelian and non-Raelian brothers and sisters Som Nakarmi, Anjan Dhakal, Suwarch Devkota, Lalit Gurung, Bharat, Anju Chand, Abhusan Chand who helped us in making this a successful campaign in Nepal."

The Jamaican Raelian Movement is born!

thomas — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:46:59 -0600

Riki Kline, leader of the Jamaican Raelian Movement, tells us about his recent trip there:

"Our team had spent many months preparing for their journey to bring the Raelian Messages to Jamaica and to spearhead the birth of the Jamaican Raelian Movement. We headed into the path of Hurricane Sandy – arriving in Kingston on Tuesday, October 23rd just in time to get some emergency supplies before the storm swept through the city.

Before leaving the USA, a conference had already been arranged at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and a TV interview was in the works that would be aired throughout the country during prime time on the largest Jamaican TV network. Emails and Press Releases were sent to the media, and arrangements were made for an advertisement in the Sunday edition of the Jamaica Gleaner which is the country’s leading newspaper.

We were guests on the Newstalk 93 FM radio show “Straight up with Jerry Small”. There was considerable interest in the Raelian Messages’ explanation of The Creation of Humanity. Jerry Small also enthusiastically discussed the Clitoraid project.

The UWI conference was on Tuesday - one week after arriving in Jamaica. A Jamaican was the MC of the evening, welcoming the audience of 70 people, and introducing the speakers. The first presentation was about FGM and was followed by the main topic: “The Third Alternative to the Creation of Life”. The presentations were followed by a lively question and answer session. Following a short break, those who were interested stayed on for a meeting to learn what it means to be Raelian and to understand the organization of the Raelian Movement. Some of the attendees said that they would like to become active in the Raelian Movement. Several mentioned that they would like to “officially” become Raelian by having their Cellular Transmission performed. Most importantly, it was explained that our intention is to help them establish their own Jamaican Raelian Movement that will be headed by a Jamaican.

The day after the UWI conference, there was a 40 minute interview by Ian Boyne for his weekly TV show “Religious Hardtalk” which is aired throughout Jamaica every Tuesday evening and is also available online. The show, which explores religious beliefs and concepts, is very popular amongst Jamaicans who are predominantly conservative religious Christians. With his strong academic background in Comparative Religion, and as pastor of a church, Ian Boyne is most qualified for discussing religion. His charismatic manner, especially while asking penetrating questions, was always respectful and friendly. The taped interview will likely be aired at the end of January, or early February.

This ends the first chapter in the history of Jamaica’s Raelian Movement. And the next chapter is already beginning… :)"

Rael supports Argentinian decision to lower voting age to 16

brigitte — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:19:58 -0500

After Argentinian lawmakers decided to lower Argentina's voting age to 16, Rael sent his congratulations to the Argentinian government, calling the new law "a great decision that should be applied worldwide."

Rael went on to suggest that the voting age be lowered even further, down to 14.

“Young people are much more concerned by political decisions that affect our future environment than old people, who don't really care when they have just a few years left to live," he said.

Rael also proposed additional voting reforms.

"The right to vote should be removed from people whose sickness renders them unable to make decisions," he said, adding that those who should lose the right to vote should include those who are mentally retarded and older people with Alzheimer's disease or other degenerative diseases that render them unable to decide even the simple things in their lives.

"It's shocking to see their families or even their nurses voting for these people,” Rael said.

He also questioned age-related wisdom.

“A long time ago, when selfishness, nationalism, competition and greed were not ruling the world, elder councils were making good decisions," Rael explained. "This type of group doesn't exist anymore. The elder councils of the past should be replaced with 'youngster councils' made up of young people who are not yet polluted by egoism, selfishness, nationalism and competition, and who have a much better vision of what should be the future world.”

Why do Raelians keep their hair long

brigitte — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:18:19 -0500

The advanced series of messages received by Rael in 1973 and 1975, from the Elohim,(see www.rael.org), contains a vast array of information that touches every aspect of our life.
While most were considered ludicrous by the scientists in the 70s, they have become more and more mainstream while the years pass.

The concepts of cloning, memory transfer, traveling faster than the speed of light, living in an infinite universe explained by these advanced extraterrestrials were all rejected in the 70s but became part of our realm and are now either demonstrated or accepted as likely to be true by a large majority. There aren't any week without more evidence confirming what the Elohim said to Rael.

As an example, stories have recently emerged about the fact that native Americans were not only allowed to keep their hair long after enrolling in the military during the Vietnam war, but, as trackers, they were actually required to keep their hair long.
According to these reports, if the recruits were given required military haircuts, they could no longer 'sense' the enemy, they could no longer access a 'sixth sense', their 'intuition' was no longer reliable, they couldn't 'read' subtle signs as well or access subtle extrasensory information.

This report is in perfect agreement with a piece of information given by the Elohim who explain that our hair are like antennae.

Here is an excerpt of what they say about hair:
“The human brain is like a huge transmitter capable of sending out a multitude of very accurate waves and thoughts. In fact telepathy is nothing more than that. But this type of transmitter requires antennae and the hair and beard are these antennae. This is why you should not shave off any hair if you want to make use of your transmitters. You have surely noticed that many of your scientists have long hair, and often a beard. Prophets and other wise people have them too. Now you can understand why.”
They also explain the biblical story of Samson who lost his power after losing his hair. “Samson was able to communicate with us by telepathy thanks to his natural antennae, his hair, and could ask for help during difficult moments. When Delilah cut his hair, he could no longer ask for help but when his hair grew again, he regained his 'strength', that is to say, he could once again ask for our help and we then demolished the temple where he was touching the column”.

Rael applauds end of printed Newsweek magazine

brigitte — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:04:41 -0500

Rael welcomed the announced end of printing of Newsweek magazine as 'very good news'.

He added “Let's hope that soon all the mainstream media will be bankrupt, even online, and that the people will get REAL information through the internet, reading websites that are really independent from the super rich and the banking systems. That will be a real renaissance of REAL journalism.”

The end of printed news has been announced and asked for by Rael for quite a while.

In December 2006, he encouraged Raelians to “celebrate the death of each newspaper!”

“Not only are they [the newspapers] polluting the Earth and killing millions of trees everyday, but they also belong to multinational conglomerates allied with conservative powers and primitive religions in order to manipulate the people. We, Raelians know more than anybody else what terrible liars they are. The young generation don't want any more dirty and poisonous papers in their hands every morning, they prefer to check the news on a clean internet, where they can go directly to the news and not believe any lie from manipulated journalists. Remember to celebrate the death of each newspaper!”

1 Minute for Peace

thomas — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:37:39 -0500

These past few weeks, Raelians all over North America took part in "1 Minute for Peace" actions.
This campaign was launched by Maitreya Rael a few months ago, see this video for more information on it.

Las Vegas

Miami

Chicago

Mexico City

Frank tells us about the Mexico City event: "Young people were very conscious of how much we need such actions to bring peace, not only in our country, but around the world. It was great, people just saw the blanket, stopped to meditate, and gladly received the information they were given."

Puebla

Dominican Republic

German catholic bishops decision shows worship is all about money

brigitte — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:08:53 -0500

A recent decree by Germany's Catholic bishops states that people who opt out of a "church tax" should not be given sacraments and religious burials.
About 200,000 German people per year choose to not pay their religious tax anymore. The Catholic church didn't know what to do with them until last week when they decided, in agreement with the pope, that those who do not pay their duty to the Church should be denied all services from the church, they cannot be married in a church anymore nor buried.
We certainly understand the logic behind this decision, when we apply the current commercial system. One has to pay for a service. But should trade be a part of the equation when considering a religious group, a philosophical entity that preaches love and compassion? Our answer is clearly no.

The Raelian Movement is built and managed only by volunteers and no one is or will ever be paid for being a Raelian Guide, this is one of the tenets of our philosophy.

According to official statistics the German catholic church receives 5 billion euros per year from the church taxes collected by the government. Are these 5 billion euros only used for burials and marriages across the country or are they used to feed more acquisitions of German companies like the many owned by the Catholic church?.
As an example the company "Weltbild," Germany’s largest media company which sells books, DVDs, music and more also happens to belong 100% to the Catholic Church. One can find 2,500 erotic books in their catalog. The Church also owns a 50% share in publishing company Droemer Knaur which produces pornographic books, and so indirectly is also a publisher of pornographic material, titles including “Nimm mich hier und nimm mich jetzt!” (Take Me Here, Take Me Now!), and “Sag Luder zu mir!” (Call Me Slut!).
Is it a way to push more people to ask for their confession services? Can anyone find a more hypocritical situation?
The German Catholic Church is clearly one of the biggest German enterprises and no one should be fooled by their philosophical messages. They shouldn't be allowed to talk about their prophet Jesus as their leader and deny help to people in need of comfort just because they haven't paid their taxes. This is insane.
Hopefully more German people will see the reality and overcome their fear of hell and have the strength to leave the church, to leave this trading company as it is all about trade: “Give me your tax and I will guarantee your passage to heaven and make a few cross signs over your wedding rings and your coffin, and hide carefully the pedophile priests and the porn business we are in'... This is what the Catholic Church is all about.

Genetically modified athletes: why not?

brigitte — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:27:39 -0500

The controversy over Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen’s astonishing gold medal performance during the Olympics has unleashed a new line of concern for the public... the genetic enhancement of athletes.
John Leonard, the American director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, described the 16-year-old’s world-record-breaking performance as ‘suspicious’. He was reported to say that the authorities who tested Ye Shiwen for drug abuse should also check to see ‘if there is something unusual going on in terms of genetic manipulation'. Some media went on to say that maybe, a new 'race' of genetically manipulated super-competitors with enhanced lung-power, or heightened strength may already be competing at the highest level.
Maitreya Rael commented on the topic stating that “if doping can be considered dangerous for health, genetic modifications are not . So there is no reason to forbid it.”
He added that this is not only true for sport but also to create more intelligent human beings. “We are ourselves the fruit of Elohim genetic engineering”.
Given the ways in which people now sculpt their bodies for cosmetic reasons, it is indeed ridiculous to ban somebody from attempting a similar sculpting through genetic modification. Gene transfer will probably allow such sculpting to take place in a less barbaric and safer form.

Laboratory experiments have already shown that the science can work. In 2005, Ronald Evans, a hormone expert working at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, produced a group of genetically modified mice which could run for an hour longer than normal mice, were resistant to weight gain no matter what they were fed on, and remained at peak fitness even when they took no exercise.
Most gene modification techniques involve placing genetically modified DNA inside a virus and injecting it into the body. The virus then enters the cells, and its modified DNA attaches itself to the DNA inside those cells.
Rather than spending time and money to develop tests to detect this kind of manipulation, in order to punish those who are possibly doing it, shouldn't the experts spent time to develop the technique so that it is available to anyone who wants it. People are desperate to change their look, performances and overall capacity. Why not give them the opportunity to do it in a safe way instead of having them do it through painful surgery and dangerous drug use? If genetic modification is available for all, not only for disease treatment but for performance enhancement, there won't be any cheating to fear, just an added diversity of healthy human beings to admire and benefit from.

Raelians continue to insist on "god-free" naturalizations in the US

thomas — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:51:51 -0500

Raelian Guide Dr. Mehran Saam is the latest Raelian to have had an entirely "god-free" citizenship ceremony in which not only the signed oath didn't contain any religious reference but also the presiding official didn't make any religious reference at all.

Raelians deny the existence of a personal deity. Instead, they honor the Elohim – extraterrestrial scientists who created life on Earth, including humans, through genetic engineering.

Mehran tells us about his naturalization last week in Boston: "After 2 years of waiting, with letters back and forth with the USCIS, today I finally had my US citizenship ceremony done privately in the judge's office with the modified oath with no references to a God or to taking up arms exactly as I asked for. I am very happy and proud as a Raelian, and as an atheist and pacifist. All the waiting and the extra effort was well worth it! We must never give up our human rights."

Raelians at Las Vegas Slutwalk

thomas — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:05:19 -0500

A team of Las Vegas Raelians supported the local Slutwalk for the 2nd year in a row.

Maitreya Rael commented last year on the Slutwalk movement saying "I strongly support this movement. It's this type of conservative police officer, poisoned by primitive religious values and prejudice, who can turn into one of the 'dress police' like those in Iran, who end up forcing women to wear veils or even burkas. Women have the right even to go topless or nude without being physically abused or raped."

Rael applauds three-person civil union in Brazil

brigitte — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:32:03 -0500

Rael has expressed his full support to the Notary in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo who accepted a civil union between three people.
According to the Brazilian press, Ms Dominguez, the Public Notary, said that the man and the two women were entitled to family right. In 2011, the Brazilian Supreme Court had also ruled that gay couples in "stable" partnerships should be given the same financial and social rights enjoyed by those in heterosexual relationships.

Rael said : “ People should be free to create a family with as many people as they wish and of any sex.”
Ms Domingues, justified her decision saying that the idea of a "family" had changed which echoes the position of the Raelian philosophy that refuses traditional religious dogma.

Rael added: “Religious taboos of primitive obsolete religions must not try to dictate to people how they should live their private life.”

The Brazilian Raelians have expressed their support to Ms Domingues and their hope that the Brazilian legal system will not give in to the Catholic omnipresent pressure.

Rael in support of all caricatures

brigitte — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:43:57 -0500

The caricature museum of the German city of Kassel made the headlines with a controversial cartoon hanging in its window, depicting Jesus on the cross.
The caricature depicts Jesus in agony on the cross as a voice calls down from heaven, "Hey, you. I fucked your mother."
Several Christian leaders have protested against the drawing and asked it to be removed. Museum head Martin Sonntag has simply refused to remove the poster.

Rael expressed his full support to the Caricature Museum saying that the Christian leaders reaction is just stupid.
“First of all the name 'Jesus' is not written anywhere on the cartoon; secondly nobody knows exactly what Jesus looked like – this applies to Mohamed caricatures as well-; and thirdly the fact to represent somebody on a cross also doesn't mean it represents Jesus as thousands of peoples were crucified at the time of Jesus, - before and after his time as well as it was a very common way of executing people, mostly criminals. Last but not least : they were using wood assembled in the shape of a T and not a cross as it takes way too much work to make a cross."
During the Mohamed's caricature debate a few years ago, Rael has encouraged artists to do as many caricatures of anyone including himself, without censoring themselves. We should be able to laugh about everything, including ourselves.

Chinese pyramids adding to the numerous evidence that an advanced civilization existed on Earth more than 10,000 years ago

brigitte — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:37:47 -0500

History and Religion books need to be rewritten...

Despite repeated accounts and rumors of large ancient pyramids in China, archaeologists and bureaucrats have long refused to acknowledge their presence. Their existence isn’t mentioned in Chinese schools and they are considered a state secret.

“The 100 white pyramids of China are indeed forbidden,” an anonymous source living near the area told a Raelian Guide.
“The structures are unknown to the public and may not be entered except by some Chinese scientists. Foreign archaeologists or scientists are prohibited to go near them, since they are primarily considered a national secret,” the source explained.

But the significance of the Chinese pyramids can’t be denied much longer.
“According to the few archeologists who have approached the site, these Chinese pyramids are located at the same latitude as the pyramids of Egypt,” she said. “And some walls of the 500-meter-high Pyramid of Uyghur are covered with words in a proto-Turk language. These are indications that these structures aren’t just tombs for the ancient kings of the region, as some people speculate, but much older structures that share a common origin with the world-famous pyramids of Egypt and Central America.”

According to Raelian philosophy, all human beings on Earth and all of its other life forms were created by highly advanced scientists from another planet known as the Elohim.

They used advanced genetic engineering techniques to create human beings in their own image, and they also helped our early ancestors by sharing some of their knowledge.
Whether the ability to build pyramids or other sophisticated structures was shared to our ancestors or not, everyone admits that they can hardly be duplicated with today's modern technology.

Incredible pyramids aren’t found only in Egypt and South America. New evidence today indicates their presence in various places in Asia, too, such as in China, Cambodia and underwater off the coast of Japan. In fact, there is a wide network of these exceptional stone monuments, all of which showing advanced knowledge of astronomy and engineering techniques. Some archeologists agree that they date back to 10,000 B.C., which indicates the presence in antiquity of a highly advanced civilization. While that civilization isn’t yet acknowledged by mainstream historians, the Raelian scriptures describe it extremely well! ( see rael.org)
Other precision-engineered, ancient megalithic structures exist all over the planet.
Examples include:
Puma Punku in Peru, at a present-day altitude of nearly 13,000 feet, where perfectly cut gigantic blocks of 100 tons or more that once interlocked perfectly are strewn all about like a child’s blocks. And in the still-existing, enormous walls of the fortress of Sacsayhuaman near Cuzco, which so perplexed the Spaniards when they conquered Peru that they called it the work of the devil, you can hardly put a razor blade between the stones. It’s as though they were fused together in a molten state with a technology we don’t even have now. At Puma Punku, equally enormous stones were cut at perfect angles to interlock in complex, precision patterns, like modular furniture assembled from giant-size Lego blocks.
At Baalbek in Lebanon is the foundation of an enormous platform composed of perfectly aligned blocks weighing up to 800 tons. Awestruck Romans built a temple on top using much smaller stones, and despite their engineering prowess, their additions look childish compared to the phenomenal construction beneath. A 1,000-ton block, incredibly ancient and inexplicable even in terms of today’s technology, remains in a quarry nearby, rising partially out of the ground with perfectly straight edges. Several dozen tourists can assemble on top for photos.
And although mainstream scientists have come up with a variety of theories to explain how a multitude of one-ton to 15-ton blocks were used to construct the Great Pyramid in Egypt, they avoid the subject of the 70-ton granite monoliths positioned side by side in perfect alignment above the so-called “King's Chamber.”
Political and academic authorities attempt to hide, deny or rationalize away these structures that defy mainstream explanations and that’s understandable when we consider what their existence implies.

Acknowledging the presence, astounding sophistication and enormous age of these pyramids would mean rewriting human history.
More importantly, it means that all the religious books would need to be rewritten.
Opening China for more research will precipitate the end of all the monotheist religions, just as predicted by Rael, and nothing could make us happier!”

Raelians at DC Slutwalk

thomas — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:45:50 -0500

Washington DC Raelians promoted Gotopless at the local Slutwalk.

Upendra reports:
"As she took of her bra, you could feel the genuine joy and freedom in her smile....it was one woman who started it, and others simply followed. As women understood their topless rights in Washington, DC, some of them decided to practice it right away, while others were excited and relieved. It was such a wonderful time at the SlutWalk event today (Aug 11, 2012). We were received very well in this event - both by the organizers and the crowd at SlutWalk. Many have decided to attend the National GoTopless Day on Aug 26. We are certainly looking for a bigger wave this year in DC on GoTopless Day!"

Raelians at DC Slutwalk

thomas — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:44:51 -0500

Washington DC Raelians promoted Gotopless at the local Slutwalk.

Upendra reports:
"As she took of her bra, you could feel the genuine joy and freedom in her smile....it was one woman who started it, and others simply followed. As women understood their topless rights in Washington, DC, some of them decided to practice it right away, while others were excited and relieved. It was such a wonderful time at the SlutWalk event today (Aug 11, 2012). We (GoTopless.org) were received very well in this event - both by the organizers and the crowd at SlutWalk. Many have decided to attend the National GoTopless Day on Aug 26. We are certainly looking for a bigger wave this year in DC on GoTopless Day!"

Paradism, the end of capitalism thanks to robotics

brigitte — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:31:08 -0500

China's robotics industry still lags that in other countries. In Japan, for example, there are 306 robots working per 10,000 people while in China there are currently only 15. However as wages are rising in China, squeezing the profits of many manufacturers, we can see a boom in the robotics industry. According to the International Federation of Robotics, China is the fastest growing market in robotics, and by 2014 it will top the global market.

Rael commented: “Soon no workers at all will be required in totally automatized corporations. There will even be computers selling their products over the internet. Then we will reach a level where huge capitalists can create companies making and selling products without any human workforce. The only problem is that if thanks to this great technology there is no more job, then there is no more salaries, then nobody will have the money to buy any product. The only way out is Paradism, where these new technologies are used without any workforce or any money, then the products are distributed freely to all Human beings. It is the end of capitalism.

Rael launches ‘One Minute for Peace Campaign’

brigitte — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:36:14 -0500

“If everyone on earth gives one minute of meditation for peace and love, then we can change the world.”
Maitreya Rael, July 2012

In a recent address, Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, proposed to have as many people as possible give just one minute of their time to meditate for peace.

“What we think, what we express and what we feel is affecting everything else in the universe and of course everything on Earth,” Rael said. We are powerful brain wave transmitters and the Earth needs peace and love.”

He asked the audience to imagine human beings coming from another planet who want to contact us.

“Looking at all the borders and fights between countries, they obviously don’t know who to contact,” Rael said. “We need to build an embassy for those who created us, the Elohim, because we have borders and about 200 countries, and they don’t want to give an advantage to one nation over another. The ideal situation when landing on a planet is to find that there is only one nation. This is why we have to destroy borders, nations, national flags and nationalism.”

Rael went on to say that our priority is to create one united world where every human being lives in peace, with a one-world government and without armies, so that the Elohim can come.

“That’s why we need to influence this planet to make it more peaceful. Our brains can send powerful waves of peace and love. Just a few people using their brains to send waves of peace and love can change this world!”

With that in mind, the more than 70,000 Raelians worldwide will soon have booths and banners proposing passersby to join them for one-minute peace meditations.

Gotopless organization denounces arrest of NYC woman taken to a mental hospital for legally going topless

brigitte — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:24:25 -0500

Gotopless strongly denounces the arrest of a woman by the name of Holly Van Voast who was hand-cuffed and taken to a mental hospital on Sunday July 8, for standing legally topless outside of Hooters in Midtown, NYC.

Holly was standing outside of Hooters, preparing to honor with friends the 20th anniversary of the law that made NY a legally topless state (July 8, 1992) when the police arrived, hand-cuffed her and put her in an ambulance, treating her like a deranged person solely for going legally topless!
According to some reports, she had to spend 3 long hours in hospital for evaluation by a psychiatrist. This arrest is an act of pure insanity on the part of the NYPD and of a deranged society all together.

Are men taken to a mental hospital and evaluated for taking off their shirt? This is an extreme case of woman's right violation, of women discrimination, of human humiliation that cannot be tolerated in from a democracy that has the gall to police the world over human rights issues. NYPD must be prosecuted at once.

The GoTopless organization was founded in 2007 by RAEL following Phoenix Feeley's NYC court case on a public topless charge where she and attorney, Jeff Rothman, successfully sued the city for wrongful arrest, forcing NYC to pay $29,000 in damages..
We certainly hope that Ms. Van Voast will do the same thing, setting another precedent that violating women's topless rights will not be tolerated and that NYC is liable.

The next annual GoTopless Day is scheduled on Aug. 26, in honor of Women's Equality Day.
"Going topless is our Constitutional right based on Gender Equality " says Lara Terstenjak, spokesperson for GoTopless, "either men and women can go topless or no one should be allowed to uncover their chest in public".

We encourage all the women in NYC, where being topless is already legal, to exercise their topless right in order to prevent such insane arrest and psychiatric evaluation. To free one's breasts is much more than freeing one's mind from the cultural and religious taboos, it is freeing the whole society that has imposed silent codes on women who believe it is normal to be discriminated. It is about time to stop the insanity and the insanity is not the act of being topless outside on a hot Summer, the insanity is to have only men allowed to do so while everyone suffers equally from the heat.

And for those who believe that seeing a naked breast could traumatize a child, we encourage you to have a look at the beaches in Europe where women have been topless for at least 40 years in front of everyone, including children. European children have absolutely no trauma for being regularly exposed to breasts. No scientific study can corroborate the bold religious-based statement that women should stay covered in public and we definitely encourage those who try to have women breast covered to consider it exactly as the Muslim request to have women cover their hair or their face. These are based on religious taboos only. We definitely respect the right to religion and invite women to fully cover themselves if they feel like it... provided that those who don't feel like it are not prevented to do it.

Here is an inspiring statement made by Golda Meier when she was Prime Minister of Israel when asked to place a curfew on women to end a series of rape. She said “It is the men who are attacking the women. If there is to be a curfew, let the men stay at home”.
Right on! If men cannot stand looking at our breasts, please stay home :-)... although in our experience of topless rallies, men are always very pleased to see our breasts.
Let's all rally on August 26th to stop this hypocritical situation.
For more information on the locations and time, go to gotopless.org

Rael applauds proposal for ‘mega-cities’ that grow vertically rather than horizontally

brigitte — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:44:21 -0500

Rael has expressed his approval to scientists who favor higher, rather than wider, cities as the world’s population continues to soar.

He said a proposal by Dr. Karen Seto of Yale and Dr. Michail Fragkias of Arizona State
for expanding cities vertically rather than horizontally “is exactly what the [extraterrestrial] scientists who created us, the Elohim, recommended in the Message they gave us in 1973, and it’s what they do on their own planet.” (See rael.org).

The recent Rio+20 Earth Summit U.N. Conference, with all of its theatrics and non-binding declarations and documents, hasn’t given much attention to the work done by scientists like Seto and Fragkias. They’ve presented documented evidence about the dangers of ever-expanding cities, and they’re proposing the same solution Rael has recommended for nearly 40 years.
At the Planet Under Pressure Conference held in London ahead of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, Seto and Fragkias showed how conversion of Earth’s land surface to urban use is one of the most irreversible effects of human impact on the global biosphere.

According to their presentation, increasing urbanization ‘drives the loss of farmland, affects local climate, fragments habitats, and threatens biodiversity.
They reported that across all regions and for three decades, urban land expansion rates have been higher than or equal to urban population growth rates, suggesting that urban growth is becoming more expansive than compact. And according to their calculations, by 2030, 1,527,000 square kilometers of additional rural land will be transformed into urban landscape. That’s why they’re calling for more population-dense cities, cities that expand in height rather than continue to gobble up more land.”

Here is an excerpt from the Elohim Messages given to Rael, which included a description of the way a population of 7 billion is organized on their planet:
“Our [Elohim] cities have an average population of about 500,000 people spread over a very small area. An [Elohim] city is, in fact, a huge house situated in a high place, inside which people can do whatever they please. These ‘city houses’ are about one kilometer in both length and height, and they are traversed in all directions by waves used by everyone for travel purposes. You tie on a belt and then place yourself in a wave current, which transports you very rapidly to wherever you wish to go.
“Our cities are cube-like in shape so that they do not eat up the countryside as they do where you live. Indeed, one of your[Earth] cities with, say, a population of about 500,000, covers a surface area 20 times greater than one of ours. The result is that when you want to go into the country, you have to travel for many hours, whereas in our case we are there in only tens of seconds. The same architect conceives an entire city, so that it will be pleasing to the eye and harmonize perfectly with the scenery surrounding it.

San Francisco Raelians promoting Paradism

thomas — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:04:44 -0500

Raelians from the Bay Area promoting Paradism during this year's Gay Pride in San Francisco.

RAEL: 'The Higgs Boson particle is but one of an infinite number of ever smaller particles.

brigitte — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:20:00 -0500

While the scientific community stirs with the announcement of discovering the so-called Higgs Boson particle with 99 percent certainty, Rael issued a statement today reminding scientists that finding one particle cannot be taken as the final explanation for the structure of the universe.

“The Higgs Boson scientists are making the same mistake scientists made in the past when they discovered the 'atom,' which at the time meant 'that which cannot be made of something smaller,'" Rael said. "After a while, this Higgs Boson particle will be proven to be made of something smaller. And so on. It will go on like that until scientists start to realize that the universe is infinite in both directions: infinitely small as well as infinitely large. Nothing can exist without being made of something smaller, and nothing can exist without also being part of something larger."

“The infinite structure of the universe is one of the tenets of the Raelian philosophy,” explained Dr. Brigitte Boisselier, spokesperson of the Raelian Movement. “According to the Message given to Rael by the scientists who created us, our planet is but a particle of an atom in the gigantic being of which we are just a part, just as there is intelligent life in the particles of the atoms that compose us. By cranking energy higher and higher during the billions of atomic collisions performed to get the recently announced data, scientists have been able to observe just one more level of the infinitely small."

Boisselier said the process can never be completed, given the infinite nature of the universe described by Rael.

"After billions of additional dollars are spent on billions of additional collisions, more particles will pop up in the data," she said. "Hopefully, some of the thousands of people collaborating to analyze that data will see the patterns, the underlying fractal structure of the infinite universe."

She said Rael has long explained that the current exponential increase in data gathered by scientists will lead to a time where all major scientific principles will be understood.

"Transhumanists call that time the Singularity, and it should occur between 2025 and 2035," Boisselier said.

Raelians at Houston Gay Pride

thomas — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:30:01 -0500

The Texas Raelians joined the Houston gay pride to promote ARAMIS, the Raelian Association of Sexual Minorities.

Raelians promoting Paradism in NYC

thomas — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:54:43 -0500

Raelians from the New York City area promoting the most revolutionary political system, Paradism!