INTRODUCTION TO POLARITY FARMING

POLARITY FARMING

" We must take into account all the human constitution (...) Many puzzling facts are explained if we examine them in the light of basic electromagnetic field is behind all apparent structure " Dr. Randolph Stone LILIANA VARGAS MURGA PER PERE SUBIRANA psubirana952@gmail.com http://polarityfarming.blogspot.com.es/

The photos in this document are made from Author's garden.

INTRODUCTION "Without the whole, the parts are fragments that are lost, and there is no parts without the whole" Masanobu Fukuoka Behind every action there is a theoretical principles that guide it. Choosing the correct theoretical philosophy or principles is the first step to success in agriculture and in any field. Different approaches lead to different results. The basic difference between Chinese medicine, for example, and the West lies in its approach: China believes the body a materialization of subtle energy currents, restoring the flow of energy or "chi" the symptoms disappear. Western medicine, however, acts only on the human physical body. The healing arts have become increasingly open to the approach of world energy. Polarity therapy, Reiki, Bach flowers, and many other techniques occupy the space that conventional medicine leaves orphan increasingly acting on a small part of the total reality. All living things are matter and energy, but it is the energy that gives life to matter. And that, we know and apply it to the healing arts easily forget when trying to apply it to other fields such as agriculture. Now only biodynamic farming has a comprehensive approach to living beings. The system created by Rudolph Steiner takes into account the cosmic influences and vital energy of plants. Other techniques such as permaculture, regenerative agriculture or organic food movement, are well advanced in consideration of soil microbial life and humus as the basis of fertility and health of plants. All going in the right direction. These techniques, however, are limited to a consideration of plants and animals from a material standpoint. They are very correct ... at their level. And holistic perspectives are achieved only when things are viewed from different levels, from the most subtle to the most material or physical. Any type or approach to agriculture above all must be aware of the level from which it operates and works. My skills are very basic biodynamic agriculture. And right now I want cultivate a certain "intelligent ignorance" regarding biodynamics to look at things from a new window. Since my full admiration for biodynamic agriculture, I preferred to look at agricultural practices from an energy approach from zero. Surely there will be many things matching between biodynamic agriculture and polarity, as both look at things from the same perspective. As Teilhard de Chardin said, everything just level up converging. Agriculture polarity want to look at reality from a new perspective, the view that Dr. Stone defined in the 50s. From this perspective should exit principles, methods and practices for growing the same way that came to the art of healing.

One of the contributions of agriculture polarity is that it helps to understand in what level act other techniques so that you can see an overview of reality. For example, permaculture design emphasizes comprehensive sustainable ecosystem where each part of an estate serves multiple functions and create positive interactions between different elements of the ecosystem, such as chickens and the garden. This planning, this design, corresponds to air level of the construction process of the reality, the process of rationality, thought, the plane that has not been realized yet.

Raised beds with trunks

With chicken wire we can give many shapes to raised beds

WHY THE NAME OF POLARITY FARMING? "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience" Teilhard de Chardin Energy always flows between two poles. From a positive, expansive pole, goes to a negative, receiving pole, passing through a neutral point where the two poles are balanced. A plant is a living thing with a subtle body, electromagnetic field, invisible. The energy of this body becomes denser until it crystallizes in the plant. Matter is crystallized energy, an energy that has become more dense and lower frequency. The Little Prince by Saint-Exupery said that what is essential is invisible to the eye: we cann't see the real being of man and plants. The polarities are the engine of Universe: yin and yang, night and day, good and bad ... The biosphere is the neutral pole between the cosmic and earth energies. A plant expands when germinates until it begins to contract again to form seeds. Expansion and contraction, inspiration and exhalation, centrifugal and centrpedo ...

Raised bed just done (abril 2013)

The same raised bed in May 2013

The principle of respect for nature is based on the perception that awareness guide all life processes. This awareness extends to everything that grows. Natural Agriculture recognizes that plants are alive and conscious entities. Mokichi Okada

THE FIVE ELEMENTS Suppose we want to build a house. This is the process we follow: SENSATION (I need a house) PLANIFICATION (The house can be like this...) DIRECTION (I will build the house) ORGANITZATION (I need and look for materials) CONSTRUCTION (The house is done) From an imperceptible feeling we have moved to a physical reality. These steps illustrate what the 5 elements from a very subtle energy go through phases where energy is densified to end up being a material reality: ETHER AIR FIRE WATER EARTH The earth, form, expresses the content. The content, substance, gives meaning to form. The 5 elements leave the 5 senses and five fingers. All creation arises from the combination of the 5 elements. The 5 elements are behind essential plant nutrients such as carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and other trace elements. More information about polarity therapy: American Polarity Therapy Association: www.polaritytherapy.org Asociacin Espaola de Terapia de Polaridad: www.terapiadepolaridad.org.es In Catalonia: www.terapiadepolaridad.com

The 5 energy currents or the 5 Elements such Dr. Stone defined in his books.

The positive, negative and neutral poles reflected in different parts of the human body.

SOME BASIC QUESTIONS Here are the answers of agriculture polarity to some basic questions: What is a plant? A plant is a living thing that plays a role in the ecosystem. This is true on a physical level, and also subtle levels. Like the man, the plant is a conscious being and your needs are not only material, it also has more subtle needs selfrealization, membership or estimation. What is a garden? From the point of view of polarity agriculture the garden is a living community. Every being has a role to play, from the smallest microbe to the largest vegetable and man. A garden is a physical system, a set where parts symbiotically relate to a common goal. Man, plants, animals act together so that each part of the ecosystem works for the common good. Many agricultural schools work from this point of view, from organic farming to permaculture. But living things are a physical part and energetic part. At the subatomic level, there is no difference between things, everything is energy in motion. The energy gives life to matter, like the electricity gives power to a motor. As important as physical integration is energy integration. This integration is the result of a process, after which the garden becomes a true community of living beings. The farmer is a server of this community, is a servant of life. According to Dr.. Stone, people make involution process in the field and a process of evolution towards more spiritual levels. The farmer helps the growth of living things to a physical level, but also wants to strengthen these processes of evolution and involution of living things, from simple microbe in the largest tree. From this point of view, a garden is a community of living things that make a process towards higher states of consciousness. The polarity farmer has to make a personal work of continuous improvement. Agriculture agriculture polarity is common sense. But the real and true sense is systemic. A practice that is "common sense" from one part of a system, it may not make sense from all, from the whole. In the same way, which is common sense on a physical level you may not have much sense from an energy standpoint.

Something makes sense when it makes sense for the whole, understood as the wider context that gives meaning to an item defined as a set of broader levels of perception of reality.

WHAT'S POLARITY FARMING? - A low cost farming Polarity Agriculture prioritizing the use of local resources. Energy consumption is as low as possible. The basic raw material is organic matter. We practice no till, we don't need heavy machinery. Soil microorganisms and pedofauna (worms, etc.) do the work for us. We just have to give the best conditions for them to develop. In the picture, a simple metal panel can serve to support the earth. Plants that go along the sides are placed on top of the earth to be composted.

Poles stuck in the ground, chicken wire, straw holding the earth and earth is all that is needed to make a raised bed. This bed never does to be tilled and receives constant input of organic matter on surface.

- A conscious agriculture "There is a primary error that man can commit, and is acting against the unit, this is due to selfishness. Therefore we can say that no more than a primary affliction, distress or illness. And as the action against the unit can be divided into different classes, you can also divide the disease, the result of these actions in different groups corresponding to their causes. " Dr Edward Bach According to Dr.. Stone, people make a process of involution in the on earth and a process of evolution towards more spiritual levels. The farmer helps the growth of living things to a physical level, but also wants to strengthen these processes of evolution and involution of living things, from simple microbe to the largest tree. From this point of view, a garden is a community of living things that make a process towards higher states of consciousness. And the first rule is not to go against the unit. As the Hippocratic Oath, "First Do No Harm", the first rule is do no harm. More unconsciousness, the more chance we have of making improper practices or not respect nature. The harmony with natural processes should be the goal. We may use INTENTION awareness to stimulate plant growth. The mind is one of the most basic tools of the farmer. Cultivating a garden culture parallels the farmer himself. You have to understand before acting. So polarity farmer is constantly wondering how things work. As an example, the farmer may wonder: - What I can universal laws apply and when. - What values and principles are best for living and farming. - What should I keep in mind cycles that affect plants? At the subatomic level, everything is energy in motion. The polarity farmer seeks energy flow at all times and contexts.

- A sustainable agriculture. In harmony with nature, agriculture has positive consequences in the short and long term. From polarity agriculture we try increase health and vitality, because for us vitality is a fundamental principle. And this vitality, this health is unique, both for men and for plants and animals. There can be no health without health man to other living beings. Agriculture must be adapted to the place where it is, with a positive impact in natural ecosystems. In the future, agriculture will have to adapt to worse. Among other factors, agriculture will: - Reduce your intake of oil. - Reduce water consumption. - Pick up less land. - Adapting to climate less stable. - Adapting to a lower genetic diversity.

The nymera (catalan), aguaturma (Spanish), or Jerusalem artichoke (english) is a plant that, together with potato, could eradicate hunger in many cities and urban environments.

- An agriculture that feeds and cares for the soil. "If we grow in true love and respect for the natural power of the soil, the soil will work up to a surprising degree." Mokichi Okada Every civilization, however high its buildings, is based on the top 3 cm of soil. When the humus in the soil is gone, the man leaves the earth. The soil has a high capacity for regeneration and transformation materials depending on the need for maintenance of life. Polarity agriculture mimics natural processes passing forests to increase fertility and crop yields. It will strengthen the creative processes (pedogenesis) and soil regeneration. For Polarity farming is very important biological activity done in the first layers of the earth. Soil microbial life and pedofauna brings energy to plants, and are capable to do biological transmutations for providing the necessary elements to plant growt. Polarity agriculture works with charcoal, microorganisms, worms, fungi ... The tillage disturbs or kills microbial life that is the source of fertility. Soil is a living system complex and fragile, one wrong action can waste years of work well done. The crop residues have to return to the soil, organic matter and soil are the raw materials of agriculture polarity. Work the soil should be the minimum and optimal.

Wool Mulching in garlic cultivation A healthy soil produces healthy plants and healthy people. Chemical farming nurtures the plant, only. Organic farming nourishes the soil and the plant with the food it needs. The polarity farmer nourishes the soil and the plant at different levels, from the most subtle to the most materials.

- An agriculture that cares for the water. "Water is an entity as alive as carrots or tomatoes you grow. Develop and nurture a personal relationship with the water is as important as gardening. Requires care and love" Melanie Evans Water is not simply an item to dissolve nutrients from the ground or to provide moisture to the plants. From the energy viewpoint, water is a carrier of information. Emoto Masaru work showing changes in water ice crystals when it is subjected to positive or negative influences. Water should be programmed to be able to bring life to the living. Water devitalized, dead, can affect our crops. Water management, in terms of quantity and quality, is an important factor for agriculture polarity. Rain water should be as far as possible a major source for the irrigation water. This can be achieved with a comprehensive storm water management and farming techniques that minimize irrigation needs.

The egg-shaped tanks create an energetic movement in containing liquids that helps conservation.

From an energy standpoint, rainwater carries prana, a subtle energy that nurtures all living things. Therefore, after a rain the plants grow more than only watering.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Pere Samitier Subirana was born in Barcelona in 1961. Now is manager of rainwater company Aiguadepluja Innovacions SL (www.aiguadepluja.cat) and environmental consultant. He studied Polarity Therapy for 3 years with Antonio Anguren and Jim Feil. In 1998 he wrote the book "Ecology to live better" (Editorial Icaria). LILIANA VARGAS MURGA is Pharmacy Doctor and associate professor at the University of Barcelona, she specializes in plants.