A Great Nursery in Hilo, Hawaii

August 21, 2003

Hi Friends, I just got back from the Big Island. It was totally amazing in a

way that can't be described. Did you know that the tallest mountain in the

world is on Hawaii's Big Island? Mauna Kea, that's right. From the bottom of

the deepest ocean on earth the base of Mauna Kea rises until it peaks out over

the newest continent on the planet. Which is still forming right, as the lava

spreads out. Everyone knows that this is Hawaii but until you experience it you

don't understand why it is that Shiva is establishing a firm foothold on this

land from there. But I experienced it firsthand.

It was really unique when I was walking around the Hawaiian Botanical Gardens

with my wife and the curator stopped me and noticed my mala of eleven faced

beads. He instanly named off the genus and species and he pointed out where he

had planted an Eleocarpus grandus just 12 years before. It was huge! And I had

walked by and not even noticed all the blue marble fruits there on the ground

with big Nepalese type rudraksha of five face all pressed ten layers deep into

the rainforest soil. The curator showed me another Eleocarpus that he had yet to

plant, the species 'spericus.' Is that right? Let me go check the plant label.

OK, that's why I couldn't seem to get it right, because the word is 'sperica.'

Eleocarpus sperica. This is the Indian species which produces the eleptical two

and three faced beads. He also told me where he bought them from, the Pacific

Tropical Gardens. I checked them out the first chance I could. I had to

maintain a dogface and walk stoically around through a few tours to other

attractions, and then yes, we had a free hour to drive into this backyard of the

tropics and check them out. I wish I had had a whole day to talk to the owner

and get his take on Asian plants because he really seemed to know everything

that one would want to know. But more importantly he had the usda stamp itself

and could instantly package and pass plants of professional grade straight

through the governmental process so that as I was returning to Louisiana, so

were my plants on probably the very next plane over, the one I didn't really

notice due to not sleeping very well and banging my head against the airliner

wall wishing I could afford the cosy corditioned 1st class tickets. Wow this

world is really divided up into the haves and have nots, but never again. I

tell you why because it is becoming more and more readily apparent to everyone

that rudraksha and the tears of Shiva are wanting to be felt all over the whole

globe and I mean like permanently and forever.

So check it out anyway, this nursery has Aegle marmelos, Ficus religiosa, Saraca

indicus, Embelic myrobalan, Azadiracta indica, and Eleocarpus sperica, and other

trees. He also mentioned some Nag Champas, and other such things. What's more,

their beautiful, and lush as could only be grown on Hawaii. If you've been

there then you know. But Moreover, he self inspects and stamps plants and sends

them bare root, with just a few pieces of volcanic rock attached, and we're

assured no nematodes. Which as people know, if the government finds out

nematodes or foreign worms have infected your soil they will come destroy your

entire yard digging them out. So don't play with picking up plants in weird

places and trying to grow them in the US without all due governmental approval.

Anyway, this is what I've been told and assured is the way it is, even though

noone I know has ever had the US Government come to their house in the middle of

the night just to dig up worms, but it does sound like some sort of Bush Jr.

plot. So you all figure it out. Here's their website too: www.pctgardens.com

talk to owner Steven Starnes or Carleton Young. I talked to Steve. Having this

easy access to such totally beautiful plants truely has blown my mind (Well

and a few others! from a few other places, maybe we'll talk about it somewhere

and someday else.)

When you know something is great and good then hold on to it! You all rule.

And great glory to God Shiva! And to Buddha! Have a great day y'all!

August 21, 2003

Dear Kirkji...

What an amazing adventure you had on your vacation !!!!

Thanks ever so much for sharing this with us.

Love,

Kanti

, "Kirk"

<kirk_bernhardt@c...> wrote:

> Hi Friends, I just got back from the Big Island. It was totally

amazing in a way that can't be described. Did you know that the

tallest mountain in the world is on Hawaii's Big Island? Mauna Kea,

that's right. From the bottom of the deepest ocean on earth the base

of Mauna Kea rises until it peaks out over the newest continent on

the planet. Which is still forming right, as the lava spreads out.

Everyone knows that this is Hawaii but until you experience it you

don't understand why it is that Shiva is establishing a firm foothold

on this land from there. But I experienced it firsthand.

>

> It was really unique when I was walking around the Hawaiian

Botanical Gardens with my wife and the curator stopped me and noticed

my mala of eleven faced beads. He instanly named off the genus and

species and he pointed out where he had planted an Eleocarpus grandus

just 12 years before. It was huge! And I had walked by and not even

noticed all the blue marble fruits there on the ground with big

Nepalese type rudraksha of five face all pressed ten layers deep

into the rainforest soil. The curator showed me another Eleocarpus

that he had yet to plant, the species 'spericus.' Is that right? Let

me go check the plant label. OK, that's why I couldn't seem to get it

right, because the word is 'sperica.' Eleocarpus sperica. This is

the Indian species which produces the eleptical two and three faced

beads. He also told me where he bought them from, the Pacific

Tropical Gardens. I checked them out the first chance I could. I

had to maintain a dogface and walk stoically around through a few

tours to other attractions, and then yes, we had a free hour to drive

into this backyard of the tropics and check them out. I wish I had

had a whole day to talk to the owner and get his take on Asian plants

because he really seemed to know everything that one would want to

know. But more importantly he had the usda stamp itself and could

instantly package and pass plants of professional grade straight

through the governmental process so that as I was returning to

Louisiana, so were my plants on probably the very next plane over,

the one I didn't really notice due to not sleeping very well and

banging my head against the airliner wall wishing I could afford the

cosy corditioned 1st class tickets. Wow this world is really divided

up into the haves and have nots, but never again. I tell you why

because it is becoming more and more readily apparent to everyone

that rudraksha and the tears of Shiva are wanting to be felt all over

the whole globe and I mean like permanently and forever.

>

> So check it out anyway, this nursery has Aegle marmelos, Ficus

religiosa, Saraca indicus, Embelic myrobalan, Azadiracta indica, and

Eleocarpus sperica, and other trees. He also mentioned some Nag

Champas, and other such things. What's more, their beautiful, and

lush as could only be grown on Hawaii. If you've been there then you

know. But Moreover, he self inspects and stamps plants and sends

them bare root, with just a few pieces of volcanic rock attached, and

we're assured no nematodes. Which as people know, if the government

finds out nematodes or foreign worms have infected your soil they

will come destroy your entire yard digging them out. So don't play

with picking up plants in weird places and trying to grow them in the

US without all due governmental approval. Anyway, this is what I've

been told and assured is the way it is, even though noone I know has

ever had the US Government come to their house in the middle of the

night just to dig up worms, but it does sound like some sort of Bush

Jr. plot. So you all figure it out. Here's their website too:

www.pctgardens.com talk to owner Steven Starnes or Carleton Young. I

talked to Steve. Having this easy access to such totally beautiful

plants truely has blown my mind (Well and a few others! from a

few other places, maybe we'll talk about it somewhere and someday

else.)

>

> When you know something is great and good then hold on to it! You

all rule. And great glory to God Shiva! And to Buddha! Have a great

day y'all!

>

August 21, 2003

MahaDev ! Dear KJ

Thankyou for this Immense Record of information......your Discovery will benefit

the entire World....we have been looking for this kind of contact for at least a

year and one half

Thank you for letting us Know this

Wishing you and Family the Best of Health Happiness Prosperity and Success My

Friend

Dhanyawaad cha Pranams Mitra

DharmaDev

Kirk <kirk_bernhardt

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