Susan Pitcairn

Susan comments on interesting ideas in Christian Thagard's fascinating book, "Earth Game: The Evolution of Consciousness." If the universe is a creation of one consciousness (God), which is a better explanation than random chance, then what does that imply? Could it all be a divine game for each of us to learn fundamental lessons in this oh-so-realistic and amazing creation we call life?

A spectrum of colors from red to orange, yellow, greens, blues and violets. You can pause at any point and use your screen to immerse yourself in a color.

The world is in chaos and transition and many of us are taking sides. We can also watch it all as the Divine Witness, even as we play our chosen parts, all of us ultimately on a journey HOME. Music by the great Louis Armstrong.

Based on a life-changing 3 hour presentation to a group of holistic veterinarians this fast-moving synopsis shows the most powerful reasons why eating a plant-based diet is part of the path in our spiritual evolution. For a deeper dive, also see the 2 hour version of this lecture on my Youtube and Rumble channels (Susan Pitcairn), along with other vegan issue videos on cooking for both ourselves and for pets. For any and all of my own plant-based recipe handouts, info sheets and postcards both for people and for pets, simply search “Susan Pitcairn diet handouts” and you will find a page with many downloadable pdfs. Feel free to copy and share. The 4th and final edition of our book, “Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats,” available at Amazon, offers further detail on why and how to consider healthy vegan diets that have offered many dogs, especially, longer and healthier lives. Recommended resources that are great to get you inspired and started: The films “Cowspiracy,” “Game Changers,” “Forks Over Knives,” “Peaceable Kingdom,” and “Mad Cowboy Watch some of the many excellent speaker videos in the free educational programs at www,.DrMcdougall.com VSHvideo on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/user/vshvideo) has hundreds of informative 1 hr. talks by all the leaders in this arena. Nutritionfacts.org—short evidence based videos by Michael McGregor Favorite Book: “The Starch Solution,” John McDougall, MD Favorie CookBook: “Plant Pure Nation,” Kim Campbell (one stop healthy, tasty vegan cookbook, well presented) Also, do searches on any of the experts mentioned in this video. Thank you!

Warning: this could change your life! Best watched in full or else see the Contents list at the start of the video. Susan and Richard Pitcairn deliver a life-changing 2 hour presentation in 2015 to a group of holistic veterinarians at a conference, delving into the compelling environmental, health and humane reasons to adopt whole food plant based eating for both ourselves AND our companion animals. Reconstructed in 2022 from original audio files and Keynote slides, with added photos and music. The Pitcairn's are authors of the Rodale classic "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats" and their final edition (2017) delves even deeper into the same issues, including detailed recipes suitable both for pets and as entrees for people.

Having trouble expressing your views about the craziness going on in the world today? Talking with your kids about the bullying at school? We can all learn from this brilliant conversation I just had to repost from Childrens' Health Defense (CHD.Tv), aired 7-25-22. These are the times that try our souls...AND invite us to up our skills with compassionate conversation and deep connection. THAT is what will turn this tide.

Highly accomplished professor/cardiologist/epidemiologist Peter McCullough MD, explains the science used to assess the probable causes of mortality in medicine. Known as the Bradford-Hill criteria, the data clearly show that the experimental COVID shots are causing excess deaths, especially due to heart-related problems. A short shareable clip I annotated from the Highwire.com/watch, posted 3-10-22.

In late 2021 I received an audio file passed via friends from an anonymous psychic who has received a series of profound prophetic visions from ETs and guides. They explain what is going on in the world today, what has gotten us here, and the incredible shift we may soon experience.

In October 2021 in Sedona my husband and I saw a mysterious row of bright equidistant lights flashing back and forth above a nearby mountain, Sugar Loaf, which was wider than its top and clearly not hikers with flashlights nor satellites nor anything we recognized.) Not even a UFO, in that it never moved, but just went dark. Then it turns out at least 4 friends have seen the same kind of thing at other times or places. Never seen this in UFO lore before. So what the heck was THAT?????

Where did Justin Trudeau go when he left town just as the huge convoy of freedom-seeking truckers arrived in Ottawa? Was it just a convenient time to get COVID, or did he go to a quarantine camp? Richard and Susan Pitcairn continue exploring the edges of the known as they ask the question, “What if it’s all really One Mind being all these players?” What if we just quietly slipped into the kind of parallel universe we’d love to see?

Doesn't it all just seem like a dream (a nightmare of sorts) since March 2020? What if.... it were? Richard and Susan Pitcairn muse upon the latest reports of true believers who would like to lock up the unvaxed, the high strangeness of current events and... then apparently cross into a parallel dimension where the mandates are quite different... Join the fun.

Susan Pitcairn tells two amazing stories about miraculous life experiences in which inexplicable magic appeared in the skies after "putting it out there" with one or two others. Makes you wonder about what reality really is!

What will it take to really transform the nature of humanity, to liberate our hearts and minds so that we are truly free to learn, to explore, to share, to respect each other and all life? Richard and Susan Pitcairn sit down for a dialogue on this important topic so relevant to today's challenges.

We are all challenged to navigate through an increasingly crazy and unstable world in which we all wonder what is coming next: more tyranny? More plagues upon our houses? Civil war? Ascension? Great Reset? Economic crash? False flags? Military actions? ETs? Prophecies and predictions abound, but what can we really truly know for sure about the future?All this heightens our sense of insecurity and makes us prone to easy answers and misguided leadership. Susan Pitcairn suggests that, to act wisely, it is helpful to realize that there are two kinds of security, based on very different foundations: (1) The KNOWN. We all seek security and predictability and control from knowing things (or BELIEVING we know) and trusting those we consider experts. But ideas and knowledge, useful as they can be, are all based on thought, which is basically limited, passing and ever-changing. And so the “Known” is fundamentally insecure, like all form, much as we hate to admit it. What we think we know one day can be pulled out from under us the next. (2) The UNKNOWN. Though being willing to NOT “know the answers” may sound like an insecure position, it is arguably the foundation for a much deeper and timeless security. We are not talking about ignorance or stupidity, but a humble acknowledgement and surrender to the fact that there is an infinite Mystery behind all life. Somehow it expresses within each of us and All That Is. Call it Life/Consiousness/Spirit/Source/Essence/ or God. Whatever term we use is not this essence itself. Like space, it is beyond form, and no words can ever capture its infinity. Yet we can sense it, tap into it, feel it, when we abide in a certain stillness and inner presence. When we quiet down and rest in that benevolent space we can sense when we are still, we don’t have to know the past or the future, ultimately. It’s not only OK to not know, it feels better. And that’s for the best. As J. Krishnamurti described it, this is “freedom from the known.” While, knowledge can be useful for practical things, much of what we consider knowledge or information is a matter of opinion and belief, full of opposites and contradictions that create division, conflict, fear, greed and all that plagues humanity. We have never seen this as clearly as today in the early 2020s. The Unknown, by contrast, is beyond the mind, free of words and beliefs. When we suspend what we think we know and trust Life to guide us, we discover a state of mind that is much more peaceful, creative and open to the intelligence of the universe that is running the entire show. It fosters positive thoughts, insights and synchronicities. Today this is especially essential, as never before, as we witness a world in turmoil. And the more of us that are able to step back emotionally, psychologically, politically and culturally from the limits of the "known," the more that we collectively developing the consiousness that can unite humanity in a purposeful, harmonious world that works for each of us and all of us. And that can allow us to use knowledge as it is meant to be used, in a practical sense, for practical things, but not as the fundamental basis for our happiness and well being. For that, we need only surrender to the peace that is everywhere, at all times and places. Closer than breathing. Yes, right here. Right now.

Susan Pitcairn reads a moving prayer of compassion for ALL animals, including the ones used for food, written by her husband, RIchard Pitcairn, DVM, PhD. See the 4th edition (2017) of their classic book, "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats" for information and recipes suitable to successfully feeding an animal free diet to dogs, and some cats, when done carefully.

Artist Susan Pitcairn demonstrates how to set a pastel into a frame without the use of a mat. She uses EconoSpace sticks by Frame Tek. Available online at: https://frametek.com/econospace/. With the sticks already adhered to glass and holes drilled, she can do this quickly “in the field” at a plein air event.

Wisdom that could change your life: We can look at the dark side of everything…which is easy to do in the craziness of the world at present, or, what if we choose to see the love that is truly within all that we see and in the adversities we may face? And that all we see is worthy of our love? (Certainly, of God’s love).

A moving, poetic look into the world of what we do to our hearts in order to eat animal products: meat, eggs and dairy, even as we learn that very few or none are necessary to be healthy. For more information on trying out a tasty and well balanced animal-free diet, see my video "How to Create Healthy Plant Based Meals" or search for my diet handouts with the terms "susan pitcairn diet handouts."

Sedona artist Susan Pitcairn takes us on a beautiful hike into the nearby wilderness and shows how to do a quick plein air piece using pastels. Featured in the February 2018 issue of PLEIN AIR magazine, Susan is an award-winning painter versatile in many media and an outstanding instructor who explains decades of what she has learned about art and condenses it into three core principles that apply not only to art, but to also to all life: unity, contrast and balance. Understanding their connection is a key to simplification and depth of expression.

Explore three universal principles of life that are reflected in great art: unity, contrast and harmony. Susan Pitcairn, Sedona artist, narrates a fascinating and colorful slide show demonstrating how they appear in art.

On Earth Day 2020 Susan Pitcairn was asked to create a virtual tour of their Sedona home, including many ways to live more sustainably: recycling, buying bulk foods, reducing plastic, making your own toiletries and cleaners, new vs. used, choosing fabrics, eating lower on the food chain, using solar energy (great and small),rainwater and greywater, growing your own food among wildlife, greenhouses, running errands without a car, creating worm bins and more! Plus, unique section on reducing toxics in the art studio.

Interested in eating more plant based but not sure where to start? Long time vegetarian/then vegan cook Susan Pitcairn explains how to balance food groups, answers questions about supplements and gives tasty, nutritious examples of whole food plant-based ways to fix breakfast, lunch and dinner! To download the accompanying free two page handout to keep handy in your kitchen, search “Susan Pitcairn diet handouts” or click here: https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/4248.pdf The very useful jar labels mentioned in the video are here: https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/7970.pdf, https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/7971.pdf, https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/7972.pdf, https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/7973.pdf Feel free to print and share all these widely. PRODUCTS mentioned ( I don't get paid for this): INSTANT POT: https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Pot-Mu... NEW WAVE ENVIRO STEEL FOOD CONTAINERS: https://www.amazon.com/New-Wave-Envir... ANCHOR STACKABLES: Sorry, I can't find the same ones I have anymore. But this would likely serve as well or better: https://www.google.com/shopping/produ... VITAMIX blender: https://www.google.com/search?client=... SILKEN TOFU (not needing refrigeration): For now this is the only organic one I find online, not the extra firm unfortunately: https://www.amazon.com/Mori-Nu-Silken... DR FUHRMAN MULTIPLE VITAMINS: https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Fuhrman-Gen... ALPINE ORGANIC COMPLEMENT PLUS VITAMINS with EPA/DHA: https://lovecomplement.com/products/c... VITAMIN B-12 SPRAY: https://www.swansonvitamins.com/garde... PLANT PURE NATION COOKBOOK: https://www.amazon.com/PlantPure-Nati... THE STARCH SOLUTION, by Dr. John McDougall: https://www.amazon.com/Starch-Solutio... THE BLUE ZONES SOLUTION, by Dan Beuttner: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Zones-Sol...

Cinco de Mayo 2021, Sedona, Arizona: the day we knew it’s all going to be OK. Human faces, smiles and culture are BEAUTIFUL! When we just open it up we treasure it now like we never before! And if mandates are still in place where you live, well, find a way. Create your own music event with friends: drumming, dancing, jamming. Or go out and Plein air paint together. Just do it. Enough of this tyranny.

Richard and Susan Pitcairn take a trip down memory lane when the first edition of their classic Rodale Press book, "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health" was featured on the popular Merv Griffin Show 2-2-83. It was their only talk show spot ever, but the book went on to have many US and foreign editions and is still in print (Penguin/Random House). From Wikipedia: Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer, later appearing in film and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show. He also created the game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.

Vegan activists and artists Will and Madeleine Tuttle team up with Celtic/Indian legend Arvel Bird for a delightful exploration of impromptu harmony between piano, violin and silver flute at a gathering of friends. This is the first time these professional musicians have ever played together, just creating it as they go! Background paintings and video post by Susan Pitcairn. www.arvelbird.com. (violin) www.willtuttle.com. (piano, flute) www.susanpitcairn.com. (art, video)