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Karriem Ali, MD - BTO: Millennium Longevity™

Karriem Ali was born in Detroit, Michigan, and attended a highly-selective school for the gifted for all 12 years of his primary and secondary school education. Upon graduation at the top of his class, he continued his academic studies at Harvard University, where he received an A.B. degree in Chemistry (Organic) prior to earning an M.D. degree with Distinguished Honors in Research from Stanford University. His thesis focus being the quantum chemical basis of molecular recognition, Karriem was invited to be a Visiting Scholar at the Washington University School of Medicine following the second year of his research at Stanford.

Recruited in the 1990's to do bioprospecting work with Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Karriem left Stanford to lead medical ethnobotany research & discovery expeditions in the Amazon, Chocó, and Mayombe rainforests of South America and Africa, and in the subtropical grasslands of Tanzania. He has since taught, toured, and worked in more than 32 countries in rainforest, savannah, village, city, and island environments-including lecture tours of Europe and India at the invitation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to work along with the teachers of Deepak Chopra.

Karriem's parents were both teachers; he began teaching (math) when he was 15, and later went on to teach at both Harvard & Stanford. Now Karriem is one of the appointed teachers at the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, where he has been a student since 1992, and his talents go on and on... dancer, musician, writer, chef, and a great storyteller!
Karriem's life-path since an early age has been one of training and initiation in preparation to do great work in an awakening world, bringing forth a higher understanding of true health in mind, body, and life, much in the way Shamans of the Amazon work with the people of their worlds. The focus of a Shaman of such an awakening global tribe is the reanimation of 'Harmony, Unity and Balance - Harmony between the spiritual and the physical world; Unity between the intuitive and the intellectual; and Balance between the desires of the personality and the Will of the Self; a Re-membering-a New Yet Ancient Mind embarking on the next quantum step in human evolution.'

This focus comes naturally to Karriem when speaking in person and over the radio. Indeed, it often sends him into a trance-like state creative awareness; a state in which he becomes transformed into our beloved Dr. Tangent, or "Dr. T." for short. Come fly with us as we deconstruct our intellectual thinking, dissolve our neuronets that resist change, and journey with a light heart through these times of intensifying change. Join our growing audience of listeners worldwide who find the trip truly Beyond the Ordinary.

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Listen Now	November 18th, 2008 "Millennium Longevity: Attitude - The Obama Factor" Karriem, in Indonesia during the presidential election, observed great interest and a definite rise in personal "yes I can!" ...an occasion celebrated across the world. Still, racial elements abound and the need for learning to see people from the inside out. The bizarre belief of Obama as the anti-christ, Karriem explains that term as defined at RSE. Is what we believe as bad, bad? Hitler, and a brief world history of racialized thinking and concepts. Obama and Hillary are huge runners for the world, was this election a time line shift? Are we focusing on future change? As individuals we create reality and... "we have a tendency to go to the past, I've seen it in myself, I know that territory." Cursing the world is an easy way out and the concept of superiority a huge burden in a diverse world with diverse issues. "People can hate you for anything... the more insecure the more need for validation." The seeds of war are in our subtle dislikes of others. More on Ellen Degeneres, gay marriage, and what marriage is exactly like any other anyway!
Listen Now	October 7th, 2008 "Millennium Longevity: Immune CIA" We start off with a population of a trillion, a way to understand the human body, think of the deficit, you owe $1 for every cell in your body! The process of health, cell interdependence, and the brain which does not survive by itself but on an eco system called the human body (aka ego system), susceptible to invaders like terrorists and drug dealers. "Wherever there is an opportunity for life, life will occupy that opportunity." So why isn't the immune system a perfect defender? The adaptive and innate immunity explained, Aids, T-Cells, when the immune system takes action or not, and what happens with viruses. The cells are rejoicing now, they say "there's someone telling our story!" Childhood diseases, you can have a vaccine or natural immunity as they tend not to change whereas influenza changes constantly, people still carry immunity from the 1918 flu epidemic. Toxic substances, side effects, human additives, Natural Killers (NK) like the sheriff in a small town who knows everybody. Why the immune system rejects transplants; what makes a toxic reaction; manufacturing errors in the DNA; and cancer cells, a normal process gone too far.
Listen Now	September 2nd, 2008 "Millennium Longevity: The Preamble" We look at Karriem's outline for this new great 3 Part Series! But why hurry? Let's have a tangent about hurrying... "for every choice there is a theory or philosophy, we may not be cognizant of it but it's there." The reason for hurry, where it leads, and why immortals don't visit your neighborhood. A tangent on Lincoln, the theory he was bisexual and our ongoing arrogance. Continuing the Preamble... exploring the myth of aging and its dependence on linear time including Einstein's famous twin paradox and what he got wrong. Something to consider about tangents, the need for information; in a nutshell is like a drawing with few lines to suggest a face or a tree and the brain fills in the rest. "This tangent is an impressionistic version to create a landscape of choices." How we consider time, what is a day? "Time flies when you are having fun! An internal contradiction we are living."
Listen Now	August 11th, 2008 "Wrap Your Mind Around This" Back from a lecture tour, his first time to Eastern Europe --we started with the immune system, the subject of his talks, and his concept of it being self defense like a Samurai Warrior or Aikidoka... then of course, A Tangent! In Croatia he was on 'Good Morning Croatia' national TV "since humanity is all about feeling" he approaches language in that way (re our comment about his ability to speak with such natural cadence) he enjoys immersing himself in the culture of the land, as any attempt to speak the native tongue is greeted with glee! It's a way to know what people are like, after all we get so much propaganda on communist countries we have this awful image of them, from movies associating that accent with/as KGB! "We think culture is a thing rather than an option." It's easy to overlook how we are; example of Michael Moore's 'Awful Truth' and how Americans are viewed; "you don't think you are weird or a fundamentalist, you just think you are right." Then in Hong Kong translators for an RSE event knew Karriem talks fast so they practiced before the event, and guess what they used? Then more on culture but how does this connect to the immune system? We'll get to that (probably next time) much more in this hour, but first, he saw Ellen Degeneres' interview with John McCain on gay marriage. He later contemplated this, the approach is always civic or gay rights which doesn't get far, so what is another way to see this? What he came up with is so obviously un-obvious and perfect for a legal stance, he wished he could call Ellen and tell her! Does anybody out there have her phone number???
Listen Now	January 25th, 2008 "Who?" Dr Who? No, it's Dr T who begins with a tangent on "who." In the Sufi tradition (which sort of comes from the Islamic tradition, some theorize in order to not be eliminated) the word "who" represents the holy spirit, the unknown god, in mysticism the divine spark, the breath. The word is used with intention in his upcoming book where "who" refers to the god within, that divine being, and "whom" refers to the personality. Then a lovely toast and Karriem thinks it's a great idea for Nancy and Elena to write a book about BTO whose guests offer listeners many perspectives on the same subjects. Well one must be able to accept the unaccepted, like ridiculous ideas! A story of coming home from teaching in Mexico to a shall we say cleansing from above and below, and fasting through Christmas which started from a ridiculous idea, "Those cathartic moments in the bathroom with God." A listener's question on sensory deprivation, twilight, and the void. And a story of dancing in stillness and silence.
Listen Now	November 1st, 2007 "It's About Wisdom" "Where are your books???" Something he didn't intend since he doesn't read books why should he write one? He recounts his bizarre experiences in Bali studying Ayurveda that led him to actually start writing things, now 10 years on the shelf, and the intent (with "Dr Greg's" help) to make it manifest as a publishable book. Another question on "...having weird envy crap regarding 'groovy' people, their material possessions, kids... and ayahuasca parties." Karriem gives perspective with what happens in the brain and what is up with ayahuasca, and what is artificial or natural.... "As far as I know everything on this planet comes from nature, but it's not about that, it's about wisdom." A lot of people study psychedelics, but no one knows what the outcome will be for each individual. And who creates the response, the ayahuasca, the shaman, or you? Who do you trust to mess with your brain?" And his story of an "unusual experience" ...and all he had was mango juice! This is where the wisdom comes in, and also not giving your power away to a perception of a different culture being more enlightened or able to heal you. "Humanity is humanity, to me each individual is their own culture."
Listen Now	October 25th, 2007 "Understanding the Situation" A listener question regarding changing the operating room (OR) to reduce patient suffering not only ergonomically but shamanically? Well, first a tangent about the questioner, then "...the idea of making a shamanic change to the OR is like suggesting a shamanic change to the Catholic church!" The OR is like a sanctuary for mainstream medicine, for change there must be cooperation and an understanding of the mind set of the doctor's doctrine or people will be threatened. The phrase "earning a living" says to Karriem, "that I do not intrinsically have the right to live, I have to earn it," and whenever someone approaches something from the missionary position someone gets screwed (heh,heh), their survival is threatened as if you broke into their house, it's not rational but neither is thriving on stress like the bizarre attitude of an ER doc who complains about not having any emergency calls on his shift! Ramtha's definition of love, what "know your enemies" means, and the benefit of his teaching for Karriem to be able to see beyond judgement, categories, issues, and avoiding victim consciousness. A story setting perspective on the shamanic concept; creating ambience in the OR Karriem style; a new way to think about temperature, it doesn't feel like 62 degrees!; and seeing the edge of a rainstorm for the first time.
Listen Now	October 4th, 2007 "The Travel Agent Within" Back from traveling to countless places Karriem brings for us the ambience of his experiences... from local people preparing for an event at RSE (so much stuff!) to a college student from Japan who comes for the Assay event making the long journey to RSE, he needs a translator, he had never been to the school in Yelm before, what that must be like for him! Everything in other countries looks and sounds so different, that goes way outside one's comfort zone, "I'm honored that people make that journey." And how often in his travels does he hear "Hey there's Dr T!" or meet people "out there" who live in a little cabin with no TV but they stay connected to BTO! He enjoys the intimacy of being immersed in a foreign place, still it's nothing like the intimacy of a Beginning retreat, the new experience traveling within, the breakthroughs, the foundation from which to understand the whole of human existence. "There's a beauty to the human being, that birthright of being God," for Karriem it's an amazing thing to observe and to participate in as a facilitator. The most asked questions, and one thing you can do that will change your life instantly!
Listen Now	September 6th, 2007 "Pioneers Let Go of the Past" Where has 'Dr Tangent' been? Doing events all over the world and letting go of the past! His focus is to be anaological with questions, during a retreat they were doing Field Work and regarding it, he was asked the same question in three languages, by the time he went to the field he had such focus he found his card in 5 minutes! In life we tend to vilify things in the past, if you still hate that ex-husband, are afraid to eat chocolate because... you will not create a new future, the relationship is not done. The are many mechanisms in personality that holds onto the past, an example is his own move. Attachments to people, places, things, loop to the past and we live those loops. "If pioneers never left people behind no one else would ever come! It's a willingness to change, it's moving through the door to the other side of the card." It's a challenge to overcome reluctance to change and enter the unknown... but once there it's beautiful! Pioneers are a light to the world... what's that light all about? and he explains drawing a card with a door, for you to maybe? bring about a change in your life..
Listen Now	July 12th, 2007 "What is Healing?" In response to a listener's question regarding Ayurveda and conflicting/complimentary models for healing. Karriem expands it, examining the cultural differences, the dogma, the concept of "disorder" when there is nothing wrong with the brain, yet a functional member of the group is the desired result. Revenue is a factor hence "mood" drugs emerged, drugs are given but the fundamental issues may not be addressed. From this linear view comes an incomplete process and a naive approach to life. The difference between public health and medicine, predisposed perceptions and what does normal mean? Are you feeling better? "Science and medicine is whatever works." The meaning of Ayurveda, Japenese Kinpo, and the Confucius approach. "Everything has value because it exists, applicability is the question, is it applicable to you?"
Listen Now	April 5th, 2007 "The Stone, the Pond, the Waves" About the 'box' "We live in a circle that we think is the whole world", change does not have to be big, it's about realizing things are not written in stone. Experiences that led him to "...forgive racism as this is intrinsic in all humans." The first three seals, (taught at RSE), how their ripple effect and social consciousness prevents people from evolving beyond them; Earth's 'fever', a natural immune response to infestation, paralleled with the body's symbiotic relationship with its own bacteria. "I can see the cause of global warming is Apartheid, we treat nature as though it has no indigenous rights."
Listen Now	March 13th, 2007 "Wind, Breath, Spirit" From blindfolded archery to holes in the driveway, Dr. T takes us around the brain -the user interface to consciousness, awareness, and subconscious also known as the mind of God. A wine toast and the story of the wind and the door; equal rights and the demand of acceptance; a story of a man revealing his truth; and harmonizing the instincts of survival.
Listen Now	February 12th, 2007 "The Mental Jungle" A question sets the stage regarding the teachings of Ramtha and Buddha with respect to death, the immortal mind concept, karma, and past lives. Buddha and Buddhism are two different things, it's what happens to the teachings after the teacher is gone. How death is perceived; appreciation for things that are perceived to be limited, and the power to feel immortal as a living principle. The monkey mind on the swing, and clarifying one's intent in a given moment. "Life is too short to waste"? or, more applicable if you think about it... "life is too long to waste on the undesirable prolonged...."
Listen Now	January 11th, 2007 "How's Your Day?" "I don't know yet"! Evaluating requires coming out of it --and into the past, ceasing experiencing of something new. Defining intelligence and recognizing patterns, does everything have to look like something else already known? In the ability to create something new there is no reference point. Black holes, the void, zero point, linear time, lack and the unknown. Are we creating or recombining others' creations? A listener question on entanglement and what we don't see. The wonder and the will to engage it all!
Listen Now	December 25th, 2006 "Christmas Celebration with Karriem" A Christmas toast --how much more meaningful the High Holidays are now with Ramtha's teachings; about Brazilian customs and the freedom of its people within social consciousness; Ramtha's first audience when he said, "Behold God" ...and seeing the response, he knew he had a lot of work to do! The layers of understanding, what you really want, and what does it mean to create reality? Resurrecting Christmas and "BethelYelm"? Christmas in Japan, and Christmas greetings in various languages plus a song from Karriem!
Listen Now	December 12th, 2006 "Fabulous Tangents!" A wine toast leads to several lines of thought, being a light to the world, being in the public gaze, and the feedback we can get from that. What people do, how they act, react, ...dealing with the moment no matter how awkward and honoring the person. Being a teacher is not about adulation "this is Ramtha's school." Tangents... about and taking off on them; life, sexuality, meaning, learning and being; what mastery is about and when you can trust personality "we are traveling the gamut of what comes into ones sphere." and... the tyrant is the most captive.
Listen Now	November 9th, 2006 "Shining to the World" "Ali! Ali! The Greatest!", float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Karriem honors us with a moment of imbuing wine in a sacred toast. We talk about shining to the world "Is greatness in isolation truly great?" He gives a fabulous example of everyone's eloquence. The meaning of hierophant and how Ramtha presents the engagement of wine. Dropping the veils and finding one's truth, it is engaged with those who wish to master themselves. Drunkenness comes without knowledge, "We are here to make known the unknown which is the experience of God. One can change things with a thought, rather than a democratic election." We segue into entanglement; masters of the smile; adversity in his life, and unconditional love is a little easier from experiencing a rocky road, "I have to love myself beyond the acceptance of others." And his intent, "...to be entangled beyond time... we're all here in this marvelous embrace."
Listen Now	October 13th, 2006 "One Vast Nothing" What's been going on in Karriem's ort cloud? He doesn't know until it unfolds but some examples emerge. Typically our engagements with others are very limited, yet people create vignettes of us thinking they know us because they spoke to us for 5 minutes. Do we, and how do we, know another? The swing of binary mind and its limited expression, how we build a reality around one experience, then run it in an infinite loop! What Ramtha teaches about the nature of reality, primary and secondary consciousness, and zero point. Lunatics and REALITY defined. Ramtha's model of creation; the void, involution, contemplation, and creation. The psychological process of time and a great way to visualize all times exiting simultaneously.
Listen Now	September 7th, 2006 "Fabulous Wealth and Retooling DNA" First, from a listener comment, Karriem responds he does not have an agenda against pharmaceuticals, corporations, etc., injustice is a huge distraction, so "Dr. Tangent" (which he regards an honorable title), says "If you create your day there isn't any reason for complaint." Can't argue with that! Then, recent science that correlates directly to what RSE has taught for years --DNA, telomeres, why and what causes us to age differently, rich or poor, the symptoms of poverty, (his brief experience with making deliveries), new neurons can grow and what they are designed to do! Control and master that brain, then change the channel!!!
Listen Now	August 1st, 2006 "A Linear World View" A listener's question: "The future 2-5 years from now and what can each person do about the world situation?" ...Ah, a linear context. Within the School of Enlightenment it is not so linear. In the tank or the field, like life, where do you see yourself? Are you building this process linearly? Each person has a world view, each has a world to create, like the song Shining Star. "How do you do that, how do you demonstrate there is a way to be awake?" We create wars and holy wars to change what people think, change what you think! And the first time Ramtha had Karriem demonstrate the power of the dance, and being a teacher on stage. Plus an update on upcoming events at RSE: Fabulous Wealth and Retooling DNA!
Listen Now	June 5th, 2006 "Axicala Aliqu Shaman of the Unknown People" Karriem's book, a compilation of his many experiences in the Rainforest and encounters with Shamans, a must read! Why did he go there? His scientific mind and desire to answer the great questions. The Shaman helps the physician to realize science is much like religion ...no, no, but yes. Professor and Priest mean the same thing [explained] Why a cancer cure from a little brown man in the forest doesn't make it very far with Ph. D.s. A great perspective is laid out that we shouldn't expect them to accept botanicals, energy medicine, etc., any more that we'd expect the Arch Bishop to accept the "Da Vinvi Code". Humans are human. We have expectations that when looked at realistically, are not! Are you mad at the bird who eats cherries from your tree? Fabulous memory? One may sound more impressive, but here's no difference between remembering Pi or your phone number. "I've never been convinced that I am smarter than others" -even though he could read the newspaper before kindergarten!- "That was thanks to my parents, everybody has that intelligence, it's a choice of application."
Listen Now	May 2nd, 2006 "There is no Basis for Disbelief" Getting to know this amazing man who grew up in an environment where learning and well-being was the top priority, imagine that! "I don't see myself as an adult, but as a child ever learning and enjoying." His experience in a highly-selective school for the gifted and their different perspective; bringing genius forth from a dream out and into mathematics; and how he found Ramtha's school where he is now an appointed teacher. Why there is no basis for disbelief? "I always believe that whatever is said is possible, who knows all there is to know in order to say something is not possible?" And the problem with double blind tests and how we know (not!) that a drug works.
Listen Now	May 3rd, 2006 "The necessary 'if' in Science, and Skepticism" Applying science as a context, there is always an "if". Human tendency is to make subliminal common assumptions; Methodologies of measurement change over time; "We have a very small sample of what's going on in the universe" how much do we really know? Scientists prefer things not to change too much, but some shake the pillars and pay a price. And prejudice, race, and the psychology of stress behind skepticism, it's about fear and control, mostly found in a certain spectrum, usually anything that makes things free (i.e. energy) or that empowers people, that in itself shows the skeptic's bias. It's about controlling boundaries. "Don't be skeptical about UFO's, be skeptical about human vision."