I know we have all been deeply affected by the terrible oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.  My friends and I speak each day of how to respond in any kind of powerful way. Typical ideas range from boycotting BP gasoline, to completely halting all usage of gasoline powered vehicles and all plastics. [...]

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The Bumblebees…
Wow, this was a wonderful group of women who became best buds with each other so quickly!  They adopted the group name of the Bumblebees, and the huge black bumblebees outside responded, even visiting the conference room unexpectedly on the last morning!
On the last day, while having their photo taken at the Meditation Gardens [...]

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This is a fantastic article we came across, author unknown to us…  If you have any insight as to who wrote this, please let us know so we can credit them with this powerful piece!
Love and intimacy are the root of what makes us sick and what makes us unwell, what 
causes sadness and what brings [...]

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I want to share with you a really cool idea a friend of mine has put into action. It’s called the Hope Hotline.
Every day, there’s a brief new message about hope that you can listen to and then leave a message in return, if you like. I think the plan is to compile the messages [...]

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"I hope to say a word in time to my companions–a password–like conspirators: Let us make for the earth a heart and a brain."
– Nikos Kazantzakis
"Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing."
– Arundhati Roy
In this complex new year ahead of us [...]

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Depending on whether we track the Moon or the Sun, the year of the Earth Ox begins either January 26th or February 4th, 2009. As the Ox heads our way, we may be feeling certain inclinations that seem – well – different than what we’re used to. This Ox comes bearing the sweet elixir of [...]

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Right now, in my life, I am attempting to be a realist. I am placing aside all the spiritual propaganda that denies taking responsibility for the quality of our personal experience. Alchemy – the conscious, compassionate containment of all our felt-experiences – is the only tool I personally know that works if consistently applied. Accordingly, [...]

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Many have been given all the necessary tools to approach the unfolding experiences upon our planet consciously. However, because of our trance state, many of us have foolishly viewed and used these tools in terms of ‘their efficiency in helping us to get what we want’ – as opposed to opening us up to develop [...]

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To illustrate The Third Level of Perceptual Blindness and Deafness, we again return to our theatrical hypnotic demonstration.
While these two hypnotized individuals dance through their trance, they are also completely unaware of the actuality of the greater environment in which they operate. If someone runs into the theatre and shouts, "Tornado coming directly this way, [...]

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Unwrapping The Three Levels Of Perceptual Blindness And Deafness
[Or, awakening to our blind spots]:
Imagine yourself in a theatre in which a hypnotist is performing for an audience. The hypnotist asks for two volunteers from the audience – a woman and a man. Once upon the stage, the hypnotist asks their permission to hypnotize them for [...]

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