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JULY 1, 2008
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When Your Dream Becomes Possible, Jump Before You Think
In 2005, I was talking to a ghostwriting client about my dream of
creating a documentary some day. Although I had never made one, I had
purchased one of the first video cameras to hit the marketplace in the
early 1980s and I was that guy who was in your face with a video camera
the second you walked in the door at a party. What I learned during those
years as an amateur videographer didn’t necessarily translate into my
being a documentary filmmaker, but 20 years of experimenting with an
ever-improving flow of new cameras certainly prepared me to learn.
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Celebrate Freedom
by Marlene Buffa
Recorded history focuses on government and spans time by ticking the
meter of war. From as early as the Bronze Age, one of the first recorded conflicts arose in Greece, popularly known as the Trojan War. As we study world history, we notice that most wars arose from
either greed or confinement. Man rebels when he seeks to conquer more of what lies outside of himself, and also when what abides within him
seeks liberation. Similarly, our spiritual selves rebel when we perceive limitation imposed on us by others, or deliberate harm
inflicted through violation of boundaries. Our nature, as inhabitants of the earth and spiritual beings, treasures freedom from outside
intruders and also from our self-imposed limitations.
What is Freedom?
Ms. Jonell Linskey, an inspirational teacher at my beloved high school (Mercy, Farmington Hills, MI) taught a class in the late 1970s
entitled "Future, Freedom and Death." Wielding her adept teaching skills by allowing each student the joy of discovery, Ms. Linskey
posed the question, "What is Freedom?" Class discussion rose from a hesitant, whispered brainstorm of reducing philosophical thought to a
mere sentence or even a few words, to the fevered pitch of excitement when reviewing what freedom was not. At one point, the class seemed
convinced that to limit the definition of freedom to mere words was to defy the very meaning of the concept. Our patient teacher waited for
the discussion to die down and in her quiet way acknowledged she heard our struggles and offered, "Freedom is the ability to choose." More
than 30 years later, I remember how deftly she lead us to the simple definition and how much that experience impacted my life. Thank you,
Ms. Linskey, for helping me to notice something I'll never-not-notice again!
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How to Stay
Positive… With a Negative Vibration Spouse or Partner
by Jackie Lapin
People who are making the change to a conscious and spiritually-driven life often discover that they are yoked to someone who is not prepared to come along on that journey. The partner is mired in his or her own negative thoughts and emotions, and meets any topic of spiritual enlightenment, positive vibration and conscious creation with a wall of resistance. Don’t despair…lots of others have gone through this phase too, and come out on the other side with a happier life. Let’s look at what you can do in this situation:
Stay in your positive vibration state. Don’t allow your spouse or mate to pull you out of alignment with the Universe. When you feel yourself drawn into it, take a walk, go play with the kids, read a book, go have lunch with your best friend… and continue to think and feel positive about yourself, your life and the good qualities in your partner.
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Summer Time and the Living is Easy – Feng Shui and the Fire Element
by Susan Tartaglino
I realize that hot weather isn’t for everybody, but for me summer is the time of year that gives me the most energy and fills me with tons of enthusiasm. All winter long I look forward to being outside where I can connect with nature, eavesdrop on conversations that the birds are having, and absorb the warmth of the sun on my skin as I maintain my garden. The aromatic fragrances that the peonies, honeysuckle and magnolias have to offer only add to my rejuvenation process. I am truly in a sensorial heaven.
Our Connection with Nature
The system of living in harmony with the natural elements and forces of earth is referred to as feng
shui. This ancient Chinese philosophy examines how human beings respond and react to their environments. One of the most important principals of feng shui is “The Tao” connection. The Tao Te
Ching, which was written by Lao Tzu roughly 2,500 years ago, teaches us that the Tao (pronounced
‘dow’) is the way we are linked to all things. Other common translations of Tao include the path, the way, or the road. Tao is often described as a force that flows through all life. It also means recognizing our interconnections to the natural world, our families, friends, communities, the universe and higher power.
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JUNE 1, 2008
Editor's Most Recent Blog...
I Cried, Shivered And Shook During A Past-Life Regression
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Condition Yourself to Love Unconditionally
by Mary Jo Shaffer
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Exploring Your Psychic Type
by Sherrie Dillard M. Div.
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A New Approach
To Igniting And Sustaining Creativity
by Anne Paris, PhD
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MAY 1, 2008
Recent Blog...
Trapped: How Our Thoughts Increase Our Suffering
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Guilt-Free
Mindfulness
by Sue Patton Thoele
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Beyond
Self-Image
by Christopher R. Edgar
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Having
Money
by Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer
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Do you know what you are meant to do? What
if your life purpose was written in the loops and whorls of your
fingerprints? Transcending enneagrams, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,
and other personality tests, fingerprints tell the story of your soul's
psychology. Master hand analyst Ronelle Coburn offers an easy, objective
tool—fingerprint analysis—to discover your most authentic self.
Are you a born leader, a healer, an artist,
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understand your skills and strengths on the level of your soul. Going
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Don't let those that have not yet transpired, blind you to those
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July 4 - July 6, 2008: The Bodhisattva, the Peaceful Spiritual Warrior:
10 Transformative Practices for Enlightened Living |
| The bodhisattva is the ultimate social and spiritual activist who dedicates all of his or her life and lifetimes to the highest good for the greatest number—transforming oneself, transforming the world.
In this retreat with Surya Das, one of the nation’s foremost Buddhist meditation masters, we learn the Buddhist’s 10 principles of enlightened living, known in Sanskrit as the “10 paramitas” (10 transcendental virtues). These virtues show us how to become the best self and truest noble being that we can be through this sacred path of awakening our innately good, warm heart and enlightened mind.
Through meditation, self-inquiry, discussions, chanting, and question-and-answer sessions, Surya Das shows us how to bring the boddhisattva’s ways of enlightened living into our daily life at home, at work, and in our communities. Beginners to meditation as well as longtime practitioners are invited.
For more info visit: http://www.eomega.org/omega/workshops/. Omega Institute, Rhinebeck
Campus: Rhinebeck, NY. For more info call
877.944.2002 or E-mail us at registration@eomega.org. |
July 13, 2008: Creating Conscious Loving Relationships |
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Join Lynda Aldorisio and learn concepts to move your relationships back into flow. Develop relationships based on authenticity rather than concealment and pretense. Replace conflict with harmony becoming skilled in conscious listening and authentic speaking. Increase your ability to give and receive more love everyday. 12:00-5:00pm, $100.
www.circlesofwisdom.com
978-474-8010, Andover, MA |
July 25 - 27, 2008: Love Has Forgotten No One
With Gary Renard |
| You can learn to dissolve the illusions of time and space and return to the reality of perfect love. This is not the conditional love to which you may be accustomed; rather it’s an all-encompassing love that is perfect in spirit: innocent, unflawed, immortal, invulnerable, and forever fearless.
Perfect love, which is divine in nature, must be experienced, for it is beyond words. Combining a disarming sense of humor with radical, cutting-edge metaphysical information and experiential exercises, Gary Renard teaches us exactly how to have that experience, which, upon the end of our physical existence, becomes our permanent reality.
Tuition: $275. Omega Institute, Rhinebeck
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877.944.2002 or E-mail us at registration@eomega.org
or visit http://www.eomega.org/omega/workshops |
September 5-7, 2008: Soul Survival: A
Conference Exploring the Evidence of Life After Death with Psychic
Medium John Holland, Brian Weiss, MD, Raymond A. Moody, Jr., MD,
PhD, and Psychic Medium Suzane Northrop |
| What happens after our
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there evidence of past lives? These profound and timeless questions
are among the greatest mysteries of human existence. People
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mysticism for answers. This special gathering-a favorite at Omega
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other experiential exercises, we examine the latest research on the
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Campus: Rhinebeck, NY. Tuition: $345. For more info call
877.944.2002 or E-mail us at registration@eomega.org. |
October 10 &11, 2008: A Weekend With Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, and Mark Epstein:
Buddhist Psychology for the West & The Art and Science of Meditation |
| Omega is gathering three of the West's most prominent Buddhist teachers for an exclusive weekend program. Explore the ancient, life-changing power of Buddhist teachings and the latest research in contemporary Western psychology to tap into the healing wisdom for lasting happiness inherently within each of us. Combining meditation with psychology, this program offers us practical ways to deal with the stress, fear, conflict, and anxiety that are a part of modern life.
Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, and Mark Epstein lead this program with teachings, guided meditations, clinical examples, experiential learning, and stories of personal transformation, in a spirit of joy, compassion, and good humor born of a meditative mind and living from the heart.
Those new to Buddhism and seasoned practitioners alike learn positive approaches to awaken our own capacity of love, joy, and freedom in ourselves and in those around us.
This extraordinary program can be taken in one of two ways. Session 1 can be taken on its own for a program fee of $45. Session 1 and 2 may only be taken together for a program fee of $195.
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