iShift: A monthly e-zine for conscious culture from the Institute of Noetic
Sciences
July 2008 - Issue #24
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Sections
From the Editor
At the Frontiers
* The Edge
* Media
* Webwatch
* Top Ten
Shift in Action
* Live Teleseminars
* Recent Releases
* Shift Magazine
* GreenShifting
Personal Connections
* Living Deeply
* Donor Spotlight
* Comedy Corner
* Monthly Intention
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Contents / July - Issue #24
*** From the Editor, Cassandra Vieten
As we move into the height of summer, traditionally the time of year for stepping out into the world, making your thoughts known, and moving creative ventures into full swing, take a moment to reflect on how this forward and outward moving principle is showing up in your life. In Angeles Arrien's Fourfold Way training (www.angelesarrien.com) based on indigenous wisdom from around the world, summer is the season of the Way of the Visionary. Arrien says "we express the Way of the Visionary through personal creativity, goals, plans, and our ability to bring our life dreams and visions into the world.... The work is to come forward fully with our gifts, talents and resources and to powerfully meet our tests and challenges." In this time of economic challenge, shifting political landscapes, and the world seeming to move ahead at freight-train speed, what grounds your vision? What sustains your dream? What inspires you?
For over a decade, our team at IONS has been studying how transformation happens - in other words, how we become more open, loving, embracing of what life has to offer, become people who creatively engage with our environments, become dedicated toward the creation of a sustainable collective future, how we become our most authentic, powerful, and compassionate selves. What catalyzes this kind of shift? What attitudes, settings, and activities provide the ideal conditions for it to happen? What factors make an experience of upheaval or disorientation transformative (leading to growth, healing, and wholeness) rather than traumatic (leading to constriction and fear), and what kinds of things help one to integrate a transformative experience into real-life benefits in their everyday lives? We found that while each person's journey is unique, several common elements foster the kind of deep, profound and lasting transformation that shows up in our real-world everyday life - in the way we treat people, in our capacities for gratitude and forgiveness, in our whole orientation to life and priorities. Some of these elements are:
* being part of a like-minded, inspiring, and challenging community
* continuing to access teachings through multiple ways of knowing - experiential,
intellectual, kinesthetic, visual, auditory
* having daily reminders in your environment - because it's easy to forget who
you are and where you are headed when the larger society can be unsupportive,
and you've got your own old habits and conditioning to wrangle with
* a daily mind-body practice
* making time for silence, solitude, and engagement with the natural world
One thing I love about IONS is that between it's cutting-edge research, Shift in Action program, noetic.org website, Shift magazine, iShift e-zine, educational products and programs, big conference, and retreat center - it offers many of these elements that support individual and collective transformation.
As part of its Living Deeply campaign, IONS continues to offer a $1 trial membership in our dynamic Shift in Action program. Upon joining, you'll receive the book, Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life written by IONS researchers Marilyn Schlitz, Cassandra Vieten, and Tina Amorok; a Living Deeply practice CD with audio from 11 transformational leaders from wisdom traditions from around the world; the 2008 Shift Report; and all the offerings Shift in Action members enjoy including weekly live teleseminars and one of the largest archives of downloadable audio content on the web. To join, or to invite a friend to join, visit http://www.noetics.org/SIA/LivingDeeplyLP_IS.htm.
We also encourage you to invite friends to subscribe to iShift (the e-zine you are reading right now!) free, at http://www.noetic.org/publications/enews.cfm.
Save the date for the Institute of Noetic Sciences' 13th International Conference!
Toward a Global Shift: Seeding the Field of Collective Change, June 17-21, 2009
in Tucson, Arizona.
*** The Edge
UK astronomers, as part of an international team, have reached a milestone
in the construction of one of the largest ever cameras to detect the mysterious
dark energy component of the Universe. Observations suggest that roughly 4%
of the Universe is made up from ordinary matter and 22% from Dark matter; this
leaves 74% unaccounted for - the so-called dark energy. Prof. Ofer Lahav, head
of the UCL Astrophysics Group, who also leads the UK Dark Energy Survey (DES)
Consortium, commented 'Dark energy is one of the biggest puzzles in the whole
of Physics, going back to a concept proposed by Einstein 90 years ago. The DES
observations will tell us if Einstein was right or if we need a major shift
in our understanding of the universe.'
Read the full story - http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=08062530
Hate to be a downer but...
Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist
said the situation has gotten so bad that the world's only hope is drastic action.
James Hansen told Congress on Monday that the world has long passed the "dangerous
level" for greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and needs to get back to
1988 levels. He said Earth's atmosphere can only stay this loaded with man-made
carbon dioxide for a couple more decades without changes such as mass extinction,
ecosystem collapse and dramatic sea level rises. "We're toast if we don't
get on a very different path," Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute
of Space Sciences who is sometimes called the godfather of global warming science,
told The Associated Press. "This is the last chance."
Read the full story - http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/S/SCI_WARMING_SCIENTIST?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-06-23-21-35-41
His Holiness the Dalai Lama spreads compassion with 50,000 people in Seattle
Taking the stage to resounding applause from the audience, His Holiness the
Dalai Lama began his address with self-deprecating humor, delivering the message
that he is but one man and encouraging everyone in attendance to realize the
impact that one person can have. He continued encouraging each person to be
empowered to address and eliminate the problems we face as individuals, so that
we will be well-equipped to address the problems we face as a community and/or
nation. Touching on the broader concept of compassion, His Holiness reinforced
the idea that we cannot purchase compassion; we must manufacture it within ourselves,
within our homes and within our communities. Streaming video of the entire five-day
"Compassion Arrives" event is available at www.seedsofcompassion.org.
EEG Correlates of the Ayahuasca Shamanic Journey Experience by Frank Echenhofer,
PhD (California Institute of Integral Studies)
A new research project by Frank Echenhofer and team will take them into the
heart of the Peruvian Amazon to study brain correlates of shamanic journey experiences
catalyzed by ingestion of the plant-based psychedelic substance ayhuasca. The
team's research (Echenhofer, Wynia, Joffe, Luna, Benitz, Sudberg, McKenna, 2007)
attempts to correlate the subjective phenomenology of shamanic journey experiences
with EEG neural network pattern changes. One primary research focus is to use
EEG recording during ayahuasca sessions to determine precise neural network
patterns associated with specific experiential states.
Read the full story - http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/7190
*** Media / Noteworthy Releases
* Film
The Fall - In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman (Pace) begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm (Untaru), a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances. (more - http://www.thefallthemovie.com/)
Mongol - Based on leading scholarly accounts, this film by award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov (Prisoner of the Mountains) delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. (more - http://www.mongolmovie.com)
* Books
The Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepenuers are Changing Our World by Wilford Welch (Author) and David G. Hopkins (Contributing Editor) (2008, Earth Aware Editions) - In this inspiring book, the author argues that a fundamental shift in values and corresponding actions is now taking place to address two critical challenges of our era: the restoration of a sustainable planet and extreme poverty. He shines a bright light on the work of twenty-seven social entrepreneurs from all over the world who are creating initiatives that are cause for hope. He challenges us all to step forward and he provides tools to do so, including a very innovative website, www.TacticsofHope.org. (buy - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1601090145/instituteofnoeti/)
Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct by Michael McCullough - Why is revenge such a pervasive and destructive problem? Why is the desire for revenge so tempting? Why is forgiveness so difficult? These perennial questions have never been more relevant than they are today. Psychologist Michael McCullough tackles them by challenging centuries-old misconceptions about revenge and forgiveness. He shows that the key to a more forgiving, less vengeful world is to understand the evolutionary forces that gave rise to these intimately human traits, the social forces that activate them in human minds today, and the changes that are necessary to make our relationships and social institutions better at activating the forgiveness instinct. (website - http://www.beyondrevengebook.com) (buy - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=078797756X/instituteofnoeti/)
Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering by Phillip Moffitt - Dancing with Life is a teaching of the wisdom that is to be found in being consciously and fully present with your suffering. It points to the opportunity you have to make a radical inner shift in how you view your existence. Whatever the source of your suffering may be, this inner shift will provide a new, deeper context for interpreting your experiences that brings clarity and equanimity to your mind. (website - http://www.dancingwithlife.org) (buy - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1594863539/instituteofnoeti/)
* Video
February saw the release on DVD of the documentary In the Shadow of the Moon, featuring our own Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut and founder of IONS. (more - http://www.intheshadowofthemoon.com)
Check out the Ironweed Film Club. The Ironweed Film Club scours the world's
best film festivals and critics' circles to promote the issue-oriented films
that audiences love but the major Hollywood studios avoid. The New York Times
calls it a "monthly progressive film festival on DVD." (more - http://www.ironweedfilms.com)
*** WebWatch
Global-mindshift.org - Check out this website for a fun and simple animation describing what happens when our sense of self shifts (http://www.global-mindshift.org/memes/SenseSelf/sense_self.swf).
Ted.com - Brought to our attention by a fascinating and awe-inspiring talk
by Jill Bolte Taylor, the neuroscientist who had a stroke and was transformed
by her experience, further exploration of www.ted.com provides a wealth of "inspired
talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers." Check out in particular
Paul Stamets on "Six Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World" and Malcolm
Gladwell's "What We Can Learn From Spaghetti Sauce." And if you haven't
checked out Jill Bolte Taylor's talk "My Stroke of Insight," it's
well worth it.
*** Top Ten
The Top Ten Tenets for Creative Living (full version - http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/7191)
1. Take responsibility for your internal experience
2. Follow your Internal Guidance and express your personal brilliance
3. Manifest your world consciously and with intent
4. Create your personal vision of paradise and spread it among those you love
5. Create community and hold it as a necessary foundation of our future
6. Be grateful for all your experiences and all that is
7. Release attachment including being attached to non-attachment
8. See simplicity as the core of sacred living
9. Express unconditional love
10. Look for the universal Oneness in your life
Contributor, Zen DeBrucke, teaching the Principles of The Internal Guidance
System and founder of the Ahuma Institute. More information can be found at
www.ahumainstitute.com
*** Shift in Action / Live Teleseminars
Our weekly LIVE teleseminar series, now on both Tuesdays and Wednesdays. All
Tuesday teleseminars are in the Living Deeply series, which features spiritual
leaders and practical visionaries who share their practices for living a deeper,
more fulfilling life.
This month's schedule of live calls:
Tuesday, July 1st at 11am Pacific - Marilyn Schlitz with Stuart Kauffman on
"Reinventing the Sacred" - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/6861
Wednesday, July 2nd at 5pm Pacific - Angela Murphy with Jay Shafer on "Radical
Simplicity: Beyond Green Architecture" - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/7039
Tuesday, July 8th at 11am Pacific - Cassandra Vieten with Solomon Katz on "The
Science of Spiritual Transformation" - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/6990
Wednesday, July 9th at 5pm Pacific - James O'Dea with Steven McIntosh on "The
Rise of the Integral Worldview" - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/6883
Tuesday, July 15th at 11am Pacific - Tina Amorok with Genpo Roshi on "How
to Live a More Peaceful & Liberated Life" - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/6907
Wednesday, July 16th at 5pm Pacific - Marilyn Schlitz with Howard Martin on
"The Power of the Energetic Heart and Global Coherence" - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/6752
Tuesday, July 22nd at 11am Pacific - Angela Murphy with Patricia Ryan Madson
on "Improvising Our Lives" - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/6719
Wednesday, July 23rd at 5pm Pacific - Belvie Rooks with Roberto Vargas on "Family
Activism: Creating a Better World Beginning with Family and Friends" -
http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/6834
Tuesday, July 29th at 11am Pacific - Community dialogue with IONS President
James O'Dea - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/6753
Wednesday, July 30th at 5pm Pacific - Matthew Gilbert with Rinaldo Brutoco on
"The Economy Through a Consciousness Lens" - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/7048
Join Shift in Action today to participate in these calls! - http://www.noetic.org/SIA/LivingDeeplyLP_IS.htm
*** Shift in Action / Recent Releases
Free samples from the Shift in Action program
"Shift in Action Is..." - A few staff members at IONS give their
impressions of Shift in Action: It's fun! Engaging! Intriguing! Educational!
Shift in Action is a journey into your community... - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CndC8WLpkgM
Audio highlights - http://www.shiftinaction.com/discover/audio/highlights
Great Shift audio highlights - http://www.shiftinaction.com/discover/audio/great_shift_audio_highlights
Transcripts - http://www.shiftinaction.com/discover/transcripts
Great Shift Dialogues recently released
* David Abram and Bill Plotkin
* Nina Utne and Matthew Sanford
* Many more when you join
Join Shift in Action today! - http://www.noetic.org/SIA/LivingDeeplyLP_IS.htm
*** Shift Magazine
Each of the first two titles published under IONS' new Noetic Books imprint
have won prestigious Nautilus Book Awards! The bestselling The Untethered Soul
(http://www.noetics.org/noeticbooks/untetheredsoul.cfm) was a Silver Award winner
in the Spirituality category; Living Deeply (http://www.noetics.org/noeticbooks/livingdeeply.cfm)
was the Grand Winner in the Personal Growth/Psychology category. By purchasing
and reading these books, you support our work while furthering your own process
of personal transformation.
Shift 19 - The Living Deeply Issue - now available! (Join now to receive - http://www.noetic.org/SIA/LivingDeeplyLP_IS.htm )
Table of Contents
The Wild Human
Bill Plotkin
In his new book, Nature and the Human Soul, depth psychologist Bill Plotkin
introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully
and creatively we can mature when soul and nature guide us. The goal is to evolve
from an egocentric view of ourselves and the planet to a soulcentric one.
Welcoming Soul to Our Schools
Rachael Kessler
Does a child's inner life have a place in the classroom? The answer is obvious,
according to educational visionary Rachael Kessler. Her "Seven Gateways"
map a set of yearnings that all young people have as they try to make sense
of their universe.
Wisdom's Way: Growing into Spiritual Maturity
Angeles Arrien
Preparing ourselves for the second half of life may be the most important work
we can do. And yet our culture has little interest in what happens in our later
years. It's time to shift that perspective, says Arrien, and there are rituals
of passage that can help.
Healing Ourselves, Healing the World
Rabbi Michael Lerner
The founder of Tikkun magazine wants to strengthen the connection between our
hearts and how we engage with a world in need. His answer lies in cultivating
a consciousness of compassion and generosity and recognizing that our own well-being
depends on the well-being of everyone else on the planet.
From "Me" to "We": A Community Group's Transformative Experience
Shirley Freriks
An IONS community group applies some of the principles of the book Living Deeply
to their own transformational potential. Sharing, storytelling, and celebration
anchored this process of individual and collective deepening.
*** GreenShifting
The recipient of the 2008 Audubon Medal, Richard Louv identified a phenomenon
we all knew existed but couldn't quite articulate: nature-deficit disorder.
Since its initial publication, his book Last Child in the Woods (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=156512605X/instituteofnoeti/)
has created a national conversation about the disconnection between children
and nature, and his message has galvanized an international movement. Now, three
years later, we have reached a tipping point, with the book inspiring Leave
No Child Inside initiatives throughout the country. Richard Louv is the co-founder
and chairman of the Children & Nature Network, which was created to encourage
and support the people and organizations working to reconnect children with
nature.
*** Living Deeply
Living Deeply is the 2008 Nautilus Gold Medal Award Winner in the category of Personal Growth/Psychology!
Go to http://www.livingdeeply.org for updates on upcoming events, links to recently recorded interviews, and our Living Deeply eLearning program. If you have not yet checked out the Living Deeply DVD, it is a great complement to the book. Whereas the book is based on commonalities among transformative traditions, mapping the process of transformation across traditions and individual experiences, the DVD provides an opportunity for a window into nine specific guided transformative practices.
The Living Deeply Signature Education Workshops blend the rigors of science with the deep wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions. Join IONS research staff Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, PhD and Cassandra Vieten, PhD as they offer key insights from the decade-long qualitative and quantitative research study, of how people transform their lives. You will learn through the pathways of rigorous inquiry, group dialogue, and direct experience about the kinds of transformations in consciousness that dramatically and permanently change a person's worldview to one that is more loving, kind, compassionate, and connected to others.
Workshop Dates and Locations (details - http://www.livingdeeply.org/education_workshops.html)
September 13, 2008 - CIIS, San Francisco, CA
September 19-2, 2008- Ashland, OR
October 3-5, 2008 - Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
October 29-30, 2008 - Vancouver, BC
May 1-2, 2009 - River's Edge, Clevland, OH
*** Donor Spotlight: Brenda Sanders
"It started suddenly with an uncontrollable jerk as I sat on a straight
backed chair in a small rustic cottage in Rio Caliente Resort. Then came a loud
inner roar like the sound of water rushing, followed by the searing image in
my mind's eye of hot white light shooting up my spine, through my brain and
out the top of my head. The force was so strong that my head flew backward as
my arms flung upward, fingers splayed and palms raised to the heavens. Accompanied
by a strong, hot dry wind the light drew me up and out of my body to an expanded
universe where everything was vividly alive, conscious and interconnected,"
writes IONS Circle member Brenda Sanders in "What is Really Real,"
a chapter in Peak Vitality, an anthology recently released by Elite Books.
Read the full story - http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/7192
If you would like to learn more about IONS Circle membership, contact Deborah
Breitbach at 707-779-8216.
*** Comedy Corner: DEAR SWAMI by Swami Beyondananda
"Where Swami Answers Your Questions - and You Will Question His Answers"
Dear Swami:
I keep hearing that everywhere in America, people are calling for change. My question is, how do we help that change come about, and how do we make sure it is healthy change?
Christy Hannity, Althol, Massachusetts
Dear Christy:
You're right about people wanting change. Just today, three guys stopped me on the street asking for change. I told them swamis don't carry change, and besides change must come from within. One of them replied, "That's ridiculous. If I had any change, I wouldn't be asking you!"
"Ah," I said, "you are experiencing changelessness. That is the first step." Yes, in order to have the change we all seek--and change to spare--we must get in touch with that which never changes, and that is the love that exists inside each one of us. For underneath all the stress and distress and sadness in life is a deep well of love. And when we allow this love to flow into our consciousness, we experience deep wellness.
And then we have to keep the flow going, by circulating this love. It's the law of supply-side spirituality: We're not here to earn God's love, we are here to spend it! And the more love we spend freely, the less we will hear cries for small change and the more we will experience the big change we have always dreamed of.
© Copyright 2008 by Steve Bhaerman. All rights reserved. Swami Beyondananda -- and his hilarious books and CDs -- can be found online at http://www.wakeuplaughing.com/
Ask Swami your own question. Send it to editor@shiftinaction.com.
*** Monthly Intention
July Intention:
At the beginning of each month, we encourage you to take a quiet moment to link
your intention with people around the world.
This month our intention is to develop our ability to hold fast to our core essence in the midst of change.
July Action:
This month, we encourage you to get in touch with the core essence of who you
are, both to bring your unique set of gifts, talents, and resources to all the
activities you engage in toward manifesting your vision for your life and our
collective lives, and to help you ride various unsettling changes in life. Like
the eye of the center of the storm, your core essence is calm and at peace.
When you can access this place of inner calm and experience its sweetness, you
will find that external events have less influence on your inner state. Find
ways this month to connect with your core essence as both a refuge, and the
center of your authority and strength.
This month's intentions were contributed by Lisa Vanderboom (http://www.lightstreamers.com/Lisa_VanderBoom.htm).
If you would like to offer an intention for next month, please send to editor@shiftinaction.com.
*** Partner Spotlight: Big Mind (http://www.genpo.org)
Genpo Roshi's legendary ability to help you shift your awareness to a new perspective will change your life quickly and deeply.
* Energize your relationships with love and joy
* Untie emotional knots and kinks
* Break down the barriers to success
* Reclaim the universal power within yourself
Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi will share his groundbreaking "Big Mind Big Heart" teaching, a combination of Zen & Western psychology. He will show you how you can experience what Buddhists call 'Buddha Mind' - the mind of clarity, transcendental wisdom, and unconditional compassion.
Check out the upcoming 'Living Deeply' Teleseminar with Genpo Roshi! - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet/search_events/6907
Click here to watch the new free video 'Introduction to Big Mind'! - http://www.genpo.org
*** Event Spotlight
3rd Annual International Conference on "Engaging the Other:" The
Power of Compassion
September 4-7, 2008
San Mateo, California
with Marianne Williamson, Dennis Kucinich, Don Beck, Corinne McLaughlin, James
O'Dea, Stanley Krippner, Sharif Abdullah, and more
IONS is proud to co-sponsor this international, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary
conference. Over 55 presenters will explore concepts of "The Other"
from a universal, cross-cultural perspective to promote wider public dialogue
about concepts of "Us and Them."
http://www.cbiworld.org/Pages/Conferences_ETO.htm
*** All IONS Partners
Check out these great organizations that support IONS through our Partnership Program.
Global Partner:
* Men's Wearhouse
http://www.menswearhouse.com
Silver Partners:
* The Monroe Institute: Explore your mind; expand your world
http://www.monroeinstitute.com
Bronze Partners:
* Big Mind
http://www.genpo.org
* Spiritual Paths Institute
http://www.spiritualpaths.net
* School of the New Spirituality
http://www.schoolofthenewspirituality.com/
* Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
http://www.itp.edu
* John F. Kennedy University
http://www.jfku.edu
* Nine Gates Mystery School
http://www.ninegates.org
* Unity
http://www.unityonline.org
*** IONS Campus and Retreat Center Events
Petaluma, California
Nine Gates Youth Mystery School
July 14-19, 2008
Designed to open doorways into a deeper connection with your inner strength,
your inner wisdom, your authentic self, this program will give you an opportunity
to step outside limitations and projections. For four and one-half days, participants
dive deeply into explorations of their authentic self, create friendships that
bind, and walk away feeling connected to a supportive community.
http://www.ninegates.org/youthschool.htm
Teaching Hope: The Nonviolent Classroom
July 18-19, 2008
with Marilyn Schlitz & Azim Khamisa
This 9-day retreat is a discovery of our own magnificent power to generate illusions
so brilliantly designed that we believe they are reality. This is one of two
retreats that act as a foundation for the Living in Truth Training.
http://www.noetic.org/events.cfm?Start=1&State=&View=431
Lee Lipsenthal - Finding Balance Teacher Training Program
July 19-23, 2008
This 5 day teaching program will cover core areas of research on physician health,
personality structure and inter-personal function. It is designed to train the
participant to be a facilitator teacher in the area of physician and medical
trainee health. The program will train the participant to teach small and large
group classes in the area of physician health and lead seminars in this area.
http://www.findingbalanceproductions.com/upcoming-programs.asp?SessionID={52B9AC08-1AC9-420A-86C7-79D00ADEB0F8}
Monroe Institute Gateway Voyage
July 19-25, 2008
November 1-7, 2008
The heart of The Monroe Institute programs is the Gateway Voyage®. This
six-day intensive learning adventure is designed to provide the participant
with tools that can enable: development and exploration of human consciousness;
deeper levels of self-discovery; expansion of one's awareness; willful control
of that awareness; communication with and visits to other energy systems and
realities.
http://www.monroeinstitute.com/program.php?program_id=8
Lifting the Veils Retreat
July 19-27, 2008
This 9-day retreat is a discovery of our own magnificent power to generate illusions
so brilliantly designed that we believe they are reality. This is one of two
retreats that act as a foundation for the Living in Truth Training.
http://www.livingintruth.com/about.html
Andrew Harvey - Spiritual Activism: Compassion in Action
July 25-27, 2008
September 26-28, 2008
December 12-14, 2008
February 6-8, 2009
This four-weekend program, led by Andrew Harvey, explores the concept of Spiritual
Activism and trains participants in key aspects of becoming and being a Sacred
Activist.
http://www.noetics.org/retreat/events_Harvey.html
Phillip Krapf - Meetings with Paul: An Atheist Discovers His Guardian Angel
July 25, 2008
Potluck dinner followed by a personal account on meeting his own angel by Pulitzer
Prize winner and professed unbeliever Phil Krapf. A Friendly Favors event -
registration required.
http://www.favors.org/display/eventDetails.php?new=1210714273&event_id=1851&login_group=IONS
New Equations - The Physical Expression of the Soul Training Program
August 9-16, 2008
November 11-18, 2008
February 25, 2009
June 13, 2009
New Equations directly addresses human spirituality and how it is physically
expressed in the world today. Participants in this multi-session training program
learn how to connect and communicate with people in such a way that those with
whom they engage discover the physical expression of their own spiritual nature.
http://www.newequations.com/neschool2007/index.html
Rejuvenate Your Practice Intensive
August 21-24, 2008
November 13-16, 2008
Learn how to build your successful Holistic or Coaching Practice using heart-based
strategies so you can help more people and make more money than you ever thought
was possible.
http://www.rejuvenateyourpractice.com/
Skan-Reichian Therapy - Exploring the Body of Emotions
September 5-7, 2008
Skan Therapy is based on the work of Wilhelm Reich. Skan can be defined as a
process of re-establishing the unobstructed flow of the body's own life-energy.
This can be felt whole bodily as a sensation of "streaming" and pleasure,
and emotionally as love, enjoyment and happiness.
http://www.skan.us/whatisskan-skan.html
Regression Therapy Intensive Training, Level I
September 15-20, 2008
Barbara Kauffman is a prominent board certified regression therapist, educator,
lecturer, and researcher with over fifteen years of experience in the field
of past-life regression.
http://www.auriclights.net/workshops.html
Creative Memories Scrapbooking Weekend with Felicia Schonborn-Young
September 19-21, 2008
March 20-22, 2009
Celebrate and preserve your memories into treasured keepsakes - your life, your
story, your way. Felicia will show you how with top quality photo albums &
organizing products.
http://www.mycmsite.com/sites/fschonbornyoung
Metzner Alchemical Divination Training, with Ralph Metzner
September 21-26, 2008
February 1-6, 2009
The Metzner Alchemical Divination® training is offered in three 5-day modular
workshops that can be taken in any sequence. In these workshops, participants
will experience the divinations for themselves as well as light-fire purifying
energy meditations (Agni Yoga); and they will practice guiding them for others
in dyads and small groups.
http://metzneralchemicaldivination.org/calendar.html
Making Money Make Change
October 2-5, 2008
A national gathering for young progressive people with wealth, creating space
to support and challenge each other to use our financial and other resources
to contribute to social change and join fully in movements of social justice.
http://www.makingmoneymakechange.org/
Meditation Specialist(TM) Certification
October 18–20, 2008
March 11-14, 2009
June 4-7, 2009
October 19-22, 2009
This four-part course for healthcare professionals provides in-depth training
in the theory, science, and practice of meditation therapy with a focus on the
use of meditation as a true healing science.
http://events.nursingspectrum.com/event.cfm?EID=596&type=Seminar
*** Special Events
An Evening of Native American Indian Poetry and Music
July 14, 2008
Seattle, Washington
A programme of music and poetry featuring lauded Native American poet Sharmagne
Leland-St. John; Paul Nyenhuis, creator of beautiful Native American flutes
and player of gentle, soulful, spiritual flute music; Silversong Belcourt, founder
of Honor Day; and Patricia Anne Davis, The Navajo Beauty Way.
http://www.ionsnw.org/Sharmagne_leland_st_john.htm
Teaching Hope: The Nonviolent Classroom
July 18-19, 2008
Oakland, California
with Marilyn Schlitz & Azim Khamisa
3rd Annual Summer Conference and Teacher Training presented by Educators for
Nonviolence.
http://www.noetic.org/events.cfm?Start=1&State=&View=431
Integral Education Seminar
August 1-6, 2008
Whidbey Island, Washington
Integral education stands out as one of the most pertinent and practical means
to create positive change in yourself and the world. This 5-day seminar will
bring educators together from around the globe, educators who are seeking the
necessary vision, skills, and processes to fully serve students and the world
that we inhabit.
http://www.i-edu.org
Three Modern Mystics: A Celebration of Living Consciously
August 9, 2008
San Rafael, California
with Neale Donald Walsch, Dr. Jean Houston & Joan Borysenko, PhD
Join these three visionary authors for a full day discussion of their leading
edge perspectives on the transformation of individual and collective consciousness,
and how we can apply them to our most pressing personal and social issues.
http://www.threemodernmystics.com
Integral Life For Generation Next Seminar
August 10-15, 2008
Santa Cruz, California
Are you between 18 and 35 years old? Come and explore:
* Community and relationships
* Livelihood and spirituality
* Integral Life Practice and leadership
* Perspective taking and stages of development
* Experience BIG MIND and shadow work
And have the time of your life networking with peers in the Redwoods of California!
http://www.i-next.org
Academy for Guided Imagery 20th Annual Conference: Imagery, Suggestion, Mind/Body
Medicine
Webcast available through August 15, 2008
with Jeanne Achterberg, Stanley Krippner, Dean Ornish, Andrew Weil, and more
Members and friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences are eligible for a 10%
discount off conference registration fees when they enter the IONS Co-Sponsor
Discount Code INS 0508 on the Webcast Registration Form at http://www.acadgi.com
Native American Indian Honor Day
August 16, 2008
Seattle, Washington
The Great Circle Ceremony of 2008 features the 'Hoop of Spiritual Leaders.'
It will be awakened August 16th at 11:30 am when all faiths will walk the circle
with the people. Native American Indian Honor Day, since 2000, provides for
all tribes and cultures to express what it is they honor in a good way that
benefits the whole.
http://www.ionsnw.org
Living Deeply: Transformation and Healing in Everyday Life
October 3-5, 2008
Big Sur, California
with Marilyn Schlitz & Cassandra Vieten
Opportunities to actively engage in your own transformation and that of our
world are woven into the fabric of everyday life. Learning more about the terrain
of consciousness transformation at this special workshop.
http://www.noetic.org/events.cfm?Start=1&State=&View=428
Living Deeply Signature Education Workshop
October 29-30, 2008
Vancouver, British Columbia
with Marilyn Schlitz & Cassandra Vieten
On Oct. 29, Dr. Marilyn Schlitz offers an interactive presentation based on
the book, Living Deeply, followed by a book signing. On Oct. 30 both presenters
facilitate the Living Deeply workshop through dialogue and direct experiences.
http://www.noetic.org/events.cfm?Start=1&State=&View=425
IONS Community "Consciousness Cruise"
November 15-20, 2008
San Diego, California
Travel the Mexican Riviera from San Diego, Cabo San Lucas, to Ensenada &
back. Enjoy five delightful days of relaxation, stimulation, sea, fun, meeting
kindred spirits, building life long friendships, great food, and spectacular
beauty...all for only $79 a day!
http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/6964
The Institute of Noetic Sciences' 13th International Conference
Toward a Global Shift: Seeding the Field of Collective Change
June 17-21, 2009
Tucson, Arizona
Save the date!
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Naropa University - http://www.naropa.edu/calendar/www/calendar.cfm
Omega Institute - http://www.eomega.org/omega/calendar/
Shift in Action - http://www.shiftinaction.com/meet
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VISIT THE BLEEPSTORE - http://www.Bleepstore.com/
Information * Community * Networking
At Bleepstore.com you can find inspiring, enlightening, and intriguing books,
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There are also articles and book and movie reviews from The Bleeping Herald as well as The Global Intelligencer.
*** Media Spotlight
The 2008 Shift Report: Changing the Story of Our Future
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of this year's Shift Report at the Bleepstore.
About the Report
Over the past several decades, new scientific discoveries along with a surge
in grassroots initiatives addressing social and economic injustices have begun
calling into question the view of the universe-and essentially of ourselves-as
ultimately cold and mechanistic. Revealing both the mysterious directionality
of the evolving cosmos and the irrepressible humanity within our own natures,
new evidence is emerging that we are innately capable of far more than we realize.
Yes, the evidence is compelling that the arc of the human species is on a self-destructive
decline, and yet once the pieces are put together, there is no denying that
another reality is fighting through the cracks of the dominant narrative. We
are just beginning to tap into our potential as human beings despite, or perhaps
because of, the multiple crises that we are facing.
For a more than 10 copy discount, contact Tiffany at tmitchell@noetic.org.
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