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October - December 2019

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National

Conscience Month Turn to page 8 to discover ways you can

Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide!

In Celebration of the 1st Annual National

Conscience Month Please Join Philosopher, Acclaimed Author, World Champion Gymnast

Watch for details at ConscienceMonth.org

DAN MILLMAN AND THE AMERICAN MEDITATION INSTITUTE

January 9, 2020 • 7pm COHOES MUSIC HALL 58 Remsen Street, Cohoes, NY A Special Screening of

PEACEFUL WARRIOR And a Practical Discussion on How to

“Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide” Movie trailer: https://vimeo.com/358826901

This event is FREE and limited to 375.

Tickets are required for admission

Tickets are available at EVENTBRITE.com, Cohoes Music Hall, and the American Meditation Institute

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A MI MEDITATION The Foundation Course of Yoga Science AMI Classes for October - December 2019

CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE –– CHANGE YOUR EXPERIENCE The Heart and Science of Yoga® Empowering Self-Care Program

Yoga Science • AMI Meditation • Breathing • Yoga Psychology • Ayurveda • Easy-Gentle Yoga

Study with a modern link in the world’s oldest health and wisdom tradition

Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev), AMI Founder

Five to six thousand years ago, certain women and men embarked on a journey of selfinquiry, self-discovery and self-care through self-direction. By experimenting with scientific meditation techniques, they learned how to establish a state of yoga (unity and balance) in mind, body and spirit. By their endeavors, these ancient explorers discovered the secret of happiness, health and security which ultimately evolved to become Yoga Science. Today, that ancient lineage of wisdom is represented by the practices and principles taught in this foundation course.

A MI MEDITATION’s Transformative Learning

What do you see? Two faces in silhouette, or a wine goblet? Both are there, but you can only see one at a time.

Most people see only one image unless they’re prompted to look again. The AMI MEDITATION course will enable you to see yourself and your world from a fresh perspective and with a higher purpose in mind. With this new, clearer vision you can begin to reliably access and employ your own inner wisdom from the superconscious mind. As your practice deepens, you’ll soon find yourself becoming more insightful, self-reliant and self-confident to make decisions that creatively resolve challenging situations and relationships.

Purposes of A MI MEDITATION Curriculum

The AMI MEDITATION course will not only teach you how to limit and eliminate stress.

It will help you create your own personal philosophy of life, and provide you the practical tools to make conscious, discriminating choices that will positively affect all your personal and professional relationships. The additional purposes of this course include: Strengthening your physical and psychological health Managing, reducing and transforming the energy of stress Honoring emotional and spiritual needs Fostering and sustaining relationships This curriculum is endorsed by medical pioneers

Dr. Oz (Mehmet Oz MD), Dean Ornish MD, Bernie Siegel MD, Larry Dossey MD 3

A MI MEDITATION: Case Study Results AMI Classes for October - December 2019

In 2008, AMI conducted a retrospective case study of participants who completed Leonard Perlmutter’s AMI MEDITATION Heart and Science of Yoga ® Self-Care Program.

The findings included these positive, life-enhancing, health-promoting changes: • Reduced cholesterol levels • Significant reductions in stress and fear • Improved energy levels • Diminished or extinguished • Increased creative capacity • Decreased anxiety and depression acute and chronic pain • Diminishment of migraine headaches • Lowered blood pressure • Weight loss • Decreases irritable bowel symptoms • Lowered heart rate • Increased breathing capacity • Enhanced happiness and optimism • Improved restorative sleep

Your Personal Yoga Science Tool Bag

The AMI MEDITATION course will provide you with a set of 36 essential survival tools. When you choose and employ the right tool in the situations you face, you’ll be able to transform the energy of stress into positive energy, will power and AMI creativity. The tools you receive will enable you to know the Yoga Science Tool Bag Truth of who you are, and with that profound knowledge, you’ll increasingly be able to make the best choices for reducing stress and enhancing your total well-being. By employing the tools learned in this course, you will be able to fulfill all your personal and professional commitments more effectively and rewardingly.

Curriculum Overview: A MI MEDITATION The curriculum for AMI MEDITATION is based on the award-winning book, The Heart and Science of Yoga® by Leonard Perlmutter

Seated AMI Meditation • Mantra Science Diaphragmatic Breathing • Yoga Psychology Mind Function Optimization • Easy-Gentle Yoga Lymph System Detox • Nutrition • Ayurvedic Medicine

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YOGA SCIENCE––WEEK 1 How to use the mind for the best choices How to create new, healthier habits Understanding pain as an agent for healing Increasing energy, will power & creativity Antidotes for worry, stress and depression AMI MEDITATION––WEEK 2 Systematic procedure for AMI Meditation Diminishing distractions with mantra science Learning the one-minute meditation Building focus, fearlessness, and strength BREATHING TECHNIQUES––WEEK 3 Breath as Medicine How breathing irregularities foster dis-ease Complete (three-part) yogic breath

YOGA PSYCHOLOGY & AYURVEDA––WEEK 4 How the mind supports optimal health The power of the present moment Building and healing relationships Introduction to Ayurveda EASY-GENTLE YOGA EXERCISES––WEEK 5 Yoga stretches to benefit: muscles, joints, glands and internal organs Physiological benefits of yoga postures MIND /BODY CARE PLAN––WEEK 6 The healing power of prayer The practical benefits of contemplation Creating a therapeutic care plan for yourself Learning to budget your time Integrating spiritual beliefs into daily life

Leonard Perlmutter AMI Founder

americanmeditation.org • Tel. (518) 674-8714

The AMI MEDITATION Foundation Course was developed and is taught by Leonard Perlmutter. Leonard is a noted educator, philosopher, Yoga scientist and founder of The American Meditation Institute. He is the author of The Heart and Science of Yoga® and the mind/body medicine journal, Transformation. He has studied in Rishikesh, India and is a direct disciple of Swami Rama of the Himalayas––the man who, in laboratory conditions at the Menninger Institute, demonstrated that blood pressure, heart rate and the autonomic nervous system can be voluntarily controlled. Leonard’s lectures are enlivened by his inspiring enthusiasm, vast experience, humor and clear teaching style. He has taught at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The New York Times Yoga Forum, Kaiser-Permanente and the U. S. Military Academy at West Point.

Inner Wisdom

Superconscious Mind

YOGA SCIENCE UNION

Outer Action

Thoughts Words Deeds

At the first class you will learn to create and employ your own “Bridge of Yoga.” Then, as your outer actions (thoughts, words and deeds) are based on your inner wisdom (conscience), you’ll always be led for your highest and greatest good. And there will be no cause for worry.

A MI MEDITATION Class Schedule and Accreditation

Medical Accreditation PHYSICIAN ACCREDITATION (15 CMEs)

americanmeditation.org/physician-cme This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Albany Medical College and The American Meditation Institute. Albany Medical College is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Albany Medical College designates this Live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NURSING CONTINUING EDUCATION (15 contact hours) americanmeditation.org/nursing-continuing-education This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Nurses Association Massachusetts (ANA MASS), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

UPCOMING CLASSES WEDNESDAY EVENINGS:

Ellis Medical Center 2nd floor, Rm 2500 103 Sitterly Road, Clifton Park, NY

Oct 30-Nov 27 TUESDAY EVENINGS:

American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY

Nov 12-Dec 17

6:30-9:00pm, $595.

(6 WKS)

Physicians $895; PAs, NPs: $795; RNs: $695

Required Texts: The Heart and Science of Yoga ® The Art of Joyful Living

Registration Includes: Lifelong support, a 20-minute CD & digital Guided Meditation, a copy of The Physiology of EasyGentle Yoga, and a complementary subscription to AMI’s quarterly publication, Transformation, the journal of meditation as mind/body medicine.

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

Call us to discuss how your Health Insurance plan might cover this program.

STILL NOT SURE? Call Leonard for a free personal consultation at (518) 674-8714.

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Final Notice!

Registration is still open. Don’t miss this opportunity.

2019 PHYSICIANS’ 31 CME CONFERENCE

Breath Exercises from AMI’s 2018 Conference

Explore the natural beauty of autumn in the Berkshires.

Enjoy scenic views & breathtaking foliage.

Reinvigorate yourself with luxurious spa treatments and other amenities.

Learn how to rediscover your love of medicine and life from a renowned faculty.

Cranwell Resort & Spa, Lenox, MA

OCTOBER 22-26, 2019 For Details: (518) 674-8714

americanmeditation.org/cme Delicious Gourmet Plant-Based Vegetarian Cuisine

Meditation • Mantra Science • Chakras Diaphragmatic Breathing • Neuroplasticity Yoga Psychology • Ayurvedic Medicine Mind Function Optimization • Easy-Gentle Yoga Lymph System Detox • Yoga Nidra • Nutrition

Practices to Relieve Physician Burnout The AMI Core Curriculum is also endorsed by:

Dr. Oz (Mehmet Oz MD), Dean Ornish MD Bernie Siegel MD, Larry Dossey MD

Directions to A MI • 60 Garner Road

I-90 Exit #8 (Rt. 43 E). Take Rt. 43 for 4 1/2 miles. In W. Sand Lake, turn right at light onto Rt. 150. Go 1 mile on Rt. 150. Turn left turn on Cnty Rd #52/Sheer Rd (at stone wall). Go 1 mile on Sheer Rd and bear left at fork onto Garner Rd. AMI is the 3rd house on the right.

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Ne w ! YOGA SCIENCE LAB

How to Practice Meditation-in-Action

Valerie Chakedis, Bob Iwaniec DC, Doreen Howe Mary Holloway MT and André Tremblay

Prerequisite: Completion of AMI Meditation

LEVEL II: In this new, interactive workshop you’ll take all the tools and knowledge you learned in the AMI Meditation course and put them into practice by conducting your own “Meditation-In-Action” experiments. Using a game board to facilitate learning, you’ll discover how easy, rewarding and fun this process can be. This is a supportive environment where you’ll receive continual, positive feedback from group leaders and participants.

As you experiment with the Truth of the conscience (buddhi), you’ll develop decisionmaking skills that will enhance your confidence in all relationships. The course provides a Yoga Science notebook, handouts and practical insights for daily living.

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THURSDAY NIGHTS, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, $125. (2 WKS) NOV 14 AND 21

YOGA PSYCHOLOGY BHAGAVAD GITA STUDY

*LEVEL II: This course presents the profound Leonard (Ram Lev) and Jenness Perlmutter

Available by CDL (Computer Distance Learning)

teachings of the Bhagavad Gita as a handbook on the science of life and the art of living. If you are seeking a manual or guide for the supreme task of living in the world today, this class is invaluable.

MONDAY NIGHTS, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, $150. (6 WKS) NOV 11 - DEC 16; JAN 6 - FEB 10

MORNING YOGA FOR FIFTY PLUS Melanie (Uma) Gloeckner RYT

Level I: Yoga for healthy aging focuses on developing increased flexibility and strength, improved balance, endurance and breath, reduced stress, relaxation and greater energy.

WED. MORNINGS, 9:45-11:15AM ($40-$50/MONTH) OCT––DEC No experience necessary. Drop-Ins $15.

AMI Classes for October - December 2019

MAKING THE BEST CHOICES

10 Indispensable Keys for Inspired Decision-Making

Leonard (Ram Lev) and Jenness Perlmutter

Available by CDL (Computer Distance Learning) Now available online. Call 518.674.8714 for details.

Level II : This course offers 10 practical guidelines for better decision-making. Known as the Yamas and Niyamas, these tools will help you reliably access your own intuitive wisdom to resolve every issue skillfully. These time-honored guidelines will teach you how to transform the contractive power of unhelpful, stress-provoking, negative emotions and habits into an expansive, creative and dynamic force. Real-life issues will be examined, including home, family, friends, work, recreation and death.

THURSDAY NIGHTS, 6:30 - 8:30PM, $125 (3 WKS) OCT 3 - 17

ADVANCED TANTRIC HEALING “Yoga Nidra” Practices To Benefit Mind and Body

Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev) –– AMI Founder

LEVEL II: This advanced two-week course provides important instruction on employing the subtle energy healing of Tantra, a system of powerfully effective tools for self-care and stress management. Each week you will be taught new skills that reduce the effects of stress, illness and physical exhaustion by purifying the mind and body. These deeply therapeutic practices minimize tension, facilitate energy flow, calm and train the mind, awaken creativity, enhance memory and retard the aging and disease processes by boosting the body’s innate healing wisdom. This course will provide complete instruction in the practices of yoga nidra, shitali karana, shavayatra, trataka and tantric visualization.

THURSDAY NIGHTS, 6:30 - 8:30PM, $125 (2 WKS) DEC 5 & 12

This class is open to the general public and recommended for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

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Want to grow Conscience Month Awareness?

Here are three ways:

1. Let us know if you would like to help and/or sponsor an event where you live.

2. Email us the name, address and contact person of an organization you believe might be interested in participating in the 1st annual National Conscience Month.

3. Send us your novel suggestion to grow Conscience Month awareness.

info@ConscienceMonth.org Tel. (518) 674-8714

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National Conscience Month JANUARY 2020

Do you want to create a world with more Understanding, Acceptance, Civility, Kindness, Compassion, Security, Health, Happiness, Love and Peace?

You can do it –– but only when you

Let Your CONSCIENCE be Your Guide!

You know what your Conscience is, right? Everybody has one.

It’s your inner voice that knows which thoughts, words and deeds are best.

Using the Conscience is essential for making good choices.

What is Conscience Month?

The first observance of National Conscience Month begins January 1, 2020. This new tradition, created by American Meditation Institute founders Leonard and Jenness Perlmutter, is devoted to educating and inspiring people of all ages and from all walks of life to follow the cheerful advice of Jiminy Cricket: “Let your Conscience be your guide!”

Inspiration

The inspiration for Conscience Month is the Yoga Science “Law of Karma” which states simply that thoughts lead to words, actions and, eventually, to consequences. This law of cause and effect embraced by all great scientists, from Sir Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and today’s quantum physicists, is as true and unavoidable as the Law of Gravity.

For thousands of years women and men have experimented with employing and respecting the Conscience as their personal, always-available and ever-reliable guide in choosing their best thoughts, words and actions. And what did they discover by regularly using their Conscience?

They felt better physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Old wounds healed, healthy relationships grew even stronger, and new, rewarding ones were born. They experienced the great reward of finding and serving a higher purpose in all of life.

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Now you and the world can benefit when you use your Conscience!

Just Follow Leonard Perlmutter’s Easy Step-by-Step Guide

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To Coordinate the Four Functions of the Mind

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Easy Step-by-Step Guide AMERICAN MEDITATION INSTITUTE’S

Just start HERE!

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#1. CONSCIENCE

The mind’s ability to Discriminate, Determine, Judge & Decide

Like a continuously broadcast radio signal, your Conscience can reliably advise you which thoughts to think, words to speak and actions to take that will enable you to live your life in freedom. Yoga Science calls this invaluable function of the mind buddhi, and early Christian traditions called it the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost. In the movie, “Pinocchio,” it was named Jiminy Cricket.

Everyone has a Conscience. It’s one of four functions of the human mind. But when we don’t use it regularly, its quiet voice gets overpowered by the more insistent voices of the Ego, Logic-Senses, and Unconscious.

Although their advice can be helpful, it can also prove unrewarding or painful because it’s based on only a limited perspective.

The Conscience, however, is the only function of mind with a panoramic view, the unique ability to discriminate objectively, and decide appropriately what’s to be done and what’s not to be done. That critically important, far-reaching power is available to every human being and operates as a mirror. The Conscience can access unerring intuitive wisdom from the Superconscious Mind, and reflect that Perfect insight into our Conscious Mind. When we routinely let the Conscience be our guide, we learn by personal experience that what it says is true. The only question that remains is: Do we have the will

CONSCIENCE This is How We Receive Inner Wisdom

Superconscious Mind Inner Wisdom from the

CONSCIENCE

Serves as a Mirror

Also known as: Buddhi Holy Spirit Jiminy Cricket

e CONSCIENCE serves as a mirror.

It accesses Perfect Wisdom from the Superconscious Mind and reflects it into the everyday operations of our Conscious Mind.

Into our

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power to align our thoughts, words and actions with the wise and good counsel of the Conscience.

The idea that the Conscience can reflect infallible wisdom from the Superconscious Mind is not a figment of the imagination.

This Superconscious Mind is real, the source from which Albert Einstein saw mathematical equations, and Paul McCartney hears beautiful melodies. Albert Einstein himself clearly stated that, “A problem cannot be solved on the level at which it appears. It must be solved on a higher level.” The “higher level” that Einstein referred to is the intuition brought into our Conscious Mind through the Conscience.

But here’s our challenge: If we continue to accept the inflated promises from the culture, senses, unconscious habits and ego, without seeking the wise counsel of the Conscience, we only guarantee ourselves future forms of dis-ease or pain. The only way to know for certain what’s to be done and what’s not to be done in each moment is to follow the wisdom of the Conscience.

When we let the Conscience choose our thoughts, words and deeds, our lives are definitely more healthy, happy, creative, and productive, and more free of stress and pain.

such as: good or bad, praise or blame, winning or losing, pleasant or unpleasant. The Ego’s insistent voice can be valid and useful.

We all know, for example, we need a healthy ego to skillfully drive a car. But in certain situations the Ego’s inherent biases must be overruled. Left unchecked, the often-wrong but never-in-doubt Ego can waste a lot of our energy and creativity chasing the nonexistent gold at the end of every rainbow.

#3. LOGIC-SENSES

Sight, Smell, Taste, Hearing, Touch

Seeking happiness and security, the mind’s Logic-Senses function employs the organs of sight, taste, smell, hearing and touch. The senses quite spontaneously expend our creative energy because it is their nature to do so. They scour the world for anything that delights or promises safety. Then, taking its cue from each suggested thought, desire, emotion and concept, this Logic function continually asks the question, “Should I do it, or should I not do it?”

#2. EGO

Creates “Likes and Dislikes” and assumes responsibility for self-preservation

The Ego’s primary responsibility is preserving and protecting our individual mind-bodysense complex. Motivated by that important mission, the Ego narrowly defines choices in terms of various forms of “likes” and “dislikes” 10

#4. UNCONSCIOUS

Habits & Concepts about Self-Preservation

The Unconscious portion of the mind is analogous to a computer’s hard drive. It’s a reservoir of all our habit patterns, including

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both those that serve us well and some that don’t. It’s a storehouse of information useful in fulfilling all the desires and concepts the Ego has deemed essential to self-preservation.

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Now that you’re familiar with the Four Functions of the Mind, you need to coordinate them, so the Conscience can be their guide –– and yours as well!

Conscience

Ego

LogicSenses

COORDINATING

Unconscious

The Four Functions of Mind

To Make the Best Choices & Outcomes

With the information collected from the Ego, Senses and Unconscious Mind, the Logic function of the mind presents two possible choices for consideration. It begins by saying, “You have two basic alternatives. There is alternative A, which will probably result in consequences one, two, three and four, and there is alternative B, which will probably result in a different set of consequences one, two, three and four. Kindly make a decision and take an action.”

After the Logic-Senses function of the mind concludes its monologue on alternatives and consequences, it waits a bit for our decision. If none is forthcoming, it automatically begins again. “You have two basic choices: alternative A with certain consequences and alternative B with certain other consequences. Have you made a decision yet?”

Without a decision, the Logic-Senses function of the mind repeats again and again, “You have two choices: A or B. Will you do it, or will you not do it? Will it be A or B? A or B? A or B?” The relentless repetition is at first annoying, then frustrating, and eventually, exhausting. The doubt and indecision play on like an old broken record, and this inability or unwillingness to make a decision based on the available information is a major cause of stress in our lives.

The Logic of the mind works like a computer. No matter how sophisticated and swift its operation, the computer is always dealing with one solitary question: yes or no? one or zero?. The cumulative contributions of the Ego, Logic-Senses, and Unconscious are vital, but as with the computer, none of these functions of the human mind have any capacity to decide what’s to be done, and what’s not to be done. That work is the exclusive purview of the Conscience. Now comes the really interesting part.

Fortunately for us, our mind comes equipped with a Conscience, the only function of the mind that can discriminate, determine, judge and decide. But in order for us to apply the wisdom of the Conscience, and benefit from its wisdom in every relationship, we need to parent the Ego, Senses and Unconscious Mind by convincing them to support the unerring wisdom of the Conscience. That’s easy when the Conscience agrees with the Ego, Senses and Unconscious Mind. But when the Conscience disagrees with their limited or flawed perspectives, we need to lovingly encourage them to set aside their old, habitual reactions––just for the sake of a scientific experiment: trusting the Conscience.

When you begin to follow the advice of Jiminy Cricket, and “Let your Conscience be your guide,” you will undoubtedly be asked to give up a few old habits that conflict with your own Inner Wisdom. But, don’t take on too much too soon. Trying to tackle powerful, emotionally charged habit patterns right 11

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away would definitely not be kind to you.

Instead, choose just one seemingly insignificant old habit that would be relatively easy to give up. Perhaps you’ll let go of a second cup of coffee in the morning, or half a cookie with lunch. Maybe you’ll give up snoozing that extra ten minutes in the morning, or the habit of not brushing your teeth after every meal. Remember, if your experiment is easy, it will be right. And if it’s right, it will be easy.

Step by step, as you let your Conscience be your guide, you, and all four functions of

your mind will reliably experience the pleasure and reward of doing what’s to be done, and not doing what’s not to be done. As you more frequently let the Conscience be your guide, you’ll be creating the new habit of trusting and employing the Conscience, and as a result, your entire mind-body-sense complex will feel better physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. And the world will benefit as well.

But the undisputed proof of that bold statement can only be discovered through your willingness to do the experiments.

Experiment Every Day Using Your Conscience

Unless a mirror is cleaned regularly, dust and debris accumulate on its surface and obscure the mirror’s reflective quality. Similarly, when we don’t establish and maintain the habit of using our Conscience regularly, its ability to reflect Inner Wisdom from the Superconscious mind is compromised. In such cases, the Conscience still retains the power to discriminate, determine, judge and decide, but without its access to Superconscious wisdom, only the relatively loud, and insistent voices of the Ego, Senses and Unconscious mind can be heard and considered. As a consequence, the Conscience will still make the final decision of what to do and what not to do, but its decisions will be made on the basis of limited and possibly faulty input. However, each time you use your Conscience, you’re cleaning the mirror that can guide you in every relationship and circumstance.

One of the most meaningful ways you can personally experience the benefits of Conscience Month is to experiment using your own Conscience when deciding which thoughts to think, words to speak and actions to take. Remember, your Conscience knows that not everything you “like” is good for you, and that everything you “dislike” isn’t always bad for you. So begin by choosing to experiment with small, relatively easy decisions, and within hours you’ll be feeling positive about yourself, more self-confident, self-reliant, and grateful for the love and kindness you are offering to yourself and to the world.

Here are a Few Easy Experiments You Can Try.

1. Use your Conscience to experiment with giving up a food that does not love you, in favor of eating food that does love you––food that loves your eyes, brain, lungs, heart, liver, gall bladder, joints, etc.

2. Ask your Conscience if you should brush your teeth after a meal, and then follow its advice.

3. If you need good sleep, heed the Conscience when it says not to have a cup of coffee at 9PM. 4. Follow the Conscience if it advises you not to eat while reading, answering emails or watching TV. 6. STOP, and defer to the better judgment of your Conscience whenever anger or fear arises.

7. Let your Conscience guide you away from conversations or acts that are hurtful to another person.

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How You Can Help Celebrate Conscience Month

Spread the word: Be part of the positive change with friends, family and colleagues: follow AMI and Conscience Month on all social media. Like and share our posts, and don’t forget to tag using hashtag #consciencemonth when you post.

Encourage your organization and employer: We offer educational materials and newsletter content for your company or organization.

Be an inspiration: Share your experiences of using your Conscience on our website.

Attend an event: Visit our website for a calendar of Conscience Month events including movie showings, discussion groups, contests and more.

Create your own event: For example, host a

“Peaceful Warrior” movie showing (look for a discussion guide and ideas on our website).

Movie Trailer: https://vimeo.com/358826901 Book club event: The Heart and Science of Yoga by Leonard Perlmutter, Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman.

Temporary Branding Change: Change your online branding to include: “Celebrate Conscience Month ” and “Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide.”

Community Service: Host small movie screenings of “Peaceful Warrior” or “Pinocchio” (depending on audience age) in local schools, libraries or community centers. “Pinocchio” Movie Trailer: https://vimeo.com/359064445.

The conscience makes it possible to go beyond animal habit to experience your rewarding destiny as an instrument of Divine wisdom.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

Conscience Quotes

Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

Pope John Paul II

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.

Mahatma Gandhi

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

Thomas Merton

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Benjamin Franklin

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

George Washington

Conscience is the human compass.

Vincent Van Gogh

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

Madame de Stael

The American people want something terse, forcible, picturesque, striking - something that will arrest their attention, enlist their sympathy, arouse their indignation, stimulate their imagination, convince their reason, awaken their conscience.

Joseph Pulitzer

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Harper Lee

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashion.

Lillian Hellman

Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, you will be headed in the right direction.

Antonin Scalia

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

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OCTOBER 2019

OCT 2- OCT 30: MORNING YOGA FOR 50 PLUS see p. 6 Wed. Mornings, 9:45 - 11:00 AM (5 wks)

OCT 3 - 17: BEST CHOICES

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Thurs. Nights, 6:30 - 8:30 PM (3 wks)

see p. 3-5

OCT 30 - DEC 4: AMI MEDITATION

Wed. Nights, 6:30-9:00 PM (6 wk) Ellis Medicine, Clifton Park

NOVEMBER 2019

NOV 6- NOV 27: MORNING YOGA FOR 50 PLUS see p. 6 Wed. Mornings, 9:45 - 11:00 AM (4 wks)

NOV 11- DEC 16: GITA/YOGA PSYCHOLOGY see p.6 Mon. Nights, 6:30 - 8:30 PM (6 wks)

NOV 12- DEC 17: AMI MEDITATION see p. 3-5

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Tues. Nights, 6:30-9:00 PM (6 wk) AMI Center, Averill Park

NOV 14 & 21: YOGA SCIENCE LAB

see p.6

Thurs. Nights, 6:30 - 18:30 PM (2 weeks)

DECEMBER 2019

DEC 4- DEC 18: MORNING YOGA FOR 50 PLUS see p. 6 Wed. Mornings, 9:45 - 11:00 AM (3 wks)

NOW AVAILABLE AMI Bookstore Barnes & Noble Amazon.com All Fine Booksellers

DEC 5 & 12: ADVANCED TANTRIC HEALING Thurs. Nights, 6:30 - 8:30 PM (2 wks)

see p. 7

JANUARY 2020

JAN 6- FEB 10: GITA/YOGA PSYCHOLOGY see p.6 Mon. Nights, 6:30 - 8:30 PM (6 wks)

JAN 8- JAN 29: MORNING YOGA FOR 50 PLUS see p. 6

SAVE THIS DATE!

Wed. Mornings, 9:45 - 11:00 AM (4 wks)

JAN 18 - FEB 22: AMI MEDITATION

see p. 3-5

Sat. Mornings, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM (6 wks, Averill Park)

20th Annual Heart and Science of Yoga”

AMI SUMMER RETREAT with Leonard Perlmutter

View retreat video: americanmeditation.org/summer-retreat

July 16-19, 2020 18 CMEs

American Meditation Institute

Bringing Yoga Science to Life October - December, 2019 • Vol. XXIII No. 1 ©2019 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY 12018

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“A satellite has no inner guidance to determine its destiny.

You, however, can escape the failings of the culture and thrive in the world, simply by letting the conscience be your guide in thought, word and deed.”

Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)

1st Annual

NATIONAL CONSCIENCE MONTH consciencemonth.org January 2020 • ConscienceMonth.org

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