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AFTER DEATH COMMUNICATION

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SUBSCRIPTIONS New Consciousness Review is a quarterly publication promoting the ideas, the people and the media driving the conscious awakening. Subscribe for free at http://issuu.com and view the archives on www.ncreview.com ADVERTISING For all advertising enquiries, call 503-892-3300 or email info@ncreview.com SUBMISSIONS To submit your work for review or interview or to submit articles, visit our website or email us at info@ncreview.com STAFF Publisher & Editor - Miriam Knight Reviews Editor – Julie Clayton Reviewers – Cynthia Sue Larson, Kandy Williams, Diane Holcomb, Lamisha Serf Production Design  - Neboysa Dolovacki NewConsciousness Review PO Box 80547,  Portland, OR 97280 Tel: 503-892-3300 Web: www.ncreview.com  Email: info@ncreview.com

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CONTENTS 9

6 FROM THE EDITOR HEALTH 9 THE DISEASE DELUSION The Functional Medicine revolution with Dr. Jeffrey Bland 10 RADICAL REMISSION Surviving Cancer Against All Odds by Kelly Turner 12 YOUR SECOND BRAIN Digestive Intelligence with Dr. Irina Matveikova 13 INDUCED AFTER DEATH COMMUNICATION Dr. Allan Botkin cures PTSD INSPIRATION 15 BECOMING WHO YOU WERE BORN TO BE Mark Nepo discusses life 17 WILD CREATIVE Igniting Your Passion with Tami Lynn Kent 19 WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT FAIL? Transforming fear by Nina Lesowitz 20 THE PARLIAMENT OF POETS Frederick Glaysher’s Epic Poem METAREALITY 23 SUPERNORMAL About Science and Psychic Abilities by Dean Radin 25 JOHN OF GOD Filming the Brazilian Healer with Gail Thackray

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27 PERCEPTUAL INTEGRATION How Awakening works by Gary Sherman OUR WORLD 29 TAKE THE RED PILL ...and Cure Global Warming by Andrew Cusik 30 OPEN-SOURCE EVERYTHING A manifesto by Robert Steele 33 HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM by John Hope Bryant 36 REVIEWERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT FEATURES 39 Cups of Consciousness with Aleya Dao You Are Perfect 40 Many Ways to Awakening by Miriam Knight 43 Creating the Future with Open Source Everything by Robert David Steele 47 Change the Way You Sing and Talk by Kara Johnstad 52 A New Dawn of Consciousness The Shift to Soul Health by Dr. Katherine Kelly 54 The New Human by John C. Robinson, Ph.D., D.Min. 58 LUMINARY VOICES SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS CATALOGUE

FROM THE EDITOR

fter selling the print magazine I published for seven years, I turned to the web and started up New Consciousness Review. With virtually no limitations as to space and distribution, we were able to showcase hundreds and then thousands of books, DVDs, music and spoken word CDs as an online review site. Three years we added NCR Radio to the mix, and our weekly podcasts have earned us both satisfaction and recognition. With the new technologies exploding on the scene, I dreamed of a multimedia review magazine that was able to combine the best of print, audio and video in one exciting interactive publication that would be available around the world and could even be printed-on-demand. The dream morphed into reality, and I expect that it will continue to evolve as both consciousness and technology evolve. New Consciousness Review will continue to provide authoritative reviews and highly regarded interviews for both established and emerging authors, filmmakers, and musicians who are contributing to the planetary awakening. Our content is intended to raise consciousness of our nature as multidimensional beings and of our responsibility for making wiser choices and living in harmony with each other and the planet. In these pages you will find an exciting mix of reviews, interviews, articles, audio and video. Hopefully we will engage your curiosity, expand your perspectives, and whet your appetite to explore the mind-expanding archives on our website, ncreview.com. We may even inspire you to invite these inspirational authors and musicians to your next event, or attend one of their workshops. I hope you will enjoy this, our inaugural issue, and be sure to subscribe to get it regularly. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to mention that while this is a labor of love we also need your support to keep it going, so please check out the advertising and promotion options on our website, or contact us HERE. (editor@ncreview.com) You can send Letters to the Editor, suggestions, articles and enquiries to me at editor@ncreview.com. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to hear from you! Also, if you love to read and express your thoughts well, we would really love for you to join our team of reviewers. Drop us a note to reviews@ncreview.com. Keep learning and live joyfully, Miriam

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HEALTH REVIEW

The Disease Delusion: Conquering the Causes of Chronic Illness for a Healthier, Longer, and Happier Life by Dr Jeffrey S Bland

believe that this book represents an important watershed in medical thinking. The delusion referred to in the title is that good medical practice is about finding the right drug to treat the symptoms of any given disease. Dr. Bland, who is a proponent of functional medicine, suggests otherwise. His subversive platform is to find and treat the underlying causes of the chronic and debilitating diseases that are making life a lot less fun for a rapidly growing majority of the population. The explosive increase of cancers, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, autoimmune diseases and the like, has been blamed on the genetic lottery. It turns out however, that genes respond to their environment - internal and external. The growing science of epigenetics demonstrates that genes’ expression can be turned ON AND OFF by environmental factors like stress, toxins, and nutrition (or lack of it.) The changes caused can even be passed down to subsequent generations. This is mind-blowing information, because it implies that by changing the environment of the body, you can change the susceptibility to these diseases. A very important point that he makes is that the causes of our chronic diseases are as individual as we are. The “cures” need to be tailored to the particular circumstances of our life and physiology. One only needs to listen to the side effects in

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the drug ads on TV to realize that taking them is like playing Russian roulette. Not surprisingly, nutrition is at the heart of his program. As Hippocrates said, “Let food be your medicine and medicine your food.” He has a 4R program to get one back on track: Remove - your specific allergens like gluten, dairy, shellfish, etc.; Replace – enzymes that have become insufficient; Reinoculate – the gut bacteria that have been killed off by antibiotics and toxins; Repair – with nutritional supplements. Detoxifying and de-stressing are also right up there. Bland provides self-assessment questionnaires to help you pinpoint your own areas of sensitivity and suggests protocols to address them. He also stresses the value of having the supervision of an enlightened medical practitioner, but the 80:20 rule probably works here as well. Anyone with the self-discipline to read and apply the principles in this book should reap major health benefits – both in terms of healing existing conditions and preventing more serious ones down the line. This is just a small taste of the gems in this comprehensive book. I can only hope that the solid science presented here will make its way into the conventional medical education curriculum. It might even help take general medicine back to its roots of “do no harm.” Review by Miriam Knight

HEALTH REVIEW

Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds by Kelly A Turner, PhD

Hats off to Kelly Turner for her objective investigation of the factors behind so-called spontaneous remissions of advanced cancer.

his paradigm-shifting book provides radically new perspectives on what should be considered important in treating cancer. Many of the case studies are taken from people who have gone through the best that Western medicine can offer, and when they were sent home to die had nowhere else to turn but to their own research and determination to live. Others rejected radiation and chemotherapy at the outset. The stories in the book detail the steps taken by each individual to overturn their prognosis, and awaken the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing ability to repair itself. What is so fascinating is that of the nine key factors in radical remission identified in the course of research, only two are physical â&#x20AC;&#x201C; diet and supplements. All the rest have to do with the changing the emotional state of the individual. It has become common knowledge that sugars, refined grains, hydrogenated fats and pesticides are bad for the body, but stress,

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isolation and repressed anger, it turns out, can be just as toxic. The implications for both treatment and prevention of cancers are profound. With the probability that over 1 in 3 people in the US will develop cancer in their lifetime, truly this is a book that needs to be read by medical professionals and laypeople alike. Review by Miriam Knight

With the probability that over 1 in 3 people in the US will develop cancer in their lifetime, truly this is a book that needs to be read by medical professionals and laypeople alike.

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HEALTH INTERVIEW

Your Second Brain

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Dr. Irina Matveikova is an internationally recognized teacher and lecturer in digestive health and

functional nutrition.

he speaks to us from her clinic in Barcelona, Spain, explaining what can go wrong with our digestion, why, and how to fix it. Medically trained, but with an alternative perspective, she provides a balanced and integrative view of the best ways to bring the body back into balance and halt or even reverse the ravages of aging and the modern lifestyle. Today we discuss her book, Digestive Intelligence, a Holistic View of Your Second Brain.

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HEALTH

Induced After Death Communication with

Dr. Allan Botkin I

Induced after-death communication (IADC) is a real breakthrough in the fields of grief and trauma therapy.

llan L. Botkin, a Doctor of Psychology, worked for 20 years at a VA hospital and specialized in treating PTSD among combat veterans. He discovered that a variation of EMDR, or eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, reliably induced after-death communications in his patients, giving them dramatic relief from the anger, guilt and sadness they had been carrying. He has since expanded the use of the technique with impressive results, which are described in his book, Induced After Death Communication. Dr. Botkin’s websites are induced-adc. com and for veterans and their families: healingafterthewar.org

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INSPIRATION REVIEW

The Endless Practice: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be by Mark Nepo

This is a book to be slowly savored. Mark Nepo is a master of the human condition, which he reflects back to us with deep compassion.

Drawing from every hue of spiritual tradition, he paints our struggles, pain, and joy with vivid strokes. Going from micro to macro, from the fears and weaknesses of everyday life to the sweep of human consciousness at its grandest, most inclusive and unbounded, his verbal artistry is as compelling as his spiritual vision of universal humanity. He sees into our souls and reflects them to us as incubators of our magnificence and perfection. With the compassion of one who has suffered pain that brought him to the brink of eternity, he leads us gently to an acceptance of ourselves as we are, and an appreciation of the gifts we bring to the world. He urges us to life fully and not die with our songs unsung. He inspires us to transcend the limitations imposed on us by our fears – of failure, of being different, of being not enough. He poetic prose recounts tales of sages

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and sinners from many traditions and cultures, illuminating and anchoring one lesson after another. There are suggestions for reflection at the end of each chapter that make you want to sit back, close your eyes and just contemplate. This is a life-affirming guide to the soul’s awakening. Reviewed by Miriam Knight

This is a lifeaffirming guide to the soul’s awakening.

INSPIRATION INTERVIEW

The Endless Practice

with

Mark Nepo

MARK NEPO, IS A POET AND PHILOSOPHER WHO HAS TAUGHT IN THE FIELDS OF POETRY AND SPIRITUALITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

e is the author of 15 books, including The Book of Awakening - a New York Times #1 bestseller, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen, which won the 2012 Books for a Better Life Award, The Exquisite Risk, and his new book of spiritual inquiry, The Endless Practice: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be.. Mark has appeared several times with Oprah Winfrey on her Super Soul Sunday program on OWN TV, and will be part of Oprahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming The Life You Want Weekend Tour.

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INSPIRATION REVIEW

Wild Creative:

Igniting Your Passion and Potential in Work, Home, and Life by Tami Lynn Kent This is a how-to book about unleashing the creative potential within yourself. With her deep understanding of energy and how it flows, the author weaves a narrative full of anecdotes, exercises, and timeless words of wisdom. This is a truly inspired creation that will awaken the wild creative within anyone who reads this book with the intention of inhabiting the fullness of who they are.

he author, with her background in physical therapy, now runs a holistic healthcare practice that does energy work on its clients. From her experiences working with both the energy of others through her practice and also with her own, the author has gained wisdom about energy dynamics that she shares in her book using examples from both her life and her clients to illustrate. She also shares her wisdom through a series of comprehensive exercises that invite the reader to find their own creative center. The authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective is engaging and insightful. She has a clear understanding about energy and how it flows through us to create our lives that seems so lacking and little understood in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world. More books are needed like this one to help people understand energy dynamics and why this understanding will lead them to fearlessly following the natural flow of their lives, wherever it may lead because they trust in the flow of spirit. This book is highly recommended for anyone who wants to tap into the creative energy field that surrounds us and flows through us and enables us when fully utilized to live a life beyond our wildest dreams.

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INSPIRATION REVIEW

What Would You Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail?: HOW TO TRANSFORM FEAR INTO COURAGE

by Nina Lesowitz EVERY DAY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE FACED WITH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT CAN LEAD TO FEAR, DEPRESSION, AND OVERWHELM; YET MANY OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH EACH SITUATION WITH UNCANNY COURAGE AND STRENGTH.

when faced with adversity.

hat Would You Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail shares a number of those stories in a way that will inspire readers to dig deep for their own courage

With a wide variety of experiences that include everything from financial woes to the death of a loved one, this book has something for everyone. Each story is unique and is followed by a power practice that provides additional practical insight and wisdom that readers can apply to their own lives. What Would You Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail is more than just a compilation of inspirational stories as it reminds us that when faced with difficult challenges in life, we all have more strength and courage than we think. The ability to persevere is one of the many things that connect us.

Review by Lamisha Serf

The ability to persevere is one of the many things that connect us.

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INSPIRATION REVIEW

The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem by Frederick Glaysher

he Parliament of Poets is an exquisitely rendered epic poem that weaves ancient and contemporary vision into the heart of modern darkness and the light of eternal hope. The author writes himself into the narrative, a present-day unsung poet spirited to the moon, where poets, bards, and minstrels (major and minor) from all cultures and ages have convened, called by Lord Apollo. The assembly gathers and Cervantes (best known for his magnum opus Don Quixote) proclaims: “In high consultation, we shall find the way back home, to the depths of man’s soul, what we have known and sung about for our peoples, that they might find wisdom through delight.” The parliament agrees they will help “Persona,” the would-be poet, by guiding him on his journey of seeking and questions—to learn from the spiritual and wisdom traditions the global vision that will remind Mankind how to “walk the good road again.” Persona departs from the moon and traverses the multiverse, returning four times to

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Earth’s seven continents, escorted by and peopled with “old friends, long known, but never met face to face.” The author’s intimate encounters with these familiar masters are elegantly and beautifully conveyed through shades of meaning, nuanced references that acquaint—or reacquaint—us with their poetic personage Readers are transported into the heart and mind of Cervantes, the wisdom of Job, to the ancient cave of Lescaux and the Valley of a Thousand Temples, from riding moonbeams to the red-stained stream of human civilization clogged with bodies; we greet

INSPIRATION Virgil and Homer, Dante and Milton, Rumi and Hafiz, Du Fu and Basho, poets of the Ramayana and griots from Africa, shamans from Indonesia and Australia, Murasaki Shikibu, Emily Dickenson and Jane Austen, Hayden and Tennyson, Chief Seattle and Black Elk, Rumi and Milarepa, Shakespeare, Celtic Merlin…and so many other keepers of the living presence. The power of women and the feminine spirit weaves throughout—the freestanding muse, goddess, and Earth Mother to all things sacred; witness to the Truth. Science, religion, culture, and the humanities is another collective theme undergirding the writing. Although the cast of characters is primarily disembodied spirits, this epic presents wholly perceptible concerns about the meaning of modernity (“a shallow culture undermines everything”), as well as the flourishing of the human spirit, using modern and accessible language and traditional iambic verse. However, the experience of reading this book defies attempts to describe it: poetry, like any art,

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means many things to many people. For this reader it was like being enfolded into a glorious, celestial, orchestral song in which every instrument is finely tuned, timed, and vital to the whole, with different melodies coming together as a single motion to do something none of them could do alone. “Always the world awaits the poet who can find the right words, more so now than ever,” says Tolstoy, final words of counsel to Persona after his many crossings. In this book are such words and the author, like Gandhi, must surely be “wrapped in selfless practice”—dedicating thirty years of his life to finding them on our behalf. Parliament of Poets is a worthy literary masterpiece, the author a curator of the human story, and the book a living cultural artifact. Once read, you know your life was impoverished without it.

Review By Julie Clayton

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“Sonja Grace is a brilliant light that just happens to be on Earth. Her love permeates the room and her energy transforms the audience. She is a true life earth angel and a real gift to this world.” - Coast to Coast A.M. and Beyond Belief host George Noory

METAREALITY REVIEW

Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities by Dr. Dean RADIN

DEAN RADIN PRESENTS A SCIENTIFIC REVIEW OF NUMEROUS SPECIAL ABILITIES HUMANS CAN POTENTIALLY DEVELOP, WORKING FROM THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SIDDHIS FROM PATANJALI’S YOGA SUTRAS.

upernormal begins by discussing the mystical abilities yogis from India have been experiencing and writing about for thousands of years. While mystical abilities have been long associated with extensive meditation, the Yoga Sutras warn of the stumbling blocks of greed, ego and ignorance that can distract and interfere with people’s focus on inner transformation, which should be the desired goal of meditation. Discussion of yoga and yogic powers may seem irrelevant to most people living in the western world, yet the truth is that yoga has been making slow, steady inroads through western culture for some time. Most people now know, for example, that meditation can reduce stress and aid in healing. Westerners tend to practice yoga mostly as a physical activity, yet yoga is but part of a much greater spiritual and metaphysical mind-body-spirit practice.

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METAREALITY Radin provides examples of laboratory studies and experimental results indicating that such yoga “superpowers” as: precognition, telepathy, psychokinesis, clairvoyance, and psi have been recognized in statistically significant ways as existing in the general populace. There are reasons for primarily conducting research laboratory trials with everyday, ordinary folks, though some studies do include experienced meditators. As Radin points out, we can view all the yogic siddhis as variations on three basic classes of extraordinary qualities of human experience: exceptional mind-body control, clairvoyance (including precognition and telepathy), and psychokinesis (mind-matter interaction). One of the many interesting main points arising in Supernormal is that at elevated levels of awareness that experienced yogi masters and meditators attain, causal connections can be made through time and space in ways that seem to contradict what most people would consider common sense. Experiments have thus shown there can be such things as delayed choices, in which a future decision influences current or past events. Such bizarre happenings are just part of everyday life in the quantum realm, however, which Radin points out likely plays a significant role in our experience of all manner of psi abilities. But wait, you may protest, what about the news we’ve heard from reporters who say the scientific evidence of the existence of psi is inconclusive, or that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? Dean Radin shares more than enough references, sources, and explanations of scientif-

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ic rigor and method to put all but the most close-minded at ease. Radin also identifies some commonly held assumptions held by many people that run counter to what is now being observed in experiments in the field of quantum physics, such as: realism, localism, causality, mechanism, physicalism, materialism, determinism, and reductionism. As Radin explains, “Most college students in the Western world are taught these doctrines throughout their formal education, but they are not often presented as assumptions. It is rare to find a student who recognizes that these ideas are guidelines and not self-evident facts of nature. As a result, students who become working scientists find no reason to question the assumptions.”

Yet question we must, if we intend to follow the spirit and the letter of the scientific method. And I know of no better place to start questioning than by reading Dean Radin’s outstanding tour de force, “Supernormal.” Review by Cynthia Sue Larson

METAREALITY INTERVIEW

Gail Thackray Visits

John of God

Gail Thackray is a psychic medium and healer from Yorkshire, England. She hosts the documentary series “Gail Thackray’s Spiritual Journeys,” and stars in a documentary about her visits to John of God, the extraordinary Brazilian healer. She has also written a book about her profound and amazing experiences.

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METAREALITY REVIEW

PERCEPTUAL INTEGRATION:

The MECHANICS of AWAKENING by Gary Sherman

THERE IS A RARE BRILLIANCE IN THIS BOOK ABOUT DISCOVERING THE PROCESS OF BECOMING SELF-AWARE. THE AUTHOR, A PSYCHOLOGIST FOR FOUR DECADES, HAD AN UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE ONE MORNING WHILE MEDITATING.

e felt an unfamiliar expansion in his body that he describes as “an open field of awareness.” In this state he had a sudden impulse to “speak.” The first words out of his mouth were about “perceptual integration,” and the speaking went on for ten minutes. The next day while sitting it resumed, and continued for 52 days, and then stopped. What revealed itself was a “body of knowledge large in scope and deep in understanding.” Fortunately for us, the author had the presence of mind to record what came through him and the result is this book, which is less about his curious experience and much more of a “manual” for awakening. Sherman has distilled the mechanics of awakening (self-awareness) into three skills: 1) Take control of your attention; 2) Grounding yourself in the fact of your body; and 3) Releasing yourself from the function of the mind. He elegantly and clearly teases out the inner and outer dimensions of perception,

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METAREALITY describing it as “the creative meeting place between the deeper subjective parts of the self and the outer perceived reality that we experience as the objective world of sense impressions.”

The words come alive in this book, so that one embodies what it teaches, leading to remarkable discoveries about our nature and identity as a multi-layered being.

MESSAGE OF HOPE

Interweaving the “speaking” insight with his own understanding of what was spoken, he paints a clear picture of how we organize our experience to perceive the way we do. The book concludes with a short course of playful practices— 40 incremental steps that give the experience of working with the three skills described. The words come alive in this book, so that one embodies what it teaches, leading to remarkable discoveries about our nature and identity as a multi-layered being. Highly recommended. Review by Julie Clayton

A compelling song to touch your soul and inspire you to reach for the stars. Written and performed by singer - songwriter Kara Johnstad Composed by Fabrizio Pigliucci, renowned Italian composer and orchestrator Recorded live by Italy’s finest film orchestra – The Concertissimo Orchestra MESSAGE OF HOPE is an anthem for all who dare to hope through difficult times, and a shiny beacon for those filled with pain, hurt and suffering. “I was caught off guard by how deeply Fabrizio Pigliucci’s melody touched me. I was enraptured and instantly knew that I had to bring it out further into the world. I became a die-hard fan of his wonderfully monumental works, and Fabrizio gifted me with his friendship and a most productive collaboration.” --Kara

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OUR WORLD REVIEW

Take the RED PILL ...and Cure Global Warming

by Andrew Cusick

ndrew Cusick t a k e s readers on a tour of the world, savoring the ups, downs, and oddities of experiencing his WWOOFing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) and youth hostel adventures through Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Los Angeles. What makes this young man’s journal so riveting for me is the unique way he weaves nitty-gritty personal experiences into and around global issues that can so often feel overwhelming. Cusick’s twenty months of traveling the world combined with the keen acuity of perception gifted him thanks to qigong and meditative practices provide him with a writer’s voice that is simultaneously unpretentious, yet very wise. Andy was away from his comfortable life in Scotland long enough to make friends, fall in love, and experience very different ways of living in different social and environmental climes... and come to a deeper appreciation of how we can all help to save the world without feeling too guilty, resentful, or judgmental along the way. The first two thirds of “Take the Red Pill” feels like reading a friend’s travel diary. Written in journal diary format, it’s interspersed with short informational sections summarizing interconnected facts about economics, ecology, global warming, ab-

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original thinking, spirituality, and philosophy. The factual sections are written in much the same journalistic style of writing as the personal diary entries, and are short and packed with interesting charts and graphics. The last third of the book delves more fully into the author’s philosophical point of view, and provides the reader with a kind of Reader’s Digest encyclopedia of how and why we can change our way of thinking. Cusick reassures readers that we need not fall into the trap of ecoparalysis, since inaction is not the solution now. Inner awareness is absolutely essential, as is the understanding that we are inextricably interconnected with everything “out there” in the world. I especially love the inclusion of the eastern concept of Sunyata, with the notion of reality being comprised of much more than thinking things must either be true or false--since actually, most things really fall into two other categories: not-true-notfalse, and true-and-false. This is a book that encourages you to FEEL its intent while you think your way through its concepts, and it does an outstanding job of reminding readers of their heart, spirit, and physicality... and the importance of being authentic, integrated, and real. Highly recommended!

Reviewed by Cynthia Sue Larson

OUR WORLD REVIEW

Open-Source Everything with Robert David Steele

When a former veteran intelligence officer with the CIA talks about the shortcomings of the intelligence services, one tends to listen.

The problem, Steele suggests, is that the clandestine services have tunnel vision, looking only at the data their operatives have collected, and ignoring the wealth of information from open sources freely available in newspapers, public media, and the Internet. He points out, and actually proved when challenged to pit his skills against the combined spying agencies, that this open source information is far more able to provide what should be the core function of intelligence, namely, integrating information to support accurate decision-making. Steele is incredibly well read, and indeed is one of Amazon’s top reviewers, covering 98 different categories of books. He has the ability to both analyze information and synthesize the pertinent points into recommendations for action. Having been frustrated by his inability to convince his superiors of the importance of the interrelationship and interdependency among politics, economics, and social welfare, and even more importantly of the importance of truth and integrity he resigned. The notion of open source is well known within the software community, where it has led to an amazing explosion of creativity and products that are on every computer and cell phone. He makes a strong case for expanding this notion of open source and transparency to every sphere of economic activity, arguing that this is the only way to revive a sense of

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trust of business, finance and government. While reading all the facts and statistics he presents tends to make one fibrillate with indignation, this book is essentially a call for something akin to the truth and reconciliation movement in South Africa post apartheid. This is a man with his feet firmly planted on the ground, even though his head and his heart embrace the world. He gives hopeful examples of initiatives like the open tool movement, where networks of farmers and engineers are building industrial machines with open specifications and interchangeable parts. The Open-Source Manifesto is a clarion call to open our eyes, our minds and our hearts to the possibilities inherent in unity and cooperation. Yes, it does seem to run counter to the greed and self-interest that seem to be ingrained in human nature, but Steele is optimistic that “we the people” will find the will and the means to accomplish the changes necessary to pull back from the brink of chaos and self-destruction. This includes acknowledging the real costs of continued exploitation and depletion of our commons – fresh water, clean air, energy, land – and building them into our economic models. Continuing business as usual does not seem to be a viable option, and the Open-Source Everything Manifesto is a valuable overview of the kinds of options we need to try, and the kind of greater-good-thinking we need to adopt. Review by Miriam Knight

Steele is incredibly well read, and indeed is one of Amazon’s top reviewers

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Open-Source Everything with Robert David Steele

obert Steele was a former CIA clandestine services case officer and a Marine Corps infantry and intelligence officer for twenty years. Since 1988, when he left the clandestine service to create the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, he has advocated for intelligence (decision-support) reform and the use of open source intelligence (OSINT), which is the subject of his book, The OpenSource Everything Manifesto. Robert curates Phi Beta Iota, the Public Intelligence Blog, whose motto is â&#x20AC;&#x153;the truth at any cost lowers all other costs,â&#x20AC;? at www.phibetaiota.net.

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Poor How the

Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class by John Hope Bryant

ohn Hope Bryant observes that life is about aspiration and opportunity, but that without opportunity you lose hope; and the most dangerous person in the world is a person without hope. Although this observation focused on the poor and disenfranchised in Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inner cities and in rural America, the statements can equally apply around the world. We have become acutely aware of the enormous divide between the top10% of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population that owns 86% of its wealth, and the almost 50% of the population living in poverty. Poverty is not limited to one ethnic group nor to inner cities; it cuts across all demographics and there are more poor whites than any other group. We have begun to demand accountability from a financial and corporate system whose only objective is to generate more and more profits for the few, because this model is unsustainable, is already imploding and will only get worse. The cycle of poverty is enforced and perpetuated by a broken system where money and credit have fled to the suburbs, and loan sharks fill the vacuum; industry has decamped abroad and the only income options to escape the ghetto appear to young people to be sports, music, or dealing drugs. Positive role models and mentors are few and far between. On the bright side, Bryant points out that the intelligence and an entrepreneurial spirit that are

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now directed into gangs and criminal activities, are available to be channeled into positive directions. Having been a successful entrepreneur, he is on a mission to provide a framework to enable the poor to climb up the ladder to a sustainable middle class that is good for them and good for the country. He also points out that wealth is as much a subjective state of the spirit as it is a reflection of income. That is why giving people hope and dignity are the highest priorities. He has built an infrastructure of educational programs to teach financial literacy; brought branches of financial institutions back to the inner-cities to enable residents to rejoin the US economy; and he has provided crowd-funding forums wherein young people are exposed to entrepreneurial thinking and given access to mentors to support them in starting their own small businesses. One could argue that it takes a recognized leader and entrepreneur like Bryant to attract high profile partners and manifest such a structure for real change, and the many thousands of lives he has improved already are extremely encouraging. One can only hope, however, that the example he has provided will serve as a template and beta test for rolling out across the country, as he hopes. Hope is indeed his middle name. Review by Miriam Knight

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How the Poor Can Save Capitalism

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Hope Bryant

ohn Hope Bryant, recognized as one of Time magazine’s “50 for the Future” leaders. John is one of the nation’s most recognized empowerment leaders. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and Bryant Group Companies. He was appointed by President Obama to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans. He is also cofounder of the Gallup-HOPE Index. He is the only African-American bestselling business author for his book, Love Leadership, and today we discuss his book, “How the Poor Can Save Capitalism.”

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What happens when one man asks 50 women to share their lives with him?

Author and speaker Kevin Renner wanted to know where an ordinary dad could learn to raise extraordinary daughters.

So where did he turn? To women. After struggling with the question, and the daily work of raising two pre-teen girls, the author took a digital recorder and a box of Kleenex, and spent a year interviewing 50 women from around the world and across eight decades. His goal: to learn how fathers—from terrific to tragic—had shaped their daughters’ lives, for better or worse. Their humorous, painful, and inspiring accounts--and his--became “In Search of Fatherhood: Daughters Praising, Speaking Up, Talking Back.” It includes the painful, humorous, and inspiring accounts of the fathering received by women famous to anonymous, executives to sex workers, fully alive and lucky to be alive. An engaging and entertaining speaker, Kevin Renner brings audiences to their feet—and to tears.

www.kevin-renner.com 503.703.9662 “If you read one book about fathers and daughters, read this one.”

“Reading Kevin Renner’s memoir of fatherhood prompts me to say to women, Betsy I. Davenport, Ph.D. regardless of age, culture, or background: ‘Tell me if and how your father loved you as a “Kevin Renner has written a modern-day book of wisdom… child, and I’ll tell you whether or not you have found love as No reader will finish this a woman’.” book either unmoved or unchanged.” Charlene Kate Kavanagh, Ph.D. The Rev. Stephen V. Schneider

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Cynthia

Sue Larson Cynthia could be summed up as a scientific mystic, urban shaman, or quantum optimist. Cynthia’s passion for spiritual awareness combined with scientific exploration inspires all of her work, from her books and articles to her monthly RealityShifters e-zine, to her spiritual life coaching practice.

ynthia’s love for exploring the nature of consciousness began in childhood, when she traveled three months of each year with her family to places previously unseen by most Westerners. Extraordinary experiences on these journeys taught Cynthia

that spoken language is unnecessary for communication, and that a hidden order exists behind all things. Her desire to understand the nature of reality inspired Cynthia to get a Physics degree from UC Berkeley, which she keeps current by reading papers and attending talks and seminars.

Best known for her research in the field of instantaneous transformation, Cynthia refers to these phenomena as reality shifts and quantum jumps. In them we can expect to see occasional discontinuities in the form of things appearing, disappearing, transporting and transforming, and changes in the experience of time. The next time you need help finding something you’ve lost or misplaced, read Cynthia’s tips, and you might just find it right away! Cynthia is the best-selling author of several books including: Quantum Jumps; Reality Shifts; Aura Advantage; and High Energy Money. When she’s not researching, writing books, articles or book reviews, speaking, or being interviewed you’ll find her meditating or practicing martial arts. She has fifteen years of experience with meditation and internal Qi exercises through practicing and teaching the traditional Korean martial art of Kuk Sool Won. Cynthia has been featured in numerous shows including the History Channel, Coast to Coast AM, and BBC. Learn how consciousness changes the physical world with her popular monthly ezine published through: www. realityshifters.com

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Lamisha

Serf-Walls Lamisha runs a successful inspiration-driven coaching practice for creative women who are ready to live a life of freedom and abundance on their own terms.

er vision is “to create a community of empowered, free-flowing lovers of life who share their unique gifts with the world with ease, inspiring others to do the same.”

Lamisha’s innovative coaching philosophy provides women with a clear path for success and achieving their goals. She describes herself as a “blind spot specialist,” able to tune in to the things that hold us back from full expression. With Lamisha’s perceptive guidance and innate caring, the tools and motivation for moving from the head to the heart—to one’s deepest desire and true nature—begin to flow effortlessly. As a student of life and an avid reader, Lamisha ‘s coaching offers a rare blend of cutting-edge personal growth modalities and perennial wisdom, which she personalizes with each client. In addition to her work as a Life Coach and review writer for New Consciousness Review, Lamisha shares her inspirational spirit through her online greeting cards sold through Blue Mountain Arts. She has written blogs and articles for online publications such as Kind Over Matter and The Magic Happens, and is a much sought-after guest blogger. Lamisha is featured in the book Empowered Women of Social Media being released on October 5th, 2104. When she is not coaching clients one-on-one, or writing, she can be found wrangling her rambunctious 4-year-old son, spending time with her soul mate, practicing restorative yoga, or reading the latest releases in personal development and spirituality. Lamisha holds an MS in Psychology from Walden University, MN. You can learn more about Lamisha and what she offers online: www.lifeoncedreamt.com or connect with her via Facebook (facebook. com/lifeoncedreamt) and Twitter (twitter.com/ LifeOnceDreamt)

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YOU ARE PERFECT Your essence is a beautiful perfect river of light. Your essence flows in your divine line that runs down the front of your spine. When you hold your awareness in this inner river of light you increase your sense of connection and feel your divine perfection. Sip on this yummy-ness and feel your own inner yum factor where you are perfect, connected, empowered and whole. • Breathe yourself into this present breath of now. • Imagine a river of light flowing up and down the front of your spine. • Use each inhale to pull yourself into your divine line. • Invite your Higher Self to pull all your anchors and orientation points back to your divine line. • Activate the sound of your essence in your divine line. • Attach this ethereal column/tube of light onto the front of your spine. • Pull yourself into your inner flow. • Open, allow, and imagine a beautiful light flowing in this column of light. • Activate the vibrations of connection, safety, peace, fullness, enough-ness, calm, gentleness, flow, beauty, perfection, and empowerment in this inner river. • Receive the divine aspect of your being. • Tones to activate the vibration of your essence in your divine line. May you increase the connection to your essence in every breath. Aleya is a sound healer, energetic practitioner, Minister in the state of California, Doctor of Oriental Medicine in New Mexico, and a Licensed Acupuncturist in Colorado. She has been an alternative healer for 20 years. She has helped thousands of people with her tools, meditations, energy balancing sessions, and her incredible music. Her website is AleyaDao.com

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Many Ways to

Awakening by Miriam Knight

As a reviewer of books and films in the body-mindspirit genre, I have noticed that topics seem to come in waves – the Law of Attraction, animal communication, near death experiences, after-life communication, spiritual awakening – each wave leaving ripples on the surface of global consciousness.

ometimes a book or film will have such an impact that it changes the public’s perceptions in its wake. Think of “The Power of Now” or “What the BLEEP do We Know” or “The Secret” or “Proof of Heaven”; with each of them there was a palpable advance in conscious awakening. You can see it reflected in everything from the demand for organic food and clean air, to alternative health and spiritual choices, to political and social activism. The most important feature of conscious awakening is the dramatic expansion of our perception of who we are. When viewed through the telescope of eternity, our ethnic, social or religious identities become merely the backdrop for experiencing life in a rich variety of ways. When we observe those around us from the cosmic level, we see only fellow human beings inhabiting this big blue marble in space. For our book, “ What Wags the World,” we interviewed credible people from all walks of life, including doctors, engineers, military officers, scientists

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and stockbrokers, about their stories of personal awakening. Some of their experiences were gradual, others traumatic, but they all support the notion that we are the physical manifestation and creative expression of an unlimited consciousness; that we are all connected to, and part of the eternal source of creation, or what many people would call God. We are all part of the human family, and when seen in this context, the importance of our dramas and our differences shrink dramatically.

The many different ways that all these people came to the same conclusions are fascinating as the implications of accepting their experiences as valid. If our essence, our soul continues beyond death and we do have a life review each time we pass, what would we feel about this lifetime? Have we grown? Did we leave a positive legacy? The stories suggest that there is only loving acceptance on the other side, but that we would be our own harshest critic.

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If you had absolute certainty that there is life beyond this life - would that change your life? If you understood that you manifest your reality through your choices and intention, and that there are no preset limits - would that inspire you to heights you were afraid to imagine? Would you stop choosing to be a victim? Would you be prepared to accept all the goodness of the universe and act as if it is already yours?

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he universe speaks to us every day in a myriad of ways. It can come as a whisper in your ear or in your dreams; it can reveal itself through the synchronicities you pass off as coincidences. It may take a cosmic 2x4 hitting you on the head to get your attention, like a life-threatening disease or accident, or a dark night of the soul. Often times we reject these experiences, and ignore the messages the universe may be trying to communicate because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be thought of as crazy or ridiculed. But sometimes these experiences are so amazing and so real that they can no longer be denied. That was the case with the people interviewed for What Wags the World, and we know without a shadow of doubt that they are the very small tip of a very large iceberg. The consensus of these tales is that we are always supported by the universe, even if our creations cause pain, because we have free will and eventually we will learn from our experiences. As individual expressions of the creator, our essence is love and our purpose is to create and experience. As such, the field of infinite potential is our playground, and our only limits are those that we impose on ourselves through fear and lack of imagination. How exciting is that?

If you have had your own awakening experience, we invite you to share them with us and the W3 community on our website, www.whatwagstheworld.com.

Miriam Knight is the founder of New Consciousness Review and the New Consciousness Media Network, and co-founder of Luminary Voices Speakers and Performers Bureau. Connect with Miriam through www.ncreview.com.

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Creating the

Future with Open Source Everything By Robert Steele I have not had a near-death experience in the traditional sense, but I have given eight of my nine lives for my country or myself (half on duty, half youthful stupidity), and I treasure this last life, my final 20-25 years, for knowing it is my last of those nine lives.

y consciousness of how far removed our government, our economy, and our society are from reality – and humanity – came in 1988. I had spent $20 million of the taxpayer’s money on a super-secret, super-technical intelligence analysis center for the Marine Corps, only to learn within two weeks that 99% of what we needed to know – about places like Burundi, Haiti, and Somalia – and the humanity that lay within those countries – was not in the secret “system” that concerned itself only with the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, and a couple of other state threats. That was my “aha” moment. That was the moment I realized that all of my confidence in government was misplaced, and that new means were needed for speaking truth to power on the one hand and more fundamentally on the other, for accessing truth in a holistic fashion useful to the entire community. In fairly short order thereafter, I recognized that there were eight information “systems” critical to humanity, seven other than government, and that all

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of them, without exception, were broken beyond repair. I list all eight here in alphabetical order: academia, civil society including labor and religion, commerce especially small business, government especially local, law enforcement, media, military, and non-government/non-profit. Many years of research later, starting with a second graduate thesis on strategic information mis-management, I realized that government was not only operating on roughly 2% of the relevant information in all languages, but that at the political level, decisions were being made on the basis of who paid to be heard, not on the basis of ethical evidence-based decision support or the public interest. I set out on a journey that turned out to have the wrong destination – fixing government intelligence – but the right path. Years later, over 1,900 books in 98 categories reviewed at Amazon, over 20 countries visited, over 750 international speakers engaged, over 7,500 mid-career intelligence officers trained, I reached a half-way point. I understood that there is no such thing as governance of, by,

FEATURES and for we the people if the people abdicate their responsibility to be present at every moment within that government. Today the USA is a two-party tyranny in which the other six accredited parties (Constitution, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Socialist) and two quite fascinating emerging parties not yet accredited by a nation-wide showing (Working Families in the East, Justice in the West) are all shut out of governance. Along with Independents they cannot get nominated or elected and their votes have been gerrymandered into irrelevance. Other countries generally have the same lack of representation, along with a lack of useful information and an extraordinary

amount of waste – on the order of 50% across the various domains from agriculture and energy to health and the military – and of course water is our next major local to gobal catastrophe.

Earth Systems

the personal knowledge to block banking and corporate offerings that are known to be toxic but not perceived to be so toxic as to warrant boycotting by one and all. It is also now known that roughly 50% of all we do produces waste, be it in agriculture, energy, health, or military spending – and all else.

I was inspired to create the below analytic overview by a simpler Graphic: Earth Systems. I reformulated the central content and added the surrounding matter. Right now negative outcomes predominate because We the People are not demanding integrity in our governance system and we are lacking in

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Along this path I itemized legitimate grievances, both those of US citizens against their government and those of foreign nationals against the global misbehavior of the US government acting in our name and at our expense AND – this is the best part – I discovered Earth Systems, True Cost Economics, Collective Intelligence, and Open Source Everything. In this first missive, I will provide one graphic for each with a short paragraph, and leave each for deeper discussion, one at a time, in future posts.

FEATURES True Cost Economics The single greatest deficiency in our personal or citizen education is to be found in the area of true cost economics. Pioneered by Dr. Herman Daly, whose works on Ecological Economics, For the Common Good, and Valuing the Earth still stand as foundation stones, the true cost concept is illustrated below. It took a year of on and off research by JZ Liskiewicz to achieve this understanding. Others have worked hard on “the secret life of beef” and there is greater understanding of how a vegan diet is better for both the human and the Earth, but we have a very long way to go – my vision is for a hand-held application to show the true cost of any product at the point of sale.

Collective Intelligence I credit Tom Atlee and his first book, The Tao of Democracy: Using Co-Intelligence to Create a World that Works for All, that opened my eyes to the possibilities of classical pure democracy as an informed engaged citizen possibility. More recently he has published Empowering Public Wisdom: A Practical Vision of Citizen-Led Politics. I created the graphic below before I was introduced to Tom’s work, but it captures a vision he and I share, of returning to the practices of our indigenous forebearers including inclusive democracy – everyone has a voice and vote – and long-term “seventh-generation” thinking.

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FEATURES Open Source Everything I will say just two things about Open Source Everything here and now, with more to come later. First, Open Source Everything is an ecology. It lives or dies as a whole. It is not possible for a single

In future posts I will elaborate on each of the above three core perspectives, always acknowledging and pointing to the books by others that have illuminated my moral and intellectual wanderings, and then begin exploring some of the best of the best books from my varied lists within my master list, Worth a Look: Book Review Lists (Positive).

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open, for example, Open Data, to survive and prosper alone. We have to go â&#x20AC;&#x153;all inâ&#x20AC;? on all the opens. Second, Open Source Everything is the only approach to science, engineering, and knowledge generally that is affordable, inter-operable, and globally scalable.

Robert David Steele started life as the son of an oil engineer, morphed into a Marine Corps officer then a clandestine intelligence officer for the CIA, and finally into a CEO for a for-profit and then a non-profit. Today he is the foremost proponent for the integration of Open Source Everything, True Cost Economics, and Holistic Analytics to create hybrid governance based on transparency, truth, and trust. His latest two books are INTELLIGENCE FOR EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability (2010) and THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth, & Trust (2012).

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CHANGE THE WAY YOU

SINGANDTALK WITH ONE PRACTICE By Kara Johnstad

The crazy thing is, when you practice integrating love and gratitude into your singing and speaking, your audience will follow suite. There will be no judgment. No need to prove yourself. A space of trust and knowing opens. When you walk out onto stage with a big heart, the room warms up quickly. Trust me.

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t may seem like these are simple ideas - but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of information here. Please take your time, and put it to work, and see what happens. As an artist you are the bridge between the worlds. You inspire. Spirit joins breath and carries ideas and emotion back out into our world via language.

You are a powerful magician. Your voice can change a conversation, can shift a room from grief into hope, can ignite hearts and get us to start things we never dreamed were possible alone. We are here to make a difference. So what does our world need the most? It needs us to reconnect to source. It needs healing. It needs to have LOVE be the focus of why we are where we are and do what we do. One of the quickest ways to change the world and be able to voice freely is with one simple practice.

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THE BASIC HEART LOVE GRATITUDE MEDITATION INHALE Inhale love. While breathing in connect with the love that lives in the center of your heart. Let it glow and grow. Let it warm your heart transmuting and purifying each breath that moves through you. Breathe in the sky that is overhead, the earth that you are standing on. Breathe in the smile of someone in the room. Breathe in the beauty of the tones that you hear coming from the band or the piano or a stereo. Remember how your ears are direct channels to your heart. When you breathe in, breathe in the sweet sounds that are close to you. Do you hear birds? The sound of a river? Do you hear a guitar? Strings? The audience talking quietly excited for what you will share with them? Open yourself to the goodness that is surrounding you. Wherever you are, there is always a small sliver of beauty. Find it, and breathe it in. EXHALE Exhale gratitude. Feel the sweetness of breath after it has touched your heart and let it go back

FEATURES into the world. What are you grateful for in this present moment? Are you grateful for being able to even breathe? Grateful for having food. Grateful for friends that embrace who you are. Grateful for the bird song. The dogs bark. The composers that have written the music you are about to sing?

THE ADVANCED HEART LOVE GRATITUDE MEDITATION WALKING TALK - SINGING TRUTH Keep the same intention.

If you are able to breathe in love and out gratitude While on the bus, while standing in line at the airport, while walking into a rehearsal, while cooking dinner, while studying, while taking a shower, with ease; then it is time to add the mega transformer, your voice, to your daily practice.

And now on the breath form tones that touch and words that carry the message you would like the world to hear. A message connected to your heart. Inhale love and on the exhalation release each tone in gratitude. Now take this small practice and expand it to performance. Take it out further into our world.

INHALE LOVE. EXHALE GRATITUDE.

Before you perform find things you love and begin to breathe them in. No matter where we are, there is always a sliver of beauty somewhere. Look for it, listen in to it, and breathe it in.

Sing as if you are kissing the sky while standing on solid ground. -Kara Johnstad

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Connected to heart breathe out gratitude: Gratitude for each and every person that showed up for you. Gratitude for the musicians that are there for you. Gratitude for the music. The friendships. The community.

FEATURES THE MEGA ADVANCED HEART LOVE GRATITUDE MEDITATION The crazy thing is, when you practice integrating love and gratitude into your singing and speaking, your audience will follow suite. There will be no judgment. No need to prove yourself. A space of trust and knowing opens. Your audience is thirsty for truth tellers.

come in the form of a smile. In the form of applause. In the form of excited conversations. In the form of allowing their bodies to start swaying. In the form of taking home your CDs and books. They will walk out of the concert grateful and full of love.

THE LOVE GRATITUDE PRACTICE HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT: IT TRANSFORMS THE WORLD Performance shifts from entertainment to an offering. Studying scores of music shifts from work to gratitude. One simple exercise and you unite the light and dark and give it the spark of song that will carry itself out into the world.

CLICK & LISTEN TO PODCAST Every soul is touched by fearless singers. Every audience is thirsty for love. When you walk out onto stage with a big heart, the room warms up quickly. Trust me. And what will they do? They will breathe you in. Just like you breathed in love, they too will breathe in your love. They will breathe in the way you move. They will breathe in the way you sound. They will listen closely to your words. And when their hearts are full, they will begin to pour out gratitude. It may

Practice this meditation daily for the next 21 days in all the different situations you can imagine. A shift will happen. That’s it! Simple, yet, with a profound impact. The essence is love and gratitude. Voice that essence and you will be doing just fine. Here’s to your continued courage to live the path of an artist. Stay Gold, Kara Kara Johnstad is a singer-songwriter, author, voice specialist and owner of the successful company “VOICE YOUR ESSENCE™” Kara empowers audiences around the world via concerts, lectures and 1-on-1 coaching, in studio or via Skype. Kara is passionate about helping visionaries and independent singer-songwriters create a powerful voice and connect to their inner stories and bring their truth telling and loving spirit out into this world. She supports her clients to reconnect to their own “essence” and shows them how they can not only have a strong clear voice that resonates with their audience but also run a successful business based on their own heart core values and by stepping into their power, and change the world for the better.

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A New Dawn of

Consciousness:

The Shift to Soul Health by Dr. Katherine T. Kelly

“To know your soul is to know true health. Only then can you reach radiant living.”

hat inspires your soul? When do you feel the most radiant? And how can you find the most optimal health? The answer lies in the deepest and most sustainable level of well-being—soul health.

branch acts independently, they all converge to create a sense of “whole health”. As we listen from deep within, it is the voice of our soul that informs us about what we need—or don’t need—within each branch. So, when we align our human lives with the needs and desires of our soul, we experience health at the deepest and most satisfying level, which ultimately is our soul health.

The term Soul Health is new to many, but it describes what all of us want—complete and optimal peace and balance at the deepest possible level. The truth is, regardless of what stressors we might have in day-to-day life, we can still feel a sense of harmony as long as we are fully aligned with our innermost needs, desires, and passions. It is our soul that informs us of what will meet these needs and desires. Our radiance, then, depends entirely on our willingness to explore what is creating any misalignment with the desires of our soul and to commit ourselves to realign our lives to reflect the truest essence of who we really are.

Everyone has had times in their lives when they feel depleted, unbalanced, and spent.Yet, everyone yearns for a sense of “whole health” where all aspects of well-being feel vibrant, stable,

The soul is at the hub of all aspects of everyday life—the physical, psychological, social, interpersonal, intellectual/occupational, environmental, financial, sexual, spiritual, and recreational “branches” of our human condition. While each

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4) Interpersonal Health (create healthier personal/family dynamics including communication, boundaries, respect, sense of equality)? 5) Intellectual/Occupational Health (feel more mentally stimulated, increase my curiosity to learn, feel fulfilled by work or other tasks)? 6) Environmental Health (better enjoy my surroundings, belongings, climate, increase safety, and eliminate clutter)? 7) Financial Health (having “enough”, save for the future, follow a budget, spend within limits)? 8) Spiritual Health (increase a sense of inner peace, meaning, and purpose, practice centering or sacred rituals, increase a sense of community with self, others, and nature)?

The Soul Health Model provides the blueprint to attaining optimal health. The 10 branches of the model allow you to assess what is working— or allowing you to thrive— and what is not working—what diminishes or depletes your sense of vitality—so you can better align with your greatest needs and desires. Your soul is the inner voice you hear as you explore the “health” of each aspect of your life. When we work to balance even one of the branches, all others are enhanced and we reach a higher level of radiance (satisfaction, pride, and comfort) in our lives. Therefore, the better we balance our human lives through listening to our inner wisdom, the more radiant we feel as souls. Consider how to create your own Soul Health by listening, trusting, and acting upon how to improve each of the following branches of health. Ask yourself: How can I enhance my— 1) Physical Health (increase physical fitness, improve nutrition, work to prevent or treat an illness or disease, get more sleep, attend better to general self-care)? 2) Psychological Health (have more positive thoughts, change unhealthy behaviors, better manage my emotions/feelings, improve my self-esteem/self-image, eliminate “disease” with my life)? 3) Social Health (eliminate unhealthy relationships, create better relationships with friends, family, colleagues, and others, spend more time with my pets)?

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9) Sexual Health (enjoy sexual interactions, create intimacy and passion, establish physical and emotional safety with your partner, heal sexual wounds)? 10) Recreational Health (create and enjoy time for fun, leisure, and entertainment)?

Next, create a plan for how you want to move forward in creating your optimal health. You might want to choose one branch per month to explore, choose the top 2 or 3 branches that need work, or perhaps you will choose to work a little bit at a time on each of the branches throughout the year. Whichever method you choose, make sure it aligns with what feels the most “right”, then get to work. Few know this, but the word “inspire” holds its original meaning in the Latin word, “spiritus” which was synonymous with “breath”, “soul”, and “courage”. So as you embark on your journey to balancing all aspects of day-to-day life, you courageously and consciously breathe new life into your soul. This is the best investment you can make in your Soul Health—today and in all days to come. Dr. Katherine T. Kelly Ph.D., M.S.P.H. is a licensed holistic health psychologist, consultant, author, and speaker. Named the “pioneer of soul health”, her book Soul Health: Aligning with Spirit for Radiant Living has reached national acclaim through radio shows and magazines throughout the United States. For more information go to www.drkatherinetkelly.com.

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“The New Human” John C. Robinson, Ph.D., D.Min.

We are entering a new stage of human spiritual evolution, a time when God - the one consciousness that is and fills the cosmos and everything in it - is finally understood to be what you and I are. Because unity means one not two, you and God must be the same substance. This simple yet profound theological advance, when lived as a personal and immediate experience, has huge implications. It is the shift behind the creation of a “New Human.”

hen we make God separate and external from our own self, we inadvertently distance our self from divinity. Rather than experience the unity that God is, this dualistic belief in “self and other” instead encourages fantasy-based beliefs and projections about the nature of the divine “other.” We liken God to a father, mother, king friend judge, punisher, etc. To let God be what you are, on the other hand, is to experience the divine essence in its purest form, as your own essence. Nor is God what you think and believe. To confine God with definitions and theological concepts constitutes yet another way we separate and distance from the divine. God is not somebody else, God is what you are and what everything is. Beliefs, projections, fantasies, ego, emotions, etc. are merely illusions of the mind that come between you and direct contact, ideas that trap you in an endless labyrinth of thought. You will not experience God there, though you may know have many thoughts and write vast tombs on theological subjects. We discover our oneness with God only through direct experience. How? First we need to get over the idea that we are not God. Many western religions resist this personal experience of unity, fearing that the mystically-inclined individual will defy

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Many western religions resist this personal experience of unity, fearing that the mystically-inclined individual will defy religious authority or steal its power: who needs religion when you have God? religious authority or steal its power: who needs religion when you have God? Next, we need to silence thought, because thinking maintains this separation from God. Thinking creates duality - the split between what is and what we think about what is. Thinking invariably creates a lens through which we interpret reality. Instead of seeing a tree, we name and describe it, talk about it, and stop seeing it altogether. “If you’ve seen one redwood, you’ve seen them all,” a famous president once said. This mindless aphorism is simply untrue. So how do we experience our oneness with God? If we are of the same substance as God, then the most direct way to experience the divine is to experience our own nature directly and to realize that our being is God’s Being and our consciousness is God’s Consciousness. I am what God is. This does not include experiencing ideas and feelings, because both are constructed from thought forms creating more duality. Every emotion arises as a consequence of what you think is happening. Experiencing the substance of God means experiencing consciousness and being directly and without thought. The New Thought movement views our thoughts as divine, too, and encourages us to use them in creating a new kind of world. There is much of value in this approach as long as ego doesn’t start

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manipulating outcomes to serve its own grandiosity. In this new consciousness-without-thought, we discover that the world is already infinitely beautiful, precious, and complete just as it is - we make it ugly with out dissatisfaction and judgment. The mystics have been showing us this for eons. It’s time to listen. Now here’s a suggestion that will help you make this shift into a consciousness beyond thought. People generally have incredible difficulty slowing, stopping, or releasing their thoughts. This is why meditation is frustrating for so many. But when you shift into sensory awareness, thinking stops by itself! Imagine, for example, that you are looking for faces in a random display of dots, or carefully painting trim, or standing on one foot on a balance beam. You can’t think and perform any of these tasks. So if you want to experience God directly, intensify and focus your perception directly on the sensory experience of your own being or consciousness. Just stay there. The only thought that might be helpful in this exercise is to remember that you are now experiencing God! This experiential shift from cognition to perception, from thinking to sensing, will lead to the next stage of human spiritual evolution because it allows us to experience God as the very source of our own consciousness, being, and behavior. More than that, we fill with divine energies that will transform us. Conscious Being changes our very structure and function right down to the molecular level. It will saturate, pervade, suffuse and remake you if your practice this kind of direct perception and if you let the new you happen. It is up to you. But remember, the key is to experience God as what you already are, an experience that will both transform and divinize you.

FEATURES None of us can predict ahead of time what we will become as the New Human. We can’t define it and then expect to be that, for any definition is just words and concepts. The New Human arises from who and what is already germinal in you. A further word of advice: don’t’ try to figure this out and don’t try to be something you “should” be, for all that will take you down the path to another persona. Similarly, don’t compare yourself with anybody else, for comparisons often constitute subtle forms of violence and self-diminishment. Just be God’s being as your own being and let God be God in you. And it’s not that we have to do some kind of heroic act to be the New Human; rather we have to be exactly what we are, and if each of us does that, we will change the world. It’s not the big actions that will transform humanity but our way of being. As we become divine, we will change the world through: • Our interactions with others - family, friends, acquaintances, animals, plants • Our way of living - simpler, sustainable, gentler • Our joy and passion in being alive and sharing life with others • The choices we make in our everyday life • The example we offer to others who will then be touched by it A warning: Don’t get inflated. You become God, yes, but not the one and only God, like some big king or superman. You are simply your version/expression of divinity, which is itself a source of infinite divine love and joy. Just feel into what God is as you. By 2030, a third of the U.S. population will be elders. Consider what a spiritual force this New Human could be in the world! From my point of view as a mystical elder, this is the true work of aging, a work that will lead to a new kind of human and a new appreciation of the omnipresent divine world. Now we see the true purpose and work of conscious aging. Our new longevity offers each of us a chance

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In sum, experiencing God directly as our own consciousness and being transforms the elder into the New Human and the world into a sacred place.

to change the world for the better. Start now! This is how God works in the world now, through what you are, through that part of you that is already God. We change the world we live in, not by heroic acts (which often have unforeseen consequences) but who and what we are. In sum, experiencing God directly as our own consciousness and being transforms the elder into the New Human and the world into a sacred place. You are the New Human, but you must engage this process of conscious transformation. Tune into on your own Conscious Being and activate the New Human in you. Watch it divinize your life. This work will initiate a continuing process of revelation, bringing us a new world where love will be the answer not because it should be but because it is. Many challenges are coming our way - personal, national, global. We must meet them in this new consciousness. This is the birth of the Divine One in each of us. Will you join me? I end on a personal note. I have been exploring this transformation my whole life and sharing this vision has become my work - a gift of my Divine Being. I finally understand now that to make an impact in the world is not about manipulating the system to gain attention, notoriety, or big splashy changes, but about living an authentic life that matters, brings love and joy to others, and changes the way we live in the world. We are on a path back to Eden. This is Heaven on Earth. We are divine.

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Jean ADRIENNE Passionate about personal empowerment and conscious creation. Jean’s message is delivered in a fun and interactive style that both engages her audience and provides tools that benefit all.

Lynn ANDREWS A 21st Century Shaman and mystic life coach, Lynn is America’s best known shamanic healer and veteran metaphysical instructor. Author of the internationally acclaimed Medicine Woman Series.

Anthony J.W. BENSON Creative Business Strategist and Consultant, Transformational Teacher, Inspirational Speaker and Writer and Music Producer. Seemingly destined for an early death, Anthony shares his extraordinary life-saving awakening at age 20.

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Mark ALLEN Co-founder and publisher of New World Library. Author of numerous books including The Magical Path, The Greatest Secret of All, The Millionaire Course, Visionary Business, and others

Catherine ATHANS Teacher of metaphysics and a life coach, dedicated to relieving human suffering by teaching people who they really are. presented and taught at the Global Peace Initiative of Women in Geneva.

Laura BERMAN Originally hailing from the NYC singer/songwriter scene, Laura’s unique blend of soulful, from-the-heart vocal delivery and real life, honest lyrical approach, brings each listener into a deeper connection,

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Gina CITOLI Gina Citoli is a songstress and visionary, a dynamic, creative force who enlightens, empowers, elevates, entertains and enriches her audiences. Her music, performances and workshops support the evolution of human consciousness and our unlimited possibilities.

Elizabeth COSMOS Beth has a passion for sharing the Ama-Deus method of energy healing. By tapping into a stream of consciousness that is LOVE. This ancient healing is delivered from a soul perspective helping the participant see the world in a more spiritual/ energetic perspective.

Susan DAVIS Susan is a visionary creator of an innovation method. Her “KINS Innovation Networks” have manifested exceptional results in social investing, solar, micro-enterprise, the economic empowerment of women, and sustainability.

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Pollyanna BLANCO A professional Visual Arts, English, and Special Education teacher by day, Pollyanna also is an award-winning amateur ballroom dancer and writer. She inspires you to dust off your dance shoes, and pursue your creative journey on the dance floor and beyond.

Lissa COFFEY Lissa Coffey is a celebrity lifestyle, relationship, and wellness expert and the author of seven books. Lissa’s “Ancient Wisdom, Modern Style” approach to spiritual living and personal growth has been featured in all forms of media worldwide

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Donna DeNOMME Coming from a background of brutal sexual abuse, rebellious adolescent gang affiliation, single motherhood, and state welfare, Donna knows firsthand how self-defeating life can be. Her stories are both powerful and inspirational.

LUMINARY VOICES SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS CATALOGUE Phillip DEVITTE When Philip Devitte was just 27 with his whole life ahead of him, a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down—for life, according to his doctor’s prognosis. But Phillip refused to accept the news.

Donna EDEN Donna is among the world’s most sought, most joyous, and most authoritative spokespersons for energy medicine. Her abilities as a healer are legendary, and she has taught some eighty thousand laypeople and professionals world-wide.

Judah FREED Former journalist and educator Judah Freed has inspired audiences throughout the world. A prolific writer, he won the 2007 Evvy Award for best personal growth book, and two Nautilus Awards for best social change book. .

Sherry GABA Sherry Gaba is a licensed psychotherapist and life coach who has helped hundreds of people cope with lifelong addictions. Sherry most recently appeared on CNN Headline News as a guest expert, as well as Inside Edition, where she spoke about Mackenzie Phillips.

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Holly DUCKWORTH Holly is the CEO of Leadership Solutions International, a global leadership firm that believes in educating, connecting and inspiring people and organizations. She is a high energy, dynamic, and quality-focused speaker with more than 10 years of experience.

David FEINSTEIN David is a clinical psychologist who has served on the faculties of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Antioch College. He is author of eight books and has been a pioneer in the areas of energy psychology and energy medicine.

Whitney FREYA Whitney opened her first art center in Nashville in 1996 without any formal art training and without ever having painted. She was divinely inspired to open a “right brain gym” so anyone could use their right brain express their life as art.

Suzanne GIESEMANN Suzanne Giesemann is the author of ten books, a spiritual teacher, and an evidential medium. She captivates audiences with hope, healing, and comfort. Suzanne’s gift of communication with those on the other side provides stunning evidence of life after death.

LUMINARY VOICES SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS CATALOGUE Johnathan GOLDMAN Jonathan Goldman is a writer, musician, teacher, an authority on sound healing and a pioneer in the field of harmonics. Jonathan is the author of four highly-regarded books on sound healing and chakra frequencies.

Christine GREEN Christine has been teaching and counseling others for over 20 years both nationally and abroad. With a background in business, education and spiritual studies, Christine is the author of several books on caregiving and women’s issues.

Kara JOHNSTAD Author, voice specialist and owner of VOICE YOUR ESSENCE™, Kara empowers audiences around the world via concerts, lectures, workshops and 1-on-1 coaching. Her music speaks volumes and touches on universal themes that affect us all.

Cynthia LARSON Cynthia is a best-selling author, life coach, and inspirational speaker who optimizes life possibilities with quantum physics principles. Known as “The Quantum Optimist,” she helps people discover their many possible selves.

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Sonja GRACE Since early childhood, Sonja has found ways to bridge the gap between the arts and metaphysics. Her workshops and retreats reach into the very foundation of love and take people on a journey of self-healing.

Carl GREER, PhD, PsyD Carl Greer, Ph.D. left a successful career in business to become a clinical psychologist, Jungian analyst, shamanic healer and philanthropist. He is the author of “Change Your Story, Change Your Life.”

Katherine T. KELLY Dr. Katherine T. Kelly is a licensed integrative health psychologist, consultant, and speaker in her own psychotherapy practice and offers classes, workshops, seminars, and retreats on various health, wellness, and spiritual topics.

Margaret Ann LEMBO Margaret Ann has toured nationally bringing a-ha experiences and laughter to her audiences through her years of experiences. Her message is aligned with creating concrete paths to transforming individual’s lives into ones of happiness, love and prosperity.

LUMINARY VOICES SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS CATALOGUE Jami LULA In 1987, Detroit native Jami Lula moved to Los Angeles and attended Musicians Institute (MI) in Southern California. By the spring of 1989, Jami joined the staff of MI where he continues teaching voice, songwriting, stage movement, creativity workshops and performance.

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Faith RIVERA Faith is an Emmy-winning Positive Music artist, singer & songwriter specializing in groovy conscious music to support personal transformation & everyday enlightenment. She writes & performs purpose-driven pop ditties to empower and enlighten.

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Ronna PRINCE Ronna is a filmmaker, keynote speaker, Radical Forgiveness Life Coach and a licensed HeartMath Instructor and Coach. Her film Sacred Journey of the Heart was awarded “Best Inspirational Documentary” at the 2013 Wild Rose Film festival.

Kevin RENNER This author found himself at mid-life with more questions than answers while parenting two pre-teen daughters. So he spent a year interviewing 50 women from around the world to learn the many ways in which their fathers had affected their lives.

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Candia SANDERS Candia Sanders, Medical Intuitive and Healer is a gifted, direct, practical, insightful, spiritual advisor. She offers workshops and classes ranging in topics from Soul Rays, relationships, intuitive expansion, health and vitality, nature spirits and earth chakras.

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Tammé SHINSHURI Dr. Shinshuri is a Business Philanthropist devoted to human evolution. Her vision and mission is to ensure that more people, through authentic living and vocational and leadership development, are able to live empowered lives.

Sondra SNEED Author Sondra Sneed is a recovering atheist and a Godscribe. She met God in the basement of a rental house in Secaucus, NJ. A voice from the eons wrote a message in her journal, “Unemployed? It is my assertion you are employed by me.”

Devara THUNDERBEAT Devara ThunderBeat is an International multi – award winning musician / composer, author, teacher, futuristic visionary speaker, and a pioneer in sound healing. Her healing activation music and ancient healing knowledge come from her world travels.

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