Namaste Miracle Edition by Science to Sage

Miracle

Making

in Vancouver & Beyond...

Photography by Karl Herrmann

The purpose of joining in Making Miracles is to demonstrate the quantum accomplishments achieved when people come together in noble service intent. Making Miracles is a positive, creative, empowering way to respond to the needs we see around us.

In participating with others for others less fortunate, we discover the power of

community to magnify the benefits to all.

We discover through our own experience

that to give is to receive. Constance Kellough, Founder and Publisher of Namaste

CONTENT

Miracle -minded " The perfect state for calling forth miracles is likened to

Featured Authors

the moment a butterfly gently Constance Kellough lands on your hands:

Lynn Woodland

your body is still, your heart

Michael Brown

is open, and child-like wonder prevails."

Marianne Williamson David Hickey Joyce Hawkes Dr. Joe Dispenza Miceal Ledwith Lynn Woodland, author of MAKING MIRACLES

Featured Artists Dr. Larry Louie David Hickey Karl Herrmann

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E v e n t s Apr/May - 2012 Beyond the Darkness

Miracle Making

A photography Exhibition by Dr. Larry Louie HSBC Pendulum Gallery, 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC

Evening May 12 - Journey the Cosmos with David Hickey

Weekend

Benefit for SEVA

Workshop May 20 - Friends for Life features Constance Kellough

Celestial

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Miracle in the Mustard Seedâ&#x20AC;?

Concert May 25 - Miracle-Making, Experience - Lynn Woodland

SEVA Gallery

author of Making Miracles, Constance Kellough Namaste Publishing, Theda Phoenix, Intuitive Singer May 26 - Miracle-Making Workshop with Lynn Woodland, author of Making Miracles

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Miracle Anyway?

Bottom Lining It A newborn utters its first cry, the miniscule seed becomes a fruit tree, a man lame for 30 years suddenly gets up and walks, a woman plagued all her life with anxiety wakes up one morning to a deep inner peace which thereafter never leaves her.

What we have come to call “miracles” are real, to be sure.

But what is a

miracle? Can one make oneself miracle prone? If so, pray tell how! A Course in Miracles tells us that miracles should be ordinary occurrences in our lives because they are simply the outcomes of expressed love. But what does it mean to be loving?

Aren’t I loving when I

compassionately give to the homeless man on the street, drive my children to hockey practice three times a week, and cook healthy meals for my family every night? Where are my miracles?

Miracles don’t have to big and obvious. In fact, most are everyday occurrences and go unnoticed because we don’t see just how many things play out in life over the longer term. You may never know that the homeless person shared his meager collection from that day with his equally hungry friend, the children driven to hockey practice grew up to be good people of fair mind and fair play, and the healthy meals cooked every day with heart led to healthy adults who, in turn, because of example, cooked healthy meals for their children.

The degree to which we express love in its many forms is the degree to which we will experience miracles in our lives – some big, but most small. Having said this, in truth there is no such thing as a small miracle. All miracles, being a response to love expressed, are of equal value. Is there big love and small love? No, just love. And love is sufficient unto itself. We often hear or mouth that we are love because we are made in the image and likeness of God. Shouldn’t we all then be living miraculous lives? Love isn’t love when you give in order to receive, or when you give to be seen giving or to see yourself as the “good giver.” Love isn’t love when you give to manipulate an outcome, whether it be acquiring a new friend or getting an opportunity to be published.

The egoic little me with its fears and needs cannot love.

The egoic self is driven by fear. It sees itself as separate from others and therefore needing to defend itself against others and compete with others. To the ego, your gain is its loss. It can’t truly give of itself because in its giving it would feel it is actually losing part of itself. At best, the ego only gives to get. Based on separation thinking, the egoic self also sees itself as separate from God and in its desperation tries to use God as its servant. “Please, God, protect me, heal me, bring harmony into my life, and while you are at it, that perfect mate and more abundance, please.”

We cannot use God, but we can yield our little egoic self to God and let God – let Love – have free expression through us. We cannot love if we come from a place of fear, lack, imperfection. Love emanates from wholeness, harmony, fullness of being. That is why you cannot authentically love until you first know who you truly are--an individual infinite expression of divine Source--and live your life from this awareness. God manifests Itself through Its creations, which are individual expressions, individual extensions, of Its One Self – that includes you! There is no duality: you and God. And since God is your very being, harmony, health, abundance and so forth are already yours. We can mouth the words, “God and I are one, and therefore all that God has is mine” and grasp them at the mental level. But are we able to live this truth in our lives so we actually experience its reality? It is as God expresses Itself through us that we come to realize by direct experience that we are one with God. “God and I are one” becomes a demonstrable relationship visible in its fruits. “You will know them by their fruits.”

In order to live from our God self, we need to deny our little egoic self and allow the divine love which we are to flow freely through us. As we become empty vessels for divine love to pour into this world, we experience miracles born of this love.

The joy we experience is the divine in us–so too is the peace, creative intelligence, abundance and perfect health. Earth becomes heaven to the degree we let God fulfill Itself in our individual experience. This is why there can be no pride, no ownership in the experience of miracles. Jesus said, “Why call ye me good? There is none good but God.” He went on to explain that it was God within him who did the work. Yes, it is wonderful to experience miracles. But it is even more precious that through these experiences we come to know that we truly are one with divine Source: that everything Source has is ours and that everything Source is “I AM.” So be it. Written by Constance Kellough Founder and Publisher of Namaste Publishing

The bud becomes a glorious rose, the acorn a majestic tree; the wild flower seeds a luminous field of color. The stars and planets multiply into galaxies, and galaxies into super galaxies. The embryo grows into a fetus, the fetus into a baby, the baby into a child, and the child to adulthood. The broken-hearted become lighthearted, and the emotionally wounded experience healing and peace. There is a universal impulse to grow, to change, to become “more” of who we truly are. Built into the fabric of all existence is the element of growth, of progression. Everything is in a state of evolving to a higher, more complex order. We can call this universal element of creation The Grower. All existence is propelled by the creative energy of this force. When it comes to our personal growth, our evolution to a higher state of consciousness, we can appropriately say it is our Inner Grower at work. Our Inner Grower has our highest and best interests at heart at all times. But what do we really know about our Inner Grower? How can we become aware of it, aligned with it, say "yes" to it? For most of us, our Inner Grower is an unacknowledged part of our being. No wonder humanity as a whole and most humans have been stuck in repetitive negative cycles. We cry out in pain: Why aren’t we learning to live more sanely, more lovingly as a species? Why do I feel so stuck in my life? And why do I make the same mistakes over and over again? Meet your Inner Grower. Written by Constance Kellough & David Robert

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Miracle E x p e r i e n c e May 25th

Lynn Woodland - Miracle-Making Author of Making Miracles

Constance Kellough - Magical Journey Founder of Namaste Publishing, Author of The Leap Theda Phoenix - Intuitive Singer, Songwriter 7:30 pm, Unity of Vancouver, $30 Tickets @ Banyen Books and sciencetosage.com

This is a collaborative experience in consciousness, intention and love that's sure to touch your heart, boggle your mind, and open doors to undreamed possibilities.

Listen

Miracle Consciousness

suspend disbelief

ordinary to extraordinary where miracles become, not just possible, but natural.

Let the Experiment Begin

his is an invitation to suspend disbelief, let your

mind be boggled, and have an experience of reality beyond what you think you know for certain. Miracles are more readily found in the slightly unsettling territory of paradox than on familiar ground so, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re game, let the experiment begin right now by imagining that the earth is shifting just a bit underfoot and that nothing you see is what it appears to be.

Article Excerpt from Making Miraclesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Create New Realities for Your Life and Our World.

Modern science is showing that we can’t change our minds without affecting the world around us. If it’s your choice, you will become a miracle-maker. And if you’re feeling excited, it’s already begun. Proceed a little further into the experiment by imagining that you’re not alone as you read. Change your mind about the normally solitary experience of reading so that you are now, simply through your intention to do so, linking with every other mind who is reading these words. As we’ll explore in greater depth, all consciousness is connected. To quote one of the pioneers of modern physics, Erwin Schrödinger, on the nature of consciousness, “The overall number of minds is just one.” To wade a little more deeply into the fuzzy edges of reality, let go of what you think you know about time. Einstein proved in his theory of relativity that time and space aren’t a fixed, neutral container for matter and can be altered by what they contain. Time is a more fluid thing than we realize, as Helmut Schmidt, one of the early researchers of mind over matter, discovered in his extensive work with random event generators. He not only found statistically significant evidence suggesting that consciousness alone can indeed affect matter, but also that consciousness can affect matter in the past. More on this later.

For now, without quite understanding how, imagine that your mind is transcending the fluid boundaries of time and space to connect with every mind that has in the past and will in the future read these words. This is happening automatically simply because you’re thinking it. (You don’t even need to believe it; just imagine what it would feel like if you did.)

Picture this joined consciousness as clear, beautiful, and only positive. As we join minds, we leave behind the clutter of small, weak thoughts that so often cloud our attention and we rise into a Higher Mind that is wise and wonderful. In this Higher Mind, we amplify each other’s power for good and automatically repel harm. You may already feel a difference. Your senses may be a little sharper; you might feel warmth or tingling or gooseflesh. you’re

Perhaps little

awake. You may notice that your body is relaxing and

you’re

breathing

more deeply. You may feel nothing at all, the real

magic

happening

outside of your conscious awareness.

doesn’t

matter what you perceive. Just

imagine

what

would be like if you felt certain, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that miracles are normal and starting to unfold in your life.

Now, for a moment, hold the deepest, most

heartfelt

intention

that

every

reader of these words, past, present, and

future,

receive

something

wonderful, and imagine that just by reading this page, you will too. Hold this thought lightly and with wonder, like you would a butterfly that just alit in your hand.

Hold it gently…no need to strain…and let it go. Just as anonymous prayer has been shown to have a definite healing effect, even when the recipients are unaware that prayer is being offered on their behalf, just this easily, a powerful prayer has now been set in motion on your behalf. After you have done this, if you notice a waft of rose scent that has no discernible source or you see butterflies, feathers, or some cherished symbol wherever you go, just say thank you. As you’ve opened yourself to God, God is showing Itself to you. And now you’ve become more than a passive reader— you’ve become part of this experiment, reshaping matter and calling forth miracles for yourself and countless others whom you will never know. By permission of Namaste Publishing.

Lynn Woodland is an international teacher and human potential expert who has worked at the experimental edges of the Mind/Body/Spirit, Transpersonal Psychology, and New Thought

Link to the Miracle Experiment video, “The Experiment Begins:” http:// www.youtube.com/watch? v=XDd4n9ZNrIA

Her particular expertise is in what gives rise to miracles and in teaching ordinary people to live extraordinary lives so that miracles become, not just possible, but natural. movements since 1972.

Her background includes twelve years as a chemical dependency and mental health counselor and decades of work with energetic and spiritual healing. In 1983 she founded and directed the Baltimore Center for Attitudinal Healing, a free health crisis resource center for people dealing with life-challenging illnesses. She is the creator of The Miracles Course, a year-long program of online spiritual education leading to ordination, and author of Making Miracles—Create New Realities for Your Life and Our World. For more on her work, see www.lynnwoodland.com.

The more of this book you read, the more deeply you will enter into a miracle-making experiment.

Miracle Experiment Workshop

May 26 10-5pm Masonic Hall 1495 W. 8th Ave, Vancouver $125. Tickets @ Banyen Books sciencetosage.com

with

Lynn Woodland

The Miracle Experiment

will boggle your mind, touch your

heart, and change reality as you have known it. Have you been noticing more frequent serendipities? Do you feel on the verge of something? You may have already sent these experiences through time to yourself in Lynn Woodland's Miracle Experiment. Join us and see what else can happen. It may just change your life! This lively, interactive event is about consciousness, time, quantum science and God, all woven into an exciting, collaborative experiment in seeing just how far a group can push the oldparadigm reality envelope to create our highest good right now!

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;experimentâ&#x20AC;? involves focusing and directing our collective energy of love to see what miracles we can create for ourselves, each other, and the world beyond.

Consciousness, time, quantum science and God all woven together in an amazing, collaborative experiment that pushes the boundaries of human potential.

Curious?

Making Miracles Come Join the Experiment

Miracle

Community

Since 1987 Lynn Woodland has been hosting webinar’s miracle-making communities. They are designed for individual or group participation, because there is such a value in

Download the Guide to Create Your Own Miracles Study Group http://www.namastepublishing.com/ making-miracles-study-guide

doing this work in community. More than a typical online class, this one is interactive and results-oriented. It draws on the amplifying power of group work and, while there is content every week, the process is primarily experiential, aimed at facilitating an immediate experience of miracles. Participates say they don’t feel so alone anymore. They have a sense of countless loving souls with them as helpers. They share imagined visions of reaching out to a frightened mother in an unknown place and time and giving her comfort; or helping to heal an injury or guide someone through a time of darkness. Are these experiences real or imagined? I’m not sure that matters nearly so much as the very real compassion and peace they leave with us. Every week is different and each class is a complete experience, so participants can start

Events Listings for Making Miracles http://www.namastepublishing.com/miracles

Share Your Miracles in your life with the Namaste Community! http://www.namastepublishing.com/discussion/ share-your-miracles-making-miracles-forum

any time. The webinar meets most Tuesdays.

See www.lynnwoodland.com for upcoming topics and dates.

Making Miracles - Come Join the Experiment

A Mustard Seed Miracle The Story of Namaste Publishing’s Birth and Growth Until 1996, my spiritual practice had been a private one. So I was surprised when, early that year, an inner yearning ignited: I felt called to join with others in spiritual practice – to be part of what in the East is called a Sangha. Although this yearning was intense, I did not act on it immediately. Perhaps it was a passing whim and would soon fade away. But it didn’t. I was a management consultant at that time. One day at work following a meeting in our boardroom, I mentioned it to one of my colleagues. “That’s interesting,” John Kutchenthal said, “because I just met a fellow who arrived from England a few weeks ago and is said to be a spiritual teacher.” Surprised and delighted, I quickly responded, “I would like to meet this fellow.” “Then I’ll ask if he would be open to leading meditation sessions in the office,” John responded. A week later, at the end of a long workday, a small group of us had gathered in anticipation. We heard a soft knocking on the door; John opened it and in walked a gentle, unassuming man who was introduced to us as Eckhart Tolle.

N a m a s t e Fo u n d e r & P u b l i s h e r

Constance Kellough

A Mustard Seed Miracle

Beginning that evening and once a week for almost a year thereafter, Eckhart came to our office at the end of the work day, or we met very early in the morning at John’s home, where we woke ourselves up with coffee and muffins before surrendering to the bliss of stillness. At each of these sacred gatherings, we were fed a measure of pure jana and led into progressively deeper states of stillness and shared Presence. Eckhart was the bonfire of consciousness who drew our small splintery flames into its center. Life had brought me my Sangha! As time passed, I learned that Eckhart was writing a book. I thought this was a wonderful idea, but did not give it a further thought. After a semi-private session with Eckhart that summer, he asked me, “Constance, would you consider being my publisher?” I was astonished by Eckhart’s request – but curiously, at another level not at all surprised. I was happily ensconced in my career as a management consultant. True, for ten years I had been in the college system as both an instructor and Department Chair of English Literature, but I knew absolutely nothing about publishing. My ego jumped in: “Constance, you have never published a book before: what if you fail; what if you let Eckhart down; how are you going to find the time to do this, not to mention the money?”

As I drove home from Eckhart’s that afternoon, I began to sense the possibility that behind the chronology of our meeting was the hand of an invisible weaver. If Life had orchestrated our coming together at just the moment I was seeking a deeper and more communal form of spiritual practice, was it now orchestrating our partnering in this new work?

Photo by Karl Herrmann

My drive from West Vancouver to Vancouver Proper that day took me over the Lion’s Gate Bridge. As I literally crossed this bridge, I also crossed an “inner bridge.” Yes, I would be Eckhart’s publisher!

The mustard seed was dropped into the soil. As Eckhart and I sat together month by month during the writing of his yet-to-beentitled book, we were in total oneness in feeling compelled to put it out into the world, with no regard as to whether 80, 800, or 800,000 people would read it. The Power of Now was born into the world in 1997. But many tests of our commitment lay ahead. As first-time author and publisher, how could we defy many of the publishing industry norms and practices and breakthrough with this book? With no marketing budget to speak of in those days of early germination, Eckhart and I often walked the books into stores ourselves. Sometimes we met with no interest, and other times the store would order a few copies at a time. Then something wonderful happened – The Power of Now began to spread effortlessly by word of mouth. It was evident there was a readership for this book. But to best cultivate and respond to it, we needed a vehicle for distribution.

After two failed attempts to convince a Canadian national book distributor to carry The Power of Now, the third and final attempt met with success. Fifteen years after its first printing, The Power of Now has sold almost seven million copies worldwide, is available in 47 languages, and continues to find new readers

The delicious spiritual “back-story” is that this one book alone has significantly contributed to raising the consciousness of our entire planet. and catch the public eye through the vehicles of press and television.

Would Eckhart write another book? At all times our publishing decisions were dictated by the hand of life’s invisible weaver. The answer came as Eckhart’s teaching evolved. The Power of Now was followed by Stillness Speaks, then A New Earth. Led by the hand of life, other authors were published, none of whom, like Eckhart, were sought out. In each instance, Life brought them to Namaste Publishing, along with a perfect mix of gifted service-driven staff. Just as with The Power of Now, which ignited Namaste Publishing, all subsequent publications were and will continue to emanate from our intent to be of service to humanity by providing content born of the higher consciousness which is pressing to emerge on the planet at this time. This higher consciousness speaks of our true nature, our divine and inestimable worth captured in the word “Namaste.” Namaste Publishing grew over the years through sub-licensing and co-publishing agreements, foreign rights sales, and by finally procuring our own distribution throughout North America and the world. Any person in business whose primary raison d’etre is to be of service to their fellow man, needs at all times to have both feet on the ground: one the spiritual, the other the practical. That’s a given. The challenge is to remember which of the two you must always lean on. Then decisions are made quickly and with confidence.

One can only move with humility because it is evident through experience that the “little me” as Eckhart Tolle calls it, does very little of the work.

One’s job in this business of service simply involves being a willing vehicle through which love can flow into the world, holding to one’s service intent while ensuring it remains pure, listening for directions from your “inner knower”, then taking the next small step, followed by the next. From Namaste Publishing’s experience, all manner of help was given, as needed, from both seen and unseen helpers. We have been carried – like the eagle born up by the wind, needing only to make a slight movement of wing to effect flight or change of direction. Life has generously given back to us, and we continue to experience ongoing wonderful surprises to which we can only respond with profound gratitude. And the beautiful beat goes on. Namaste.

Constance Kellough Founder & Publisher NAMASTE PUBLISHING Author, THE LEAP – Are You Ready to Live a New Reality?

A Mustard Seed Miracle

Of course, one will be challenged along the way – and usually just before life presents a new service challenge. Has egoic motivation crept in? Is heart energy still the fuel which drives actions? Are you up for the next round?

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Banyen Events

Join Together to Make Miracles For the entire month of May, Namaste Publishing will join forces with Banyen Books & Sound on 4th Avenue in Vancouver to sell Namaste's newest publication, Making Miracles: Creating New Realitlies for Your Life and Our World, by Lynn Woodland. The proceeds from the sale of this book will go directly to providing cataract surgery to to people around the globe who otherwise would never receive this miracle in their lives. "Making Miracles is something we should be doing all the time," says Constance Kellough, Publisher here at Namaste. "All that is required is to come from love and service intent. And when you join with others in this same intent, you put spiritual rocket fuel underneath it. Then watch the miracles flow inâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;pressed down and overflowing." Eckhart Tolle comments about this wonderful endeavor: "It is wonderful to see Banyen Books and Namaste Publishing come together in this fundraising event for Seva. This joint project will also enable more people to become aware of Seva and the wonderful work they do in the world." To find out more about Seva or to view their most recent newsletter, please go to www.seva.ca. To find out more about Lynn Woodland's book, Making Miracles: Creating New Realities for Your Life and Our World, please click on the book's title.

What is Seva Canada? It is an organization that brings the gift of sight to people around the globe who are needlessy blind or visually impaired, and helps those with u n avo i d a b l e v i s i o n loss achieve their full potential. It's mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness throughout the world.

Seva Canada is an international charity based in Vancouver whose mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness in the developing world. Seva believes that giving the power of sight is the most effective way to relieve suffering, alleviate poverty and transform lives. Since 1982, Seva Canada has been helping communities develop their own capacity to deliver affordable eye care services. To date, Seva has given sight to over 3 million of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poorest people. Seva provides funding and expertise to partners in 9 countries and regions: Nepal, Tibet, India, Tanzania and eastern Africa, Guatemala, Cambodia, Egypt, Malawi and Madagascar.

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April/May 2012 Beyond the Darkness A photography exhibition by international awardwinning Canadian photographer, Dr. Larry Louie Please join us at Beyond the Darkness and celebrate the work that Seva, our partners and donors have accomplished over the last 30 years. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acknowledge our successes and look towards the future where no one is needlessly blind or visually impaired. Exhibition dates: Monday April 23 to Saturday May 12, 2012 Location: HSBC Pendulum Gallery, 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC (corner of Georgia and Hornby) Gallery hours: Mon - Wed 9-5; Thur & Fri 9-9; Sat 9-5; Sunday and holidays: closed

Canadian photographer, Dr. Larry Louie

international award-winning

I developed an insatiable curiosity

about

other

cultures and places while growing up in Canada. My fascination

with

photography and travel developed at a very young age, with my first National Geographic magazine.

My photographs allow me to share with others the variety and beauty of the world I see. Increasingly, I feel an urgency to document people in areas of the world threatened by urbanization and globalization â&#x20AC;&#x201C; places where traditional ways of life, ancient knowledge and customs, languages and identities are disappearing at an alarming rate. People often talk about endangered species and the loss of biodiversity in nature. Some are finally beginning to notice the threat to the diversity of cultures. The changes brought by industrialization and urbanization affect not only animal and plant species â&#x20AC;&#x201C; societies that have been around for thousands of years are also at risk.

Vancouver April/May 2012 Beyond the Darkness photographer, Dr. Larry Louie

Through contact and experience, we learn to develop tolerance and appreciation of others. In my travels, I have come to recognize that all the world's peoples, with their different beliefs, customs, and languages, have important connections. When any group disappears from this world,

lose

part

ourselves. Cultural loss means the disappearance of memory and history, but it is also a loss of potential â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a loss to the future. By documenting remote societies, I hope to inspire others to take note of what's at stake.

Vancouver

In my photographs, I also explore the challenges that arise where peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives are caught between the past and present, documenting the social issues of groups that modern society has touched but left behind.

Vancouver

Over the last couple of years, I have used my photography as a platform to highlight the work of Seva Canada and its partners along with other social issues and challenges people are encountering in a world facing rapid urbanization and globalization. I want to engage people

inspiring

stories of perseverance and strength, not only of those who have found themselves caught in such a plight, but also amazing individuals and organizations that are lending a helping hand.

Vancouver April/May 2012 Beyond the Darkness photographer, Dr. Larry Louie

F r o m S e v a C a n a d a â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vi s i o n 2 0 / 2 0 G o a l t o t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s Development Programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Millennium Development Goals to End Poverty, I hope my photographs will be able to tell the stories and make a difference, to reveal light that is found in the darkest of places. Larry Louie

May 25 @ Unity of Vancouver in concert with Making Miracles

Theda Phoenix an Intuitive Singer We breathe the same air, under the same skies Drink of the same rains, running down the mountain side Warmed by the same sun, we share the same fears All bleed red blood and cry salty tears We are all born, weÂ will all die, WE are all sharing in this miracle, this miracle of lifeÂ

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...start by inviting miracles with Constance Kellough, Founder and Publisher of Namaste Opening for the SEVA, David Hickey, Benefit Concert - May 12

“Making Miracles is something we should be doing all the time,” says Constance. “All that is required is to come from love and service intent. And when you join with others in this same intent, you put spiritual rocket fuel underneath it. Then watch the miracles flow in -- pressed down and overflowing."

Gateway to the Cosmos Awaken your consciousness to the harmonics of the spheres. Journey the Solar System. Take the cosmic trip with David Hickey.

David Hickey Saturday May 12, Vancouver, St. Andrews Church

Seva Benefit Concert

Planet

Gongs

Planet Gongs are tuned to the natural harmonic series based on the orbital properties of the Earth, Moon, Sun, and Planets. All of these gongs resonate in harmony with the celestial bodies and communicate a distinct aspect of the Music of the Spheres, which was first documented by Pythagoras in the 6th Century BC. Each planet gong contributes a vital pitch to the total harmonic resonance of our solar system. Named for the Greek Gods, the planets also embody significant archetypal, astrological, and mythological associations. The Planet Gongs provide a gateway back to our natural state of connectedness with the physical, emotional, and spiritual world. When the gong is sounded, we are physically connected to the strength and power of its resonance, sympathy, and correspondences. The Planet Gongs are used by both individuals and practitioners to uncover feelings, stimulate growth, balance, inner harmony, and evolution of the nervous system. Used on their own or as part of a "Harmonic Attunement," Planet Gongs are integrated into Crystal Journey's performances with the Quartz Crystal Bowls as well as private attunements that are offered for individuals, groups, communities, and organizations.

The frequencies used for the Planet Gongs represent the calculations of Hans Cousto.

38" Ohm (Earth Year) Planet Gong (Gaia) Earth in the solar year, season to season, it is our home tone. Approximate musical note is C#. Rules: Earth's Yearly Seasonal Cycle Character: Midlife, grounding, balance Key Words: Nature, sustenance, material gain, food, creativity, concentration, reason for being, remembrance, birth, youth, midlife, wisdom, and experience. Basic Function: Earth represents the ability to be comfortable in our body, and the homework we each must do. It provides the balance needed to complete our destiny successfully.

38" Sun Planet Gong (Helios) Approximate musical note is B. Rules: Leo Character: Self Key Words: Initiative, vitality, authority, leadership, generosity, individuation, power, confidence, and selfesteem. Basic Function: Helps to define our individuality, integrity, and independence; to overcome limiting environmental conditions, and to be in touch with our Divine seed.

38" Sedna Planet Gong (Sedna) Approximate musical note is C. Rules: Harmonics with strong affinity to Pluto and Neptune Character: New Paradigms Key Words: Sound, forgiveness, compassion, creativity, global view, water, purging and purifying toxicity, t ra n s f o r m a t i o n / t ra n s m i g ra t i o n , r i g h t c o n d u c t a n d responsibility, non-linearity/non-duality. Basic Function: Sedna expands and challenges our ideas and assumptions about the very nature of the cosmos, opening us to new paradigms and non-duality, providing us with access into the deep layers of the personal and collective unconscious, our super conscious, and Universal intelligences.

36" Pluto Planet Gong (Hades) Approximate musical note is C#. Rules: Scorpio Character: Transformation Key Words: Transmutation, integration, sexuality, illumination, transformation, liberation, potential, shadow, death and resurrection, rebirth, and polarity. Basic Function: Growth and transcendence through conflict. Pluto breaks down the old into its component parts only to reassemble them on a new higher octave. Pluto rules the raising of kundalini, the major driving power of this ongoing process.

32" Mercury Planet Gong (Hermes) Approximate musical note is C#. Rules: Gemini/Virgo Character: Mind Key Words: Communication, concrete knowledge, reason, realism, analysis, intelligence, cunning, alertness, eloquence, discrimination, versatility, dexterity, conceptual ability, and inventiveness. Basic Function: Activates our mind and reasoning faculty to promote knowledge, understanding, communication, freedom of choice, and synthesis.

32" Mars Planet Gong (Ares) Approximate musical note is D. Rules: Aries/Scorpio Character: Passion Key Words: Self-assertion, survival, decisive, activity, desire, the masculine principle, physical initiative, energy, courage, originality, courage, action, determination power, virility, and resolve. Basic Function: Propels you to take action, provides the courage necessary to remove obstacles in your path, and to find new ways of self-expression. Protects and assures.

32" Chiron Planet Gong (Chiron) Approximate musical note is D#. Rules: Virgo Character: Initiation Key Words: Non-traditional healing methods, alchemy, vision, destiny, self-sacrifice, animal power, integrity, strength, compassion, wisdom, knowledge, dependability, unconventionality, and craftiness. Basic Function: Chiron is the wounded healer, a catalyst to help us access our deepest wounds so that we may move forward with strength, compassion, and wisdom to achieve our true destiny.

32" Saturn Planet Gong (Kronos) Approximate musical note is D. Rules: Capricorn Character: Discipline Key Words: Stability, patience, structure, self-discipline, law, control, power, limitation, wisdom, perseverance, restriction, protection, caution, achievement, overview, and time. Basic Function: To restrain us; helps us establish healthy boundaries and forges us in the inner fire of discipline, so that we may gain the power and wisdom to actualize our soul's purpose.

32" Nibiru Planet Gong (Nibiru) Approximate musical note is E. Rules: Libra Character: Evolution Key Words: Evolution, travel, connection, the gods, roots and origins, genetics, change, feelings, emotional longing and resolution, enlightenment, initiator, and restoration. Basic Function: Nibiru crosses our lives and helps us to identify our emotional needs and longing, to achieve resolution and enlightenment, so that we can repair that which is not working and restore ourselves to balance.

24" Neptune Planet Gong (Poseidon) Approximate musical note is G#. Rules: Pisces Character: Creativity/Bliss Key Words: Mystical, illusive, transcendental, inspiring, visionary, compassionate, sacrificial, esp., psychic and cosmic awareness, and spiritualism. Basic Function: To dissolve out-dated patterns and attachments in order to make room for growth. Neptune points out false projections and illusions, allowing us to reclaim our lost power; helps us access the potential for intuition, inspiration, and artistic creativity.

24" Uranus Planet Gong (Uranus) Approximate musical note is G#. Rules: Aquarius Character: Change Key Words: Individualism, originality, rebellion, electricity, genius, creativity, revolution, transmission, innovation, and resourcefulness. Basic Function: Initiates changes wherever necessary in our life and habit patterns. Uranian energy throws us into the unexpected and unknown, forcing us to experience the new and unusual, ever expanding our field of awareness.

24" Venus Planet Gong (Aphrodite) Approximate musical note is A. Rules: Taurus/Libra Character: Relationships Key Words: Love, passion, desire, artistic sensibility, affection, harmony, beauty, magnetism, the feminine principal, cooperation, sociability, refinement, and responsiveness. Basic Function: Increases our awareness of others, brings beauty, harmony, creativity, and abundance, while opening us up to the power and potential of relationship.

The intent of the performance is to create soothing, meditative and healing music. Each one

performances is c o m p l e t e l y improvised, and unique. The music attracts a full range of listeners. My concerts are in two sets, each lasting an hour in length.

Tour & Website

Eckhart Tolle's publisher Constance @ Friends for Life, Non-profit Sunday, May 20, 2012, 2:00 PM Constance Kellough, Founder and Publisher of Namaste Publishing, will be sharing the miraculous story of how she met Eckhart Tolle and came to be his publisher. (The Power of Now, Stillness Speaks, A New Earth). This is captured in her story of THE MIRACLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED - The Birth and Growth of Namaste Publishing. In addition, she will be sharing how the way to ensure that your life is full of miracles is to say, "Yes," to serving humanity in the way you are best suited. Friends for Life partnered with Namaste Publishing to host this special Sunday gathering. Donations from this event will be received by Friends for Life team to further their social mission. Weather permitting, before/after the gathering we can stay outdoors, in the beautiful green surrounding the Friends for Life building. If you want to support the tFFL's mission, please consider to Volunteering or Registering as a member.

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Meet-UP

Cash donations (minimum donation $5 to FFL) Namaste Publishing will donate copies of Eckhart Tolleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publications to FFL members.

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The in the Mustard Seed

Namaste

I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light and of peace. When you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, We are one. www.namastepublishing.com

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http:// www.eckharttolle.com/

Eckhart Tolle writes, "It is wonderful to see Banyen Books and Namaste Publishing come together in this fundraising event for Seva. This joint project will also enable more people to become aware of Seva and the wonderful work they do in the world. "

"The major institution for social change is the human heart... Â That's what brings together social action and spiritual practice." Ram Dass, Co-Founder, Seva

Listen to the Launch of

Making Miracles in Vancouver & Beyond... with Jesse Dylan & Constance Kellough

Sunday May 1st, 7pm The GOODLIFE Networks

Synchronicity :

Talk Radio

for Your Mind, Body and Soul is the #1 spirituality and wellness radio show airing weekly in Vancouver, BC and heard online in more than 100 countries around the world on

CiTR 101.9

fm at the University of British Columbia.

April 30

Mondays at 12pm Pacific:

Namaste Publishing & SEVA Canada Speak of Making Miracles in May Constance Kellough

CITR.ca - Cosmic Dimensions

founder and publisher

Host Marie Benard Listen to Synchronicity Live

Radio - Co-Creator Network

Nancy Mortisee

Chairman of the Board SEVA

or on rebroadcast: Tuesday & Thursday @ 8pm Pacific on Empower Radio 7 days a week on the Co-Creator network

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Susan Erdmann, SEVA Board Member Lynn Woodland author of Making Mircales Create New Realities for Your Life and Our World published by Namaste Publishing

May 7

Richard Merrick Temples Sacred Design co-host Karen Elkins Science to Sage

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Transfor mational Breath

速

Transformational Breath combines full connected breathing with sound, hands-on work, invocation, and movement to integrate and transform at the deepest levels of our being. Also, offered for the first time in a program format is an introduction of the highly acclaimed "Presence Process" book by Michael G. Brown. A basic understanding of the Presence Process journey is given combined with some of the lifechanging exercises from the book. The ability to be more present and share our lives from the space of Presence is just one of the overall effects of these two dynamic tools coming together in this unbeatable weekend.

The "Presence of Breath" Transformational Breath速 workshop. Click here for workshops International/ Vancouver, BC

Judith has integrated various principles from her doctoral studies in metaphysics, Kundalini Yoga, breath analysis, sound healing, body mapping plus other healing and spiritual principles into the Transformational Breath trainings. Michael Brown & Transformational Breath

Intro the Breath

Tr a n s f o r m a t i o n a l B r e a t h 速 A Self Empowering Healing Process www.transformationalbreathing.com

THIS UNFOLDING MOMENT IN OUR HUMAN EVOLUTION IS NOT "THE END TIMES" - IT IS THE INVITATION TO "END LIVING IN A TIME-BASED PARADIGM" SO WE MAY REAL EYES PEACE.

Our task is not to "make peace on earth". Such an intent is born of perceptual delusion. Our evolutionary task is to accomplish the capacity "to real eyes peace that is already given" while we are here. When we develop the capacity to authentically real eyes peace - we radiate this resonance throughout our experience. Authentic peace is felt. We are only at peace when we truly feel at peace. Peace is only realized through responsively awakening to, and hence fully entering, the feltresonance of this unfolding moment. If we cannot feel the peace that is already given, it is because our unintegrated fear, anger, and grief is distorting our feltperception. Only by consciously integrating our imprinted fear, anger, and grief do we reawaken our felt-perception and open ourselves to the naturally peaceful resonance of the heart.

Constance says, "I love you dearly, Michael-- times a trinity."Â

The Miracle of Transformational

Breath 速

...in Vancouver

Transformational Breath in Vancouver, BC

Blissful Breathing specializes in the Transformational Breath® system which offers the most effective and joyful means of clearing the subconscious mind. This dynamically powerful technique uses consciously directed diaphragmatic breathing which resolves stress, increases energy, and brings joy and balance to life and all relationships. Transformational Breathing® is a self-empowering healing process that creates great transformation in one's life.

Breath-work Coaching by Ela Includes: • Breathing analysis • Opening and retraining chronically tight diaphragmatic muscles • Opening and integrating restricted breathing patterns • Practice of consciously directed breathing • Presence Process • Healing Sounds • Integrating fear, anger and grief • Clearing and transforming the subconscious mind from repressed emotions. • Opening to clarity and abundance of life • Reclaiming your own power through breath.

• Discovering your peace and bliss through breath.

Brea!ing Blissful

Where Interior Design and Breath Intersect… ®

Ela’s work with Transformational Breath and Interior Design has brought an awareness that we literally design our “Home Within” with each inhalation and exhalation. How we breathe creates our inner space, which is reflected back into our living environment. For consultation about designing your sacred space . . . . .

Multifamily Designs Commercial Individual Homes Studios Offices & Restaurants

Ela Rezmer, M.A. Ela@ ElaRezmerDesign.com www.ElaRezmerDesign.com 604-780-3400

Transformational Breath® Facilitator Email blissfulbreathing@hotmail.com www.BlissfulBreathing.com www. Transformationalbreathing.com

Helping people discover the miracle of their mind & body.

Valentus is a multi-disciplinary clinic offering services to enhance body, mind and spirit. We specialize in Brainwave Optimization, an advanced form of Neurofeedback, directed by Dr. Susan Simpson, Psychologist. Our goal is to provide each individual with a personalized transformative experience.

www.ValentusClinics.com #103-1625 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria BC. 250.590.5090

...Miracle Body

The Vancouver BC Institute of Noetic Sciences (VIONS) Community Group is a group of like-minded individuals, interested in learning about consciousness and spiritual growth. Our purpose is to improve our knowledge of noetic sciences, and to help each other along our paths of personal growth. We are flexible in organizing activities that reflect the current interests of our membership.

Next VIONS meeting, May 19, 2-4:30 featuring a DVD "SPONTANEOUS EVOLUTION" by Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., followed by discussion. Location: Firehall Library,1455 W. 10 Ave., Meeting Room 2nd Floor.

Miracle Perspective http://www.soul-centered.com/

Miracles of Light Tulip revealing its light essence

open the book on light Brought to you by

Institute for Science, Spirituality & Sustainability Supporting the Miracle of Life and Light Around the World

Promoting global unity and community by celebrating the diversity of human culture.

With this project, I am seeking to express a real appreciation and love for humanity and all we are capable of. I also aspire to provide information and perspectives that may be useful for people on their own journeys of awareness. - Randall

The O WORLD Project is an international multi-media initiative encompassing the arts, sciences and spiritual traditions. I am seeking to express a real appreciation and love for humanity and all we are capable of.

I am really feeling that time is precious, and that NOW is the time to get ‘involved’ with the world. Most of my experience and interaction has been internal … but over the past few years I have felt compelled to add my momentum externally with those who share a desire for a new paradigm in human behavior and consciousness. I wanted to make a gesture, and engage the world in a fashion that combines all of my passions and interests… expansion of awareness, philosophy, music, film, social/environmental/spiritual issues, people. This project explores all of those avenues and every day I am inspired to expand my view of the world … and share it.

“Music is a form of expression that transcends language, culture, political/religious/spiritual beliefs … it cuts right to an emotional core all humans seem to possess regardless of where and how they are placed in the world. To me, music provides a direct connection to people… and I love connecting”. Randall

One World One People One Song Many Voices Versions of O World will be presented in a myriad of languages including: English, Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, and Turkish... and in a variety of genres, including: Rock, Folk, Pop, Choral, a-cappella, Hip Hop, Rap, Classical, Flamenco, Bossa Nova, Blues, Gospel, and Jazz. Instrumental versions of O World feature diverse instruments from around the world, including sitar, Peruvian pan flute, pipe organ, touchstyle guitar, dan bau, erhu, bagpipe, zheng, tar, and pipa.

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O World Project website: www.oworldproject.com O World Youtube page: http:// www.youtube.com/user/OWorldProject O World Facebook page: http:// www.hs.facebook.com/pages/O-World/ 146613988701032

The Vancouver Board of Trade reviewed “Pacific SpiritVancouver” saying, “Every business person in Vancouver should have copies of this book for guests and visitors.” They backed up that statement by using the book as a gifting item to prominent speakers they bring to the city, such as former President Bill Clinton.

Photographer – Karl Herrmann Karl Herrmann is an internationally recognized cinematographer and photographer living in Vancouver. He’s worked on such Hollywood blockbusters as “E.T.”, “The Right Stuff” and “I, Robot”, among many others. His still photographs are represented in museums and galleries and collected internationally. In his recently published coffee table book, “Pacific Spirit-Vancouver”, he brings his unique vision of BC’s stunning natural environment into crystal clear focus for the rest of us to appreciate. The elegantly simple page layout presents each image with an inspirational quote, which causes you to linger a little longer on every page. Karl has been interviewed about his “magnificent” book on CBC Radio, the Fanny Kiefer Show and Global TV.

Reviewing the book, the North Shore News stated, “A fresh view of our beautiful surroundings is p re s e n t e d i n t h i s s t u n n i n g c o l l e c t i o n o f photographs… the natural beauty of our city is preserved forever in Herrmann’s lush images.” Copies of “Pacific Spirit-Vancouver” are available by contacting Karl via his website www.natureseries.ca. It is also available in most major bookstores in the city. Prints and note cards are also available of all the images in the book. The technique Karl uses to photograph the images allows for prints to be very large with incredible detail.

http:// www.eaglespiritgallery.com/Gallery.ubr

Seeds for Miracles

Spiritual Explorations to South India D e t a i l H e re Brochure Here

Acara

Miracle Minded Conscious Living Radio Lynn Woodland author of Making Miracles Wednesday evening, May 16 6pm - 102.7Fm

November 16th, 2012 The Centre For Performing Arts in Vancouver

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided to do a Spring House concert at our home in 2010 to share some of our original music. A gentleman that attended the concert told us that he had planned to take his life that night, but his sister called him at the last minute and asked him to go with her to our house concert. He decided to have this one last experience with his sister, and he would continue with his plan when he got home that night. He told us that after attending the concert, he felt so inspired and encouraged that he changed his mind about taking his life. He is extremely happy now and has found love in his lifeâ&#x20AC;?. Jonas and Jeanette -Producers of the World Kindness Concert'

Miracles in Concert

World Kindness Concert - http:// www.worldkindnessconcert.com/

What does all this mean: to embrace the light, walk in the light, and so on? What is all this light, light, light talk? In A Course in Miracles, light is defined as â&#x20AC;&#x153;understanding.â&#x20AC;? What a beautiful thought, that to see the light is to understand.

Marianne Williamson I

BEGAN MY CAREER GIVING TALKS ABOUT

COURSE IN MIRACLES in 1983. In 1992, I published my first book about it. In 2007, having been reading the book for three decades and lecturing on it literally thousands of times, I came out of meditation one day and thought, I’ve become an advanced student of the Course. Not an advanced practitioner, mind you, but an advanced student. And that took 30 years. What is it about spiritual knowledge that takes so long to digest? The trendy nature of much contemporary seeking would lead you to think that you spend a year or two at the ashram and voilà!—you’re at the mountaintop. But my experience argues otherwise. It takes a decade to understand the basic nature of spiritual principles, another decade while the ego tries to eat you alive, another decade while you try to wrestle it to the ground, and finally you begin to walk more or less in light. Anyone who thinks a spiritual path is easy probably hasn’t been walking one.

Marianne Williamson

By midlife, you’re probably aware enough to understand which of your issues most need attention. You’ve learned where you’re strong, but also where you’re weak. You know what parts of yourself to be proud of and what parts of yourself should change. You know what your issues are this lifetime. It might not be a time when you’re learning new things about yourself so much as understanding more deeply what you already know. And new levels of self-awareness bring new opportunities for breakthrough. This is not the time to stop working on yourself; it’s the time when you’ve finally accumulated enough clues to help crack the case and solve the mystery of why and how you’ve sabotaged yourself for so long. It’s not the time to give up and say, “This is just how I am. It’s too late to change.” Quite the opposite—it’s time to take a stand, once and for all, against the enemy inside. Don’t worry that it took you so long to get to this point. It takes everyone this long. We know nothing until we know all the ways that we’re not who we should be. Only then do we have a chance at becoming the people we’ve wanted to be, and God intended us to be, from the day we were born.

For that reason alone, these are sacred years. When you’re young, you can’t really imagine the ages of 50, 60, or 70 being “cool.” Actually, it often takes that long to understand what cool really means. You can’t really build a life till you’ve pulled together all the things you’ve finally come to understand about yourself. Life would be cruel if at just about the time you’ve finally figured it out, it reached some sort of predetermined disintegration. Just as adolescents must separate from their parents, you need to separate from the person you were before this point, to whatever extent that that person was not the real you.

Finding out who we actually aren’t, we begin to learn at last who we actually are. IN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, A BEAUTIFUL PRINCE turns into a horrible beast—until finally unconditional love turns him back into who he really is. Gee, that sounds like almost everyone I know. Years ago, after my first book was published, my lawyer recounted to me a conversation he’d had with my publisher. The publisher had made a comment about my being a “spiritual teacher,” to which my lawyer had replied, “She’s not! She writes books about spirituality, but she’s not a spiritual teacher.” I remember wanting to say, “Actually, John, I think I am a spiritual teacher,” but I

This is not the time to stop working on yourself; it’s the time when you’ve finally accumulated enough clues to help crack the case and solve the mystery of why and how you’ve sabotaged yourself for so long. It’s not the time to give up and say, “This is just how I am. It’s too late to change.” Quite the opposite—it’s time to take a stand, once and for all, against the enemy inside. Don’t worry that it took you so long to get to this point. It takes everyone this long. We know nothing until we know all the ways that we’re not who we should be. Only then do we have a chance at becoming the people we’ve wanted to be, and God intended us to be, from the day we were born.

Marianne Williamson

didn’t, out of fear that it would appear immodest. Who was I to call myself that? Yet as it says in A Course in Miracles, we create what we defend against; in an effort to dissuade people from thinking I thought of myself as any big deal, I acted in a way that ensured they would. Oh, you think I’m so spiritual? Watch this! I can be stupid, too! Thinking it was humble to do so, I dissociated who I was when I wasn’t working from the more enlightened persona that came naturally to me when I was. The ego defends the “separate self,” leading to thoughts that lead to behavior that often reflect our “opposite.” That is what many of us are doing in this life: living the opposite of our truth, just as the beast was the opposite of the beautiful prince in the fairy tale. We prance around on a stage of illusion, acting out whatever pathetic bit part the fear-based ego allows us in this tragic play, repeating our lines without realizing this isn’t the script with which we came into this life. Our script, in fact, got switched at birth—we’re playing a part that is not our part and repeating lines that are not our lines. The ego not only defends against our expressing our true selves, but also against our consciously seeing that this is what we’re doing. Our opposite becomes the personality that we, and everyone else, think we actually are. Then, since the ego is guiding how we’re presenting ourselves, the world comes to agree that of course that is who we actually are. We’re no longer princes, but beasts. And thus we are double bound: first by appearing as not who we really are, and then by the dark contagion of a world that is judging us for it. Only when I realized that it wasn’t arrogant, but humble, to accept with grace and honor the part I play in the world, was I able to drop the personality self that consistently felt the need to deflect it. To accept that God has given each of us a magnificent role to play on Earth merely because we’re human; that we were born with a perfect script etched on our hearts; that it’s not to our personal credit, but to His greater glory, that each of us is brilliant—such are the truths that free us from the ego’s lies. Mystical understanding is a ray of light, the divine kiss that transforms us back to who we truly are. Each of us can put down the burden of our false self and allow our truth to reemerge.

My dreamlike and mystical nature as a child could rarely find acceptance within my family system or support at school, a conundrum to which I responded— as most people do to the stress of finding themselves at home where they are not at home—by psychically splitting off from myself. I separated from my authentic spirit, my psyche splitting in two like a broken tooth. My spirit wandered high above me, as though on a shelf where it would remain accessible to me personally but hopefully invulnerable to derision by others. Which means that to the best of my young ability, I put my spirit into the hands of God for safekeeping. I remember when I was a little girl, one of my close girlfriends lived in a house where there was a mural painted on the wallpaper in the powder room. It showed two little angels lying on clouds holding hand mirrors. And that powder room at Beth Klein’s house became like a chapel to me. I would come up with any excuse to enter that room and just stare up at the mural. I felt like that prepainted wallpaper was speaking to me of somewhere I had been and longed to go again. I wondered if others could see what I could see on that wall of my Sistine Chapel on Tartan Lane. How young we were, so many of us, when we felt psychologically cast out of our homes. Feeling cast out, we collectively manifested a world from which, if we don’t change things, we will be cast out. The only way we can fundamentally heal a situation in which the human race teeters on the brink of all manner of catastrophe is to repair the original separation between who we truly are and who we have become. Every life is a microcosm of the greater global drama. As each of us returns to the truth in our hearts, we will be released to our highest creativity and intelligence. This will open up avenues of repair the mortal mind can’t even imagine, leading us to co-create with God a transformed life on earth. Realigned within ourselves, we will realign the world. And heaven and earth shall be as one.

M ar ia nn e W ill ia m so n

The world in which we live today—reflecting in so many ways the opposite of our sweetness and love—reminds us how desperately important it is to break the spell that’s been cast on the human race and retrieve our shining self. Our inner sweetness—whether we call it “the Christ,” “the soul,” or whatever word describes the spiritual essence so not at home in our worldly zones of combat—is the only place where we will ever, ever be safe. Children’s fairy tales aren’t fantasy; in a way, our modern worldview is. The outer kingdom is not our real home. The inner kingdom is our everything. And until we retrieve it, our outer kingdom will be a land of suffering for everyone.

THOSE

OF US WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE MOST

—with its evil as well as its good—have greater understanding with which to tame the beast of chaos and unruliness that threatens the earth today. We’ve learned the hard way that the darkness of the world is a reflection of the darkness inside us. We’ll learn to tame the beast of the world by taming it within ourselves.

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.

OF LIFE

When we’re young, we’re powerful in a physical sense. The strength of youth is not earned so much as given to us as a gift from nature. It serves a role that belongs specifically to the young: to procreate and build external structures that support material life. As our physical strength begins to wane, it can be augmented by spiritual strength. Yet unlike our youthful brawn, spiritual power isn’t just given to us; it must be earned. And it is often earned through suffering. This isn’t a deficiency in nature’s plan but an economy in nature’s plan. Your physical muscles cannot help you carry the weight of the world’s emotional pain—only spiritual musculature, built through accumulated repetitions of heartache, can do that. As mature people, we carry a unique spiritual elixir. Having seen the darkness in ourselves and others, we’ve become more humble before the light. Having been brought out of darkness, we’ve developed a devotion to the God Who delivered us. Having made real mistakes, we know how much it means to feel forgiven. Having suffered, we feel more compassion for human suffering. Those things aren’t just abstractions to us anymore; they are principles that have infused our flesh. We are strong now in ways we could not have been before. And our strength is needed. We are entering a time when our internal strengths, more than our external ones, will be humanity’s most important sources of renewal and repair. The following excerpt is taken from the book The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife by Marianne Williamson. It is published by Hay House (January 2008) and available at all bookstores or online at: www.hayhouse.com

M ar ia nn e W ill ia m so n

In the words of poet T. S. Eliot:

The Miracle of Sensitivity An excerpt from Resonance: Nine Practices for Harmonious Health and Vitality by Joyce Whiteley Hawkes, PhD

How did the ultra sensitive label get started? What would it take to drop the belief that sensitivity is wrong? The more aware we are, the more intensely those incoming sensations impact us. Soon the label of overly sensitive becomes an established identity. Those closest to us may attach that label when exasperated at how long we take to make a decision or how we jump at loud sounds. We make our associates uncomfortable.

As we grow spiritually, we naturally become more sensitive. Meditation changes not only brain function

toward

enhanced

awareness

but

increases the urge to assist those who are suffering. Using fMRI scans that response can be seen in specific areas of the brain that are activated by someone else’s pain. If we were not already ultra sensitive, we’d grow closer to that state as we meditated. Compassion arises and our emotional responses become stronger.

Sandra

was a highly educated woman with a doctorate in

engineering. She relied on her ever-so-rational mind, tight logic, and unemotional response to all the complicated tasks that were part of her career. That style of thinking and living had become her way of being in all aspects of life. It worked well for

Her life changed as a spontaneous awakening brought visions, sensations, and insights she never dreamed possible. her until she had an encounter with spirituality.

She became far more emotionally responsive. The challenge for her in her new state of being included many physical issues and symptoms. Her body had one ache, pain, or problem after the other. She tried many intuitive readers and read books but had no relief for her symptoms. When she was in the presence of spiritual people, individually or at a conference, she might shake, twitch, or shudder at inopportune times and without conscious control. This was more than disconcerting to Sandra. How could she navigate her life without full control? In particular, what was the tremor in her legs and feet all about? Her doctor could not find evidence of Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease; although, the trembling certainly looked suspicious. This shaking was much more pronounced in situations where she was in touch with her spirituality. I met her at my office for a session; she had flown to Seattle from Philadelphia to attend a conference. Comfortably seated on the gray leather couch, she showed no signs of tremors anywhere in her body. Her hands, feet, and legs were perfectly still as she told me her history and her amazement at how her life had changed. She also spoke about her frustration with her â&#x20AC;&#x153;symptomsâ&#x20AC;? and that she had no convincing answers from all the sources she had consulted. When it was time for healing work, she kicked off her shoes and climbed onto my treatment table. The minute her body relaxed and settled into the cushioned surface, her legs started unmistakably shaking. She moved a lot, sometimes rolling from side to side. At one point she turned over and assumed the yoga position known as prayer pose.

consulted. When it was time for healing work, she kicked off her shoes and climbed onto my treatment table. The minute her body relaxed and settled into the cushioned surface, her legs started unmistakably shaking. She moved a lot, sometimes rolling from side to side. At one point she turned over and assumed the yoga position known as prayer pose. Eventually she returned to lying on her back as we had started and her body grew quiet, peaceful, and still. As with all my clients, near the end of the session, I left the room and gave her time to rest before getting up. When I returned we had a lot to talk about. Sandra felt that she had had an excellent experience and felt good physically. We talked for some time about the various sensations that inundated her body. While the shaking was strongest, she also had a display of bright and beautiful colors that filled her inner vision. By the time we were finished, her body was calm and still. Her face was glowing and radiant. She wrote to me about a week after the session: “It was so life affirming to walk out of a healing session feeling good and seeing a way forward. That has not happened for me for a long time.” Her story reminded me of some of the early parts of my own spiritual journey. Early in my transition from scientist to healing facilitator, I met

Fred Pankratz,

one of those people who seems to show

up at exactly the right time and place. Fred had been a contractor in Alaska and a frequent traveler to the Philippines where he was considered a holy man by locals in the countryside near Mount Banáhao, a half-day’s drive from Manila. Fred also spent time in Seattle where I met him through a mutual friend.

When Fred did healing sessions for me in those early days I would start shaking uncontrollably. I could not predict when the phenomenon would start nor could I turn it off at will. Fred patiently coached me to relax into the movement and instructed me to increase my meditation practice in the days that followed the session. His explanation was that my body needed to adapt to the increase in energy that now coursed through it. It is important to know that we can work with the energy of resonant union so that the body is not subject to shaking, twitching, shouting, or weeping at inopportune moments. The practice at the conclusion of this article gives some suggestions for how to engage this energy and not have it overpower the body.

What is that energy? The closest I’ve come to an answer that is the theme of my book, Resonanace. Nine Practices for Harmonious Health and Vitality. There is a resonance that the physical body is able to make with something so far beyond our most able science that we can only call it the

When the body and Mystery unite directly, the body reacts. Religious traditions have named the resonant connection in various ways: Kundalini Mystery.

(Hindu); unexpected blessing (Catholic); Satori, Samadhi, Shakti, Chi, Mahamudra, Dzogchen (various types of Buddhism and Hinduism); fana (Sufism); mukti (Sikhism); and mystical union (Christian mysticism) to name a few. Whatever name is given for this state of consciousness, the descriptions of ecstasy, bliss, and overwhelming compassion are similar regardless of culture or religion. Isn’t it astounding that we can resonate with a power greater than ourselves and that the result of that resonance is able to ignite the mind and the soul? Undeniably, the resonance of union produces profound joy. Our inborn sensitive nature can lead us there, as can our expanded sensitivity when we engage spiritual practice. Here is where we find a type of joy that bubbles up from inside and is not dependent on outer circumstances. The only way I’ve found to tap that wellspring is through spiritual practice. There has not been one and only one all-inclusive practice for me. Each sunrise brings a new opportunity and challenge to balance, to harmonize, to appreciate, to find clarity, to meet the unique day by adapting known resources and discovering new ones. Not that long ago I woke without my usual sense of great joy. Day after day this heavyheartedness persisted and I could not shake the heaviness of suffering I had absorbed. The solution was not to dismiss the suffering or to sit through five comedies. The solution was to increase my connection of union with the Mystery. To do that I extended my meditation time and shifted my practice to allow for more silence and thereby, I could show up for the blessing of mystical union. I was not disappointed.

Sensitivity is a gift, not a curse.

Joy is the cue that you have

allowed your sensitive nature to resonate with the Mystery and that you have found an authentic spiritual connection.

A Practice: Sensitivity and Joy You can become a human rheostat for healing energy and spiritual energy that enters your body. The essence of a physical rheostat is a switch within a circuit that allows variations in how much current comes through without losing contact with the source. Maybe it is one of those particular days when you feel sensitive to every nuance and therefore emotionally vulnerable. You feel as if you are on overload—or a fraction away from overload. Stop for a few minutes and find your breath. Slow down a bit. Follow your slower breath. Ask your spiritual guides (assume that you have one or more whether you know them or not) to gently turn down the energy flow at the intersection of your body and spirit. Imagine that you can touch a dimmer switch and adjust the intensity of spiritual energy running through your body. Find a setting that is most comfortable for this instant in time. You can change the setting, up or down, whenever you choose. If you are meditating and start to have some physical symptom such as shaking that is uncomfortable, use your rheostat to adjust the energy. If you are a healing facilitator for someone else, pay close attention to what is the right amount of energy for them. Adjust the “current” so that it feels compatible with what they need and does not overload them. A blast of maximum output is not necessarily healing. A flow of optimum energy is much better. Lastly, send a burst of appreciation for your innate sensitivity and for the expansion of your awareness through spiritual practice. Relax into the joy that is deeply native to your soul.

Joyce Hawkes, PhD, is a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, with a long-standing career as a research cell biologist and biophysicist. After a near-death experience she embarked on an exploration of indigenous healing traditions and now teaches energy healing at the interface of science and spirit. Hawkes teaches nationally and internationally, and is the author of Cell-Level Healing: The Bridge from Soul to Cell, and Resonance: Nine Practices for Harmonious Health and Vitality. http://www.celllevelhealing.com/

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Since the hit movie What the Bleep Do We Know!?, I have

been pretty busy traveling around the world talking to audiences about how our conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings are the very blueprints that control our destiny. I have also been fortunate enough to spend the last ten years investigating hundreds of actual medical case histories in which ordinary people experienced a spontaneous remission from a host of different diseases. As a result, I wrote a book a few years back entitled, Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing of Your Mind. In it, I discuss the relationship of the brain, the mind, and consciousness with the health of the human body, as well as the nature of reality. I now know that there is a true science and biology to personal change. That everyone, at any time in their life, can change the way they think and feel, and when true change occurs in both the mind and the body, the natural side effect of that internal change produces measurable external effects in those individualsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives.

I truly believe that every person is a divine creator.

status, our education, our religious beliefs, or even our past mistakes; there is a power within each of us that is common to every human beingâ&#x20AC;Śand we are all connected to it. This invisible consciousness is both personal and at the same time, universal. It is the giver of life. This refined mindful energy is conscious enough to support, maintain, protect, and heal us every moment.

It keeps our heart beating

hundreds of thousands of times per day; creates over 60 million cells every minute; and organizes hundreds of thousands of chemical reactions in one cell every second, just to name a few. It is also the same intelligence that keeps the planets rotating around the sun; creates supernovas in distant galaxies; and loves the lily into bloom. When we take the time to develop a relationship with this mind, when we make contact with it, when we use it to create desired events in our future, when we ask it to intervene in our lives and finally, when we

express this power, love, and intelligence through us; we become more like itâ&#x20AC;Ś we become divine.

Dr. Joe Dispenza

That independent of our race, our gender, our culture, our social

Miracles

In 1986 I had the privilege of getting run over by a truck in a triathlon. When I received the diagnosis that

I broke six vertebrae, that I had bone fragments on my spinal cord, and that I probably would never walk again, I had to make some important decisions at that time in my life. After I decided against a radical surgery recommended by four different experts and facing the prognosis of paralysis, I left the hospital with only one conviction: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The power that made the body, heals the body.â&#x20AC;? My mission was to make contact with this innate intelligence, then give it a template or a design with very specific orders and finally surrender my healing to this unlimited power.

I really had nowhere to go at the time of my accident and I really did not have much to do either, so it was the perfect opportunity to experiment with using my mind to heal my body. For two hours twice a day I went within and I began creating a picture of my intended result: a healthy healed spine. If my mind wandered to any extraneous thoughts, I would start from the beginning and do the whole scheme of imagery over again. I reasoned that the final picture had to be clear, unpolluted, and uninterrupted for this intelligence to take my condition to the next level.

I learned some pretty profound lessons as a byproduct of my injury. I think that we are defined by our adversity. When we are confronted with lifetime trauma and crisis, we must change our mind to truly address that situation. We must begin to think, act, and feel in new ways in order to produce a new and more profound reality. In difficult times, we must look to see what piece of philosophy or intellectual understandings that we know, but have not experienced, and apply that knowledge to create a new experience. The persistence, conviction, and focus on any potential future lies within the mind of a person, as well as the mind of the infinite potentials in the quantum field. Can we take the time to ask ourselves one question in the morning before we engage in our life? “What is the greatest ideal of myself that I can be

today?” If we were patient enough to wait for an answer, we would begin to think and feel differently than we would if we just woke up and remembered ourselves as the same person. As we experience new thoughts and then we combine them with an elevated emotion, then we are destined to behave differently throughout our waking day. After we sincerely take the time to do this process with intention and focus, we’ve changed our mind. In other words, according to neuroscience, mind is the brain in action. To think differently is to make the brain work in new and different ways. And when we make the brain work in new ways, we have literally just changed our mind. And lastly, if we can commit to not arising to face the day until we feel like that new ideal, we would be conditioning the body to finally work together with our new mind. And when we have mind and body working together, we have the power of the universe behind us…and then when we walk through our life that day, something different should be different in our world as a result of our efforts…and no one is excluded from this phenomenon.

Dr. Joe Dispenza

Over the course of ten weeks I experienced a wonderful and veritable healing. At eleven weeks, I was back in my office seeing patients again without surgery or a body brace, both of which were recommended by the physicians at the time of my injury. As a result of this experience over twenty years ago, I have spent the remainder of my life investigating and researching the mind-body connection as well as the concept of mind and matter.

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