SATURDAY, JULY 4 2009

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Shift Magazine

Shift Issue #12: Consciousness, Passion & Purpose

Shift Issue #12

Shift Issue #11: The Living Universe

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IONS Review

IONS Review #65

IONS Review #64

Declaration

Synesthesia and a Shift in Consciousness?

After listening to the 6/20 episode of "All in the Mind" podcast from down under, featuring an interview with David Eagleman, novelist and researcher in neurology, I had a novel thought myself. Really.

Stephen "Ninja" Dinan Needs a Sponsor for the Voice Of America internet radio show.

I listen to Stephen's Voice or America yesterday and what a great show! Swami Beyondanada was just great as so eloquently summed up the situation of America and the world today and gave great counsel as to why we shouldn't panic. It is shorter than an hour and highly recommended.

New Consciousness Paradigms in Narrative Nonfiction

To members related to the narrative nonfiction field (including Literary Journalism, Literature of Reality, Creative Nonfiction): let´s share some ideas and info on bringing new paradigms (those very familiar to us all at IONS)into this territory.

Communions

GaiaStar Room

Note from artists Bonnie Gold Bell and David Sun Todd: In 1998, artists Bonnie Bell and David Todd began to meditate on the emergence of global being. When we see ourselves as human-spirit cells in a conscious, living world, how does that change our awareness and our bodies? Out of this meditation, we created a series of 64 images and text called The GaiaStar Codex: Seeds of a Turned-on World. In this slide show you’ll read phrases from the Codex mixed with mandalas and goddess icons from the Codex and some of our other visual series.

Thich Nhat Hahn Room

A Monestary bell rings three times to begin this meditation, led by Thich Nhat Hahn, to music from “Graceful Passages? by Gary Malkin and Michael Stillwater. This room is about transmuting suffering into heart understanding and mindfulness.

Shakuhachi Room

A Shakuhachi flute wafts across a natural landscape as inspiring words from James O’Dea hypnotically call visitors into deeper resonance with self and others.

Meetings

Mending the Divide: Gathering the Gifts of Social Healing

Meridian University's Center for Social Healing is dedicated to research, eduation, and consultation that engages the schiss and enemy-making dynamics of our time. Focused attention is given to issues

The Soul's Passion: Practices for Sustaining a Creative Life

We live in turbulent times. Our passionate soul actively seeks experiences, including those that are difficult, to initiate us into deeper engagement with the ultimate mysteries of life. When approached skillfully and imaginatively, both personal and professional relationships can be a context for creative collaboration. This seminar is an introduction to experiential practices which serve to develop the skills and capacities required to respond creatively to the complexities, uncertainties, and trials of our time.

James Arond-Thomas encore teleseminar on "Breast Cancer Recurrence Prevention Strategies"

Pharmacologist, author and founder of the Center for Contemporary Medicine, James Arond-Thomas M.D. discusses his research and clinical practice which led to the development of a multi-dimensional healing process with host Angela Murphy. Dr. James talks about the importance of patients taking responsibility for their own healing and tells us about the personalized, predictive and preemptive road to health. He describes the biological and biographical components of health and provides five dimensions we can examine and re-educate to change our health.