New Options Community Group Calendar - June Thru September 2008
Since 1997 we have been exploring pros and cons of a wide variety of research findings, concepts, practices, and ideas . . . all for more integrally conscious, healthful, wise, mutually empathetic living, aging, dying, and thereafter . . . as they newly emerge from scientific, humanistic, and spiritual communities worldwide. No topic is out of bounds. Planned in participation with our New Options Community Group in Amherst, MA here is our calendar for June through September:
June 4 - Ape Genius. In this NOVA presentation, experts zero in on what separates humans from our closest living relatives.
June 11 - The Unquiet Ice. Scientific American writer Robin E. Bell states, "Abundant liquid water newly discovered underneath the world's great ice sheets could intensify the destablilizing effects of global warming on the sheets. Then, even without melting, the sheets may slide into the sea and raise sea level catastrophically."
June 18 - 9/11 - The Myth and the Reality. Author of four books about 9/11, David Ray Griffin explains in this DVD how the official story of this tragic event was set up as an unassailable sacred myth, then explores nine commonly held myths about 9/11 and shows why each "must be false".
June 25 - Buried Prejudice. Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part, says Scientific American Mind author Siri Carpenter, we act on them. How do such prejudices start? What can we do about them?
Our Abbreviated Summer Calendar Begins
July 9 - Swimming, Kayaking and Potluck. We will meet at 2:00 pm at Dick and Judy Stein's Lake Wyola water front home for swimming and kayaking and at 3:00 pm for potluck. Please bring your favorite dish. Should you have questions call 549-0245.
August 6 - Swimming and Potluck. We will meet at Dorothy and Kurt Hertzfeld's home at 3:00 pm for a dip in their pool and/or 4:00 pm for a potluck dinner. Please bring your favorite dish. Should you have questions call 549-6553.
Back to Our Regular Weekly Calendar
September 3 - Monster of the Milky Way. In this PBS NOVA presentation the possibility of a supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy is explored.
September10 - The Art of Myth Busting. In the introduction to this Science & Spirit article, Historian of science and religion in America at the University of British Columbia, Adam Shapiro asks, 'Did You Hear the One About Galileo?' And goes on to list twenty-five "wrong beliefs" about science and religion, describing both the myths and the facts as he sees them.
September 17 - Global Oneness Project. This is a brief DVD containing people's stories from around the world which the producer's feel are valuable to share in the interest of developing greater cognitive and experiential consciousness of being a vital part of our interconnecting web of all existence.
September 24 - GLOBALSHIFT! Why, How, and When. Systems scientist Ervin Laszlo writes, "Had he lived today, Hamlet would affirm with more conviction than ever: the question is, to be or not to be. He would be right. But it is not the skull of an individual that Hamlet would ponder, but the living Earth. Will we survive on this planet, or become extinct like the dinosaurs? The fact is that we are approaching a major watershed; a global tipping point. What will come is not decided yet, but one thing is certain. We can’t go on as we have been.
Coordinated by Bob Johnston all our meetings, unless otherwise designated, are on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 4:00 PM in the Bangs Community Center, Room 101. Our discussions are limited to twenty people. Seating in the discussion circle is on a first come basis. Latecomers, if all seats are taken, may sit on the periphery and listen. Should you have any questions please feel free to contact Bob at 665-8920, or you may Email him at: omnimind@admin.umass.edu.
Should you want to read a copy of our calendar in larger font please see the attachment.
If you're interested in reading "Purpose, Values, and Attitudes of Our Community Group" please see http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/2052
Yours with empathy and trust in evidence-based integral natural science and our timeless, omnipresent, caring, mysterious Source of all cognitive and experiential consciousness,
Bob
