"Thanks giving"
"Let the gratefulness overflow into blessings all around you and then it will really be a great day."
- Brother David
Dear Friends,
 I love Thanks Giving...
That is, when I remember to practice it, and am not caught up in the frantic contagion of doing-ness. The speed of life and the weight of things undone narrow my awareness, and I lose the awe and wonder that is at the heart of gratefulness. Here is a journal entry from one of those days last week:
I feel as though my life has been taken over by technology. I am screaming inside and run from the house, after yet another computer breakdown, walk miles into the woods to sit by the Yuba River in peace and find stillness. Suddenly my new iphone starts ringing to remind me of an upcoming appointment I had forgotten. Everything’s moving so fast, I’m feeling depressed or on the verge of a breakdown. How can I extract myself from this state of perpetual doing and just enjoy being alive? Even my daily meditations are filled with commotion, like cats set loose in a room full of rocking chairs.
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Upcoming Events
2008-09 New Year's Eve Community Dance
Also 3 hour Special New Year's Day Sweat Your Prayers
St. Joseph's Cultural Center
410 Church Street
Grass Valley, CA
Music provided by:
Bella Dreizler aka dj Delight and Michael Stone aka dj Divine
Pot Luck (Bring type of Dish by first letter of first name) Appetizers (A-F) Main Dish (G-M) Salads (N-S) Desserts (T-Z)
| NY Eve Dance |
NY Day Sweat Your Prayers |
Both
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| $35 adv / $40 dr |
$15 |
$45 adv. |
Tickets at Harmony Books and Briarpatch CO-OP and online @ www.moving-meditation.com
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The Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium January 31st from 5:30-9:30pm
with Kathleen McIntire and Michael
Stone
Unity Church 180 Cambridge Court
Grass Valley, CA
Join us for this new Pachamama Alliance Video Intensive version of the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium. The purpose of the symposium is, "Bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet as the guiding principle of our time."
Hear from the experts like Julia Butterfly Hill, Brian Swimme, Lynn and Bill Twist, Van Jones, Thich Nhat Hanh, Desmond Tutu and many more about, where we are, how we got here and what we can do to change direction. For more information on this event AwakenTheDreamer.com
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Date: Feb 6-8
Hours Friday 7:45-10pm
Sat 11-6 Sunday 11-6
Cost $195 by Jan 4th $225 after that
Unstiffen your supple body.
Unchatter your quiet mind.
Unfreeze your fiery heart.
-Celeste West
Everything we’ve ever experienced or cared for lives in our cells. Even as you read these words, if you gently turn your attention to the heart of your body, you might feel the swell, the gentle outward pressure of your own unspoken stories, dreams, sorrows, passions and joys. They long to be known, they wait for you to come and get them.
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 New Podcasts
 Lynn Twist: On Gratitude
Global activist, fundraiser, speaker, consultant and author, has devoted her life to service in support of eradicating hunger and poverty, global sustainability, human rights, economic integrity and spiritual authenticity.
 Drew Dellinger: Poets for Global Justice
Drew Dellinger is a spoken word poet, professor, activist and founder of Poets for Global Justice. He has inspired minds and hearts at hundreds of events in many countries, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, activism and human compassion.
Brian Swimme: The Unfolding Story of the Earth
Brian Swimme, author, teacher, and contemporary philosopher, is a mathematical cosmologist on the graduate faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.
 Andrew Cohen: Living Enlightenment
Andrew Cohen, author, speaker, and philosopher is an American spiritual teacher and visionary thinker widely recognized for his original contribution to the emerging field of evolutionary spirituality.
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December 9th Duane Elgin and Dahr Jamail: Taking Back the Media
Duane Elgin is an author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist.
Dahr Jamail is an American journalist who is best known as one of the few unembedded journalists to report from Iraq during the 2003 Iraq War.
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December 10th
H.H. Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi:
Light and Shadow
Special 1pm Wed. Show
Sai Maa is recognized as a dynamic visionary and spiritual master. She has collaborated and appeared with His Holiness the Dalai Llama, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Ram Dass. more...
December 17th
Alexandra Cousteau:
Our Blue Legacy
Alexandra Cousteau is the daughter of Philippe Cousteau and the granddaughter of world famous French explorer and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau. A dedicated environmentalist, Cousteau advocates the importance of conservation, restoration and sustainable management of water resources for a healthy planet and productive societies.
In 2008, Cousteau established the Blue Legacy organization to continue her family's work in protecting the Earth's oceans. more...
December 23rd Matthew Stein:
When Technology Fails
Matthew Stein is an author, engineer, inventor and specializing in hurricane resistant, energy efficient and environmentally friendly homes. He is the author of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency.
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A Good Day
Brother David Steindl-Rast
Generation WE : The Movement Begins...
Thomas Berry Interview
Lynne Twist and Deepak Chopra Live at The Human Forum Part 1
Poetry Corner
"I like to walk alone on country paths,
rice plants and wild grasses on both sides,
putting each foot down on the earth
in mindfulness, knowing
that I walk on the wondrous earth.
In such moments, existence is a miraculous
and mysterious reality.
People usually consider walking on water
or in thin air a miracle.
But I think the real miracle
is not to walk either on water or in thin air,
but to walk on earth.
Every day we are engaged in a miracle
which we don't even recognize:
a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves,
the black, curious eyes of a child--
our own two eyes.
All is a miracle."
Thich Nhat Hanh
20 Things to do in Troubled Times
Bob Waldrop, moderator of the yahoo group Running On Empty 2, created a great list of 20 things to do in troubled times. You can read it here:
20 Things to do in Troubled Times
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