"I Can Do It! 2011" (Oct. 14-16 Conference)

Wisdom Quarterly, Hay House Publications
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• I Can Do It! Conference 2011
  
• Pasadena Convention Center
  
• October 14-16, 2011

"Pasadena is the Varanasi (Benares) of the United States," according to Paramahansa Yogananda. The Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh visit nearly every year as many Eastern masters before them did.

Now join a line of incredibly popular spiritual materialists, world-famous New Age thinkers, urban shamans, and Hay House authors for a weekend retreat in Pasadena!

Join Hay House for a day or the entire weekend! The conference features Colette Baron-Reid, Joan Z. Borysenko, Ph.D., Gregg Braden, Sonia Choquette, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Debbie Ford, Louise L. Hay, Robert Holden, Ph.D., John Holland, Deborah King, Brad Lamm, Denise Linn, Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., Dr. Christiane Northrup, Cheryl Richardson, Caroline Sutherland, Eldon Taylor, Sandra Anne Taylor, Reid Tracy, Doreen Virtue, Brian L. Weiss, M.D., Dr. Darren R. Weissman, Marianne Williamson.

It's strictly a coincidence that all of the featured authors are white or Jewish, not prejudice at Hay House. Things were different in the 1940s! It's not like unintentional bias gets pointed out to the octogenarian publisher by her authors. Who dares rock the boat when there is still so much money (abundance) to be made? Happy Birthday, Louise Hay! (She turns 85 on Oct. 8, 2011). Go

Louise L. Hay A talk with 85 year-old publisher Louise Hay

Colette Baron-Reid

Joan Z. Borysenko, Ph.D.

Gregg Braden

Sonia Choquette

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Debbie Ford

Robert Holden, Ph.D.

John Holland

David Kessler

Deborah King

Brad Lamm

Denise Linn

Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D.

Dr. Christiane Northrup

Cheryl Richardson

Caroline Sutherland

Eldon Taylor

Sandra Anne Taylor

Doreen Virtue

Brian L. Weiss, M.D.

Dr. Darren R. Weissman

Marianne Williamson

Consciousness and Connection (video)

Wisdom Quarterly

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Gregg Braden takes us on a short trip through consciousness. It is what connects our feelings and our mass reality. Braden was in Sedona, Arizona spreading the word. The shift is getting closer.

Gregg Braden has searched remote monasteries, high mountain villages, and forgotten texts to uncover their timeless secrets for over 22 years. Combining those discoveries with the best science of today, his original research crosses traditional boundaries in science, history, and religion offering fresh insights into ancient mysteries. He redefines the relationship between inner and outer worlds, sharing a life-affirming message of hope and possibility. According to hm there is a great epoch of peace, cooperation, and healing yet to come!

The Zen Zero (ensō)

Wisdom Quarterly edit of Ensō Wikipedia entry

Ensō is a Japanese word meaning "circle" and a concept strongly associated with Zen Buddhism. It is one of the most common subjects of Japanese calligraphy even though it is a symbol and not a character.

It symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and the void. It can also symbolize the Japanese aesthetic itself. As an "expression of the moment" it is often considered a form of minimalist expressionist art.

In Zen Buddhist painting, ensō symbolizes a moment when the mind is free to simply let the body/spirit create. The brushed ink of the circle is usually done on rice paper or silk in one movement. But the great Bankei used two strokes sometimes. And there is no possibility of modification: It shows the expressive movement of the spirit at that time.

(ioannasalajan.com)

Zen Buddhists "believe that the character of the artist is fully exposed in how s/he draws an ensō. Only a person who is mentally and spiritually complete can draw a true ensō. Some artists will practice drawing it daily, as a kind of spiritual practice."^{[Ref. 1]}

Some artists paint ensō with an opening in the circle, while others complete the circle. For the former, the opening may express various ideas -- for example that the ensō is not separate, but is part of something greater, or that imperfection is an essential and inherent aspect of existence. (See also the idea of broken symmetry).

The principle of controlling the balance of composition through asymmetry and irregularity is an important aspect of the Japanese aesthetic: Fukinsei (不均斉), the denial of perfection.

The ensō is also a sacred symbol in the Zen school of Buddhism. It is often used by Zen masters as a form of signature in their religious artwork. More on the philosophy see The Way of the Brush or Zen Calligraphy (Hitsuzendo).

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US-Afghanistan-Pakistan Wars, Why?

UprisingRadio.org (April 4, 2011)

Crossing Zero: The AfPak War At the Turning Point of American Empire

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Two U.S. soldiers were shot dead this morning in Afghanistan by an Afghan border policeman. They were providing security for American trainers in the northern Faryab province. The shooting came on the heels of three days of anti-American protests that have claimed 24 lives. The protests were sparked by news of American fundamentalist Christian pastor Terry Jones, burning a Koran on March 20th. Pastor Jones had last September threatened to burn copies of the Koran to commemorate the September 11th attacks but was dissuaded by high-level officials and public resistance. However, he finally went ahead a few weeks ago in a move that got almost no media coverage. His actions had consequences in Afghanistan however. The violence began in Mazar-e-Sharif on Friday April 1st when a mob attacked a United Nations compound killing at least 12 people. As U.S. and NATO troops become increasingly less popular, American forces are prepared to hand over authority to Afghan government forces starting this June. In response, former U.S. ally and war criminal Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has called for a national uprising against the U.S. backed government of Hamid Karzai. Hekmatyar and what he represents about U.S. policy in Afghanistan is featured heavily in a new book called Crossing Zero: the AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire by Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald. Gould and Fitzgerald have a long history of covering Afghanistan. Following from their 2009 book Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story, in this new book, they explore the war’s expansion into Pakistan, its various contradictions, and consequences for the region.

GUESTS: Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald, authors of Crossing Zero: the AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire (City Lights)

• invisiblehistory.com
• More about the book: City Lights (87286100739330)