The importance of language preservation
This passage in The Shamanic Wisdom of the Huichol made me think of the work that the Where Are Your Keys? folks are doing to preserve languages in the world.
A magical look at corporations
I sure do love Dale Pendell, author of the Pharmako trilogy. He has an article over at the Huffington Post on the magical basis of corporate personhood, identifying corporations as a type of "hungry ghost". Brilliant.
Recommended events: April 2010
Lots of neat stuff going on in April!
Green Festival Spring
April 10th & 11th
San Francisco, CA
Previously yearly, now the Green Festival is a biannual event in SF! The speakers at this festival are absolutely top notch. Totally inspiring and educational.
Psychedelic Science Conference
April 15th–18th
San Jose, CA
The largest conference of its kind, with world-famous presenters (Dr. Andrew Weil, Alex Grey, Erowid, Ralph Metzner, more) and an entire track dedicated to ayahuasca.
Seeding Gift Culture
April 15th–18th
Philo, CA
A retreat with Charles Eisenstein, author of The Ascent of Humanity. This looks choice. Are you ready to start telling a new story about yourself and the world? A sustainable story full of life? This looks like the place to start, or strengthen, a truly better world for yourself and your children's children.
Integral Anatomy Class
April 17th
San Francisco, CA
A one day intensive with Gil Hedley, creator of Integral Anatomy.
Earth Day 2010: Creating a Healthy Future—Where Do We Go From Here?
April 21st
Berkeley, CA
Do not miss this. This is your chance to see the preview video for Four Years. Go. the exciting new ad campaign that Pachamama Alliance is helping to spearhead.
World Change Conference
April 24th–May 2nd
Berkeley, CA
Looking at the lineup of teachers (Joanna Macy, John Kinyon, Starhawk, Kevin Danaher, more), one immediately sees that this conference means business. Organized by my amazing friend Slav of Common Circle Education.
The Feminine Fire: Power and Leadership with Sobonfu Some
April 30th
San Francisco, CA
Sobonfu was in a video we watched in Pediatric Craniosacral class. She was delightful; I'd love to see her speak in person. Her work involves ritual, community, welcoming children into the world, and more.
Event: Not-Self in the Brain
Just heard about the following talk on an important topic: the non-existence of a single, stable self. I'll be there if I can. Please pass this event info on to others who might be interested.
Not-Self in the Brain
Who: Neuropsychologist Rick Hanson
What: Public presentation (with experiential activities, discussion, and practical methods)
When: Sunday evening, March 7th, 7:00–9:00pm
Where: East Bay Open Circle
Blurb:
This public presentation - with experiential activities, discussion, and practical methods - will explore how modern science is revealing that the psychological and neurological basis of "me, myself, and I" in fact confirms the ancient teachings that the apparent self is not the unified, enduring, and independent owner of experiences and agent of actions . . . but is truly compounded, transient, and dependently arising: in a word, "empty." Though initially unsettling, recognizing these facts is wonderfully freeing, undermines the suffering that comes from taking things personally and trying to protect and glorify the "self," and leads you to feel more peacefully one with all things.
(Sponsored by East Bay Open Circle; at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street; suggested donation of $10-15, but no offering is necessary.)
American zeitgeist
I think Mark Morford nailed it in his column last month, Why are you so terribly disappointing?
Check it out. The entire thing is one long whine, and I couldn't help but see some of my own attitudes in there.
featured poem: sweet earth, for what its worth
Over on the ayahuasca forums, kiara posted a poem I enjoyed. She's graciously agreed to let me share it with you here:
sweet earth, for what its worth
2 the he/art
add the she/art
earth/s/heart
for what its worth
fire in the hearth
feel the earth
birth the beat
hear the heart be
feel thru the soul
of your feet
the rhythm
of the sweet ...
complete*
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Upcoming ayahuasca talk in San Francisco, Feb 18
A co-participant from an ayahuasca ceremony I was in sent me a link to the following talk at the San Francisco Botanical Garden:
Encompassing the Amazon: Ayahuasca, Vegetalismo and Cultural Survival
a special presentation by Susana Bustos, Ph D. & Robert Tindall, author
Thu, Feb 18, 7:00pm–8:30pm
Importantly, the website says they will address "the role this ancient medicine can play in healing our contemporary ecological crisis."
Sounds great! I'm going to be there if I can make it.
More info:
Blog of the presenters: http://www.roamingthemind.com
Book of one of the presenters: The Jaguar that Roams the Mind.
The importance of you
How much impact do you think you have on the people and world around you? Do you know how important you are? My grandma didn't. My grandma always wanted our family to be closer. She didn't like the drama, the disconnects, the ancient history that could still stand between two people. And yet it continued, until shortly after she died.
From Greek tragedy to personal loss: a resource for coping, healing, and growth
An astute reader pointed me to this PBS news hour story on the cathartic medicinal value of Greek tragedy applied to war vets.
Reminds me of the techniques I use to help people with PTSD, one being Tapas Acupressure Technique.
Who else wants to know about the fourth pillar of sustainability?
If you stick with me here, I'll take you from Greek theatre all the way to good nutrition, tying it all together through sustainability along the way. In the end you'll know about the fourth pillar of sustainability and why it's important for you and everybody else.
So to start, two of the Greek entertainment traditions that were held as muses in their own right, Comedy and Tragedy, could seem confusing. If Muses contribute to sustainability, how does Tragedy help us?
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