September 2007 Features
by Sydney L. Murray
“Perception of the Need is open to anyone who will undertake the inner discipline of holding a steady awareness, and who has some ability to envision the future. It also helps to be well-informed about the planetary problematique from a viewpoint cutting across specialist areas of knowledge, and to have a wider, more generous view of humanity.” — Paul Ray, The Need of Our Time.
We live in an information age, but to deal with the real needs of our time requires solutions. Thinking beyond what we are currently doing and creating a new way of approaching planetary issues using the technology and solutions we humans have already created was the subject of a recent conversation between Vision Magazine and sociologist and best-selling author Paul Ray. Click here for more...
by David O’ Neal
Living on a houseboat is cool--cool like Andy Garcia, the Toyota Prius hybrid, mango ice-cream, and Independent voters. I moved to Sausalito recently from the East Coast and I intend to stay here. Nature around the Bay Area is startlingly diverse and beautiful. And I live on a floating home to boot. I treasure the people who live in the “floating homes” (houseboats which have no means of locomotion) of Sausalito. The men here don’t wear ties, and the women don’t sport skirts or high-heeled shoes. And I like the houseboats and the surrounding environment for the same reasons their owners do: it is quiet and peaceful. It is a place to chill out and to heal from whatever ails you real or imaginary) It is a safe-haven, a refuge and a place to repair oneself from the stresses of modern life. Click here for more...
Artist of the Month
Astrology
Virgo (8/24-9/22):I hope you like attention, because you’re going to get a lot of it! You’re a veritable magnet this month, drawing people and their opinions to you. Remember that what you say or do can have significant consequences. With a Lunar and Solar Eclipse in your sign, this month will likely produce some fireworks; you have the power to channel this in the appropriate directions. The Solar Eclipse on the 11th is high octane. Be sure to initiate your goals. Read your September Horoscope here.
Books and Films
Becoming a Mystic in a 9 to 5 World
Wisdom Teacher Sri Ram Kaa & Angelic Oracle Kira Raa / TOSA Publishing $26.95
2012 Atlantean Revelations: Becoming a Mystic in a 9 to 5 World is the third in a series that started with Sacred Union: The Journey Home and continued with 2012: You have a Choice. This third book is described by Sri Ram Kaa and Kira Raa themselves as “the most difficult (in the series) to bring to completion.”
Read more book reviews here.
Vision Cafe
by Jill Gurr, Founder of Create Now!
Half of the United States’ youth population (17.6 million kids) are considered to be “at-risk” of getting into trouble with the law or are already in trouble. It’s easy to turn your back and ignore this problem as long as it doesn’t affect your life directly. But what will you do when a young person jacks your car? Or is sentenced to spend an entire life in a prison system on your tax dollars? The epidemic of at-risk youth is everybody’s concern
Read more here.
Calendar of Events
- 13th Sept – “Transforming Sex into Love” workshop, 6425 La Jolla Scenic Drive South, 7:30-10:30, $20
- 14th Sept - Soul of Yoga, Encinitas at 7.00pm
- 15th Sept - Bird Rock Yoga, San Diego at 2.00pm
- 15th Sept - Indigo Village, Encinitas at 7.00pm All talks at a suggested donation of $15
- 16th Sept - Day Retreat at Indigo Village $95 pre-booked, $110 on the door.
Local Contact : Ford 858-205-0096.
Please see www.bernieprior.org. For further details contact usa@bernieprior.org
Beauty
A conversation with Ken Bradshaw
by Sydney Murray
Let me tell you–what a difference a haircut makes. It literally takes years off of your appearance. I had been going to the same hairdresser for nine years and although not a real fashionista, I do clean up nicely. That being said, I have had to depend on the expertise of my hairdresser. My old hairdresser was fine, don’t get me wrong. It’s just that he wasn’t up on the latest trends. Hence my hair was mostly the same for…well, let’s just say it–for far too long Read more here.
Greek to Me
©2007 by Michael Raysses
I grew up in a small town in northwest Indiana that was pinched between a rock called Hammond and a hard place called Gary. Though both technically qualified as cities, they never felt “urban” to me. They were like young boys doing their utmost to act like men, affecting poses and adopting stances that made them look like a city should. Cities were places that shimmered in the night and glowed with a life force that places like Hammond and Gary couldn’t even imagine. Cities were just like Chicago.
Health & Healing
by Nicole Pugh
Remember those old fashioned pharmacies from long ago? Maybe you had one in your hometown — a place to not only have a prescription filled but also get some common-sense advice from a knowledgeable professional, a place to even pick up a few necessary sundries before heading home.
Read more about Pharmaca here.
HOW WE EAT, MOVE AND
THINK IN THE CITY
by Dr. Brian Austin
“America’s Finest City” is booming. As I drive around San Diego, I see a healthy, vibrant city. What we don’t see, however, may be affecting the quality of our health and quantity of our years. Environmental toxins are all around us. On the other hand, knowledge is power. By educating ourselves about environmental toxins, we can make better choices while still enjoying our urban lifestyles. Read more here.
Holistic Living
Our bodies are made up of 75 percent water. Considering this fact, it stands to reason that if you put good water in your body, it is going to be affected in a dramatic way. This is the premise behind Enagic, makers of Leveluk water technology and Kangen water (Kangen means “return to origin” in Japanese). Leveluk is more that just a water filtration system. It is a way to obtain antioxidants and alkaline while at the same time removing harmful chemicals from your water. More Holistic Wellness products here.
Inner Art
by Randa Solick and Joyce McLean for the Santa Cruz WILPF Water Committee
We’re killing ourselves and the Earth with every bottle of water we buy. Chemicals such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET #1, which leaches phthalates) and the harder polycarbonate plastics (PET #7, which leaches Bisphenol A) have been linked to cancer. And these substances are not only found in our water bottles Read more here.
A JOURNEY TO BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA. An Opportunity to Serve, Forgive and Heal
by James Anthony Ellis
On the morning of April 16, 2007, student Cho Seung-hui, a South Korean national and U.S. resident, walked the halls of the Virginia Tech campus and shot and killed 32 people and injured 20 others before turning the gun on himself. The final death toll of 33 made it the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.When a tragedy such as this takes place, the wounds go deep for not just a community but also for a nation. Read more here.
Living Life in the Fast Lane:
The Acceleration of the World Mind
© 2007 by Barbara Hand Clow
Many of us can relate to the feeling that time seems to be going much faster every day. Our boundaries are being blown apart by world events brought into our living rooms during the evening news. Even those of us who have unplugged our televisions are aware that the quicker life seems to flow, the more chaos there seems to be in our own backyards. Read more about here.
DennisKucinich: Raising America’s Consciousness for Peace
by James Anthony Ellis
Imagine a gathering of 300 people in an elegant and harmonious North County San Diego estate, designed according to Deepak Chopra’s philosophies. In every room, on grand display, a mostly vegetarian “Conscious Cuisine” which includes tzatziki, fruit, mini-cakes, tartlets and two types of hummus. Then an invocation is called forth that “the doves of peace (will) reach you and heal you.” Finally, a pristinely delivered song of hope: Somewhere over the Rainbow. Read more here.
LifeQuake™
Bay Area
by Alistair Bland
The restaurant biz is not easy, as demonstrated by the constant turnover of dining concepts in any given neighborhood. Even for the successful, profit margins are slim and the temptation to cut prices may ride heavy on the heart of many a manager.
Mind States
by James Anthony Ellis
Can you believe the traffic these days? It’s hard to fathom how bad it’s gotten in the past few years. What have we done to our world? With the onslaught of overcrowded freeways, we’ve created a world of people in a rush with no way to move ahead. Can you relate?
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Heart Listening Beyond Suburbia
by Bernie Prior
Whether we live in a big city or a small country town, once we feel the longing and the calling of the human heart to unify to the deepest reality within, we must begin to meet “what is” in our daily lives with a growing sense of purpose and transformation.
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The Nature Of Cities
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
The place where I live and teach is as far from a substantial urban center as one can get in the lower 48 states. It is located seven river crossings and 300 miles from mid-sized Tucson. The county where our wilderness sanctuary is located is 98 percent federal and state forest, with fewer residents than the L.A. apartment complex I lived in as a child.
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Viewpoint
by Robert Quicksilver
As I sit at the local coffee shop down the hill from my house, I look out a large window and watch San Francisco pass by. Little children walk with their parents on the way to school; people in business suits scurry towards BART to ride to their downtown jobs; “locals” enter the café and sit and talk. After a while, the fog begins to lift and rolls out to sea. It’s another beautiful day in a modern city.