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AUGUST 2004 | CONTENTS
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Soul
Power
The Edge Interview with
Nikki de Carteret
by
Tim Miejan
Nikki de Carteret's spiritual journey began when she took up meditation at the age
of 18 to find inner calm and balance. As a student in Paris, she went through a dramatic
"out of body experience" and encounter with the Light that altered the
course her life. The author of "Soul Power," Nikki spoke with The EDGE
about the spiritual path. |
The
Chakras of the Infosphere
Exploring the Chakras as Communications Centers
by Steven R. Vedro
I believe that our
all-encompassing electronic communications web is both a reflection of human creative
consciousness, and it is also a field through which consciousness moves. Each form
of the global Infosphere resonates with a different aspect of our chakra system.
Each carries the light and shadow of the human spirit, and each offers us a mirror
to our personal and cultural liberation. |
ELECTION
2004...
An
Open Letter to President Bush
by
Gloria Davis
I understand your
thinking. My father was a minister and an adamant Republican. I married a theologian
and put him through six years of post-graduate studies and stood by his side in the
ministry for 30 years.
10
Ways You Can Change U.S. History
by
Fran Korten
This may be the
most important election of our lifetimes. So much that we care about is at stake. |
MEDITATION
:: OUR
FEATURED TOPIC in AUGUST
FEATURING...
Meditation
in the Classroom
Profiling
the Maharishi School for the Age of Enlightenment, by Ken Chawkin
The
most amazing experience of my life
by
Malinda Gosvig
How
TM Affected My Art
by
Katy Kirbach
SPECIAL
FOR OUR ONLINE EDITION...
My
Meditation Practice
by
Bryan Bertsch
Meditation:
Path to the Soul
by
Suzie Black
Group
Meditation as a Spiritual Path
by Gayle Clayton
Encouragement
and Advice for Beginning Meditators
by Lyrea Crawford
Prayer,
Meditation and Contemplation
by
J.J. Dewey
The
Effectiveness of Quiet in Communication
by
Deborah Hill
A
New Evaluation of Meditation Through A Course in Miracles
by
Alden Hughes
Meditating
for Others and Ourselves
by
John C. Kimbrough
Meditative
Approaches to Creative Expression
by
Katelyn Mariah
The
Perfect Pause
by
Eric Vance Walton
A
Meditating in August
by
Lynn Woodland
Resources
for Meditation
plus
August directory listings
INSIGHT | Columns
& Guidance
An
Interview with Dan DeMuth: The Golf Whisperer -- Part 5
by
Wes Hamilton
I am constantly
challenging myself to improve my game. I become frustrated with my results on "bad
shot" golf days and excel with joy on "good shot" golf days.
The
Golf Whisperer -- Part 1
The
Golf Whisperer -- Part 2
The
Golf Whisperer -- Part 3
The
Golf Whisperer -- Part 4
Mercury
Retrograde
Inside Astrology |
by Bill Herbst
Mercury goes retrograde
again from August 9 to September 2. The effects of this summer dance began back on
July 21, nearly three weeks ago when Mercury was still direct but passed over the
point in the zodiac to which it will later retrograde back. I call that initial period
the "set-up phase" of the retrograde loop.
Masks
of Illusion and the Authentic Self
by
Christina Pratt
One of our greatest
challenges in this earthwalk is to see through the many-layered illusions of our
world and to remember who we are and why we are here.
In
Search of Faith -- Part 2
by
Marilyn Tokach
My beloved German
Shepherd died just shy of her 13th birthday. In mourning her loss, I spoke to an
animal communicator who told me that Gretta would come back to me. At the time, the
idea of reincarnation was something I was just opening up to, but I didn't really
want to invite more heartbreak into my life by getting another dog. The thought of
reuniting with Gretta only to outlive her once again was unbearable.
A
Time of Faith -- Part 1 |
EXPRESSION
|
Spirituality
in the Arts
Fahrenheit
9/11
The
Movie Mystic
| by Stephen Simon
I can hear some
of you saying to yourselves, "Wait, Fahrenheit 9/11? How is that Spiritual Cinema?"
Well, neither, in my opinion, was The Passion, but BOTH films have become cultural
phenomena that must be addressed. There is another aspect of 9/11 that I will discuss
at the end of this review that is, I believe, directly applicable to Spiritual Cinema;
moreover, like The Passion, 9/11 has an audience appeal that took the old-paradigm
film business by surprise -- and by storm.
The
Spiritual Cinema Circle:
An Interview with Stephen Simon
provided
by The Ford Group
On
the Shelves: Reviews
Mom's
View: Children's Books, by
Paula Behr
Festivals
& Exhibits in the Twin Cities |
HEALING | Integrative
Healing
Take
a Load Off!™
Use the mind/body connection to gain happiness
and lose weight without dieting!
by
Robin L. Silverman
Jeanne was frustrated.
"I've tried every diet there is. High carb, low carb, no carb, portion control,
counting calories -- I hate them all. The more I try to restrict what I eat, the
more weight I gain!"
"There's a secret reason and a not-so-secret reason why that's so," I said.
"Oh, yeah?" she snapped.
The
Gift
by
Angela Hutchinson
It was May 1996,
when the pediatrician told me, "I keep hearing this murmur." She was speaking
about my, then 6-month-old son, Alec. I told her he had been tested at 10 days old
because of this "murmur" and they said he was fine.
"I
am the body" is love
by Mark Powell
...Ultimately, we
are infinitely more than our ordinary personality or body-mind complex. We are the
Sea of Conscious Light (as Adi Da Samraj once referred to the Divine Reality) in
which the very universe is apparently arising. |
THE MOMENT |
News from the
edge
Wayne
Dyer returning to Twin Cities October 7
What
the Bleep film opens September 10 in Upper Midwest
August
News from the Twin Cities
August
News from Madison & Milwaukee
Health
Freedom Advocates Gather for National Conference
ST. PAUL -- The National Health Freedom Coalition presents the second annual
National Conference for Health Freedom Advocates September 10-12 at the Carondelet
Center at the College of St. Catherine's in St. Paul.
Participants can learn how to be an activist, for health freedom or other causes.
Experienced leaders will provide workshop training in how to mobilize the grass roots,
how to bring a bill to the legislature, and how to lobby. There will be presentations
on building membership for your organization, cultivating relationships with large
donors, and the basics of websites and databases. Health freedom leaders from around
the nation will be in attendance.
Friday night keynote speaker Norman Shealy, M.D., is the founder of the American
Holistic Medical Association. As a former surgeon, and later as a leading medical
doctor in the field of energy medicine, as well as a board member of National Health
Freedom Coalition, Dr. Shealy brings an invaluable history and perspective to the
Health Freedom movement. He will speak on "The Freedom to Care for the Patient."
Congressman Berkley Bedell, instrumental in founding the Office of Alternative Medicine
at the National Institutes of Health, is the keynote speaker on Saturday night. Congressman
Bedell says that his Lyme disease was cured by alternative medicine, sparking an
interest that has led to the founding of the National Foundation for Alternative
Medicine, which is sending teams around the world, finding treatments which will
revolutionize the way disease is treated worldwide.
Attorney Diane Miller will give a keynote address on Friday afternoon, entitled "Regulation
of Health Care Practitioners: Its Impact on Health Freedoms." Ms Miller successfully
helped to defend Minnesota farmer Herb Saunders from charges of "practice of
medicine without a license." She then proceeded to design health freedom legislation
for the State of Minnesota together with Minnesota Natural Health Legal Reform Project.
The result was the consumer-driven law entitled the Minnesota Complementary and Alternative
Health Care Freedom of Access Act. In 2001, Miller founded the National Health Freedom
Coalition, a national information resource, to support and train individuals and
groups in states that are interested in health freedom.
Dan Haley author of Politics in Healing, also will speak about what he has discerned
to be 12 of the most blatant crimes against letting the truth about healing be known
in our country. Attorney Deborah Miller, president of Florida Health Freedom, and
former Florida Supreme Court Justice Arthur England will address the gathering Sunday
morning on "Legal Avenues to Protect Health Freedom."
To register, go to www.nationalhealthfreedom.org, e-mail jerrijohn@aol.com, or call
651-688-6515.
More
Background: Independent
State Health Freedom Groups Take Action! |
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