This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we do an Alchemical Fire Circle with Whittney. Since the dawn of time, human beings have gathered around the fire to make music, to dance, and to weave magic in the firelight. Alchemy is a paradigm of transformation, using the "fire of nature" to accelerate growth and change on interior levels. The fundamental components of Fire Circle Alchemy are comprised of voice, music, movement, and service, which correspond to the magical elements of air, fire, water and earth, respectively.

Fire Circle Alchemy is a ritual of transformation derived from a mystical tradition. Availing ourselves of imagery and processes cognate to those pioneered in early alchemy laboratories, we embark upon a mythic journey of re-creation, an adaptation of the alchemist's Great Work, or Magnum Opus: the Quest for the Philosopher's Stone.

The circle begins after dinner at 8pm.  I invite you to join us, though as always what ever choice you make you will be honored in.

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we look at the coming shifts in society with the economy, politics and spiritual changes as we head towards 2012. Sir James will be leading the discussion based on the article "the Coming collapse" at http://www.truthout.org/022709F

He says "I suspect my personal efforts will be a blend of what I can do in the spiritual realm, and what I can do in the "physical" realm. There are so-called practical matters like food, water, clothing and shelter, and there are more life-impacting matters... as any fan of post-apocalyptic sci-fi movies can attest.  I hope we're not living in that sort of history-changing time, but if we are... I expect that a deep examination of what is most important to each of us, and how we can prepare, plan, and protect... will be a good exercise no matter what the future events turn out to be."

In this  "Living in the New World" gathering we will look at

1- Avoiding chaos, spreading calm
2- Accumulating supplies for survival
3- Forming communities

Here are some questions to think on before the gathering:

1) Do you think it will happen - why or why not?

2) What is "it"?  What are your expectations, of what the future will hold?

3) Do you feel as if you have any input, control, or say... about the impact on you?

4) Given #2... about expectations of the future, what is your desired outcome, or goal?

5) Lastly... what resources do you think are available for you to draw on? Be creative, and
    list them out.

The discussion begins after dinner at 8pm.  I invite you to join us, though as always what ever choice you make you will be honored in.

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This special Wednesday Sandbox gathering we have guests Laurie Handlers, James Strole and Bernadeane from People Unlimited in Arizona. Experience your true potential for unlimited energy, health, love and prosperity.  The secret is in removing the death programming that has stopped you from living a totally vibrant and joyful life without end. If you feel you are unlimited, but still believe you have to die, you are missing who you really are. Don’t miss your opportunity to step out of the death paradigm and embrace the life that is truly without limitations.

I know the date is 4/1 but this is not an April Fools joke. If you have read the founder rebirthing Leonard Orr's book "Breaking the Death Habit" you will know how much we carry subconscious messages about death, sickness and struggle (aka the Death Urge).

Note: Due to the large number of people expected there will not be a dinner at this gathering.


“Since meeting these amazing beings, they are all I can talk about. I have waited my entire life to hear this conversation and be living the integrity that naturally follows. For anyone who has been through transformational work, this is really walking the talk! I’ve retooled my entire curriculum to reflect physical immortality. Why would I want to do all the work I’ve already done and then die?”

--Laurie Handlers


“To me what they spoke was life, when all I had been hearing my whole life was death, and depression.

 --Shereena Smith
 

“There was realness about these people and what they were speaking that made me want to keep coming until I found out for myself whether or not this life was for me.”

--Dean Moriki

 
“Since meeting them, I have grown in all areas of my being. I am healthier than ever and experience so much joy and zero struggle.”

--Ilana Arzt

 
PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY NOW


When:             Wednesday April 1st at 8:00-10:30pm

Location:        Michael Smith’s home in Rockville

Cost:               $25

PreRegister: http://abundantmichael.eventbrite.com/

You really want to be at this special engagement with James Strole and Bernadeane! Limited number of seats, this is the only event in DC area for People Unlimited at this time.

 More info on them at http://www.peopleunlimitedinc.com.

 

The talk begins after dinner at 8pm.  I invite you to join us, though as always what ever choice you make you will be honored in.

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we work on better sounds of sex. Do you have difficulty making sounds during love making? Would you like to call in the gods and goddesses with making louder and more passionate noises and moans? Would you like to enhance your and your partner(s) orgasms with sound? The come and have fun at this workshop! We will play with sounds in a safe environment and practice different love noises. Either come with a partner(s) or be prepare to match up with new people or do solo sound sex work!

The moans begin after dinner at 8pm.  I invite you to join us, though as always what ever choice you make you will be honored in.

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we practice expressing our boundaries and giving hugs. Do you have trouble saying what you want? Or saying no to a request? Here is a safe time to practice and experiment in the Sandbox - where you know that any boundaries that you express will be supported by others and the group as a whole. We will also look at the different kinds of hugs that people give - the firm bear hug, the wimpy hug, the A-frame hug and the yummy hug. And how to graceful sidestep a hug if you don't want to hug that person right now. If you have other hug types to suggest let me know!

Ostara (spring equinox pagan holiday) is on Friday 3/20/09. So this is a great time to think about planting new ideas and habits for the coming year. So if you have trouble asking clearly for what you want, or saying No, or hearing No or saying Yes or hearing Yes then come to this gathering and we will plant some seeds for new behaviors in time for Beltane!

The hugs begin after dinner at 8pm.  I invite you to join us, though as always what ever choice you make you will be honored in.

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This weekend I noticed my eyes were so dry that my contacts hurt. This is very unusual for me. And also some old patterns repeating so that I could clear them. If you are getting similar stuff it just might be Venus being retrograde (started on 3/6 and I think goes on til early May). I got this from Dana's Kundalini class:

"This week I’ll be sharing a chanting meditation for the heart and third eye. To open them both is to gain insight into one’s mode of relating. With Venus now in retrograde there might be a greater opportunity and tendency to rehash old relationships (money/job and love) and the beliefs that surround them. Yogi Bhajan said if you hold beliefs about relationships, you will keep waiting. When the third eye and heart is open, beliefs give way to “knowing” by that quieter wiser voice within you.

And this from Eric's website
http://planetwavesweekly.com/resources/venus_retrograde.html

"The Course in Miracles takes the position that the search for this kind of relationship is a substitute for finding our inner core and living from there. In effect, what we think of as "love" becomes a substitute for what we think of as "God" and at the end of the day, or the end of our lives, this particular effort typically leads to neither. [snip]

Venus retrograde in Aries takes us into the territory of the relationship we have with ourselves. For one thing, it emphasizes the point that we have an inner relationship at all. That relationship is often suppressed because there is so much misgiving in there, which we call things like "low self-esteem" or "depression." Most humans, so far as I can tell, have not come to terms with their own existence, and so our self-relating is fundamentally an exercise in doubt. [snip]

Plenty of what we experience in relationships -- the adulation, the cruelty, the admiration, the love -- is about projection. Venus retrograde in Aries is about taking back those projections, and seeking something within ourselves. That could be a feminine identity within the prevailing masculine concept of "self" that we exist with. That sounds like making a discovery of the inner goddess, a core feminine identity that is entirely different than what we normally think of as ourselves. For both men and women, Venus retrograde in Aries is about seeking the beauty we see outside ourselves, within ourselves.

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