This is a great practice for Thanksgiving or any day! (Dianne is a friend of mine who is a wonderful astrologer)
M/M

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Recently a friend wrote about blame, finger pointing and separation in US politics today. Blame and the judgment it is based on can be very damaging not just in politics but also in families and relationships. And while fixing the whole political system might seem out of our direct control perhaps we can make a start within ourselves. And go on a spiritual diet with no blame, no shame, no complain for a day and see how we feel. Perhaps we will do it again one day at a time. If enough people do it the world will change:

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi

In the famous DC meditation for crime reduction study ( http://istpp.org/crime_prevention/ ) it only takes a committed few of a population to
shift consciously for the whole population to shift. (I believe for meditation is proportional to the square root of the population so in
DC with 1,000,000 people around 1,000 people changing their consciousness had a large effect)

The workshop at Sandbox last night on the Work of Byron Katie is one method to eliminate judgments from our lives. Free resources on this here
   http://www.thework.com/thework.php
And there are great books and audio courses you can get too. Probably even a meetup group in your area if you are interested.

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we learn how to listen to our right friend - the inner voice that will help us grow more and help us create good things in our lives. Have you ever seen or felt signs from your Higher Self? Would you like your life to contain less struggle and more joy? Would you like to learn how to turn up the volume on your inner GPS?

We will watch the award winning short movie The Right Friend about a woman who is advised by two inner voices - her Ego and her Higher Self. Then we will discuss how we can listen to our own inner voices and how to tell the difference between them. And learn how to listen to our inner guidance more clearly.

The workshop 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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I recently saw the Danish movie "What goes around" by comedian-actor-writer-director Anders Matthesen on the Spiritual Cinema DVD. Realtor Alex Klein is having a bad day, a bad week, a bad life. He is rude to people and is the victim. Everyone - his girlfriend, daughter, boss, clients even the 14-year-old baristas who think they know the difference between highland coffee beans, picked by virgins at midnight and the coffee from the local supermarket!

When Alex has  a collision with another car and is in critical condition on the operating table he is enroled in a divine game show. And the prize is to win back his life. Both funny and moving Alex learns from his mistakes. And he learns to be honest with love. But who will he be if he has to give up struggle and victimhood? And what would happen if people knew that his favorite color is pink?

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we go on a Sharmanic journey with Randy. Do you want to over come subconscious blocks and self sabotarge? Do you want to get help from ancestors and animal spirits? Do you want to get beyond you logical left brain mind for deeper intuition and guidance?

Journeying, like meditation, is a tool for spiritual growth. It also
can be used for healing, obtaining information, and working
through psychological issues. The drum or rattle is frequently used by shamanic practictioners. The slow repetitive rhythm shifts the individuals "rhythm" so that he or she can journey, just the way a soothing song can help someone achieve a calmer state. The rhythm of the drum puts you in a trance. The journey is then achieved by the person'sintent. When someone goes on a journey they can visit guardian spirits, ancestors, animal totems, inner guides, etc. This form of active imagination allows for deep insights, not achieved by one’s intellectual process.

Randy is a former Yoga monk, a Craniosacral therapist, a world famous astrologer interviewed by the Washington Post and by CNN. He facilitates Family Constellation therapy for individuals and groups.

randy (at) randygoldberg.org or 202-380-6850 www.randygoldberg.org

Please bring a blanket to lay on. The journey begins 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 travel even further down the quantum Rabbit Hole in a quest for answers to age old questions. Discover remarkable possibilities regarding what happens to our consciousness before and after death. Some call the film we will watch together, Spirit Space http://spiritspacemovie.com/ "What the Bleep do we know? meets the afterlife".

Challenging Quantum physics theories and how they affect how we perceive the world anciently and today, both spiritually and scientifically. This film acts as a progressive “travel log” for human life attempting to answer questions that mankind has been seeking since the dawn of thought. What were we before we came here? Why do we need to be here? What happens after we die?

With spiritual inspirations by Toltec author don Miguel Ruiz and insights by quantum physicist Dr. Fred Alan Wolf and lunar astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell founder of the Institute of Noetic Science, Spirit Space even opens cases from individuals who have been hypnotically regressed
to a point between lives-after death, and even before birth. Not only does the film grapple with reincarnation, the spirit world, and the nature of the human soul it also tackles equally sticky questions such as “Is there a Heaven and Hell?” and ”What is a spirit?”. Viewers with a penchant for skepticism will balk at the lack of physical evidence to back up the claims in Spirit Space, but the film remains a reassuring voice, affirming that our existence is not limited to the boundaries of our mortal flesh...

Featuring:
Dr. Fred Alan Wolf (star of What tHe Bleep do wE (k)now? and The Secret)
Don Miguel Ruiz (Best Selling Author The Four Agreements)
Dr. Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14 Lunar Astronaut, author The Way of the Explorer.)
Dr. Linda R. Backman,  (Author Brining Your Soul To Light)
Laurie Monroe (Director The Monroe Institute)
Linda Gabriel (Licensed Hypnotherapist)
F, Holmes “Skip” Atwater (Former Army Intel Remote Viewer, Author (Captain of my Ship,
Master of my Soul)

The movie 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 learn about Your Brain on Light from Joel Hamaker. Brain Illumination is a powerful technique in which we consciously direct spiritual light into specific parts of the brain. The cells of brain can have actual “scars” that a result of negative experiences from our distant past. These cellular impressions limit our concept of who we are and restrict our enjoyment of living. This presentation discusses how “bathing” these cell in the energy of Light dissolves the old impressions and results in more expansion and inner freedom.

• Experience wholeness, greater joy and harmony in your daily life.
• Enjoy peace and clarity of mind.
• Radiate energy, vital health and a sense of aliveness.

Inner Light on the Brain~Freeing the Brain’s Negative Impressions

• diminished negative thoughts / habits,        
• greater mental functioning and clarity 
• greater joy and fullness,
• greater awareness and enlightenment,
• activate dormant areas of the brain/mind and heart center
• Key parts and higher functions of the brain

We will follow a Self-guided process for bringing subtle Light into your brain and body

Psychologist and Educator Joel Hamaker spends his professional time assisting everyday people awaken and use more of their innate potential so they can function at high levels of awareness and accomplishment.  He has been studying the field of meta-normal human states and performance capabilities for over 35 years. 

Joel has taught/trained and counseled people from all walks fo life in numerous skill areas including CPR, financial skills, stress reduction, positive habit change, as well as higher mental functioning.He has hosted radio shows as well as created guided imagery discs and tapes for personal performance and inner well-being. Dr. Hamaker, is member of American Board of Hypnotherapy, Association of Transpersonal Psychology, as well as Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He has been listed in Who’s Who in the East.

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we work on increasing the power of our Third Eye - th sixth chakra is the seat of our psychic abilities, our intuition, wisdom and identity. In these times of great changes having a strong third eye is no longer optional - it is essential to our survival! There are so many changes and such complexity in our society that trying to navigate your life using just your logical mind is overwhelming. If you are confused, depressed, reject spirituality or over-intellectualize then your third eye may be weak.

Come learn some meditations to increase it's strength, do exercises to practice and experience a healing meditation for the third eye. Improve your intuition, clairvoyance, visualization, focus and determination. And be prepared for the increase in complexity in the coming years and months!

The workshop 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 learn about manifesting what we want in life, going beyond the law of attraction.  Is there something you want to create in your life? Have you tried the law of attraction (as popularized in the movie The Secret) with no luck? Are you frustrated in attracting the right relationship? Or job? Or health? Then learn some new techniques for creating the abundant life you want.
We will learn some ideas from TUT messages from the universe guy Mike Dooley and his book Leveraging the Universe. Here is what Mike has to say

"I used to think everyone knew something that I didn't. They, like me, weren't aware of what it was, and they didn't seem to notice that I was without it, but to me the difference was painful. I felt awkwardly different, which led to a burning desire to question the things that most people seem to take for granted. A desire to know what life is about, which I have now largely satisfied, making the price of my sensed alienation small in comparison.

I didn't realize it at the time, but my desire to "know" had put me on a path of inner knowing; or better, my thinking was beginning to attract like thinking. It seemed my questions were slowly answering themselves, opening my eyes to the insights I now realize are latent within us all. I was never sure just when my "illuminations" took place until sometime after the fact, as if an intuitive knowing had been imparted when I wasn't paying close attention.

By the time I was twenty, I had deduced that we were not just here accidentally, nor were we set adrift by some angry god who would judge, condemn, and sentence us before we even understood what was going on. I believed that through thinking, we are creators, the joyful gladiators of the Universe revered for daring the ultimate dare; here of our own choosing, each of us for our own extraordinarily unique reasons, foremost among which is for the sheer adventure of doing so. And if there was ever proof that I was on the right track, the fact that I now spend part of every day writing for "the Universe" is it.
>From http://www.tut.com/resources/notes/

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

Here is some more about manifesting from the TUT website product page. It resonants with me that we don't just do what we want, we don't just be what we want. We need to do both.

When it comes to living the life of one's dreams, there are those who think they must go it alone; that they must be the early bird, know all the right people, and succeed by the sweat of their brow - and they carry the weight of the world on their shoulders.

Then there are those who have read all the books, done all the workshops, and concluded that it's simply a matter of surrendering to a loving, conspiring Universe so that their life might be transformed by its magic - and they silently wonder why it hasn't.

The truth is, neither are we alone, nor is knowing about the Universe and its magic enough to manifest change. The first conclusion is as self-sabotaging as it is sad, and the second is a bit like knowing exactly where the secret treasure is buried, yet never bothering to dig for it. Instead, the trick lies in knowing the difference between what one can, should and must do, versus what one can, should and must delegate to an all wise and capable Universe. Our part is the easy part.

We need only provide the spark to light the Universe's fire; to hoist up our sails so that they can be filled with its magical winds. Yet without offering these token efforts, without assisting in these modest ways, not only do we contradict our wish to live as fully as possible, but we slide ever further away from an infinite grace that tirelessly strives to sweep us off our feet, surround us with friends, and create the life we most want.

Leveraging the Universe and Engaging the Magic is about using the gifts of thought, word, and deed to harness this grace. It's about doing the least to get the most. Learning what "the truth" is, and how to live it, so that the kingdom, the power, and the glory can be revealed before your very eyes, as you discover your holy place in creation - as a creator, yourself.

Slayer of dragons, matador of time and space, rightful heir to heaven on earth, it's time to be living the life of your dreams.

   1.  Understanding your Relationship to the Universe and
      the Magic
   2. Choosing Your Path and Charting a Course
   3. Creating a Plan
   4. Being Vigilant with Your Thoughts, Words and Deeds
   5. Aligning Your Beliefs with the Life of your Dreams
   6. Beginning It!
   7. Adjusting Your Sails, a.k.a. Trouble-Shooting

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we immerse ourselves in chant Savitri Khalsa and feel the peaceful connection to our souls. Do you feel an emptiness in your heart sometimes? Are you feeling down? Have you missed feeling a soul connection with spirit and others? Then experience joy in your heart as we chant sacred healing words.

Savitri Khalsa will lead you into a beautiful state of bliss!

Some of you may know Savitri as Leslie Betz, wife of Bhagwhant Singh.
She says "I am called to help and serve people as a healer.
Radiating Light Healing and Arts is the name of my business.
I can provide pain and stress relief. Teach one to be more relaxed and
calm in your mind. Help you find more joy and freedom in your life."
You can reach Savitri at (540) 327-3392 or skradiatinglight at gmail dot com

The chanting 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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