A NEW EARTH by Eckart Tolle

I just finished reading The Power of Now. I’m really looking forward to read this new book. Thank you Eckart Tolle!

Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.

Building on the astonishing success of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, is one of dangerous insanity.

Tolle tells us there is good news, however. There is an alternative to this potentially dire situation. Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one.

In illuminating the nature of this shift in consciousness, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are—which is something infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are—and learn to live and breathe freely.

(Source: http://eckharttolle.com/a_new_earth)
(Related Link: http://www.oprah.com/obc_classic/webcast/ane_marketing.html)

Eckhart Tolle, not reacting to content

Amazing man! Very transforming talk. Eckhart Tolle.

The Shift – Trailer,

Very uplifting trailer, I was trying to access their website, but it seems to be down.
Enjoy the trailer!

Website: http://www.theshiftmovie.com/

Spirituality is a letting go

Firstly, spiritualism is not the right term for spirituality. As traditionally used, it refers to mediums, psychics, spirits, contact with the dead and everything that has to do with the spooky world of the occult. Spirituality, on the other hand, is an understanding of consciousness that allows you to experience everything in its contextual and relational nature. It is to have a religious experience without being religious. It is to experience your non-local self, your transpersonal self.

Since the infinite being is infinite by definition, it expresses itself through maximum diversity. To a spiritual person, nothing human is foreign. In other words, the measure of your enlightenment is the degree to which you are comfortable with contradiction, paradox, and ambiguity. The nature of reality is that nothing can be put on pause. Change is the only change. There is nothing to pursue in a constantly evolving universe. Spirituality is a letting go, in which you join the ecstatic evolutionary impulse of the universe, as it expresses itself through creativity.

Morality is the domain of hypocrites and self-righteous morality is just jealousy with a halo. It has nothing to do with spirituality.

I listen to my inner silence in waking, dreaming and sleeping. By and large, religious institutions are quarrelsome, divisive, and sometimes idiotic in their behaviour. The moment of truth is a moment of self referred consciousness, where one is independent of the good and bad opinions of others, and therefore immune to criticism and flattery. I am not here yet. I feel amulets and bracelets and photographs of God are cover-ups for insecurity, and so are Roberto Cavalli designs, innerwear with pictures of gods. They are a particular “brand” of god, and have nothing to do with infinite awareness. To be identified with any brand, whether marketed by a temple or a designer, is to dis-empower yourself and lose your authenticity.

(Source: http://spirituality.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2354499.cms)

Earthdance 2007 Initiative

Earthdance 2007 Initiative: (in association Mystic Vibration)

PART 1: GLOBAL OM The world’s largest synchronized sound event. At 4pm PST on September 15th, 2007 millions of people across the world will unite their voices to create the world’s largest synchronized Global OM, uniting over 350 Earthdance locations in 60 countries. This magic moment will be the highlight of the 11th annual Earthdance International peace festival, and will be the first time in recorded history that global participants will attune to a special specific frequency that is derived from the natural sound of the Earth itself (see below for more information). We invite you to join us in making this a significant global event. Download the “Prayer for Peace – Global OM” track SPECIAL FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD Lo- Res (192 bit rate) (it may take a few minutes for the track to download into your media player) 12 minutes: Download the Prayer for Peace with the Global Om (17MB) 7 minutes: Download the Global Om as a stand-alone track (10 MB) Hi-Res (320 bit rate) (it may take a few minutes for the track to download into your media player) 12 minutes: Download the Prayer for Peace with the Global Om (28MB) 7 minutes: Download the Global Om as a stand-alone track (16 MB) TO LISTEN TO THE PRAYER FOR PEACE/GLOBAL OM, CLICK ON ONE OF THE LINKS ABOVE: (it may take a few minutes for the track to download into your media player) TO DOWNLOAD THE MP3 TRACK TO YOUR COMPUTER: *PC Users: RIGHT click on one of the links above and select “Save Target As…” *Mac Users: OPTION + click on one of the links above.

(Source: http://www.earthdance.org/2007/theme.html)

The omnipresent mind

The earth tilts on its axis in spring and flowers bloom, groundhogs come out of the ground, birds migrate, fish return to their spawning grounds, and mating rituals begin. People are moved to write poetry, lovers sing songs, young and old hearts fall in love. Seasonal rhythms affect us biologically, mentally, emotionally, and it all has to do with the relationship of the earth to the sun.

There are other cycles and rhythms that oscillate for just a few seconds, including the electrical activity of the heart and brain waves, and then there are rhythms that last anywhere from 30 minutes to 24 hours called ultradian rhythms. There are cycles within cycles, and it gets very complicated, but it’s all one symphony. All of these rhythms create the symphony of the universe, and the body-mind is always trying to synchronise its rhythms with the rhythms of the universe.

To separate the body-mind from the rest of the cosmos is to misperceive things as they really are. The body-mind is part of a larger mind, it is a part of the cosmos, and cosmic rhythms result in profound changes in our physiology. When our body-mind is in synch with this symphony, everything is spontaneous and effortless, and the exuberance of the universe flows through us in joyful ecstasy.

The real expression of the body-mind is this field of intelligence that pervades every cell, that correlates all of these activities with one another, and that does all of this below the level of our conscious awareness. The body-mind is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent.

While it may sound as if I’m speaking in mystical terms, in scientific terms this is an accurate statement. What could be a more dramatic example of omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence? The mind knows everything all at once, it is everywhere all at once, and it is all-powerful.

(Source: http://spirituality.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2250046.cms)

Darshan Jariwala: I have never been religious

Where am i going? Am i taking the right path? How should i deal with my failures? Asking such questions to myself is what spirituality is to me. It is about contemplating with myself. I believe in the existence of a Higher Power, but i don’t give any name or face to it. I think the myths we live with are the ones that can comfort us and make us feel warmth. So, i believe there is nothing wrong even if people want to give a name to that power.

For me, the Higher Power is within me. I have never been religious, but i am deeply committed to Buddhism. I like Buddhism because it says that you are responsible for everything that happens to you. I was introduced to it by some friends and slowly when i started reading more about it, i realised i could connect with it very well. Since then it has been a part of my life.

Whatever happens, Buddhism helps me get my energy back and puts me on the right track. Meditation has also helped me a lot and i am a calm and controlled person now. I do realise that there is some cosmic power, which affects each one of us. I think that power has helped me grab the role of Gandhi in Gandhi My Father. Initially the Gandhi character was supposed to be played by some other actor, but some mishap occurred in his house and he refused the offer. Then it came to me.

Through this movie, i learnt a lot about Gandhian principles. It has reinforced my belief in karma, for he himself was a karmayogi. I believe in his saying, “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
I don’t visit religious places, because for me peace of mind comes from other things like music. I like all melodies, particularly ghazals of Mirza Ghalib. These days i am also reading Osho. I think some of his ideas are revolutionary.

(Source: http://spirituality.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2293797.cms)

Sedona’s high-energy vortexes draw tourists (and UFOs) into Red Rock Country

BY GINA SALAMONE

Sunday, July 29th 2007, 4:00 AM

With its radiant red rocks and energy vortexes, Sedona, Ariz., is a mecca for nature enthusiasts and those looking to relax.

It’s where hippies and yoga buffs feel just as welcome as hikers and mountain bikers.

And the perfect season to visit is nearly here. September and October not only bring major music, art and food festivals, but it’s when torrid temperatures in the desert city begin to drop.

Sedona is a two-hour drive from Scottsdale – a Western town that lassos tourists in with its posh spas and golf courses. And the recently revamped downtown scene gives good reason to couple Scottsdale with a Sedona getaway.

Both cities are spa-speckled, but Sedona thrives on its spiritual element. For a chance to learn all about the area’s energy, view the scenery and get in some exercise at the same time, try one of the Sedona Spirit Vortex Hikes (888-282-9901; yogalife.net ).

Led by Bronx-born Johanna Mosca, or one of her guides, the tours set out around massive sandstone formations – some of which are vortexes, or centers of spiraling energy. It’s believed the spots are ideal for meditation, healing and prayer.

There are four major vortexes in Sedona, Mosca explains at the start of one recent three-hour yoga hike. Some have masculine energy, known as electric. “They arouse you, stir you up and motivate you,” she says.

Others have feminine, or magnetic energy. “It’s energy that draws you inward, quiets you,” explains Mosca. “It has you recall a past life, and makes you feel a deeper calm and peace.”

The vortexes of Airport Mesa and Bell Rock have masculine energy. Cathedral, named for its spires, is feminine. Boynton Canyon is said to be electromagnetic, a perfect balance between the male and female energies.

“Locals say they need to get out of Sedona every once in a while because it’s too powerful,” Mosca says. “There’s a lot of Native American energy here. They came here for pilgrimages, but they thought it was too sacred to live long-term.”

She leads the group to the base of Bell Rock. “It’s supposed to be a portal to another dimension, meaning a place where you could access higher dimensions of your being,” says Mosca.

“It’s said that Bell Rock has the most UFO sightings because the energy shoots up from the top of it.”

After a hike, we settle on the flat surface of the rock’s first tier, where Mosca begins to show us stretches and poses. In view are Cathedral and Airport.

After a 45-minute routine, we lay with our backs flat on the warm, red rocks and Mosca talks us into relaxation. There are no UFO sightings, but everyone gets up calmed and refreshed before another hike to the top of a mountain.

Tours are personalized and can incorporate as much yoga or hiking as you want. You can even opt to cut the yoga out completely.

The three-hour excursions are $85 per person for two or more, or $135 if you want to be led solo. The cost for children 15 and under is $35, with full-priced admission for their parents.

Try to plan your trip around the Sedona Jazz on the Rocks festival (Sept. 26-30), featuring established and emerging performers against a breathtaking backdrop. Or be there for the Sedona Arts Festival (Oct. 6-7), showcasing the work of 110 of the country’s top artists and craftspeople.

If you’re headed to Sedona, make time to spend a few days in Scottsdale even if you’ve been there before. More than $2 billion has recently been pumped into the downtown area for new nightclubs, restaurants, stores and hotel renovations.

The Scottsdale Waterfront, built along an ancient Indian canal, has just been completed. Highlights include the Olive & Ivy Restaurant and Marketplace, and Estilo Boutique, which carries trendy dresses, skirts and tops.

Southbridge, to open in phases beginning this fall, will boast boutiques and eateries that aren’t part of any national chains. Fashion shows and live modeling will take place at The Mix, a three-building fusion of fashion and food.

With temptations like that, you’ll need that calming yoga hike after all you’re likely to spend.

(Source: http://www.nydailynews.com)

Sedona’s high-energy vortexes draw tourists (and UFOs) into Red Rock Country

BY GINA SALAMONE

Sunday, July 29th 2007, 4:00 AM

With its radiant red rocks and energy vortexes, Sedona, Ariz., is a mecca for nature enthusiasts and those looking to relax.

It’s where hippies and yoga buffs feel just as welcome as hikers and mountain bikers.

And the perfect season to visit is nearly here. September and October not only bring major music, art and food festivals, but it’s when torrid temperatures in the desert city begin to drop.

Sedona is a two-hour drive from Scottsdale – a Western town that lassos tourists in with its posh spas and golf courses. And the recently revamped downtown scene gives good reason to couple Scottsdale with a Sedona getaway.

Both cities are spa-speckled, but Sedona thrives on its spiritual element. For a chance to learn all about the area’s energy, view the scenery and get in some exercise at the same time, try one of the Sedona Spirit Vortex Hikes (888-282-9901; yogalife.net ).

Led by Bronx-born Johanna Mosca, or one of her guides, the tours set out around massive sandstone formations – some of which are vortexes, or centers of spiraling energy. It’s believed the spots are ideal for meditation, healing and prayer.

There are four major vortexes in Sedona, Mosca explains at the start of one recent three-hour yoga hike. Some have masculine energy, known as electric. “They arouse you, stir you up and motivate you,” she says.

Others have feminine, or magnetic energy. “It’s energy that draws you inward, quiets you,” explains Mosca. “It has you recall a past life, and makes you feel a deeper calm and peace.”

The vortexes of Airport Mesa and Bell Rock have masculine energy. Cathedral, named for its spires, is feminine. Boynton Canyon is said to be electromagnetic, a perfect balance between the male and female energies.

“Locals say they need to get out of Sedona every once in a while because it’s too powerful,” Mosca says. “There’s a lot of Native American energy here. They came here for pilgrimages, but they thought it was too sacred to live long-term.”

She leads the group to the base of Bell Rock. “It’s supposed to be a portal to another dimension, meaning a place where you could access higher dimensions of your being,” says Mosca.

“It’s said that Bell Rock has the most UFO sightings because the energy shoots up from the top of it.”

After a hike, we settle on the flat surface of the rock’s first tier, where Mosca begins to show us stretches and poses. In view are Cathedral and Airport.

After a 45-minute routine, we lay with our backs flat on the warm, red rocks and Mosca talks us into relaxation. There are no UFO sightings, but everyone gets up calmed and refreshed before another hike to the top of a mountain.

Tours are personalized and can incorporate as much yoga or hiking as you want. You can even opt to cut the yoga out completely.

The three-hour excursions are $85 per person for two or more, or $135 if you want to be led solo. The cost for children 15 and under is $35, with full-priced admission for their parents.

Try to plan your trip around the Sedona Jazz on the Rocks festival (Sept. 26-30), featuring established and emerging performers against a breathtaking backdrop. Or be there for the Sedona Arts Festival (Oct. 6-7), showcasing the work of 110 of the country’s top artists and craftspeople.

If you’re headed to Sedona, make time to spend a few days in Scottsdale even if you’ve been there before. More than $2 billion has recently been pumped into the downtown area for new nightclubs, restaurants, stores and hotel renovations.

The Scottsdale Waterfront, built along an ancient Indian canal, has just been completed. Highlights include the Olive & Ivy Restaurant and Marketplace, and Estilo Boutique, which carries trendy dresses, skirts and tops.

Southbridge, to open in phases beginning this fall, will boast boutiques and eateries that aren’t part of any national chains. Fashion shows and live modeling will take place at The Mix, a three-building fusion of fashion and food.

With temptations like that, you’ll need that calming yoga hike after all you’re likely to spend.

(Source: http://www.nydailynews.com)

The Grid was FIRED!

What a beautiful morning! I was up very early, unlike usual, at 5am this morning. I was very excited about Firing the grid with the millions of people that participated to this world wide event.

I hopped on my bike and headed to the baseline station that would be bring me to the closest station to St-Paul University. After putting my bike on the Bus Rack, we are on our way to lees station.

But something very strange happened on the bus this morning, as we got out of the shadows cast by the trees past Queensway station, I saw a small domed silvery object, up in the sky, at about 35%, an estimated distance of 2 kilometers. That object was stationary, and was reflecting the sun. It was in the south direction. The sun was shining on its surface with a very bright golden color. Just as I crossed the Carling street bridge before reaching Lincoln Field station I lost sight of it for 2 seconds. Quickly scanning the sky, the object was gone. No traces of it in the sky. The object had no wings, no tail, no lights and was dome shaped. This all happened at around 5:45am – 6:00am. This was the 3rd time I saw similar object in the Ottawa region. This sighting lasted about 12 seconds.

As I was pondering this event, I arrived to the Lees station and dropped my bike to head to St-Paul University and meet with the rest of the people gathering for Fire The Grid.

I was there fairly early and I met with 2 very kind ladies there. We waited about 30 minutes before most of the people arrived, including Vinko Totic. We than moved to a small wooded area and sat in circle to begin a short meditation.

It was a totally blissful moment. In my mind, I visited all the people I cared about and all the people that needed caring. After about 15 minutes, people started spreading out to dance, sing, play guitar, play the drum, and enjoy the sun.

2 Friends of mine arrived a bit after the beginning and we went to sit in the grass to warm up ourselves in the sun. This was another great moment in the morning, we could hear the signing of ancient native songs and the drumming and guitars. We could almost feel the ancient tribes dancing at the fire around us.

Looking back at the morning, I had the impression this whole 1 hour was actually just 5 minutes…

Thank you to all the people that joined us at St-Paul as well as everyone in the world that manage to find the time to reflect, care and love on that precious morning where the Grid Was FIRED!

Namaste

Out-of-body experiences remain an enigma

Shatarupa Chakraborty
TNN

“I began to move through tunnels in my mind, very brightly coloured and getting more and more real. There began to be places, which appeared very, very clearly… I was thinking how high I was, in the sense that on looking down, my feet seemed a very long way away…

“I suddenly realised that I really was high up and looking down on my own body. I think at this point I was at about ceiling level and gently drifting about. Soon after I had begun talking, I saw the cord. I looked down from where I was and saw, apparently coming from where my tummy should be, a cord. It was not really any colour, but closest to a slightly shiny greyish-white and it was slowly moving… I reached out my hand but found two things. Firstly, if I wanted a hand I could have one, or as many as I liked. Secondly, it wasn’t necessary to have a hand, I could move the cord at will, and had great fun doing it too. I was quite consciously talking all this time but very fast, as I wanted to say so much and tell them every thing I was doing.” — Susan Blackmore, lecturer and writer, recounting her own out-of-body experience during her student days at Oxford, from The Archives of Scientists’ Transcendent Experiences.

Out-of-body experiences (OBEs) are brief, bizarre experiences involving a sensation of floating outside one’s body, perceiving the world from a location outside one’s physical body and by means other than the physical senses.

Around one in 10 to 20 people have an OBE at least once in their lifetime, according to a BBC report. Though many sceptics dismiss them as dreams or dream-like sequences, researchers agree that OBEs happen when the person is fully awake and conscious. Quite a few seem to happen when the person is in bed, resting or ill, or under the influence of psychedelic drugs. OBEs are also very closely related to near-death experiences (NDEs). Unlike most drug-induced hallucinations or dreams, OBEs are not unstable and fleeting; they do not dissolve rapidly into something else. They seem as real and solid as the perceived world around us. As Dr Blackmore claims, “Somehow words fail to convey how completely real it all seemed at the time.”

Recounts Devdeep Bhattacharya, a student of IIM-Kolkata who had an OBE when he was in school, “I was on my bed, lying face down, trying to sleep, when I had this weird feeling that I was afloat a few inches above my own body, tied to it by silvery cords. It must have lasted a few minutes… after which I suddenly plopped back into my own body, as if pulled down by gravity, and seemed to wake up. At that time I had no idea about out-of-body experiences… it was only a few years later when I came across other similar experiences of people on the web that I realised that the phenomenon had a name.”

Usha Ram, professor in the department of psychology, Pune varsity, says, “OBEs are still treated in the realm of parapsychology and at present, studies and research regarding these experiences don’t fit within standard theoretical models accepted by science or scientific methodologies currently practised. In spite of this, we are currently moving towards study of what is presently called paranormal, and I hope soon enough the research into that area would also be regarded as scientific.”

According to her, there are various techniques, among them yoga and reiki, through which some people have cultivated the faculty of inducing OBEs, also known as astral projection.

Agrees Nandini Gulati, psychotherapist and a student of Brian Weiss, a prominent British psychiatrist dealing in past-life regression, “OBEs are usually induced when a person is undergoing an intense emotion or stress, like pain, grief or love, even in those who are otherwise not spiritually-inclined. I don’t think science has a definitive explanation for out-of-body experiences… Moreover, if spirituality offers better insight into the cycle of life and death and offers comfort and strength, a scientific explanation is not required. I think it is a great insight into the meaning of being alive and human.”

She has herself undergone a series of OBEs and describes one experience: “I heard a buzzing sound in my ears, and had the feeling of leaving my body and floating above… At that time, I was residing in London, and I had the distinct feeling of floating above London and seeing its roofs and the people walking in the street. I had a similar buzzing sensation when I was being pulled back into my body, by a force which was almost magnetic. The experience lasted about 15 minutes.”

She also asserts being able to leave her body at will, though the duration is much shorter. “It strengthens my belief that we are more than just our corporeal selves, and consciousness can exist beyond the physical body.”

shatarupa.chakraborty@timesgroup.com

(Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

Holodynamics – When would now be a good time to transform you life!?

Life is Holodynamic – part of one whole, dynamic informational system according to Dr. Vernon Woolf. In this lively and animated interview, Vernon tells us how he became involved with healing disease, overcoming mental illnesses, transforming drug abusers, eradicating crime, the meltdown of the Iron Curtain and terrorism. Not bad for a humble guy from Utah!

In his book, he shows that Holodynamics alters the very nature of what is possible in the human experience – and its about time!

Vernon has traveled extensively and has seen transformation on a personal, group and community level. After this interview, Vernon invited us to go to Israel with him to document his seminars and lectures given all over Israel. Stay tuned to his web site for DVD’s and online courses in Holodynamics and of course check into his current seminar schedule.

(Source + Video: http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com)