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COMMUNICATING THE WISDOM THAT'S CHANGING THE WORLD
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"Making time for creative work is like making time for prayer. It is a healing act, a leave taking from the chaos as we move from the choppy surface towards the stillness of the center." To be an artist it is not necessary to be paid for our work. To be an artist it is necessary to live with our eyes wide open and rub our hands all over life. To be an artist is to take in every detail, notice every beautiful and tragic thing, to cry fully and collect experience, and shape into forms that others can use. Few of us are paid much for our creative work, so we squeeze it into the hours we have left after working other jobs. We write our novels in the wee hours of the morning, write poetry on subway cars, finish essays in waiting rooms and parking lots. We rarely think of ourselves as artists, though it is our creative work that brings us to life, feeds our spirits and sees us through the dark. There are a lot of things we don't have in life, but time is not one of them. Time is all we have. One lifetime under this name is meant to create a body of work that says, "this is how I saw the world." Your work is worthy of whatever time it takes. Jan Phillips is a visionary thought leader, award-winning author, dynamic speaker and the author of many books including The Art of Original Thinking—The Making of a Thought Leader (9th Element Press, 2006). To learn more about the work of Jan Phillips, including her workshops go to www.JanPhillips.com |
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July 2009 Broadcast Schedule
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| The Broadcast Week Beginning Wednesday, July 1-7, 2009
Did you know you are currently in at least two, and possibly three marriages? In addition to your relationship with your significant other, you have equally profound relationships with yourself and with your work. When you examine these three areas of your life through the discerning eye of poet David Whyte, you'll find a wealth of opportunity for intimacy, understanding, and grace. You'll also discover how to generate an ongoing conversation within each of these relationships to keep them healthy, vibrant, and sustainable—and maintain a healthy balance among all three. It's easier than you might imagine. Whyte advises us to, "stop trying to balance [the three marriages] against one another, trade them off against each other, game them against one another—and put them in conversation together. Take yourself seriously. Take your work seriously. Take them equally as seriously as your hope for a marriage or the marriage that you’re involved with, and know that each one of those marriages is actually emboldened and fed by the others. You don't have to have your shoulder against the wheel the whole time. All you've got to do is make sure the conversation is still alive." David Whyte is an Associate Fellow at Templeton College and Said Business School at the University of Oxford. His writings and teaching is embraced not only by the literary community but also by psychologists, theologians, philosophers, and the business community, where he brings his perspective on creativity to companies around the world. He is the author of six books of poetry including River Flow: New and Selected Poems (Many Rivers Press 2007), as well as the nonfiction titles The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America (Currency 1994) and The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship (Riverhead 2009). To learn more about the work of David Whyte go to www.DavidWhyte.com. Topics Explored in this Dialogue:
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The Broadcast Week Beginning Wednesday, July 8-14, 2009
Have you ever imagined Jesus laughing? Tessa Bielecki has. She also reminds us that he was the one who made sure there was plenty of wine at that wedding party we’ve heard so much about. A lifelong Christian monastic who now lives in a cabin in the desert, she loves to share her vision of the wildness in Jesus, God, and spirituality in general, and will inspire you to bring a fresh, playful, spacious approach to your relationship to the divine. She points out that while modern Christianity has grown terribly dull, the truth is that, "God is like a tsunami. We just never know what we're going to experience. We've turned Christianity into a dull, dry system, and it's as though we feel we have God in our pocket, sort of at our beck and call, and we can kind of pull him out as our little pet. God isn’t like that. God is wild. God is definitely untamed." With her own brand of joyful reverence Ms. Bielecki offers practical suggestions that will help you break out of the everydayness of your spiritual practice, bring laughter and play into your relationship with the sacred, and rediscover the wildness in your own life. (Hosted by Justine Willis Toms) Tessa Bielecki is a former Carmelite monastic nun and abbess. She studied languages and international relations at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., then lived for almost forty years in a monastery. She now lives as a lay hermit in the Colorado desert, where she co-created the Desert Foundation, dedicated to disseminating the wisdom of the world’s desert cultures to foster peace and reconciliation. She is the author of Teresa of Avila: Mystical Writings (Crossroad 1993) and Holy Daring: An Outrageous Gift to Modern Spirituality from Saint Teresa, the Grand Wild Woman of Avila (Element Books 1994), and creator of the CD set, Wild at Heart: Radical Teachings of the Christian Mystics (Sounds True 2006). To learn more about the work of Tessa Bielecki go to www.desertfound.org. Topics Explored in this Dialogue:
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| The Broadcast Week Beginning Wednesday, July 15-21, 2009
Sometimes acting with the very best intentions can lead to disaster. How can you be sure that the good works you do actually have the positive outcome you hope for? F. David Peat has applied the principles of quantum physics to explain why some efforts to implement social change have failed miserably, while others have succeeded beyond anyone's expectations. He explains why taking steps to engage in "gentle action" has had far-reaching benefits in programs as diverse as micro lending and a conscious approach to death. You'll discover how this thoughtful approach can become a way of life, as it is in the tiny Italian village where he lives, and where there is very little cash, and businesses operate on barter and trust. Most of all, David Peat encourages all of us to participate in what he sees as a pivotal time in which society is ready to receive and respond to our most noble efforts. He explains, "We've got good grounds to be optimistic that we can make a change, and we can all contribute to the betterment of society both in our local community and globally. Our hearts are now in the right place." F. David Peat, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in theoretical physics, and is deeply interested in the relationships between science, creativity, art, and culture. He collaborated with the late physicist David Bohm in the study of physics, space, time, and the nature of consciousness. While living in Canada he organized a series of dialogue circles with Native American elders and Western scientists. He now lives in Italy where he is the founder and director of the Pari Center for New Learning. Dr. Peat is the author of more than twenty books, including Pathways of Chance (Pari 2007), Blackfoot Physics: A Journey into the Native American Universe (Weiser Books 2006), Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm (Basic Books 1997), and Gentle Action: Bringing Creative Change to a Turbulent World (Pari 2007). To learn more about the work of F. David Peat go to www.GentleAction.org and www.PariCenter.com. Topics Explored in this Dialogue:
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The Broadcast Week Beginning Wednesday, July 22-28, 2009
There is no "attention center" in the brain. So where is our capacity for sustained focus located? Research shows us that it is an ensemble of alerting, orienting, and executive networks collaborating to attune us to what's going on in our inner or outer world in coherent ways that point us toward an appropriate response. Most of us don't understand that attention is a finite resource, like money, so it pays for us to focus on what is more positive and productive. You can make a choice between focusing on something that is productive or generative as opposed to something that is a poor use of your time, and is non-productive. If your view of the world, or of a particular situation, is more positive, Gallagher, stating research says, "The people who are in a positive emotional state see much more—their peripheral vision is larger. They literally see what we call, 'the big picture,' and, not only visually, but also psychologically. They are in a better position to consider options; they have more choices; they can make better decisions." (Hosted by Justine Willis Toms) Winifred Gallagher is a writer. Her books include House Thinking: A Room-by- Room Look at How We Live (Harper 2007), Just the Way You Are (Random House 1997), Working on God (Modern Library 2000), The Power of Place (Harper 2007) and Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life (Penguin 2009). She lives in New York and Dubois, Wyoming.
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| The Broadcast Week Beginning Wednesday, July 29 - August 4, 2009
"Spirituality is about your deepest relationship to the things that matter—what's important, who am I, and what is my role in the world. Everyone has to grapple with those questions. So even someone who claims not to be spiritual, they still live those questions. The spiritual journey requires time and it requires cultivation. So in a sense it becomes the foundation of life." And so, Jonathan Ellerby's spiritual journey includes helping others develop practices that bring meaning and value to their lives. He has a unique gift for identifying the place spirituality has in each of our lives, and the type of experiences that will bring us further along on our paths. He also understands the need for balance between a practice that brings us comfort and one that holds a mirror to our deepest fears. With his quiet, gentle words he evokes the peace that calls you to your cushion each day, and offers a fresh vision for how you can take your practice beyond the next bend in the road. Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in comparative religion and is ordained as an interfaith minister. He has spent more than twenty years dedicated to the personal, professional, and academic exploration of spirituality, healing, and consciousness. He is the Spiritual Program Director for the acclaimed Canyon Ranch Health Resorts, and has worked as a teacher, healer, and consultant for hospitals, prisons, community groups, and corporations. He is the author of Return to the Sacred: Ancient Pathways of Spiritual Awakening (Hay House 2009). To learn more about the work of Jonathan Ellerby go to www.JonathanEllerby.com and www.ReturnToTheSacred.com.
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Small Pleasures : Finding Grace in a Chaotic World by Justine Willis Toms THE WINNER OF 2009 Award in the Spiritual Books Category Small Pleasures: Finding Grace in a Chaotic World by Justine Toms Announced at the 13th Annual Awards Event of the Coalition of Visionary Resources |
Michael and I love to watch movies. It is a magical art-form. They inform, inspire, and touch the heart and soul in so many ways.
Did you know that many visionary, soulful movies are made every year but never get into the theaters? Independent, spiritual filmmakers are creating movies with heart and soul, movies that really matter. Until now, though, hardly anybody got to see them.
Spiritual Cinema Circle® is a DVD club that sends out 4 features and short films in the mail each month on DVD. You keep the DVDs. The movies you get are full-length features, both dramas and comedies, short films, and documentaries on mind-opening subjects. They are about many different subjects, but they all share common elements: All our movies are carefully-chosen to provide genuine nourishment for the heart and soul, a much-needed nutrient at a time when more and more Hollywood movies are violent, profane and devoid of meaning. These movies inspire wonder, insight, deep feeling and transcendence. Above all, they make you feel better about being a human being.
Consider joining Spiritual Cinema Circle by using the link below. You can start with a free trial.
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