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<title>BruceRawles.com RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/index.htm</link><description>Musings&#x2c; Inspiring Media &#x26; Fun from Bruce Rawles</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2006-2008 Bruce Rawles</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-04-30T07:56:22-07:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:09:12 -0700</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Bruce Rawles</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Bruce Rawles</itunes:name><itunes:email>see%20www.brucerawles.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:category text="Bruce Rawles Podcast"/><itunes:keywords>Bruce Rawles, musings, sacred geometry, world music, metaphysics</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>fun&#x2c; faves &#x26; flights of freedom</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Bruce Rawles&#x27; favorite musings&#x2c; music&#x2c; art&#x2c; books&#x2c; films&#x2c; online media&#x2c; travel&#x2c; photography&#x2c; useful resources&#x2c; kindred souls&#x2c; and other inspirations :-)</itunes:summary><item><title>Reflexology and Interconnectedness</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Useful Resources</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T07:56:22-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ReflexologyAndInterconnectedness.html#unique-entry-id-286</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ReflexologyAndInterconnectedness.html#unique-entry-id-286</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">I attended a great </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.rvml.org/wcplus2008/wc20080429.html" rel="external">introductory talk on Reflexology last night by Joy Hosey</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> at the </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.rvml.org/" rel="external">Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library.</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> She directed the attendees to this neat </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/features/reflexology/handchart.html" rel="external">interactive map of the hand showing related parts of the human body</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">, and other online charts like </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://sweb.cz/xinhxinh/Reflexology_Foot_Chart1.gif" rel="external">this one with a map of the feet</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> showing yet another example of how, in a somatic way, our bodies exemplifiy the principle of </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml" rel="external">interconnectedness</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> &ndash; we're living </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml" rel="external">fractals</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">!</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kirlian Photo of Chia Seeds</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Photography</category><dc:date>2008-04-26T15:24:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ChiaSeedsKirlianPhoto.html#unique-entry-id-285</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ChiaSeedsKirlianPhoto.html#unique-entry-id-285</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">Here's a Kirlian photograph of some Chia seeds (and obviously a finger tip :-) Thanks to Lani R. for giving me an excuse to dig out my old homebrew electronics (more like Rube Goldberg actually but it works) plus a kit from Edmund Scientific that comprises my funky, unique Kirlian photo setup.<br /><br /></span><img class="imageStyle" alt="ChiaSeedsAndFingertip" width="2222" height="1684" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry285_1.jpg"/>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Appreciating the Earth and Each Other : to-from the h-eart-h</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2008-04-22T10:36:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/a1716af25647097b5bcc0f297a33b2fa-284.html#unique-entry-id-284</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/a1716af25647097b5bcc0f297a33b2fa-284.html#unique-entry-id-284</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">Here's a neat little slide show </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.heartmath.org/million_hearts/" rel="external">Connecting a Million Hearts</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> from </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.heartmath.org" rel="external">HeartMath</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">. Their technology evolved from similar work by </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.jamesbarrett.com" rel="external">James Barrett</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> and Dan Winter.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Finger Mnemonics</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Fun Stuff</category><dc:date>2008-04-18T07:36:40-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/FingerMnemonics.html#unique-entry-id-282</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/FingerMnemonics.html#unique-entry-id-282</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">Hooray for fun! ... Here's my mnemonic for truth du jour for </span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.courseinmiraclesforum.com/spirit109.html" rel="external">today's ACIM workshop lesson</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"> :-)</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br /><br /></span><img class="imageStyle" alt="IMG_4246-IrestInGod" width="576" height="432" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry282_1.jpg"/>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pangea Day</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Worthy Causes</category><dc:date>2008-04-17T11:05:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/PangeaDay.html#unique-entry-id-283</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/PangeaDay.html#unique-entry-id-283</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">WOW! Thanks to Jan C. for alerting me to this moving presentation ... With </span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php" rel="external">TED talks</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"> like this one and </span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.brucerawles.com/files/JillBolteTaylorTEDtalk.html" rel="external">Jill Bolte Taylor's recent one</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">, they are sure sharing some inspiring content!!!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><em>Here's a </em></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><em><a href="http://pangeaday.org/?vid=1" rel="external">link to watch a trailer and learn more about Pangea Day</a></em></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><em>.<br />...</em></span><span style="font:16px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><em>the day is the result of the combined efforts of countless TED supporters around the world, inspired by the TED Prize wish of film-maker&nbsp;</em></span><span style="font:16px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#8000ff;"><em>Jehane Noujaim</em></span><span style="font:16px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><em>. She dreamed of a day when people around the world could share the the same film experience at the same time. The idea has grown into a giant global project... thanks to you.</em></span><span style="font:16px Verdana, serif; color:#8000ff;"><br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Goddess Morph Animation</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Film &#x26; Video</category><dc:date>2008-04-12T05:02:41-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GoddessMorphAnimation.html#unique-entry-id-281</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GoddessMorphAnimation.html#unique-entry-id-281</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">Thanks to Asha for sending me this link to a </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://glumbert.com/wii/view.php?name=womenfilm" rel="external">lovely animation</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> which smoothly glides between monochrome photos of a few lovely ladies from the silver screen. If you're an avid movie-goer like me, you'll no doubt recognize quite a few familiar faces. This is similar to another effort (</span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.brucerawles.com/files/WomenInArtAnimation.html" rel="external">Women In Art</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">), equally lovely that I reported in my blog last year. Over the years, I've learned that "pretty" is a characteristic rooted in temporal perception, subject to interpretation of finite and illusory perspectives, whereas true beauty transcends any limitation of time or space (or duality for that matter!) ... Since our real nature eternally has that transcendence, our real nature is truly beautiful. As you watch this short clip, notice how the beauty of the ONE being we ALL SHARE is beyond any particular expression or lifetime (or gender for that matter - if someone knows of similar clip depicting mens faces, please </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/contact.shtml" rel="external">send me</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> a link.) These two clips both remind me of the experience Gary Renard describes in his book, </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1401906974/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Your Immortal Reality</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">, where his "visiting friends" share with him the entire sequence of their incarnational appearances, so that he might fathom the underlying quality of their eternal nature, independent of time, whim or circumstance. - a perfect example of the principles I'll be sharing later this morning in a </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/images/CentralArtMedford12Apr2008F.gif" rel="external">workshop</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> on </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg" rel="external">sacred geometry</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sustainable Lumber and Fair Trade products</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2008-04-10T08:31:44-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SustainableLumberFairTradeProducts.html#unique-entry-id-280</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SustainableLumberFairTradeProducts.html#unique-entry-id-280</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">I just watched an inspiring "win-win" (recognizing ecology = economy, since everything is </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml" rel="external">interconnected</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">) video on </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.freespeech.org/" rel="external">Free Speech TV</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> about sustainable </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.fsc.org/en/getting_involved/buy_sell" rel="external">FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> lumber featured by companies like Ikea (furniture made from </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://81.201.103.160/PS/VController.aspx?NoLayout=true&Path=5e8cddf3-9b09-46c6-8b11-2fbdad9e2d71" rel="external">Hedlunda</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> lumber) and </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://81.201.103.160/PS/VController.aspx?NoLayout=true&Path=5e8cddf3-9b09-46c6-8b11-2fbdad9e2d71" rel="external">Home Depot</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">. Kudos to those companies that realize that </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/103-8302590-8943853?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=48" rel="external">sustainability</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> is in EVERYONE'S best interests. You can </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://81.201.103.160/PS/" rel="external">search for certified companies here</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;">. The video also talked about </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.buyerbefair.org/" rel="external">Fair Trade</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> products (see my </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.brucerawles.com/files/BirdsongAndCoffee.html" rel="external">March 10, 2008 post</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> which also involves shade grown coffee). The program showed sustainable logging in Oaxaca, Mexico, and British Columbia and even had a vignette of the wind farm on Altamont Pass near my home town of Livermore, Calif. where a </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.coolearthsolar.com/" rel="external">local company</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> is now exploring </span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/B0000AHQRO/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">solar</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; color:#8000ff;"> energy balloons.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Elephant Painting a Self Portrait</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Film &#x26; Video</category><dc:date>2008-04-02T11:33:56-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ElephantPaintingSelfPortrait.html#unique-entry-id-279</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ElephantPaintingSelfPortrait.html#unique-entry-id-279</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you haven't seen this amazing video of an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk" rel="external">elephant self-portrait</a>, check it out! This should convince anyone hung up on "our species" that all beings have much more awareness than our provincial biases would acknowledge!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alpaca Lips Now - the movie poster</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Film &#x26; Video</category><dc:date>2008-04-01T11:24:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/3b97a9c609d56d7d83a37eab4bfdcfe8-278.html#unique-entry-id-278</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/3b97a9c609d56d7d83a37eab4bfdcfe8-278.html#unique-entry-id-278</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">I you were impressed with </span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"><a href="http://i.imdb.com/Icons/poster_under_licence.gif" rel="external">Apocalypse Now</a></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">, wait 'til you see the sequel!<br /><br /></span><img class="imageStyle" alt="AlpacaLipsNow" width="315" height="480" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry278_1.jpg"/><br /><br />(I just resurrected this double pun from my archives :-)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>GoodSearch Charity website</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Worthy Causes</category><dc:date>2008-03-31T10:01:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GoodSearchCharity.html#unique-entry-id-277</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GoodSearchCharity.html#unique-entry-id-277</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">My loving partner just sent this neat link to a</span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"><a href="http://www.goodsearch.com/" rel="external"> site that makes charitable donations based on visitors interests</a></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">; how cool is that! :-) I just searched on "</span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"><a href="http://self.org/" rel="external">Solar Electric Light Fund</a></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">" and "</span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"><a href="http://www.savetherain.org/" rel="external">Save The Rain</a></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">" to give them some support. Now it's your turn! :-)</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ACIM podcast... and more connections with Oprah/Eckhart and ACIM</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-30T08:47:26-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/MoreACIM-OprahEckhartLinks.html#unique-entry-id-276</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/MoreACIM-OprahEckhartLinks.html#unique-entry-id-276</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Here's an </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.miraclecenter.org/moment.html" rel="external">excellent podcast by Beverly Hutchinson</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> I've listened to that has some great reminders, and there's always </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://web.mac.com/genebogart/iWeb/Forgiveness.tv/Gary_Renard_Podcast/Archive.html" rel="external">Gary Renard's podcasts</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">, too! (Highly recommended.)<br /><br />Here is some commentary by fellow </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/103-8302590-8943853?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=64" rel="external">ACIM</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> student Jim M. I also found helpful; thanks, Jim!<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">I am beginning to believe Eckhart Tolle when he says that we egos are "unconscious" -- not conscious that we are just figures in a dream. ACIM seems to want to lift our "consciousness" above the battlefield, above the dream, to see that "we" are the "dreamer" and not a figure in the dream. I found the following discussion by a student of Ken Wapnick on the internet and again it was a knock on the head with a 2-by-4, reminding me that I am not who I think I am. The following concepts may or may not be helpful to others and I could be wrong on my interpretation. It seems that "the Observer" is right-mindedness and "the Dreamer/the Decision-maker" is the other part of the split mind. Who needs make divided decisions but a mind that believes in duality. Eckhart Tolle says the ego, the illusory self-identity,&nbsp;comes from the unobserved mind. The Course does not use the terms "Observer" or "Decision-maker" but does says this:<br />"Even the relinquishment of your false decision-making prerogative, which the ego guards so jealously, is not accomplished by your wish. It </span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0000dd;">was </span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">accomplished for you by the Will of God, Who has not left you comfortless." (T-7.X.7:1-2) "The power of decision, which you made in place of the power of creation, He [the Holy Spirit] would teach you how to use on your behalf." (T-14.VI.5:6) "the existence of the world as you perceive it depends on [your belief of] the body being the decision maker" (M-5.II.1:7)&nbsp; "Forgiveness is still and quietly does nothing. It offends no aspect of reality, or seeks to twist it to appearances it likes. It merely looks [</span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0000dd;">observes/the Observer] </span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">and waits, and judges not." Neal suggested that I send this out to the group.<br />So if it goes over like a lead balloon I can blame him!&nbsp;:-)&nbsp;&nbsp; --jim<br />&nbsp;<br /></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">ACIM and the Observer</span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"> </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">and the Decision-maker<br /></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">&nbsp;<br />These are responses to questions about "the observer" from someone named "Jane". My [internet ACIM student] responses come from my own experience; I'm sure it is different for everyone.<br />---<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0000dd;">Q: How do I become more identified with the observer?<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">A: Simply forgive, and it will happen of itself. It's nothing more than that. It is deserving of all your trust.<br /><br />The dreamer (decision maker) having chosen the ego, dreams it is a dream figure named Jane. The way home - and home for Jane is the right mind - is for Jane to forgive her Jane-ness. She gets angry, she gets afraid, she worries and gets confused. She is thrilled when her needs are met, or when she receives praise or special attention. Forgive all of that. In the beginning your experience will be that it's Jane doing the forgiving, even though it's the dreamer (decision maker) doing it, because </span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"><em>everything</em></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"> is the dreamer. It's just the dreamer dreaming it is "a Jane" doing the forgiving because, for now, that's what is most comfortable for a decision maker who is slowly beginning to turn the boat around (imagine a supertanker in a wide arc). The decision maker is too afraid to be fully in touch with its power of choice, and so still needs to defer this onto a dream figure for its own sense of safety. But that deferment won't last.<br /><br />As you (a dreamer dreaming you are a dream figure forgiving a dream experience) move more deeply into forgiveness as a practice and process, you will begin to have experiences as something other than a helpless body and dream figure. You will experience yourself as a mind, as a dreamer, a decision maker.<br /><br />These experiences will likely be brief at first, but will begin to show up more often and last longer and become more profound and attractive. In that experience you won't question what an oberserver is, the experience will answer all questions. The experience is the answer; you'll have no questions... until you return to your experience as a dream figure.<br /><br />When you do have questions, then that means you're splitting off from the dreamer again, back to the safety of the dream figure. This is normal. Just watch it all, as best and as gently as you can.<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0000dd;">What are the things to look out for that tell me I'm in observer mode?<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">When you are in observer mode you won't need signs, you'll just know. If you're looking for signs or evaluating an experience, you're not in observer mode, which would just be something else to forgive as it's the choice for the ego which results in the desire for litmus tests and specifics and naming etc. And in this forgiving will the experience/observer show up, for it is the process of forgiveness that provides the safety the decision maker needs to awake unto itself as itself.<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0000dd;">Can the observer feel emotion? i.e. Love? ...because if it can feel love then that's an emotion and transient and to be forgiven...<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">The observer doesn't feel emotion as a dream figure knows it. Love as a dream figure is a physical/psychological </span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0000dd;">bodily feeling</span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"> of love, whereas love as an observer is a </span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0000dd;">mind experience </span><span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">of love that has nothing to do with the body or brain or feelings, and you're it (love). It's what you are... so "you" don't feel it, you are it. You wouldn't say I am feeling love, you would be it... but there are gradations of this experience as the process evolves.<br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pacific Domes</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Geometry-Math</category><dc:date>2008-03-29T07:03:34-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/PacificDomes.html#unique-entry-id-275</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/PacificDomes.html#unique-entry-id-275</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">A long overdue thanks to local friend and colleauge Asha who has been graciously hosting our local Geometers group (we whimsically call ourselves the "Hedronists" as well) for many months. (Also thanks to local friend and colleauge </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geoharmonics.com/" rel="external">Libby</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> who offered similar gracious hosting for many months prior!) Asha also heads up </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.pacificdomes.com/" rel="external">Pacific Domes</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> which is doing wonderful things around the (</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/OblateSpheroid.html" rel="external">oblate spheroidal</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">) globe with </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller" rel="external">Buckminster Fuller</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">'s geodesic invention.<br /><br />I had the pleasure of building and living in a dome (a Cathedralite Dome kit from Aptos, California) in Georgetown, California in the late 1970's. In addition to just being a great space to be in, since we left quite a bit of our floor plan open, the acoustics were quite interesting, too! A neighbor (and long time mentor, Floyd Edwards who started the Creative Dynamics program (Leadership and Human Relations) my ex-wife and I enjoyed teaching in nearby adult schools for several years) had made a custom battery-operated clock with his airbrushed art, which hung on the wall downstairs next to the woodstove. At the time, we had a slant-board in the upstairs loft (looking up at the top 5 triangles of the dome) for meditation. One day, I realized the loud "tick-tick" I kept hearing was the minuscule sound of this little clock bouncing around the interior surface of the 39' diameter dome... and converging back at a point where my head was... amazingly, one could barely hear the clock standing next to it!<br /><br />Another fond memory of the dome was the day our generous friends and neighbors spent most of a day helping us raise the 60 plywood-over-beveled-2x4-triangles into place. After hoisting 5 pentagons (all made of triangles) atop a 5' riser wall, then linking them together with 5 hexagons (also made of similar trianges) so we could now remove the supports and (after raising the scaffolding to get to the 21' peak), we finally put the last  top 5 triangles of the dome into place. The second to the last triangle was fitted with a sturdy eye bolt, through which a long rope was tied. I got to hop up onto the now-sturdy roof with a sledge hammer and sequentially tap the 3 corners until the last triangle fit perfectly snug and the whole structure (just like Bucky professed) went from a loose wobbly thing to rock 'solid' (not accounting for the vast emptiness of quantum space, of course! :-) To help visualize this 3/8 sphere dome, check out </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.peda.com/poly/" rel="external">Poly</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> from </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.peda.com/" rel="external">Pedagoguery Software</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">. and animate the 3-Frequency Icosahedral Geodesic Sphere (and imagine 5 pentagons (defaulting to red color) resting on a 'cylinder'. Here's a "bird's eye view" of the dome we built and lived in, using a screen snap from Poly with appropriate triangles grayed out and more </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geodesiclifestyle.com/LinksofInterest.html" rel="external">dome resources</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">.<br /><br /></span><img class="imageStyle" alt="GeorgetownGeodesic" width="497" height="498" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry275_1.jpg"/><span style="font-size:16px; "><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sacred Geometry Workshop for Artists in Medford Oregon - 12April2008 9AM-1PM</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Art</category><dc:date>2008-03-24T11:55:11-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SacredGeometryWorkshopForArtists12April2008.html#unique-entry-id-273</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SacredGeometryWorkshopForArtists12April2008.html#unique-entry-id-273</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Fascinated by the mystical aesthetic appeal of Renaissance artists like DaVinci? Numerous artists since antiquity intentionally used techniques now referred to as </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml" rel="external">sacred geometry</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> in their masterpieces. You can too! Discover the secret behind the appeal their art holds to this day.<br /><br />This </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/events.shtml" rel="external">Hands-on Artist's Workshop</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> will show </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml" rel="external">classic sacred geometry constructions</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> and theory for visual artists - The class will supply all the background needed to incorporate the principles of "interconnectedness" and proportions that represent our cosmic relatedness for any artist with no math background required. Bring a </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/B0006VZDKK/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">compass</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> and straight-edge to replicate the universal patterns and ratios with the "classic" constructions used by Plato, Pythagoras, Da Vinci, and numerous other ancient, Renaissance and contemporary artists from a variety of media and disciplines. <br /><br />Projects will include: 2D constructions (Vesica Piscis, Seed of Life, </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/images/flower_of_life.gif" rel="external">Flower of Life</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">, Golden Rectangles, Golden Triangles, Squaring the Circle, inscribed pentagrams, mandalas, tilings, etc.) as well as 3D </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/polyhedra.shtml" rel="external">polyhedra</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/free.shtml" rel="external">foldups</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> and working in various 2D and 3D media.<br /><br />Contact </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.centralartsupply.com/" rel="external">Central Art Supply</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> at 541-773-1444 or </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/contact.shtml" rel="external">Bruce Rawles</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> for details and enrollment. Cost is $20 and includes handout material needed to replicate the workshops projects and references. Autographed, personalized copies of </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sgds/index.shtml" rel="external">Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> will be available for puchase as well.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/images/CentralArtMedford12Apr2008F.gif" rel="external">Here is a printable poster about the workshop.</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Massage therapist recommendations</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Useful Resources</category><dc:date>2008-03-18T12:39:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/MassageTherapistRecommendations.html#unique-entry-id-274</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/MassageTherapistRecommendations.html#unique-entry-id-274</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Today (thanks to a gift certificate from my stepson) I enjoyed (like millions of others) the benefits of therapeutic massage from a licensed massage therapist, as I have been doing for decades. Based on this one experience, I would recommend Tanya Reasor of Bodyworks/Body-n-Balance in Medford, Oregon as well as our usual LMT (Holly Smith at Superior Athletic Club in Eagle Point, Oregon). Also long overdue are thanks to former massage therapists such as Melissa Silva and many others in Nevada County, Calif. I also find </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://jacksonwellsprings.com/" rel="external">hot springs</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> soaks quite soothing, as a complement to regular exercise, stretching/yoga and good nutrition.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Loremo LS 157MPG car</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2008-03-17T10:01:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/LoremoLS_157MPGcar.html#unique-entry-id-271</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/LoremoLS_157MPGcar.html#unique-entry-id-271</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to Jerem E. for alerting me to this </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://car-reviews.automobile.com/news/loremo-ls-the-157-mpg-car/1758/" rel="external">157MPG car</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://loremo.com" rel="external">Loremo</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> LS) ... a nice jump in fuel economy (an appropriate "green" alternative for St. Patrick's Day! :-) on our way to teleportation - the ultimate sustainable solution!</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dilbert ESP cartoons</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Fun Stuff</category><dc:date>2008-03-16T10:27:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/DilbertESPcartoons.html#unique-entry-id-272</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/DilbertESPcartoons.html#unique-entry-id-272</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to E. Kellogg for sending this amusing set of </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.rgshoup.com/misc/Dilbert_Psi.jpg" rel="external">Dilbert cartoons about ESP</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">; kinda reminds me of the ESP trials I participated in with </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/0062508571/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Dr. Charles Tart</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> at UC Davis in the mid 1980's... Interestingly, the folks that EXPECTED they would guess better than the "1 in 5" (20% "random chance" statistical probability DID so (often in the high 20, 30 or more % range) for repeated trials. Even more interesting to me was the statistically significant LOWER than 20% results that admitted ESP skeptics garnered, almost proving their  ESP in "reverse expectation gear" :-)</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Jill Bolte Taylor -TED talk</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Film &#x26; Video</category><dc:date>2008-03-15T09:26:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/JillBolteTaylorTEDtalk.html#unique-entry-id-270</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/JillBolteTaylorTEDtalk.html#unique-entry-id-270</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to Joline S., Daniel H. and Dianna R. for all independently encouraging me to watch this </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/229" rel="external">VERY inspiring TED talk by Harvard-trained brain scientist, Jill Bolte Taylor</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">. When I get 2 or 3 "messages from the universe", I've learned to REALLY pay attention! :-) Now it's my turn to encourage you to watch it (if you haven't already.) Her insights go way beyond our tiny little brains in our tiny little bodies in this tiny little galaxy... to the spiritual 'energy' that encompasses us all, and is ever present within us, linking us as one. <br /><br />This powerful talk is a perfect complement to the wisdom in </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/0960638881/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">A Course In Miracles</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> and </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1401905668/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Gary Renard</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">'s fun introductions to that wisdom, reminding us that We (with a capital "W") </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.fipdata.org/Lessons/Text/Part1-6/Lesson199.htm" rel="external">are not bodies</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">, even though "we" have them, and a timely reinforcement to our awareness that exists beyond the ego (which tends to manifest in left-brain bias as Jill demonstrated) that </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1577311957/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Eckhart Tolle</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> is </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.oprah.com/obc_classic/webcast/archive/anewearth_archive_main.jsp" rel="external">sharing so eloquently in his class</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (just watched class #2 as of this writing) with </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.oprah.com" rel="external">Oprah Winfrey</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">, who is also hosting a radio show and </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.oprah.com/xm/mwilliamson/mwilliamson_main.jhtml" rel="external">pre-recorded audio</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> with </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/0060927488/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Marianne Williamson</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pi Day</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Geometry-Math</category><dc:date>2008-03-14T10:13:07-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/PiDay.html#unique-entry-id-269</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/PiDay.html#unique-entry-id-269</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Happy </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml#Pi_value" rel="external">Pi (approx. 3.14)</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> Day! Of course, both </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sgds/p189.shtml" rel="external">Pi and Phi are encoded in the Great Pyramid</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sara Frucht Art Opening at the Coffee Mill in Oakland Calif. 22Mar2008</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Art</category><dc:date>2008-03-13T10:58:47-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SaraFruchtArtCoffeeMillOakland.html#unique-entry-id-268</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SaraFruchtArtCoffeeMillOakland.html#unique-entry-id-268</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Anyone who has attended my </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/events.shtml" rel="external">multimedia presentations</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> during the past 4 years has probably seen some of the exquisite "virtual polyhedra" art of Sara Frucht - </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.kaleidoscapes.net/" rel="external">Kaliedoscapes</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> as she aptly calls them. Here is a slightly truncated tetrahedron of mirrors that creates a virtual icosahedron in the corner...<br /><br /></span><img class="imageStyle" alt="KaleidoscapeIcosa" width="1024" height="768" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry268_1.jpg"/><span style="font-size:16px; "><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">... and the same amazing model with a little rubber ball rolled in, creating a "virtual dodecahedron" by connecting the midpoints of the reflected spheres:<br /></span><img class="imageStyle" alt="KaleidoscapeDodeca" width="1024" height="768" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry268_2.jpg"/><span style="font-size:16px; "><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">... and </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.metamotion.com/pyro320-240-lq.mov" rel="external">digital fly-through animation</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> she created for a proposed Berkeley Community Garden project.<br /><br />Her artistic abilities are evidently also at home in "conventional media" as well. Here's the announcement she just sent about her art opening in Oakland, California on March 22, 2008:<br /><br />===========<br /><br />Hi Everyone -<br /><br />Please come to my art opening and reception.&nbsp; Here is the info:<br /><br />Time: Saturday, March 22, 2-4pm<br /><br />Place: Coffee Mill & Bakery<br />3363 Grand Avenue<br />Oakland, CA<br />(510) 465-4224<br />(about one block from the Grand lake Theatre)<br /><br />Featuring the music of fabulous rock and jazz guitarist Toku Woo<br /><br />I currently have twelve of my acrylic paintings on display.&nbsp; They were all done this past&nbsp; fall and winter.&nbsp; Also showing - paintings by Peter, artist of the Lake.&nbsp;&nbsp; (He also painted all the murals on the&nbsp; walls inside the cafe.)<br /><br />In case you can't make it to the opening, these paintings will be on display at the Coffee Mill until Saturday, May 3.<br /><br />I hope to see you there!<br /><br />Sara Frucht<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><img class="imageStyle" alt="unknown" width="440" height="540" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry268_3.jpg"/><span style="font-size:16px; "><br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Birdsong &#x26; Coffee</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Film &#x26; Video</category><dc:date>2008-03-10T22:02:27-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/BirdsongAndCoffee.html#unique-entry-id-267</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/BirdsongAndCoffee.html#unique-entry-id-267</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.olddogdocumentaries.com/vid_bsc.html" rel="external">Birdsong and Coffee - A Wake Up Call</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> is a great little documentary (with links to </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.communityagroecology.net/" rel="external">Community Agroecology Network</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> and other organizations working to make a positive difference) about how shade-grown, fair-trade coffee helps not only protect the biodiversity in lovely countries like </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/brucerawles/category/196834332546142746" rel="external">Costa Rica</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (which we had the pleasure of visiting a few years ago), Mexico (likewise on the fond memories of visiting), El Salvador, and Nicaragua, but also maintains the vital economy of coffee farmers in those regions. An important aspect of the film for me is how students from UC Santa Cruz were "adopted" by their Central American families, and they realized how kind and caring the farmers were both to their families and the land, and also to the northern researchers. I didn't realize that coffee, as a world commodity, is second only to oil! (I'm not even a coffee drinker, but I love the smell...) Another local company doing their utmost to make a positive difference (we love their chocolate!) is </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.dagobachocolate.com/" rel="external">Dagoba</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">. I checked out </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.olddogdocumentaries.com/vid_bsc.html" rel="external">Birdsong and Coffee - A Wake Up Call</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> from </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="" rel="external">RVML.</a></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bob&#x27;s Guatemala Photos</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-09T22:31:19-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/BobsGuatemalaPhotos.html#unique-entry-id-266</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/BobsGuatemalaPhotos.html#unique-entry-id-266</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to Bob Burridge for posting a some </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.robertburridge.com/workshop_photos/guatemala/index.html" rel="external">photos from our very fun Guatemala</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> trip last November. There's a photo of us at the bottom of the page (2nd to last) .</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sustainable Development using a fractal model</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2008-03-08T12:12:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SustainableDevelopmentFractalModel.html#unique-entry-id-263</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SustainableDevelopmentFractalModel.html#unique-entry-id-263</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to Terry Mock for suggesting this </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.mbdc.com/features/feature_aug2002.htm" rel="external">article on sustainable development</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (honoring the fractal interconnectedness between people, ecology and econony) by William McDonough (featured on </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.bioneers.org/" rel="external">bioneers</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">) & Michael Braungart, as well as this article he wrote on </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.championtrees.org/champions/articles/RestoringSacred.htm" rel="external">Restoration of Sacred Mythology</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (with generous cultural references including the Celtic "World Tree" (of Life) which is a living metaphor of toroidal form.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hyperdimensional Geometry of Music</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Geometry-Math</category><dc:date>2008-03-07T10:45:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/HyperdimensionalGeometryOfMusic.html#unique-entry-id-262</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/HyperdimensionalGeometryOfMusic.html#unique-entry-id-262</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to Ed K. for this neat article (with animation) on the </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="" rel="external">Hyperdimensional Geometry of Music</a></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Optical Delusions of Consciousness</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Useful Resources</category><dc:date>2008-03-06T12:47:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/OpticalDelusionsOfConsciousness.html#unique-entry-id-264</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/OpticalDelusionsOfConsciousness.html#unique-entry-id-264</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to Anita T. for sending this link to a lavish </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/" rel="external">assortment of optical illusions</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">; reminders to not take our minuscule 3D sense perceptions (and particularly our INTERPRETATIONS of them) too seriously! Here's a related </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.blognow.com.au/daybyday/42463/And_Amen_to_that_Albert.html" rel="external">quote</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> by Albert Einstein:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:20px; "> </span><span style="font-size:16px; ">"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.<br /><br />Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security." : Albert Einstein - (1879-1955) Physicist and Professor, Nobel Prize 1921</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Jay Goldner&#x27;s Crop Formation exhibit in Seoul&#x2c; Korea</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Events &#x26; News</category><dc:date>2008-02-24T09:27:15-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/JayGoldnerCropFormationExhibitInSeoulKorea.html#unique-entry-id-259</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/JayGoldnerCropFormationExhibitInSeoulKorea.html#unique-entry-id-259</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://brucerawles.wordpress.com/2005/12/05/photo-from-jay-goldner-his-crop-circle-exhibit-in-switzerland/" rel="external">Jay Goldner</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">, who did a superb job of translating my </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sgds/index.shtml" rel="external">Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> into its German Edition (</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sgds/mdhg.shtml" rel="external">Mandalas der Heiligen Geometrie</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">, published by </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.silberschnur.de/" rel="external">Silbershnur Verlag</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">) and also author of </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/0941188485/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Messages from Space: Crop Circles Bring the First Indisputable Extra-Terrestrial Signs from Space</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">, just sent me an email letting me know that his superb crop formation exhibit (which was open to the public in Switzerland and Austria) has recently been shown in </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.kornkreiswelt.at/Ausstellung-Suedkorea/" rel="external">Seoul, South Korea</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">. </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.kornkreiswelt.at/Bilder-2007/" rel="external">Here's another update from Jay with some lovely patterns</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> &ndash; not to worry if your German fluency is minimal (like mine) since the patterns communicate directly; a perfect example of how symbols which approach ideal mirrors of the principle and awareness of oneness tend to transcend language barriers... Music is another example, particularly music that exemplifies heartfelt compassion, kindness and quantum forgiveness!</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Interview with David Gibson on BBSRadio.com</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Events &#x26; News</category><dc:date>2008-02-20T10:44:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/DavidGibsonInterview23Feb2008onBBSRadio.html#unique-entry-id-258</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/DavidGibsonInterview23Feb2008onBBSRadio.html#unique-entry-id-258</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:17px; ">On Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 5PM Pacific Time, I will be the guest on </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://www.soundhealingcenter.com" rel="external">David Gibson</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; ">'s show on </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://www.BBSRadio.com" rel="external">BBSRadio</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; ">... I hope you can </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://www.BBSRadio.com" rel="external">listen in</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; ">!<br /><br />David was the host and organizer of a wonderful </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://soundhealingcenter.com/laconf/calendar.html" rel="external">conference last month</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; "> that I was honored to give a </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://soundhealingcenter.com/laconf/presenters.html" rel="external">presentation</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; "> at ... The </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://www.soundhealingcenter.com" rel="external">Globe Sound Healing</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; "> Conference (There will be </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://soundhealingcenter.com/sfconf/index.html" rel="external">another in San Francisco in May 2008</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; ">)... It was a marvelous experience where I got to meet lots of interesting friends and connect with many kindred souls such as: </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://www.universalsong.net/" rel="external">Randy Master</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; ">s (a brilliant synthesizer of ancient and contemporary insights about sound - his workshop was great fun; his vesica delta bipyramid fold-up is featured on page 221 of my </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sgds/index.shtml" rel="external">Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; ">), </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://www.ElizabethUpton.com" rel="external">Elizabeth Upton</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; "> (a bright and enthusiastic videographer working on a documentary on sacred geometry), </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.healingpartnerships.com/" rel="external">Judy Cole of</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://www.healingpartnerships.com/" rel="external"> </a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.healingpartnerships.com/" rel="external">Healing Partnerships</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (who won my 2007 contest - see the Feb 1 2008 post), </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Schwartz" rel="external">Gary Schwartz, PhD</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (doing fascinating energy healing research), </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.cymatherapy.com/" rel="external">Mandara Cromwell</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (working with friend </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.cymaticsource.com/" rel="external">Jeff Volk</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> bringing Hans Jenny's </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1888138076/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Cymatics</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> work forward,) Rick Henderson (who created some superb 3D polyhedra visuals in real time for the evening concerts using </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.zuma.com" rel="external">Zuma</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> software and his own </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/midispec.htm" rel="external">MIDI</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> setup), a pioneer in neuro-acoustic research </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.neuroacoustic.com/" rel="external">Dr. Jeffrey Thompson</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">, Barbara Hero (creator of the </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.lambdoma.com/" rel="external">Lambdoma</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> keyboard), </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.pyradyne.com/" rel="external">Dr. Fred Bell</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (amazing inventor), </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.BlinkDesignLA.com" rel="external">John Gil</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (an architect incorporating sacred geometry) and </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.harmonicresolution.com" rel="external">Don Estes</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> to name just a few.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Galaxy Song from Monty Python&#x27;s Meaning of Life</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Music</category><dc:date>2008-02-17T14:05:04-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GalaxySong-MontyPython.html#unique-entry-id-253</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GalaxySong-MontyPython.html#unique-entry-id-253</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to Nancy (and Eric Idle) for reminding me of this amusing tune ( </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcTHBOjnUss" rel="external">The Galaxy Song</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> from </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/6305388458/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Monty Python</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">'s </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/B000A2UBNE/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Meaning of Life</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">) that puts our little human dramas (and obsession with identification with space, time and duality) into perspective! :-)</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blueberry Stars</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Geometry-Math</category><dc:date>2008-02-15T08:14:39-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/21566efa239501076adeecdf0a66b8f3-252.html#unique-entry-id-252</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/21566efa239501076adeecdf0a66b8f3-252.html#unique-entry-id-252</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#000000;">This was such a great question, I thought it would make a perfect blog post du jour!<br />=====</span><span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0000dd;"><br /><br />Hi Bruce ...What does the star mean in sacred geometry?<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />This might depend somewhat on the specific geometry involved... In particular, are we talking about 5 or 6 (or some other number) of points on the star? Hexagonal (6-fold) stars (a.k.a. hexagrams) relate to the Flower of Life, Seed of Life, Fruit of Life, 2D matrix which occurs in a myriad of forms in the various kingdoms of the natural world (basalt column cross-sections in the mineral kingdom, cloverleaf and cellular structures in the plant kingdom, honeycomb in the animal kingdom, etc. just to name a few.<br /><br /></span><span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0000dd;">I am wondering if you have any idea what the star on the bottom of each blueberry would mean?<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />A little gem I learned from </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/0060926716/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Michael Schneider</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> is that the blossom of every edible fruit has 5-sided (pentagonal) geometry. The five-pointed star (pentagram) was the symbol allegedly drawn on the hands of the Pythagorean initiates (perhaps because the notion of interconnectedness leading to the awareness of all-encompassing oneness is just as "threatening" now as it was to the predominant culture then :-) There is also a wealth of other examples in </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sgds/index.shtml" rel="external">my book</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">:<br />as well as quite a few on </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml" rel="external">the tutorial on my website</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (I imagine you've already read that?) <br />and the </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/resources.shtml" rel="external">links on the resources page</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">:<br /><br /></span><span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0000dd;"> I am doing food research and it seems like the star would mean something. &nbsp;Doesn&rsquo;t it look like a star at the bottom of a blueberry?<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />You got it! It is indeed the guiding archetype for this form, as well as so many others in nature! :-)</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hayley Westenra Songs</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Music</category><dc:date>2008-02-14T10:54:53-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/a67a19b1dd8fb53432d67d151246c107-251.html#unique-entry-id-251</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/a67a19b1dd8fb53432d67d151246c107-251.html#unique-entry-id-251</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">WOW! Each time I listen to Hayley Westenra (who grew up in Christschurch, New Zealand - a lovely place) sing </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=17" rel="external">"Prayer" and "May It Be"</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> I'm moved to tears of joy; not much music does that for me! ... and that's listening online via Pandora.com ... I can only imagine what hearing these songs in concert would be like! What a gift her music is! This is what I would call "spiritual calling us all home" music.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shemah - The Calling by Ani Williams</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Music</category><dc:date>2008-02-13T09:56:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/29d0f4f66a32a926b3f9adfe4e9323a7-249.html#unique-entry-id-249</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/29d0f4f66a32a926b3f9adfe4e9323a7-249.html#unique-entry-id-249</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/B000BW3VU8/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Shemah - The Calling</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; "> by </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://www.aniwilliams.com/" rel="external">Ani Williams</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; "> is quite lovely harp music from a great performer; I've enjoyed her live performances immensely at two conferences I've attended (the Global Sacred Geometry Conference in Sedona in 2004) and one of Chet Snow's "Signs of Destiny" (crop formations) conferences a year or two before that.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x22;Falling Slowly&#x22; song from the movie &#x22;Once&#x22;</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Music</category><dc:date>2008-02-12T10:02:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/FallingSlowly-songFromMovie-Once.html#unique-entry-id-250</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/FallingSlowly-songFromMovie-Once.html#unique-entry-id-250</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=17" rel="external">"Once"</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; "> is a sweet (and funny) movie, and the song "Falling Slowly" (featuring the stars of the film </span><span style="font-size:22px; ">- </span><span style="font-size:17px; ">Czech Republic-born Mark&eacute;ta Irglov&aacute; and Frames frontman Glen Hansard)</span> <span style="font-size:17px; ">is a gem! My wife & I are both humming the catchy tune quite a bit this week after enjoying the movie last weekend via </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=wanNJBVjHec&offerid=78684.10000075&type=3&subid=0" rel="external">Netflix</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; ">. Other good tunes on the film, too.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>GeometryCode 2007 Contest Winner&#x21;</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Geometry-Math</category><dc:date>2008-02-01T09:31:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GeometryCode2007ContestWinner.html#unique-entry-id-247</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GeometryCode2007ContestWinner.html#unique-entry-id-247</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Congratulations to Judy Cole of</span><span style="font-size:17px; "> </span><span style="font-size:16px; ">Healing Partnerships (</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.healingpartnerships.com" rel="external">http://www.healingpartnerships.com</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">/) for winning our </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.GeometryCode.com" rel="external">GeometryCode.com</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> 2007 contest! Judy submitted a copy of her exquisite Lissajous oscilloscope patterns "Healix - The Music of the Spheres: Mirror One version 2) DVD and says she was inspired by  </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/sgds/index.shtml" rel="external">Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">. Judy wins a copy of the </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/gc/gc_sseb.shtml" rel="external">GeometryCode screensaver and eBooklet</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">. Thanks, Judy! :-)<br /><br />Here's a static image of some of her engaging animation:<br /><br />	</span><img class="imageStyle" alt="Pasted Graphic" width="381" height="350" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry247_1.jpg"/><span style="font-size:16px; "><br /><br />I have fond memories of staying after hours in my high school electronics lab in Livermore, California, hooking up every oscillator in the lab to the horizontal and vertical inputs of a 'scope and creating endless variations of patterns like these. Judy uses interesting (close to Phi-based) harmonic ratios and elegant transitions to show how many of the complex patterns we're familiar with are simply the communion of number within the mirage of space time.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Vegetarian Tortilla Soup</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Restaurants &#x26; Recipes</category><dc:date>2008-01-25T09:39:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/VegetarianTortillaSoup.html#unique-entry-id-254</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/VegetarianTortillaSoup.html#unique-entry-id-254</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to my sister Gayle (and family) for their hospitality and her delicious soup!<br />Also thanks to her brother-in-law Gary for the fresh oranges and grapefruit!<br /><br />Vegetarian Tortilla Soup:<br />from DSYLVAN (the name printed on the page my sister gave me )<br />via my sister Gayle, with a few of her additions & mine)<br /><br />12 servings<br />preparation time: 15 minutes <br />cooking time: 40 minutes <br />ready in: 55 minutes<br /><br />Ingredients: (fresh, organic preferred wherever possible)<br />2 Tablespoons vegetable oil<br />1 (1 Pound) package frozen pepper and onion stir fry mix<br />2 cloves garlic, minced<br />2-3 Tablespoons ground cumin<br />2-3 Tablespoons fresh or dried cilantro<br />1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes<br />3 (4 ounce) cans chopped green chile peppers, drained<br />4 (14 ounce) cans vegetable broth (or 2 cartons)<br />1 (11 ounce) can whole kernel corn (or 1/2 bag frozen corn)<br />1 can black beans or pinto beans<br />12 ounces tortilla chips<br />1 avocado diced<br />optional: salt and pepper to taste<br />optional: 1 cup shredded cheese (jack or cheddar)<br />optional: sour cream as garnish<br /><br />Directions:<br />Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the pepper and onion,<br />garlic, cumin, and cook 5 minutes, until vegetables are tender.<br />Mix in the tomatoes and chile peppers. Pour in the broth, and season with<br />salt and pepper (optional). Bring to a boil, reduce to low heat, and simmer<br />30 minutes.<br />Mix corn & cilantro into the soup and continue cooking 5 minutes. Serve in bowls<br />over equal amounts of tortilla chips. Top with avocado. Optional: Top with<br />cheese and/or sour cream.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Granola Recipe</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Restaurants &#x26; Recipes</category><dc:date>2008-01-24T09:50:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GranolaRecipe.html#unique-entry-id-255</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/GranolaRecipe.html#unique-entry-id-255</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">I've been making this granola off and on since my college days; I think it might have originally been an Adele Davis recipe that my Mom modified, and I've created my variation here:<br /><br />Ingredients: (fresh, organic preferred wherever possible)<br />   Liquid Ingredients:<br />1 cup of honey (local if possible)<br />1 cup of non-hydrogenated coconut oil (or other veg. oil)<br />   Solid Ingredients:<br />5 cups of rolled oats<br />1 cup sunflower seeds (hulled)<br />1 cup sesame seeds<br />   Optional Ingredients:<br />1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans and/or your favorite)<br />1 cup shredded coconut<br />1 cup dried fruit (cranberries, raisins, pitted dates, and/or your favorite)<br /><br />Directions:<br />In a large oblong pan, thoroughly mix all the dry and optional ingredients.<br />Then mix in the oil thoroughly. Bake at 300 degrees F. for 20 minutes.<br />Carefully remove (with hot pads :-) and  thoroughly mix in the honey.<br />Bake at 300 degrees F. for another 20 minutes. Check again; if needed,<br />bake at 300 degrees F. or an additional 10-20 minutes. Allow to cool<br />and store in a covered container.<br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fruit Slaw Recipe</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Restaurants &#x26; Recipes</category><dc:date>2008-01-23T10:25:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/FruitSlawRecipe.html#unique-entry-id-256</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/FruitSlawRecipe.html#unique-entry-id-256</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Here's a coleslaw variation that I make frequently:<br /><br />Fruit Slaw Recipe<br /><br />Mix these ingredients (fresh, organic preferred wherever possible) in a large covered container (store in the fridge) and enjoy! :-)<br />1 cabbage chopped fine<br />1 carrot chopped fine<br />1-2 celery stalks chopped fine<br />1 can of pineapple chunks (I usually pour the juice into a can and drink while preparing :-)<br />1 sectioned and chopped orange<br />1-3 chopped pears and/or apples<br />1-2 Tablespoons of lemon juice<br />   Optional Ingredients:<br />1-2 sectioned mandarin oranges<br />1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans and/or your favorite)<br />1 cup dried fruit (cranberries, raisins, pitted dates, and/or your favorite)<br />1 cup sunflower an/or sesame seeds (hulled)<br />1 cup shredded coconut<br /><br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Presentation at Globe Sound Healing Conference</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Events &#x26; News</category><dc:date>2008-01-21T10:38:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/e5938666d7063f94709e458cb6447efe-257.html#unique-entry-id-257</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/e5938666d7063f94709e458cb6447efe-257.html#unique-entry-id-257</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:17px; ">At the </span><span style="font-size:17px; "><a href="http://soundhealingcenter.com/laconf/calendar.html" rel="external">Globe Sound Healing Conference</a></span><span style="font-size:17px; ">, Woodland Hills Marriott (Los Angleles) 26-28 Jan. 2008 next Sunday, I will be giving a Workshop: Sacred Geometry and Sound Healing : How Ancient Hermetic Laws, Quantum Physics and Universal Symbolic Archetypes all converge in Your Optimum Wellness... I hope to see you there!</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Story of Stuff</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2008-01-01T07:02:39-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/d5caef29ef1c54dde38e02f897f75a56-246.html#unique-entry-id-246</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/d5caef29ef1c54dde38e02f897f75a56-246.html#unique-entry-id-246</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Story of Stuff (with Annie Leonard) - Thanks to Tony L. & Daniel H. for directing me to this one!<br />	</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.storyofstuff.com/" rel="external">http://www.storyofstuff.com/</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />Here's a very down-to-earth, humorous, sobering yet up-beat look at how we're all interconnected<br />in the most pragmatic of ways; insights shared brilliantly show how simple the solutions must be.<br />In keeping with the goal of sustainability, I am shifting my emphasis on new products to digital<br />(i.e. less tree-ware and dinosaur-ware a.k.a petroleum derivatives), and the four new sets of<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/gvp/gvp.shtml" rel="external">Geometric Video Patterns</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> (just finished!) are in keeping with that ideal. :-)</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Take Me To Truth by Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Vieira</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Books</category><dc:date>2007-11-24T16:11:20-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/TakeMeToTruth-SanchezAndVieira.html#unique-entry-id-245</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/TakeMeToTruth-SanchezAndVieira.html#unique-entry-id-245</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Here's a recap of what I wrote on October 28:<br />On the basis of Gary Renard's recommendation alone (and my new friend Mike who told me about it, thanks!) I will recommend </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1846940508/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Take Me To Truth by Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Vieira</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">. I'm sure you'll see my (glowing) review here soon when I get a chance to read it! :-)<br />... As predicted there's a marvelous abundance of glowing truth on each and every page of this "must read" book! The </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.takemetotruth.com/" rel="external">authors</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> have succeeded brilliantly in conveying practical wisdom for serenely navigating past the pitfalls of finite thinking to return to the home we never left! Highly recommended!<br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Tingstad and Rumbel</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Music</category><dc:date>2007-11-04T07:15:58-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/TingstadAndRumbel.html#unique-entry-id-244</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/TingstadAndRumbel.html#unique-entry-id-244</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">Last night we attended a superb concert in Ashland with </span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/103-8302590-8943853?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=65" rel="external">Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">. I've enjoyed their music for many years, so it was a real treat to finally hear them in person. The duo has been performing together almost a quarter century, and I've been savoring their mellow virtuosity on guitar and woodwinds for almost that long. Last night's favorite selection among a fun, varied and inspiring set was "Chaco" which we learned was on their </span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/B000CAKQK2/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">"A Moment's Peace" CD</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">. Another long time favorite selection is "Sequoia" on their </span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/5550620545/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Woodlands</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"> release.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ReGeneration Dialogues</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2007-11-01T07:58:50-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ReGenerationDialogues.html#unique-entry-id-243</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ReGenerationDialogues.html#unique-entry-id-243</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><em>An announcement from my friend Dominic in Ashland, Oregon about an event tonight!<br /><br />~~~You Are Invited to Shine~~~<br /></em></span><span style="font-size:16px; font-weight:bold; color:#8000ff;">The ReGeneration Dialogues<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">week 3<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><em>Discovering Who We Are Becoming Together<br /></em></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><br />Come join your friends and peers in circle for an evening of presence, dance, play, circle and heart-centered dialogue, as we explore our individual and community relationship to coming of age at this time.<br /><br />How can we successfully engage the highly polarized energies of this age, awakening into a multi-dimensional universe of exquisite beauty and possibility, while still being highly dependence upon an unsustainably designed civilization for survival and self identity?<br /><br />Let us meet each other as we are now, draw forth each other's passion and vision, and dream into who we want to become together.<br /><br />"There is a river flowing now very fast . . . Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate.<br />For we are the Ones we've been waiting for."<br />~The Hopi Elders~<br /><br /> Thursday November 1st, 7:00pm <br /> @ The Chi Center<br />258 A Street #7, Ashland &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Upstairs from the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />The ReGeneration Dialogues <br /> is a new weekly experiential event&nbsp; <br />exploring emerging culture, embodied consciousness and regenerative action <br />from the perspective of the awakening ReGeneration.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />co-crafted by<br />The ReGeneration Project <br /> and the <br />Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library</span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"> www.rvml.org </a></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Take Me To Truth</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Books</category><dc:date>2007-10-28T07:54:39-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/d826b65d01147ab1937b26f5e54e25bd-241.html#unique-entry-id-241</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/d826b65d01147ab1937b26f5e54e25bd-241.html#unique-entry-id-241</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">On the basis of Gary Renard's recommendation alone (and my new friend Mike who told me about it, thanks!) I will recommend </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1846940508/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Take Me To Truth by Nouk Sanchez</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">. I'm sure you'll see my (glowing) review here soon when I get a chance to read it! :-)</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Silent Gospel YouTube Clip with James Barrett by Dan Shaw</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Film &#x26; Video</category><dc:date>2007-10-27T16:43:43-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SilentGospelYouTubeClip.html#unique-entry-id-240</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/SilentGospelYouTubeClip.html#unique-entry-id-240</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">One dear friend (</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.JamesABarrett.com" rel="external">James Barrett</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">) interviewed on his research linking heart intelligence with the Shroud of Turin (</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.SilentGospel.com" rel="external">The Silent Gospel</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">) by another dear friend (</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.DanShaw.com" rel="external">Dan Shaw</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">); enjoy! Moments after </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Rkgrw50SY" rel="external">this quick interview</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">, James gave a superb detailed presentation for the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library (</span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.DanShaw.com" rel="external">RVML</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">).</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Quantum Forgiveness Ain&#x27;t Phony</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Musings</category><dc:date>2007-10-26T13:31:25-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/QuantumForgivenessAintPhony.html#unique-entry-id-239</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/QuantumForgivenessAintPhony.html#unique-entry-id-239</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Here's an excerpt from an email conversation with a life-long friend (he starts the conversation) about </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1401905668/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> and ACIM ( </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/0960638881/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">A Course In Miracles</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> ), which I'm re-reading like a desert wanderer re-united with his favorite oasis:</span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"><br />Yep, DoU is very good.&nbsp; IMHO It should be required reading for anyone doing the Course. <br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />Perty fine writin', ain't it! :-) Our study group decided (after listening to one of Gary's audio CDs last Wed.) that we would meet every Wed. night instead of just every other... Great stuff!<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">The thing I have a question about, and ACIM only gave a few guidelines about this, is: Is there a specific technique for forgiving?<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />YES! That's exactly what inspires me about Gary's work... the idea of quantum forgiveness, or realizing that<br /><br />A) There's no "out there" if space time is a bogus projection of the egoic mind, therefore there's no "body" "OUT" there to forgive, and<br /><br />B) also follows from the fraud of the hologram we're projecting we call 3D "reality", that if time is illusory, then all the EVENTS in space time are made up, too, so there's no person (including our limited idea of self) or thing, events or otherwise to forgive.<br /><br />I'm finding that re-reading the Course after over 2 decades of relative dormancy in that regard, it is amazingly alive with new meaning when the idea that "God had nothing to do with making up the physical Universe"(my paraphrasing of a major 'gem' from Gary) is factored in... suddenly the Course is infinitely more potent than when I was trying to make God the scapegoat for a bogus reality he/she had nuthin' to do with! (and the beauty of it is that neither have we! We're all off the hook, and letting the holy spirit ... (transpersonal, yeah-I-think-I'm-overdue-for-abandoning-my-pathetic-little-sob-story-soap-opera, non-finite, non-local or whatever you wanna-call-it that pertains to our infinite unlimited nature) take hold of the wheel... do the heavy lifting makes all the difference !<br /><br />(The study group is a big help in REMINDING me this in the zombified tranced-out Truman Show reality I've managed to conjure; your mileage may vary :-)<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">Remembering that the person you are frustrated with&nbsp;is a Son of God seems (I'm sorry to say) just a bit phoney sometimes.<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />I'm reminded of the quote in Richard Bach's Illusions (now I gotta run and find it so I don't misquote :-)... back in a sec....<br />There... found it (and found another quote I wanna use in my book anyway... I STILL think Illusions would make a great movie, BTW) The quote (one of my faves!) I was looking for is this one (early in Chap. 12):<br /><br />	(The context: Richard is talking with Don Shimoda about walking through walls...)<br /><br />	R: "OK. You can make it appear that you can walk through walls, if you want. Is that a better question?"<br /><br />	D: "Yes. Better. But if you want to be precise..."<br /><br />	R: "Don't tell me. I know how to say what I mean. Here is my question. How is it that you can move the illusion of a limited sense of identity, expressed in this belief of a space-time continuum as your 'body', through the illusion of material restriction that is called a 'wall'?"<br /><br />	D: "Well done!" he said. "When you ask the question properly it answers itself, doesn't it?"<br /><br />	R: "No, the question hasn't answered itself. How do you walk through walls?"<br /><br />	D: "RICHARD! You had it nearly right and then blew it all to pieces! I cannot walk through walls... when you say that, you're assuming things I don't assume at all..."<br /><br />Maybe we're here to challenge our assumptions about "others" along these lines :-) It seems like trying to force forgiveness through a fragmented thought system is just another "seek and do not find" exercise... since the egoic thought system IS totally phony baloney!<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">It doesn't get you to that place of fully releasing them.<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />I find when it feels phony, that I'm still dredging up beliefs about "others" based on the dualistic thought system of "we-they"; the heart and transpersonal awareness seem to be key vehicles for that understanding...<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"> It helps to remember that it is actually imperative to forgive because that's the only way you can remember your immortal soul but even that doesn't always seem to be enough to get me to DO it.</span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#0000dd;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />It is TOTALLY up to us (only the ego applies pressure, extortion or fear/manipulation tactics; the Holy Spirit has nothing to lose, since it already has reality 'in the bag' :-) ... I like the quote toward the beginning of ACIM of "... only the time you take it is voluntary"... Kind of a sweet, smiling gentle cajoling like an old friend calling you out to play...<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">To not make my brother's errors REAL requires looking beyond them from the beginning not to make them real then forgive them.<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />That's it!!! (kinda like Richard's eloquent and lucid question above :-) If we still have 3D consciousness, I guess it means we have more practicing to do :-)<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">So it really requires keeping our minds in Reality in the first place doesn't it?&nbsp; But then if we WERE in Reality we wouldn't need to forgive in the first place.&nbsp; Forgiving is for those who have forgotten Reality.</span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#0000dd;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />Yep; using the metaphor of the Course, we're still like toddlers having a bad dream (or hopefully moving toward more happy dreams), but still we're rather snoozy ... Ahhh, we're just remembering that we're already awake in TRUTH, but still just dreaming ...<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;"> I've read to page 150 at this point and the explanation of the separation is much more understandable than it was when I read it in ACIM (nothing against ACIM). That the Big Bang actually came from us creating a physical universe to hide in makes a lot of sense and is mind boggling to say the least.</span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#0000dd;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />Yes!!! That's something I some how missed reading and studying ACIM in the early 80's and until this past summer... SUPER MAJOR INSIGHT, it would seem! Now that I'm back into ACIM (about page 211 in the text today) it is like DU/YIR (Gary Renard's writing) is shining a huge grand opening spotlight on the text... How did I miss the exquisite coherence of this profound thought system before! I mean, I knew it was great (and even then figured it was probably the most profound spiritual document ever written, just that now it seems orders of magnitude more relevant... yeah, I know, no orders of difficulty :-)<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">Anyway, if you have time, please respond to my email - particularly the forgiveness technique if one is given.&nbsp;I'll read it eventually but I'm curious to know what your thoughts are on this subject.</span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#0000dd;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />I think I mostly addressed it above, but the key seems to be to realize that it's not about "others thoughts about me" (since there are no "others") but MY thoughts (and feelings, since thoughts in this context includes the whole spectrum) about others that either liberates me or imprisons me to more nonsense...<br /><br /></span><span style="font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#0000dd;">Thanks man!&nbsp; (:o)</span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#0000dd;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; "><br />Likewise, big time! ... and thanks for asking these questions, since I'm at a crucial point in my practice where I need all the reinforcement I can get for this unlimited thought system :-)<br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Carbeque</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Fun Stuff</category><dc:date>2007-10-17T11:48:51-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/Carbeque.html#unique-entry-id-238</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/Carbeque.html#unique-entry-id-238</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">Thanks to Charley S. for the </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Food-on-Your-Car%27s-Engine" rel="external">intro to "carbeque"</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; ">; multi-thermal-tasking for self-sufficiency! ...  Grins! :-)<br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bill Maher&#x27;s Anti-Pharma Rant</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2007-10-01T08:50:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/BillMaherAnti-PharmaRant.html#unique-entry-id-242</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/BillMaherAnti-PharmaRant.html#unique-entry-id-242</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; ">I put </span><span style="font-size:16px; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHXXTCc-IVg" rel="external">this amusing clip</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; "> under the "sustainability" category, since I consider extolling the virtues of exercise and nutrition in that category; Bill Maher makes some good points; time for me to get out of MY chair for a while :-)</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Last Mimzy on DVD</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Film &#x26; Video</category><dc:date>2007-09-30T08:01:15-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/LastMimzyOnDVD.html#unique-entry-id-237</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/LastMimzyOnDVD.html#unique-entry-id-237</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">At my friend Ed's suggestion, I watched the DVD version of "The Last Mimzy" last night... Some interesting "special features" and interviews. I'm glad I gave it a second viewing outside of my local theater viewing some months ago, and the interviews did add some signifcant context, although the depth of information could have been more for my liking.<br /><br />Three suggestions:<br /><br />1) Their DNA interviews would have benefitted by integrating Bruce Lipton's recent work.<br /><br />2) They danced all around the "Sri Yantra" without specifically mentioning the commonly accepted name of this visual thematic anchor to the film, and<br /><br />3) I still think (as I wrote in my blog some months ago) that it would have been more interesting if the "generator" in the movie actually "generated" (e.g. created an enormous surplus like a huge photovoltaic array suddently going online, dumping power into the grid like all of us with ReNU (CitizenRe PV systems) will be doing in a year or so) ... rather than "sucked" an enormous amount of power FROM the grid. <br /><br />Overall, a film worth seeing, especially now on DVD.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>great quote by William Tiller</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Books</category><dc:date>2007-09-15T11:23:52-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/0b0a4a8ff243b894958cd55edefdf4aa-236.html#unique-entry-id-236</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/0b0a4a8ff243b894958cd55edefdf4aa-236.html#unique-entry-id-236</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">"Everything seems to interact with everything else at many subtle levels of the universe beyond the purely physical level, and the deeper we penetrate into these levels, the more do we realize that we are One." - William Tiller, from the Preface to </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/0892812028/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Stalking the Wild Pendulum</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"> by Itzhak Bentov.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Shift video clip</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Film &#x26; Video</category><dc:date>2007-08-01T13:26:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/f1a43e0efb83d9e4d1d4700cd91987fd-234.html#unique-entry-id-234</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/f1a43e0efb83d9e4d1d4700cd91987fd-234.html#unique-entry-id-234</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">Thanks to Jan C. for suggesting this </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://theshiftmovie.com/index2.html" rel="external">great little clip</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"> (with some familiar friends and faces :-) ... We just keep coming back to interconnectedness!</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Metta - The practice of Universal Loving-Kindness</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Worthy Causes</category><dc:date>2007-07-28T13:31:56-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/a96eb4fa93ff47005c97e0166e94dfed-232.html#unique-entry-id-232</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/a96eb4fa93ff47005c97e0166e94dfed-232.html#unique-entry-id-232</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">Thanks to Robert D. for this inspiring music, imagery and text about<br /></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_uMAjEv7EY" rel="external">Metta - The practice of Universal Loving-Kindness</a></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Apollo Alliance</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2007-07-27T13:34:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ApolloAlliance.html#unique-entry-id-233</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ApolloAlliance.html#unique-entry-id-233</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">Thanks to </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://thesacredgeometer.blogspot.com/" rel="external">Warren</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"> for alerting me to the </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://home.apolloalliance.org" rel="external">Apollo Alliance</a></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Just finished Your Immortal Reality by Gary Renard</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Books</category><dc:date>2007-07-22T14:24:15-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/YourImmortalRealityByGaryRenard.html#unique-entry-id-226</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/YourImmortalRealityByGaryRenard.html#unique-entry-id-226</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">Today I finished reading the wonderful book, </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1401906974/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Your Immortal Reality</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"> by </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1401905668/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Gary Renard</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">. I can't recommend it highly enough! The whole book) (just like his first book, </span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1401905668/104-0718101-1072765" rel="external">The Disappearance of the Universe</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">) is loaded with undiluted spiritual wisdom of the most practical sort! I'll have much more to say about these books with future re-readings. One of the highlights for me was the updated Gospel of Thomas, presented by Pursah... I recommend that you read both books to get the meta-personal connection between the authors which is both boggling and inspiring!<br /><br />One technique is to just forgive yourself for creating whatever you've created in the world that upsets you with the "JAFO" (Just Another Forgiveness Opportunity) acronym... I'm test driving the technique and getting a superb ride! :-)</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Illusion Movie with Kirk Douglas</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Film &#x26; Video</category><dc:date>2007-07-21T22:28:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/617b85be5b45f44a0dba0074e0124893-227.html#unique-entry-id-227</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/617b85be5b45f44a0dba0074e0124893-227.html#unique-entry-id-227</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">Tonight we had some friends over to watch a DVD I checked out from </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.rvml.org" rel="external">Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library (RVML)</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"> titled "</span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Illusion-Bryan-Cranston/dp/B000NDFLUI/ref=sr_1_1/103-8302590-8943853?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1185143663&sr=1-1" rel="external">Illusion</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">". It starred Kirk Douglas among other unfamiliar actors and actresses. We all enjoyed it! The metaphor of the projector playing out the choices we make as "editors" which result in the illusory world we see on the "screen" of the material world was well done, as were the lessons of compassion.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Tempest At Oregon Shakespeare Festival</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Art</category><dc:date>2007-07-20T16:22:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/Tempest%20At%20Oregon%20Shakespeare%20Festival.html#unique-entry-id-228</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/Tempest%20At%20Oregon%20Shakespeare%20Festival.html#unique-entry-id-228</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">Last night, my sister, her family (sans niece finishing up a summer physics internship in Australia researching gravity waves), and I attended a stellar performance of The Tempest at the </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.orshakes.org/" rel="external">Oregon Shakespeare Festival</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">... (thanks, Gayle!) I was not only inspired by the excellent performances, great costumes and staging, I particularly appreciated the deeper meaning of the play, which revolved around forgiveness... so synchronistic, as I'm completing the first reading of </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1401905668/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Gary Renard</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">'s book, </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/intent-20/detail/1401906974/103-8302590-8943853" rel="external">Your Immortal Reality</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">, which is completely about the same crucial element in our awakening &ndash; realizing there is ultimately nothing in our eternal nature to forgive.<br /><br />Here's a quote from the Tempest from Renard's book (page 140)I had just read a few days (synchronistically):<br /><br />	"Our revels now are ended. These our actors,<br />	As I foretold you, were all spirits and<br />	Are melted into air, into thin air<br />	And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,<br />	The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,<br />	The solemn temples, the great globe itself,<br />	Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve<br />	And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,<br />	Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff<br />	As dreams are made of, and our little life<br />	Is rounded with a sleep."<br /><br />Kinda puts our fleeting and ephemeral issues into perspective :-)<br /><br />My sister has a lovely collection of antique and reproduction prints of Shakespeare, such as this one:<br /><br /></span><img class="imageStyle" alt="Shakespeare288wide" width="288" height="374" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry228_1.jpg"/><br /><br /><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">Here's how to contact her if you want prints or cards for your store or home:<br /></span><br /><img class="imageStyle" alt="BusinessCard288wide" width="288" height="165" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry228_2.jpg"/><br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Crater Lake</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Photography</category><dc:date>2007-07-19T18:00:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/CraterLake2007visit.html#unique-entry-id-229</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/CraterLake2007visit.html#unique-entry-id-229</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">I had the pleasure of taking my brother-in-law John and two nephews (Johnny and David) to </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/crla/" rel="external">Crater Lake National Park</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"> today. Here are a few photos du jour :-) The French Onion soup and the exquisite colors of blue on the water were a couple of the highlights we enjoyed. As you can see, John is still recovering from a wild kangaroo ride (or something like that) from a recent trip down under.<br /></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /></span><img class="imageStyle" alt="IMG_2351" width="640" height="480" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry229_1.jpg"/><img class="imageStyle" alt="IMG_2361" width="640" height="480" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry229_2.jpg"/><img class="imageStyle" alt="IMG_2339" width="640" height="480" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry229_3.jpg"/>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Butte Creek Mill&#x2c; Eagle Point</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2007-07-18T23:18:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ButteCreekMillEaglePoint.html#unique-entry-id-230</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/ButteCreekMillEaglePoint.html#unique-entry-id-230</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;">Tomorrow I'm taking my visiting family to see the </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.buttecreekmill.com/" rel="external">Butte Creek Mill</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"> here in Eagle Point. The new owners, Bob and Debby Russell, have a passion for this wonderful old (135 years old) water powered grain mill,  preserving it's history (Bob has a great antique store next door and a superb video on the mill running continuously inside) and also keeping the salmon running with the steady flow of water the mill requires. Check it out if you're in the area!</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ed Kellogg article on Trans-Personal Dreaming Beyond Time and Space</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Geometry-Math</category><dc:date>2007-07-17T23:36:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/c78a880a3f19894e8380199baf38dd7a-231.html#unique-entry-id-231</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/c78a880a3f19894e8380199baf38dd7a-231.html#unique-entry-id-231</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size:16px; font-weight:bold; color:#8000ff;">Thanks to Ed Kellogg for this superb article; here are his notes about source and reference material...<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">Glad you enjoyed my abstract - feel free to post it - or selections thereof - on your blog.<br />&nbsp;<br />You can&nbsp;find my abstract online here:<br />&nbsp;<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">http://www.asdreams.org/2007/abstracts/abstracts_a-h.htm</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><br />&nbsp;<br />Scroll down about halfway&nbsp;below Rita Dwyer, who chaired the "Cosmic Dreaming" session.<br />&nbsp;<br />You can also&nbsp;find the abstract for my dream healing workshop here:<br />&nbsp;<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">http://www.asdreams.org/2007/abstracts/abstracts_i-r.htm</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><br />&nbsp;<br />Scroll down to Kellogg.<br />&nbsp;<br />They recorded two of my sessions, "Cosmic Dream Connections"&nbsp;(#306) and "Exploring Inner Space "(#321.)<br />&nbsp;<br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">http://www.conferencerecording.com/aaaListTapes.asp?CID=ASD27</a></span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"><br />&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:16px; font-weight:bold; color:#8000ff;"><br /><br />"Trans-Personal Dreaming Beyond Time and Space."<br /><br />Short Abstract:  </span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;">Mystics through the ages have taught that although humans have separate personalities, that at a deeper level we share the same greater Self. The validation of psi-dreaming supports this idea, and has demonstrated that through dreams we can connect with people, places, and times unrelated to our waking lives.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:16px; font-weight:bold; color:#8000ff;">Summary:</span><span style="font-size:16px; color:#8000ff;"> Some models of consciousness posit that although humans have separate personalities, that at the deepest level we all share the same greater Self. As a metaphor think of our waking selves as leaves upon a tree - although the leaves differ from one another, they all belong to the same Tree and share the same trunk and roots. In this model, telepathy would not involve transfer of information over a distance between separate minds, but of simply accessing information by going within to find what the &lsquo;Greater You&rsquo; already knows. This "Tree of Life" model of creation has found support in the writings and experiences of mystics through the ages. In recent years, scientific research under controlled conditions has demonstrated that through psi-dreaming we can connect with people, places, and times unrelated to our waking lives.<br /><br />How might this manifest in our dreams? I've noticed over the years that while many people often dream of themselves in ways that closely match their waking physical reality experiences, that these people report also dreams in which they become someone else, or even something else, and experience the world from a very different perspective than in their waking lives. In my own case, I've experienced myself in dreams as many different beings - age, sex, race, etc. Often not only does my dreambody differ from its waking physical reality counterpart, but so does my dream personality and memories. However, through all this, my essential sense of self somehow remains the same - "I" remain "me", my dreambody, personality and memories seem no more "me" than does the clothing I wear or the car that I drive. I&rsquo;d estimate that in 80% of dreams my dream self differs significantly in some way from my waking physical reality self.<br /><br />Although I believe that although some dreams of this type may have to do with personality "aspects", that for most of them this explanation proves inadequate. Instead I favor different interpretations, in that I experience while dreaming parallel selves, past lives, future lives, and even other dimensional lives, and that tuning into different locations and different beings throughout the Multiverse just seems a routine and normal activity for my dreaming Self. And after many years of such experiences, I've finally come up with an answer to the perennial "Why do we dream?" question that rings true for me. Dreams provide "food for the soul", reconnecting us to our greater Selves and allowing a therapeutic release from the constraints of a time-space bound existence that reminds us, if only unconsciously, of the illusion of separateness.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Solar Power to the People -free lecture tonight&#x21;</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Sustainability</category><dc:date>2007-07-12T15:59:34-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/e5cfcf60627c5a102f7c185c2b73bc89-224.html#unique-entry-id-224</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/e5cfcf60627c5a102f7c185c2b73bc89-224.html#unique-entry-id-224</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#8000ff;">TONIGHT! Thursday, July 12, 2007<br />Solar Power for the People! Tonight in Ashland, Oregon! (RVML.org for details)</span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><br />If you could have locked in gas prices 5 years ago, would you have done it?&nbsp; <br />You now have the opportunity to lock in your electricity rates for the next 25 years! <br />Not only that, you can also upgrade your home to solar in the process.<br />On Thursday, July 12, 2007, Abigail Lewis will give a free presentation on a new <br />program that removes the traditional barriers to going solar: cost, investment risk<br />and technical expertise. Come to a free presentation on how to  obtain affordable<br />solar power by leasing a solar system for your home instead of purchasing one.&nbsp;<br />Now anyone can afford to go solar. Attendees will have the  opportunity to sign up <br />for a system.&nbsp; Installations are beginning in 2008. The presentation will take place<br />July 12 at the Nuwandart Gallery at 258 A St (across from Ace Hardware) in Ashland,<br />Oregon from 7:30 pm - 9pm. I will be there, both learning more and videotaping.<br /></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#8000ff;"><a href="http://www.jointhesolution.com/brucerawles" rel="external">Here's a link to learn more about the program.</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br />	</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Richard Feather Anderson slide shows and workshop in Ashland&#x2c; Oregon</title><dc:creator>BruceRawles.com</dc:creator><category>Geometry-Math</category><dc:date>2007-07-11T16:03:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.brucerawles.com/files/RichardFeatherAndersonJuly2007AshlandEvents.html#unique-entry-id-225</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.brucerawles.com/files/RichardFeatherAndersonJuly2007AshlandEvents.html#unique-entry-id-225</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">(Alas; all RFA events in this post are CANCELLED; as of 23 July 2007; the workshop might be rescheduled around Nov. 3-4, 2007)</span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.richardfeatheranderson.com/" rel="external"><br /><br />Richard Feather Anderson</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> will be giving a slideshow "The Eight Patterns of Nature" on July 25, another slideshow "Geometry That Matters: Power of Creation, Laws of Harmony" on July 27, and a weekend workshop "Exploring the Symbolic Language of Geometry" July 28-29, 2007 (Friday evening through Sunday) in Ashland, Oregon. I had the pleasure of meeting Richard while attending a recent (MARVELOUS!) evening talk on labyrinths in Medford, following on the heels of the local regional labyrinth gathering here a few weeks ago featuring Jean Houston. Based on the enthusiastic response, this will be a more intensive follow-on workshop exploring labyrinths, sacred geometry, regional geomancy and much more. Since Richard and I complement each other's work, I will be assisting at this weekend workshop giving short multimedia presentations on topics that emphasize 3D and higher dimensional geometries. If you are interested, or would like to reserve a place in upcoming slideshow or workshops, contact Bonnie Bayard at 541-773-4286. The short presentations I give this weekend will be "samplers" of expanded workshops I'll be conducting in the southern Oregon area (or your vicinity!); </span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.geometrycode.com/contact.shtml" rel="external">contact me for details.</a></span><span style="font:16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /><br />Here's more details from Richard:<br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">What is Sacred Geometry all about and why should we care?<br /><br /></span><img class="imageStyle" alt="EightPatternsOfNatureTall" width="677" height="1430" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry225_1.jpg"/><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; ">The Eight Patterns of Nature</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Is it really true that Nature needs only eight patterns to create and sustain all life? Learn how spirals, meanders, and other dynamic patterns work for plants, animals, and the human body, and how free-flowing water purifies itself. The world will never look the same after viewing these astounding images and acquiring the ability to recognize cosmic patterns in ordinary things!<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&ldquo;Richard is the first person to explain the golden mean in a way I could understand.&rdquo; &ndash; Jillian Brorby, feng shui consultant<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; ">The Geometry That Matters: <br />Power of Creation, Laws of Harmony <br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br />A visual introduction to the themes of the weekend workshop.<br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">View a multitude of awe-inspiring images and awaken to the staggering recognition of the order and harmony of the universe. Learn about the essential role geometry plays in the continual creation of our universe. It is one of the greatest reservoirs of Nature&rsquo;s laws of harmony. Sacred Geometry has the unique ability to depict the essence of a thing (by revealing its true underlying vibrational quality), rather than merely represent it metaphorically. Understand why knowledge of sacred geometry is crucial to be able to create beauty and ecologically sustainable culture, and design environments in harmony with Nature so they feed the human soul.<br /></span><p style="text-align:justify;" ><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&ldquo;You gave the best presentation of the whole conference! I learned more about sacred geometry from you in one hour than from any other talk.&rdquo; &mdash; Ursula Rabe, feng shui consultant/astrologer and fine artist, Grass Valley, CA<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /></span></p><p><img class="imageStyle" alt="SymbLangOfGeomGraphic" width="324" height="373" src="http://www.brucerawles.com/files//page0_blog_entry225_2.jpg"/><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; "><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; "><br />Exploring the Symbolic Language of Geometry <br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br />Geometry is the universe&rsquo;s secret way to turn energy into matter, and guide the growth of all forms of life. It holds the real key to the identity of DNA, a molecule, or an organism, and enables Nature to implant intention and form harmonious, life-enhancing relationships. <br /><br />Learn about the benefits of tapping into this body of knowledge, including the ability:<br />* To recognize spatial patterns more quickly and accurately<br />* To read the geometry of a building as a language that may reveal the symbolic message the original builders wanted the edifice to embody and convey.<br /><br />This seminar will be a rare opportunity to re-discover geometry as a rich, universal, symbolic language, which illuminates the core teachings of the world&rsquo;s spiritual traditions in a pure, non-dogmatic way. (This obviously bears little resemblance to high school geometry or math!) Richard's use of a hands-on, visual, kinesthetic, Mystery School approach restores geometry to its ancient sacred function as a portal into meditation, soul-work, and timeless wisdom. <br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&bull;	</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Understand proportions, like the golden ratio, that guide the growth of organisms.<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&bull;	</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Relive the initiation into the laws of manifestation that our cells received during embryonic development.<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&bull;	</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Discover the intriguing geometrical symbols hidden within cosmological mandalas.<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&bull;	</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Glimpse how to apply the laws of harmony to create art and architecture in which all the parts relate harmoniously to each other and the whole like a well-tuned orchestra.<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&bull;	</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Join us for a visual tour of Chartres, the most glorious French Gothic Cathedral, and witness how to decode the hidden messages in its geometry, to gain clues about its potential mystical uses and cosmological story.<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&ldquo;You helped me get all the connections, including the surprise of how geometry applies to group process. When I&rsquo;m with a teacher who loves what he&rsquo;s doing, I understand it in my body.&rdquo; &ndash; Gail Gardener, massage therapist<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; ">Evening Talks</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> start promptly @ 7:00 pm; Q & A from 9-9:30 pm<br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; ">Suggested Donation</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">: $10-20 in advance or at door<br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; ">Sat-Sun. Workshop Fee:</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> $225 - $325 sliding scale. If paid by July 20, Friday night slide show is included in seminar fee. Please register by July 20 to help make workshop happen.<br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; ">Locations and materials</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> list will be sent when payment is received. <br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; ">For Questions on Content:</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> Contact Richard at 707.544.8203<br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; ">For Registration Information:</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> Call Bonnie at 541-773-4286 between 9 am - 8 pm.<br />Space is limited to maximize personal attention. <br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; ">To Register:</span><span style="font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">  Call first to reserve space, then confirm by mailing your non-refundable check, made payable to Richard Anderson, to Bonnie Bayard, POB 1691, Medford, OR 97501. Please write on your check which programs you have registered for.<br /><br />...<br />Update (11Mar2008) from Richard Feather Anderson:<br /><br /></span><span style="font:16px Geneva, serif; color:#540000;">RECORDINGS AND BOOKLETS BY RICHARD FEATHER ANDERSON<br /><br />___ Booklet  &mdash; The Patterns of Life &mdash; Description of the eight patterns that Nature uses to create and sustain all life on planet Earth. Each pattern allows Nature to function efficiently, using the least amount of 