2009-06-25T09:13:10Z User 195 http://soundingcircle.com/ OrgSpace NewsLog

Hello friends, What an incredible summer it has been thus far at Calliote Canyon. All of our guests have been awed by the beauty here and several are already booking their returns. We are offering a special summer rate, though most of July is already booked. Check this out: End of Summer...

Hello friends,

What an incredible summer it has been thus far at Calliote Canyon. All of our
guests have been awed by the beauty here and several are already booking their
returns.

We are offering a special summer rate, though most of July is already booked.
Check this out:
End of Summer Special
July-August
10% off 2-3 nights
$990 night (reg. $1100) 2-12 people/ 13+ $108 pp/pn
15% off 4+ nights
$935 night (reg. $1100) 2-12 people/ 13+ $102 pp/pn
plus 8% tax
$150 cleaning fee
children under 7 years stay free
$300-600 refundable damage deposit

Send me an email at: info@calliotecanyon if you have any questions or want to
inquire about specific dates

In Peace,
Raymond
http://calliotecanyon.com]]> http://soundingcircle.com/newslog2.php/__show_article/_a000195-001106.htm 2009-06-25T09:13:10Z 2009-06-25T09:15:10Z

Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis' By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website, Barcelona The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study. It puts the annual cost of fore...

Capital losses

Speaking to BBC News on the fringes of the congress, study leader Pavan Sukhdev emphasised that the cost of natural decline dwarfs losses on the financial markets.

"It's not only greater but it's also continuous, it's been happening every year, year after year," he told BBC News.


Teeb will... show the risks we run by not valuing [nature] adequately."
Andrew Mitchell
Global Canopy Programme

"So whereas Wall Street by various calculations has to date lost, within the financial sector, $1-$1.5 trillion, the reality is that at today's rate we are losing natural capital at least between $2-$5 trillion every year."

The review that Mr Sukhdev leads, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (Teeb), was initiated by Germany under its recent EU presidency, with the European Commission providing funding.

The first phase concluded in May when the team released its finding that forest decline could be costing about 7% of global GDP. The second phase will expand the scope to other natural systems.

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Key to understanding his conclusions is that as forests decline, nature stops providing services which it used to provide essentially for free.

So the human economy either has to provide them instead, perhaps through building reservoirs, building facilities to sequester carbon dioxide, or farming foods that were once naturally available.

Or we have to do without them; either way, there is a financial cost.

The Teeb calculations show that the cost falls disproportionately on the poor, because a greater part of their livelihood depends directly on the forest, especially in tropical regions.

The greatest cost to western nations would initially come through losing a natural absorber of the most important greenhouse gas.

Just as the Stern Review brought the economics of climate change into the political arena and helped politicians see the consequences of their policy choices, many in the conservation community believe the Teeb review will lay open the economic consequences of halting or not halting the slide in biodiversity.

"The numbers in the Stern Review enabled politicians to wake up to reality," said Andrew Mitchell, director of the Global Canopy Programme, an organisation concerned with directing financial resources into forest preservation.

"Teeb will do the same for the value of nature, and show the risks we run by not valuing it adequately."

A number of nations, businesses and global organisations are beginning to direct funds into forest conservation, and there are signs of a trade in natural ecosystems developing, analogous to the carbon trade, although it is clearly very early days.

Some have ethical concerns over the valuing of nature purely in terms of the services it provides humanity; but the counter-argument is that decades of trying to halt biodiversity decline by arguing for the intrinsic worth of nature have not worked, so something different must be tried.

Whether Mr Sukhdev's arguments will find political traction in an era of financial constraint is an open question, even though many of the governments that would presumably be called on to fund forest protection are the ones directly or indirectly paying for the review.

But, he said, governments and businesses are getting the point.

"Times have changed. Almost three years ago, even two years ago, their eyes would glaze over.

"Today, when I say this, they listen. In fact I get questions asked - so how do you calculate this, how can we monetize it, what can we do about it, why don't you speak with so and so politician or such and such business."

The aim is to complete the Teeb review by the middle of 2010, the date by which governments are committed under the Convention of Biological Diversity to have begun slowing the rate of biodiversity loss.]]> http://soundingcircle.com/newslog2.php/__show_article/_a000195-001105.htm 2008-10-10T06:21:33Z 2008-10-10T06:21:33Z

http://www.therealwaterclub.info/raypowers A friend here in Ojai, who has been in the natural cures business for 20 years and teaches raw food cooking classes, sent me an email tonight about a new product called Real Water. I signed up free on the website to take advantage of a pre-launch offe...

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A friend here in Ojai, who has been in the natural cures business for 20 years and teaches raw food cooking classes, sent me an email tonight about a new product called Real Water. I signed up free on the website to take advantage of a pre-launch offer. They are drops that turn your water into 8.0 alkalinity. Dr. James Chappell is behind it who is also here in Ojai and a pioneer and best selling author in nutrition and health.

More info. here - The Real Water Club

Here’s the situation. Most water and water-based products we drink and use have two very common problems. First, the water has been damaged. Before it gets to you, it has traveled through pipes, filtration devices, and various systems. During these travels, it has been stripped of electrons (-). The result is water that is positive (+) ionized. Second, the water is very acidic.

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Raymond

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I'm very excited and proud to be involved with HUB - Humanity Unites Brilliance. This video is a milestone for us in sharing our vision of a creating a world of sustainability, peace and respect for one another. The HUB Experience Video http://www.divshare.com/download/4883570-5eb

The HUB Experience Video
http://www.divshare.com/download/4883570-5eb
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Dear friends, I was fortunate to attend and help produce the recent Humanity Unites Brilliance Actioning conference in Long Beach and I know many wanted to attend but could not make it. Words are really quite inadequate to describe our experience. All I can do is hope that you get to part...

Dear friends,

I was fortunate to attend and help produce the recent Humanity Unites Brilliance Actioning conference in Long Beach and I know many wanted to attend but could not make it.

Words are really quite inadequate to describe our experience. All I can do is hope that you get to participate and experience it yourself... soon

One of the participants wrote up this beautiful synopsis of our 5 days together.

We have been called out by master teacher and Social Artist Jean Houston to be the "Evokoters" - the mid-wives of the soul. More than just another "how to" session, we learned evolutionary practices for creating a world that works for everyone. Through archetypal embodiment, we were invited to be a part of the story and recognize the characters as ourselves. We scored our own music, dancing the dream awake, meeting our Inteleky (higher self) and allowing our brilliance to be received from it's reflection. Moving away of linear left brain into creative right brain expression, we used the language of Glasarania (Gibberish) to awaken our creativity and become the Sacred Actor and Holy Fool, discovering a whole new way of communicating and creating.

We have shaken off the "gunk" of ego with Dr. Sue Morter. We cried tears of joy when we felt the density dissolve, and the lightness of Unconditional Love flowing more freely inwards and outwards through the layers of our being. We have felt even the fear of death drop away when we really knew the indestructibility of the beings of love and light that we really are. We giggled when we saw that our challenges, like an obstacle course we have designed for ourselves, now allow us to become who we were born to be. We laughed when we knew that "it's hard, until it isn't"

And we have seen through the evolutionary eyes of Barbara Marx Hubbard, that we ARE the imaginal cells in the caterpillar that envisions the butterfly it will become. We have experienced, in spite of the old and difficult "evolutionary drivers", the hope and excitement of being among the early forms of a new species of human emerging that is moving, like the Universe itself, towards greater synergy and greater intelligence. And we were pleased to know that it's not that we are bad or wrong, but just mistaken. We have been using a faulty operating manual and we now have the opportunity to use a new one, in greater alignment with Truth.

And we have cried tears of grief with the "Angels in the Dust" film, confronting the worlds most unconscious, darkest shadow reflected in the AIDS crisis in Africa. And with Lynne Twist, Jack Canfield and the Pachamama Alliance we have squarely faced the environmental crisis facing our fragile planet. And we have felt the sadness of our own participation in the unconsciousness of our consumer culture. We have been humbled to see our own myopic focus on ourselves, while ignoring our roles as stewards of the earth. We have recommitted to living more responsibly as those planetary stewards. We have come through the darkness to see the light of what is possible for our planet and have seen the emerging vision of a world in balance and harmony. We have been called to being "hospice to the old", while being "midwife to the new", both requiring our loving attention. Later, we raised $280,000 for Pachamama with a generous $100,000 matching pledge from Jack Canfield. Wow!

We have celebrated the national launch of HUB in the US AND Canada with moving words from Charlie Gay and good news from Brandon Barnum. And we have danced until we were drenched in sweat, (especially Brandon). And spun and leaped and shook off the last remaining hard edges.

We learned from Feng Shui master Marie Diamond how important our working and living environment is in supporting our vision. And while action is important, more important is stating clearly what we want and asking for it, and then opening to receive.

Lastly, we learned from master learner Paul Scheele how our mind works and does not work to process and store information. We learned how the reptilian and mammalian minds work better when relaxed and content than when stressed out and fearful. And how the simple act of breathing can help. We found through a profound exercise in perception and refection, how easy it is to completely miss the beauty all around us and how equally easy it is to take it in when we stop and pay attention.

Throughout the event, we have known and felt our Oneness, not as a concept or metaphor but as the actual truth of our experience. We have looked into each others eyes and seen our own sweet divine selves smiling back at us. We have felt the inseparable connection of being individual cells in the body of God. We have held the hand of the being next to us and known that we were touching Spirit. And we have polished each others mirrors so that our brilliance is more clearly reflected in the world.

We have come to see that HUB is so much more than humanitarian aid or personal development. It is absolutely at the center (hub) of the multi-faceted 12 sided wheel that is allowing the new social and spiritual vehicle to roll down the road to the emerging New World. And as we develop, strengthen and lubricate that wheel, we will go faster and farther down that road. HUB will be a pivotal convergence of new thought and environmental and humanitarian efforts for the evolutionary leap into the next phase of the human journey. We can all be pleased and proud to be among the founding members and to be evangelists for the message of true hope and love and sustained abundance for all people that HUB represents.

Remember, there are two more amazing events coming up soon:
Awakening Your Brilliance August 15-17th in Long Beach, CA
Awakening Your Brilliance August 8-19th in MInneaplois, MN

Let me know if you or your friend wants to attend one of these events. Member price is $400, retail $500. If you can't afford it let me know. I have 3 tickets to give away. They go fast though. So, the earlier you register the better.

Love and blessings,

Raymoond Powers
Founding ArchAngel
of Humanity Unites Brilliance
805.640.1525
http://www.raymondpowers.hubhub.org]]> http://soundingcircle.com/newslog2.php/__show_article/_a000195-001102.htm 2008-06-28T21:17:34Z 2008-06-28T21:17:34Z

"BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST" TELECOURSE A dear friend of mine Lisa Schneiderman, publicist extraordanaire, book shephard and PR person for a list of who-whos is giving a "Be Your Own Publicist" telecourse. Telecourse Info. & Registration It's a 4-week telecourse with a value of $3000 that ...

A dear friend of mine Lisa Schneiderman, publicist extraordanaire,
book shephard and PR person for a list of who-whos is giving a "Be
Your Own Publicist" telecourse.
Telecourse Info. & Registration

It's a 4-week telecourse with a value of $3000 that she is offering
for $500. This is a chance to learn from one of the best. It includes
two, 30-minute personal coaching calls and one press release edit per
participant.

This is an amazing opportunity to have Lisa give you feedback and
concrete ideas for your company, non-profit, book, TV, music or film
project. Her specialty is taking those messages and turning them into
a concrete mainstream presence. Throughout her career, she has become
an internationally recognized leader in pioneering concepts and
developing brand messages for the marketplace.

Telecourse Info. & Registration

A bit about Lisa. As an expert in the game of "raising consciousness"
Lisa became the publicist and brand specialist representing clients
who, in her own words, "were called to the voice of their deepest
calling". Her unique niche and expertise spanned way beyond the
confines of publicity and marketing. In a time where "social and
spiritual causes" were just scratching the surface in becoming
household names, Lisa also became known as the bridge for messages
that were ready to cross over into the mainstream marketplace, often
pushing the status quo envelope. Whether it be a company, non-profit,
book, TV, music or film project, her specialty is taking those
messages and turning them into a concrete mainstream presence.
Throughout her career, she has become an internationally recognized
leader in pioneering concepts and developing brand messages for the
marketplace.]]> http://soundingcircle.com/newslog2.php/__show_article/_a000195-001101.htm 2008-06-27T05:19:55Z 2008-06-27T08:57:30Z

First I want to thank Tyler, founder of ojaipost.com, for posting the opportunity and Gina Gutierrez, the Marketing Director of the Ojai Music Festival, for allowing me to attend last night’s concert at Libbey Bowl. For me, particularly, it was a peak moment to listen to the music and meet th...

Eight Lines(1983) is a good example of this. Like listening intently to the many patterns and registers of a mountain stream, our beautiful Matilija Canyon river, for instance, this piece explores subtle shadings of tone and rhythm. There is a pulse throughout that mesmerizes the listener and entrains ones mind. It is filled with the beauty and wonder of nature. In many ways, Reich is in the league of the New England Transcendentalists Thoreau and Emerson in the way in which he honors simplicity, subtlety, and the wildness and pastoral qualities of nature. Signal brought this piece to life with a dynamic interpretation that was enthralling. The sound mix was great all evening and was transparent, adding volume yet no color of its' own.

Reich's newer composition from 2006, Daniel Variations was a highlight of the evening for me. His treatment of the vocal lines with long tones and exquisite modulations from dissonance to consonance was intriguing and had an emotional quality to it that was very moving for me. Scored for four vocalists, two sopranos and two tenors, the singers from Signal were spot on. Though their voices were all quite different in timbre, they manged to blend their unique bell tones and navigate through the challenging soundscape with ease. Along with strings, woodwinds, two pianos, four vibraphones and percussion I was once again wholeheartedly impressed with Steve Reich's genius, the ensembles powerful and poetic brilliance and Brad Lubman's energetic, dedicated leadership.

Nagoya Marimbas(1994) was the shortest piece on the program. Written for two marimbas it took virtuoso technique to weave through the repeating patterns that were consistently one or two beats out of phase with each other. The melodies would expand and develop only to tumble into new sequences. This was an intriguing puzzle that harkened back to Reich's earlier days hyet more difficult to execute.

Four Organs (plus maracas) written in 1970 requires profound acceptance on the part of the audience. A study of time and harmony the dominant eleventh chord (D-E-F#-G#-A-B with an E in the bass) is dissected by playing its' parts of sequentially. The pulse remains solid as the maracas, like a locomotive, establishes the tempo. The four organs, vibrato free, sound the purity of the chord, relentlessly I might add, and gradually, over 15 minutes +or-, the notes stretch and lengthen into an ambient bed. It's a bit like watching grass grow. It takes discipline and patience.

Steve Reich is a pioneer. A modern composer who changed the face of contemporary music. He not only has inspired other "classical" artists such as Philip Glass and John Adams but you can also hear his influence in other genres through the work of progressive rock band King Crimson, Brian Eno and guitarist Pat Metheny.

I encourage you all to come out for the rest of the festival, Sat. & Sun. There is plenty of seating and you can see the program HERE. I'll be there on Sunday to hear more of Steve Reich's work in two separate programs at 11am and 5:30pm.
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I'm so excited to share the success of HUB's Awakening Your Brilliance event with you all. We had close to 500 people attend and the feedback has been wonderful. People walked away with a clearer personal and global vision and tools to transform their lives and bring their dreams into fruition. Sp...

Humanity Unites Brilliance (HUB) is already making a huge impact in the lives of those who are in need. In a few short months we have over 1200 members and have funded $102,000 of humanitarian aid domestically and internationally. That's 40% of all of our profits we give away! As a member you have an opportunity to generate income for yourself, and in so doing, be catalysts for positive social change.

For those of you who attended partially or all of the event Thank You! Together we are making a huge difference.

If you would like to know more about how you can participate please contact me or visit our website. Humanity Unites Brilliance]]> http://soundingcircle.com/newslog2.php/__show_article/_a000195-001098.htm 2008-05-07T18:16:41Z 2008-05-07T18:23:41Z

These are some words from Charlie Gay, visionary founder of Humanity Unites Brilliance His wise words are as follows. It is simple, so very simple. The world was created, went into its childhood, our minds led the world to confusion, it lingered in compromise, our frustrations raised, hurt a...

Humanity Unites Brilliance His wise words are as follows.

It is simple, so very simple.

The world was created, went into its childhood, our minds led the world to confusion, it lingered in compromise, our frustrations raised, hurt and angered led us to conflict and then crisis.

Everything about the world, everything in it, everyone in it, every business in it. You, me, our relationships with our selves, with each other follow this path.

The path led the world to two thousand years of slowly becoming deaf. Nations became deaf. Our leaders became deaf.

Then today came. This hour. This second...

The very moment when our cries in ultimate crisis of “God get me out of this” may not have allowed us as people to continue.

The crisis was too great. The hurt too deep and the judgment too lost.

Inevitably we would have continued in the choice of being lesser than, slipping away and loosing the beauty and spirit of the world for ever.

But this was not too be.

Confession…as authentic as the world’s origin, and then self-compassion swept the world and us as a people.

As 2000 moved towards 2008 the ranks of those that could hear, swelled exponentially, with the knowledge that humanity, not the awareness of it but the very the action of humanity, could save us.

Humanity’s dimension of grace given to us 2000 years ago with “don’t judge lest thee be judged” and “help those that don’t have what I have” became the heartbeat of a universal code that is felt by millions today.

The reopening of the heart through compassion now leads the world back through clarity, a consciousness that endorses not the survival of the fittest, but a new paradigm, a new law of cooperation.

This leads you and I to be connected...

Now we are joined, united with each others brilliance, free of judgment of color, creed, religion and politics. We are to become the true authentic crusaders of love.

Humanity Unites Brilliance]]> http://soundingcircle.com/newslog2.php/__show_article/_a000195-001097.htm 2008-03-29T18:00:09Z 2008-03-29T18:00:09Z

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