Yesterday blogger Narielle Living posted an entry titled “Testing the Kool-Aid,” in which she listed some things that should give a person seeking spiritual enlightenment pause.
1. A requirement that the seeker spend a large sum of money.
2. The claim that a teacher or spiritual leader has some secret knowledge or technique he or she is willing to share with a select few (see 1 above).
3. An insistence that the seeker must do a specific task, especially something dangerous, in order to grow spiritually.
4. Being led in a practice or tradition of another culture by someone who isn’t a native of that culture.
James Arthur Ray, described as a World Thought Leader and spiritual teacher, was featured in Rhonda Byrnes’ The Secret. His latest book, Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want, promises to bring the techniques of the "Law of Attraction" to wealth-building. This month he held spiritual retreat in Arizona at a cost of almost $10,000 per participant. Last week, as part of this retreat, he crowded as many as 65 people into a sweat lodge intended to hold no more than 12. Two hours later, 21 had to be taken to the hospital; 2 died.
What’s worrying is that people apparently put so much faith in Ray and his ideas that they willingly packed themselves into a small space and suffered for more than 2 hours hoping to gain some sort of enlightenment. What’s worrying is that in a country where we’re required to prove that our cars are street-worthy, show proper ID in order to be shown an apartment and produce a letter from a physician before we can take insulin on a plane, there doesn’t seem to be a regulatory body to ensure that the activities taking place on retreats of this type are safe. Perhaps there soon will be.
When we hear about these sorts of tragedies, we all like to think that the people involved were stupid and gullible. Surely, we think, we would never allow ourselves to be talked into doing something that is clearly dangerous.
Instead of indulging in Schadenfreude, let’s recognize that we can all be taken in by a charismatic speaker. We can all succumb to a logical fallacy or a lapse in critical thinking. We have all found ourselves sitting in our own versions of an overcrowded sweat lodge: lose weight through hypnosis; make millions on eBay; stop smoking by listening to subliminal messages; achieve sexual satisfaction through “male enhancement” pills.
The best way to protect ourselves from harm, whether it’s financial, spiritual or physical harm, is to be skeptical. We must not allow other people get away with equating it with cynicism or denialism. We must hold onto it no matter who is trying to talk us out of it, no matter what promises are being made to us–wealth, health or happiness. Any skeptic should know there is no secret knowledge that will give us these things. Let’s not keep this fact a secret.
This writer's thoughts are with those who were injured, their families and the families of those who died as well as the staff of the retreat and of James Ray. They are also with Ray, who surely never meant for anyone to come to harm.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Guru Writings Online for Spiritual Enlightenment
Theosophytrust.Org is an online library is the only site on the Internet that publishes the HERMES writings of Raghavan N Iyer. Prof. Iyer was educated at the Universities of Bombay and Oxford. At Bombay, he received first class honors in Economics and won a variety of commendations and prizes, including the Chancellor's Medal. At the age of 18 he became the youngest lecturer in the University of Bombay, at Elphinstone College. After being awarded his master's degree in Advanced Economics in Bombay, he was sent as the sole Rhodes Scholar for India for 1950 to Magdalen College, Oxford. He secured First Class Honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and later received the D. Phil. Degree in moral and political philosophy. While a student at Oxford, he was elected President of the Oxford Union, the Voltaire Society, the Oxford Majlis, the Oxford University Peace Association, the Oxford Social Studies Association and several other societies. At this site dedicated to Professor Iyer’s life and Teachings, you can get publications, books and articles on spirituality, meditation and other theosophical teachings free of charge. This online theosophical trust is a hotspot for all true learners of theosophical teachings. One who is looking for self-enlightenment, meditation advantages, truth behind spirituality or anything related, can come here and take advantage of essays by renowned spiritual teachers free of cost. Theosophytrust.Org might be the end to your long search & many false starts.
What in truth is spirituality and what is its role in our lives? Sometimes it becomes hard for us to give real substantive meaning to these questions. The end to all confusions and searches is right here - Theosophytrust.Org, an online memorial library where one may find the answer to one’s question regarding spirituality, meditation and other theosophical teachings; here, you can read articles essays of remarkable spiritual teachers. This online theosophical trust is a hotspot for all learners and teachers of theosophical teachings, where one can gain access to true spiritual knowledge, free of charge.
Theosophytrust.Org runs with the main motive of teaching people the connection with the Divine that provides a base for understanding the larger Self, the personal Self and others, making right decisions and finding out how all the pieces of life fit together in one frame. The categorical listings of its more than 1,000 articles facilitates research with easy search capabilities. The major categories include the writings of Raghavan N Iyer, the Teacher Articles by Prof. Elton Hall, the Symbol Articles by Prof. Helen Stefan, the writings of H.P. Blavatsky, William Q Judge, and Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Trust Books, and many other Authors and Articles.
The articles at Theosophytrust.Org were written by many of the greatest Teachers of Theosophy. This site is a new way to gain greater access to some of the finest writings on spiritual subjects that look upon mankind's eternal nature and principle, not simply the material, biological organism; they consider the immortal energies that have an everlasting connection beyond the bodily senses. This online memorial
What in truth is spirituality and what is its role in our lives? Sometimes it becomes hard for us to give real substantive meaning to these questions. The end to all confusions and searches is right here - Theosophytrust.Org, an online memorial library where one may find the answer to one’s question regarding spirituality, meditation and other theosophical teachings; here, you can read articles essays of remarkable spiritual teachers. This online theosophical trust is a hotspot for all learners and teachers of theosophical teachings, where one can gain access to true spiritual knowledge, free of charge.
Theosophytrust.Org runs with the main motive of teaching people the connection with the Divine that provides a base for understanding the larger Self, the personal Self and others, making right decisions and finding out how all the pieces of life fit together in one frame. The categorical listings of its more than 1,000 articles facilitates research with easy search capabilities. The major categories include the writings of Raghavan N Iyer, the Teacher Articles by Prof. Elton Hall, the Symbol Articles by Prof. Helen Stefan, the writings of H.P. Blavatsky, William Q Judge, and Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Trust Books, and many other Authors and Articles.
The articles at Theosophytrust.Org were written by many of the greatest Teachers of Theosophy. This site is a new way to gain greater access to some of the finest writings on spiritual subjects that look upon mankind's eternal nature and principle, not simply the material, biological organism; they consider the immortal energies that have an everlasting connection beyond the bodily senses. This online memorial
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Spiritual Path Through the Geeta
The Sanskrit word implying 'do not..' is 'Maa' and it appears eight times in the Geeta.
1. Bhagavan Sri Krishna begins by whipping up the Pandava prince Arjuna saying -Do not give in to impotence! Rise up and fight, ridding your heart of this paltry weakness!". The message thus is of strength and active resistance to evil outside and within us. Tireless, noble activity is the very means to bring ourselves to the gates of spiritual enlightenment. Without passing this phase of a dynamic life. ever responsive to the call of duty, any attempt at higher spiritual practices like Vedanta study, meditation etc. would only flop badly. So do not be nerveless.
To act and yet remain free of ego's bad odour of selfish desires is the skill (kaushala) called Kannayoga......
2. Impatience almost amounting to arrogance makes an unwise man to insist, in his own mind, on certain results to accrue to him. But results of actions, success or failure are the product of many factors, known and unknown to man. While we may and should put in our best efforts, to think that such and such results alone should come about is foolish. If we thus insist, the departure of events from our expectations deals a bad blow to our ego. Disappointment comes to them who make appointments with future' says Pujya Gurudev. So, act with enthusiasm taking delight in work itself and accept whatever comes as the result gracefully. So do not hang on to dreamy ideas of fruits of action.
3. The motivating force behind action is generally presumed to be desire for some pleasing result. While an idle man is often goaded to activity by some incentive, such a method of motivation has limitations and painful consequences from which all materially developed societies do suffer. Greed, jealousy and lack of true love for work cause havoc to the psychological domain of individual and society. Sri Krishna's teaching of Kannayoga is like a remedy with no side-effects. Developing in oneself love of work for work's own sake, without entrusting one's happiness to the uncertain future, men can work creatively, enjoying peace during and after work! So do not work goaded by desires!
4. Of course, asking us to give up our egocentric insistence on the fruit of action and not to allow thought of some pleasurable reward become the motivation, does not imply a prescription for a life of inaction! Act we must. To act and yet remain free of ego's bad odour of selfish desires is the skill (kaushala) called Kannayoga.
So do not be inactive.
1. Bhagavan Sri Krishna begins by whipping up the Pandava prince Arjuna saying -Do not give in to impotence! Rise up and fight, ridding your heart of this paltry weakness!". The message thus is of strength and active resistance to evil outside and within us. Tireless, noble activity is the very means to bring ourselves to the gates of spiritual enlightenment. Without passing this phase of a dynamic life. ever responsive to the call of duty, any attempt at higher spiritual practices like Vedanta study, meditation etc. would only flop badly. So do not be nerveless.
To act and yet remain free of ego's bad odour of selfish desires is the skill (kaushala) called Kannayoga......
2. Impatience almost amounting to arrogance makes an unwise man to insist, in his own mind, on certain results to accrue to him. But results of actions, success or failure are the product of many factors, known and unknown to man. While we may and should put in our best efforts, to think that such and such results alone should come about is foolish. If we thus insist, the departure of events from our expectations deals a bad blow to our ego. Disappointment comes to them who make appointments with future' says Pujya Gurudev. So, act with enthusiasm taking delight in work itself and accept whatever comes as the result gracefully. So do not hang on to dreamy ideas of fruits of action.
3. The motivating force behind action is generally presumed to be desire for some pleasing result. While an idle man is often goaded to activity by some incentive, such a method of motivation has limitations and painful consequences from which all materially developed societies do suffer. Greed, jealousy and lack of true love for work cause havoc to the psychological domain of individual and society. Sri Krishna's teaching of Kannayoga is like a remedy with no side-effects. Developing in oneself love of work for work's own sake, without entrusting one's happiness to the uncertain future, men can work creatively, enjoying peace during and after work! So do not work goaded by desires!
4. Of course, asking us to give up our egocentric insistence on the fruit of action and not to allow thought of some pleasurable reward become the motivation, does not imply a prescription for a life of inaction! Act we must. To act and yet remain free of ego's bad odour of selfish desires is the skill (kaushala) called Kannayoga.
So do not be inactive.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Yoga is Spiritual Enlightenment Process Except to Tax Man
By JASON NOBLE
The Star
JEFFERSON CITY | Is yoga karmic or commercial? Missouri insists that it’s the latter and therefore should be taxed. The Department of Revenue on Sunday began enforcing collection of a 4-percent tax on yoga and Pilates classes, upsetting instructors and studios who contend their practices transcend mere recreation.
And yoga practitioners aren’t taking the change lying down — or even in the corpse pose.
“This is a couple people up in a room somewhere far away from yoga classes making arbitrary decisions so the state can make more money,” said Debbie Borel, studio director at The Yoga Barn in south Kansas City. “It’s inappropriate.”
State officials said the classes, which are rooted in Eastern religions but abound in fitness centers and commercial studios, are subject to a sales tax on places of “amusement, entertainment or recreation.”
“It was not because of the state’s revenue situation,” said Ted Farnen, a Revenue Department spokesman. “It was based on the fact that we wanted to apply this tax in a fair and even way.” Revenue officials argue that a 2008 state Supreme Court ruling upholds the tax’s applicability to services provided at fitness facilities.
But yoga practitioners maintain that the spiritual component of their classes may afford them First Amendment protections from taxation.
“The practice of yoga in a studio setting is a spiritual practice, and is not done for entertainment,” said Michael Shabsin, a St. Louis-area lawyer and yoga instructor.
Shabsin said he is leading an effort to clarify the legal definition for places of amusement, entertainment or recreation and exclude yoga-specific studios. That effort could include legislative proposals and lobbying, he said.
Farnen said in a statement that the Revenue Department would consider religious exemptions to the tax on a case-by-case basis.
Submitted by Bill Dalton on November 3, 2009 - 3:18pm.
Missouri General Assembly | login or register to post comments | 437 reads
The Star
JEFFERSON CITY | Is yoga karmic or commercial? Missouri insists that it’s the latter and therefore should be taxed. The Department of Revenue on Sunday began enforcing collection of a 4-percent tax on yoga and Pilates classes, upsetting instructors and studios who contend their practices transcend mere recreation.
And yoga practitioners aren’t taking the change lying down — or even in the corpse pose.
“This is a couple people up in a room somewhere far away from yoga classes making arbitrary decisions so the state can make more money,” said Debbie Borel, studio director at The Yoga Barn in south Kansas City. “It’s inappropriate.”
State officials said the classes, which are rooted in Eastern religions but abound in fitness centers and commercial studios, are subject to a sales tax on places of “amusement, entertainment or recreation.”
“It was not because of the state’s revenue situation,” said Ted Farnen, a Revenue Department spokesman. “It was based on the fact that we wanted to apply this tax in a fair and even way.” Revenue officials argue that a 2008 state Supreme Court ruling upholds the tax’s applicability to services provided at fitness facilities.
But yoga practitioners maintain that the spiritual component of their classes may afford them First Amendment protections from taxation.
“The practice of yoga in a studio setting is a spiritual practice, and is not done for entertainment,” said Michael Shabsin, a St. Louis-area lawyer and yoga instructor.
Shabsin said he is leading an effort to clarify the legal definition for places of amusement, entertainment or recreation and exclude yoga-specific studios. That effort could include legislative proposals and lobbying, he said.
Farnen said in a statement that the Revenue Department would consider religious exemptions to the tax on a case-by-case basis.
Submitted by Bill Dalton on November 3, 2009 - 3:18pm.
Missouri General Assembly | login or register to post comments | 437 reads
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Satsang for Spiritual Enlightenment with Swammi C
Q : Where is your God? I do not see, hear or know Him and in these days of misery and sorrow, if at all He exists, I find Him to be absolutely blind and deaf. I refuse to believe in God.
Buzz up!
A : You are perfectly right in your cry to protest against a God who is not coming forward to protect and save the world which is suffering from sorrow and miseries. If the coolness of ice does not reach to console the finger that is in the fire, it must certainly be the impotency of the ice to cool! Or else we will have to accept that the suffering of the finger is because of the stupidity of the person behind the finger and this is rather inconvenient!
If one has the intelligence to know and recognize that both heat and cold exist in life and that each is the immediate antidote of the other then how can a person court the persecutions of the one crying out the impotency of the other? If you are feeling persecuted by the cold, move toward the fire, invoke its grace and bask in its warmth. If you are suffering from heat, move toward the cooler embrace of some refreshing shade.
Just as we have been running after the world of sense cravings, lust and passions
of loveless cruelties and of empty values, thus courting "these days of sorrow", we can now turn to seek the opposite virtues and enjoy their comforts.
Purpose can only be for the perceiver-feeler-thinker who is imperfect. The dreamer's purpose is never fulfilled by acquiring from himself anything in the dream.
This positive state of harmony and peace which can be invoked by an intelligent person of will and courage is called God. He is present everywhere as the warp and the woof of the entire tapestry of life, as the thread in a piece of cotton. We must have the ears to listen to the raga, we must have the understanding to see the canvas, and we must have the knowledge to recognize the thread in the cloth. The hurried existence of busy experiences diverts our attention and we must necessarily fail "to see, hear or know Him."
In the form of a letter, I can do no better than sing in chorus with Hans Denk: "Oh my God, how does it happen. In this poor old world that thou art so great and yet nobody finds Thee, that Thou callest so loudly and nobody hears Thee, that Thou givest Thyself to everybody and yet nobody feels Thee, that Thou givest Thyself to everybody and yet nobody even know Thy name? Men flee from Thee and say they cannot find Thee: they turn their backs and say they cannot see Thee; they cover their ears and say they cannot hear Thee."
What is the purpose of my being here?
Whose purpose? The purpose of the perceiver-feeler-thinker or the purpose of the Reality? Purpose can only be for the imperfect. The Lord can have no purpose. In fact from His standpoint. there is no world! Is there a dream and a dreamer from the standpoint of the person who is now awake?
Purpose can only be for the perceiver-feeler-thinker who is imperfect. The dreamer's purpose is never fulfilled by acquiring from himself anything in the dream: the dreamer's life is transcended only when he wakes up. In the same way, the purpose of the perceiver-feeler-thinker seems to be the attainment of infinite happiness and a total state of contentment and both of these are gained only when one realizes that one's true nature is OM, the Reality. Rediscovering our identity with God, and thus awakening to a higher state, is the purpose of life.
About the author
Swami Chinmayananda
Swami Chinmayananda the great master's lectures were an outpour of wisdom. He introduced the Geetha Gnana Yagna. He wrote a lot of books on spirituality, commentaries to Vedantic texts, children books etc. He then started spreading His teachings globally.....
Buzz up!
A : You are perfectly right in your cry to protest against a God who is not coming forward to protect and save the world which is suffering from sorrow and miseries. If the coolness of ice does not reach to console the finger that is in the fire, it must certainly be the impotency of the ice to cool! Or else we will have to accept that the suffering of the finger is because of the stupidity of the person behind the finger and this is rather inconvenient!
If one has the intelligence to know and recognize that both heat and cold exist in life and that each is the immediate antidote of the other then how can a person court the persecutions of the one crying out the impotency of the other? If you are feeling persecuted by the cold, move toward the fire, invoke its grace and bask in its warmth. If you are suffering from heat, move toward the cooler embrace of some refreshing shade.
Just as we have been running after the world of sense cravings, lust and passions
of loveless cruelties and of empty values, thus courting "these days of sorrow", we can now turn to seek the opposite virtues and enjoy their comforts.
Purpose can only be for the perceiver-feeler-thinker who is imperfect. The dreamer's purpose is never fulfilled by acquiring from himself anything in the dream.
This positive state of harmony and peace which can be invoked by an intelligent person of will and courage is called God. He is present everywhere as the warp and the woof of the entire tapestry of life, as the thread in a piece of cotton. We must have the ears to listen to the raga, we must have the understanding to see the canvas, and we must have the knowledge to recognize the thread in the cloth. The hurried existence of busy experiences diverts our attention and we must necessarily fail "to see, hear or know Him."
In the form of a letter, I can do no better than sing in chorus with Hans Denk: "Oh my God, how does it happen. In this poor old world that thou art so great and yet nobody finds Thee, that Thou callest so loudly and nobody hears Thee, that Thou givest Thyself to everybody and yet nobody feels Thee, that Thou givest Thyself to everybody and yet nobody even know Thy name? Men flee from Thee and say they cannot find Thee: they turn their backs and say they cannot see Thee; they cover their ears and say they cannot hear Thee."
What is the purpose of my being here?
Whose purpose? The purpose of the perceiver-feeler-thinker or the purpose of the Reality? Purpose can only be for the imperfect. The Lord can have no purpose. In fact from His standpoint. there is no world! Is there a dream and a dreamer from the standpoint of the person who is now awake?
Purpose can only be for the perceiver-feeler-thinker who is imperfect. The dreamer's purpose is never fulfilled by acquiring from himself anything in the dream: the dreamer's life is transcended only when he wakes up. In the same way, the purpose of the perceiver-feeler-thinker seems to be the attainment of infinite happiness and a total state of contentment and both of these are gained only when one realizes that one's true nature is OM, the Reality. Rediscovering our identity with God, and thus awakening to a higher state, is the purpose of life.
About the author
Swami Chinmayananda
Swami Chinmayananda the great master's lectures were an outpour of wisdom. He introduced the Geetha Gnana Yagna. He wrote a lot of books on spirituality, commentaries to Vedantic texts, children books etc. He then started spreading His teachings globally.....
Monday, November 2, 2009
Spiritual Enlightenment Daily Guide in Canada
Shabbat Service, 10:30 a.m. at Kehilat She'ar Yashuv Messianic Congregation, 8255 Mountain Sights Ave., Suite 225. Call 514-481-4579 or visit www.ksy.ca.
Tapping your way to a better life, a workshop with Kelly Roughton. Noon to 5 p.m. $35 for members, $55 for others (includes membership). The SSF-IIIHS Centre, 1974 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Call 514-937-8359.
How understanding karma and reincarnation can help you in your daily life. Group discussion, presented by Eckankar from 2 to 3 p.m. at Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Ave. Free. Call 514-996-2122.
TOMORROW
St. Irénée traditional Catholic Tridentine Latin high mass at 8:30 a.m. at 3044 Delisle St. Call 514-932-9675.
St. George's Anglican Church, 1101 Stanley St., main entrance on de la Gauchetière St., with Rev. Ralph Leavitt, 9 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:30 a.m. Sung Eucharist and special celebration for those who have been married or baptized at St. George's in the past two years. Disabled access and sound system for hearing impaired.
St. James Anglican Church, 328 Pine St. in Rosemere: Holy Communion on All Saints' Day at 9:30 a.m. Refreshments and fellowship follow the service. Everyone welcome. St. James is wheelchair accessible. Visit www.stjamesrosemere.ca.
Unitarian Universalist Church of North Hatley, at 10 a.m. with Rev. Carole Martignacco: Honouring our ancestors. Refreshments. 201 Main St., North Hatley. Visit http://north-hatley.qc.uua.org.
Community meditation at Yoga on the Park. Every Sunday at 10 a.m. 5582 Sherbrooke St. W. For weekly topic, visit yogaonthepark.ca. All donations go to local and international causes. Call 514-712-9642.
St. Timothy's Anglican Bible Church has services at 10 a.m., including youth service and Sunday school at 4698 St. John's Blvd. in Dollard des Ormeaux. Call 514-697-5209.
Unitarian Church of Montreal, 5035 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. (Vendôme métro): Listen More Often to Things Than to Beings, with Rev. Diane Rollert, 10:30 a.m. Music by Sandra Hunt. Church school under the direction of Caroline Balderston Parry. Childcare is also provided. Call 514-485 9933 or visit www.ucmtl.ca.
Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Congregation is a welcoming congregation. 10:30 a.m. Sunday service on Soldier of Peace with Dr. Lotta, 202 Woodside Rd. (rear entrance of church), Beaconsfield,514-695-3031, lakeshoreuu@qc.aibn.com, www.luuc.org (map included).
Sunday worship service at 11 a.m. Reformation Sunday, with Rev. Dr. Randall Zachman. The Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul, 3415 Redpath St. (at Sherbrooke St. W. near Guy-Concordia métro). Call 514-842-3431 or visit www.standrewstpaul.com.
Trinity United Church. Service at 11 a.m., with Rev. Kent Chown. Sunday school 3050 Rosemont Blvd. (at 8th Ave.). Call 514-721-1830.
Paws and Pray, church services with your dog at 1 p.m. Christ Church, Beaurepaire, 455 Church St. (Fieldfare Ave.), Beaconsfield. Water bowls and dog treats provided. Dogs must be on a leash and under control.Call Rev. Michael Johnson, 514-697-2204, or Joanne Tasse at Companion Animal Adoption Centres of Quebec. Call 514-232-6282 or visit www.caacq.ca.
Young Adult Ministry for those between the ages of 18 to 35. Discussions on faith issues and Christian fellowship led by the St. Patrick's pastoral team. Every second Sunday after the 5 p.m. mass. Next meeting is on Nov. 1 at the Congress Hall of St. Patrick's Basilica, 454 René Lévesque Blvd. W. Free. Call 514-866-7379 or email info@stpatricksmtl.ca.
The Resurrection Centre presents a Fundraising concert,Open Mic Night: A Celebration with Family and Friends. Hosted by Bishop and First Lady Burton with Danny Eason, Zina Edwards, Sherma Alandy and The Soul Dancers, and others. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. Suggested $10 donation is appreciated. 1810 St. Antoine St., in Lachine. Call 514-469-2408 or visit www.resurrectioncenter.net.
The Spiritual Enlightenment Centre offers inspirational services - guided meditation, lectures, messages from angels and loved ones at 12 p.m. and Chakra therapy (energy healing) clinics that will help balance your energy (body-mind-spirit) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. 1476 du Collège Ave., 2nd Floor, St. Laurent. Call 514-331-5870.
Insight meditation (Vipassana), 3 to 5 p.m. at the Padua Centre, 1950 St. Antoine W. (Georges Vanier métro). Meditation instruction and practices, Buddhist teachings, discussion, questions. Beginner to experienced welcome. Donation requested. Led by Daryl Lynn Ross. Contact: www.truenorthinsight.org or 514-488-1281.
Deadline Nov. 1: Healthy Marriage and Family Workshop with H.B. Danesh, director of EFP-International, founder and president of the International Education for Peace Institute and senior consultant with UNDP-SACI Program in Africa. Runs Nov. 14 and 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Louis Bourgeois Bahá'í Centre, 4747 St.Charles Blvd. in Pierrefonds. Fees: $25 per person and $40 per couple for one day of the seminar. For both days, one person is $30 and $50 per couple. Minimum of 15 participants are needed for the workshop to go forward. Contact Sima at sima_gr@yahoo.com or call 514-684-0814.
MONDAY
St. George's Church, 23 Perrault St. in Ste. Anne de Bellevue: Christianity Explored, Mondays to Nov. 30 from 1 to 3 p.m. or 7 to 9 p.m. Call 514-457-6934.
The Still Presence Spirituality Centre. Meditation practice with Rev. Cedric Cobb on Mondays. Introduction to Meditation Practice from 7 to 7:15 p.m. Ongoing Meditation Practice from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Beginners are welcome to join the Ongoing Group after their session. These events are held at Christ Church, Beaurepaire, 455 Church St. Beaconsfield. Call 514-697-2204.
Tapping your way to a better life, a workshop with Kelly Roughton. Noon to 5 p.m. $35 for members, $55 for others (includes membership). The SSF-IIIHS Centre, 1974 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Call 514-937-8359.
How understanding karma and reincarnation can help you in your daily life. Group discussion, presented by Eckankar from 2 to 3 p.m. at Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Ave. Free. Call 514-996-2122.
TOMORROW
St. Irénée traditional Catholic Tridentine Latin high mass at 8:30 a.m. at 3044 Delisle St. Call 514-932-9675.
St. George's Anglican Church, 1101 Stanley St., main entrance on de la Gauchetière St., with Rev. Ralph Leavitt, 9 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:30 a.m. Sung Eucharist and special celebration for those who have been married or baptized at St. George's in the past two years. Disabled access and sound system for hearing impaired.
St. James Anglican Church, 328 Pine St. in Rosemere: Holy Communion on All Saints' Day at 9:30 a.m. Refreshments and fellowship follow the service. Everyone welcome. St. James is wheelchair accessible. Visit www.stjamesrosemere.ca.
Unitarian Universalist Church of North Hatley, at 10 a.m. with Rev. Carole Martignacco: Honouring our ancestors. Refreshments. 201 Main St., North Hatley. Visit http://north-hatley.qc.uua.org.
Community meditation at Yoga on the Park. Every Sunday at 10 a.m. 5582 Sherbrooke St. W. For weekly topic, visit yogaonthepark.ca. All donations go to local and international causes. Call 514-712-9642.
St. Timothy's Anglican Bible Church has services at 10 a.m., including youth service and Sunday school at 4698 St. John's Blvd. in Dollard des Ormeaux. Call 514-697-5209.
Unitarian Church of Montreal, 5035 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. (Vendôme métro): Listen More Often to Things Than to Beings, with Rev. Diane Rollert, 10:30 a.m. Music by Sandra Hunt. Church school under the direction of Caroline Balderston Parry. Childcare is also provided. Call 514-485 9933 or visit www.ucmtl.ca.
Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Congregation is a welcoming congregation. 10:30 a.m. Sunday service on Soldier of Peace with Dr. Lotta, 202 Woodside Rd. (rear entrance of church), Beaconsfield,514-695-3031, lakeshoreuu@qc.aibn.com, www.luuc.org (map included).
Sunday worship service at 11 a.m. Reformation Sunday, with Rev. Dr. Randall Zachman. The Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul, 3415 Redpath St. (at Sherbrooke St. W. near Guy-Concordia métro). Call 514-842-3431 or visit www.standrewstpaul.com.
Trinity United Church. Service at 11 a.m., with Rev. Kent Chown. Sunday school 3050 Rosemont Blvd. (at 8th Ave.). Call 514-721-1830.
Paws and Pray, church services with your dog at 1 p.m. Christ Church, Beaurepaire, 455 Church St. (Fieldfare Ave.), Beaconsfield. Water bowls and dog treats provided. Dogs must be on a leash and under control.Call Rev. Michael Johnson, 514-697-2204, or Joanne Tasse at Companion Animal Adoption Centres of Quebec. Call 514-232-6282 or visit www.caacq.ca.
Young Adult Ministry for those between the ages of 18 to 35. Discussions on faith issues and Christian fellowship led by the St. Patrick's pastoral team. Every second Sunday after the 5 p.m. mass. Next meeting is on Nov. 1 at the Congress Hall of St. Patrick's Basilica, 454 René Lévesque Blvd. W. Free. Call 514-866-7379 or email info@stpatricksmtl.ca.
The Resurrection Centre presents a Fundraising concert,Open Mic Night: A Celebration with Family and Friends. Hosted by Bishop and First Lady Burton with Danny Eason, Zina Edwards, Sherma Alandy and The Soul Dancers, and others. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. Suggested $10 donation is appreciated. 1810 St. Antoine St., in Lachine. Call 514-469-2408 or visit www.resurrectioncenter.net.
The Spiritual Enlightenment Centre offers inspirational services - guided meditation, lectures, messages from angels and loved ones at 12 p.m. and Chakra therapy (energy healing) clinics that will help balance your energy (body-mind-spirit) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. 1476 du Collège Ave., 2nd Floor, St. Laurent. Call 514-331-5870.
Insight meditation (Vipassana), 3 to 5 p.m. at the Padua Centre, 1950 St. Antoine W. (Georges Vanier métro). Meditation instruction and practices, Buddhist teachings, discussion, questions. Beginner to experienced welcome. Donation requested. Led by Daryl Lynn Ross. Contact: www.truenorthinsight.org or 514-488-1281.
Deadline Nov. 1: Healthy Marriage and Family Workshop with H.B. Danesh, director of EFP-International, founder and president of the International Education for Peace Institute and senior consultant with UNDP-SACI Program in Africa. Runs Nov. 14 and 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Louis Bourgeois Bahá'í Centre, 4747 St.Charles Blvd. in Pierrefonds. Fees: $25 per person and $40 per couple for one day of the seminar. For both days, one person is $30 and $50 per couple. Minimum of 15 participants are needed for the workshop to go forward. Contact Sima at sima_gr@yahoo.com or call 514-684-0814.
MONDAY
St. George's Church, 23 Perrault St. in Ste. Anne de Bellevue: Christianity Explored, Mondays to Nov. 30 from 1 to 3 p.m. or 7 to 9 p.m. Call 514-457-6934.
The Still Presence Spirituality Centre. Meditation practice with Rev. Cedric Cobb on Mondays. Introduction to Meditation Practice from 7 to 7:15 p.m. Ongoing Meditation Practice from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Beginners are welcome to join the Ongoing Group after their session. These events are held at Christ Church, Beaurepaire, 455 Church St. Beaconsfield. Call 514-697-2204.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Spiritual Enlightenment and the Law
Mettenbrink, 20, is charged with conspiracy and "transmission of a code, information, program, or command to a protected computer." The indictment states that he obtained a computer program from an Anonymous website and executed a "DDOS" attack from his dormitory at Iowa State University against Church computers in Los Angeles. A DDOS (distributed denial of service) attack occurs where a large amount of malicious Internet traffic is directed at a website or a set of websites, with the intent to overwhelm and shut down the websites.
Mettenbrink is the second member of Anonymous to face criminal charges relating to this attack. In May 2009, Dmitriy Guzner, then 18, pleaded guilty to computer hacking charges for his role in the attack on Church computers. He is currently awaiting sentencing.
Scientology is a worldwide religious movement with more than 8,000 Churches, Missions and groups in 165 countries. The Church and its members dedicate their time and resources to numerous humanitarian programs that Scientology has become known for around the world, including combating drug abuse, immorality, illiteracy and human rights violations.
The Scientology religion was founded by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard. The first Church of Scientology was formed by Scientologists in Los Angeles in 1954.
The word Scientology is taken from the Latin word scio, which means "knowing in the fullest meaning of the word," and the Greek word logos, meaning "study of." It literally means "knowing how to know."
Scientology holds that Man is an immortal spiritual being. His experience extends well beyond a single lifetime. His capabilities are unlimited, even if not presently realized. He is basically good, and his spiritual salvation depends upon himself and his fellows and his attainment of brotherhood with the universe.
L. Ron Hubbard discovered that a person is neither a body nor a mind but a spiritual being, independent of both. An individual discovers for himself that Scientology works by applying its principles and observing or experiencing the results. The ultimate goal of Scientology is true spiritual enlightenment and freedom for the individual.
Mettenbrink is the second member of Anonymous to face criminal charges relating to this attack. In May 2009, Dmitriy Guzner, then 18, pleaded guilty to computer hacking charges for his role in the attack on Church computers. He is currently awaiting sentencing.
Scientology is a worldwide religious movement with more than 8,000 Churches, Missions and groups in 165 countries. The Church and its members dedicate their time and resources to numerous humanitarian programs that Scientology has become known for around the world, including combating drug abuse, immorality, illiteracy and human rights violations.
The Scientology religion was founded by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard. The first Church of Scientology was formed by Scientologists in Los Angeles in 1954.
The word Scientology is taken from the Latin word scio, which means "knowing in the fullest meaning of the word," and the Greek word logos, meaning "study of." It literally means "knowing how to know."
Scientology holds that Man is an immortal spiritual being. His experience extends well beyond a single lifetime. His capabilities are unlimited, even if not presently realized. He is basically good, and his spiritual salvation depends upon himself and his fellows and his attainment of brotherhood with the universe.
L. Ron Hubbard discovered that a person is neither a body nor a mind but a spiritual being, independent of both. An individual discovers for himself that Scientology works by applying its principles and observing or experiencing the results. The ultimate goal of Scientology is true spiritual enlightenment and freedom for the individual.
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