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CLASS:PUBLIC
SUMMARY:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love
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URL:http://www.rvml.org/wcplus2008/wc20080902.html
LOCATION:Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom, 195 A St., Ashland (2 blocks north of RVML)
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
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 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
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 Free admission, donations welcome.=0D=0A=
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 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
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 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
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 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
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 More information & optional sign-up: Marla (541) 482-4948, marla16@charter.net or Zan=0D=0A=
 (541) 821-1328, zanenix@yahoo.com=0D=0A=
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 Websites: www.drzannix.com and www.marlaestes.com
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DTSTART:20080904T023000Z
DTEND:20080904T043000Z
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CLASS:PUBLIC
SUMMARY:Lecture: An Evening Book Presentation- Cities of the Soul with Rod Birney, MD
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URL:http://www.rvml.org/wcplus2008/wc20080903.html
LOCATION:RVML - 258 A St, Ashland
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
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 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
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 =0D=0A=
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 Free admission, donations welcome.=0D=0A=
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 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
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 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 More information & optional sign-up: Marla (541) 482-4948, marla16@charter.net or Zan=0D=0A=
 (541) 821-1328, zanenix@yahoo.com=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Websites: www.drzannix.com and www.marlaestes.com=0D=0A=
 Lecture: An Evening Book Presentation- Cities of the Soul =0D=0A=
 With Rod Birney, MD=0D=0A=
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 Cost: $10.00=0D=0A=
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 If given the chance to take a tour of heaven and hell would you take it?  Experience the spiritual journey facing every man and woman, amidst a landscape of imagination in the depths of our collective unconscious in Cities of the Soul (published by AuthorHouse), the new book by Raphael Rob Birney, M.D.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
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 Presenter’s Biography: =0D=0A=
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 Raphael Rod Birney, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in psychotherapy, meditation instruction, mind-body medicine and spiritual guidance.  He has been actively engaged with his own inner work for over 30 years.  Rod continues to study modern psychology and ancient systems of wisdom.  As a spiritual guide, he is a minister, student and teacher of Universal Sufism, the path of the heart, an interfaith approach to spiritual development for the 21st century.  
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DTSTART:20080905T023000Z
DTEND:20080905T043000Z
PRIORITY:0
CLASS:PUBLIC
SUMMARY:RE-Generation Discussion Series
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URL:http://www.rvml.org/wcplus2008/wc20080904.html
LOCATION:RVML - 258 A St, Ashland
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
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 =0D=0A=
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 Free admission, donations welcome.=0D=0A=
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 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 More information & optional sign-up: Marla (541) 482-4948, marla16@charter.net or Zan=0D=0A=
 (541) 821-1328, zanenix@yahoo.com=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Websites: www.drzannix.com and www.marlaestes.com=0D=0A=
 Lecture: An Evening Book Presentation- Cities of the Soul =0D=0A=
 With Rod Birney, MD=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Cost: $10.00=0D=0A=
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 Presentation Description: =0D=0A=
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 If given the chance to take a tour of heaven and hell would you take it?  Experience the spiritual journey facing every man and woman, amidst a landscape of imagination in the depths of our collective unconscious in Cities of the Soul (published by AuthorHouse), the new book by Raphael Rob Birney, M.D.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presenter’s Biography: =0D=0A=
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 Raphael Rod Birney, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in psychotherapy, meditation instruction, mind-body medicine and spiritual guidance.  He has been actively engaged with his own inner work for over 30 years.  Rod continues to study modern psychology and ancient systems of wisdom.  As a spiritual guide, he is a minister, student and teacher of Universal Sufism, the path of the heart, an interfaith approach to spiritual development for the 21st century.  =0D=0A=
 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
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 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
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 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
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 Description:=0D=0A=
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 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 
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DTSTART:20080906T000000Z
DTEND:20080906T030000Z
PRIORITY:0
CLASS:PUBLIC
SUMMARY:First Friday Art Walk
TRANSP:0
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LOCATION:RVML- 258 A Street, Ashland
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Free admission, donations welcome.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 More information & optional sign-up: Marla (541) 482-4948, marla16@charter.net or Zan=0D=0A=
 (541) 821-1328, zanenix@yahoo.com=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Websites: www.drzannix.com and www.marlaestes.com=0D=0A=
 Lecture: An Evening Book Presentation- Cities of the Soul =0D=0A=
 With Rod Birney, MD=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Cost: $10.00=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presentation Description: =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 If given the chance to take a tour of heaven and hell would you take it?  Experience the spiritual journey facing every man and woman, amidst a landscape of imagination in the depths of our collective unconscious in Cities of the Soul (published by AuthorHouse), the new book by Raphael Rob Birney, M.D.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presenter’s Biography: =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Raphael Rod Birney, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in psychotherapy, meditation instruction, mind-body medicine and spiritual guidance.  He has been actively engaged with his own inner work for over 30 years.  Rod continues to study modern psychology and ancient systems of wisdom.  As a spiritual guide, he is a minister, student and teacher of Universal Sufism, the path of the heart, an interfaith approach to spiritual development for the 21st century.  =0D=0A=
 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 First Friday Art Walk=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20080909T020000Z
DTEND:20080909T040000Z
PRIORITY:0
CLASS:PUBLIC
SUMMARY:Lecture and Discussion: Conversations about Love by Marla Estes, MA
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URL:http://www.rvml.org/wcplus2008/wc20080908.html
LOCATION:RVML - 258 A St, Ashland
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Free admission, donations welcome.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 More information & optional sign-up: Marla (541) 482-4948, marla16@charter.net or Zan=0D=0A=
 (541) 821-1328, zanenix@yahoo.com=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Websites: www.drzannix.com and www.marlaestes.com=0D=0A=
 Lecture: An Evening Book Presentation- Cities of the Soul =0D=0A=
 With Rod Birney, MD=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Cost: $10.00=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presentation Description: =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 If given the chance to take a tour of heaven and hell would you take it?  Experience the spiritual journey facing every man and woman, amidst a landscape of imagination in the depths of our collective unconscious in Cities of the Soul (published by AuthorHouse), the new book by Raphael Rob Birney, M.D.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presenter’s Biography: =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Raphael Rod Birney, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in psychotherapy, meditation instruction, mind-body medicine and spiritual guidance.  He has been actively engaged with his own inner work for over 30 years.  Rod continues to study modern psychology and ancient systems of wisdom.  As a spiritual guide, he is a minister, student and teacher of Universal Sufism, the path of the heart, an interfaith approach to spiritual development for the 21st century.  =0D=0A=
 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 First Friday Art Walk=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________Lecture and Discussion: Conversations about Love=0D=0A=
 By Marla Estes, MA=0D=0A=
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 $5.00 to $10.00 suggested donation, everyone welcome.=0D=0A=
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 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 The Paradox of Relationship: "I alone must become myself; I cannot become myself alone." -Pittman Mcgeehee=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join us in our on-going conversation about Love. Tonight's topic will be Narcissism. What is narcissism? What does it serve? Is it "healthy" or "unhealthy"? How might it get in the way of loving? What might the relationship be between narcissism and spirituality? What do thinkers such as Stephen Johnson, Thomas Moore, Erich Fromm, Cyprian Smith and Idries Shah have to say about it?=0D=0A=
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 Please join us to discuss these and other mysteries, weaving in psychological, Jungian, and sociological concepts. Our discussion will focus on relationship as a process instead of as a goal. Through this examination, we have the opportunity to bring more clarity, understanding and awareness to both our conscious and unconscious ideas of love with the possibility of making room for new ones to emerge.=0D=0A=
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 Facilitator's Biography:=0D=0A=
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 Marla Estes lives in Ashland and is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and has led women's study groups. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times and Alternatives Magazine.=0D=0A=
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DTSTART:20080912T023000Z
DTEND:20080912T043000Z
PRIORITY:0
CLASS:PUBLIC
SUMMARY:RE-Generation Discussion Series
TRANSP:0
UID:080727875917542044859595116263
URL:http://www.rvml.org/wcplus2008/wc20080911.html
LOCATION:RVML - 258 A St, Ashland
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
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 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
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 Free admission, donations welcome.=0D=0A=
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 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
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 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
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 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 More information & optional sign-up: Marla (541) 482-4948, marla16@charter.net or Zan=0D=0A=
 (541) 821-1328, zanenix@yahoo.com=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Websites: www.drzannix.com and www.marlaestes.com=0D=0A=
 Lecture: An Evening Book Presentation- Cities of the Soul =0D=0A=
 With Rod Birney, MD=0D=0A=
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 Cost: $10.00=0D=0A=
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 If given the chance to take a tour of heaven and hell would you take it?  Experience the spiritual journey facing every man and woman, amidst a landscape of imagination in the depths of our collective unconscious in Cities of the Soul (published by AuthorHouse), the new book by Raphael Rob Birney, M.D.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presenter’s Biography: =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Raphael Rod Birney, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in psychotherapy, meditation instruction, mind-body medicine and spiritual guidance.  He has been actively engaged with his own inner work for over 30 years.  Rod continues to study modern psychology and ancient systems of wisdom.  As a spiritual guide, he is a minister, student and teacher of Universal Sufism, the path of the heart, an interfaith approach to spiritual development for the 21st century.  =0D=0A=
 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
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 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
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 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
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 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
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 First Friday Art Walk=0D=0A=
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 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________Lecture and Discussion: Conversations about Love=0D=0A=
 By Marla Estes, MA=0D=0A=
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 $5.00 to $10.00 suggested donation, everyone welcome.=0D=0A=
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 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 The Paradox of Relationship: "I alone must become myself; I cannot become myself alone." -Pittman Mcgeehee=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join us in our on-going conversation about Love. Tonight's topic will be Narcissism. What is narcissism? What does it serve? Is it "healthy" or "unhealthy"? How might it get in the way of loving? What might the relationship be between narcissism and spirituality? What do thinkers such as Stephen Johnson, Thomas Moore, Erich Fromm, Cyprian Smith and Idries Shah have to say about it?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Please join us to discuss these and other mysteries, weaving in psychological, Jungian, and sociological concepts. Our discussion will focus on relationship as a process instead of as a goal. Through this examination, we have the opportunity to bring more clarity, understanding and awareness to both our conscious and unconscious ideas of love with the possibility of making room for new ones to emerge.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitator's Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Marla Estes lives in Ashland and is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and has led women's study groups. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times and Alternatives Magazine.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Website: http://www.MarlaEstes.comRE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20080919T023000Z
DTEND:20080919T043000Z
PRIORITY:0
CLASS:PUBLIC
SUMMARY:RE-Generation Discussion Series
TRANSP:0
UID:080727876156251071687217765263
URL:http://www.rvml.org/wcplus2008/wc20080918.html
LOCATION:RVML - 258 A St, Ashland
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Free admission, donations welcome.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 More information & optional sign-up: Marla (541) 482-4948, marla16@charter.net or Zan=0D=0A=
 (541) 821-1328, zanenix@yahoo.com=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Websites: www.drzannix.com and www.marlaestes.com=0D=0A=
 Lecture: An Evening Book Presentation- Cities of the Soul =0D=0A=
 With Rod Birney, MD=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Cost: $10.00=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presentation Description: =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 If given the chance to take a tour of heaven and hell would you take it?  Experience the spiritual journey facing every man and woman, amidst a landscape of imagination in the depths of our collective unconscious in Cities of the Soul (published by AuthorHouse), the new book by Raphael Rob Birney, M.D.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presenter’s Biography: =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Raphael Rod Birney, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in psychotherapy, meditation instruction, mind-body medicine and spiritual guidance.  He has been actively engaged with his own inner work for over 30 years.  Rod continues to study modern psychology and ancient systems of wisdom.  As a spiritual guide, he is a minister, student and teacher of Universal Sufism, the path of the heart, an interfaith approach to spiritual development for the 21st century.  =0D=0A=
 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 First Friday Art Walk=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________Lecture and Discussion: Conversations about Love=0D=0A=
 By Marla Estes, MA=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 $5.00 to $10.00 suggested donation, everyone welcome.=0D=0A=
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 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 The Paradox of Relationship: "I alone must become myself; I cannot become myself alone." -Pittman Mcgeehee=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Join us in our on-going conversation about Love. Tonight's topic will be Narcissism. What is narcissism? What does it serve? Is it "healthy" or "unhealthy"? How might it get in the way of loving? What might the relationship be between narcissism and spirituality? What do thinkers such as Stephen Johnson, Thomas Moore, Erich Fromm, Cyprian Smith and Idries Shah have to say about it?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Please join us to discuss these and other mysteries, weaving in psychological, Jungian, and sociological concepts. Our discussion will focus on relationship as a process instead of as a goal. Through this examination, we have the opportunity to bring more clarity, understanding and awareness to both our conscious and unconscious ideas of love with the possibility of making room for new ones to emerge.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitator's Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Marla Estes lives in Ashland and is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and has led women's study groups. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times and Alternatives Magazine.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Website: http://www.MarlaEstes.comRE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20080920T023000Z
DTEND:20080920T043000Z
PRIORITY:0
CLASS:PUBLIC
SUMMARY:Special Event: Living Deeply: The Art & Science of Transformation in Everyday Life by Marilyn Schlitz & Cassandra Vieten
TRANSP:0
UID:080730673712301386542258117964
URL:http://www.rvml.org/wcplus2008/wc20080919.html
LOCATION:Unitarian Center- 87 4th Street, Ashland
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Free admission, donations welcome.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Presentation Description:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
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 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
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 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
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 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 Join us in our on-going conversation about Love. Tonight's topic will be Narcissism. What is narcissism? What does it serve? Is it "healthy" or "unhealthy"? How might it get in the way of loving? What might the relationship be between narcissism and spirituality? What do thinkers such as Stephen Johnson, Thomas Moore, Erich Fromm, Cyprian Smith and Idries Shah have to say about it?=0D=0A=
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 Please join us to discuss these and other mysteries, weaving in psychological, Jungian, and sociological concepts. Our discussion will focus on relationship as a process instead of as a goal. Through this examination, we have the opportunity to bring more clarity, understanding and awareness to both our conscious and unconscious ideas of love with the possibility of making room for new ones to emerge.=0D=0A=
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 Marla Estes lives in Ashland and is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and has led women's study groups. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times and Alternatives Magazine.=0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm: Presentation & Book Signing LOCATION: Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 This full-day Workshop, which includes a "Living Deeply" workbook, invites us to Join IONS researchers Marilyn Schlitz and Cassandra Vieten in an intimate focused setting where they will share key insights and practices from their qualitative and quantitative investigation into how people actually transform their lives.=0D=0A=
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 This Workshop blends the rigors of science with the deep wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions. Participants will learn through the disciplines and pathways of rigorous scientific inquiry, group dialogue and direct experience, exploring a variety of transformative practices that dramatically and effectively change a person's consciousness and worldview to one that is more centered, loving, kind, compassionate, and connected to others. (Continuing Education Unit credits available for this workshop.)=0D=0A=
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 Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D, is a cultural anthropologist, a clinical research scientist, writer, speaker, thought leader, and change consultant. Her work over the past three decades explores the interface of consciousness, science, and healing. She is Vice President for Research and Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center. She has published hundreds of articles on consciousness studies, lectured widely on a number of topics, including talks at the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Explorers Club; has taught at Trinity, Stanford, and Harvard Medical Centers; and is the co-editor of "Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine". Marilyn Schlitz is one of the most creative and innovative minds today in the exploration of science and consciousness. Her research provides an extraordinary opening to the understanding of who and what we are, and of what we yet may be. - Jean Houston, Ph.D.=0D=0A=
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 Co-author Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D, is a licensed clinical psychologist, Codirector of the Mind-Body Research Group at California Pacific Medical Center, senior research scientist at IONS, and Vice President of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology. Her research work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the State of California, and several private foundations, has focused on how emotion regulation is involved in addictions, on mindfulness-based approaches to cultivating health and well-being, and on experiences and practices that lead to psychospiritual transformation. She has published several academic articles and chapters as well as conducting numerous presentations at international scientific conferences.=0D=0A=
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 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm Presentation and Book Signing at the Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland: $15.00 general admission, $10.00 students/ low income at the door. Advance tickets available at Soundpeace Books, 199 E. Main Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 Saturday, September 20, 9:30am-5:00pm Full-day Workshop at the Ashland Public Library- Downstairs in the Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland: $120.00 including catered lunch and workbook. Note: Some partial scholarships/ sliding scale available.=0D=0A=
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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
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 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
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 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
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 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
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 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
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 More information & optional sign-up: Marla (541) 482-4948, marla16@charter.net or Zan=0D=0A=
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 If given the chance to take a tour of heaven and hell would you take it?  Experience the spiritual journey facing every man and woman, amidst a landscape of imagination in the depths of our collective unconscious in Cities of the Soul (published by AuthorHouse), the new book by Raphael Rob Birney, M.D.=0D=0A=
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 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
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 Raphael Rod Birney, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in psychotherapy, meditation instruction, mind-body medicine and spiritual guidance.  He has been actively engaged with his own inner work for over 30 years.  Rod continues to study modern psychology and ancient systems of wisdom.  As a spiritual guide, he is a minister, student and teacher of Universal Sufism, the path of the heart, an interfaith approach to spiritual development for the 21st century.  =0D=0A=
 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
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 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
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 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 The Paradox of Relationship: "I alone must become myself; I cannot become myself alone." -Pittman Mcgeehee=0D=0A=
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 Join us in our on-going conversation about Love. Tonight's topic will be Narcissism. What is narcissism? What does it serve? Is it "healthy" or "unhealthy"? How might it get in the way of loving? What might the relationship be between narcissism and spirituality? What do thinkers such as Stephen Johnson, Thomas Moore, Erich Fromm, Cyprian Smith and Idries Shah have to say about it?=0D=0A=
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 Please join us to discuss these and other mysteries, weaving in psychological, Jungian, and sociological concepts. Our discussion will focus on relationship as a process instead of as a goal. Through this examination, we have the opportunity to bring more clarity, understanding and awareness to both our conscious and unconscious ideas of love with the possibility of making room for new ones to emerge.=0D=0A=
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 Marla Estes lives in Ashland and is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and has led women's study groups. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times and Alternatives Magazine.=0D=0A=
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 Website: http://www.MarlaEstes.comRE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
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 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 This full-day Workshop, which includes a "Living Deeply" workbook, invites us to Join IONS researchers Marilyn Schlitz and Cassandra Vieten in an intimate focused setting where they will share key insights and practices from their qualitative and quantitative investigation into how people actually transform their lives.=0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 Special Event: "In this unprecedented turning-point time for our species and our planet, this is a time for Living Deeply."=0D=0A=
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 An Evening Presentation and Full-day Workshop in Ashland with Marilyn Schlitz & Cassandra Vieten, authors of Living Deeply: The Art & Science of Transformation in Everyday Life=0D=0A=
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 “Living Deeply is a brilliant synthesis of science and wisdom from the world's greatest spiritual traditions, both ancient and modern, translated into practical tools for anyone who is seeking more depth and meaning in their life.” ~Deepak Chopra, M.D. =0D=0A=
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 This full-day Workshop, which includes a "Living Deeply" workbook, invites us to Join IONS researchers Marilyn Schlitz and Cassandra Vieten in an intimate focused setting where they will share key insights and practices from their qualitative and quantitative investigation into how people actually transform their lives.=0D=0A=
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SUMMARY:Lecture and Discussion: Conversations about Love by Marla Estes, MA
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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
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 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
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 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 Marla Estes lives in Ashland and is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and has led women's study groups. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times and Alternatives Magazine.=0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
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 An Evening Presentation and Full-day Workshop in Ashland with Marilyn Schlitz & Cassandra Vieten, authors of Living Deeply: The Art & Science of Transformation in Everyday Life=0D=0A=
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 “Living Deeply is a brilliant synthesis of science and wisdom from the world's greatest spiritual traditions, both ancient and modern, translated into practical tools for anyone who is seeking more depth and meaning in their life.” ~Deepak Chopra, M.D. =0D=0A=
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 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm: Presentation & Book Signing LOCATION: Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 This 2-hour Presentation invites us to explore the "Living Deeply" insights and experiences which the authors have gathered, sharing IONS decade-long research into the power and potential of human consciousness. Highlighting wisdom from leading-edge thinkers (including Robert Thurman, Angeles Arrien, Sylvia Boorstein, Ram Dass, Stanislav Groff, Gerald Jampolsky, Jon Kabat-Zinn, George Leonard, Rachel Naomi Remen, Huston Smith and Starkhawk), this thought-provoking presentation will be followed by an audience interactive q&a dialogue and booksigning.=0D=0A=
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 Saturday, September 20, 9:30am-5:00pm: Full-day Workshop LOCATION: Ashland Public Library- Downstairs in the Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 This full-day Workshop, which includes a "Living Deeply" workbook, invites us to Join IONS researchers Marilyn Schlitz and Cassandra Vieten in an intimate focused setting where they will share key insights and practices from their qualitative and quantitative investigation into how people actually transform their lives.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 This Workshop blends the rigors of science with the deep wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions. Participants will learn through the disciplines and pathways of rigorous scientific inquiry, group dialogue and direct experience, exploring a variety of transformative practices that dramatically and effectively change a person's consciousness and worldview to one that is more centered, loving, kind, compassionate, and connected to others. (Continuing Education Unit credits available for this workshop.)=0D=0A=
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 Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D, is a cultural anthropologist, a clinical research scientist, writer, speaker, thought leader, and change consultant. Her work over the past three decades explores the interface of consciousness, science, and healing. She is Vice President for Research and Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center. She has published hundreds of articles on consciousness studies, lectured widely on a number of topics, including talks at the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Explorers Club; has taught at Trinity, Stanford, and Harvard Medical Centers; and is the co-editor of "Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine". Marilyn Schlitz is one of the most creative and innovative minds today in the exploration of science and consciousness. Her research provides an extraordinary opening to the understanding of who and what we are, and of what we yet may be. - Jean Houston, Ph.D.=0D=0A=
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 Co-author Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D, is a licensed clinical psychologist, Codirector of the Mind-Body Research Group at California Pacific Medical Center, senior research scientist at IONS, and Vice President of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology. Her research work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the State of California, and several private foundations, has focused on how emotion regulation is involved in addictions, on mindfulness-based approaches to cultivating health and well-being, and on experiences and practices that lead to psychospiritual transformation. She has published several academic articles and chapters as well as conducting numerous presentations at international scientific conferences.=0D=0A=
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 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm Presentation and Book Signing at the Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland: $15.00 general admission, $10.00 students/ low income at the door. Advance tickets available at Soundpeace Books, 199 E. Main Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 Saturday, September 20, 9:30am-5:00pm Full-day Workshop at the Ashland Public Library- Downstairs in the Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland: $120.00 including catered lunch and workbook. Note: Some partial scholarships/ sliding scale available.=0D=0A=
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 More information and workshop registration: Alan Sasha Lithman, Pearldiver Productions 541-488-0339, cell 541-840-8818. e-mail: pearldiver.productions@earthlink.net               =0D=0A=
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 Co-Sponsored by: The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Pearldiver Events & Productions, Spirituality & Health Magazine, Soundpeace Books, Bloomsbury Books, Friends of the Ashland Public Library, Horizon Institute, OR-IONS and RVML Resource Center.=0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 Special Event: "In this unprecedented turning-point time for our species and our planet, this is a time for Living Deeply."=0D=0A=
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 An Evening Presentation and Full-day Workshop in Ashland with Marilyn Schlitz & Cassandra Vieten, authors of Living Deeply: The Art & Science of Transformation in Everyday Life=0D=0A=
  =0D=0A=
 “Living Deeply is a brilliant synthesis of science and wisdom from the world's greatest spiritual traditions, both ancient and modern, translated into practical tools for anyone who is seeking more depth and meaning in their life.” ~Deepak Chopra, M.D. =0D=0A=
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 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm: Presentation & Book Signing LOCATION: Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 This 2-hour Presentation invites us to explore the "Living Deeply" insights and experiences which the authors have gathered, sharing IONS decade-long research into the power and potential of human consciousness. Highlighting wisdom from leading-edge thinkers (including Robert Thurman, Angeles Arrien, Sylvia Boorstein, Ram Dass, Stanislav Groff, Gerald Jampolsky, Jon Kabat-Zinn, George Leonard, Rachel Naomi Remen, Huston Smith and Starkhawk), this thought-provoking presentation will be followed by an audience interactive q&a dialogue and booksigning.=0D=0A=
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 Saturday, September 20, 9:30am-5:00pm: Full-day Workshop LOCATION: Ashland Public Library- Downstairs in the Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 This full-day Workshop, which includes a "Living Deeply" workbook, invites us to Join IONS researchers Marilyn Schlitz and Cassandra Vieten in an intimate focused setting where they will share key insights and practices from their qualitative and quantitative investigation into how people actually transform their lives.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 This Workshop blends the rigors of science with the deep wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions. Participants will learn through the disciplines and pathways of rigorous scientific inquiry, group dialogue and direct experience, exploring a variety of transformative practices that dramatically and effectively change a person's consciousness and worldview to one that is more centered, loving, kind, compassionate, and connected to others. (Continuing Education Unit credits available for this workshop.)=0D=0A=
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 We invite community members to bring a healthy sense of adventure, an open mind, curiosity, and the intention to facilitate a deeper more meaningful life for yourself and others.=0D=0A=
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 PRESENTERS’ BIOGRAPHIES:=0D=0A=
  =0D=0A=
 Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D, is a cultural anthropologist, a clinical research scientist, writer, speaker, thought leader, and change consultant. Her work over the past three decades explores the interface of consciousness, science, and healing. She is Vice President for Research and Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center. She has published hundreds of articles on consciousness studies, lectured widely on a number of topics, including talks at the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Explorers Club; has taught at Trinity, Stanford, and Harvard Medical Centers; and is the co-editor of "Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine". Marilyn Schlitz is one of the most creative and innovative minds today in the exploration of science and consciousness. Her research provides an extraordinary opening to the understanding of who and what we are, and of what we yet may be. - Jean Houston, Ph.D.=0D=0A=
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 Co-author Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D, is a licensed clinical psychologist, Codirector of the Mind-Body Research Group at California Pacific Medical Center, senior research scientist at IONS, and Vice President of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology. Her research work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the State of California, and several private foundations, has focused on how emotion regulation is involved in addictions, on mindfulness-based approaches to cultivating health and well-being, and on experiences and practices that lead to psychospiritual transformation. She has published several academic articles and chapters as well as conducting numerous presentations at international scientific conferences.=0D=0A=
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 EVENT PRICING:=0D=0A=
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 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm Presentation and Book Signing at the Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland: $15.00 general admission, $10.00 students/ low income at the door. Advance tickets available at Soundpeace Books, 199 E. Main Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 Saturday, September 20, 9:30am-5:00pm Full-day Workshop at the Ashland Public Library- Downstairs in the Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland: $120.00 including catered lunch and workbook. Note: Some partial scholarships/ sliding scale available.=0D=0A=
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 More information and workshop registration: Alan Sasha Lithman, Pearldiver Productions 541-488-0339, cell 541-840-8818. e-mail: pearldiver.productions@earthlink.net               =0D=0A=
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 Website: http://www.noetic.org & http://LivingDeeply.org =0D=0A=
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 Co-Sponsored by: The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Pearldiver Events & Productions, Spirituality & Health Magazine, Soundpeace Books, Bloomsbury Books, Friends of the Ashland Public Library, Horizon Institute, OR-IONS and RVML Resource Center.=0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
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 Lecture and Discussion: Conversations about Love=0D=0A=
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 The Paradox of Relationship: "I alone must become myself; I cannot become myself alone." -Pittman Mcgeehee=0D=0A=
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 In this on-going conversation, we explore Love in its different facets, the dark as well as the light, its highs and its lows, the psychological as well as the spiritual, the sociological as well as the personal.=0D=0A=
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 **What happens when you depend on romantic relationship for your sense of aliveness?* *=0D=0A=
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 someone for who she or he really is - to move beyond fantasy, =0D=0A=
 projections, disillusionment, and even co-dependence - that they will =0D=0A=
 die? What connection might be made between love, death and faith? In =0D=0A=
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 “… [this is God’s] grand enterprise. To make an organism which is also a =0D=0A=
 spirit; to make that terrible oxymoron, a ‘spiritual animal.’ To take a =0D=0A=
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 of love with the possibility of making room for new ones to emerge.=0D=0A=
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 Marla Estes lives in Ashland and is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and has led women's study groups. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times and Alternatives Magazine.=0D=0A=
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SUMMARY:RE-Generation Discussion Series
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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Free Lecture: Transforming to Authenticity: Shadow, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Love=0D=0A=
 With Dr. Zan. E. Nix & Marla Estes, M.A.=0D=0A=
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 What effect do Defense Mechanisms and Shadow have on our capacity to love ourselves and express our authenticity?=0D=0A=
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 It is said that “defense mechanisms are the glue that hold the false self together.” In the search for our own authenticity and wholeness, our Shadow needs to be invited in. Our shadow aspects are often protected by our unconscious and automatic defense mechanisms. In order to enter into this territory, we need self-love to support ourselves with tenderness and compassion through whatever fear, pain and vulnerability that may arise. And the paradox is that we come to love ourselves through embracing our shadow! How do we begin to tease apart the strands of this Gordian Knot?=0D=0A=
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 Join Dr. Zan. E. Nix and Marla Estes, M.A. for this free talk, a psycho-spiritual exploration of the intriguing mysteries of the interrelationship between shadow, defenses and love.=0D=0A=
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 LOCATION: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom 195 A Street, Ashland, Oregon (2 blocks north of RVML)=0D=0A=
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 If given the chance to take a tour of heaven and hell would you take it?  Experience the spiritual journey facing every man and woman, amidst a landscape of imagination in the depths of our collective unconscious in Cities of the Soul (published by AuthorHouse), the new book by Raphael Rob Birney, M.D.=0D=0A=
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 Join a traveler, who progresses through seven cities - The City of Mindless Freedom, The City of Regret, The City of Inspiration, The City of Spiritual Warriors, The City of Remembrance, The City of Union and the Garden of Universal Will - towards inner growth and maturity.  Drawn from various wisdom teachings of humanity, each stage of development and growth is represented as a gate to pass through from city to city.  When reaching the City of Remembrance, he is urged to engage.  Come experience this unique book in an introductory talk at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. =0D=0A=
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 Raphael Rod Birney, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in psychotherapy, meditation instruction, mind-body medicine and spiritual guidance.  He has been actively engaged with his own inner work for over 30 years.  Rod continues to study modern psychology and ancient systems of wisdom.  As a spiritual guide, he is a minister, student and teacher of Universal Sufism, the path of the heart, an interfaith approach to spiritual development for the 21st century.  =0D=0A=
 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
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 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
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 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
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 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
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 First Friday Art Walk=0D=0A=
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 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
 ______________________________________Lecture and Discussion: Conversations about Love=0D=0A=
 By Marla Estes, MA=0D=0A=
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 The Paradox of Relationship: "I alone must become myself; I cannot become myself alone." -Pittman Mcgeehee=0D=0A=
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 Join us in our on-going conversation about Love. Tonight's topic will be Narcissism. What is narcissism? What does it serve? Is it "healthy" or "unhealthy"? How might it get in the way of loving? What might the relationship be between narcissism and spirituality? What do thinkers such as Stephen Johnson, Thomas Moore, Erich Fromm, Cyprian Smith and Idries Shah have to say about it?=0D=0A=
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 Please join us to discuss these and other mysteries, weaving in psychological, Jungian, and sociological concepts. Our discussion will focus on relationship as a process instead of as a goal. Through this examination, we have the opportunity to bring more clarity, understanding and awareness to both our conscious and unconscious ideas of love with the possibility of making room for new ones to emerge.=0D=0A=
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 Marla Estes lives in Ashland and is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and has led women's study groups. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times and Alternatives Magazine.=0D=0A=
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 Website: http://www.MarlaEstes.comRE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
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 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
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 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
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 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
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 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
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 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
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 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
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 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
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 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
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 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
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 Special Event: "In this unprecedented turning-point time for our species and our planet, this is a time for Living Deeply."=0D=0A=
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 An Evening Presentation and Full-day Workshop in Ashland with Marilyn Schlitz & Cassandra Vieten, authors of Living Deeply: The Art & Science of Transformation in Everyday Life=0D=0A=
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 “Living Deeply is a brilliant synthesis of science and wisdom from the world's greatest spiritual traditions, both ancient and modern, translated into practical tools for anyone who is seeking more depth and meaning in their life.” ~Deepak Chopra, M.D. =0D=0A=
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 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm: Presentation & Book Signing LOCATION: Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 This 2-hour Presentation invites us to explore the "Living Deeply" insights and experiences which the authors have gathered, sharing IONS decade-long research into the power and potential of human consciousness. Highlighting wisdom from leading-edge thinkers (including Robert Thurman, Angeles Arrien, Sylvia Boorstein, Ram Dass, Stanislav Groff, Gerald Jampolsky, Jon Kabat-Zinn, George Leonard, Rachel Naomi Remen, Huston Smith and Starkhawk), this thought-provoking presentation will be followed by an audience interactive q&a dialogue and booksigning.=0D=0A=
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 Saturday, September 20, 9:30am-5:00pm: Full-day Workshop LOCATION: Ashland Public Library- Downstairs in the Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 This full-day Workshop, which includes a "Living Deeply" workbook, invites us to Join IONS researchers Marilyn Schlitz and Cassandra Vieten in an intimate focused setting where they will share key insights and practices from their qualitative and quantitative investigation into how people actually transform their lives.=0D=0A=
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 This Workshop blends the rigors of science with the deep wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions. Participants will learn through the disciplines and pathways of rigorous scientific inquiry, group dialogue and direct experience, exploring a variety of transformative practices that dramatically and effectively change a person's consciousness and worldview to one that is more centered, loving, kind, compassionate, and connected to others. (Continuing Education Unit credits available for this workshop.)=0D=0A=
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 We invite community members to bring a healthy sense of adventure, an open mind, curiosity, and the intention to facilitate a deeper more meaningful life for yourself and others.=0D=0A=
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 PRESENTERS’ BIOGRAPHIES:=0D=0A=
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 Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D, is a cultural anthropologist, a clinical research scientist, writer, speaker, thought leader, and change consultant. Her work over the past three decades explores the interface of consciousness, science, and healing. She is Vice President for Research and Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center. She has published hundreds of articles on consciousness studies, lectured widely on a number of topics, including talks at the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Explorers Club; has taught at Trinity, Stanford, and Harvard Medical Centers; and is the co-editor of "Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine". Marilyn Schlitz is one of the most creative and innovative minds today in the exploration of science and consciousness. Her research provides an extraordinary opening to the understanding of who and what we are, and of what we yet may be. - Jean Houston, Ph.D.=0D=0A=
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 Co-author Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D, is a licensed clinical psychologist, Codirector of the Mind-Body Research Group at California Pacific Medical Center, senior research scientist at IONS, and Vice President of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology. Her research work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the State of California, and several private foundations, has focused on how emotion regulation is involved in addictions, on mindfulness-based approaches to cultivating health and well-being, and on experiences and practices that lead to psychospiritual transformation. She has published several academic articles and chapters as well as conducting numerous presentations at international scientific conferences.=0D=0A=
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 EVENT PRICING:=0D=0A=
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 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm Presentation and Book Signing at the Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland: $15.00 general admission, $10.00 students/ low income at the door. Advance tickets available at Soundpeace Books, 199 E. Main Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 Saturday, September 20, 9:30am-5:00pm Full-day Workshop at the Ashland Public Library- Downstairs in the Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland: $120.00 including catered lunch and workbook. Note: Some partial scholarships/ sliding scale available.=0D=0A=
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 More information and workshop registration: Alan Sasha Lithman, Pearldiver Productions 541-488-0339, cell 541-840-8818. e-mail: pearldiver.productions@earthlink.net               =0D=0A=
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 Website: http://www.noetic.org & http://LivingDeeply.org =0D=0A=
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 Co-Sponsored by: The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Pearldiver Events & Productions, Spirituality & Health Magazine, Soundpeace Books, Bloomsbury Books, Friends of the Ashland Public Library, Horizon Institute, OR-IONS and RVML Resource Center.=0D=0A=
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 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 Special Event: "In this unprecedented turning-point time for our species and our planet, this is a time for Living Deeply."=0D=0A=
  =0D=0A=
 An Evening Presentation and Full-day Workshop in Ashland with Marilyn Schlitz & Cassandra Vieten, authors of Living Deeply: The Art & Science of Transformation in Everyday Life=0D=0A=
  =0D=0A=
 “Living Deeply is a brilliant synthesis of science and wisdom from the world's greatest spiritual traditions, both ancient and modern, translated into practical tools for anyone who is seeking more depth and meaning in their life.” ~Deepak Chopra, M.D. =0D=0A=
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 EVENT DESCRIPTIONS:=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm: Presentation & Book Signing LOCATION: Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 This 2-hour Presentation invites us to explore the "Living Deeply" insights and experiences which the authors have gathered, sharing IONS decade-long research into the power and potential of human consciousness. Highlighting wisdom from leading-edge thinkers (including Robert Thurman, Angeles Arrien, Sylvia Boorstein, Ram Dass, Stanislav Groff, Gerald Jampolsky, Jon Kabat-Zinn, George Leonard, Rachel Naomi Remen, Huston Smith and Starkhawk), this thought-provoking presentation will be followed by an audience interactive q&a dialogue and booksigning.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Saturday, September 20, 9:30am-5:00pm: Full-day Workshop LOCATION: Ashland Public Library- Downstairs in the Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 This full-day Workshop, which includes a "Living Deeply" workbook, invites us to Join IONS researchers Marilyn Schlitz and Cassandra Vieten in an intimate focused setting where they will share key insights and practices from their qualitative and quantitative investigation into how people actually transform their lives.=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 This Workshop blends the rigors of science with the deep wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions. Participants will learn through the disciplines and pathways of rigorous scientific inquiry, group dialogue and direct experience, exploring a variety of transformative practices that dramatically and effectively change a person's consciousness and worldview to one that is more centered, loving, kind, compassionate, and connected to others. (Continuing Education Unit credits available for this workshop.)=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 We invite community members to bring a healthy sense of adventure, an open mind, curiosity, and the intention to facilitate a deeper more meaningful life for yourself and others.=0D=0A=
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 =0D=0A=
 PRESENTERS’ BIOGRAPHIES:=0D=0A=
  =0D=0A=
 Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D, is a cultural anthropologist, a clinical research scientist, writer, speaker, thought leader, and change consultant. Her work over the past three decades explores the interface of consciousness, science, and healing. She is Vice President for Research and Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center. She has published hundreds of articles on consciousness studies, lectured widely on a number of topics, including talks at the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Explorers Club; has taught at Trinity, Stanford, and Harvard Medical Centers; and is the co-editor of "Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine". Marilyn Schlitz is one of the most creative and innovative minds today in the exploration of science and consciousness. Her research provides an extraordinary opening to the understanding of who and what we are, and of what we yet may be. - Jean Houston, Ph.D.=0D=0A=
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 Co-author Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D, is a licensed clinical psychologist, Codirector of the Mind-Body Research Group at California Pacific Medical Center, senior research scientist at IONS, and Vice President of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology. Her research work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the State of California, and several private foundations, has focused on how emotion regulation is involved in addictions, on mindfulness-based approaches to cultivating health and well-being, and on experiences and practices that lead to psychospiritual transformation. She has published several academic articles and chapters as well as conducting numerous presentations at international scientific conferences.=0D=0A=
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 EVENT PRICING:=0D=0A=
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 Friday, September 19, 7:30-9:30pm Presentation and Book Signing at the Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street, Ashland: $15.00 general admission, $10.00 students/ low income at the door. Advance tickets available at Soundpeace Books, 199 E. Main Street, Ashland.=0D=0A=
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 Saturday, September 20, 9:30am-5:00pm Full-day Workshop at the Ashland Public Library- Downstairs in the Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland: $120.00 including catered lunch and workbook. Note: Some partial scholarships/ sliding scale available.=0D=0A=
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 More information and workshop registration: Alan Sasha Lithman, Pearldiver Productions 541-488-0339, cell 541-840-8818. e-mail: pearldiver.productions@earthlink.net               =0D=0A=
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 Website: http://www.noetic.org & http://LivingDeeply.org =0D=0A=
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 Co-Sponsored by: The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Pearldiver Events & Productions, Spirituality & Health Magazine, Soundpeace Books, Bloomsbury Books, Friends of the Ashland Public Library, Horizon Institute, OR-IONS and RVML Resource Center.=0D=0A=
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 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
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 Lecture and Discussion: Conversations about Love=0D=0A=
 By Marla Estes, MA=0D=0A=
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 The Paradox of Relationship: "I alone must become myself; I cannot become myself alone." -Pittman Mcgeehee=0D=0A=
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 In this on-going conversation, we explore Love in its different facets, the dark as well as the light, its highs and its lows, the psychological as well as the spiritual, the sociological as well as the personal.=0D=0A=
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 **What happens when you depend on romantic relationship for your sense of aliveness?* *=0D=0A=
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 Tonight’s topic is Love and Loss. Do we defend ourselves against love to =0D=0A=
 avoid the pain of its loss? Why might it be “better to have loved and =0D=0A=
 lost, then to never have loved at all”? How do we live with the cruel =0D=0A=
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 someone for who she or he really is - to move beyond fantasy, =0D=0A=
 projections, disillusionment, and even co-dependence - that they will =0D=0A=
 die? What connection might be made between love, death and faith? In =0D=0A=
 part, we will refer to C.S. Lewis’ experiences of moving from grief to =0D=0A=
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 “… [this is God’s] grand enterprise. To make an organism which is also a =0D=0A=
 spirit; to make that terrible oxymoron, a ‘spiritual animal.’ To take a =0D=0A=
 poor primate, a beast with nerve endings all over it, a creature with a =0D=0A=
 stomach that wants to be filled, a breeding animal that wants its mate, =0D=0A=
 and say, ‘Now get on with it. Become a god.’”=0D=0A=
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 Please join us to discuss these mysteries, weaving in psychological, =0D=0A=
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 relationship as a process instead of as a goal. Through this =0D=0A=
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 of love with the possibility of making room for new ones to emerge.=0D=0A=
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 Marla Estes lives in Ashland and is a workshop leader, teacher, writer, and mentor. Having a Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies, she has taught at SOU Extension, the SAEJ program at Ashland High School, and has led women's study groups. Several of her articles have been published in the Sentient Times and Alternatives Magazine.=0D=0A=
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 Website: http://www.MarlaEstes.com=0D=0A=
 RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next Generation=0D=0A=
 Alternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm=0D=0A=
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 30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.=0D=0A=
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 FREE ADMISSION - Intended for people 18-32 years old=0D=0A=
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 In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. =0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?=0D=0A=
 =0D=0A=
 Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.=0D=0A=
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 Facilitators' Biography:=0D=0A=
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 Dominic Allamano is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.=0D=0A=
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 He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence.  Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture. =0D=0A=
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 To receive e-mail updates about events at RVML, click http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html=0D=0A=
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 RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."=0D=0A=
 
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