*Luv and Just the Personal Growth Excerpts from
www.catalystforfun.com newsletter! x amanda winters

2) Enjoying Authentic Living April 3 and 9th with John Horton
3) Being Intimate with Nature April 23
4) Deval Primal and Miten Concert selling out fast April 28th!
5)Coleman Barks reads Rumi April 29th (wow==he's that dy-no-mite
translater of Rumi and author or many books!!)
6) Successfully Single Class with Mark Shafer starts April 5 (I
recommend anything Mark does!--fun class! aw)
7) Morning Mist Retreat Center Upcoming Events
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  Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela---I recommend this film! It's a
fascinating documentary about a massive spiritual  festival in India
where 40-70 million people bathe in the ganges river to reach
enlightenment quicker..see www.auschron.com for more info
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"An elementary particle is not independently existing, unanalyzable
entity.  It is, in essence, a set of relationships that reach
outward to other things."  H. P. Stapp twentieth-century physicist
  The entire universe is in every part, and every aspect of the
universe. Conversely, every part and every aspect is in the
universe.  Nothing separate exists nor can it possibly exist.
Carson's Commentary
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  2) EXPLORING AUTHENTIC LIVING (I love the teacher, John--he is as
joyful and authentic as you can get--I am sure you will get a lot
out of this aw)

  A one day workshop led by John Horton
>
> Come join together in the divinely human experience of exploring,
> discovering and expressing our authentic gifts.
>
> Our expression IS our gift
> purely human, truly divine!
>
> We will gather together in an inclusive environment and give our
gift
> of attention and sharing with one another. This day will be fun,
> expansive, direct, enlightening and enlivening. Guided exercises
are
Designed to  reveal  deeper levels of connection with ourselves and
others thus  allowing our natural expression to move freely.

  This work is designed to bring forth peak
experience. If your interested in moving into the mystical and then
integrating that into your life, this is for you!

  Day and time: April 3rd & again on the 9th,
10am until 6pm
  Cost: $65 which includes lunch and healthy snacks Cost is never a
  reason not to come
Fire circle, storytelling, music and dance afterward
  Contact: John Horton 771-6774 for info and
Directions  E-mail: awakethehuman@...
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3) Being Intimate with Nature
An Afternoon of Contemplation and Poetry
April 23rd, 2005 – 1:00-6:00 P.M.
Barton Creek Greenbelt
The Art of Being/Seeing
Join us for a day of being in nature, exploring the relationship
between self and world through the living experience of the present
moment. We'll intimately explore a small section of the Barton Creek
Greenbelt, learning to by-pass the mind so we can see the world from
a deeper place in all its rich detail and completeness. As we see
the world, we'll reflect on our identity as human beings and our
relationship with the larger world. From deep seeing comes insight
and its natural expression in poetry.
The day will include periods of contemplation/writing followed by
group sharing. We'll also practice walking meditation, and for those
who are interested, a swim in Barton Creek. No experience in writing
is needed. Instruction will be provided.
Paméla is a lover of nature, poet and long-time student of Buddhism.
Her first book of poems – Bird of the Present Moment – will be
published this spring by Plainview Press.
We hold within us the entire cosmos. How does the cosmos seek to
express itself through this one life?
Cost: $40-50 sliding scale
For more information, including a more detailed schedule, list of
things to bring, where to meet, how to sign up, plans for a rainy
day, etc., contact Paméla Overeynder at touchingpeace@...
or call 512.428.9921. Paméla will be away from April 1-8th so expect
a reply to inquiries around April 9th.
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This body –
like tender new leaves
in the morning breeze –
trembles with joy.
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4) Deva Premal and Miten Concert
The One World Theatre
Thursday April 28th.

Reception at 6 pm
Concert at 7 pm
Dance Party at 9 pm

Amrita and Ezra request that you bring a new or used book
with you to donate to the African project initiated by the
Foundation for Divine Consciousness
http://www.divineconsciousness.org/display.php/tid/54.html

Please mark your calendars early for what promises to be a most
memorable evening of spectacular music with European musicians Deva
Premal and Miten.

Last year we were introduced to the enchanting music of Premal and
Miten, and their CD's have been a constant presence in our home,
hearts, and lives ever since. We wanted to create an event for our
friends and their friends to enjoy this music together, and are
sponsoring a concert featuring them at the beautiful One World
Theatre on Thursday, April 28 starting at 7 pm. Tickets are only
$25, plus a new or used book for the African Book Drive. For anyone
unfamiliar with them and their music, attached are a few clips and
you can visit www.devamusic.com for more information. We can't say
enough about the power of their music to inspire, expand, and enrich
your heart.

The space that these incredibly talented musicians create is
indescribable, the aesthetics of the One World Theatre are
exquisite; add to those the energy of awakened and appreciative
concert goers, and we will experience a truly magical evening.

The concert will last from 1 1/2 to 2 hours, with a dance party to
follow for those who wish to stay. To reserve your tickets, please
send a check for $25 for each ticket, payable to Leslie Moor, to
2705 Berenson Lane, Austin, TX 78746. You must include an email
address or fax number for us to confirm your reservation and deliver
tickets to you. The One World Theatre has limited seating, so we are
uncertain if tickets will be available the night of the show. Please
do not call One World Theatre for tickets or with questions; since
this is a private party their box office is not involved with the
process. Email Ezra at moor@... with any questions you may
have about the evening.

Feel free to forward this email to your friends who would enjoy and
appreciate this fabulous event. Hope to see all of you on the 28th.

Peace
Ezra and Amrita
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5) Texas Nafas (Access TV Show) Presents
COLEMAN BARKS "The Poetry of Longing: Coleman Barks Reads Rumi"

Musical Accompaniment by Olive! r Rajamani and Mundi

Friday, April 29th at 7pm

Texas School for the Deaf
1102 S. Congress Avenue

Tickets go on sale March 1, 2005

Tickets are $20 in advance
$25 at the door and
$10 at the door for students with student ID.

For information call 512-258-3340 or go to http://
www.texasnafas.org/

Free parking on campus with 3 security guards.

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6) Successfully Single: Living A Rich Life

starts Tuesday, April 5, 7-10 pm. This course is an excellent
complement to Building A Healthy Relationship--see the description
below. The first session meets at St. Matthews Episcopal, Rm. B-21.
Please be aware that the next offering for this seminar will not be
until September, and that space is limited--so it may be important
to pre-register or show up on time that night if you already sure
you want to take the course.

See www.mshafer.com for more info (led by Mark Shafer==I recommend
his work==amanda)

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7) Morning Mist Retreats invitation to April 2005 Events

April 1-3 ASSEMBLAGE POINT SHIFT, free intro on Friday
April 2  WORKING WITH CRYSTALS; THE POWER OF CRYSTAL GRIDS
April 10 EXPLORE THE MAGIG OF THE DRUM
April 12 WHAT THE HECK … DO IT ANYHOW: RISK WITHOUT REGRET **
April 15-17 CHOOSING YOUR TRIBE, AN URBAN RETREAT **
April 16 ZEN HOME MAKE-OVER, free retreat for volunteers
**  Discount for Registration by April 1st

ASSEMBLAGE POINT SHIFT
When: Free Introduction Friday April 1 – 7 to 9 p.m; Retreat April
2 & 3 –  9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Message: I've been to several AP circles now and each one is so
unique and increasingly deeper for me. Cheyenne's combination of
bluntness and gentleness continues to catch my attention and alerts
me to follow my heart path. Sometimes we need to be reminded and
nudged along. Cheyenne's presence, as with any person of raised
consciousness or high frequency, induces in us a higher frequency as
well. The discussions of our archetypes and subconscious dreams, all
help to calm the beasty ego mind. The distraction opens us up to
glimpse the beauty of our inner heartspace.  Here's your opportunity
to take part in the dance between your beauty and your beast.  Join
us and bring a friend so we can grow our Austin circle.   Enrique.
Enroll: Friday free, $250 for Sat. and Sun.  Call Enrique Zepeda,
512-
335-4337. For more details see messages at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/morning_mist_retreats

WORKING WITH CRYSTALS; THE POWER OF CRYSTAL GRIDS
When: Saturday, April 2 – 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Northwest Austin off 183 and Spicewood Springs, call for
specific location.
What: You will work with various types of crystals and other
stones
and learn powerful activiation techniques to multiply the crystal's
energy.  Build your own sacred Geometric Power Grid and stone
selection for to energize and balance your charkas and environment.
Facilitated by Paul Hubbert, an intuitive channel who works with the
healing vibration of sound, through toning, crystal bowls and
traditional methods.
Enroll: $111 Fee, preregistration required. Call Paul Hubbert 512-
891-
7887 or paulHSH@...   Please mention your Morning Mist Retreats
referral.

EXPLORE THE MAGIG OF THE DRUM
When: Sunday, April 10 – 4 to 6 p.m.
Where: DRUMZ, 3700 1/2 Kerbey Lane, Austin, TX  78731
What: A mini-workshop on hand drumming for beginners with teacher
Sherry Gingras.  Join DRUMZ owner and longtime drum teacher.   Drumz
are provided or bring your own. Learn hand technique on West African
djembe drums, drum circle ettiquette, the Babatunde drum language,
some rhythm basics, exercises to develop hand technique, and a West
African-style rhythm. Learn new ways to express yourself,
communicate
with others, and connect  to your community through the magic of the
drum!
Enroll: $20 Call Sherry at 453-9090. Space is limited.  MC/VISA
accepted.  Please mention your Morning Mist Retreats referral.

AW, WHAT THE HECK … DO IT ANYHOW: RISK WITHOUT REGRET
When: Tuesday, April 12 – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Norris Conference Center, Northcross Mall, Austin
What: Learn what it takes to make changes, shift gears, satisfy
your yearnings, and make your heart sing.  You will leave with: New
ideas and desires for your life, an enlightened spirit, a connection
with others pursuing their dreams, and a game plan for living your
life fully!  Facilitated by Ann Fry, nationally recognized speaker
and motivational coach with experience and training as a social work
therapist.
Enroll: Registration: $79 ($69 by April 1)  For more information and
registration call Ann Fry at 342-1077 or online:
www.awwhattheheck.com   Please mention your Morning Mist Retreats
referral.  Credit cards accepted.

"CHOOSING YOUR TRIBE", AN URBAN RETREAT
When: Friday, April 15 through Sunday April 17, 2005
Where: The LifeDance Institute (next to NiaSpace), 3212 S.
Congress,
Austin 78704
What: In every life, it eventually becomes necessary to discern
who
empowers
you, supports you, feeds you (your tribe) and those who do not.  The
ability to identify these essential individuals is important to
one's
progress and spiritual evolution. This workshop provides the
context,
structure and guidance to provide discernment among your
relationships based on key shamanic concepts and
exercises.  Facilitated by Gerry Starnes, teacher, facilitator,
coach
and director of the Life Dance Institute.
Enroll: Registration: $175 ($200 at the door). $85 deposit by April
1
holds your space.  For more information, schedule and registration
call Gerry Starnes at 586-2736 or online:
www.ShamanicPassages.com/workshops/ChooseYourTribe.htm   Please
mention your Morning Mist Retreats referral.

ZEN MAKE-OVER and RETREAT
When: Volunteer Opportunity: Saturday April 16 – 8 a.m. to dark
Message: Join in the fun and excitement of transforming an
ordinary home into a place of beauty through replacing the siding
and
an exterior paint makeover.  Experts and beginners are welcome and
appreciated.  In exchange you are invited to attend an all day Zen
Retreat at this transformed home on May 21.
Sign up: Call Karen Kirkpatrick at 267-0619 or email
Karenlynnk@....
What to Bring:   Tools you may have including hammer, circular saw,
ladders, sander, painting supplies (rollers, brushes, paint pan),
folding chair.  For details see previous message at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/morning_mist_retreats

Morning Mist Retreats is a Texas Non-profit Organization dedicated
to
providing retreats that are spiritual, experiential, culturally
diverse and affordable leading to individual transformation and
personal fulfillment.

For more information: Join our Yahoo group mailing list at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/morning_mist_retreats
Or contact Karen Kirkpatrick at (512) 267-0619 or Karenlynnk@...
to be added to the list

I heard there is a school of metaphysics in Austin. I believe it
offers, or may only have, correspondence courses. Does anyone know
about the school? I am very intersting in learning more about
metaphysics and healing. Any information will be greatly appreciated.
Dale

1) Art of Living Foundation Intl Known Teacher on Monday
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"God loves you when you dance" Billy Joe Shaver

"Its a big sweet life...." John Dee Graham

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The Art of Living
Foundation
presents
An Intimate Evening of Wisdom, Music and Meditation
with Internationally Revered Spiritual Leader  His Holiness Sri Sri
Ravi Shankar


Monday March 28th, 7:30 pm
One World Theater, 7701 Bee Caves Road, Austin
Tickets: $30

Tickets available at www.artoflivingaustin.org
or call 1-866-616-2675

His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a spiritual leader and global
humanitarian of wide renown. His universal message and lifework seeks
global peace and development by bringing about sustained individual
commitment to joyful living, selfless service and self-awareness. He
is the founder of numerous charitable and educational organizations,
including the internationally lauded Art of Living Foundation. His
programs have reached and benefited more than 20 million people
across the world.

For More information visit www.artoflivingaustin.org

Luv and excerpts from www.catalystforfun.com newsletter
happy easter! xo amanda winters

0) Healing from the Inside Out Free workshop at Omega,
    Thurs, March 24
1)Upcoming Event: Whose Faith? Which Morals?:
Religion, Politics, and Values Symposium, April 17
3) Jung Society Upcoming Events
3) What are We Here For? 2 day Program April 23-24

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"It did not matter what we expected from life, but rather what life
expected from us.  We needed to stop asking about the meaning of
life, and instead to think of ourselves  as those being questioned
by life - daily and hourly.  Our answer must consist, not in talk
and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct.  Life
ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer
to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets
for each of us." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

We continue to seek the right answer while asking the wrong
question.  The answer we are seeking is in the experience we are
avoiding.

*this quote is from the wonderful quote a day site,
www.dailyinspiration.com, *go to the  "free offers" section of the
website to sign up for daily quotes in you email box!
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0) Thursday, March 24, 7:30 PM @ The Crossings - FREE
"Healing from the Inside Out"
Presented by Phyllis Books
Wise ones throughout history and various cultures unanimously call
for a clean heart, a clean body, and a clean mind. Come join us for
an introductory evening with Phyllis Books to discuss how deep
cleaning the layers of your consciousness and your belly invites
powerful revitalization and renewal on all levels.
For more info: www.omegacrossings.com
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1) Whose Faith? Which Morals?:
Religion, Politics, and Values
A Deliberative Public Symposium
Presented by The University of Texas Humanities Institute and
Religious Studies Program, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential
Library, and the Austin Area Inter-Religious Ministries
APRIL 13-14, 2005

Wednesday, April 13:
Religion, Politics, and Moral Values: Framing the Issues.
7:00-9:00 pm. LBJ Presidential Library Auditorium, 26th & Red River

A Panel Discussion,
moderated by Betty Sue Flowers, Director, LBJ Presidential Library
with:


Rev. Dr. James Forbes, Senior Leader, Riverside Church, New York,
author of Healing the
Spirit of America & co-chair of
A Partnership of Faith
Rabbi David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reformed Judaism
& Chair, U. S, Commission on International Religious Freedom

Prof. Mark Silk,
Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public
Life, and author of Unsecular Media: Making News of Religion in
America


Thursday, April 14:
Enacting Morality:  Personal  Values, Social Justice, and Public
Policy.
9:00 am - 4:00 pm.  Thompson Conference Center, 26th & Red River

9:00-9:30  Prof. Mark Silk: "Red State, Blue State, Old Faith,
New Faith"
9:30-10:00 Audience questions and discussion.

10:15-11:15  Roundtable:  What are the religious and secular
bases of our moral
commitments? (with Dr. Whit Bodman-Austin Presbyterian Seminary;
Imam Safdar
Razi—Al-Mahdi Center; Prof. Richard Markovits – UT Law School;
Cantor Neil
Blumofe—Congregation Agudas Achim)
11:15-11:45 Audience questions and discussion.

11:45-1:00 "Open Space" luncheon workshops: small table
discussions of topics proposed by attendees

1:15-1:45 Reverend James Forbes: Presentation (title TBA)
1:45-2:15 Audience questions and discussion.

2:30-3:30 Roundtable: How can we move beyond polarization,
while  enacting moral commitments in the public sphere? (with Rev.
Emilee Whitehurst--Director, AAIM; Mr. Fred Butler--Community Action
Network; Rev. Frank Garrett--host, "Wake-Up Call, KAZI; Ms. Josefina
Castiillo—AFS; Rev. Tom Vandestadt-Religion & Labor Network of
Austin; Dean Rod Hart—UT Col. of Communication)

3:30-4:00 Audience questions and discussion: "Where do we go
from here?"

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Sunday, April 17, "Values at Work." 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, AFL-CIO Hall,
1106 Lavaca St.  A simple meal and program sponsored by the Religion
and Labor Network of Austin focusing on bringing spiritual and moral
values directly to bear on issues laborers face in the workplace.
Contact ucausti@... for more information.

To reserve a seat for Thursday's symposium and a box lunch for
the "Open Space" lunch , call 471-2654 or email
information@... .  Symposium admission is
free; lunch is $5.00

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2) Upcoming Jung Society Events
April - May Program Reminder
Thank You For Your Continued Support in 2005
_____________________________________________ SPRING 2005 SCHEDULE
OF CLASSES AND EVENTS (See the Detailed Description of Classes and
Events below or go to www.jungsociety.org for further information)
____________________________________________
•  Meditation Workshop - Karen Vandiver; Workshop - Saturday April 2
____________________________________________
•  Sponsored by an alliance association of the Jung Society, the
Story Circle Network: A Story Circle LifeWriting Retreat April 8-10,
2005 ____________________________________________
•  The Feminine in Fairytales - Murr; 6 week class starting Tuesday,
April 5 ____________________________________________
•  Wellness or Psychopathology Emerging Within a Relational Field:
Insights from Jungian Theory, Type Development and Cognitive
Science " - Hawkins; Lecture - Tuesday, May 10
____________________________________________
•  Discover The Simple Truths of The Tree Of Life, A Demystified
Vision - Louis; Lecture - Friday, May 13
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•  The Book of Identities, or how to stop the story and be free -
Louis; Workshop - Saturday, May 14
____________________________________________ Event Details
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_____________________________________________ The Feminine in
Fairytales taught by Dr. Priscilla Murr, is a class for anyone
interested in the feminine, women who want to know more about this
energy in themselves, and men who want to know more about this same
energy in themselves. This is a classic text by one of Jung's most
outstanding pupils, Marie- Louise von Franz. Please read the first
chapter before the first class. Required reading: the Feminine in
Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise von Franz (try adebooks. com) Class will
begin Tuesday, April 5, 2005, from 7:30pm to 9:30pm for 6 weeks at
1710 Palma Plaza. The fee for this class is $96 for non-members and
$72 for members. CEU's are available for a fee of $5 For more
informationcall 477-6192. [Priscilla Murr, Ph.D., L.P.C, Jungian
Analyst, received her PhD in English from the University of Zurich
and her Diploma in Depth Psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute,
Zurich. Priscilla received her BA in English from the University of
California at Berkeley. She has been in private practice in Austin
since 1985 and is a Licensed Professional Counselor.]
_____________________________________________ Meditation Workshop by
Karen Vandiver, LPC, LMFT. DATE: Saturday, April 2, 2005 from 10am
to 3pm. PHONE: 327-8355. Fee: $48/$40 for members. CEU's available.
Unity Center North on Desau Road. This class is for beginners but
all are welcome. We will explore the different ways in which
meditation can enrich the quality of our lives. Methods of
meditation have existed for thousands of years as a spiritual
discipline to achieve enlightenment. Some believe that it
facilitates individuation. Today there are many practical ways in
which it is utilized such as managing stress, relaxation, insight,
problem solving, thought stopping, contemplation, and solitude.
Through discussion and practice we will sample the many facets of
this ancient technique while exploring some modern applications.
This deepens and enriches one's interior life while energizing us to
live in the world in a meaningful way. Bring a pillow if you prefer
sitting on the floor for meditation. Also bring a sack lunch.
Included in this workshop will be meditation using Unity Center's
beautiful labyrinth which is a replica of the labyrinth at Notre
Dame de Chartres near Paris, France, which she visited many times.
Also on loan to Unity Center at this time from the Jung Society of
Austin and which will be utilized during this workshop, will be a
view of the Jung Society's collection of 26 mandala's created and
donated by Chicago artist Geoffey Graham. [Karen Vandiver, LPC,
LMFT, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Austin, Texas with
over 20 years of experience and training. She is a past president of
the Jung Society of Austin and a class presenter there for 15 years.
She began her own meditation practice in 1980 and since that time
has studied different meditation disciplines. Her own practice
includes participating in silent retreats annually.]
_____________________________________________ Sponsored by an
alliance association of the Jung Society, the Story Circle Network:
A Story Circle LifeWriting Retreat April 8-10, 2005 Festival Hill,
Round Top TX with Maureen Murdock. For more information, please
visit: http://www.storycircle.org/index.html
_____________________________________________ Wellness or
Psychopathology Emerging Within a Relational Field: Insights from
Jungian Theory, Type Development and Cognitive Science " by Dr. Ray
Hawkins, PhD. This paper was presented at the 10th Biennial
Convention of the Association for Psychological Type in Newport
Beach, California, 1993. The lecture will be held Tuesday May 10th,
6:30pm - IONS/INACS/JSA Presentation at the Austin History Center
located at 810 Guadalupe Street. CEU's are available for for $5
Admission is free. For more information call 478- 6461. [Ray
Hawkins, PhD. lectures and provides clinical supervision at the
University of Texas at Austin. He is currently serving as a core
faculty member for The Fielding Graduate Institute, an APA approved
doctoral program in clinical psychology, and in October he joined
the New Life Institute where he has a part-time practice. He has co-
edited two books and published numerous articles on addictive
behaviors, cognitive-behavior therapy, and Jungian psychological
type applications. In addition, he has served on the boards of the
Jung Society of Austin, the Institute for neurosciences and
Consciousness Studies, and the Scientific Anomalies Institute.]
_____________________________________________ Discover The Simple
Truths of The Tree Of Life, A Demystified Vision by Mahalene Louis,
Lic. Litt. This lecture will be held Friday evening, May 13, 2005
beginning at 7:30pm. The fee for the lecture is $15 for non-members
and $12 for members and will begin at 7:30pm at Whole Earth
Provisions located at 2410 San Antonio near UT campus. For more
information call 632-8952. Whether aware or not, any sentient life-
form is on a journey to perfection, i.e. a journey to becoming
conscious. Such attainment is the greatest adventure, as it aligns
your being to universal principles so intuitively correct that they
reveal and open on the gates of heaven. What if this journey was
actually mapped out in symbols, which are real because they are the
same across times and cultures? What if some decluttering of our
Judeo- Christian mysticism was necessary, in light of knowledge
being controlled and hidden for so long? Possibly then, we would
come into a vision that creates harmony in between opposite
viewpoints, and provides more presence. Possibly we would go beyond
the limitations of languages, embody the words we speak, and thus
experience a reality filled with grace.
_____________________________________________ The Book of
Identities, or how to stop the story and be free by Mahalene Louis,
Lic., Litt. This workshop will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2005
from 10am to 4pm. The fee for this workshop is $80 for non-members
and $75 for members. CEU's are available for $5 It will held at
Whole Earth Provisions located at 2410 San Antonio near UT campus.
For more information call 632-8952. 1) Roles and Goals : The 22
Paths of the Tree In our mind we have hundreds of personalities,
each one having its own goal, with its own belief system and logic,
and each one thinking that happiness is in a different direction.
Ask yourself: if I keep doing this, how will things be in three
months, in six months, in a year? Not that great, is it? To engage
your momentum, and be fully present, let us travel the 22 paths of
the Tree. It will give us a compassionate look at the roles we are
playing, these that are conscious and those, not so conscious, these
we choose to keep, and those which we are ready to retire. 2) The
Ultimate Boundary : The Sphere of Knowledge Would you like to
resolve your inner differences, and access more easily the parts of
you that are compassionate, clear sentient, inspired and wise? Are
you tired with feeling like a stranger in a strange land? This class
will allow for a greater understanding of how the Tree of Life, in
its accepted form, only mirrors and reinforces the division of those
who interpreted it. By offering a different viewpoint beyond our
cultural indoctrinations, it will permit for those divisions, which
are keeping us in resistance and suffering, to be seen and
ultimately, experienced and released. [Mahalene Louis, Lic. Litt.,
is a coach and an Inspiration Anchor, an artist, and author of the
forthcoming Book of Identities. She spent her first 20 years in the
U.S. as a self supporting artist. As a native of France, she began
her career as a journalist and a teacher in Europe. Certified as a
Teleleader, she also offers teleclasses, leads and hosts monthly
local Conversation Café events, and publishes a monthly engaging e-
zine called "Turn on the Light!"]
_____________________________________________
Warm Wishes for 2005
- Jung Society

Jung Society
PO BOX 49766 - Austin, Texas 78765
512-478-6461 | carl@... | http://www.jungsociety.org

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3) What are We Here For? 2 day Program April 23-24
Please join us for this two day program on April 23-24 in Austin
featuring three exceptional teachers -- Sheikh Din al-Dayemi, Father
Thomas Keating, and Joseph Chilton Pearce. We will have the
opportunity to explore our heart's deepest question "What Are We
Here For?" in the company of these lovers of God.
Participants will also have opportunities to enrich their spiritual
practice through Taize Chanting, a walking labyrinth, yoga, and
meditation.  A delicious vegetarian lunch will be included each day.
Please view our Website
(http://www.dayemi.org/choicesforchildren/ )  to see our schedule,
information on childcare and lodging, and to register online.
Seating is limited so please register soon.  This is the opportunity
of a lifetime!
All proceeds benefit orphanages and schools in Bangladesh.

With love and respect,
Tria Milo, Conference Coordinator
(512) 821-2074
http://www.dayemi.org/choicesforchildren/
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"Choosing Your Tribe" Urban Retreat
April 15-17, 2005
The Life Dance Institute & NiaSpace
3212 S Congress Avenue, Austin 78704

In every life, it eventually becomes necessary to discern who empowers
you, supports you, feeds you. The ability to identify these essential
individuals – to select your tribe – is important to one's progress
and spiritual evolution. The ability to choose among those who feed
you and those who do not can make the difference between a life well
lived and an enduring sense of lost opportunities, overwhelm or failure.

The "Choosing Your Tribe" workshop provides the context, structure and
guidance to sort through these key issues in order to help you discern
among your relationships. Based on key shamanic concepts and
exercises, we will explore a new methodology of examining the
spiritual connections between you and others, using cross-cultural
observations of relationships based on families of animal guides,
nature spirits and guides, as well as the underlying "tones" of these
groups.

This program is appropriate for the public, as well as practitioners.
CEUs are available for LPCs, Social Workers and Marriage & Family
Therapists through The Life Dance Institute, Austin TX.

Registration: $175 ($200 at the door). $85 deposit by April 1 holds
your space.

For more information, schedule and registration see online:
www.ShamanicPassages.com/workshops/ChooseYourTribe.htm
or call Gerry Starnes at 512-586-2736.

luv and excerpts from www.catalystforfun.com newsletter! x

1) Reminder: Satsang with Olena on Monday night--I recommend!
2) Healing Energy Transmission on Wed with Ann Babler
3) Upcoming Austin Area Inter-religious ministries events
          including religion and morality discussions
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If the heart can become pure and simple, like that of a child, I
think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.

Kitaro Nishida

Jesus said that to enter the kingdom you must become as a little
child.  What both Jesus and Kitaro Nishida were pointing to is
simple: free of these self-created ideas of who we are, we once
again experience the joy that is our true nature.
            Carson's Commentary

*this quote is from the wonderful quote a day site,
www.dailyinspiration.com, *go to the  "free offers" section of the
website to sign up for daily quotes in you email box!
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1) Satsang with Olena

This is an invitation to participate in a nurturing environment in a
search for joy and self discovery. Come join Olena on an exploration
of our real nature.

When:  Monday, March 21 at 7:30 pm
Where: at the home of  Fantasia London,
              3404 Cedar Street in the university area, near the
intersection of 38th and Guadalupe
                A map is available at
http://www.gangajiaustin.org/fantasia/

       Suggested Donation:  $7, If you can't afford the fees, a
donation according to your possibilities is suggested.

Going east on 38th street, it is the second right after you go
through the light at Guadlupe. Going west on 38th street, it is the
first left after you go through the light at Speedway. 3404 is on
the right (west side) almost at the end of the street. Fantasia's
phone number is 459-7188—call if you get lost.



Who is Olena

Olena is a wonderful emptiness teacher born and currently living in
Munich Germany. She has been a teacher, and artist and has led
energy work (self-healing medicine) and meditation groups (known as
language of the heart ). Through all this time she kept seeking for
something missing until beginning last year when realization of the
Self happened.

She has been a disciple of Ramesh Balsekar the renknown Advaita
Vedanta Master.

Olena has never lost connection to the spaciousness; and there has
been a deep connection to the creator itself, but in her life there
has also been a lot of suffering. In 2002 during a retreat with
Ramesh Balsekar in India, a deep awakening happened and there was no
thought for a couple of weeks; but this was lost again. After two
years, enlightenment took place during a retreat with Avasa of Wales
in Austin Texas. Since then it is clear that there is nothing
personal. There is no separation. There is nothing to find or to get
outside.

She has been sharing the realization of the Self through satsangs in
Germany and in India during a Ramesh retreat in which she shared the
happening with the audience.

Olena talks about who we are and the way to free ourselves from
ignorance and illusion which cause fear, insecurity and suffering.
Everything that comes through Olena in satsang is an action of the
moment words, laugh songs, movement… whatever comes out of the
emptiness.

Olena web site: .www.herzenssprache.de (words are in German, but
picture of her is there! She does speak English and will do so at
the satsang)

Olena SAYS:

"You are the spaciousness and out of that in any moment action is
happening: fresh, new and creative. You are the eternity, the
nameless, what is never born, what can never die, what IS always.
There is no suffering, because suffering is in time and space.
The part of the mind, which tries to tell that you are a separate
entity; that  part, which makes you feel unworthy and small; which
compares all the time (comparing is always past) and tells you how
terrible you are or how other people are or are not good or bad,
which judges and gives you or others fault and blame, which supports
fear all the time ( fear is future) and which is never in the
moment; this part, finally gives up by grace from the Source itself
and there is deep understanding. This part of the mind, this aspect
of the ego is always yearning to give up and is ready to stay as a
real servant, as a little part of the awareness.

BEING can't know ITSELF. So BEING as the basic of everything created
the I AM, the first action of BEING, through the human mind to go
through separation and to return HOME again in consciousness: to
know ITSELF as love, energy and light, because everything IS same,
no separation."

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2)Healing Energy Transmission
with Ann Babler, Healer & Channel

Wednesday, March 30th  7:15 - 8:45 P.M.

Casa de Luz in the Cielo Room
1701 Toomey Road, Austin, TX


Join Ann for an evening of self transformation and healing. As a
channel for healing, she has been given a spiritual gift that flows
through her and helps move people to a more coherent and healthy way
of life. Working with the powerful subconscious mind, she transmits
healing energy to change negative subconscious beliefs into positive
beliefs. This changes years or even a lifetime of old patterns and
moves participants to a higher state of consciousness, both personal
and planetary. For more information call Ann Babler at 448-1003.
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3) Upcoming Austin Area Inter-religious Ministries Events
          see www.aaimaustin.org for more info


Wednesday, April 13, 7-9 pm.:
  Religion, Politics, and Moral Values: Framing the Issues:
A Panel Discussion moderated by Betty Sue Flowers, Director, LBJ
Presidential Library with: Rev. Dr. James Forbes, Senior Leader,
Riverside Church, New York, author of Healing the Spirit of America
& co-chair of A Partnership of Faith; Rabbi David Saperstein,
Religious Action Center of Reformed Judaism & Chair, U. S,
Commission on International Religious Freedom; Prof. Mark Silk,
Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public
Life, and author of Unsecular Media: Making News of Religion in
America. At LBJ Presidential Library Auditorium, 26th & Red River

Thursday, April 14,  9 am - 4 pm :
Enacting Morality:  Personal  Values, Social Justice, and Public
Policy.
Roundtable: What are the religious and secular bases of our moral
commitments? with Dr. Whit Bodman-Austin Presbyterian Seminary; Imam
Safdar Razi--Ahlmadi Center; Prof. Richard Markovits  UT Law School;
Cantor Neil BlumofeCongregation Agudas Achim.
Presentation:  Prof. Mark Silk on the regional religious landscape
of the USA. Open Space luncheon: small table discussions of topics
proposed by attendees. Followed by Roundtable: How can we move
beyond polarization, while enacting moral commitments in the public
sphere? with Rev. Emilee Whitehurst, Director, AAIM; Mr. Fred
Butler, Community Action Network; Rev. Frank Garrett, host, "Wake-Up
Call, KAZI; Ms. Josefina Castiillo, AFS; Rev. Tom Vandestadt,
Religion & Labor Network of Austin; Dean Rod Hart, UT Col. of
Communication. Presentation:  Reverend James Forbes.
At Joe C.Thompson Conference Center, 26th & Red River, UT Campus

Austin area congregations and community groups will host related
events on Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17.

Sunday, April 17,  2-4 pm
Values at Work. at AFL-CIO Hall, 1106 Lavaca St.  A simple meal and
program sponsored by the Religion and Labor Network of Austin
focusing on bringing spiritual and moral values directly to bear on
issues laborers face in the workplace. Information table space will
be available for other groups and organizations to share information
about their projects.

To reserve a seat for Thursdays symposium and a box lunch for the
Open Space lunch, call 471-2654 or email
information@... .  Symposium admission is
free; lunch is $5



HoH Spring Event: Hands on Housing will hold its 2005 Spring Event
on the weekend of April 30- May 1. A grant will help provide
materials for some projects, so don't use lack of funds as an
excuse. This is the 15th year of Hands on Housing so hurry and sign
up your teams. For information on participation, contact Hugh Sparks
at 512-486-9145 X 14.

1) Reminder: Growth Open House in Clarksville on Sunday==many
diff experiences to be had!
2) Casa de Luz Events (go to www.casadeluz.org to sign up to
get these announcements directly!)
3) Satsang with Olena on Monday (I recommend!)
          -oh yeah, there's something else==hmmm what was it?
                  www.sxsw.com Got it!
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May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back,
The sunshine warm on your face,
The rain fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again may God
Hold you in the hollow of His Hand.
            Irish Prayer

"People may not remember what you did, they may not remember what
you said, but they will always
Remember how you made them feel."


"Spread love everywhere you go, ……first of all in your own house,
give love to your children, your wife or husband, to a next door
neighbor…….. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better or
happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness, kindess in your
face, eyes, smile, kindness in your warm greeting. "

Mother Teresa
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1) Come celebrate Spring with us!
Sunday, March 20th (the Spring Equinox)
10am - 5pm at the Clarksville Dojo (1200 Charlotte), behind Mark's
House.

New Growth Open House Sampler
Technique and Modalities for Wholeness

We will be hosting practitioners of various healing modalities
including:
Asian Bodywork
Cranial-Sacral
Hakomi
Reiki
Energy Clearing
Acupuncture
Massage
Presence Practice
20 minute individual sessions will be available for $10.

We will also be offering 3 classes throughout the day:
11 am--Kundalini Yoga
1 pm-- Qi-Gong
3 pm-- Being Real: Living Authentically
Each class is 45 minutes long and by love donation.

Feel free to email Vila at vila_lifesculpting@... for more
info!

Looking forward to seeing you!

Mark Skrabacz markskrabcz@...
1633 Waterston Ave
Austin, TX 78703
512-236-0504
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2) Casa de Luz Events

Acknowledge Your Reality Friday, March 18, 6:30 p.m. - 10:30
pm, Serena Room
It is time to "breathe" on purpose. Realizing how precious each
breath is, and acknowledging that breath plus music can alter your
vibration and bring you to a brand new sense of Self, Susan Gobin is
asking you to join her in welcoming Spring 2005. The workshop will
be the same, yet different, as always. Bring no expectations, but a
willingness to go inside, and you will not be disappointed. There is
no fee. Your generosity is accepted with gratitude after the session
if you find value. I will also have copies of my book "Love is the
Healer, Death is a Vehicle" available for sale. Registration and
more information are available at 358-0025.

Eating for Energy
Thursday, March 24, 7:30 to 9pm, Serena Room
Tired of that afternoon energy crash? Cut through all of the
confusing information about food and learn how to eat in a way that
truly energizes you. This workshop will help you figure out which
foods are best suited for your unique body & lifestyle. We'll
demystify carbohydrates, discuss whole foods and discover what your
cravings are telling you. Fee of $10 includes materials. Space is
limited and pre-registration is required. Call 825-3765 or email
foodforthought@...
Zen Meditation Class
Fridays, March 25 to April 15, 7:30 to 9:30 pm, Cielo Room
The practice of Zen promotes spiritual as well as physical well
being.  Master Jian Liao, Abbot of the Chung-Tai Zen Center of
Houston (www.cthouston.org ), will offer a free course that covers
basic meditation techniques, Zen lectures, Zen Stories and question
and answer sessions.  For more info please contact Ming Zhao at
mzhao@...

Healing Energy Transmission with Ann Babler
Wednesday, March 30, 7:15 to 8:45 pm, Cielo Room
As a channel for healing, Ann has been given a spiritual gift that
flows thru her and helps move people to a more coherent and
healthier way of life.  Working with the powerful subconscious mind,
she transmits healing energy to change negative beliefs into
positive ones.   This can change years of old patterns and moves
participants to a higher state of consciousness.  For more
information, contact Ann at annbabler@...

The Journey Within: a Divine Discovery Course
Thursdays for 6 weeks beginning March 31, 7 to 9 pm, Serena Room
The Journey Within, a six-week course, is a fun, liberating,
interactive journey of self-discovery and divine-discovery. It
blends numerous approaches, including Joseph Campbell's ideas on the
hero's journey, to help you craft practices for yourself that center
you and refresh your spirit.
Boost your progress with a one-on-one, personalized session with the
facilitator, Scott Quinn. This hour-long coaching session helps you
fine-tune your spiritual road map and the $75 value is included in
the price of the course.   Facilitator, Scott Quinn, is a minister
with a Masters of Divinity, award-winning speaker, professional
facilitator, life coach, and graduate student in Spiritual
Psychology. To register or for more information, go to
http://www.divineseekers.com/
or call Scott at 512.299.8756. Scott Quinn, a minister with a
Masters of Divinity, award-winning speaker, professional
facilitator, life coach, and graduate student in Spiritual
Psychology.

Healing in Yoga Coop
Inversion Workshop
Saturday, March 26, 3 to 5:30 pm, Auditorium
Focus on inverted poses to improve circulation, tone glandular
systems and strengthen your nervous system.
For info on any of the many yoga classes offered go to
http://www.healinginyoga.com/  for more info and a class schedule.

Desert Passion Dance Theater
Friday, April 1, 8 PM, Auditorium
Don't miss their monthly show.  Please call 750 7037 or email
desertpassion@... for more info.


Br. Dayamrita Chaitanya Satsang
Sunday, April 3, 7 to 8:30 pm, Auditorium
Br. Dayamrita Chaitanya, a senior monastic disciple of Sri Mata
Amritanandaymayi Devi (Amma), will present this free public program
which includes puja, inspirational talk, and bhajans.  Br. Dayamrita
Chaitanya is the Spiritual Director of the M.A. Center Ashram in
California.  Amma received the prestigious UN Gandhi/ King Award for
Nonviolence in 2002.  She has pledged $23 million for tsunami relief
in India.  For more info on Amma, surf to www.amma.org, or for info
on this event, email Bhadra at swami_retreat@...

Star Kids Yoga
Star Kids offers yoga for kids from ages 3 to 12.  There are two
classes on Tuesday afternoons.  The 3:30 class is for ages 3 to 6,
the 4:30 is for ages 7 to 12. There is also a Saturday 11:30 AM
class. For more info surf to http://www.starkidsyoga.com/

Gurdjieff Study Group
Tuesdays, ongoing, 6:15 to 7:15 pm, Serena Room
Please join this open reading and discussion group, studying the
ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff.  This group is currently reading from the
book, "Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution" by P.D. Ouspenski.
Extra books are available at the meetings. For more info email
Robert King at rking@...

The Natural Epicurean Upcoming Events:
Complete Meals- Spring
Tuesdays in April, 7 to 9 pm, Cielo Room
Learn to prepare delicious and healthy meals in under hour. Find out
how to prepare non dairy creamy soups, whole grain and pasta dishes,
high protein bean dishes, calcium rich greens, salads, dressings and
sugar/ dairy free desserts.

The Natural Epicurean Store provides the highest quality of
groceries available in Austin.  Their new store hours are Tuesday
through Saturday, 11:30 to 2:30 pm and 6 to 8:30 pm.
For more info on any of their classes call 476 2276 or surf to
http://naturalepicurean.com/index.htm.


Casa de Luz 1701 Toomey Road
476 2535 http://www.casadeluz.org/
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3)Other Peace Activism Events

(Details for these events and more are also at
http://ThirdCoastActivist.org)

Sunday, March 20, 7 pm
Author, John Perkins, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: What Next
for the World?"
John Perkins started and stopped writing Confessions of an Economic
Hit Man four times over 20 years. He says he was threatened and
bribed in an effort to kill the project, but after 9/11 he finally
decided to go through with this expose of his former professional
life -- a book which would become a New York Times bestseller.
Perkins, a former chief economist at Boston strategic-consulting
firm Chas. T. Main, says he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years,
helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and
blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and
awarding lucrative contracts to American business. "Economic hit men
(EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the
globe out of trillions of dollars," Perkins writes.
Location: Garrison Auditorium (GAR 1), on the UT campus, immediately
southeast of the UT Tower.
Presented by MonkeyWrench Books, 407-6925.







  Tuesday and Wednesday, March 22 and 23
UT Teach-in:  "War/Terror/Torture: At Home and Abroad"
UT Progressive Faculty and the University Iraq Campaign host two
days of events focusing on the "War on Terror."
Tuesday, March 22, at 7:30 pm -- Screening of "WMD: Weapons of Mass
Deception" followed by discussion with UT faculty on U.S. news media
and war. Location: FAC 21 (directly below the Undergraduate Library,
in UT's West Mall).
Wednesday, March 23, 1:15-4:45 pm -- Talks and panel discussions.
Moderators: Ben Carrington (UT sociology) and Shannon Speed (UT
anthropology).
1:15 pm, "From the Cold War to the War on Terror: John Negroponte
and U.S. Central America Policy," with Charlie Hale (UT
anthropology).
1:45-3:15 pm, "Prisons and Torture: At Home and at War", with Raul
Salinas (Resistencia Bookstore/Red Salmon Press) and Rob Owen (UT
law).
3:30-4:15 pm, "The U.S., Osama, and the Middle East: It's All About
the Oil," with Robert Bryce (author of "Cronies: Oil, the Bushes,
and the Rise of Texas, America's Superstate").
4:15-4:45 pm, Representatives of UT student groups discuss activism
on campus.
Location: Quadrangle Room, Texas Union building (near 24th and
Guadalupe).
More info: rjensen@....

Wednesday, March 23, 7 pm
Zia Mian, "War and Empire in the 'New American Century'"
Zia Mian is a physicist in the Program on Science and Global
Security at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, where
he is Director of the Project on Peace and Security in South Asia.
Mian's research and writing focuses on nuclear weapons and issues of
war, peace and justice. He is co-editor of several books, including
Between Past and Future, Out of the Nuclear Shadow and Making
Enemies, Creating
Conflict: Pakistan's Crises of State and Society. He has also worked
on two documentary films, Under the Nuclear Shadow and Crossing The
Lines:
Kashmir, Pakistan, India.
Location: Bass Lecture Hall, the northmost section of Sid Richardson
Hall, near the intersection of Dean Keeton and Red River. Plenty of
free parking in the large lots off Red River. Map at
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/srh.html
Sponsored by UT Progressive Faculty and University Iraq Campaign.
More info: rjensen@....

Thursday, March 24, 8pm-12:30am
A Musical Homage to Archbishop Oscar Romero The Foundation for Self-
Sufficiency in Central America is hosting a benefit marking the 25th
anniversary of the assassination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar
Romero. Music by: DJ Orion, Mauricio Callejas, Sammy "Guajiro"
Ramirez y sus Afro-Cuban Tambores, Gustavo Rodríguez Band, and
Nelson Saga & Arma Del Alma.
$5 suggested donation. Proceeds to benefit the Romero Memorial Tree
Project, http://fssca.net More info: Sean Hale, 388-7957,
sean@....
Location: Ruta Maya Coffeehouse, 3601 S. Congress.

Monday, March 28, 7 pm
Documentary, "Sacrifice"
Each year thousands of young girls are recruited from rural Burmese
villages to work in the sex industry in neighboring Thailand. Held
for years in debt bondage in illegal Thai brothels, they suffer
extreme abuse by pimps, clients, and the police. The trafficking of
Burmese girls has soared in recent years as a direct result of
political repression in Burma. Human rights abuses, war and ethnic
discrimination has displaced hundreds of thousands of families,
leaving families with no means of livelihood. An offer of employment
in Thailand is a rare chance for many families to escape extreme
poverty. Sacrifice examines the social, cultural, and economic
forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution
in Thailand. It is the story of the valuation and sale of human
beings, and the efforts of teenage girls to survive a personal
crisis born of economic and political repression.
Location: Waggoner room 101 (WAG 101), UT campus, map at
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/wag.html
Sponsored by RAPT (Raising Awareness of People Trafficking)

Tuesday, March 29, 7 pm
Video Night at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, "Bombies"
"Bombies" examines the problem of cluster bombs -- devastating
weapons designed to shred humans by propelling thousands of sharp
steel fragments across a large area. The terror of these weapons is
compounded by the fact that many of the yellow canisters fail to
detonate on impact, becoming super landmines that can explode at the
slightest touch. In Laos, nearly every day someone is killed by
ordnance dropped by the United States over three decades
ago. "Bombies"
tells the story of cluster bombs and their deadly legacy in Laos
through the personal experiences of villagers, activists and others
who deal with them on a daily basis. Cluster bombs remain a standard
part of the U.S. arsenal and have most recently been used in Iraq,
Afghanistan, and Kosovo.
Location: St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Drive,
two blocks west of IH-35 on Wells Branch Parkway.
Free and open to the public. More information: 251-0698.

Wednesday and Thursday, March 30 and 31, 7 pm Third Coast Activist
Film Night at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, "THE TAKE"
(by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis)
South America's increasingly successful struggles against decades of
U.S.-imposed economic order are demanding international attention
and causing alarm among North American elite. These struggles, which
span the continent, form an undeniable trend that deserves the
support and attention of those of us who are in a position to offer
real solidarity. "The Take" documents the movement in Argentina
where workers have occupied and re-started production in hundreds of
factories, many dormant due to the country's economic collapse after
years of complying with the International Monetary Fund and the
prescriptions of global capital. Part of the film focuses on
suburban Buenos Aires, where thirty unemployed auto-parts workers
walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to
leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. This simple
act - The Take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on
its head. Film
website: http://thetake.org
"Stirring!" - The New York Times
"Extraordinary!" - The New Yorker
"A cross between Michael Moore's caustic style and Ken Loach's
eloquence." - The International Herald Tribune "An eye-opening,
possibility-widening documentary!" - Newsday "[Its] greatest
achievement is in personalizing the globalization debate." - New
York Post "Builds tension like a quality thriller....a remarkable
film that demonstrates that in the fight against corporate
globalization, resistance isn't futile." - Mother Jones
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (4th and Colorado, downtown).
Tickets ($6.50 general, $5 student/senior) are available at the
event or online at http://www.originalalamo.com/downtown/

Unless otherwise noted, events are free and open to the public.
Please forward where appropriate.

In Solidarity,

the Nowar Collective
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4) Satsang (meeting in truth) with Olena

This is an invitation to participate in a nurturing environment in a
search for joy and self discovery. Come join Olena on an exploration
of our real nature.

When:  Monday, March 21 at 7:30 pm
Where: at the home of  Fantasia London,
              3404 Cedar Street in the university area, near the
intersection of 38th and Guadalupe
                A map is available at
http://www.gangajiaustin.org/fantasia/

       Suggested Donation:  $7, If you can't afford the fees, a
donation according to your possibilities is suggested.

Going east on 38th street, it is the second right after you go
through the light at Guadlupe. Going west on 38th street, it is the
first left after you go through the light at Speedway. 3404 is on
the right (west side) almost at the end of the street. Fantasia's
phone number is 459-7188—call if you get lost.

Who is Olena

Olena is a wonderful emptiness teacher born and currently living in
Munich Germany. She has been a teacher, and artist and has led
energy work (self-healing medicine) and meditation groups (known as
language of the heart ). Through all this time she kept seeking for
something missing until beginning last year when realization of the
Self happened.

She has been a disciple of Ramesh Balsekar the renknown Advaita
Vedanta Master.

Olena has never lost connection to the spaciousness; and there has
been a deep connection to the creator itself, but in her life there
has also been a lot of suffering. In 2002 during a retreat with
Ramesh Balsekar in India, a deep awakening happened and there was no
thought for a couple of weeks; but this was lost again. After two
years, enlightenment took place during a retreat with Avasa of Wales
in Austin Texas. Since then it is clear that there is nothing
personal. There is no separation. There is nothing to find or to get
outside.

She has been sharing the realization of the Self through satsangs in
Germany and in India during a Ramesh retreat in which she shared the
happening with the audience.

Olena talks about who we are and the way to free ourselves from
ignorance and illusion which cause fear, insecurity and suffering.
Everything that comes through Olena in satsang is an action of the
moment words, laugh songs, movement… whatever comes out of the
emptiness.

Olena web site: .www.herzenssprache.de (words are in German, but
picture of her is there! She does speak English and will do so at
the satsang)

Olena SAYS:

"You are the spaciousness and out of that in any moment action is
happening: fresh, new and creative. You are the eternity, the
nameless, what is never born, what can never die, what IS always.
There is no suffering, because suffering is in time and space.
The part of the mind, which tries to tell that you are a separate
entity; that  part, which makes you feel unworthy and small; which
compares all the time (comparing is always past) and tells you how
terrible you are or how other people are or are not good or bad,
which judges and gives you or others fault and blame, which supports
fear all the time ( fear is future) and which is never in the
moment; this part, finally gives up by grace from the Source itself
and there is deep understanding. This part of the mind, this aspect
of the ego is always yearning to give up and is ready to stay as a
real servant, as a little part of the awareness.

BEING can't know ITSELF. So BEING as the basic of everything created
the I AM, the first action of BEING, through the human mind to go
through separation and to return HOME again in consciousness: to
know ITSELF as love, energy and light, because everything IS same,
no separation."

Dear members,

Greetings from http://www.cyberastro.com/

A spiritual celebration brings a fine spirit of devotion in the air.
There is a certain mood which becomes more and more intense as
the hour approaches. Temples throng with devotees and it is during
these times one feels that the definition given by the Puranic
dictionary about a place for pilgrimage is so apt. The definition
says" any place where footfalls are many and uncountable is a
place of pilgrimage.' A temple during any spiritual celebration
becomes a place of pilgrimage.

The Sikh community has the concept of humility as one of the
highest source of prayer. In their place of worship which is a
Gurudwara, we often find the rich and the poor alike, cleaning the
premises or shoes of other devotees. Ultimately the devotion is to
the Great one and it is only heartfelt when the mind is without ego.

There is great power in devotion and in every religion this is upheld.

RAHU - KETU TRANSIT
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I will continue with the 9th house matters in my next Mail,
presently let us consider Rahu and Ketu and their recent change of
transit. But before I do this, I feel, from the tenor of the mails we
recieve in cyberastro, that many of you have problems in comprehension of
houses and their lordships. I feel that a little time devoted to this
subject once again will aid our newer members to relate to the
discussions in a better manner.  For this, I will rely on some
explanations provided in an earlier article:

Basic Guidance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Sanskrit, the term used for each house is "bhava"; meaning the
field of action. It is a division of the 360 degree zodiac cycle into 12
equal parts, each of 30 degrees. Moving in an anti-clockwise
manner, the houses are numbered from 1 to 12 (normally
represented in roman numerals).

House Numbers 1,4, 7 & 10 are called "Kendras" or Angular
houses. The planets situated at these angular points tend to be
strong & active. House numbers 1, 5 & 9 are terms as "trikona" or
Trine houses. Each house has a "ruler"; this depends on the zodiac
sign that is allocated to the house. Just as each house represents a
particular "field" of activity, the ruler of a particular house represents
the "lord" of that field. Given below is a list of the house
significations attached to each house:

House#    Signification
------        ------------------------------------------
1              Self, body, general prosperity, well bring
2              Livelihood, speech
3              Power, motivation, interests, friends, brother
4              Happiness, home, prosperity, mother
5              Creativity, intelligence, romance, children
6              Disease, enmity
7              Partnership, marriage
8              Death, destruction, longevity, research
9              Fortune, grace, father
10             Skill, achievement, success
11             Gains, aspirations, impulses
12             Losses & Expenses, sorrow, liberation/detachment

This system allows us to translate house nomenclature into
meaningful terms.


The Nodes of Moon
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Let us now focus on the two nodes of the planet Moon, namely,
Rahu and Ketu.

The point where Moon crosses the elliptic while moving from
southern direction to the Northern direction is known as Rahu and
the point on the converse path on the North-South axis is called
Ketu. The nodes are thus two points 180 degree apart, and this is
the reason why they are always opposite each other.

However just because they are opposite each other does not mean
that they are opposite in nature also; they may give very similar
effects or even very diverse ones. In Vedic Astrology, they are
planets that chart our past karmic journey. While one maps the
past, the other takes the clue and initiates tendencies in to the
mortal as per karmic requirements.

Rahu and Ketu are difficult planets and they require a keen
observation and study in everyone's life. They are known as our
karmic planets and are best handled with adequate dollops of care.
The appearance of Rahu, according to myth, is one without a body.
So Rahu is only a head and whatever is fed to Rahu cannot be
assimilated in the body. Hence, Rahu creates insatiable desire for
more.. and more.

Ketu is the severed body of Rahu. So Ketu is one who has no
head. The significance with Ketu is one of delay and all matters
related to the unknown. A face provides an identity and Ketu is
faceless. It will not be difficult to relate to basic traits triggered by
Ketu in the light of this basic information.

The transit of these two karmic planets have changed in February
2005. I have  elaborated the broad effects of these transit changes,
in the Vedic Sky article of February and the current month. These
are broad outlines - so to provide our members with a fine tuned
analysis of the effects of these planets, with a custom view of each
horoscope, we will release a few interesting new reports in the next
few days. Watch out for our announcement.

Read more on astrology at http://www.cyberastro.com/articles/

With Regards,

CyberAstro Astrologers

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luv and excerpts from www.catalystforfun.com
    *sign up for the social events as well as the personal growth on
the website==i posted many of the free sxsw events on it today fyi!
x amanda winters

1) Kirtan Spiritual Singing Event Thurs, March 17
2) Satsang with Olena Monday March 21

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Would you like something to challenge and strengthen your mental
forces?  At the next disappointing event, reflect:

"This is also just as much a part of life as what I label a
favorable event.  As a whole person, I see both sides equally; I do
not split events into good and bad.  Being whole, I see the whole."

Do this, even if you don't understand it, for it contains a
tremendous secret.

Vernon Howard,  Esoteric Mind Power

  We created an illusion of separation with ideas of opposites: good
versus evil; favorable versus unfavorable; fair versus unfair, etc.,
and then we chose to live in our illusion.  Judgment is the tool
that we use to facilitate our creation.  Without judgment, the
illusion vanishes.

*this quote is from the wonderful quote a day site,
www.dailyinspiration.com, *go to the  "free offers" section of the
website to sign up for daily quotes in you email box!
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1) Thursday, March 17, 7:30 PM @ The Crossings - FREE
"Kirtan: An Evening of Sacred Chanting"
Presented by John Friend
We invite you to join us for a rare and very special evening of
sacred chanting with John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga and one of
the foremost Hatha Yoga teachers in the country, as he opens his
kirtan to the Austin community.
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2) Satsang (meeting in truth) with Olena

This is an invitation to participate in a nurturing environment in a
search for joy and self discovery. Come join Olena on an exploration
of our real nature.

When:  Monday, March 21 at 7:30 pm
Where: at the home of  Fantasia London,
              3404 Cedar Street in the university area, near the
intersection of 38th and Guadalupe
                A map is available at
http://www.gangajiaustin.org/fantasia/

       Suggested Donation:  $7, If you can't afford the fees, a
donation according to your possibilities is suggested.

Going east on 38th street, it is the second right after you go
through the light at Guadlupe. Going west on 38th street, it is the
first left after you go through the light at Speedway. 3404 is on
the right (west side) almost at the end of the street. Fantasia's
phone number is 459-7188—call if you get lost.

Who is Olena

Olena is a wonderful emptiness teacher born and currently living in
Munich Germany. She has been a teacher, and artist and has led
energy work (self-healing medicine) and meditation groups (known as
language of the heart ). Through all this time she kept seeking for
something missing until beginning last year when realization of the
Self happened.

She has been a disciple of Ramesh Balsekar the renknown Advaita
Vedanta Master.

Olena has never lost connection to the spaciousness; and there has
been a deep connection to the creator itself, but in her life there
has also been a lot of suffering. In 2002 during a retreat with
Ramesh Balsekar in India, a deep awakening happened and there was no
thought for a couple of weeks; but this was lost again. After two
years, enlightenment took place during a retreat with Avasa of Wales
in Austin Texas. Since then it is clear that there is nothing
personal. There is no separation. There is nothing to find or to get
outside.

She has been sharing the realization of the Self through satsangs in
Germany and in India during a Ramesh retreat in which she shared the
happening with the audience.

Olena talks about who we are and the way to free ourselves from
ignorance and illusion which cause fear, insecurity and suffering.
Everything that comes through Olena in satsang is an action of the
moment words, laugh songs, movement… whatever comes out of the
emptiness.

Olena web site: .www.herzenssprache.de (words are in German, but
picture of her is there! She does speak English and will do so at
the satsang)

Olena SAYS:

"You are the spaciousness and out of that in any moment action is
happening: fresh, new and creative. You are the eternity, the
nameless, what is never born, what can never die, what IS always.
There is no suffering, because suffering is in time and space.
The part of the mind, which tries to tell that you are a separate
entity; that  part, which makes you feel unworthy and small; which
compares all the time (comparing is always past) and tells you how
terrible you are or how other people are or are not good or bad,
which judges and gives you or others fault and blame, which supports
fear all the time ( fear is future) and which is never in the
moment; this part, finally gives up by grace from the Source itself
and there is deep understanding. This part of the mind, this aspect
of the ego is always yearning to give up and is ready to stay as a
real servant, as a little part of the awareness.

BEING can't know ITSELF. So BEING as the basic of everything created
the I AM, the first action of BEING, through the human mind to go
through separation and to return HOME again in consciousness: to
know ITSELF as love, energy and light, because everything IS same,
no separation."

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Blessings,

My name is Christopher and I have been a clairvoyant psychic medium
for over twenty years, having my first psychic experience when I was
four years old. For years I have helped thousands of people worldwide
with my indepth, accurate psychic readings about lost loved ones,
romance, good fortune, Life Themes, totem, past lives and
reincarnation, career, health, unsolved crimes, missing persons,
hauntings, dreams, pets still living and pets that have passed over,
The Unexplained, ghosts, spirits, spirit guides, messages from The
Other Side and angels. Each reading includes full psychic insight and
spiritual guidance.

Thanks to everyone who has visited my website and who have come to my
weekly chat. I'm happy to say that I'm continuing the "Half Off"
phone readings Promotion thru March 31, 2005 - if you havent yet
signed up for one, you still have the opportunity to do so. Readings
last for thirty minutes and are $25 thru March 31, 2005.

While on the website, be sure to check out the "On Tour & Lecture
Dates" section to see if I will be coming to your area to do in-
person readings and a lecture!

To reserve your reading, please visit our website:
http://thepsychicspirit.bravehost.com

Love and Light To You All,

Christopher
The Psychic Spirit

luv and excerpts from www.catalystforfun.com xxx

1)Casa de Luz Events
2)Attracting Geniuine Love Study/Play Group
34)Hendericks Foundation Traingin Upcoming

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Wheatsville has a herb fair on this
weekend=http://www.wheatsville.com/
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Body Mind Spirit Expo this weekend at Parmer Events Center
http://www.bmse.net/
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Butterfly: by leanervaldr and rdelia garicia (if you would like a
beautiful powerpoint presentation of this --email amanda and she'll
get it to you by replying to this newsletter!)

One day, a small opening appeared on a cocoon. A man watched for the
butterfly to emerge as it struggled to force its body through a
small hole.

Then the butterfly seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared
as if it had gotten as far as it could and couldn't go any further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly—He took a pair of scissors
and opened the cocoon. The butterfly emerged easily, but it had
withered body and tiny and shriveled wings.

The man watched because he expected that at any moment, the wings
would open, enlarge and expand enough to be able to support the
butterfly's body.

It never happened, however, and in fact, the butterfly spend the
rest of its life crawling around with a withered body and shriveled
wings and was never able to fly.

What this man, in his kindness and goodwill did not understand was
that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the
butterfly to get through the tiny opening was God's way of forcing
fluid from the body of the butterfuly into its wings so that it
could be ready for flight oncle it achieved its freedom from the
cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God
allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would
cripple us, we could not get as strong as we could have been.

I asked for strength, he gave me difficulties.
I asked for wisdom, he gave me problems to solve.
I asked for prosperity, he gave me brain and brawn to work.

I asked for courage, He gave me obstacles.
I asked for favors, He gave me opportunities.
I asked for love, and He gave me troubled people to help.

I received nothing I wanted, but everything I needed.
Live life without fear, confront all obstacles, and evince that you
can overcome them.

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1) Casa de Luz Events
Acknowledge Your Reality
Friday, March 18, 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 pm, Serena Room
It is time to "breathe" on purpose. Realizing how precious each
breath is, and acknowledging that breath plus music can alter your
vibration and bring you to a brand new sense of Self, Susan Gobin is
asking you to join her in welcoming Spring 2005. The workshop will
be the same, yet different, as always.  Bring no expectations, but a
willingness to go inside, and you will not be disappointed.  There
is no fee.  Your generosity is accepted with gratitude after the
session if you find value.  I will also have copies of my book "Love
is the Healer, Death is a Vehicle" available for sale.  Registration
and more information are available at 358-0025.

Eating for Energy
Thursday, March 24, 7:30 to 9pm, Serena Room
Tired of that afternoon energy crash? Cut through all of the
confusing information about food and learn how to eat in a way that
truly energizes you. This workshop will help you figure out which
foods are best suited for your unique body & lifestyle. We'll
demystify carbohydrates, discuss whole foods and discover what your
cravings are telling you. Fee of $10 includes materials. Space is
limited and pre-registration is required. Call 825-3765 or email
foodforthought@...
  The Journey Within: a Divine Discovery Course
Thursdays for 6 weeks beginning March 31, 7 to 9 pm, Serena Room
The Journey Within, a six-week course, is a fun, liberating,
interactive journey of self-discovery and divine-discovery. It
blends numerous approaches, including Joseph Campbell's ideas on the
hero's journey, to help you craft practices for yourself that center
you and refresh your spirit.
Boost your progress with a one-on-one, personalized session with the
facilitator, Scott Quinn. This hour-long coaching session helps you
fine-tune your spiritual road map and the $75 value is included in
the price of the course.   Facilitator, Scott Quinn, is a minister
with a Masters of Divinity, award-winning speaker, professional
facilitator, life coach, and graduate student in Spiritual
Psychology. To register or for more information, go to
http://www.divineseekers.com/
or call Scott at 512.299.8756. Scott Quinn, a minister with a
Masters of Divinity, award-winning speaker, professional
facilitator, life coach, and graduate student in Spiritual
Psychology.

Healing in Yoga Coop
Inversion Workshop
Saturday, March 26, 3 to 5:30 pm, Auditorium
Focus on inverted poses to improve circulation, tone glandular
systems and strengthen your nervous system.
For info on any of the many yoga classes offered go to
http://www.healinginyoga.com/  for more info and a class schedule.

Star Kids Yoga
Star Kids offers yoga for kids from ages 3 to 12.  There are two
classes on Tuesday afternoons.  The 3:30 class is for ages 3 to 6,
the 4:30 is for ages 7 to 12. There is also a Saturday 11:30 AM
class. For more info surf to http://www.starkidsyoga.com/


Gurdjieff Study Group
Tuesdays, ongoing, 6:15 to 7:15 pm, Serena Room
Please join this open reading and discussion group, studying the
ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff.  This group is currently reading from the
book, "Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution" by P.D. Ouspenski.
Extra books are available at the meetings. For more info email
Robert King at rking@...

The Natural Epicurean Upcoming Events:
Treating Infertility with Chinese Medicine
Friday, March 11, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Serena Room
Please join the Cornerstone Acupuncture Clinic for the last of the
series of free lectures on Traditional Chinese Medicine and health.

For more info on any of their classes call 476 2276 or surf to
http://naturalepicurean.com/index.htm.


Casa de Luz
1701 Toomey Road
476 2535
http://www.casadeluz.org/ (see site to sign up for email newsletter!)
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2) Attracting Genuine Love Play-Study Group

based on the book, Attracting Genuine Love, by Kathlyn and Gay
Hendricks meets on Mondays from 5:30 to 7:00 pm.  Come explore in a
fun, playful and deep group experience how to attract the partner
you most want into your life.  Learn whole-body techniques for
releasing the blockages and patterns which have kept you from
attracting genuine love.  The group is on-going and meets weekly.
Pay $25 per session for a block of 10 sessions.  Contact Karen
Thompson, Ph.D. psychologist and Conscious Living Coach at
karen@... or by phone at (512) 391-0426.
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3) The Foundation Training created by Kathlyn Hendricks of the
Hendricks Institute, Ojai, CA April 22-24
Sri Atmananda Memorial School
4100 Red River Austin, TX

Learn the crucial skills for personal change, relationship harmony
and career success.  Learn to stop blaming, end repeated arguments
and patterns, know what you really feel and want, shift from
conflict to creative innovation, connect with your authentic self,
awaken and maintain inner harmony, work more consciously, attract
genuine love, revitalize a long-term relationship, and embrace
change with less effort.

Tuition: $495 or $445 if enrolled by March 23rd

Contact Karen Thompson at karen@... or call (512) 391-0426
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4) Save Our Springs Alliance News and Announcements

CAMPO HEARING MONDAY NIGHT ON $22 BILLION PLAN
Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), made up
mostly of our elected officials, will have a public hearing Monday
night (March 14TH) at 6pm on the proposed $22 BILLION long range
transportation plan. The plan includes $1.6 BILLION for road
expansions in the Barton Springs recharge and contributing zones.
Contact CAMPO members now by sending an email to
campo@.... Tell them to re-direct highway building
dollars away from the sensitive Barton Springs recharge and
contributing zones and to work with the community to save Barton
Springs for generations to come, not pave it over and pollute the
aquifer forever.
You can watch animation produced by SOS Alliance showing the costs
of each road segment in the current CAMPO plan proposed for
construction in the Barton Springs watershed at www.sosalliance.org.
Speak out Monday night at the CAMPO hearing at the LBJ Auditorium on
the UT Campus at 26th and Red River. This will probably be the last
chance to address the CAMPO board in public before their vote on the
plan in April or May.
You can donate to SOS Alliance online at
www.sosalliance.org/donate.shtml.

Dear Members,

Greetings from http://www.cyberastro.com

This time I would like to present vedic sky of March,

Welcome to March Vedic Sky.

This is the time of the year when winter finally calls back its cold winds
and the cool spring fills the earth with flowers. There is a happy spirit as
the Sun shines brighter.

The planets in the sky decree many kinds of changes, some favorable
some bring in foreboding of doom, but human's are endowed with such
blessings from the powers above that they march ahead in their karmic
journey, with their head held and a heart full of optimism. So what I will
now write should just be your information for caution or opportunity and
not a deterrent to your impetus. The present configuration in the sky
should be considered as a way of life as these elements are a part of
creation and not a destructive power.

Now let us see how the luminaries are faring.

Sun is transiting in Aquarius and will move from Aquarius to Pisces on
15th March 2005. Last two months Sun has been in his enemy's sign
Saturn. Once it comes to Pisces, the sign of Jupiter, generally people will
find inner peace and resolved with themselves, as Sun signifies our soul.

Moon Starts its journey from Libra and will come back to Libra on 28th
March. The New Moon will be on 10th when Sun and Moon will exactly
conjoin in Aquarius.

Mercury will move out of Aquarius and will enter Pisces on 2nd March.
Mercury will become retrograde in Pisces on 20th March. This is the
first time Mercury will be retrograde this year. This may cause all kinds
of communication disruptions and computer troubles.

Venus will move from Aquarius on 17th March 2005 and will enter
Pisces, its exaltation sign on 18th March. Pisces the sign of Jupiter is
considered the sign of exaltation for Venus because in this sign the
intense love and passion signified by Jupiter, gets matured with Jupiter's
wisdom. Venus becomes like matured wine. From passion in our
relationship we can now transcendent to find bliss in our relationship.

Mars moves from Sagittarius to Capricorn on 13th March. This is the
sign of exaltation for Mars. We will be able to focus our action towards
concrete results. We will become more pragmatic and result-oriented.

Jupiter remains retrograde in Virgo!

Saturn remains retrograde in Gemini and will become direct on 22nd
March 2005. Saturn has been delaying things and creating obstacles for
last two months. But Saturn never denies and Saturn will now open door
for all of us finally with Mars and Venus exalted. This is going to be a
great month and finally winters will be over and spring comes in with all
its color and splendor.

Rahu/Ketu have also changed their signs from Aries to Libra. They will
now enter Pisces and Virgo. Good news for people who had Aries/Libra
as their 1st/ 7th house axis or 4th/ 10th house axis; scope for peace and
harmony for them in their career and love front. However, the stock
market is likely to reverse its current trend.

Though it is hardly possible to state all that astrology depicts for this
month, I wish to point out one particular aspect of astrology. The
predictions about the planets mean something different for each one of
us; in favor they seem good, in doom let them not become redundant, the
purpose of astrology is to show the way but it is for us to open our eyes
wide and see the way.

Read more on astrology at http://www.cyberastro.com/articles/

With Regards,

CyberAstro Astrologers

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