tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41346996047186997802024-03-13T04:56:28.654-07:00Stepping Stones Books and GiftsEdward Viljoenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03690298087138231747noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-61244385805435614482019-06-01T00:00:00.000-07:002019-06-01T00:00:06.737-07:00Free Event: The Bhavagad Gita<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;">
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<strong style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Rev. Dr. Edward Viljoen</strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> discovered Science of Mind while reading a book on a flight from his native South Africa to the United States. Upon arriving, he searched for the nearest Religious Science Church and immediately enrolled in the available classes. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">During his training as a Practitioner and then minister, he served in the World Ministry of Prayer and trained volunteers to staff the prayer lines. He was the author of the Ernest Holmes Study Guide in the Science of Mind magazine for many years. He was ordained in May 1996 and graduated as a Sonoma County Law Enforcement Chaplain in April 1999. In 2003, he was awarded an honorary Doctoral Degree in Divinity from Holmes Institute. He served as chairperson of the team responsible for guiding the Religious Science movement through its organizational restructuring. He has been senior minister of the Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa since 1995. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dr. Edward's new book </span><em style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Bhagavad Gita</em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> will be available at the event. It is being released on June 11.</span></div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-15315972145332258972019-05-15T21:34:00.000-07:002019-05-15T21:36:59.988-07:00Free Event: Radical Generosity<div style="text-align: center;">
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Cultivating generosity can be a life-enhancing experience. In this talk, M.J. Ryan will discuss the many facets of generosity, why generosity is so good for us and simple techniques for cultivating this remarkable human quality to experience greater joy and connectedness.</div>
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Known internationally as a change expert, <strong>M.J</strong><strong>. Ryan</strong> has worked as a thinking partner for the past 17 years helping people maximize happiness and success. She has a wide range of clients around the world from individuals looking to find more purpose and meaning to one person startups, family businesses and executives in C-Suites of global corporations. Currently she is the lead coach for SheEO, a new crowdsourcing, philanthropy and mentoring organization supporting women-owned startups in Canada, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. </div>
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The founder and former CEO of Conari Press, she is one of the creators of the bestselling <em>Random Acts of Kindness</em> series and the author of eight books including <em>Radical Generosity</em>, <em>Habit Changers</em>, <em>Surviving Change You Didn’t Ask For,</em> <em>Attitudes of Gratitude</em>, <em>The Happiness Makeover,</em> and <em>The Power of Patience</em>. Articles on her work have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall St. Journal, HuffPost, Inc.com, Forbes.com,<i> </i>Good Housekeeping, Town & Country, Yoga Journal, and many other publications and websites<i>.</i></div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-72956493511368068662019-03-23T18:28:00.000-07:002019-03-23T18:31:22.829-07:00Free Event: The Jewel of Abundance<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;">
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Yogacharya <strong>Ellen Grace O’Brian</strong> is a meditation teacher, poet, writer, and the spiritual director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment—a Kriya Yoga meditation center with headquarters in San Jose, California.</div>
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She has taught Kriya Yoga nationally and internationally for more than three decades and has received several community service awards, including the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Promotion of Religious Pluralism from the Hindu American Foundation. Ordained to teach in 1982 by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, her message is “engaged enlightenment”—an invitation to live an awakened, creatively inspired, and fulfilled life, now.</div>
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Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian's New book <a href="https://steppingstones-books-and-gifts.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/the-jewel-of-abundance-by-ellen-grace-obrian" style="color: #677e87; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #9900ff; text-decoration-line: underline;"><em>The Jewel of Abundance</em></span></a> is available now at <span style="color: blue;">Stepping Stones <em>Books and Gifts</em></span>.</div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-23180444940129309952019-01-25T17:23:00.000-08:002019-01-25T17:23:11.540-08:00Free Event: Mind to Matter<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;">
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-36687590587998202352019-01-08T00:00:00.000-08:002019-01-09T14:59:41.686-08:00Event: Z and Melissa in Concert<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Present a concert of their most popular songs as a fundraiser for Butte County wildfire relief. The artists are donating 100% of the proceeds. The Center is donating all of the production costs.</span></h4>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Very few people can say that they have been a singing mermaid, a singing casket, and was literally “elevator music” when she was hired to sing and play piano in a moving elevator. Meet </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Karen Drucker</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Karen has recorded 15 CDs of her original inspirational music, and is the author of an inspirational book, “Let Go of the Shore: Stories and Songs That Set the Spirit Free.” Among her many accomplishments, she has been a professional comedienne, led her own band for corporate events, and has been the music director of New Thought Churches, as well as music director and “ music weaver” for many spiritual conferences and retreats. Karen has been honored with an Honorary Doctorate of Music for her work within the Religious Science Community, and a “Grace Note” award for her work within the Unity Movement.</span></div>
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A native of Houston, Gary began picking out melodies on a piano at four years old, and he’s been making music ever since. Today he writes and records deep and meaningful music, and shares these songs like a gift to audiences across the country. His style is a mix of pop, rhythm, and blues, combining silky vocals with powerful lyrics.</div>
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<strong>Bobby Jo Valentine</strong> is a nationally touring singer/songwriter who grew up on the seaside of Northern California. His songs are both earthbound and mystical, and speak of the gentle, everyday spiritual awakenings of an openhearted life. He's given a Ted Talk, been awarded Song of the Year three times at the West Coast Songwriter's Association, and performed all over the globe. His compelling, poetic storytelling and songs have built a growing following of listeners and supporters, and his most recent collections, "Fox Eyes, Whale Heart" and "Maybe Stars," are available everywhere music is offered online.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">All proceeds from this concert will be donated to Butte County Wildfire Relief. Donations are made by purchasing Donation Tickets in $20, $40, $60, $80, or $100 amounts. You choose the amount of your donation when you purchase your tickets.</span></h4>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-57062164259694906132018-09-01T15:39:00.000-07:002018-09-01T15:44:20.922-07:00Event: An Evening with Michael Bernard Beckwith<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: navy;"><strong>Michael Bernard Beckwith</strong></span> <span style="color: black;">is the founder and spiritual director of the Agape International Spiritual Center. Based in Los Angeles, California, Agape is a trans-denominational, multicultural community of thousands of local, national and international members and live streamers. Highly regarded for his teachings on the science of inner transformation, </span><span style="color: navy;">Dr. Beckwith<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">embraces a practical approach to spirituality that acknowledges the accelerated pace of our contemporary times. His unique transmission of spiritual practices including meditation, affirmative prayer, and life visioning enable the practitioner to take the experience of inner peace coupled with awakened awareness into the activities of everyday life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">An eminent representative within diverse religious traditions and harbingers of world peace, in February 2012<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: navy;">Dr. Beckwith</span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>addressed the United Nations General Assembly as part of its annual World Interfaith Harmony Week. As co-founder and president of the Association for Global New Thought, he had the distinguished honor of presenting to Nelson Mandela the Gandhi King Award. Along with Arun Gandhi, the grandson of India’s legendary leader, Mahatma Gandhi,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: navy;">Dr. Beckwith</span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is international co-chair of the Gandhi King Season for Nonviolence, which was launched at the United Nations in 1998 and is active in 900 cities across 67 countries. About its mission, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said: “Both Gandhi and Martin Luther King are inspiring examples of the power and truth of nonviolence and the actions that arise from them. The Season for Nonviolence is a very good tool to remind us of their witness, and also the large unfinished work we have together in transforming awareness on our planet.”</span></div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-59218823884566500802018-04-30T06:08:00.000-07:002018-04-30T06:10:18.272-07:00Free Event: Writing as a Path to Awakening<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;">
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Writing calls on us to fully engage our mind’s cognitive powers, while meditation asks us to let go of thinking and storytelling. Though these two practices may seem incompatible, Albert teaches us that they can be powerfully complimentary. With a mixture of engaging storytelling and practical exercises, <em>Writing as a Path to Awakening</em> invites you on a journey of growth and discovery—to enhance your writing through the practice of meditation, while using the creative process to accelerate your spiritual evolution.</div>
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<strong>Albert Flynn DeSilver</strong> is an American poet, memoirist, novelist, speaker and workshop leader. He received a BFA in photography from the University of Colorado in 1991 and an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1995. His work has appeared in over 100 literary journals worldwide. He is the author of several books of poems and the memoir Beamish Boy which Kirkus Reviews called "a beautifully written memoir...poignant and inspirational." Albert taught as a California Poet in the Schools more than a decade working with thousands of children throughout Northern California and beyond. He also served as Marin County's very first Poet Laureate.</div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-91074129699166480602018-03-21T11:00:00.000-07:002018-03-21T11:04:44.323-07:00Book Review: Living with Joy<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://steppingstones-books-and-gifts.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/living-with-joy-by-sanaya-roman" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3h9aphDkhRGlF4IJF7lBZnD0_1I0d0UeJWTmA7lYIEsHS0hVstIi1yYGZX72SpMOaw9wHTn7-IyDP-3_5DSSUonHqTh_4ifqhuNEixqGI3BVnCRyOZaEXBy5nXZoc8WorTb9ljJp7b9mg/s1600/LivingWithJoy.jpg" /></a>Joy. I once heard a rabbi say that we have a spiritual mandate to express joy in the world. In her book <i>Living with Joy</i>, Sanaya Roman shows us how to free up the natural joy that lives within us. Through text, suggested exercises and a bounty of affirmations, Roman lifts us up into a greater experience of ourselves and our world. With an understanding that one prayer, one affirmation, one opening is not enough to shift us into living from a higher perspective, from our true self; she offers a myriad of approaches, whittling out our small view and expanding our idea and actual experience of who we are. As we become free of our limited perspectives, and open to our spiritual nature, joy is naturally released through us into our world.</div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-36504494801928751592018-01-28T00:00:00.000-08:002018-01-28T00:00:26.905-08:00Free Event: ROCK AND WATER<br />
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Time: 7 pm<br />Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa</div>
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Just as a stream peacefully wanders through the natural world, over, around, or between rocks, <i>Rock and Water</i> provides skills to help you more effectively navigate the obstacles of life. Author Scott Cooper introduces 18 basic skills for enhancing and sustaining happiness that will uphold and carry inner peace and happiness from one day to the next —skills that are based on his research in the fields of cognitive psychology and mindfulness/acceptance.</div>
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In his new book, <i>Rock and Water</i>, Scott maintains the strong point of view that happiness is not enhanced by more "talk" about happiness, but by applying these conscious "hands-on" techniques that help you to cope with the inner sources of unhappiness — the pesky unpleasant thoughts and feelings that can come to us even if our lives are going well on the outside.</div>
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Please join us on February 23 and hear Scott discuss what he has found to enhance happiness. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This free event is sponsored by </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Stepping Stones <em>Books and Gifts</em></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">No Reservations or Tickets are required.</span></div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-47699801741380743282018-01-26T21:38:00.000-08:002018-01-26T21:38:45.922-08:00Book Review: ROCK AND WATER<br />
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‘Change your thinking’! We have all heard this idea and have been assured of it’s benefits; but what exactly does it mean? How do we actually change our thinking? Scott Cooper, in his new book,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>ROCK AND WATER</i><u>,</u> breaks down the process. He looks at our moods and attitudes, invites us to investigate our core beliefs and shows us how to work with our mistaken ideas. Through bringing our beliefs and daily thoughts into awareness, he has us investigate what is skillful and desirable and what is not. And then he suggests and leads us through exercises that can help us shift those thoughts and beliefs.</div>
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But he doesn’t stop there. Scott also brings awareness and investigation to the process of acceptance and surrender, the aspects of our nature that he equates to water. What and when do we need to stop trying to change? What do we have no power over or is just not worth our time and attention? And when we just accept and surrender in these areas, we can experience life flowing together between actively changing our thinking and letting go, to lead us to greater peace and happiness in our lives.</div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-59750198603435183552018-01-14T17:58:00.000-08:002018-01-14T20:11:13.428-08:00Free Event: Ayurveda — A Spiritual Science<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ayurveda, the oldest known disease-prevention and health care system, is the original holistic medicine. It is based on a view of the world and of life that draws directly on nature. According to this view, the elements, forces, and principles that comprise all of nature-and that hold it together and make it function-are also seen in human beings. In Ayurveda the mind (or consciousness) and the body (or physical matter) not only influence each other-they are each other. </span></div>
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<br />Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-87989555888762712862017-11-25T13:55:00.000-08:002017-11-25T14:19:36.398-08:00Book Review: If You Know Who You Are, You will Know What To Do.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto;">Brick by brick, Ronald Greer lays the foundation for living with integrity in his book,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><b>If You Know Who You Are, You Will Know What To Do</b></i>. He takes the question so often asked in our culture, ‘What am I to do?’, and underscores it with the ancient question, ‘who am I?’. Then he opens the doorway to discovering the answers to both, first by </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto;">identifying who we are by our values, and our essential nature of being. He invites us each to look within to discover those values that are already rooted in ourselves. Then he walks us through examples of how these values determine decisions and directions that effect us in our lives. At the end of the book he presents some basic values that he holds and are common to us all and investigates them one by one. He wraps it all up with the theme and practice that is interwoven throughout the book, as we remember who we are, we know what to do. The whole book brings us home to realizing and remembering what already lives in us.</span></div>
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<br />Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-9529009459040601932017-11-05T14:01:00.000-08:002017-11-05T14:14:10.143-08:00Book Review: The Path to Wealth<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://steppingstones-books-and-gifts.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-path-to-wealth-by-may-mccarthy" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatado9-Hghi7eb28_Am6heWrnjxK3HeEORZu0ueo6YyFM2VjiiHxoafoo9ZxoVMfnR9aoazs4cAV-57nHhRDURebGZEXwPYOJRq84_Qn8lanvqyqWaEekKx8GuoBq33KfTRuiP86RyIUI/s1600/ThePathToWealth.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them; one becomes a builder by building and a lyre player by playing the lyre.” With these words by the great philosopher, Aristotle, May McCarthy opens her book<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>The Path to Wealth</i></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Chapter by chapter, she teaches us effective steps to realizing success and abundance in our lives. And she does it as the builder learns building, and the lyre player learns to play the lyre: brick by brick and note by note. With her clear directions, and empowering examples, she invites us into our own practice. We too can learn to have a fuller, more enriching life. This is our teaching in easy to understand language and in gentle directions and assignments that step by step lead to our greater next to be.</span></div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-20119726015548744472017-08-29T03:20:00.000-07:002017-08-29T03:20:47.442-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-47068463080669940102017-08-05T08:57:00.003-07:002017-08-05T09:03:20.804-07:00Ordinary Goodness by Edward ViljoenThe book of the month for August at Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa is <i><b>Ordinary Goodness</b></i> by our own Rev. Dr. Edward Viljoen. In February Rev. Ruth Barnhart wrote an insightful review of this book. Here is her review:<br />
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<span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Once again Edward Viljoen brings inspiration with his latest book, <i><b>Ordinary Goodness</b></i></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">. In his introduction, he quotes C. S. Lewis as saying, "To love is to be vulnerable." And in Viljoen's typical style, he draws on that vulnerability, that realness of just being human, as he explores living ordinary goodness. He tells stories about his experience with his grandmother, his early role model of love and acceptance. He tells how she would often say, “Oh for goodness sake” when incidents would occur that might bring a more profane expression from others, and then he invites us into the deeper meaning of these words. After simply reading the introduction, I already felt inspired to strive to live from this higher perspective, to live more for goodness’ sake. Throughout the book, Edward shares personal stories to illustrate his points, both with experiences where he struggled and those where he brought his greater understanding. He also offers many points of wisdom from spiritual teachers from all traditions. And woven within each section are suggestions and simple practices to support the reader in finding and living from ordinary goodness. Here is a spiritual book that is not lofty or complicated, but written for ordinary people like us, living our ordinary lives, for goodness sakes.</span><br />
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<span class="s1">“Gracism, the positive extension of favor on other humans, based on color, class or culture.” This is the definition created by David A. Anderson, who wrote, <i>Gracism, The Art of Inclusion</i>. </span><span class="s1">As the minister of a large multicultural church, Anderson teaches how to live from and as grace in our interactions with any and all diversity. As an African American man, he understands racism but he also includes himself in the stories of our prejudices and challenges in accepting people different from us. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">As a Christian minister, Anderson relates stories and teachings from the Bible to illustrate his points and ground us in spiritual principles. This didn’t create any challenge for me. It was easy to see the parallel in Jesus’ call for us to love, and our own teaching's reminder that we are one and our nature is love. His approach is very practical, relevant to our lives today.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">At the end of each chapter he leaves us with questions to ponder about ourselves and our own behaviors. He presents positive suggestions for the opportunities we encounter to bring grace into our interactions with race as well as all expressions of diversity.</span></div>
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<br />Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-61473135297592075222017-06-22T09:31:00.000-07:002017-06-22T09:31:42.527-07:00Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Concert<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">The amazing Sufi Qawwali group, Fanna-Fi-Allah, is coming to the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa to draw us into their sung prayers. Led by Tahir Faridi Qawwal, the Canadian and American members of FFA have immersed themselves in the Chishti Sufi Qawwali ecstatic tradition of Pakistan and India for almost 20 years, and are recognized as the preeminent qawwali group outside of Pakistan. Tabla player Aminah Chishti is the first woman qawwali tabla player recognized in Pakistan as a master in her own right. Their main teachers have been members of the family and musical lineage of Nusrat Fattah Ali Khan.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Their voices are intense, their devotion deep, their musicianship is world class and their performances are inspiring! You'll be hooked from the first percussive "clap"! Included in the evening will be excerpted footage from their upcoming documentary film on qawwali in general and their journey of the last 17 years.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Rio will introduce his book, <i>A Manual for the Modern Mystic,</i> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">which discusses 12 universal laws, each one associated with a sign of the zodiac. Rio uses stories and personal anecdotes as well as quotes or references to mystics throughout history. He discusses ways of working with these laws to enhance spiritual growth and consciousness development.</span></div>
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-80450590755335230892017-03-30T10:59:00.001-07:002017-03-30T17:54:21.353-07:00Don Miguel Ruiz family<div style="text-align: center;">
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Don Miguel Ruiz, author of <i>The Four Agreements</i>, and two of his sons will be at the Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa on Saturday, June 24. This will be a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to hear don Miguel and his sons on tour together for the last time sharing wisdom of the Four Agreements and how to apply them in your everyday life. You can view the full information on the event at:<br />
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You will find nine of the Ruiz family's books and card sets, available on-line and in the store, at <span style="color: blue;">Stepping Stones <i>Books and Gifts</i></span>:<br />
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-81635261007164555982017-03-16T10:58:00.000-07:002017-03-16T10:58:58.497-07:00Book Review: Daring Greatly<br />
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<span class="s1">“To grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.” This quote by Madeleine L’Engle is the core idea upon which Brené Brown bases her book, </span><span class="s2">Daring Greatly</span><span class="s1">. This is not a daring of risking life and limb but one of opening our hearts, exposing ourselves to the possibility of both hurt and great love and joy. We risk failure as we step into greater expressions of ourselves, taking risks to create, to be seen, to find success or love. She invites us to learn to live with the uncomfortable, to experience what our human hearts feel when they not guarded or closed. Brown shows us the value of this way of being, and the steps to living it. It is living our authentic selves, bringing our whole being to life and allowing ourselves to feel the richness and fullness of our experiences. As in her other books, Brown anchors her book with her findings from her work as a researcher, bringing proof and power to her teachings. She also uses her own life to illustrate the challenges and power of this vulnerability. This is not about becoming fearless, it is about being willing to walk through our fears. She says, “Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do it just show up.” Daring Greatly is a fulfillment of our human desire to be free to be all that we are.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Once again Edward Viljoen brings inspiration with his latest book, <i><b>Ordinary Goodness</b></i></span><span class="s1">. In his introduction, he quotes C. S. Lewis as saying, "To love is to be vulnerable." And in Viljoen's typical style, he draws on that vulnerability, that realness of just being human, as he explores living ordinary goodness. He tells stories about his experience with his grandmother, his early role model of love and acceptance. He tells how she would often say, “Oh for goodness sake” when incidents would occur that might bring a more profane expression from others, and then he invites us into the deeper meaning of these words. After simply reading the introduction, I already felt inspired to strive to live from this higher perspective, to live more for goodness’ sake. Throughout the book, Edward shares personal stories to illustrate his points, both with experiences where he struggled and those where he brought his greater understanding. He also offers many points of wisdom from spiritual teachers from all traditions. And woven within each section are suggestions and simple practices to support the reader in finding and living from ordinary goodness. Here is a spiritual book that is not lofty or complicated, but written for ordinary people like us, living our ordinary lives, for goodness sakes.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">“Is this not the essence of prayer? Just saying to Life, ‘Here I am. I let go of everything that does not belong to God.’” This is just one of the nuggets to be found in <i>Discover a Richer Life</i>, </span><span class="s1">a compilation of articles written by Ernest Holmes for the <i>Science of Mind Magazine, </i>which he started in 1927<i>. </i>These short articles present Holmes’ brilliant teaching in easily digestible bites. The book is put together in a way that makes it fresh and enjoyable. Covering a myriad of topics from prayer, faith, and health, to successful living and our place and value in the universe, these writings are relevant for all of us. Leaving out much of his poetic language, he addresses us with a directness that serves to wake us up to our role as expressions living in oneness . “I am lame and blind and halt without inclusion. Unity permits no division.” A most important message for today.</span></div>
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<em><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">"It’s excellent!! — </span></em><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">Ordinary Goodness</span><em><span class="s1" style="color: blue;"> received a coveted “Starred Review” from Publishers Weekly, the largest publishing trade magazine (an excerpt from the review is shown above). The book also has received many pre-publication endorsements.</span></em></div>
<em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: blue;">"It’s pure Edward — reading through the book, you’ll be able to “hear” Edward’s voice throughout. It’s filled with stories and amazing teaching, like being in a Masterclass with Edward. It’s for readers of books like “Kitchen Table Wisdom” by Rachel Naomi Remen, and books by Anne Lamott. The book is deep but accessible. I believe it will bring many people into our Centers, and will appeal to a broad audience of spiritual readers."</span></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br />
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Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134699604718699780.post-43283659824835940892016-12-10T14:16:00.000-08:002016-12-10T14:16:06.635-08:00Rev. Edward's New Book<br />
Rev. Edward has a new book coming out next month.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">LIVING AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">IS A MATTER OF MINDSET!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Discover how garden-variety acts of kindness, faith, and compassion have the power to create beautiful lives. Using stories, personal examples, tips, and exercises, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ordinary Goodness</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> will guide readers to realize that they can create meaning and beauty in their life and the world.</span><br />
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Rev. Dr. Edward Viljoen</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> is the Senior Minister at Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Rosa, California. He is the author of </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Power of Meditation </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">and co-author of </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Spirit is Calling</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Practice the Presence</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, and </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Seeing Good at Work</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><i style="color: #333333;">Ordinary Goodness</i><span style="color: #333333;"> will be available at </span><span style="color: blue;">Stepping Stones <i>Books and Gifts</i></span><span style="color: #333333;"> on January 3, 2017 for $16.</span></b></span>Jim Thomasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539991824829680noreply@blogger.com0