It's been an exciting time for the Emergence Project as we've moved ahead with a series of regular events and teleseminars covering themes such as the Divine Feminine, Sound Healing with Zacciah Blackburn, EFT as a healing modality with Dominic Mogavero, monthly Peace Teleseminars and a host of other topics. The central theme of this work is the integration of mindful practice with the realities of the Shift. We've also been speaking on "Ten Things You Should Know About the Shift" at various events in the New England area including one for Daniel Pinchbeck's Boston Evolver Group.
On another front, we've developed a separate initiative in the health care area working with some great partners. The first partnership is with Dr. Aihan Kuhn, physician, founder of New England Tai Chi, and author of several books on Tai Chi and Qi Gong. This work involves bringing these energy arts into greater visibility within the allopathic medical community. The second is a partnership with the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in Lancaster, MA, working with its president Lothar Pirc. This is a similar effort involving educating both traditional and alternative health care providers about the value of Ayurvedic approaches and treatments.
We've also had some interesting successes in increasing awareness for these projects. We were recently interviewed by French TV journalist Olivier Ponthus along with Daniel Pinchbeck for the Canal Plus program "The Butterfly Effect". Other media activities include an article in the December issue of Wisdom magazine by the Emergence Project, titled "Understanding the 2012 Phenomenon". Internet radio host Jeff Ferrannini wrote an article on our June conference that appeared in the Sept/Oct issue of 11:11 magazine. In addition, the editing work for a conference video was recently completed and the video is now available.
In September, we had a fundraising event with former Institute of Noetic Sciences President James O'Dea at the First Parish in Bedford Unitarian Church which greatly helped our efforts along with a generous donation from one of our major sponsors. We're planning another major conference in 2011 as well as smaller workshops and conferences throughout 2010. The Shift is taking place and awareness is rising but the need for practical and balanced information on this complex topic is greater than ever.
Annette and I are very grateful to all of those who have supported our work this year including attendees, sponsors, volunteers, and partners. Thank you for your support and Happy New Year.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Emergence Project Activities: Update
It's been an exciting time for the Emergence Project as we've moved ahead with a series of regular events and teleseminars covering themes such as the Divine Feminine, Sound Healing with Zacciah Blackburn, EFT as a healing modality with Dominic Mogavero, monthly Peace Teleseminars and a host of other topics. The central theme of this work is the integration of mindful practice with the realities of the Shift. We've also been speaking on "Ten Things You Should Know About the Shift" at various events in the New England area including one for Daniel Pinchbeck's Boston Evolver Group.
On another front, we've developed a separate initiative in the health care area working with some great partners. The first partnership is with Dr. Aihan Kuhn, physician, founder of New England Tai Chi, and author of several books on Tai Chi and Qi Gong. This work involves bringing these energy arts into greater visibility within the allopathic medical community. The second is a partnership with the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in Lancaster, MA, working with its president Lothar Pirc. This is a similar effort involving educating both traditional and alternative health care providers about the value of Ayurvedic approaches and treatments.
We've also had some interesting successes in increasing awareness for these projects. We were recently interviewed by French TV journalist Olivier Ponthus along with Daniel Pinchbeck for the Canal Plus program "The Butterfly Effect". Other media activities include an article in the December issue of Wisdom magazine by the Emergence Project, titled "Understanding the 2012 Phenomenon". Internet radio host Jeff Ferrannini wrote an article on our June conference that appeared in the Sept/Oct issue of 11:11 magazine. In addition, the editing work for a conference video was recently completed and the video is now available.
On another front, we've developed a separate initiative in the health care area working with some great partners. The first partnership is with Dr. Aihan Kuhn, physician, founder of New England Tai Chi, and author of several books on Tai Chi and Qi Gong. This work involves bringing these energy arts into greater visibility within the allopathic medical community. The second is a partnership with the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in Lancaster, MA, working with its president Lothar Pirc. This is a similar effort involving educating both traditional and alternative health care providers about the value of Ayurvedic approaches and treatments.
We've also had some interesting successes in increasing awareness for these projects. We were recently interviewed by French TV journalist Olivier Ponthus along with Daniel Pinchbeck for the Canal Plus program "The Butterfly Effect". Other media activities include an article in the December issue of Wisdom magazine by the Emergence Project, titled "Understanding the 2012 Phenomenon". Internet radio host Jeff Ferrannini wrote an article on our June conference that appeared in the Sept/Oct issue of 11:11 magazine. In addition, the editing work for a conference video was recently completed and the video is now available.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
The Shift: Staying Out of Fear
Here’s an excerpt from an article by the Emergence Project that was recently published in the December issue of Wisdom magazine:
The many misconceptions about 2012 and the Shift serve to create confusion and foster skepticism. One of the most common is the idea that 2012 is all about “the end of the world” or various apocalyptic scenarios. While it’s true that the choices that humanity collectively makes over the next few years will determine the extent to which these energies are tapped for positive transformation, we believe that excessively focusing on the negative can deflect attention from the important notion that this time in human destiny is a window of enormous opportunity.
One of the most important messages that we like to stress is the need to stay out of fear. Fear-based thinking is easy to slip into during this time of great social and economic turmoil, but easily becomes a millstone that weighs down the awakening process.
However the Shift is indeed surfacing darker aspects and energies that are being presented for what spiritual teachers and lightworkers call transmutation i.e. working through the dark matter of accumulated karma. Carl Jung calls this embracing or confronting the shadow self in order to heal the whole. We are doing this now on a collective scale. And it’s part of the process of the Shift. Although theses confrontations and shadows may be difficult to deal with, these “instant replays” of past events and stuck emotional energy are gifts and opportunities for spiritual growth.
The full article is entitled “Understanding the 2012 Phenomenon” and is available online at http://wisdom-magazine.com/Article.aspx/1404/
The many misconceptions about 2012 and the Shift serve to create confusion and foster skepticism. One of the most common is the idea that 2012 is all about “the end of the world” or various apocalyptic scenarios. While it’s true that the choices that humanity collectively makes over the next few years will determine the extent to which these energies are tapped for positive transformation, we believe that excessively focusing on the negative can deflect attention from the important notion that this time in human destiny is a window of enormous opportunity.
One of the most important messages that we like to stress is the need to stay out of fear. Fear-based thinking is easy to slip into during this time of great social and economic turmoil, but easily becomes a millstone that weighs down the awakening process.
However the Shift is indeed surfacing darker aspects and energies that are being presented for what spiritual teachers and lightworkers call transmutation i.e. working through the dark matter of accumulated karma. Carl Jung calls this embracing or confronting the shadow self in order to heal the whole. We are doing this now on a collective scale. And it’s part of the process of the Shift. Although theses confrontations and shadows may be difficult to deal with, these “instant replays” of past events and stuck emotional energy are gifts and opportunities for spiritual growth.
The full article is entitled “Understanding the 2012 Phenomenon” and is available online at http://wisdom-magazine.com/Article.aspx/1404/
Perspective on the Movie "2012"
This is an editorial that recently appeared in the Boston Globe on the subject of the movie “2012”:
"The disaster flick “2012’’ swamped all competitors when it opened last weekend with ticket sales of $65 million domestically and $225 million worldwide, proving once again what soothsayers, prophets, and various other con men have always known - that doomsday does boffo at the box office. The premise of director Roland Emmerich’s computer-graphic action picture is that the end of a long cycle in the Mayan calendar, on Dec. 21, 2012, will usher in volcanoes, tidal waves, and a general freak-out by Mother Nature. So many folks take seriously this sort of apocalyptic paranoia that NASA felt compelled to post assurances on its website that the world will last awhile longer. Even so, some dire trends demand attention right away: Glaciers and the Greenland ice cap are melting, the permafrost in Siberia is thawing, and rainforests are vanishing from the map. Yet the leaders of nations go on dawdling about climate change. Perhaps they should spend more time at the multiplex. They are not paranoid enough about the fragility of life on earth.”
Here’s a letter that we sent to the Boston Globe in response:
To the Editor:
Your recent editorial (11/20) is rightly critical of the 2012 movie which purports to represent the notion of what the 2012 phenomenon is all about. We agree with your assessment that an apocalyptic view is not a useful or accurate framing. However, we feel it’s important to distinguish between a Hollywood oversimplification of complex material and the deeper research and explorations that underlie the popular idea. Mayan historical information represents an interpretative challenge that needs to be approached with balanced thinking and an open mind.
The 2012 phenomenon, which our nonprofit is working to provide greater clarity and balance about, is now getting increased mainstream attention including a recent television program from National Geographic and an article in Archaeology magazine, published by the Archaeological Institute of America. But because 2012 research is complex and highly nuanced, it will invariably lend itself to misinterpretations, the most common of which is the notion that the 2012 end-date is about the end of the world or an apocalyptic reckoning of some sort. There are, of course, some interpreters who offer this view but many others -- including contemporary Mayan elders, well-regarded scholars like John Major Jenkins, and our own organization the Emergence Project -- view this time as a major window of opportunity for an extraordinary and positive transformation in human culture.
"The disaster flick “2012’’ swamped all competitors when it opened last weekend with ticket sales of $65 million domestically and $225 million worldwide, proving once again what soothsayers, prophets, and various other con men have always known - that doomsday does boffo at the box office. The premise of director Roland Emmerich’s computer-graphic action picture is that the end of a long cycle in the Mayan calendar, on Dec. 21, 2012, will usher in volcanoes, tidal waves, and a general freak-out by Mother Nature. So many folks take seriously this sort of apocalyptic paranoia that NASA felt compelled to post assurances on its website that the world will last awhile longer. Even so, some dire trends demand attention right away: Glaciers and the Greenland ice cap are melting, the permafrost in Siberia is thawing, and rainforests are vanishing from the map. Yet the leaders of nations go on dawdling about climate change. Perhaps they should spend more time at the multiplex. They are not paranoid enough about the fragility of life on earth.”
Here’s a letter that we sent to the Boston Globe in response:
To the Editor:
Your recent editorial (11/20) is rightly critical of the 2012 movie which purports to represent the notion of what the 2012 phenomenon is all about. We agree with your assessment that an apocalyptic view is not a useful or accurate framing. However, we feel it’s important to distinguish between a Hollywood oversimplification of complex material and the deeper research and explorations that underlie the popular idea. Mayan historical information represents an interpretative challenge that needs to be approached with balanced thinking and an open mind.
The 2012 phenomenon, which our nonprofit is working to provide greater clarity and balance about, is now getting increased mainstream attention including a recent television program from National Geographic and an article in Archaeology magazine, published by the Archaeological Institute of America. But because 2012 research is complex and highly nuanced, it will invariably lend itself to misinterpretations, the most common of which is the notion that the 2012 end-date is about the end of the world or an apocalyptic reckoning of some sort. There are, of course, some interpreters who offer this view but many others -- including contemporary Mayan elders, well-regarded scholars like John Major Jenkins, and our own organization the Emergence Project -- view this time as a major window of opportunity for an extraordinary and positive transformation in human culture.
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