Michael Toms
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The usual approach to work life in an organization does not allow much room for play, risk or individuality. But principles in the natural world suggest a more creative, effective approach. "Everywhere you look in life," says Wheatley, "what you see is enormous creativity, diversity and experimentation."
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On the 25th anniversary of Thomas Merton's untimely death in Bangkok, Michael Toms visited Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky and talked with several of those who knew the remarkable Trappist monk and acclaimed writer when he lived there during the last 27 years of his life.
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We tend to assume that babies have little sensation or awareness before birth. Far from it! say these researchers into the world of the unborn child. "Emotions are chemistry in the blood," says Lipton, "and the chemistry of emotions passes through that placental barrier just as well as nutrients." And these experiences then create lifelong patterns of behavior, positive or otherwise.
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A rare look at "IT." Werner Erhard, in an unusual media appearance, shares "the Experience" of est... ITs origin, ITs growth, ITs usefulness, ITs cost, ITs future-with writer Sam Keen, psychiatrist Lloyd Moglen and psychologist Allan Cohen. An insightful look at est and what IT's about. Werner himself said that this program was "one of the best presentations of est."
605) Global Mind Change
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In the midst of apparent chaos, a new worldview is emerging, one that recognizes the interconnectedness of everyone and everything on the planet.
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The Inner Critic is one of the inner selves that Hal and Sidra Stone have identified through decades of Voice Dialogue therapy, and it can be a very destructive voice unless we learn how to identify and deal with it. Here they tell us the differences between men and women in this regard; how to recognize and understand the Inner Critic; and most of all how to integrate it in a constructive, healing way.
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Sister Lucy created Maher, a model refuge for abused women and children in India. At Maher they receive shelter, food, and medicine, but also love, and the support of a community that can sustain them for a lifetime. And now, Sister Lucy stands strong at the center of a safety net that defies raging husbands, corrupt government officials, and the institutionalized degradation of women.
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Recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Peace, the Dalai Lama has emerged as one of the great spiritual figures of this century. Here, in an exclusive interview with Michael Toms, he speaks of his positive impressions of Costa Rica, the purpose of religion, and his memorable meeting with Thomas Merton.
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If someone asked you to name a major factor in better health, would you think imagination? Probably not. Yet, as Martin Rossman points out, "The most common use of imagery is worrying," which shows us there's nothing mysterious about it at all. Visualization and guided imagery have become integral elements in the growing field of mind/body medicine.
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A husband-wife team, they have together developed "Voice Dialogue," a powerful and innovative approach to recognizing and integrating the many sub-personalities that exist within each of us. In this conversation, they talk about our primary selves and disowned selves, especially regarding relationships, bonding patterns, and how we can use "Voice Dialogue," as a tool for self-transformation either by itself or in tandem with other methods and techniques....
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"People experience a myth as the truth, in metaphor form, for themselves," says psychiatrist and author Jean Bolen. Her book Ring of Power (HarperSanFrancisco 1992) describes the truths that Wagner's great mythical Ring cycle of operas shows us about personal family situations and world politics. The parallels are fascinating and compelling.
614) New Ways Of Healing
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Cheri Quincy and Joel Alter, two osteopathic physicians, discuss their approach to health and healing, drawing on their extensive experience practicing medicine as well as dramatic experiences of recovery in their own personal lives.
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Will Keepin and Cynthia Brix have developed a new approach to healing the wounds of gender violence by bringing women and men together. Using techniques that go far beyond traditional talk therapy they enable husbands, wives, co-workers, priests, nuns, adults, and adolescents to begin to see one another as gods and goddesses, expressions of the divine.