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• The Power of the Group
  by linaji

  True Story: Once a very famous glass blower (who before glass techniques are as they are today rather so out of this universe!) held a…

  True Story: Once a very famous glass blower (who before glass techniques are as they are today rather so out of this universe!) held a big class. He was very famous and his style was unsurpassed back then. His class consisted of about 100 people, his students for the weekend came from all over the world, all eager to learn something. After two intense days of showing them all the details of his work he held a goodbye seminar going over his teachings and told the class if they ever had any questions as to what they learned here he would accept their calls and he would help them with what ever it was they did not remember. One student raised their hand to ask a question.., rather embarrassed but determined to ask. / “Excuse me, sir, I have a question…” / “Please” he said, “Well you have had us for 2 days now… showing us all your original ideas to your work…. aren’t you afraid that we will steal your ideas and copy what you do?” He smiled and said,,,,, Well I would, if I thought what I shared with you was the last idea I would ever have” ..............!! ......And so it goes, if we trust the ‘infinite nature’ of our being we can allow everyone in. We never have to worry who has the limelight or no… Our turn is always here, first in our hearts and minds about our work… / I am learning this here at RB with all of you. Sometimes I can feel other feelings besides ‘It’s all good in the hood’ as my neck of the woods might put it. But I am learning to trust everyday the power of co-creation. It is necessary for me like going to a yoga class. I love the energy… sometimes others can do more than I can, but…As my brother Paul who is a great yoga teacher says to me… / Just take your shoes off and look around with love and stick to your mat. Stay with ‘your’ expansion and all else will follow. So I am sometimes having this experience here that feeds me… yesterday was one of the first times I felt a group expanding force, everyone was doing their own thing and yet when someone posted it was as if we all did it together… / I am in complete appreciation of you all. / Linaji

• christmas. a bleak outlook on the commercialised "festive" season
  by Charlotte Parker

  Hi everyone. / After spending 3 days Christmas shopping I have finally found an opinion on the holiday. In the shopping centers all you s…

  Hi everyone. / After spending 3 days Christmas shopping I have finally found an opinion on the holiday. In the shopping centers all you see are crying children, stressed out parents and finally the teenage brats trying to send their parents broke with expensive gifts. It seems that society is only concerned about the gifts they receive and give on this day. What is Christmas really about though? I mean I thought it was about spending time with the people you love, a chance to catch up and discover that your great aunt’s brother is actually your best friend’s grandfather. If you ask any 6 year old child what they think Christmas is about then you are sure to get one word. PRESENTS! The media has completely changed the way Christmas is portrayed. It used to be ads on the radio saying come to our Christmas mass at the local church and see the nativity scene. Now it is just jewelery ads talking about giving the perfect $3000 diamond ring to your loved ones. What happened to the innocence of believing Santa Clause? I had a prep buddy a few years ago. A young girl called Sam (now 9 years old) stopped believing in Santa Clause 2 years ago when a mother who had come to pick up her child told her that it was just a lie to make parents buy more presents. Since when is it wrong to believe? I would love to believe that somewhere there is a workshop full of little elves drinking hot chocolates and creating tiny toys filled with love for all the good girls and boys. Please what ever you do, make sure you and your children believe in the true Christmas and Santa Clause. The true meaning of Christmas is the birth of family and of love.

• Internet Problem solved
  by Claire Farley

  Hope I am not jumping the gun, as I have managed to keep an internet connection for the past hour, which is lot better than the 5 minute…

  Hope I am not jumping the gun, as I have managed to keep an internet connection for the past hour, which is lot better than the 5 minutes I was getting before loosing a connection / It seems Outlook Express, Windows Messenger and my Service Provider don’t want to play together. Closed down Outlook, messenger doesn’t start up and I’m up and running once again…...fingers crossed!