Oprah, "The Secret" and the Charlotte connection

DO YOU KNOW THE SECRET?

On Thursday, Oprah Winfrey's TV show was covering a phenomenon called "The Secret", which is fast taking over the world, and will soon be taking over Mars and Venus, radiating out. The book "The Secret" has recently been made into a DVD hosted by the reverend Dr. Michael Beckwith, who, in his day job runs the Agape community in California with his wife, Ricki Byers Beckwith of Charlotte.

The philosophy behind "The Secret" has been touched upon by others throughout the millennia, and has recently found its way into the works of Robert Fritz (a pioneer in the study of creativity and vision) and Peter Senge of "The Fifth Discipline" and "Metanoia" fame. I've had the good fortune of studying with both, and look forward to meeting Michael and Ricki, with whom I already feel a spiritual kinship.

One reason I am going to vote for John Edwards is that I can see that he too is keen on the power of creativity and vision, and is also willing to use these faculties in the service of humanity. By contrast, Dubya was only "clever" at helping himself...at the expense of humanity. We need a BIG change.

Oprah to bring "The Secret" to TV

(CBS 11 News) FORT WORTH "It's something that has existed since the beginning of time. It's been hunted down, stolen and bought for vast sums of money." Those are the first words in the new DVD "The Secret."

It's a compilation of the insights of some of the greatest minds the world has ever known (Plato, Leonardo, Galileo, Napoleon, Hugo, Beethoven, Lincoln, Einstein, Emerson, etc.) and modern-day thinkers and philosophers such as author Jack Canfield, world renowned spiritual guru Dr. Michael Beckwith and more, revealing the secret to ultimate personal power.

We'll keep you posted...

Spiritual Leaders Speak out on the Religion of the Future

A Dialogue with Andrew Cohen and Rev. Michael Beckwith


Andrew Cohen (l) - Rev. Michael Beckwith (r)


“If we are willing to let go of our biases and our prejudices and appreciate someone else’s stance, and then begin to see that, in essence, religions are the same, there will be a revolution in the evolution of religion,” Beckwith said in his recent interview in What Is Enlightenment? magazine. “If you start to break down the shell of religion, then this essence will be more available to everyone.”


Lenox, Mass., April 4, 2005 – Andrew Cohen, editor-in-chief of Lenox-based What Is Enlightenment? magazine, and Reverend Michael Beckwith, founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, will explore “religion of the future” in their first public dialogue together. The event is Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30pm at the Foxhollow Forum, 4 Foxhollow Dr., Lenox, MA, and is presented by the Voices from the Edge speakers series, which is sponsored by What Is Enlightenment? magazine. Tickets are available online at mktix.com (recommended) and at the door: $12. For more information log on to wie.org/voices or call 800.376.3210.

Triangle Blogwall

Updated February 24, 2005
Starring some of the following: ae Lex Alexander John Joseph Bachir Clifton Barnes David K. Beckwith BigWig Jean Bolduc Leslie Boyle Badi E. Bradley Michael Bradley W Jeff Brown Terri Buckner Steve Burnett Craig Caskie Hugh Cayless Janet Chui Ken Coar/Rodent of Unusual Size Rafe Colburn Dan Coleman Roger Coleman Gore Ed Cone Henry Copeland Phebe Cornell Jon Cornetto Jay Cuthrell Debra Martin Davidsson Bret Dougherty Patrick Eakes Ryan Early George Entenman Lyle Estill John Ettorre Herb Everett Susan Eversole David Feld Fred Fenimore Jackson Fox Stephen Fraser Regi Frei Adam Geller (media) Jeff Giddens Dan Gillmor Bernard Glassman Mike Graves Sally Greene Mathew Gross Terry Grunwald Eric Guess Judy Hallman Susan Hardy Colin Hicks Andy Hill David Hoggard John Hood B. Adam Howell Henry Hutton Ben Hwang Virginia Ingram Ryan Irelan Brad Jasper Dave Johnson Jeannette Johnson Paul Jones Tara Kachgal Keith King Tim King Derek Lane Robert Littlejohn Bruce Loebrich Andrew Lomax Robert Lomax Maximilian Longley Jason Erik Lundberg Ben MacNeill Karen A. Mann Dee Marley David Matusiak Phil Melton Jerry McClough Lance McCord Will Mitchell David Moffat Susie Moffat Fiona Morgan Jason Morningstar Eric Muller Mary Nations Uzoma Nwosu Jen O’Bryan Michael O’Connell Jayson Ovittore Scott Parkerson Tony Patterson Jane Peppler Anthony Perry H.L. Person Alvin Phillips Stewart Pittman Sue Polinsky Jeffrey Pomerantz Jim Posner Robert Reddick Corey Reece Cathy Resmer James E. Robinson, III John Robinson Lance Robinson Tim Ross Sam Ruby Brian Russell Jack Saunders Mark Schreiner Willi Schulz Laura Seel Steve Segedy Ruby Sinreich Roch Smith, Jr. Steve Smith Terry Smith Pam Spaulding Kristina Spurgin Josh Staiger Christian Stalberg Fred Stutzman Chip Sudderth TheShu Mark Tosczak jw Ken Waight Nathan Walls David Warlick Justin Watt Mark Welker Todd Wilkens Alex Wilson Dave Winer Andy Wismar Dan Wurzelmann Rob Zelt Evan Zimmerman Tom Zito Bora Zivkovic AND/OR Anton Zuiker.

Triangular Blogging in Chapel Hill

DO TRIANGLE OR BE SQUARE

On February 12, 2005, Chapel Hill, North Carolina will be The Nuculus of the Blogosphere.


Chapel Hill, home of the most ancient of public universities, the grandparent to all the rest, by name the University of North Carolina, or what some people call Chapel Hill, Carolina, the Kremlin, the Harvard of Publics, and our dear village idiot has tagged it the UConn of the Yukon -- wrong on all points -- is hosting the next in a series of historical events in which you, dear bloggers, may participate. In attendance will be today's Thomas Paynes, Ben Franklins, Mark Twains, Ed Murrows, Walter Cronkhites, and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhubpadas. There will also be your Ernest T. Basses, your Goobers and Gomers, as well as your exemplary handygriffins.

Sign up here and learn more about the festivities...

Some of the participants are listed below. Their name is linked to a google search for their name so that participants can learn more about each one. Of course references may also refer to others who share their name, and in some cases, I searched their screen name, as I knew there would be too many references to their real name. It's mostly for my own benefit, but you may find it useful as well...

UPDATED FEB 3 2005

"Lex Alexander" : http://blog.news-record.com/lexblog/
"John Joseph Bachir" - http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/
"David K. Beckwith" : http://anonymoses.blogspot.com
"Silflay Hraka (!) " : http://silflayhraka.com/
"Jean Bolduc" : http://jeanbolduc.blogspot.com
"Frank Boosman" : http://www.boosman.com/blog
"Leslie Boyle" : http://warmchocolatemusic.blogspot.com/
"Badi E. Bradley" : http://capriciouspeacock.blogs.com/
"W Jeff Brown" - http://www.allheadlinenews.com/
"Steve Burnett" : http://badger.livejournal.com/
"Craig Caskie" :
"Janet Chui" : http://www.livejournal.com/users/marrael
"Rafe Coburn" : http://rc3.org
"Catherine Collingwood" : http://www.cathcoll.net
"Ed Cone" : http://edcone.com
"Henry Copeland" : http://www.blogads.com/weblog
"Jay Cuthrell" : http://fudge.org/
"Didier Deshommes" : http://aida.homelinux.net/wordpress/
"Bret Dougherty" : http://www.unc.edu/~bretd/
"The Debra" : http://reasonandradical.blogspot.com/
"Patrick Eakes" : http://www.patrickeakes.blogspot.com/
"George Entenman" : http://entenman.net/
"John Ettorre" : http://www.workingwithwords.blogspot.com/
"Herb Everett" : http://www.ramblinprose.com/
"Susan Eversole" : http://www.livejournal.com/users/sfevers/
"David Feld" : http://www.epicquest.com/pi/
"Fred Fenimore" : http://fredsspot.blogspot.com/
"Stephen Fraser" : http://www.salutor.com/
"Jeff Giddens" : http://segatech.blogspot.com/
"Dan Gillmor" : http://dangillmor.typepad.com/
"Mike Graves" : http://meekmok.com/robogoth/
"Sally Greene" : http://greenespace.blogspot.com/
"Herb of Ramblin' Prose" : http://ramblinprose.blogdns.com/
"Andy Hill" : http://www.panix.com/~ah/portfolio.html
"David Hoggard" : http://www.hoggsblog.com/
"John Hood" : http://www.johnlocke.org/lockerroom/
"B. Adam Howell" : http://www.benjaminadam.com
"Ben Hwang" : http://life.firelace.com/
"Virginia Ingram" : http://www.virginiaingram.com/dontreadthis/
"Brad Jasper" : http://www.blogcatalog.com
"Dave Johnson" : http://mistersugar.com/tamtam/blogtogether/show/DaveJohnson
"Jeannette Johnson" : http://home.earthlink.net/~so_anyway/
"Paul Jones" : http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/
"Tim King" : http://www.tvjunior.com/blog/
"Derek Lane" : http://www.livejournal.com/users/dereklane/
"Robert Littlejohn" : http://thephiloblogger.blogspot.com/
"Maximilian Longley" : http://www.livejournal.com/users/lilburne/
"Jason Erik Lundberg" : http://www.journalscape.com/jlundberg
"Ben MacNeill" : http://trixieupdate.com/
"Karen A. Mann" : http://www.mannsworld.blogspot.com/
"David Matusiak" : http://ibiblio.org/matusiak/
"Lance McCord" : http://mccord.ourmemorybox.com
"Fiona Morgan" : http://fionamorgan.blogspot.com/
"Jason Morningstar" : http://www.meekmok.com/sassy
"Eric Muller" : http://www.isthatlegal.org/
"Mary Nations" : http://www.exploringedges.com
"Jayson Ovittore" : http://jovittore.blogspot.com
"Tony Patterson" : http://home.earthlink.net/~half-lifeblog/
"H.L. Person" : http://hlperson.com/
"Alvin Phillips" : http://alvinphillips.com/
"Stewart Pittman" : http://lenslinger.blogspot.com
"Sue Polinsky" : http://www.livejournal.com/users/southernrants/
"Jeffrey Pomerantz" : http://www.ibiblio.org/pomerantz/blog/
"Robert Reddick" : http://mocklive.com/
Corey Reece
"Cathy Resmer" : http://cresmer.blogspot.com/
"James E. Robinson, III" : http://www.robinsonhouse.com/
"John Robinson" : http://blog.news-record.com/jrblog/
"Sam Ruby" : http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/
"Brian Russell" : http://www.audioactivism.org/
"Laura Seel" : http://chewok.blogspot.com
"Steve Segedy" : http://www.meekmok.com/muaddib
"Ruby Sinreich" : http://orangepolitics.org/
"Roch Smith, Jr." : http://www.greensboro101.com/
"Terry Smith" : http://www.bloglines.com/blog/TerrySmith
"Josh Staiger" : http://www.joshstaiger.org/
"Christian Stalberg" :
"Fred Stutzman" : http://chimprawk.blogspot.com
"TheShu" : http://www.greensboroistalking.com
"Mark Tosczak" : http://ncblogs.com/
"jw" : http://www.howdoyoulikeme.blogspot.com/
"Ken Waight" : http://www.lyinginponds.com/
"David Warlick" : http://davidwarlick.com/blog/
"Justin Watt" : http://justinsomnia.org/
"Todd Wilkens" : http://moresmarter.net
"Dave Winer" : http://archive.scripting.com
"Andy Wismar" : http://andywismar.com/themiddle/
"Rob Zelt" : http://www.robzelt.com/blog/
"Evan Zimmerman" : http://ncblogs.com/
"Tom Zito" : http://www.meekmok.com/mr_ed
"Bora Zivkovic" : http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com
"Anton Zuiker" : http://mistersugar.com

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Anonymoses Presents: People I think I'd like.

Anonymoses Presents: People I think I'd like.

This will be an exercise in free association...

Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, John Malkovich, Gary Sinese, Beck, Jeff Beck, David Beckham, Colin Firth, Peter Gabriel, Peter Brook, Peter Pan, Patty Pan, Patter Poon, Prune Tang (no, that's a drink I'd like to see), Gary Tang, Mel Brooks, Louise Brooks, David Brooks, Clara Bow, David Bowie, David Boies, David Byrne, David Brancaccio, David Bianculli, Spalding Gray, Chadwick Gray, Wilson!, Robert Wilson, Robert Anton Wilson, Phillip Glass, Tim Robbins, Ton Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut, Gore Vidal, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Rep. Jim Leach, Cary Grant, Grant Tinker, Tinker Bell, Lee Grant, Robert E. Lee, Lao T'se, Gautama, Jesus, Mohammed, Mohammed Ali, Socrates, King Wen, The Duke of Chou, Paramahansa Yogananda, Jon Anderson, Robert Fripp, Gurdjieff, Simone Weil, Martin Buber, Idries Shah, Jallaluddin Rumi, Coleman Barks, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Al Franken, Michael Moore, Rep. Lincoln Chaffee, Senator John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Howard Dean, John Kerry, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Truthaddict Louis, Zhoodah, Zarah, Zarathustra, Neitzsche, Schopenhauer, Willard Quine, Sophie Freud Lowenstein, Alexander Theroux, Olivia DeHaviland, Audrey Hepburn, Juliet Binoche, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Whoopie Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Jim Beckwourth, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Jerry Brown, Linda Ronstadt, Roberta Flack, Joan Armatrading, Joan Shenendoah, Norah Jones, Woody Allen, Ravi Shankar, Steve Reich, Robert Reich, Jeremiah, Baruch, Tia Tephi, William Shakespeare, Taliesin, Mary Magdalene, Mary Tyler Moore, Sherri Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Orson Welles, Orson Bean, Mr. Bean, Dziga Vertov, Tristan Tsara, Salvadore Dali, Marcel Duchamp, James Joyce, Sergei Eisenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Baruch Spinoza, Henri Bergson, Fyodor Dostoyevskii, Yevtushenko, Steven Biko, Desmond Tutu, Kafe Annan, Dag Hamerskold, John, John-John, Jackie Kennedy, Robert Benchley, Red Skelton, Drew Barrymore, John Barrymore, The Beatles, Diane Rehm, Jim Lehrer, Bill Moyers, Daniel Schorr, Howard Rheingold, Stewart Brand, David Holtzman, Bob Dobbs, Moby K. Dick, Martha Loofa, Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, John Cage, Bucky Fuller, Thom Yorke, Clare Short, Mayor Livingston, Tamara Beckwith, John Barth, T.C. Boyle, Pagan Kennedy, Johnny Depp, Walter Cronkhite, Edward R. Murrow

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A Season of Nonviolence - Richmond youth joins path for peace

Richmond youth joins path for peace - iBerkshires.com - Home:

"The Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith delivered the keynote address on "A Season of Nonviolence." Both Roots Kelso and Topaz described the speech as "inspiring."

"He spoke of how every little step towards nonviolent solutions is backed by multitudes, all of those who have come before and worked for peace. Consider the lineage of Gandhi and King, and we never need to feel alone, Roots Kelso said.

The address was followed by a Gandhi-King multimedia tribute, "Bombay to Birmingham," and a World Peace Flag Ceremony, with youths displaying flags to represent the national community. "