Recognizing Ourselves in One Another: CSC in Pictures
Greetings!
"Under the watchful gaze of old Grandfather Mountain we gathered. All experiencing various phases of the human condition, and yet, recognizing one another as aspects of ourselves through our stories, through our insights, through our invulnerable vulnerability."
-- Ami Chen Mills-Naim
Last month's Three Principles retreat was a phenomenal event.
Twenty-eight people gathered at Blowing Rock Conference Center north of Charlotte, North Carolina for two and a half days dedicated to the theme, "The Place I Belong: Return to the Self." Get a feel for the retreat by watching this short video:
Ami Chen Mills-Naim flew in from California to lead us through an exceptional experience of uncovering our own wisdom in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
And there was plenty of wisdom in the room! One participant wrote, "Small group sessions allowed us to truly show we have similar thoughts, and that it's OK not to know how to handle some of them." Another wrote to us, "When my inside is beautiful, my outside is beautiful." (Read more and see our retreat photo spread.)
Thanks to donations, we were able to provide scholarships forseven individuals who are committed to using the Three Principles in their personal lives or in their work, but could not afford to attend without your support. A heartfelt thanks to our donors! You are helping to spread well-being exponentially when you give. Those people who deepen their understanding of how Thought impacts their experience of life -- and who deepen their awareness of that which lies beyond personal thinking -- are like stones dropped in a pond, spreading the potential for peace in ever-expanding circles of possibility.
Watch for news in your inbox of a 2013 retreat in California!
Best wishes,
Dave Nichols, Executive Director
Photo by A.M. Stewart
(From left) Janelle Dunlap, Jasmine Pollard, Elissa Hudson and Randa Street participated in the 2012 CSC retreat at Blowing Rock Conference Center. There was plenty of time to relax and meet new friends. View entire photo album.
Gabriela Maldonado-Montano, CSC's Senior Training Consultant, is heading to the Canary Islands to introduce the Three Principles to local residents at a workshop entitled, Bienestar (Understanding Your Well-Being).
If you speak Spanish and are interested in learning about the Three Principles with one of the leaders in the field, come and join Gabriela in the beautiful Canary Islands! The workshop will explore how the Principles work in our day-to-day lives. This understanding allows us to find greater sense of peace within ourselves, a greater ability to be present in our lives and to feel a greater connection to our inner wisdom.
Entender cómo funcionan los Tres Principios te permitirá encontrar dentro de ti la paz que necesitas y estar presente y conectado a tu sabiduría interior, esta es una maravillosa oportunidad para que recuerdes que puedes ser feliz pase lo que pase a tu alrededor. Te esperamos en la bellísima isla de Gran Canaria para compartir contigo los Tres Principios y unos días inolvidables que pueden cambiar para siempre la manera en que ves la vida.
Date : November 3rd to 4th, 2012
Venue : C/ Triana, 22, 2º A, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, SPAIN Contact : info@lostresprincipios.org For more details visit http://www.lostresprincipios.org/
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Gabby then heads on to London, England to speak at Tikun's "Missing Link" Three Principles Conference, November 11th to 13th.
PLEASE NOTE: CSC is able to offer Three Principles services in the Spanish language with Gabriela Maldonado-Montano. To inquire, email info@principlespsychology.org
The CSC team gathered in Charlotte for a rare opportunity to meet face-to-face with our National Community Resiliency Project partners from Charlotte, North Carolina; Des Moines, Iowa; and Greenville, Mississippi on Monday, October 1st, following the retreat.
NCRP partners, including Larry Williams, Executive Director of the Delta Citizens Alliance, gathered for a meeting in Charlotte to help refine our vision.
The group engaged in discussion, while helping to refine our mission and envision future directions. The partners discussed what they see as of unique value in CSC's work: its grassroots nature; it's "equalizing" tendency which diminishes racial lines; and its ability to connect local organizations and individuals with each other from a national perspective.
We appreciate the involvement of all our partners in CSC's community-based work, which collaboratively develops ways of working with people for the purpose of building communities based on equality and mutual respect. For more information on the NCRP,click here.
Peaceful Parenting Series Begins
In Charlotte, North Carolina, a new Peaceful Parenting workshop series for parents of children who attend Lakewood Preschool Cooperative begins October 9th. We are working with two groups of parents. Each group will be meeting three times a month during October and November. Anyone who may be interested in developing a similar Three Principles-based program at a preschool or any other school is invited to contact us at info@principlespsychology.org
"On the Front Porch" Talk Radio
Tune in at 10 am (PST) on October 12th and October 26th, to hear Ami Chen Mills-Naim, CSC's Education Director, in her personal radio show, On the Front Porch with Ami Chen: Spiritual Dialogues for the 21st Century. The show broadcasts live, biweekly, on Contact Talk Radio every 2nd and 4th Friday. Call-ins are always welcome!
Spanish version of Three Principles book
Gabriela Maldonado-Montano, CSC's Senior Training Consultant, is the Spanish translation editor of Los Tres Principios, the soon-to-be-released Spanish version of Jack Pransky's, Somebody Should Have Told Us.
This is the first-ever Spanish book about the Three Principles.
Jack Pransky says, "Without the Spanish translation editing of Gabriela Maldonado-Montano, this book would not have come to be in Spanish. Because there are no words in either English or Spanish that can adequately describe the true nature of these spiritual principles, there were places where the original translation either gave the wrong meaning or simply did not come out right. Gabriela put in tireless hours with both the translator and with me going over the translation in great detail.
She was invaluable to the process."
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