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Schedule At a Glance
All Events
are sponsored by
and/or take place at Spirit United
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THIS SUNDAY
August 30, 2015
10:30-11:30am
Learning to Say "No" and "Yes"
with guest speaker
Lyndall Johnson
and guest musician
Catherine Wilson
Details at right.
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NEXT SUNDAY
Sept. 6, 2015
The Spiritual Practice of Carrying Water
with
Rev. Ron Moor,
and muscians
Meg Miura and David Chapman
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LAST SUNDAY
MYSTERY SCHOOL SUNDAY
August 23, 2015
The Spiritual Practice of
Saying "No!"
with
Rev. Ron Moor
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Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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Full Moon Celebration
with
"The Sol Fire Shaman"
and
"The Spirit Walkers"
Sat, Aug. 29
1:00pm-4:00pm
Details at right.
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The Ego and the Spiritual Path Workshop
with
Lyndall Johnson
Sun, Aug. 30, 2015
12:30-3:00pm
Details at right. ~~~~~~~~~
Theosophical Society
Sept. Events
No-Host Dinner Welcoming Carol Parrish to MN Fri, Sept. 11 6:30pm (Not at SU)
Details at right. ~~~
Workshop with Carol Parrish Sat, Sept. 12 2:00-6:00pm
Details at right. ~~~
The Kabalah Lecture with Carol Parrish Mon, Sept. 14 7:00pm-9:00pm
Details at right. ~~~
Film and Discussion LightSource: Exploring Sacred Geometry Mon, Sept. 28 7:00-9:00pm
Details at right.
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SU Movie Night featuring The Way starring Martin Sheen Fri, Sept. 11 7:00-10:00pm
Details at right.
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Upcoming Events at Other Venues
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Playing with the Energy of the
I Ching or
Book of Changes
facilitated by Barbara Bobrowitz Thurs, Sept. 17 6:30-9:15pm
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Take Action
with the
MN Pachamama Community
Details at right.
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A Note about the 3-D Film Flight of the Butterflies
from
Clara Grace
Details at right.
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Save the Date Notice:
William Meader is coming in October ~~~
SU's Fall Festival Fun(d)raiser
is scheduled
in November
Details at right.
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August 27, 2015
Greetings!
"Maybe is forgettable.
Only yes and no are memorable.
Be bold with your love
and say yes to yes and no to no."
~ Jarod Kintz,
This Book is Not FOR SALE
Spirit United 2015 Theme:
Twelve Ways of Spirit
August's Theme: The Practice of Saying "No"
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 THIS SUNDAY
10:30am-11:30am
Learning to say "No" and "Yes"
with guest speaker
Lyndall Johnson and guest musician Catherine Wilson  If we are to live from the heart and be of service to the world we need to maximize to what we say "yes" and "no" and most importantly, why we do so which requires deep insight and self reflection - and coming to really know ourselves.
Lyndall is presenting a workshop,
The Ego and the Spiritual Path, after the service. See below for more details.
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KIDS WITH SPIRIT
Activity bags available
during the service.
KWS begins Sept. 13, 2015. We will launch on a journey to explore seven gifts given for us to create beauty.
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NEXT SUNDAY 
September 6, 2015
10:30am-11:30am
The Spiritual Practice of Carrying Water with
Rev. Ron Moor
and musicians Meg Miura and David Chapman
What does it take to sustain life? Yes, the basics: water, food, clothing, shelter. And it is also how we go about our everyday tasks including the physical work of maintaining ourselves as well as the nature of our relationship with every thing and being around us. On this Labor Day weekend, we will look deeper into the meaning of "Chop Wood, Carry Water" and perhaps rediscover our connection to the Source of All. The way a person does one thing
is the way they do everything.
~ Zen saying
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 LAST SUNDAY
Mystery School Sunday
August 23, 2015
The Spiritual Practice
of Saying NO!
with
Rev. Ron Moor
One of the ongoing mysteries of our species is how we came to be humans. How is it we have all the abilities we have, all necessary to be who we have become and who we are becoming? There is a clue in the very earliest written myth of human kind, a myth that predates anything in the Old Testament by well over a thousand years. It seems that the ability to say "Yes" and "No" are equally necessary, and equally crucial. In our Mystery School Sunday we explored this ancient myth as we called in the wisdom to know when "No" is necessary and needed and we called in the capacity to say "No."
There will be a delay in getting it posted to the website. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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 Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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Spirit Walkers' Super Full Moon in Pisces Celebration
with "The Sol Fire Shaman" 
Jorge Villanueva Castillo and "The Spirit Walkers" Guillermo Luebbert, Gina Ferrell, Virginia Sundin,  Jeanne Lecher and Michelle Thelen
Saturday, August 29, 2015
1:00pm-4:00pm
$10+ Love Donation Requested- Free Healings* with Jorge Villanueva Castillo "The Sol Fire Shaman" ending with a collective spiral 12:00pm-1:00pm
- Prophecy of the 5th Sun
- Sacred Chanting for DNA Activation
- A Moon Goddess Journey
- Channeling and Astrology
- Bring drums and rattles for drumming
(*Additional love donations accepted for healings.)
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The Ego and the Spiritual Path Workshop
Sunday, August 30, 2015
12:30pm-3:00pm
Investment: $20.00
Signup sheet at church or call 612-378-3602 to register
How do we get in the way of our own spiritual growth? Do you have a map of where you are going, why and how? Join us for a short introduction into the Evolution of your own Consciousness and learn of some of the Pitfalls and Practices in attaining higher states of Consciousness.
Lyndall Johnson is the president and founder of the Aslan Institute which is an Integrative Mental Health Clinic where she practices as a licensed psychologist. She is a writer, speaker, educator and facilitator. She has degrees in psychology and sociology from the University of South Africa and a Masters degree in Psychology from the University of Pepperdine in California. She has developed and taught numerous curricula on a wide variety of transpersonal topics designed to help people move forward in their own development and expand their own consciousness and has extensive experience teaching spirituality and the Evolution of Consciousness around the world. She has also lead pilgrimages and retreats to Europe, Africa, Asia and in America.
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 Ancient Wisdom/Ancient Mysteries
Minneapolis Theosophical Society September, 2015 Events
A No-Host Dinner Welcoming Carol Parrish to Minnesota
Friday, Sept. 11, 2015
6:30pm
at the Good Earth in Roseville (NOTE: This is not at SU.)
RSVP to Von at
(651) 235-6645
to have a fairly accurate head count for the table needed
As always SU members are welcome to attend.
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Workshop with Carol Parrish
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015
2:00pm-6:00pm
$35, adults. $55 for couples or families.
$30 for students, seniors, and TS members.
Rev. Parish, author and former dean of Sancta Sophia Seminary in Oklahoma, will lead a 4-hour workshop in an open public meeting of Ancient Wisdom/Ancient Mysteries, the local branch of the international Theosophical Sophia - Adyar, India. She will explore the divine plan for humanity and the role of masters in our spiritual evolution. Book sale and signing afterwards.
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The Kabalah Lecture
with Rev. Carol Parrish
Monday Sept. 14, 2015
7:00pm-9:00pm
$10 suggested donation
Rev. Carol Parish, author and former dean of Sancta Sophia Seminary in Oklahoma, offers an introduction to the kabalah in an open public meeting of Ancient Wisdom / Ancient Mysteries, the local branch of the international Theosophical Sophia - Adyar (India). Book sale and signing afterwards.
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Ancient Wisdom/Ancient Mysteries
Film & Discussion Series
LightSource: Exploring Sacred Geometry
Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 7:00pm-9:00pm $5 suggested donation Questions: Call Von at 651-235-6645
Our movie and discussion night features a new documentary. This film has an amazing shamanic soundtrack which can bring you to an altered state of consciousness where you experience various examples of sacred geometry. The technique was inspired by research and exercises pioneered at the Monroe Institute.
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A movie night in honor of Sue Arnold as she walks her pilgrimage!
 Featuring...
The Way with Martin Sheen
Friday, September 11, 2015
7:00pm-10:00pm
$10.00 suggested donation
THE WAY is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world.
Martin Sheen plays Tom, an irascible American doctor who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son (played by Emilio Estevez, Sheen's eldest son). Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage "The Way of St. James" to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the profound impact this trip will have on him.
Through unexpected and oftentimes amusing experiences along "The Way," Tom discovers the difference between "the life we live and the life we choose."
Emilio Estevez, the writer and director of this film, asked his father Martin Sheen to play the leading role in this project because he wanted to work together, father and son. He reported his amazement at his father's professionalism, tenacity and strength while they not only made this pilgrimage together but also created a visual work of art from which others can journey themselves.
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Upcoming Events at Other Venues
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 Playing with the Energy of the I Ching
or
Book Of Changes
facilitated by  Barbara Bobrowitz
of Energetic Alignments
Thursday, September 17, 2015
6:30pm-9:15pm
At Aslan Institute,
The Narnia Room
4141 Old Sibley Memorial Hwy.
Eagan, MN 55122
Investment: $27
Make checks payable to Energetic Alignments Send to: 1520 South Timber Ridge NE Fridley, MN 55432 Please Pre-Register: Contact Barbara by clicking here or calling 763-571-9437.
"The I Ching is regarded as a foundation text of Chinese wisdom and philosophy and was instrumental to sages such as Confucius, whose education and teachings were formed by it. "For centuries, the I Ching or Book of Changes has been consulted for sage advise at life's turning points. When its wisdom is sought with sincerity and sensitivity, this Chinese oracle will help...to impart balance and perspective to your life. Its everlasting popularity lies in the lessons that it teaches about how to use your positive qualities in order to attain life's greatest rewards." - Brian Browne Walker, translator of The I Ching or Book of Changes: A Guide to Life's Turning Points. In this experiential playshop, we'll use it as an oracle. To do that, I Ching coins are thrown after formulating a question regarding your current situation to get advice for self-reflection. Like all methods of circumventing the intellect to connect with the heart of your inner knowing (i.e kinesiology, pendulums, tarot) throwing the coins is a tool used for accessing your intuition. This is an aware soul-centered practice since you engage body and brain with activity while you choose universal symbols intuitively-allowing these symbols of universal energy to emerge in a unique combination, called hexagrams, to open you to your deepest wisdom. Once the hexagrams have been formed by the coins, you read the text in the I Ching related to that particular hexagram for your answer. You will learn:
- the origins and uses of this ancient book of Chinese wisdom;
- the connection between the I Ching, the concepts of yin and yang, and the tai chi symbol;
- the symbolic meanings of trigrams and hexagrams;
- a simple process for throwing the coins that I learned from H.H. Professor Lin Yun, Rinpoche, my Chinese Buddhist Llama Feng Shui master;
- how to interpret the hexagrams using the I Ching text for answers to your questions.
Bring: - your sincerity and curiosity.
- six pennies - one newer than the other 5; or five pennies and one dime; or 6 I Ching coins, if you have some.
- a situation or two that you'd like to ask the oracle for advice.
- a copy of the I Ching, if you have one. I will have four or five different translations of the I Ching book on hand for us to use.
Barbara Bobrowitz of Energetic Alignments has employed the I Ching for the past 22+ years as a guide on her own spiritual path and for gentle guidance in working with her Feng Shui clients from the U.S, Canada and South America. It has inevitably provided thoughtful suggestions for how to approach a variety of situations. As a highly trained Feng Shui expert, teacher and consultant, Barbara has assisted hundreds of clients to make beneficial changes in their lives through Feng Shui, and chakra grounding and clearing techniques.
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Take Action with the MN Pachamama Community
Advocate for Our Earth, Our Humanity and Our Souls.
Earth Hour Every Wednesday 
8:30pm-9:30pm
Turn off all electronics, lights, TV's, devises, etc.
Feel the peace. Be aware of environmental issues. And lessen our energy consumption.
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Awakening the Dreamer Symposium Sunday, September 20, 2015
1pm to 5pm St. John's Episcopal Church
4201 Sheridan Ave S, Minneapolis Pachamama is pleased to announce that we're partnering with Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers (MAP) to put on this symposium, a transformative educational workshop that explores the challenges and possibilities of this moment in time and the role people can play in creating a new future. Please join us for this powerful, inspiring event, and help spread the word. Be part of bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet! ~~~ Pachamama Book Club We've selected four books to read and discuss in the upcoming months, in the order listed below. We anticipate the first meeting will take place in late September, so start reading now! - Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth, by David Korten
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson (check out this TED Talk and interview to whet your appetite)
- This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, by Naomi Klein
- Journey of the Universe, by Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker
~~~ Game Changer Intensive Deadline to enroll is September 6
Course begins September 15
The Game Changer Intensive is a seven-week online course designed to educate, inspire, and equip you to be a pro-activist leader, a game changer in your community.
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Other Events of Interest in the Twin Cities
Native Voices for Planet Earth: United Nations Climate Change Conference Fundraiser Saturday, September 26, 2015
10:30am to 4:00pm Neighborhood House
179 Robie Street East, St. Paul Tom Goldtooth (Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network) will speak about the United Nations Climate Change Conference (to be held in Paris this December) and engage our community in a question-and-answer session. The purpose of this event is to raise funds for the indigenous representatives going to the conference. The goal is to expand awareness, raise community concerns about your specific environmental issues, and send these indigenous representatives to the conference with the support of our community. Find more info and reserve tickets here. ~~~ Go to MN Pachamama Community Facebook page for links to inspiring articles, ideas, TED talks, and more!
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A Note about the Film
Flight of the Butterflies
from Clara Grace
If you haven't seen the 3D movie Flight of the Butterflies, I urge you to see it at the MN Zoo (The IMAX Theatre.)
Cliff and I saw it at the Science Museum. It is about the Monarch Butterfly, and the photography is just spectacular! You see them flying in giant size all around you, and then congregating by the zillions in Mexico where they rest in Winter. You learn about how they are nearly extinct, and the U.S., Canada and Mexico have joined together to help them survive. It is an amazing story, and an amazing experience to see their incredible beauty so vividly displayed all around you!
The price is $10, or $7 for seniors, plus parking of course. MN Zoo phone is: 952-431-4629.
We loved it, and I think you will too if you haven't already seen it. Clara
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SAVE THE DATE NOTICE:
William Meader Presents 
Astro-Rayology Workshop
October 9 and 10, 2015
SU Members $225,
Non-members $240
Stay tuned for details and flyers.
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 Spirit United's Fall Festival!
November 15, 2014
12pm-4pm
Hearty lunch, readers, healers, vendors, silent auction, books
More details to come.
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