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BEYOND THE CEREMONY
Preparation, Integration, and Continuing Spiritual Development
Through Ayahuasca and Beyond
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Spiritual Development Process Work in Action
Ever wonder what the spiritual development process looks like for us (in and out of ceremony?) Visit Meghan's blogsite for raw, messy, beautiful spiritual development live or to book a session.
Beyond the Whirlwind
Kambo and Spiritual Life Coaching
Feel a draw to Kambo Medicine?
Beyond the Ceremony has been created with the intention of supporting those drawn to plant Medicine (be it before the first ceremony or after the 100th) in keeping up the continuous spiritual development the Medicines offers in order to fulfill our higher purpose.
Preparation for Ceremony
Taking inventory of safety eligibility, which stage a person is on their path, what needs to be a addressed, and what pitfalls to be aware of can help get the most out of ceremony. Proper preparation can make all the difference in getting what is needed from the Medicine.
Initial Aftercare Support (Post-Ceremony)
Aftercare is support within a week after ceremony from a person who understands, and has enough experience to help a participant through the initial return to what used to be normal. Having this setup before the ceremony can make the aftercare phase much more gentle and efficient.
Long-Term Integration
This is the period of months to years after the post-initial aftercare phase is complete. It's really the other half of the work in order for the ceremony to "take" (arguably the most important) allowing us to acclimate to the new energetic shifts, and practice applying what we've learned in a society that holds little space for it. Integration is imperative, one of the main reasons Beyond the Ceremony was created.
Entering a Spiritual Path
For those newly embarked on the spiritual path, getting your bearings (especially if drawn to plant medicine work) can be really helpful with people who "get it." Beyond the Ceremony offers free resources in addition to coaching and programs to support your journey.
Accelerated Spiritual Development
Some of us have been on this journey for years and are lifers. It's nice to have people to talk to who understand the gravity and depth of this work, at every level. Connect with your kindred spirits here and let's support each other to have the most gentle yet expedited journey, together.
Higher Calling Life Purpose
For those of us on a spiritual development track to come into our true selves, with intention to step into our life purpose (changemaking, spiritual/social impact, evolution of collective consciousness) for the greater good, we got you. This is our world too, and we offer many resources to support you in getting to where you are drawn to. Because the world needs us, now.
One of the many gifts of Medicine work is that there is no space and time. The option to be called into live Ayahuasca ceremony and be worked on spiritually is real, and can be extremely supportive for those who cannot get to the Medicine, or just need a little 'reactivation'.
Small Groups to the Peruvian Amazon
There are options to participate in small group setting in the Peruvian Amazon for those who are the right match. Make sure to sign up for our mailing list if you're interested, and an application, health screening and interview would proceed from there. Very limited spaces.
There are potential opportunities for longer-term work in the Medicine in the upcoming year (oldschool in the Amazon) for a reasonable rate. There are many requirements for this (including a minimum of 10 Ayahuasca ceremonies, basic Spanish, can hang in the jungle, etc.) These are based on resonance match, and are extremely limited. Application, health screening and extensive interviews required. Mailing List to Keep Updated
Ayahuasca Informational
Can Ayahuasca Make You Go Crazy?
Is it possible to take plant medicine and end up in a worse state? That all depends on your perspective. Let's be honest about the messy process of healing. READ MORE
Master Plant Diets Explained. You're Going to Want to Do This.
Explore the mystical world of a traditional Master Plant Diet; how, when, and why they are used in the shamanic path. Learn about how healing, magical, and transformative a primary relationship with a powerful plant can be. READ MORE
Two Sides of the Training Coin: Spiritual Development and Shamanic Apprenticeship
The spiritual development/shamanic apprenticeship pace has been moving at a speed I'd only experienced while living in Peru in active Ayahuasca ceremony. But for a person who is in a life purpose apprenticeship, the training never stops. It takes twists and turns,...
Chacruna.net's Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse
https://chacruna.net/community/ayahuasca-community-guide-for-the-awareness-of-sexual-abuse/
The World's Best Practices for Integrating Ayahuasca – Kerry Moran, M.A., LPC (Chacruna.net)
Working with the Amazonian plant medicine ayahuasca presents enormous psycho-spiritual challenges. In my experience as a meditator and psychotherapist, no other process comes close to ayahuasca's power to activate body, psyche, and spirit, releasing that which has...
Is the Blind Spot of Spiritual Arrogance Slowing Our Process?
I know - the scary, sensitive, defense-producing sound of the word arrogance (especially when it's aimed at us.) Add 'spiritual' in front of it, and many of us are defending the truth of who we are at all cost, down to the very core of our being. Except - we're not....
Ayahuasca Emotional Purging (After Ceremony and at Home)
One of the first things people think of when it comes to Ayahuasca ceremony is the purging: the best friend/worst enemy puke bucket, the toilet paper rolls for inevitable eye and nose faucets, the exact path to be taken to the bathroom if it gets really bad. The...
Ayahuasca Spiritual Development vs a Spiritual Experience in Ceremony – What's the Difference?
Do you know the difference between Ayahuasca spiritual development and having a spiritual experience in ceremony? It's very important, and makes all the difference as to what changes in your world.
Shamanism and the Dynamics of Addiction
Why have addictions and the social problems of drug abuse become one of the greatest public health concerns confronting contemporary societies? One might suppose our addictions are simply a consequence of our well-documented biological proclivities to use drugs....
If You're Disappointed with an Ayahuasca Ceremony, Read This
The interwebs is teeming with miracle stories about how the psychotropic plant brew called Ayahuasca can heal and cure just about any ailment. I've been drinking this medicine and leading ceremonies for 13 years, and can attest to the validity of these dramatic and...
VOX Article on Ayahuasca and Mental Health Therapeutic Potiential
...But a lot has changed since the '60s. The political and cultural landscape is radically different, and far more receptive to psychedelics. Rick Doblin, a longtime advocate for psychedelics and the founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic...
What Exactly is Ayahuasca Integration for the Spiritual Path?
For the Ayahuasca spiritual path, without personal aftercare, acclimation and integration of our ceremonial experiences, a person can be left with newfound information they feel they can't use, sometimes causing more internal strife now that they know what they're missing.
Menstruation and Ayahuasca: Let's Celebrate the Moon
Is it safe to drink Ayahuasca when you're a woman on your moon cycle? Yes. And no. It's complicated, just like periods are.
What's it Like to Be an Ayahuasca Shaman?
The life of an Ayahuasca shaman is epically bizarre, horrifically challenging, and unequivocally badass.
The Economics of Ayahuasca: Should Healing be Free?
Do you get what you pay for with Ayahuasca ceremonies? Join the discussion on paying for healing and spiritual expansion.
Should You Drink Ayahuasca Alone?
No matter how experienced you are with psychedelics, drinking Ayahuasca solo is a reckless and dicey decision. This is why.
The Gift of Suffering: Why Ayahuasca Goes Dark
Ayahuasca isn't dark, consciousness is, and she knows that our intimate understanding of those energies is the secret to our empowerment and bliss. If you want to know the secrets of the universe, it's the darkness that knows.
Everybody Wants to be a Shaman – Except Those that Are
If you have the calling to lead Ayahuasca ceremonies, read this first. It's everything no one talks about, and you deserve to know the truth about what you're getting into.
5 Favorite Magical Ayahuasca Memories
As an Ayahuasca apprentice, I have been blessed to witness countless miracles and mind-blowing moments. These are a few of my life-changing favorites.
How to Interpret Ayahuasca Visuals
Ayahuasca can put on one hell of a visual experience . But what do we do with the visuals once the ceremony ends? This will help.
Helping Others Through a Dark Ayahuasca Ceremony
Helping someone through a dark Ayahuasca journey is like staring into the mirror of all your personal darkness and fears. It can be the most humbling and rewarding experience of both lifetimes. But it requires an almost in-human commitment to integrity.
Please Never Do Ayahuasca Without Asking These Questions First
Sitting in an Ayahuasca ceremony requires a tremendous amount of trust. Here are the questions to ask so you know you're in good hands.
Why do So Many Shaman Abuse Their Power?
Is being a healer an impossible task? Or can one balance their own relationship with ego and darkness and guide others to do the same?
Ayahuasca Shamanism: An Apprentice's Perspective
It's hard to believe it's been almost nine years since I first stepped foot into the Amazon jungle. It was like a dream that lasted for years; so hyper-real that it now seems almost like an illusion. I had no idea when I embarked on my personal journey that I would find myself and my spirit; and that my calling would lead across the globe, into the thickness of the South American jungle, and through the eyes of a sacred plant they locally call Ayahuasca.
Energetics of Personal Internal Ayahuasca Medicine
A deeper looking into the spirit of the Ayahuasca Medicine (including how that energy builds and melds with an individual's spirit's medicine) that results in love, healing and ability to share it with others.
Ayahuasca in Everyday Life: Applying the Medicine Wisdom
Imagine (home after Ayahuasca ceremony) – running strong and clear on Life Purpose, and exactly what steps to take. You know consciously that you may walk back into a cloud of naysayers and fear-based doubters. You swear you will hold to your integrity and truth. You get back strong. Start to tell people your idea, timidly at first. Some respond well, some don't. Time passes. I'll just shelf this idea for awhile until I get settled. Now you're settled. Once this happens, or that. Your dream has officially been swallowed by the Matrix. Where's the wisdom of Ayahuasca in everyday life?
Ayahuasca Ceremony #100: What is Ayahuasca Really? (Updated)
So what is Ayahuasca? It is one of the keys to the doorway to the real reality. For people who want to walk the integrated balance between the physical and the spiritual worlds, enjoying and appreciating who they truly are, without judgment, without fear. For those of us who want to experience life's full gamut, and are ready, willing, and able to accept the challenge. We know who we are.
Ayahuasca and Accelerated Spiritual Development
Accelerated Spiritual Development Language and Concept Toolkit
Those of us who work in plant medicine often have a focus on spiritual development. But what does that mean exactly? Even for those who don't work in Ceremony or apprenticeship, the process is the same (just accelerated by intent, other modalities and plant work.)...
The Impact of Deep-Seated Insecurity and Body Image Constructs
Meghan's experience with judgement and communication, sexual energy, body image and insecurity constructs, opening up the space with accelerated spiritual development team coaching, feeling small, extra boosts of unconditional love, and more... FULL ARTICLE:...
Healing Core Beliefs (and new techniques we're learning!)
Alright - here's my energetic nerd-out. I'm going into detail about the actual spiritual development techniques we're using along the way here (many are new to me - coming in on direct intuitive and higher self feeds). So this is long, but if you're into this work, I...
Crumbling Massive Structures: Co-Dependence and Femininity
Man, sometimes it's hard to fathom how these processes work. But they do. If you want the background as to how the Universe set this space up, click HERE. My Judgements on "Femininity" So the pieces that I had gotten so far in this round of processing had to do with...
Internal Struggle of the Feminine Aspects: Lilith vs Eve
There's no doubt in my mind that a cultural shift is happening, bringing the feminine into more natural alignment with the historically masculine-dominated collective. I see it daily in dynamics of relationships, approaches to parenting, and permeating the media....
Ego Work: The Protector of our Deepest Fears
The way I see it, the ego is there as a defender of our weak, vulnerable, fear spots. Not an enemy, actually an ally at times where it's the only reason we survived. But after awhile, those belief systems become solid, and route thoughts through the maze of what the deeper, mis-aligned belief is. In order to get to the spaces that need healing, we need to move the protector walls out of the way (once we're ready to feel the feelings underneath – which is all emotional purging really is.) Ego work lets us access the roots.
We Live in a Crazy, Dark World. Here's How to Heal It.
Darkness is part of our conscious reality. The relationship we create with that darkness determines whether we make a world full of love, or violence. Please join me in choosing love.
Ayahuasca is Not a Healer. Healers Don't Exist.
There is no such thing as a healer; no one can take our dis-ease. A true healer is just a vessel of divinity, and they help us move the emotions that have solidified into toxicity. The only one that can heal you is you.
Why Marijuana and Ayahuasca Don't Belong Together
Ayahuasca and Marijuana are both powerhouse plant teachers, but mere mortals trying to mix the two often manifest serious ramifications.
Discipline as a Tool for Liberation
The limitations and structure of discipline actually create the container required for liberation. This is an ode to using ritual and routine as a means to transcend the mind.
Healing the Sacred Feminine, One Cup of Tea at a Time
How I used Ayahuasca to heal an intangible, gaping Mother Wound and send me on a journey into the Sacred Feminine.
The Difference Between Spirit and Soul
Spirit and soul are not synonyms, they are dance partners in our journey through consciousness.
This is How to Make Friends with Fear
Fighting fear is fruitless. Resistance is the core of all anxiety. Here is honest advice from one bona fide scaredy cat on how to fall in love with fear instead.
Dear Ayahuasca: Thank You for Taking Me to Hell
The darkest nights hold the most profoundly beautiful lessons. This is an ode to the darkness.
Why I Quit Ayahuasca Shamanism After 11 Years and 1,000 Ceremonies
I'm alive because of Ayahuasca . But I will never drink Ayahuasca or any other plant medicine again.
Why Psychological Health Requires a Spiritual Connection
Without a spiritual connection, there can be no authentic psychological stability. A connection to something beyond our egos is the tether that creates a space of ok-ness. If all we identify with is the perception of self, and the mind's dialogue, when that space turns dark, we ARE the chaos. There is no separation. And this can ultimately lead to delusion and madness.
Following the Daydreams: A Window into the Subconscious Mind
Daydreams are easy to write off as simply wanderings of the mind during phases of boredom. Sometimes they escalate into larger dreams, adding excitement or urgency to the equation. But are these mental musings simply little life distractions? Or can they clue us in to...
The Dreamer's Dilemma: Flaws of Magical Thinking
The hard part about being a dreamer, is that there are certain practical applications one needs to be able to actually manifest the dream. And for those of us who have roots in the hippie, artist, "new agey spiritual", etc worlds – well, the cultural norms tend to be of the mindset that damns the Man, condescends on the mainstream, and assumes the worst about the faceless 1%.
Law of Attraction – Energetics Underneath
Deeper explanation about the energetic systems that move the Law of Attractions (and how knowing them can help avoid potential pitfalls)…
Meghan's Ayahuasca Apprenticeship in the Amazon and Beyond…
First Journey to Peru (and Ayahuasca Shamanic Apprenticeship?)
What I didn't know was that my view on shamanism was about to broaden quite a bit, as I headed north into the world of the jungle, and Amazonian Ayahuasca Shamanism.
First Ayahuasca Ceremony: The Holy Shit Hour
Story of my very first Ayahuasca ceremony (after swearing I would never do it again) leading into a several year shamanic apprenticeship in an Amazon jungle village in Peru
Ayahuasca Ceremony #2-5: Life Has Changed Forever
Early days of my Ayahuasca work
Ayahuasca Ceremony #6: The Shamans' Village in the Peruvian Amazon
We are about to partake in Ayahuasca ceremonies with indigenous shamans, on the native land where the plants grow in the Amazon. My heart lit up in intrigued excitement as to the rarity of the experience. You couldn't force this shit to happen if you tried. After getting situated in our freighter-boat cabins, we got ready for a 12-hour ride along the Amazon river. It was late afternoon, and the sun was bright in the sky.
Post-Ayahuasca Crash (No Magic Pills)
I felt so connected to my true self after working in Ayahuasca ceremony. Like nothing could touch me – I'd seen myself and my truth and everything else would just – align. I didn't expect a post-Ayahuasca crash. What I was not prepared for was my grand entrance back into society. I was fine for awhile…it was a gradual demise.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #7-11: First Emotional Purge
Emotionally purging? Yeah that felt about right, considering I felt completely out of control. I followed him to the ceremony house, where he led me to a hammock and prepared for my ventiada (which is basically a channeled Medicine healing through Icaros – Medicine communication songs – directly to one person.)
Falling Fast Towards Ayahuasca Shamanic Apprenticeship and Love
For the first few days, it was magical. He took me everywhere. To the butterfly farm, to Quistococha (the beach/zoo place), out on a little boat around Belen. We had fish on the bone at a cool restaurant overlooking the water in Nanay. We even went dancing at the discoteque!
Formally Begin Ayahuasca Shamanic Apprenticeship in Peruvian Amazon Village
We got back to the village, my first time in over six months, and I felt different. I felt like an actual Ayahuasca shamanic apprentice. Plus, I was now unofficially seeing Luco. That brought up a whole slew of other emotions and self-judgements as I worried what the people in the village thought of me.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #12: Jealousy Builds
Real-world triggers catalyze the pent up jealousy in my body, preparing it for a massive emotional purge…
Ayahuasca Ceremony #13: Jealousy Purge
What finally happened when I was able to face the energy of jealousy within myself during an Ayahuasca ceremony (which had taken form after all the years of build…)
Ayahuasca Ceremony #14-19/ Plant Diet #1: The Reality of Village Life Sets In
I would catch little comments here and there about Luco, and even hidden laughter as they all invited extended family and friends to partake in the "free" daily lunches that Luco was paying for out of his own pocket (yet wasn't physically there to participate in.)
Ayahuasca Ceremony #20: Village Gossip Brews a Storm
The torrential winds of gossip blew as the energy in the village become more and more tense. I started hearing rumors from people who worked at the original program that we were being talked about in ceremony, even speculation that we were having dark forces sent our way. The energy when we walked by the Elder's house became a chore to trudge through. It was getting to the point that I had mixed feelings even having ceremonies there.
I felt the extremes of this decision weighing heavily on me: if he was bad and I was being played, and blindly pursue this work with a shaman who is not in integrity (or possibly worse) I'd be bringing people to a "false prophet" or even spiritual danger (I was hearing this, and still not knowing if I believed that was possible or not). The other choice would be to play it safe and walk away from everything, and if he was as light as I want to believe, potentially taking away the ability for people to truly and deeply save themselves from the dark forces running their lives.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #35: Apprenticeship Rite of Passage Initiation
I asked again, and he continued to avoid the question. The longer I was in the room, the heavier the energy was beginning to feel. The conversation kept going around in circles, with a dark, looming energy coming out of his mouth. It was strong enough that I called in spiritual light protection so that it didn't get inside of me. I couldn't tell what it was…subconscious negative intentions?
Hindsight from the Future (2012)
Reading over that story in hindsight (years after I wrote it) made me laugh out loud at parts. It was so insanely intense at the time – maybe the hardest thing I've ever done. But now, after four years of Medicine and experience, it blows my mind some of the things I believed. Like the shamans were above getting swept up in gossip. And my emotional purges with the jealousy! My God – and I wasn't exaggerating either. Seriously, get a grip!
Reaching New Levels of Understanding/ Transcending My Teachers
Moving through the levels of spirit work in Ayahuasca Shamanic Apprenticeship…
Ayahuasca Ceremony #180-184: Purging the Western Consciousness
I didn't even know you could actually purge layers of the crap in the Western Consciousness out of an individual body. It was all fear. Fear manifested in the form of feeling abandoned, or rejected, or separated in any form. Which causes the ego to build defenses to protect, since there is a perceived void in the foundational structure.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #185/ Plant Diet #5: The Hardest Ayahuasca Purge So Far…
Purging the initial fear when I first started: scary as shit. Purging the years of drug use: like the worst "bad trip" ever. Purging layers of ego: took every ounce of humility I could muster to move an inch at a time. But purging the fear-based consciousness out of my heart…that was a whole other thing.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #190: Breaking Through Insecurity
Could I really do this? Apprenticeship? Did I really have it in me? I was near a danger zone of falling into the abyss of caving to the insecurity and the exhaustion of feeling it. Long after the rhythm of the ceremony had settled down to smooth ocean waves, I all of a sudden wanted to hear my own Icaros. "Why? They don't even work" my insecure voice said in my head. I dominated it with my true spirit's voice and knew it was an okay time energetically to contribute. So I began.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #191/Uchu Sanango Diet #2: Know When it's Time to Walk
I ended up completing the last few days of the diet alone at the house in the village. I needed to be away from other people, so I could clear my head. By the time the diet was complete and everyone came back, I knew why I needed to leave.
The "Spiritual Warrior" Concept: Oxymoron Feeding Dualism, or the Nature of Life?
To try to jump levels would be to oppress real things in our consciousness that are there (causing toxic, out of control buildups and explosions), and meant to be understood at this level, so that we can learn to manage them fully informed, and continue to rise to the next one. To pretend something is not in our consciousness and hide from it causes much more chaos than actually looking at it through conscious eyes. So what about the Spiritual Warrior?
The Call to Help vs. the Human Ego
Is it also possible, that the Universe is so vast, that to even try to understand something like that through a human ego mind is almost laughable? Probably, yet the seeking is part of the experience. So we ask, and we mull. Could it be that something absolutely could be true in my world, because I chose it, and something seemingly opposite be true in someone else's?
Ayahuasca Ceremony #197: Observing Ayahuasca Apprenticeship Pitfalls
Ayahuasca Apprenticeship is tricky. It can be exhausting and extremely confusing. Learning when to stand strong and when to be a puddle on the floor is imperative. All of these things are learned in time, if you keep focus on the intention. But we really cannot do it alone. When resentment bubbles build in the body, they become toxic until they explode. We must communicate, to avoid these Ayahuasca apprenticeship pitfalls.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #203: Shedding the Serpent's Skin
Moving through the levels of my Ayahuasca shamanic apprenticeship in the Peruvian Amazon
Ayahuasca Ceremony #207: Money Ego Judgement, Abilities Rise
On money, ego, judgement, and abilities…
Ayahuasca Ceremony #211/ Plant Diet #6 with Crystals: Belief Systems Popping Loose like Weak Rubberbands
The evolving truth, as I see it at the moment, is that there cannot be a 'static set of goals', whether self or group created. Because things are always in motion. For one person trapped in a fear-based belief system, breaking free and drinking a soda may allow them the liberation energetically that unentraps them. For another, the discipline in breaking free of the habitual 10 cokes a day may be their peace. It's all about balance, to get back to the middle no matter which side of the spectrum you are on.
Gossip Sucks
No one claims to like or be a part of, and is most of the time considered a very superficial, annoying part of life. I have come to understand how dark, sneaky, and serious this little energy can be.
Holier Than Thou Pushes Anger to the Edge
I know it's all in Order, I know it's all a gift (and I'm not just "positive thinking" that, it's really true, I can already see the personal benefits). However, the anger was still sitting in there, like a piece of hard feces yearning for a colonic. It was easy, and now I feel a lot better. Done completely, probably not. But at least I feel back to myself again, after a couple weeks of feeling 'off', and a bit depressed even (what is the saying, depression is just repressed anger?)
Overcoming the Money Block • Meghan Shannon Elder
The Life Purposes almost always involve helping others in some way, shape or form. For some, it is working for a cause, domestic or international. For others, it's spreading abundance to people who may be seeking it. For many, it's a form of art, music, dance – things that strike imperative chords to keep us going along the often turbulent path. Or simply to do one's best to bring a positive child into the world, so they can live out theirs. Whatever it may be, a stupid money block is not worth fucking around with a big picture like this.
Riding the Tide into Heart Wounds
I've gotten better at not judging the catalyst, or the feelings coming up inside. Sometimes my ego wants to deem them really superficial, assuming that they must be some dumb shit I should have been done with a long time ago. But I really don't think that's they way it works. The outer catalyst that rings the trigger chord can be anything, but that chord may very well resonate all the way down to the core of the heart wound.
Another Wave – SOOO Done with Annoying Defense Mechanisms!
So here goes nothing – getting the shit out so I can live freely as I want. Whether it's this guy or not, someone (in addition to myself) is going to be quite happy I'm too much of a stubborn ass to settle for being any less happy than absolutely possible, so much to the point I'm willing to dive into the flames and assume I'll figure out how to get through to the other side.
Large-Scale Heart Purge/ Relationship Training
So I began exploring the "fight or flight" defense mechanism around relationships (or anything for that matter.) That knee jerk would not be there if I didn't have a weak spot underneath that needed defending. If I were 100% secure and free to love, why would the mechanism be needed? There would be no trigger. So here is where I bump up against society's collective one – so how do you do this without being a total pushover?
Ayahuasca Ceremony #216/ Plant Diet #7 with Crystals: Substances
Part of releasing this core self-doubt involves learning to manage its defense mechanism: control. Trying to force someone to like me. Trying to force myself into being someone else to make them like me. The last "blanket" of crap, muting my true colors. Including substances – like food and cigarettes.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #221/ Plant Diet #8: Cement Layers of US Consciousness Cracking
But longing is not honoring the love at all. It is honoring the fear. It is a way of distracting. It is a way from avoiding feeling the feelings I may have actually been feeling underneath, which for me, would be a self-fulfilling prophecy of the self-doubt that says…'see, you really aren't good enough'.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #225/ Plant Diet #8: Do What it Takes
The question is, am I in service or not? Am I willing to do what it takes to be in spiritual service? I feel like it's "selling in" (vs. "selling out") – like a Peruvian mother who sacrifices time with her children to work in the US and send them money – that's what I feel like I'm doing for a little while. Funding Life Purpose.
Rebelling Against Myself
..but it kind of fizzled down as that purge seems to be coming to completion. I'm developing the freedom to choose, intead of subconsiously rebelling against myself. It all came to a head last weekend. Sometimes it's not an obvious trigger.
Six-Month Collective Consciousness Purge Completion: A Humble Wow
The belief system is actively shifting underneath me, even as I write I can feel it's thick, slow movement. But clearing out this collective consciousness purge in order to actually see it gave me the ability to shine light on it, soften it up, strengthen the muscles of the new, aligned belief system and watch that big huge building crumble.
The Layer Above My Soul: New Relationship, Old Triggers
The old relationship triggers are still ready to fight. Early on I developed the "fantasy" defense, the "white picket fence, over the top romantic, save-me-from-myself" kind of deal. She personified as a combination of domesticated June Cleaver/Suzy Housewife and "cool girlfriend" (trying to be "low maintenance" and sacrificing my boundaries and self-respect by being "cool" about cheating, etc.) But my true self knew that was bullshit.
Ayahuasca Ceremony #230: Time to Fly (Releasing Fear of Failure)
This fear of failure, it actually sounded like depths of some of the more fear-based aspects of religion passed on through the roots of our generations, still deeply seeped in the collective consciousness. The concept of not being inherently valuable…I have to do something to create worth. Could it not be possible (says my Higher Self) that your essence, your spirit, is the value?
Pregnancy Week 6: The New Level is Arriving
The Ayahuasca Medicine told me I was ready for the next level. I wasn't expecting it to be in the form of parenthood!
Ayahuasca Ceremony #236/ Pregnancy Week 24: A Gift from Mother to Mother
You want to know how to be a mother? Teach this child to love without fear, by example." It strikes me this is exactly what the Medicine does – loving unconditionally as we release our darkness into her open arms. "All is in Divine Order. The second you lay eyes on that child, any doubts you have in regards to that will completely disappear." "For real for real?" I ask. "For real for real."
Campbell Elder's Creation and Home Waterbirth Spiritual Ceremony
Story of how Meghan's son, Campbell, decided to make his journey into the world…
Where Has Meghan Been?
Part of me wishes I could've kept up with it during this massive five year process, part of me knows that I just couldn't. Sometimes you have to experience something in it's entirety, without commentary about it (especially before the 20/20 hindsight kicks in!)
Carbon Bodies
I spent a lot of years neglecting the body and underestimating its vital role in our spiritual process. It's literally the medium that we experience our lives through - and getting to know its tendencies as an individual is imperative to being able to understand...
Personal Spiritual Development Journals Return: The Whirlwind of Accelerated Learning, Healing and Unconditional Love
This last month (during the Retrograde) has been simply wild. Amazing, Vulnerably uncomfortable at least once a day, and still embarrassing. It's a new approach that is a straight up gift from the Universe. New techniques coming through. New channels opening. All...
Meghan's Team Spiritual Development Process in Action Beyond the Whirlwind
Linked Spirits: Zach's Perspective
Zach shares his experience of the whirlwind, including searching for connection, his Southern Baptist homeschool program. being outed as gay and trying to self-convert in college, his move to DC and connection with Meghan, opening up to spiritual development work,...
Let There Be Greg
Zach recounts his experience as the victim of a violent hate crime, and in turn what was created subconsciously to protect him…
The Things I'll Never Say
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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit California Southern District Fudge v. Berryhill Filing 4
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ORDER Granting 2 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis and Referring to Magistrate for Report and Recommendation. US Marshal shall effect service of complaint. If the parties seek to file motions, they shall contact the chambers of Judge Adler to secure scheduling, filing, and hearing dates. All motion(s) for summary judgment must be filed and served no later than 120 days after the Government files its answer. Signed by Judge Thomas J. Whelan on 8/21/2017. (jao)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CARMINE B. FUDGE, Case No.: 17-CV-1423 W (JMA) Plaintiff, 12 13 14 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED IFP [DOC. 2] AND REFERRING TO MAGISTRATE FOR REPORT & RECOMMENDATION v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Administration, 15 16 Defendant. 17 18 On July 13, 2017, Plaintiff Carmine B. Fudge ("Plaintiff") filed a complaint seeking 19 review of the denial of his claim for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security 20 Act. Along with the complaint, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis 21 ("IFP") [Doc. 2]. 22 23 24 I. INTRODUCTION The determination of indigency falls within the district court's discretion. 25 California Men's Colony v. Rowland, 939 F.2d 854, 858 (9th Cir. 1991), reversed on other 26 grounds, 506 U.S. 194 (1993) ("Section 1915 typically requires the reviewing court to 27 1 17-CV-1423 W (JMA) 1 exercise its sound discretion in determining whether the affiant has satisfied the statute's 2 requirement of indigency."). 3 It is well-settled that a party need not be completely destitute to proceed in forma 4 pauperis. Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339-40 (1948). To 5 satisfy the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), "an affidavit [of poverty] is sufficient which 6 states that one cannot because of his poverty pay or give security for costs ... and still be 7 able to provide himself and dependents with the necessities of life." Id. at 339. At the 8 same time, however, "the same even-handed care must be employed to assure that federal 9 funds are not squandered to underwrite, at public expense, ... the remonstrances of a suitor 10 who is financially able, in whole or in material part, to pull his own oar." Temple v. 11 Ellerthorpe, 586 F.Supp. 848, 850 (D.R.I. 1984). 12 District courts, therefore, tend to reject IFP applications where the applicant can pay 13 the filing fee with acceptable sacrifice to other expenses. See, e.g., Stehouwer v. Hennessey, 14 851 F.Supp. 316, (N.D.Cal. 1994), vacated in part on other grounds, Olivares v. Marshall, 59 15 F.3d 109 (9th Cir. 1995) (finding that district court did not abuse discretion in requiring 16 partial fee payment from prisoner with $14.61 monthly salary and $110 per month from 17 family); Allen v. Kelly, 1995 WL 396860 at *2 (N.D. Cal. 1995) (Plaintiff initially 18 permitted to proceed in forma pauperis, later required to pay $120 filing fee out of $900 19 settlement proceeds); Ali v. Cuyler, 547 F.Supp. 129, 130 (E.D. Pa. 1982) (in forma 20 pauperis application denied: "plaintiff possessed savings of $450 and the magistrate 21 correctly determined that this amount was more than sufficient to allow the plaintiff to pay 22 the filing fee in this action."). Moreover, the facts as to the affiant's poverty must be stated 23 "with some particularity, definiteness, and certainty." United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 24 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981). 25 Having read and considered the papers submitted, the Court finds that based on the 26 current record, Plaintiff meets the requirements for IFP status under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 27 According to his declaration, Plaintiff does not have sufficient income to support himself. 2 17-CV-1423 W (JMA) 1 He receives $337 a month in public assistance, and $194 in food stamps. (Motion ¶ 1.) He 2 has no other income. (Id.) Plaintiff's monthly expenses total $354, of which he allocates 3 only $110 per month to utilities / housing, and $194 in food. (Id. ¶ 8.) He also does not 4 allocate any payments for transportation, and does not have any possessions of significant 5 value. (Id. ¶¶ 8, 5.) Therefore, Plaintiff's IFP motion is GRANTED. 6 7 8 9 10 II. CONCLUSION & ORDER For the reasons addressed above, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's motion to proceed IFP [Doc. 2]. In light of the Court's ruling on the IFP motion, the Court orders as follows: 17 The United States Marshal shall serve a copy of the Complaint filed on July 13, 2017 and an accompanying summons upon Defendant as directed by Plaintiff on U.S. Marshal Form 285. All costs of service shall be advanced by the United States. 2. Defendant shall respond to the Complaint within the time provided by the applicable provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Additionally, the Court hereby REFERS all matters arising in this case to United States Magistrate Judge Jan M. Adler for a Report & Recommendation in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 72.1(c)(1)(c ). If the parties seek to file motions, they shall contact the chambers of Judge Adler to 18 secure scheduling, filing, and hearing dates. All motion(s) for summary judgment must be 19 filed and served no later than 120 days after the Government files its answer. 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 1. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: August 21, 2017 22 23 24 25 26 27 3 17-CV-1423 W (JMA)

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The village Kargyak in the Indian part of Himalayas is located miles from anywhere. You have to climb, on foot, over the mountains; up to an altitude of 4200 m, because the road ends at a three day's walk away. There is no school in Kargyak and school attendance is no simple business for the local children. Either they don't even learn to read, or they leave for boarding schools in the towns below and usually don't come back home anymore. The project Sun School of the Czech non-governmental organization Surya shall set up an opportunity for these children.
The preparations for the construction of a school building directly heated by solar energy began in the summer of 2006. A group of Czech volunteers contracted the necessary agreements with the villagers, the village assigned a suitable plot for the building and a greenhouse was built with their cooperation as a test of the construction methods and materials that will be used for the school-building. The building itself combines traditional architecture and glass sheets that allow to preserve the comfortable interior temperature of 15 °C even in severe winter. It thus will be possible for eighty children from Kargyak and surrounding settlements to study even in winter, and not just in the summer, such as last year when the Czech volunteers opened a temporary school under the open sky.
What benefits does the school yield? In the first place, there is a better chance for all the villagers to acquire an education and prepare for the changes which will be brought upon the village by the coming construction of a road. The Indian government has already started the building operations and plans to bring the road to Kargyak in 15 years. Directly linked to this shall be a sudden influx of tourism, the arrival of strangers, and the emergence of trade. As this detached part of the world is the last remaining area of traditional Tibetan Buddhist culture, it is highly in order that the people living here prepare for the arrival of civilization.
The school opening ceremony is scheduled for October 2007. Until then there is a lot of work to be done. In mid-February, Honza Tilinger and Jára Pecháček, members of the Surya team, went to the Himalayas to transport timber for the construction from a nearby valley up a frozen river to Kargyak. The winter river covered with ice is the only communication for transporting large loads, because the crooked and twisting mountain tracks are too narrow.
Honza and Jára are setting off on the chadar, the so-called journey on the frozen rivers, from Padum, the greatest Zanskar valley. A jeep takes them as far as possible in the snow-covered mountains and then they will have to take the icy track to the village Ichar, where the timber for Kargyak school is unloaded. The load will be pulled up over the icy river and gravel by the villagers with the help of animals; it's about a three day's walk. During chadar they will sleep in caves by the river, and often will have to wade in water or walk with the load over rocks where the mountain river is too wild.
Obviously, the team had to prepare for the extreme weather conditions. The temperatures will be low, during the day up to -20 °C and up to another 20 degrees lower at night, strong icy wind and piercing sunlight throughout the daytime. It's also necessary to take into account the altitude of 4200 m which requires good acclimatization as altitude sickness in such an isolated area could be fatal. Honza at Jára have set off with outdoor clothing from Humi, underclothing from Moira and a satellite telephone borrowed from the mountain climber Martin Minařík - all this equipment is absolutely necessary.
Honza and Jára are returning to the Czech Republic at the end of March, after the timber transport to Kargyak. Before the beginning of the summer they have to collect the remaining finances for the construction of the school and the construction material, most importantly the glass sheets. The whole team is then moving to the Himalayas in June so that the school can be built together with the villagers over the summer and on October 1st the first lesson can start with a ceremony.
For the news on the construction of the Sun school see www.surya.cz.


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Crowley Today
Aleister Crowley may have died in 1947, but his influence is still very much felt by the magician of the 1990s The CD soundtrack The Beast Speaks sold 8000 copies since its release in 1993, and the paperback edition of Crowley's Confessions was number two in Virgin Megastores top ten books. Don't be fooled into thinking that the magician of the nineties is a slavish follower or member of some mind bending cult. Crowley's watch word was Thelema (The Crowleian pronunciation is Theh-LEE-mah, the accent being on the vowel of the second syllable, Greek speakers ay the accent should be on the vowel of the first syllable for it to be pronounced right....ThEH-lee-mah) - which means [free] Will. Those who choose to follow this magical path aim to de-condition themselves, to develop independence of spirit and ultimately to become their very own self. One of the many attractions of Crowley's type of Magick, was this advice to follow one's own way and create your own life style. You don't need a priest or a judge to tell you how to act - work it out for yourself.
As part of the process of developing self knowledge, Crowley advocated the practice of Magick. This he defined as 'the science and art of causing change in conformity with will.' The history of magick is the history of human beings. Many of the things that are now labelled 'culture' began as experiments in ritual and magick viz. drama, music, art, dance, philosophy and poetry etc., etc. Magick has played a role in many key moments of our history, for example during the fourteenth century, it was the philosophy of the Renaissance. In our own time, many modern art movements have been driven by magical ideas, for instance, the first abstract painting was made by the Theosophist Kandinsky. Magick is a valuable and reputable activity to undertake.
Crowley's Books
Whatever else one can say about it, magick certainly is not a mass activity, neither is it a spectator sport. Magicians are in many localities in a minority of one and have to teach themselves the skills traditionally part of the art viz. trance, divination, invocation and creative imagination. The solitary magician gathers most of his or her information from books and Crowley made a substantial contribution to the vast number of books on the subject. Most of his books are now in print, something like 100 titles. The secondary literature of commentaries and studies, as one might expect after almost 50 years, is very extensive indeed. However there is no need to read everything the master wrote. There are a handful of key texts that should give you a good grounding in the man and his magick.
Sadly, there is still no really objective biography of Crowley. The standard biography is John Symonds' The Great Beast, (lastest edition of which is entitled King of the Shadow Realm) which records all of the salient facts but is very hostile to Crowley's ideas and therefore gives a lively but unbalanced picture. Jean Overton Fuller's Magical Dilemma of Victor Neuburg is slightly more objective and written with much inside information. A modern attempt is Gerald Suster's Legacy of the Beast, which is too short to cover all the facts, and too sycophantic -nevertheless, it is not without value. Gerald Suster also wrote Crowley's entry in Dictionary of National Biography - Missing Persons (OUP 1993) which is also worth a read. Incidentally, 1993 was also the year in which Crowley made it to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations for the first time with his motto 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.'
Several newer biographies have recently appeared, two in particular are worthy of note: Martin Booth, A Magick Life and said by some to be the best of the whole lot: Do What Thou Wilt by Lawrence Sutin for St Martin's Press.
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The modern generation of Thelemites, admires something in the spirit of Crowley rather than the word. He could be a interesting writer but as is often the case, the present day re-working of his material is often easier to follow and less peppered by some of Crowley's offensive cultural baggage. Writers such as Jan Fries in Visual Magick and Jack Parsons in Freedom is a Two Edged Sword, seem to have a better understanding of the magical philosophy for which Crowley was a conduit. However, you will undoubted want to make your own mind up in this, so apart from biography and if you have the stamina his massive autobiography, the following are Crowley's principle works.
1. Magick - alternatively called Magick in Theory and Practice -or Book Four. This is his textbook of magick, leads the reader from basic yoga techniques through Golden Dawn type ritual to his own unique gnostic rituals, many of them with veiled sexual content. But beware, this is not a book for the beginner and you might do well to ask a more experienced magician to suggest a study plan for it beginning with Liber O, or even look at some of the secondary literature first. For example see Lon DuQuette's The Magick of Thelema or Israel Regardie's Middle Pillar, Eye in Triangle, and others.
2. The Book of Thoth, along with the tarot cards of the same name, is his brilliant study of the tarot, difficult to follow in parts if you have no familiarity with his 'Thelemic' imagery, but well worth persevering with. The tarot deck he created with English 'surrealist' Lady Frieda Harris, is fast becoming the most widely used esoteric tarot deck in the world.
3. 777 and other Qabalistic Writings. A essential summary of his symbol system, which also contains a reprint of Mathers' instructional essay on Qabalah.
4. Holy Books of Thelema - all brought together under one cover, including Liber al vel Legis - Book of the Law. The mystical poem that formed the core of Crowley's magical system. 'Delivered' to him by discarnate entity Aiwass during one of the most important mystical experiences of his life
Crowley's People
There are a small but growing number of groups, based in this country that work with Crowley's ideas. The following list is not exhaustive, but gives some of the main contact points. It is recommended that you do not atttempt to join all of them at once.
OTO This stands for Ordo Templi Orientis (Order of the Eastern Temple). A magical order, based on eastern eroto-gnostic techniques, some derived from Tantrism. Existed, long before Crowley came on the scene but soon became the principle vehicle for his magical work. Has undergone a big revival over the last ten years. Perhaps it is fortuititous that the OTO split into several rival tendencies following the death of Crowley's successor, Karl Germer. Many magicians feel that magical orders, structured on medieval lines, may not be the appropriate vehicle for Thelema. But as things stand the aspiring candidate must make a choice after investigating and weighing up what both groups have to offer, if anything. In England there are two main groups claiming title to Crowley's mantle: In other parts of Europe and the world, other OTOs exist and can claim priority. There are currently legal threats flying between these groups, so I hope I get it right.
i. OTO 'Caliphate' - BM Thelema, London WC1N 3XX - more 'traditional' if it can be termed so. Uses original OTO Masonic style rituals and charges annual subscriptions and initiation fees.
ii. OTO 'Typhonian' BM Starfire, London WC1N 3XX. Ruled by famous occult scholar Kenneth Grant, whose book Aleister Crowley & the Hidden God, revolutionised the understanding of Crowley magick. Ditched the old Masonic style rituals in favour of the syllabus very like the Argentinum Astrum, i.e. individual graded magical practices leading to adeptship.
Non OTO Thelemic Groups
Apart from the 'OTOs' there are a number of 'new wave' magical groups and orders that are trying to refashion the occult community on more 'rosicrucian' lines, which seem more in tune with modern needs. Strict hierarchies, authoritarianism and obscurantism are definitely out. An honest attempt to build a fellowship or sodality of magicians is on the cards. Amongst these are:
Golden Dawn Occult Society
: PO Box 250, Oxford, OX1 1AP. (email C/O Ogdos@mandrake.uk.net or http://www.uk.net/ogdos.htm. Offers a foundation course in magick and other training to associate members (associate membership is £5 pa.). Is part of a growing network of individuals and groups throughout Britain and all over the world. Online newsletter
Chaos Magic and the Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT)
C/O, BM Sorcery, London WC1N 3XX, Another important new style of magick that has developed out of the Thelemic one. Other influences include new physics and European shamanism.
The Kaula-Nath Community (including AMOOKOS). C/O PO Box 250, Oxford, OX1 1AP. East- West tantrik groups, founded by Dadaji, one of Crowley's disciple's in the 1930s who, on the master's advice, went to India and became a sadhu. A unique blend of western occultism with authentic magical Hinduism. Has an older equivalent of Crowley's 'Law of Thelema' - viz: svecchacara - 'the path of ones own will'.
Crowley and the Media
There has been precious little media attention to Crowley, there is still no film or documentary devoted in entirety to Crowley's life. This is situation is changing slowly. In year 2000 BBC Scotland made a short documentaroy about Boleskine, Crowley's house on the banks on Loch Ness. The show was called The Other Loch Ness Monster, but the BBC have so far refused to show it outside of Scotland. Channel Four have filmed a more throughgoing documentary although broadcast has again been delayed due to editorial difficulties. It will eventually appear as part of a series dealing with occult themes. BBC Modern Times are currently filming a fifty minute piece on serious magick, which will include a fair amount of material on Crowley. There are been one or two short radio pieces and an interesting stage play by Snoo Wilson some time back. Snoo Wilson recently appeared in a fifteen minute broadcast for UK's Channel 4 (text reprinted in Thelemic Magick I from Mandrake of Oxford.) Snoo Wilson's Novel I Crowley, has been published to critical acclaim and should soon go into production as a feature film. It is based on events at the Abbey of Thelema in Sicili,


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Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Aleksej Pokusevski will return to the court on Friday night against the New York Knicks.
Pokusevski missed the last two games after suffering a concussion during practice on Sunday when he fell and his head collided with another player's knee.
Head coach Mark Daigneault confirmed that Pokusevski will play, but he did not commit to a minute mark, saying the team would evaluate during the game.
"He's going to be right back in the mix. I won't speak to the minutes, we'll kind of see how it's going," Daigneault said during a Zoom press conference prior to the game.
Pokusevski has averaged about 16 minutes per game. He has struggled mightily to put the ball in the hoop, scoring five total points over the first five games, but he has rebounded and ran the floor well. He is averaging 3.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists and one block and steal apiece per game.
Isaiah Roby played both games that Pokusevski missed. Overall, he had eight points on 3-for-7 shooting in 35 minutes of play between the two games.
Without Pokusevski, the Thunder went 1-1, falling to the Miami Heat but taking down the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Friday night game against the Knicks is scheduled to tip off at 6:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden.
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Fossil fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, Keep it in the ground, Oil and gas auctions, Oil drilling, Oil Industry, Oil producers, Public lands
'Keep It in the Ground' Win: Utah Oil and Gas Auction Halted
November 18, 2015 Roger Straw
Repost from the Center For Biological Diversity
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BLM postpones Utah auction to 'accommodate' climate activists
By Phil Taylor, E and E News, November 17, 2015
The Bureau of Land Management late last night announced it is postponing today's scheduled oil and gas lease sale in Salt Lake City to appease activists who are fighting to keep those minerals in the ground.
BLM had planned to lease up to 37,580 acres scattered around the center of the Beehive State for future oil and gas development, but the agency said it needed more time to "better accommodate the high level of public interest in attending the sale."
It marks the first time that the "Keep it in the Ground" climate movement — which seeks to end the sale of federally owned oil, gas and coal — has disrupted a BLM lease auction.
BLM said it intends to reschedule the sale in the "near future."
"As a public agency, we understand the importance of transparency," said BLM spokeswoman Megan Crandall. "Given the large interest, we chose to postpone the sale and will be working to find the best way to accommodate the public and those who wish to attend and participate in the auction when it is held."
It was the third consecutive BLM lease sale to be confronted by climate protesters who believe the burning of federally owned fossil fuels will undermine the nation's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Roughly 50 people gathered last week outside BLM's Colorado headquarters in Lakewood to protest the agency's sale of 90,000 acres in the Pawnee National Grassland, according to the Western Energy Alliance.
BLM moved forward with that auction, selling 106 parcels covering 83,534 acres for $5 million.
Protesters also demonstrated outside a Nov. 3 lease sale in Wyoming.
Crandall said there was not enough room in BLM's downtown Salt Lake City auction room to accommodate members of the public who wanted to attend. The room is about 28 feet wide by 60 feet long and also has to accommodate up to 30 bidders and reporters, she said.
BLM planned to live-stream the auction, but many activists insisted on attending in person, she said.
The "Keep it in the Ground" campaign is backed by some major environmental groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council and is buoyed in Congress by legislation from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) that would end new leasing and renewals of nonproducing federal leases for oil, coal and gas.
The movement is riding the momentum of President Obama's recent rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline and Royal Dutch Shell PLC's decision to abandon oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean. It now seeks to stop BLM from leasing fossil fuels in the West and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from opening the Atlantic Ocean to offshore drilling.
In Salt Lake City this morning, roughly 40 activists displayed theatrical bidding paddles, held up photos of their grandkids and sang folk songs including John Prine's "Paradise," according to Tim Ream, an organizer from WildEarth Guardians who is based in San Francisco and attended this morning's protest. Organizing groups included WildEarth, the Center for Biological Diversity, Women's Congress for Future Generations, 350.org, the Rainforest Action Network and Elders Rising for Intergenerational Justice.
Ream said BLM informed him last week that some members of the public would be turned back from the auction room regardless of whether there was space. This morning's protest was led primarily by older activists who had no intention of disrupting the sale, he said.
"They wanted to touch the hearts of those who are selling and buying our public lands," he said. "They realized two years in prison is too high a price."
Ream was referring to the two-year prison sentence handed down in 2011 to activist Tim DeChristopher for his decision to pose as a bidder at a BLM lease sale in Utah in late 2008 and snatch up $1.8 million in leases with no intention of paying for them.
Vaughn Lovejoy of the group Elders Rising was among those who attended this morning's rally.
"We'd like to see if there's a way to inspire my generation … to spend this piece of our life doing something for the future rather than hanging out on cruise ships or golf courses," he said.
Ream said activists will also stage protests at BLM's upcoming oil and gas lease sales in Reno, Nev., on Dec. 8 and in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 10. "We're going to keep on hitting every one of these lease sales," he said.
The American Petroleum Institute has criticized the movement and Merkley's legislation as a "political stunt," warning that halting federal sales of fossil fuels would hike energy costs and hurt the federal government's coffers.
The Mineral Leasing Act requires BLM to hold regular oil and gas auctions.
Kathleen Sgamma, vice president of government and public affairs at the Western Energy Alliance, whose members depend heavily on public lands leasing, said this morning that the Salt Lake City protesters are ignoring how increased production of natural gas has helped the nation transition away from coal that is more harmful to the climate when burned.
"Apparently, BLM is seeking a larger venue to accommodate the expected crowd of protesters whose goal is to disrupt the sale," she said. "These same professional protesters bragged that they were traveling to other lease sales to try to disrupt them, but they're on a fool's errand."
Sgamma noted that Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has rebuffed the "Keep it in the Ground" movement as unrealistic.
"There are millions of jobs around the country that are dependent on these industries, and you can't just cut it off overnight," Jewell said in September during a breakfast organized by The Christian Science Monitor (Greenwire, Sept. 15).
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Today's marketplace is saturated with tons of startups and competition in practically every industry. The key to getting a leg up on all of the competition is to separate yourself from the crowd and get your voice out there. This comes down to marketing and advertising, which, while an absolute necessity for businesses, is difficult to do in a unique way.
Getting your brand out to people and having them recognize you has no perfect road map to execute, and is a bit of an ambiguous task, sometimes. However, there are certain steps you can take that will help expand your mind to the ways that you can get the word out.
One of the fastest growing avenues of advertising and marketing is social media. It's how the world communicates, today.
However, social media is an ever changing landscape that is constantly adapting to the world around it.
The on-fire meme of one week is pretty much old news by the next week. That's why, if you are using social media to market your business (and you absolutely should be doing that), you need to make sure that you or your social media manager are hip with the latest social media trends, and exactly how to get the most out of each social media platform.
To be creative with your business's advertising, you need to look at all of the tools that you already have to see what can be used as a megaphone to get your brand out into the world.
One way to do this that many companies use is to get your vehicle or the company vehicle and outfit it with branding.
If you have a company vehicle that is out on the road everyday, you can get a maximum return on that vehicle if you are using it as moving billboard that is passing thousands of cars, every day.
If you aren't doing this, then your company vehicle is just another car on the freeway. Besides, wrapping your vehicle with branding is tax deductible, so why wouldn't you take advantage of it?
Every business is going to live and die by the employees who work there. The personnel that you choose to be a part of your business are going to be the most key ingredient to your success or failure.
However, this goes beyond just how an employee is conducting your operations. It is helpful to think of your employees as part of your brand. The people that work for you, whether they are at work or not, are always a representation of your company.
For this reason, giving your employees a reason to have pride in the company that they work for can be an incredibly powerful form of marketing, especially if they are willing to share in the message that you are trying to create.
Event marketing is an incredibly underrated avenue of marketing. Essentially, events allow you to get your company into a more tangible setting that allows consumers to interact with you.
Getting into local events shows that you are actually being a part of the community, and lets people put a face and a personality to the brand.
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of local events that happen every year, in any given area. And there are thousands upon thousands of locals that go to these events to have good time.
If you aren't associating your brand with that type of environment, then you are missing out on a major opportunity.
A collaborative partnership with another company can provide plenty of opportunities for both parties.
One major benefit, though, is that partnering with another company usually opens you up to a larger customer base, either through the expanded services you are able to offer, or simply because they will be feeding you clients.


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Shirley Dinsdale Layburn plus connue sous son nom de jeune fille Shirley Dinsdale est une ventriloque américaine et une personnalité de la télévision et de la radio des années 1940 et du début des années 1950.

On se souvient surtout d'elle pour sa marionnette "Judy Splinters" et pour l'émission de télévision pour enfants de 15 minutes qui porte ce nom. En 1949, elle reçoit le premier Emmy Award (premier prix de la première présentation) pour la meilleure personnalité de la télévision alors qu'elle est encore étudiante à l'Université de Californie à Los Angeles.

Biographie

Enfance et formations
Shirley Dinsdale est née à San Francisco, en Californie, le  31 octobre 1926. Après avoir été gravement brûlée lors d'un accident ménager alors qu'elle avait 5 ans, son père, qui fabriquait des mannequins pour les grands magasins, lui  donne une poupée de ventriloque pour sa guérison. Cette poupée, qu'elle a nommée Judy Splinters, l'inspire et lui permet de se faire une place à la radio. Lawrence Johnson, un ventriloque, l'aide à améliorer son talent naturel pour lancer sa voix.

Dinsdale est une élève brillante. Elle fréquente la Drew School de San Francisco. À 16 ans, elle reçoit une mention d'honneur du gouvernement des États-Unis pour sa promotion des bons de guerre. Pendant la guerre, elle est  présidente des étudiants pour les écoles de Californie du Sud en guerre.

Carrière

A la radio
Shirley Dinsdale fait ses débuts à la radio en 1941 avec Judy in Wonderland sur KGO à San Francisco. L'émission est ensuite transférée sur KPO à San Francisco.

En 1942, elle et sa famille déménagent à Los Angeles et on lui donne une place dans l'émission d'Eddie Cantor. Elle est qualifiée de " découverte la plus rafraîchissante de la radio depuis des années". Après une saison réussie dans l'émission Electric Hour de Nelson Eddy sur CBS en 1945, elle commence  une tournée de près de 11 mois, au cours de laquelle elle rend visite aux patients des hôpitaux militaires sous les auspices des United Service Organizations et participe à plus de 500 USO Shows pendant cette période.

Télévision
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, elle est un membre actif du Hollywood Victory Committee. Après la guerre, elle a fait son entrée dans l'industrie naissante de la télévision sur KTLA  en faisant des annonces d'émissions, des vœux d'anniversaire et de petits spots. Ces spots, bien qu'ils ne sont remarqués au départ, lui ont valu la reconnaissance de la critique et un Emmy Award (Le prix a été remis conjointement à elle et à sa marionnette).

Après avoir reçu le prix, Shirley Dinsdale obtient sa propre émission hebdomadaire pour enfants intitulée simplement Judy Splinters, qui est diffusée du 13 juin 1949 au 30 juin 1950 sur NBC. Elle est également diffusée sur KNBH à Los Angeles, dans le Midwest et dans l'Est via Kinescope.

Carrière post-ventriloquie
En 1953, elle entame la deuxième phase de sa vie : elle se retire du show-business, se marie et a deux enfants. Elle restera mariée jusqu'à sa mort.

En 1970, Shirley Dinsdale s'inscrit à l'université d'État de New York à Stony Brook pour étudier la thérapie respiratoire et cardio-pulmonaire. Elle obtient son diplôme en 1972. Après cela, elle dirige le service de thérapie respiratoire du John T. Mather Memorial Hospital de Port Jefferson, dans l'État de New York, de 1973 jusqu'à sa seconde retraite en 1986.

Elle décède d'un cancer le 9 mai 1999 à son domicile de Stony Brook.

Références

Naissance à San Francisco
Naissance en octobre 1926
Décès en mai 1999
Décès à San Francisco
Mort d'un cancer
Décès à 72 ans

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JC bite back! - Jamaica College exact revenge on Kingston College for Manning final berth
Livingston Scott - STAR Writer
Kingston College's Khalifah Richards (left) goes down clutching his face after he was slapped by Jamaica College's Shadane Lopez, who retaliated after being bitten on the shoulder during their ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup semi-final at the National Stadium in St Andrew last night.
Jamaica College supporters contribute to the atmosphere at the National Stadium with their drums.
Jamaica College's Omar Thompson (centre) is overcome with emotion after the win against their rivals Kingston College, and is consoled by team manager Ian Forbes (right) and his assistant Darren Virtue.
Kingston College's Sajar Blair (left) beats Jamaica College's Tyrese Small to a header during their ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup semi-final clash at the National Stadium in St Andrew last night.
J amaica College (JC) will meet St Andre w Technical High School (STATHS) in a repeat of the 2017 ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup final.
JC defeated defending champions Kingston College (KC) 5-4 on penalties, after playing to a goalless stalemate in regulation time in the second semi-final of a double-header at the National Stadium yesterday. This was the second meeting between the sides in just four days as KC had beaten JC 3-2 on penalties after ending 1-1 in regulation time during their Champions Cup semi-final last Saturday.
Kingston College's Jahmari Morrison was the only kicker to miss from both games yesterday, but winning coach, Davion Ferguson, who is in his first season at Old Hope Road school, thought the game was highly tactical. He commends his players for being better at holding their composure in the shoot-out.
"They came out and tried to block the channels so we didn't really get the spaces," Ferguson said. "We were evenly matched but the penalties, we practised a lot during the week, and we held our nerve well."
Ferguson will now try to emulate former many times champion JC coach Miguel Coley by winning the title in his first season.
"[Making the final] was one of the targets we set at the start of the season, and so we are happy that we have met that target," he said. "The other target now is how well we can finish the season," he said.
It was an evenly contested first half, but although JC started the better team, KC came into their own, playing some quality football and came close through Dwayne Atkinson, Ronaldo Robinson and Tyrese Williams.
JC also had a few sniffs at goal but could not take advantage, despite a couple of near misses.
KC grew stronger after the break and had the better openings but JC always looked threatening and had a few chances of their own, especially towards to end with Atkinson coming the closest with a shot that KC goalkeeper Daniel Russell had to parry for a corner.
However, as full time drew near, both teams substituted their goalkeepers in anticipation of the penalty shoot-out. KC sent in Hasani Barnes for David Martin, while JC replaced Russell with Tarique Barrett.
However, when the dust settled on the penalties, it was Barrett who proved the more effective of the two keepers as he pounced on KC's first penalty, taken by Morrison, which proved decisive in the end.
Both teams should have been reduced to 10 men in a bizarre second-half incident when KC's Khalifah Richards was caught on television camera biting into JC's Shadane Lopez shoulder. Lopez retaliated by slapping Richards across the face. Both players were shown the yellow card by the referee.
Kingston College's coach Ludlow Bernard thought his players represented their school well, but believes it was a learning experience which will serve his younger players in the squad well next season.
"It has been a very good season," he said. "The boys really put in a lot of work. But we knew it was going to be difficult and we figured we had a very good chance in the penalty shoot-out. I am certain next season they will bounce back in true 'Purple' fashion."
St Andrew Technical won the other semi-final over Wolmer's, also on penalties (4-2) after the teams played to 1-1 draw.
The Manning Cup final is set for next Friday at the same venue.
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