NEW THOUGHT WEEKLY
 
- TUESDAY DEC. 24 CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
- SUNDAY DECEMBER 29 PROGRAM
 
Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
    You are invited to attend the NewThought Annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service from 7p.m-8pm Tuesday December 24.
    The service will include sacred music and readings both scriptural and contemporary.
    Participants will light their own individual candles and join in the singing of traditional carols.
    Dessert/pupu/potluck and a time of fellowship will follow the service.
    Musicians sharing their talents will include *Carmen Barreras, *Don Choquette, *Catherine Hansen, *Judith Lynne, *Bernice Roberto, Manuel Roberto, Ahti Mohala, Jamilla Nur,  and Judy Rothstein, some of whom will perform together as the *NewThought Ensemble making its debut on this occasion. Their musical offering will include "Silent Night" in Hawaiian. Don will also play meditative toning bowls. 
    The service will take place at the NewThoughtCenter at Pualani Terrace (on the makai side of Mamalahoa Hwy. in Kealakekua, just south of Kamagaki Market).
    DRESS WARMLY as this service takes place on an open lanai.
    Childcare not available but children are welcome to attend with their families and to participate in the candle lighting with parental assistance.
 
Sun. Dec. 29 Michael and Coleen Watson - "Crystal Love" on the essence of relationships. Relationships have many facets and dimensions just like a crystals. By discovering the "mandala of love" individuals and couples can  re-enter their unique birthright to love and be loved. The blissful sacred journey of coming home to self and others will be celebrated and honored in grace, peace, and love.
 
The 10:00 a.m. Sunday service is held on the makai lanai at Pualani Terrace in Kealakekua on the makai side of Mamalahoa Hwy. (Rt.11) just south of Kamagaki Market. All are welcomed. For further information call 329-2222 or see our web-site at www.NTCHawaii.org. Childcare is provided.
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CONTENTS
 
- Sunday Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service;  Sunday Dec. 29 program "Crystal Love"
- About New Thought Center of Hawaii
- Upcoming Programs   ( 3 )
- Humor  ( Navajo Moon Landing Message; 3+9=1 Cuckooed Wife; Star Trek;  )
- Words of Wisdom/Quest for Quotes ( lots )
- White Board Wisdom  ( - )
- Worthy Websites ( "beautiful slide show of our planet..." )
- Attachment  ( "Santa" by Drew Womack )
- Raw  Food Recipe  ( Caronana w/hemp )
- Miscellaneous ( Instructions for Life; A Peace Prayer by Mark Twain  )
- Announcements ( 4 )
- Personals ( 1 )
- Spiritual Message  ( <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> from White Buffalo Teachings by Chief Arvol Looking Horse )
- Affirmation ( yes )
- Reader Feedback  ( 2 )
- Editorial  ( yes )
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                                                             NEW THOUGHT CENTER OF HAWAII
    By providing a loving, accepting, non-judgmental community, we at NewThought Center of Hawaii create a sanctuary for the nourishment, development, and evolution of each person's unique spiritual path.
 
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    We gather every Sunday at 10 a.m. in Kealakekua at Pualani Terrace just south of the Kealakekua Library. You are invited to join the circle.
                                                                                                                                                            Morty Breier pres. and board of NTCH.
 
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
 
Jan. 5    Sean Rajaei Presentation on the teachings of  Baha'ulleh and the spiritual beliefs of the Bahai faith. Program about God, religion, human nature and the Bahai faith.
 
Jan. 12  Lenore Ednie from Religious Science in Waikoloa will give a presentation on the highlights of the Religious Science conference in California.
 
Jan. 19  Latif Bolek, Turkish spiritual musician. Plays traditional Turkish instruments and will also  present teaching from the Sufi tradition.
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HUMOR
 
NAVAJO MOON LANDING MESSAGE
 
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training.

One day, a Navajo elder and his son came across the space crew walking among the rocks.

The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question. His son translated for the NASA people:

"What are these guys in the big suits doing?"

One of the astronauts said that they were practicing for a trip to the moon. When his son relayed this comment the Navajo elder got all excited and asked if it would be possible to give to the astronauts a message to deliver to the moon.

Recognizing a promotional opportunity when he saw one, a NASA official accompanying the astronauts said, "Why ... certainly!" and told an underling to get a tape recorder.

The Navajo elder's comments into the microphone were brief.

The NASA official asked the son if he would translate what his father had said. The son listened to the recording and laughed uproariously. But he refused to translate.

So the NASA people took the tape to a nearby Navajo village and played it for other members of the tribe.

They too laughed long and loudly but also refused to translate the elder's message to the moon.

Finally, an official government translator was summoned. After he finally stopped laughing the translator relayed the message:

"Watch out for these pricks. They have come to steal your land."                         Via Feedora
 
 
3 + 9 = 1 CUCKOOED WIFE
    The other night I was invited out for a night with "the girls." I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!"
    Well, the hours passed and the champagne was going down way too easy. Around 3 a.m., drunk as a skunk, I headed for home.
    Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and cuckooed 3 times.
    Quickly, realizing he'd probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times. I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick witted solution even when smashed, in order to escape a possible conflict with him.
    The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, and I told him 12:00.
    He didn't seem disturbed at all. Whew! Got away with that one!
    Then he said, "We need a new cuckoo clock."
    When I asked him why, he said, "well, last night our clock cuckooed three times, then said "oh shit", cuckooed four more times, cleared it's throat, cuckooed another three times, giggled, cuckooed twice more and then tripped over the cat and farted.                                                                                                                                                                                              via Barbara Concoby
STAR TREK
    The Iraqi Ambassador to the UN has just finished giving a speech, and walks out into the lobby where he meets President
Bush.
    They shake hands and as they walk the Iraqi says, "You know, I have just one question about what I have seen in America."
    President Bush says "Well, your Excellency, anything I can do to help you, I will do."
    The Iraqi whispers "My son watches this show 'Star Trek' and in it there are Russians, and Blacks, and Asians, but never any Arabs.  He is very upset.  He doesn't understand why there are never any Arabs in 'Star Trek'."
    President Bush laughs and leans toward the Iraqi, and whispers back, "That's because it takes place in the future."                                                                                                                                                                                                      via BarbaraConcoby
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WORDS OF WISDOM / QUEST FOR QUOTES
 
Excerpts from Apples of Gold Compiled by Jo Petty  via Barbara Concoby
- "It is only the forgiving who are qualified to receive forgiveness. 
- We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.
- Faults are thick when love is thin.
- The door to the human heart can be opened only from the inside.
- Love cannot be wasted. It makes no difference where it is bestowed, it always brings in big returns.
- To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart.
- The only greatness is unselfish love.
- The only way to have a friend is to be one.
- Love is not soft like water, it is hard like rock, on which the waves of hatred beat in vain.
- To learn and never be filled, is wisdom; To teach and never be weary is love.
- One reason why a dog is such a lovable creature is that his tail wags instead of his tongue.
- One of the mysteries of life is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry the daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.
- Pure religion is love in action.
- Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
- Hate is a prolonged manner of suicide.
- What counts is not the number of hours you put in, but how much you put in the hours.
- Some people give and forgive; others get and forget.
- Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
                                                                                                        Excerpts from Apples of Gold Compiled by Jo Petty  via Barbara Concoby
Via Judy Rothstein
- A successful man is one who can make more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
"A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item she does not need.                                                                - A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.                   - To be happy with a man, you must love him a little and understand him alot. To be