NEW THOUGHT WEEKLY
 
SUNDAY DECEMBER 8 PROGRAM
 
    Shanti Devi history professor at UH W.Hawaii Campus will give a talk on Islam. She will address the Islamic civilization, and the issues of faith and reason, especially religion and science and the left and right of religious traditions.
 
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. 8, 2002 program  ( Shanti Devi on Islam )
- About New Thought Center of Hawaii
- Upcoming Programs   ( 4 )
- Humor  ( The Odd Rabbi; Strong Medicine for the Nun )
- Words of Wisdom/Quest for Quotes ( 20 )
- White Board Wisdom  ( yes )
- Worthy Websites ( Promoting healthy eating habits )
- Attachment  ( War is a racket by a Marine Corp. general )
- Raw  Food Recipe  ( Fresh Feast )
- Miscellaneous ( Big mud puddles and sunny dandelions )
- Announcements ( 9 )
- Personals ( 2 )
- Spiritual Message  ( Chinooks Lord's Prayer )
- Affirmation ( yes )
- Reader Feedback  ( 4 )
- Editorial  ( About the Thansgiving Concert )
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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.
    The circle we sit in represents our inclusiveness and our equality. We have no minister. We take turns facilitating, and we minister to each other. In addition to sharing our own spiritual insights, we invite teachers from all wisdom traditions. We invite and honor such variety and in ourselves and in the world around us. We understand that no single source has exclusivity of spiritual truth, health and joy and that there is much to be learned from many of these sources.
    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.
 
The NewThoughtWeekly is archived on the NewThought website at www.NTCHawaii.org
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

December 15: Marielle Holmes. "Teachings of the Orient".
December 22: Dawn Barnett; Winter Solstice: " The Warrior within.
December 24: Christmas Eve service
December 29. Micheal and Collen Watson. Crystal Love.
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HUMOR
 
THE ODD RABBI

These four rabbis had a series of theological arguments, and three were always in accord against the fourth. One day, the odd rabbi out, after the usual "3 to 1, majority rules" statement that signified that he had lost again, decided to appeal to a higher authority.

"Oh, God!" he cried. "I know in my heart that I am right and they are wrong! Please give me a sign to prove it to them!"

It was a beautiful, sunny day. As soon as the rabbi finished his prayer, a storm cloud moved across the sky above the four. It rumbled once and dissolved. "A sign from God! See, I'm right, I knew it!" But the other three disagreed, pointing out that storm clouds form on hot days.

So the rabbi prayed again: "Oh, God, I need a bigger sign to show that I am right and they are wrong. So please, God, a bigger sign!" This time four storm clouds appeared, rushed toward each other to form one big cloud, and a bolt of lightning slammed into a tree on a nearby hill.

"I told you I was right!" cried the rabbi, but his friends insisted that nothing had happened that could not be explained by natural causes.

The rabbi was getting ready to ask for a VERY big sign, but just as he said, "Oh God...," the sky turned pitch black, the earth shook, and a deep, booming voice intoned, "HEEEEEEEE'S RIIIIIIIGHT!"

The rabbi put his hands on his hips, turned to the other three, and said, "Well?"

"So," shrugged one of the other rabbis, "now it's 3 to 2."                                                                                                                                                                  From "Religious Joke of the Day" - Beliefnet.com

STRONG MEDICINE FOR THE NUN

    Pat is not feeling very well and he decides to go to a doctor.  While he is waiting in the doctor's reception room, a nun comes out of the doctor's office.  She looks very ashen, drawn and haggard.  Pat goes into the doctor's office and says to the doctor:        "I just saw a nun leaving who looked absolutely terrible. I have never seen a woman look worse."  The doctor says: "I just told her that she is pregnant." Pat exclaims: "Oh my, is she?"  The doctor responds: "No, but it sure cured her hiccups."
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WORDS OF WISDOM / QUEST FOR QUOTES
 
- "War is a racket."     Marine Corp General Smedley Butler (See "Attachment")
 
- "...there was a time when the US Congress was an estimable branch of the American government.  It was a place where people took lawmaking almost as seriously as winning elections, where strong views were tempered in the interest of solving problems. There was a prevailing aura of good will that reflected the well-meaning hominess of America. Sometimes memorable and illuminating debates took place, really. Now -- to put it in the slam-dance vernacular of politics today -- it is a collection of the spineless led by the cynical, constantly lap-dancing for special interest cash to finance the permanent campaign, deadlocked not over high principles but over partisan advantage and, as C-Span devotees know, incapable of a debate worthy of a junior high school.  It makes you heart-sore for the state of democracy. . . . Lawmakers don't know each other since they're always home campaigning so they feel freer to demonize one another."                     Bill Keller, New York Times (11-03-02) via Nan Howell
 
- "The Constitution was written with the absolute monarchical powers of a king in mind, and the people who wrote the Constitution said, 'We're not going to have that kind of a system'." Peter Weiss, attorney suing Geo.W.Bush along with 31 other congressmen about the alleged illegality of his unilateral abrogation of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missle Treaty in violation of the Constitution, via Nan Howell
 
- "In times of difficulty, take refuge in compassion and truth."       Jack Kornfield, courtesy of Liz Randol via Larry Morningstar
- "If you do not live the life you believe, you will believe the life you live."                       Zig Ziglar via Larry Morningstar
- "To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair inevitable."  via L.Morningstar
 
- "You become writer by writing. It is a yoga."                                      R.K. Narayan, novelist via "A Word A Day"
- "There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience."                         French proverb via Beliefnet                              
-  The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.     Garth Brooks in "Country Music."
- "It has become about as hard to get  a decent healthy meal of reasonable proportions in this country as it is to locate a thriving five and dime. Worst of all, few people seem to have noticed."       Kelly Brownell, Director of the Yale Center for Eating & Weight Disorders in a Nov.12 WHT article titled Anti-obesity crusader appeals for restraint in land of plenty."
- "Humans are biologically designed to hoard calories. This gift protected the species from extinction during prehistory when long periods of starvation were the rule. But now that we have lives of relative ease in a land of abundance, the gift has become a curse."   Matt Crenson, AP writer in above mentioned article on obesity
- "Soda and snack companies pay for the right to put soda and snack machines in schools. In an era of shrinking budgets, schools use the money for band uniforms, sports equipment, sometimes even textbooks."
- "Fatty food would be judged on the nutritive value per calorie or gram of fat.; the least healthy would be given the highest tax rate. Consumption of high fat foods would drop and the revenue could be used for public exercise facilities like bike paths and running tracks or nutrition education in schools...The government taxes tobacco and alcohol two notorious scourges of public health. Obesity is beginning to rival smoking as a public health hazard. Why not slap a tax on the foods that cause it?"                                                                                                                                                                           Kelly Brownell in a 1994 NYTime op ed column
- "The average child sees 10,000 food commercials a year on television, many of them charismatic celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Britany Spears and Shaquille O'Neal. How can a parent compete with that?"      Matt Crenson, AP writer
- "The high fat Gestapo is trying to follow the footsteps of the smoking Gestapo to force the American people to act in the 'proper way."        Rush Limbaugh, "conservative" radio talk show host
 
- "Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value to its scarcity."     Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680)
- "Let me tell you something we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil."      Golda Meir, ex-Israel Prime Minister- "The more you read the more you know. The more you know the smarter you grow. The smarter you grow the stronger your voice when speaking your mind or making your choice.   From a Kealakekua library bookmark
- "Beware the fury of the patient man."    John Dryden, poet and dramatist (1631-1700) via AWAD
- "True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made."     Franklin D. Roosevelt via Larry Morningstar
- "The National Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and cooperation. It will preserve and defend those basic principles on which our nation has been built. It regards Christianity as the foundation of our national morality, and the family as the basis of national life."                                                                                                                                 Adolph Hitler, My New World Order, Proclamation to the German Nation at Berlin, February 1, 1933 via Esta Feedora
- "An evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great
nation. We must take steps to  ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland."  
                                                                                                                        Adoph Hitler, writing about creation of the Gestapo in Nazi Germany.
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WHITE BOARD WISDOM
 
Write your quotations on the NewThought WhiteBoard  which awaits your words
of wisdom at every NewThought SundayService. Share your own, or the words of others. 
 
Nov.24
- Many flags, many people, one world.
- We are all one.
- You're not sick. You just can't think of anything good to do.
Dec. 1
- The only difference between us is our beliefs.
- Life is meeting your edge again and again.
- All you need is love.
- Religion is the scat of life.
- Joy is the most obvious manifestation of the presence of God.
- Manifestation is the most solid evidence of joy.
- Sound healing through love.
- Starts with his name.
- Love is the greatest healing force in the universe.
- Our prayers are with today Morty.
- Morty, get well soon.
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WORTHY  WEBSITES
 
www.foodfit.com, a website promoting healthy eating habits.
 
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ATTACHMENT
 
"War is a racket." Marine Corp General Smedley Butler

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RAW FOOD RECIPE

Dec RAWZ potluck Sun. Dec. .......
Jan. RAWZ potluck to be Special Event at Marty Kelemen's home in Kailua-Kona on Sunday January 12.
 
"FRESH FEAST" family farm, fresh harvest local produce. Buy a bag a week of fresh family farm grown
fruits and vegetables from a group of 16 family farms. Subscriptions offered for "Basic Feast" including
lettuces, salad mix, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, carrots. "Gourmet Feast" includes basic plus
seasonal selection of herbs, corn, eggplant, squash, green beans, pumpkins, beets, sweet potatoes,
kale, chard, and a selection of tropical fruits including white pineapple, banana, mango, lychee, longan,
rambutan and papaya. Pickups in Kealakekua, Kailua, and Waimea. Call 324-6600 for information.
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MISCELLANEOUS
 
BIG MUD PUDDLES AND SUNNY YELLOW DANDELIONS

When you look at a patch of dandelions, do you see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over the yard?  Or do you see flowers with white fluff you can wish on?

When you look at an old drunk and he smiles at you, do you see a smelly, dirty person who probably wants money and then you look away? Or do you see someone smiling at you and you smile back?

When you hear music you love, do you think you can't carry a tune and don't have much rhythm, so you sit self-consciously and listen? Or do you feel the beat and move to it? Do you sing out the words? Or if you don't know them, do you make up your own?

When you feel the wind on your face, do you brace yourself against it? Do you think it's messing up your hair and pulling you back when you walk? Or do you close your eyes, spread your arms and fly with it?

When you see a mud puddle do you step around it and see muddy shoes and dirty carpets? Kids just sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross, and worms to play with.

I wonder if we are given kids to teach or to learn from? No wonder God loves the little children!

Best to enjoy the little things in life, for eventually you will look back and realize they were the big things.

I wish you Big Mud Puddles and Sunny Yellow Dandelions!!!

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."

Via Esta Marshall/Feedora

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
A Spiritual Retreat & Conference for the Body, Mind and Soul
 
The Retreat includes:
*Delicious Healthy Vegetarian Meals
*Beautiful Accommodations
*Classes in the Art of Vegetarian Cooking
*The Yoga of Sound and World Music with Manuel and Bernice Roberto
*Color Healing and relationship workshop with Irene Soloway.
*Chanting
* Nature Walk in or around Legendary Waipio Valley.
*Music concert Sat. pm w/Patrick Bernard, performer / producer of Atlantis Vangelis, and Manuel & Bernice Roberto. 
*Closing Prayers for Peace and Healing.
At the Hamakua Ecology Center.
3 Day Retreat Fri. Dec.6-Sun.Dec.8 $200
2 days (Sat. at 10 thru Sunday breakfast $115 ($95 for NT members)
For information and reservations call Irene Soloway at 883-2892 or the Hamakua Ecology Center
 
PATRICK BERNARD, A Pioneer of Well-Being Music,  will give an exclusive concert on the Big Island Saturday, December 7, 2002 at 6pm with a delicious gourmet vegetarian dinner at the Hamakua Ecology Center.
    Patrick is an award winning musician in the New Age genre. His beautiful wife, Anuradha, will accompany his mystical music with a graceful fusion of sacred world dance.
    Tickets are $35. includes dinner and concert $25.00 for concert only. For reservations and directions call 775-9083 or e-mail info@earthaware.org. Proceeds will go toward youth environmental education.
    Patrick Bernard -Song writer and composer, his unique style invites us, to travel across the powers of sound, to rediscover in ourselves the joy of possibilities.
AFFORDABLE MEDICAL/DENTAL SERVICES for low income, under insured, and uninsured. Kona locations include: St.Michaels Church in Kailua-Kona, St.Benedict's in Honaunau, and other locations in W.Hawaii and Waimea. Call 935-3050 or 987-8904 for information, dates and time.
 
CRUISE SHIPS POLLUTION: YOUR CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THEM.
        Concerned citizens have a special opportunity to meet with an expert on environmental impacts from cruise ships.  Gershon Cohen, PhD and Project Director of the Campaign to Safeguard America's Waters, will be here to share his knowledge:
What:  Challenges to Our Waters from Cruise Ships
When:  Saturday, December 7, 1:30-3:30
Where:  Hawaii Big Game Fishing Club, Honokohau Harbor (bldg on left at end of road; park outside clubhouse)
        Gershon Cohen, who works through the Earth Island Institute in Haines, AK, wrote legislation to regulate the Alaska cruise industry that passed in special session last year.  He will be in Hawaii meeting with groups on all the islands and doing an information briefing with state legislators in Oahu.  The lively format will allow plenty of time for questions and answers.  Anyone with an interest in this topic is urged to attend. 
        If you have questions, call Nita Isherwood at 328-2112, or email nitabnb@kona.net.
 
FREE LECTURE ON ISLAM "Practices and Beliefs of Islam" by Dr. Karim Kahn Thur.Dec.5 from 7-9 pm a King Kahehameha Hotel. Dr Kahm teaches world history at Leeward Community College. Islam is the fastest spreading religion in the U.S. and Europe. (NewThought program for Sun. Dec.8 will feature Shanti Devi, UH W.Hawaii history teacher on the same subject)  
 
FREE COMPUTER CLASSES AT TUTU'S HOUSE in Waimea. For beginners to learn computers and internet. Classes include, "Learn to use a computer", "Internet Basics", "Health information", "Internet search engines", "Word processor." Call 885-6777 for information. 
 
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION Saturday Dec.7 at the Kona Transfer Station from 7:30 to 2:30 p.m. Automotive materials, corrosives, oil based paints, garden supplies and some other material will be accepted.
Call Dept. of Public Works at 329-2886 for further information.
 
HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION (PBS Ch.10) IS STARTING "PBS PROGRAM CLUB" It's like a book club but you meet to discuss a program instead of a book." Start a club in your community.  808-973-1386 for info.
    This week on PBS: Wed.12/4 7:30pm "Red White & Rock": Thur 12/5 Pianist Vladamir Hororowitz; Fri 12/6 7:30pm Ronan Tynan Irish tenor; Sat 12/7 7pm Classic Christmas from the Ed Sullivan Show; 8:30 An Irish Holiday with some of Irelands greatest performers; 10pm film about survival, humanity, storytelling, and the creation of legengs; Sun. 12/8  8pm "This Land is Your Land: evolution of modern American folk music; 9:30 Yanni concert; 11 "Born in the USA: more than one way to give birth; Mon. 12/9 The story of people who developed radio; Tues.12/10 8pm NOVA Mystery of the First Americans; 9 Search for the first human; 10 Hikers climb Kilimanjaro. 
     For additional program info visit www.pbs.org.
    "Publivision," the month's program guide is available by mail with a $25 contribution to PBS, PO Box 11599, Hon. HI 96828.
 
KONA DANCE JAM every Friday night from 8 - 11:30 pm. No shoes, alcohol or smoke.
At The Performance Coop in Kealekekua, located on Halek'ii Street ( between the Kealakekus post office and the Tesoro gas station) 3rd building on the right. For Information and to confirm call Selina Ki at 334-1998.
AFRICAN AND ARABIC MUSIC DJ Sister Joy, Friday, Dec. 6th, 8pm-11:30pm, $7 or $5 with membership
RAPTURE DANCE Michael Hammer-synthesizers, Lalama Sjamar-ceremonial singer, Saturday Dec. 7th, 8pm-10:30pm, $10 or $8 with membership. Michael and Lelama are international sound artists. Michael has recorded
over 20 CD's of music for meditation and healing. 
COMMUNITY POTLUCK Sun.Dec.8 2nd Sunday of each month), City of Refuge, 3pm till sunset. Look for the sign
TIGER PAW TRIO with Jessica Marcus, Tony Salvage and Joe Conti, Friday Dec.20th, 8pm-11:30pm, $10 or $8 with membership. These well-known musicians will be co' creating an inspiring, harmonious dancing evening of Latin, Jazz, Reggae and fusion. Jessica Marcus is a world renown Master percussionist of over 25yrs,  recording artist who has produced 3 CD's and performer Afro-Cuban Jazz. She is also a workshop leader and recently opened Tiger International Drum School, dedicated to World Peace. Tony Salvage has played the violin-viola for 60yrs, has recorded with numerous famous musicians including the Beach Boys and Diana Ki.  He is a pioneer of New age Music and plays cosmic classical Jazz.  Joe Conti has been a popular musician in Hawaii since the early 1980"s.  He's been playing "The Stick" (a string instrument that is tapped rather than plucked) since 1980 and works in a wide variety of musical settings, including touring with Frank Zappa in 84' as a  musical technician.
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PERSONALS:   
 
        I recently brought back a lot of beautiful soft hand-woven cotton blankets from Bali that I would like to offer at a very modest price to everyone who might need an extra warm blanket for the cool weather coming up. There are some solid colored blankets(beige, yellow, orange, turquoise, black, etc.), some with big checks (4 inch squares) of the colors just listed, and some with IKAT designs(abstracts, or stripes, or figures, etc.. mostly the colors of the Ikat blankets are natural dyes-browns, burnt sienna, henna,indigo blue, etc.) Sizes: single bed to big doubles. Prices $25.00 to $40.00 (these are wholesale prices). Also some matching cushion covers. 
                                                                                                                                            Esta Feedora  328-2400

        I am looking for just the right match for my situation. I will be leading a Telepathic Communication with Whales workshop on the Kona coast the second week of March. I want to stay on so I can attend James Twyman's conference March 18-26 but in order to afford it I need to find a person or family who feels they can benefit sufficiently from my skills, presence and $150, that they will be happy offering me sleeping and cooking possibilities.I will need a place to share with a local family/couple/single from March 14-26. I have skills in teaching (most subjects), massage, carpentry, office work, cleaning and organizing. I need a quiet place to sleep and prefer a substance-free home. I would love to help with children, homework, errands, shopping or in any of the skill areas listed. If you would be willing to post this request or pass it on to people in your community who might be interested or have access to groups of like-minded people, I'd very much appreciate it. Also if you have any ideas about connecting with the right person, I'd love to hear them.  In Truth and Light,                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ruanne Nunyara, soundingwhale@yahoo.com  

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SPIRITUAL MESSAGE

THE CHINOOK LORD'S PRAYER

Nesika papa klaksta mitlite kopa saghalie,
Our Father Who dwells on High,

Kloshe kopa nesika tumtum mika nem.
Good for our hearts Your Name.

Kloshe mika tyee kopa konaway tillikum.
Good you Chief of all people;

Kloshe mika tumtum kopa illahee kahkwa kopa saghalie;
Good Your heart to make our country such as Yours up above;

Potlatch konaway sun nesika muckamuck,
Give us all days our food,

Pee kopet-kumtux konaway nesika mesachie.
And stop remembering all our sins we make to them,

Kahkwa nesika mamook kopa klaksta spose mamook
mesachie kopa nesika;
As we suppose not their sin against us;

Mahah siah kopa nesika konaway mesachie.
Throw far away from us all evil.

Kloshe kahkwa
Amen (good like; i.e. "be good")

Via Larry Morningstar
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AFFIRMATION
 
May I awake renewed each day.
May my heart lift with the rising sun.
May I walk on water.
May I talk to the clouds, the trees, the animals, the insects, the Cetaceans, and all your relations.
May I move through my  day gently unraveling any knots that appear and releasing any cords that tie me to my past.
May my presence inspire others.
May I translocate to any place on the planet or in the universe you wish to be.
May I be one of those counted among the critical mass of conscious Humans needed to  take the next step.
My I live to see the day when gradual evolution arrives at graduation to a new level of  Human expression.
May my song bring joy to all who hear it.
                                                                            Light Worker Center, November 21, 2002
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READER FEEDBACK
 
Jerry, Thanks for the info on Maureen and Tain's vegie "Feast"service and on an, as usual, very informative bulletin..
 
Thank you!  I do enjoy receiving the NewThought Weekly. I loved the Audrey Hepburn piece.  Am saving it so I can share it with others some time.Thanks, dear brother!  I value you and how you fill the space you're offered.  In peace,Elena
Aloha, Madonna and Dale send a huge Thank you from the heart. We really enjoyed the music and the integration of people, music and instruments. It was all very beautiful. Very much the vision of an enlightened planetary civilization we as Avatar are assisting in creating. It is a pleasure to experience and associate with a group so aligned with our goals especially when being gifted with such musical talent. Mahalo to all involved. A Hui Hou Malama Pono, Madonna Machado, Dale Sims

The font size and coloration of the quotes made them even more effective to read--right on brother. I passed them along to the staff at my office.  Love, brother Teddy
 
 
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EDITORIAL
    The NewThought Annual Thanksgiving Concert was great!
    Played to a packed house at the Kona Outdoor Circle, the 12 person musical ensemble (including a harpist, flautist, 2 keyboard players, violinist, vibraphonist, stick, 2 vocalists, 3 percussionists one of whom played digeridoo, a crystal bowl/gong player, and 2 India dancers) provided an outstanding two hours of musical entertainment.
    Next year we hope to have our 3rd "New Thought Annual Thanksgiving Concert" outdoors in the KOC Garden where more people can be accommodated in a truly "Magic Garden."
    Many mahalos to Manuel and the Thanksgiving Concert musicians and crew, and  the refreshment providers for their superb snacks.   
    Here are some of the concert day comments:
     Very enjoyable. Please do it again.
    They're so good they could go on the road.
    I don't know whether to sit here and listen to the music with my eyes open or closed.
    I welcome the opportunity to mediate in congregation.
    Wonderful opportunity to come together, to take time to engage in spiritual thought with people of like mind and to enjoy beautiful music.
    It was an amazing afternoon.
    Very glad I came.
    Good, good, good.
    Fabulous. I'm glad there's more to come.
    Extraordinary!
    Very lovely, very spiritual, very pleasant surprise.
    Amazing, wonderful, beautiful, fantastic.
    Loved it. Very good.
    Terrific. Dancers were beautiful.
    The electricity is here. It appealed to all my senses.
     It was good. Definitely!
     Fabulous! I'm glad there's more to come.
     We want this monthly. We need it.
     Excellent! We want more. 
     Bernice's vegan chocolate cake was superb.  
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                                                             Aloha till next week
                                                           Jerry Rothstein, editor
                                                             NewThoughtWeekly
                                                              jerry@turquoise