Francene Hart, a visionary artist
utilizes the wisdom and
symbolic imagery of Sacred Geometry, reverence for the natural
environment, and the interconnectedness between all things
to create watercolor paintings of beauty and spirit. Her work acts as a
bridge between this reality and a world of healing, and transformation.
Francene Hart is a internationally recognized visionary artist whose
work has been widely published in books and magazines and hangs in the
homes of art collectors and the offices of healers and seekers around
the planet. Francene will share with us some of her research into
the "language of light" that is the realm of Sacred Geometry, how
it is compliments our movement toward conscious
evolution, and how that has informed and transformed her
artmaking.
Her work is available as prints, Artcards and original watercolors.
She self-published "Blessings: A Journal of Gratitude," and
"Seeking Balance: An Artist’s Journey into Sacred
Geometry." Her newly published Sacred Geometry Oracle Deck is
available now at bookstore, at amazon.com or from the publisher Bear
& CO./Inner Traditions. For more information: P.O. Box 3587,
Kailua-Kona HI 96745, hartart@haii.net,
http://www.francenehart.com
or 808-937-4270.
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. Wear warm clothing. For further information call 329-2222 or
see our web-site at www.NTCHawaii.org.
Childcare is provided.
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NEW THOUGHT WEEKLY
By providing a loving, accepting, non-judgmental community
we at New Thought Center of Hawaii create a sanctuary for the
nourishment, development and evolution of each individual's unique
spiritual path. This not only furthers us individually, but by
bringing our compassion, insight, and wisdom forward, benefits those
around us, our fellow travelers, our spiritual community, our
family, friends, neighbors, our dear island community and our world.
The circle we sit in represents both 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 around our wonderfully diverse planet. We
invite and honor such variety in ourselves and
in the world around us. We've come to understand
that no single source has exclusivity as regards
spiritual truth, health, and joy, but that there is
much to learn from many of these sources.
We gather here each Sunday morning (at the New
Thought Sunday Center at Pualani Terrace in
Kealakekua, just south of the Kealakekua Public
Library) to help us affirm these views and
strengthen our capacity to love and be loved.
You are invited to join this circle.
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CONTENTS:
- Sunday AUGUST 18, 2002 Program
( Francene Hart, visionary artist
)
- Upcoming Programs ( 8/25
Drew Womack, 9/1 Holly Weeks )
- Humor ( I'm
fine; Why take responsibility; )
- Words of Wisdom/Quest for Quotes ( 17
)
- White Board Wisdom ( yes
)
- Sunday Service Sharing ( yes
)
- Worthy Websites ( Activate
computer to read text aloud )
- Attachment ( Ralph
Nader on greed + relevant non-Nader
quotes in "Attachment" section below)
- Raw Food Recipe ( Macadamia
cheese )
- Miscellaneous ( At
the end, culture matters )
- Announcements ( 4
)
- Personals ( 1
)
- Spiritual Message ( Cloning )
- Affirmation ( My
home is my sanctuary )
- Reader Feedback ( 2
)
- Editorial ( - )
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
August 25 Drew
Womack, "High Country" song writer, guitar player, and
singer, will present a
program of his music. Drew
is an extraordinary musician. He has been a professional
musician for nearly 40 years and will soon be recording for a
major label. He has 4 CD's, the last two of which were
recorded in Nashville. He and his family moved to Kona a year
ago. Last year he did a New Thought and an Aloha Theater
concert. You don't have to like "country" to love
Drew's music. His music is "from the heart to lift the
spirit." His message is to enjoy life, fill it with love,
and get rid of fear. His music says "Life can be an
incredible adventure, not a trivial pursuit of material wealth.
See quotes from Drew's music in the "Words of Wisdom"
below.
Program will start
promptly at 10.
September 1 Holley Weeks
"At play on sacred ground: games that
enable the energies of the psyche to be released and
transformed. Be ready to romp.
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HUMOR
I'M FINE
Clyde, a farmer in
Alabama, decided his injuries from the accident were serious enough to
take the trucking company (responsible for the accident) to
court.
In court the trucking company's fancy lawyer
was questioning Clyde.
"Didn't you say at the scene of the accident,
'I'm fine?'" asked the lawyer.
Clyde responded, "Well, I'll tell you what
happened. I had just loaded
my favorite mule Bessie into the..."
"I didn't ask for any details," the
lawyer interrupted, "just answer
the question. Did you or did you not say 'I'm fine' at the scene of
the accident?"
Clyde said, "Well, yes, but I had just got
Bessie into the trailer and
was driving down the road..."
The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge,
I am trying to establish
the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the
Highway Patrolman
on the scene that he was just fine. Now several
weeks after the accident he is
trying to sue my client. I believe he is a
fraud. Please tell him to simply answer
the question."
By this time the Judge was fairly interested in
Clyde's answer and said
to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his
favorite mule, Bessie."
Clyde thanked the Judge and proceeded, "Well,
like I was saying, I had
just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the trailer and was driving
her down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the
stop
sign and smacked my truck right in the side. I was thrown into one
ditch
and Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting real bad and
didn't want
to move. However, I could hear old Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew
she was in terrible shape just by her groans. About that time a
Highway
Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and
groaning so he went over to her. After he looked at her he took
out
his gun and shot her between the eyes. Then the Patrolman came across
the
road with his gun in his hand and looked at me
and said,
'And, how are you feeling?'" via
Roger&Lydia Weiss
WHY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for your actions when
maybe someone else can get the blame.
Here are some excuses why its not your fault:
- I got severe tire damage on the road less
traveled.
- I learned the wrong seven habits.
- The chicken soup for my soul was contaminated
with E.coli.
- Someone slipped me some bad affirmations.
- I'm one of those good people bad things happen
to.
From June 2002 Reader's Digest via Judy Rothstein
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WORDS OF WISDOM/QUEST FOR QUOTES
Your quotes are invited whether they are
your own or those of others.The last NTWeekly of the month's
"Words of Wisdom/Quest for Quotes" is reserved for reader's
input.
- "Seems that we're always
wishing for treasures that are far away, sometimes we can't even see
what's before us each day. Reminds me of small children with their
toys all over the floor, can't even play with all the things they
have, still they holler for more.
Drew Womack from his song "Thank You."
- "We are here in the
presence of the Lord. There is no fear in the presence of the Lord. I
am inspired in the presence of the Lord. I get higher in the presence
of the Lord.
Drew Womack from his song "In the Presence of the
Lord"
- "Many people take no care
of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do
just the same with their time.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and
philosopher (1749-1832)
- "If everyone were to walk briskly 30 minutes a day, we could
cut the incidence of many chronic diseases by 30 to 40
percent." Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of
preventative medicine at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital.
- In every good marriage it pays
sometimes to be a little deaf."
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's mother-in-law's wedding
day advice.
- "Let it be."
Paul McCartney's deceased mother's words that appeared to
him in a dream.
- "What is it
that you love? Where is the most adventurous place you could do it?
Are you certain it will serve other people?
Dianne Sawyers's father's advice as to a career choice
- "Your
imperfections are what make you beautiful."
Sandra Bullock in "Parade"
- Whenever you see darkness,
there is an extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn
brighter."
Bono in "Spin"
- "The skill of writing is to create a
context in which other people can think.
Edwin Schlossberg
- "Imagination is the
beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you
imagine,
and at last you create what you will."
George Bernard Shaw via Larry Morningstar
- "I Am the
Dreamer, I Am the Dreamed, I Am the Dream!"
Saleena Ki from her "SpinningStars
Newsletter
- "Experience is the name everyone gives
to his mistakes."
Woodrow Wilson
- "Live every day like it's your last
and one day you'll be right."
Frank Sinatra
- "There is no cure for
birth and death, save to enjoy the interval."
Santayana
- "The door should always
stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic moment."
Emily Dickenson
See more quotes in "Attachment"
section below.
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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.
- The empty mind is the womb of creation
- Be happy at all times
- Balance in all things
- Unlimited wealth comes from unexpected
sources, clear and free, here and now
- I am in everyone's heart
- Self-actualization is the work of a lifetime
- Be joyful in all you do
- Do a dance in your garden
- Silence evens out all things
- Light shines, souls dance in harmony
- Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Thos. Jefferson
- Don't worry, be happy
- Which will it be? all-one or alone? or both
- There's a difference between being alone and
loneliness
- If you perceive a relationship as a cage,
you'll clip your wings to fit in to it
- Turn garbage into compost (rich earth), plant
it, and let it grow
- The human soul is human soil. Some are in
pots and others are dust in the wind
- The love that you give is the love that you
get.
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SUNDAY SERVICE SHARING
Part of every service is
"Introductions" where people may comment on a subject
that may be related to the program. Last week the subject
was "something that promotes spirit"
- Beautiful music, music & poetry,
hitchhiking I lose faith in humanity as cars pass me by and regain it
when a wonderful person picks me up, humor & laughter, humor with
other people, don't take myself too seriously, mother nature, art
& music & travel, good books music food and grandchildren,
being with light and spiritual community, anything that flies, a daisy
chain climbing up a waterfall, meteor shower, a friend who for me is a
direct channel to the father, good friends, working in my yard,
cannabis, nature & white pineapples, travelling and new
realizations, meeting people all over the world, friends &
communicating, wind & breeze, communicating with family &
friends, togetherness and doing it!, singing & dancing, receiving
body work that connects me to spirit, mother nature.
Part of every service is "Miracles
& Ordinaries where such things are shared. Last week's
M&O included:
- My trip while receiving a massage
about falling into an ice hole and going through the layers of
the earth through to the other side and into the cosmos, each layer
being a portal into another dimension.
- Wondering when my old car would give out and
thinking about some one crashing into it in order to get a new
one and someone did. No one was hurt. Getting another car with
insurance money.
- The great place my daughter found to live.
- About my brain tumor. Finding so much love
and support, healing and uplifting experience, grateful and
humble, such a miracle.
- Health problem has its positive side.
- Many things falling into place since I've
been here. So grateful. Miracles keep happening. What a wonderful
perfect spot this is and mother nature is awesome.
- Talked quantum physics with a professor about
finding the smallest possible thing in the universe. Found a
particle that only had "potentiality" that led to
choice and consciousness i.e. everything in the universe has
consciousness.
Program by Manuel & Bernice
Roberto who reported on their trip to the International New
Thought Alliance (INTA) convention in Virginia. They shared
their experiences with people, workshops, and music. Bernice with a six
foot, forty string gold harp and Manuel and his flute played for
an hour and thrilled the audience with their performance. Thanks to
Manuel & Bernice, it was decided at the convention that the 90th
conference in 2005 would be here in Kona. Brought back books and CDs
for the NewThought library. Also, shared a mantra from a prosperity
workshop: "Unlimited wealth comes to me from unexpected sources,
clear and free, here and now."
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WORTHY WEBSITES
Every week in this section will appear one of
the "50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites" from"Yahoo/Internet
Life" magazine's sixth annual list in their July 2002 edition.
They are sites will actually get something done for you. Categories
include travel, shopping, money, health, news, information, technology, and
entertainment.
Next week: Look up any word in over 260 foreign
language dictionaries and over 100 specialty dictionaries.
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ATTACHMENT: (See
"Attachment" above)
Ralph Nader who for 40 years
has been criticizing corporate America, answers 5 (out of ten)
questions on greed and corruption.
- "What we have learned in the last few
months is that no one is looking out for us, guiding our souls, or
ensuring our future prosperity. And when the powerful begin to act
irresponsibly, it's the responsibility of the rest of us to take their
power away from them.
"Barbara Ehrenreich, columnist for The
Progressive and the author of "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting
By in America" (Metropolitan Books, 2001).
- "They that can give up essential liberty to achieve
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin
Franklin
- "Each time a man stands
up for an ideal, or acts to improve the life of others, or
strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and
those ripples, crossing each other from a million different
centers of energy, build a current which can sweep down the mightiest
walls of oppression and resistance. Robert
F. Kennedy via Larry Morningstar
- "Great necessities call
out great virtues."
Abigail Adams
- In 1982, the wealth of
the thirty richest U.S. individuals and families ranged from
$500 million up to $8.6 billion. By 1999, seventeen years later,
the range was $7 billion to $85 billion, a tenfold increase. In
1980, the ten highest compensated U.S. executives had an average
annual pay package of $3.4 million, but by 2001 that had
skyrocketed to an average of $155 million — and this while the
typical American household in the middle quintile barely stays
ahead of inflation.
Via ?
- "There's enough for everyone's
need but not everyone's greed."
Ghandi
- "It's my opinion
that never before have we, as a nation, stood in greater danger of
losing our
individual liberties as we are today."
Frank
Serpico, the whistle-blowin ex-New York City cop, criticizing the
government's anti-terrorism measures.
- "The
only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing." Edmund Burke
- "The life of the
nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and
virtuous."
Frederick Douglass
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RAW FOOD RECIPE:
Macadamia Cheese (via
SarahKate)
1 C raw mac nuts, 1 C raw cashews, 1/2 C lemon
juice, 1.5 tsp sea salt, 1 T garlic, 1/2 tsp pepper. Blend in food
processor until smooth.
From letters to the editor of the Aug. 5 Time
Magazine in response to the July cover story on vegetarians.
- "Being a vegetarian is a win-win
situation. The animals win; the environment wins, and people win by
living healthier, longer lives." Sherril
Durbin
- "My mom is an 97 year old
vegetarian who still works out daily. All of her friends who used to
make fun of her diet, are sadly, no longer with us. Jane
Doran.
- "...there is no nutritional
argument for meat eating today. Vegetarianism is truly an evolutionary
step forward." James Hardeman, M.D.
- "Vegetarians also kill
vegetable life. Is there any difference?" Enriques
Lores
August RAWZ RawFoodPotluck is Sunday August
18 at 1p.m. at Marty Kelemen's house in Kailua-Kona.
All are invited.
Directions: If you are coming from Captain
Cook, take the first left after Lako, which is Kuakini Hwy. Go about
100 yards and make the first left onto Keakealani Drive. Take the
first left onto Halehau St, and the next left onto Olomena.
The road dead ends in a cul-de-sac. Park and walk to the top of
the steep driveway to Marty’s house. If you are coming from north
of town on Queen K Hwy, turn right at Kuakini Hwy (just before
the Lako St/Chevron traffic light) and make the same three lefts to
Marty's house. Marty’s phone number is 327-1769.
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MISCELLANEOUS
AT THE END, CULTURE MATTERS
There are few absolutes when
it comes to culture, but regional, ethnic, religious and environmental
cultures can influence how people approach end-of-life issues. UH
experts offer some examples of general ethnic differences to be
considered in assessing individual situations.
- African Americans may push to prolong life in
hope of a miracle.
- Chinese Americans may consider discussing death
to be bad luck.
- Filipino Americans may seek a non-medical
reason for the illness.
- Japanese Americans may hesitate to complain
about pain.
- Korean Americans may resist telling the patient
when the condition is terminal.
- Native Hawaiians may distrust physicians.
- Samoan Americans families may assign a
designated caregiver.
- Vietnamese Americans elders may focus on
preparing for death.
From the UH magazine "Malama" in an
article titled "Facing the End of Life," July-December issue.
"Death can be a positive experience if
personnel are skilled and compassionate."
Colette Brown, chair of the School of Social
Work's gerontology section which trains social workers to care for the
elderly.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
You are invited to send in your announcements
of community interest.
Thursday's
8a.m. to 4p.m: Open Air Farmers Market run by employees and
members of the Kona Pacific Farmers Coop at the entrance to the
coop grounds on Napoopoo Rd.
The coop offers fresh vegetables, cookies and cold drinks. The
Tropical Fruit Man is there with samples of the island's most exotic
fruits. Other offerings include jellies, syrups, chutneys,
conserves, masubis and baked goods featuring tropical ingredients.
Crafts include coconut leaf woven items, cross-stitched clothing,
beaded jewelry and origami boxes.
While there the public is also invited to
stop in at the remodeled coop (open M-F 9-4) for free tours of
the coop processing stations as well as direct from farmers
products. And be sure to say hello to the coop mascots; I'or
the donkey, Donutte the French pig, Coffee the cow, and Mac Nut the
baby goat.
Mobile Health Care Clinics
that provide affordable and accessible medical and dental
services to low income, uninsured, and underinsured people will
be setup in various locations in Kailua-Kona, Honaunau,
Oceanview, Waimea, Kawaihae, and Pahala throughout the month of
August from 8a.m to 4p.m. Call 935-3050 or 987-8904 for
location nearest you and for what information you need to bring
with you.
Qigong class staring Thur.
Aug. 15 from 5-7p.m. offered by Parks&Recreation by Thornton
Chamberlain at Yano Hall in Capt. Cook. Qigong
consists of a sequence of slow and gentle movements and
breathings that awaken and direct the flow of universal life
force and personal energy to promote inner rejuvenation.
Scientific research reveals that qigong strengthens the
immune system, supports circulation, reduces stress, retards
aging, heals disease, and lengthens life. Chamberlain, an
ordained Tibetan Buddhist Monk under Kula Rinpoche,
studied Wuji under Grand Master Chee Kim Thong and was the
first authorized Wuji teacher in Europe where he opened his
school. A UH graduate, he currently resides in S.Kona. For
information call John at 323-3060.
Buddhist nun, Ani Tenzin Palmo, an
amazing spirit who spent 12 years in a cave in the Himalayas is
now establishing a nunnery in India to re-establish some of the
secret teachings for woman that they have never had access to.
She is on a fundraising tour and
will appear in the following places:
- Monday Aug.12 at Tutu's
house in Waimea from 6-8pm
- Thurs. Aug 15 at the Kona
Outdoor Circle from 6-8pm
- Friday Aug. 16 at Paleaku
Gardens there will be a dinner and talk titled "Spiritual
Maturity in Challenging Times" from 5:30-8pm. $25
a person by reservation only.
- Sat Aug. 17 8:30-4:30
and Sun.Aug.18 from 8:30-11:00 ... Saturday and Sunday
comprise a retreat which costs $40 per person including lunch
on Saturday. By reservation.
- Sun. Aug.18th at Border's
books in Kona a book signing and talk from 2-4pm.
("She's really a rare person.
Never before have I had 20 people fly over from Oahu after
hearing her talk" Barbara DeFranco, exec.dir of Paleaku
Gardens)
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PERSONALS:
Want to find your kitten a good home, looking
to rent, giving away your old computer, need a house sitter, clean
yards, seeking companion, looking for work, etc.? Use this space for
your "personals." Free service for NTWeekly readers.
- Mom (Luana Love) and I are unable to come to
Sunday service. I hope she will regain her strength soon and be
able to come. If you hear of anyone who could be with mom for an
hour or two any day or evening so I can go grocery shopping,
and/or Thursdays from 5pm-10pm, I would sure appreciate it. I can
pay $5.50 an hour. We live in Kailua-Kona. My phone number is
327-2163. Flora.
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SPIRITUAL MESSAGE:
"Equipped, godlike, with these new genetic
tools, we will remake nature and ourselves; we will become in effect,
our own creators. Not surprisingly, these prospects raise some thorny
ethical questions."
From "Cloning at the Crossroads:
Biotechnology and the Fate of the Soul" by Richard Heinberg in the
July 2002 Science of Mind magazine where 9 such questions are asked and
answered. Heinberg is author of "Cloning the Buddha: the Moral
Impact of Biotechnology." More at www.scienceofmind.com.
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AFFIRMATION
My home is a refuge of love,
harmony and peace. I love my home and all who enter are welcomed in
love. I am blessed with the goodness of life and give thanks for
my peaceful, harmonious haven of peace. My home is my sanctuary.
From "Personal
Affirmations," July 2002 Science of Mind magazine, sponsored by
World Ministry of Prayer
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READER FEEDBACK
I got the newsletter! Really enjoyed it, too. Thanks
for your work with it. Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday.
Ahui hou.
Judith Lynne
Your New Element Administration story was one my
husband used as one of the "questions" ---usually at the
end---sometimes on exams.Chemistry was a difficult course, but that
was no reason in his opinion to not enjoy it.
Glennys Spitze
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EDITORIAL
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