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Labour Day long week-end Contact Dance Jam in Victoria

2008-07-26T19:36:57Z

Labour Day Long Weekend
::Fully Participatory!!::
Contact Improv Dance Jam
Victoria, B.C.

Savor the long weekend in beautiful Victoria, B.C.! This contact improv weekend includes
“sense stirring” guided morning warm ups, optional afternoon labs to explore your
curiousities, DJ’d soundscapes to inspire, a performance evening to share your works all
with plenty of time to Jam! (Experience not required)

Saturday, Sunday, & half day Monday!
Aug 30, 31st & Sept 1st (Labour Day)
At Victoria Dance Connection 2750 Quadra street

paid Before Friday August 8th …..$100 Cdn
After ………....$130 Cdn
Space secured by sending Non-Refundable $50 Deposit to: Helen Tudway-Cains, 550 Beaver Lake Road,
Victoria, B.C. V9E 2J7

Why “Fully Participatory”? You bring your skills, curiousities, performance pieces and
sense of exploration… always wanted to lead a warm up? Here’s your chance. Have a
performance piece you wish to share, sign up for Sunday’s performance night! Or just
come on out and dance.

Includes Saturday evening’s DJ’d sounds with some of Victoria’s most talented…
...with music to inspire the curious, the awkward, the adventurous, the meditator,
from soft to glitch and thoughtful to sensual.
soundscapes that will make your body a painting of awareness.

Something for everyone!! Last long weekend before Fall sets in!

Questions? Email tchelen@gmail.com or call 250-818-6633.
or manuafee(at)lycos(dot)com
or follow this thread....

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SPECIAL EVENT: National Law of Attraction Group in Pdx!! 7/30/2008

2008-07-26T03:36:54Z

SPECIAL EVENT: National Law of Attraction MeetUp In Portland!!

Wednesday, July 30th

Location
Double Tree Hotel
1000 NE Multnomah St
Portland, OR 97232
(503) 281-6111

Meet National Law of Attraction Guru & Ambassador of Abundance Chris Tinney and LOA Lifestyle "Rainmaker" Cody McKinley and watch the Original Uncut version of "The Secret" movie.

Long time practitioner of the Law of Attraction, Chris Tinney helped Rhonda Byrne (author of The Secret book and movie) attract several of the original stars in the movie The Secret. Chris also toured the USA for 18 months helping promote The Secret for Rhonda to over 100,000 people in events, movie viewings and seminars. Chris Tinney is also a co-founder of the http://www.PowerfulIn.... - the official forum and world wide on-line community for Law of Attraction and The Secret.

Chris Tinney will be sharing what he is doing now with the Law of Attraction, the Secret, and Manifesting Abundance to Create & Enjoy Personal Financial Freedom on Your Own Terms! Cody McKinley will share how he changed his life from living job to job as a surfer, to manifesting and attracting abundance and becoming a personal financial "Rainmaker" - living life on his own terms, having fun and making a real difference in the World!

At this event, Chris and Cody will show you how to take back your life and create more of what you want by simply changing the way you make a living. Meet others who have mastered how to create more abundance in their life - the green, positive, fun and healthy way!

Directly after, we will be showing the original, un-cut version of The Secret - at no charge! If you haven't seen the original version - this viewing is an absolute must see - you'll love it!

Please RSVP to save your seats - this event is free and will absolutely fill up fast!

Namaste!

Kristen

503-780-5905

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Message from the moderator

2008-07-14T21:43:22Z

fyi I had to start a new account on tribe because the old one would not login for me and my e-mail for the site also stopped working. I am therefore unable to moderate my tribes and have been unable to contact tribe staff.

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WATER WOMAN TICKETS AVAILABLE AT INTENTION 9.5

2008-07-01T08:40:39Z

Special Advance tickets to WATER WOMAN will be available at INTENTION SUMMER CAMP 9.5... they are limited~ in number and in price~

first 20 tickets $55
next 50 $77
next 100 $99

come and get them~!

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WATER WOMAN details

2008-06-07T05:29:46Z

It is with great excitement and anticipation that we invite you to participate in the first, Water Woman gathering, an all-inclusive global event on the Sunshine Coast this summer, inspired by the popular annual ‘Burning Man’ festival.
Much like Burning Man, our collective intention is to create a magical journey towards consciousness, wholeness and sustainability on the planet. We are currently seeking resonant performers, sponsorship, donations, artists, vendors and volunteers.

“Our mission is to inspire, empower and entertain by co-creating a sustainable community gathering, celebrating Water as Life, Unity Consciousness and the Divine Feminine. Water Woman integrates healing, learning and growth through the Arts, Spirit and Nature."

Water Woman gathering will be held at beautiful Crystal Creek on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Friday, Aug. 1st to Monday, Aug. 4th, 2008, a BC long weekend. This four day event will inspire and activate 250-500 attendees, with rates varying from daily passes at $35 to all-inclusive weekend passes, valued at $133. including camping on this pristine paradise. Most activities will be scheduled in advance comprising daily yoga and meditation, ceremonies, rituals, workshops, sweat lodges, dancing, an international marketplace, performance and visual arts. Flexibility, flow and fun are mandates for Water Woman’s inception and culmination.

Please join us in sharing your gifts and wisdom this summer with our community, local and international participants and other passionate presenters. We welcome your involvement as part of your ongoing commitment to co-creating personal and global unity at this time.
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Transformational Singing Circle@shakti

2008-05-08T07:24:10Z

see my message on tribalharmonix-
check my blog for poster and details

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Intention 9.5 July 4-6

2008-04-08T07:45:03Z

Confirmed for Crystal Creek on the Sunshine Coast BC. For more info stay tuned to www.tribalharmonix.org

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Pollination tribe

2008-03-17T18:46:23Z

Join the tribe!

tribes.tribe.net/pollinationretreat

Pollination

The Cariboo Dreamcatcher Collective’s main initiative is a weekend long Earth Day Gathering called Pollination. This springtime retreat is created by people coming together to share these personal strengths and talents to manifest this positive and fun event. This year marks our second annual multi- generation event, which will be held at Gavin Lake Forestry Camp, April 18-20, 2008, and begins with a First Nations blessing and drum circle, honouring the ancestors of this land. We continue with the first of five shared meals featuring delicious, fresh and healthful ingredients. An open-mic night will showcase the many talents of our guests, with live and electronic music continuing to close out the first night’s celebrations.

Saturday and Sunday feature workshops offered in a large spectrum of subjects, including yoga, natural building, body therapy demonstrations, African drumming and meditation to name a few. We host an art gallery and craft market to display the work of local and non-local artists and craftspeople. As with any celebration, music is a must, and we continue to highlight local talents and other musical guests from around the province throughout Saturday night.

The Dreamcatcher Collective is proud to be supporting and promoting culture, and wellness in the Cariboo. We invite you to share this experience with us.

For more information, please visit:

www.cariboodreamcatchercollective.org

tribes.tribe.net/pollinationretreat

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Gratitude; Intention 9 Photos and Videos

2008-01-08T21:27:19Z

Thank you all for an amazing first Intention experience.

Here are some photos and videos I took:

Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emorey/sets/72157603645773625/

Videos:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7HH3UOnZhhc

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tz2xLtxyXmg

Peace,
Rey

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Destroy the Great Pyramid before 2012!!!

2008-01-04T03:15:19Z

You and me are living in a peculiar time wouldn't you agree? Many people feel they might actually become witness to the End of the World (or, as we know it). If you have pondered this also, you might want to keep reading. I'll try to break down, in common language, why I think we live in 'special' times, what I think will happen, and what I think we should do.

Mayan Prophecy:

For as long as humans existed, they have at certain points in time believed the End of the World had arrived, when nothing actually happened. This is for some proof enough that the whole end-of-the-world thing is nonsense, and needs no further investigation.
How can anyone look into the future anyway? Not so difficult actually, we do it all the time. The only things you need in order to look into the future is knowledge of cycles, and experience with the cycle. You know the cycle of your washing machine, the processes it goes through, and how long it takes. You can look into the future and estimate if the sun will still be up to dry the laundry, since you know about that cycle as well. People look into the future all the time, and plan their actions according to knowledge of cycles like pregnancy, menstruation or the seasons. If a cycle is longer that the general life span of a human being, the information about the cycle is recorded on a medium, to pass on to future generations, which is exactly what the ancient civilizations did.
Those tablets, documents and artworks become like a road map of time, especially if positioning of stars and planets have an affect on our human experience, which a lot of scientific evidence suggests, and 'spiritual' people firmly believe. The Mayans were such believers, and speak of a cycle 25,800 years long with a certain point within that cycle where our Sun will line up directly with the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. According to their calculations, this event, which they call the "Sacred Tree", will occur on December 21, 2012.
Is it the 2nd coming of the sun? Is the "New World Order" the antichrist? There is a heap of different perspectives on this 2012 subject online, and I leave it up to you to make your own conclusions. I'm not even sure if this has been backed up by science and astronomy,
but we only need to learn here that if at least the Mayans seemed to believe this to be true, and recorded it, perhaps others do too.

One Truth:

This demands that they believed there was ultimately One Order and One Truth to the way of the Everything, Universe, or whatever you wish to name it, much like every religion does, even science. I believe so too, and I assume that many different cultures and religions contain fragments of knowledge of it. Many 'different' cultures and religions have shared such truths and recycled them, or purposefully changed them to fit an oppressive agenda. Is it a coincidence that even Iran's leader Ahmadinejad firmly believes the awaited Mahdi is near, and many christians are preparing for Jesus' 2nd coming? Also we now have a prophet in the form of Al Gore, with his doomsday scenario's, as our global corrupted and dysfunctional leadership is preparing for world war 3. The internet has blasted open total access of information, and it seems as if we are living in the times of revelation. The worlds religions grow stronger, with more fanaticism than ever, inspired by each other's hatred, violence and repression, back in full force since September 11th. The U.S. Government is becoming increasingly more violent and oppressive towards the American people, and other nations, with permission of governments worldwide.
Many people strongly believe 911 was like Nero's Rome, and Hitler's Reichstag, an attack on us, from our leaders. An attack on our civil liberties, gathering momentum, but from who and why?

Rotten Apples:

Unfortunately, our planet seems te be controlled by a small group of people, which has passed that control down for generations. They controlled the land and orchards as royal families in Medieval times, and now they control it through finance, business and government.
The knights who collected the physical taxes with their swords are now outfitted with handcuffs, guns and computers. You see, all these hundreds of apples they claimed ownership of, start to rot in a couple days, and they can't eat them all themselves. So those who claim to own land and the fruits it bears, need an exchange medium that doesn't rot, like metal coins or paper bills. The concept of exchange is based on the presumption that a human can own land, fruit or even other life like cattle. A sad delusion; the only thing we own on this planet is our body. And we really don't even seem to own that, as it is required to report in the factory for 'employment', or on the battlefield for 'deployment'. How is it possible that humanity allows this?

The Pyramid:

In order for a few to control so many, they use hierarchical structures of authority, creating pyramids of possession and power, and reflect that in every aspect of society. In the military, in schools, homes, sports, companies, etc. you are positioned somewhere on the pyramid; most people start at the bottom, a few people are born at the top. It is evident that our planet's abundance is greedily controlled with these pyramids and it is evident to me that together with the "property-illusion" this is the only real problem this planet faces. All other problems are mere symptoms. war, starvation, poverty, crime, and even many seemingly 'natural' problems like disasters, diseases and extinction of species. All these are after effects of the growth of these pyramids, as people desperately try to climb them, trampling those below them, including Mother Earth. The bigger the Pyramid, the more possession and power for those at the top, and the more degrading and miserable the situation at the bottom is. People that rise to higher levels on the pyramid, or are born there, are not likely to give up their position as they know what awaits them below. People like you and me, with generally 'normal' lives, but not so much compared to the lives of people in Somalia for one. With a system like this, the most uncompassionate, unemphathetic people around rise to the top, or are born there and raised by these intelligent psychopaths. Of course the ramification of the pyramid shape is that most people are at the bottom, carrying the heaviest weight, putting the ones on top in a fragile position. They need to keep those at the bottom distracted from looking up, so they create distractions.

"We versus Them"

One of these is fascism, the highly delusional, contagious and effective -"we" versus "them"- syndrome. Some examples are Christian vs. Muslim (marketed heavily since 9-11), Nazis vs. Jews, Humans vs. Animals, or "consciousness vs. matter". In reality All is ultimately One, and variety in this Universe is created through subdivisions of polar opposites. For example, the subdivision of a human being is Male/Female, opposites indeed, yet when you zoom out one level, you will conclude they are both the same thing. The strength of the pyramid relies on the belief of those below in the illusion of separation. All violence, murder and massacre is the result from this concept of we vs. them, or even "we vs. everyone else", and these ideas are propagated through scriptures, religions and media.
Not only does it serve the divide & conquer technique, but it also gives people enemies to fear, and leaders to run to for security. Another scheme they use to distract us from looking at the top of the pyramid, is by giving mindless & destructive entertainment, elevating the artists involved to 'star' heights, and giving them a great abundance of wealth. Millions of dollars for something as fun as acting in a movie, or recording and performing music, while those behind the conveyer belts get minimum wage.
This way, us below might consider a higher position on the pyramid something that people deserve in relation to their talent and great work. As young children we always look at other people for inspiration and guidance, and most of us have had their idols.
Some of these 'celebrities' are so special that they have many talents, and appear in music, movie, tv and videogames. This leads a child to believe that there's a range of specialness to humans, and their success in live will depend on how special they are. They give us rags-to-riches stories so we think the ones at the top deserve to be there, while in actuality they are there because of their lack of emotional sensitivity, and their successful efforts of keeping the pyramid's base distracted from looking up.
Because the answer to all our problems is up there, out in the open, at the top of the Pyramid.

The Elite:

Those who do look up, speak of an Elite, that is secretly planning global control; a story so cliché you might chuckle here, perhaps the reason why it is so cliché. There are all kinds of stories out there as to the origins of these families, including alien DNA bloodlines and such, and again I leave it up to you to make your own conclusions. It is however worth mentioning here that many people believe that those at the top of the pyramid have always generated the major wars from both sides, and that World War III will not be any different.
Is it possible that a multi-generational elite is working towards a global empire? Is this something you witness around you? You might live in Europe, and have witnessed the change of currency there. All money was collected, and exchanged for the Euro. Who collected the money, who printed the new money, and for who? How do they know how much to print? Who decides the value of an apple? It was them, at the top of the pyramid, and it shows how big the pyramid already is. Now they are working on the "Amero" in the US, and I'm sure we'll get universal medical care soon, with required microchip implant mind you. Yes, it is possible, if not likely, that this 'obscured' elite exists, and there is a lot of valuable information on this subject online. Wasn't it Bush Senior himself who in September 11th 1990 coined the term "New World Order"? What? 11 years before 11-11-2001 when the big 11 in new york was attacked? The same 11 as in the $ symbol, or the two pillars of Solomon? What's up with these 11's?

The Rabbit Hole:

For as long as man existed, it has discovered truths about the world he lived in, truths about reality. Truths such as the inevitability of death, or that fire is warm, truths which he can use to plan his activities. With these pyramid structures it becomes possible to keep knowledge at the top hidden from those below. People are "initiated" to this knowledge when they are considered 'ready' by those above them, who know they need successors. The elite certainly uses knowledge of reality for their agenda on a material level, with advanced weaponry, telecommunications and machines to name but a few, but they also seem to believe in a non material level - the paranormal, witchcraft and magic stuff. Even though Bush Junior pleads us to not allow ridiculous conspiracy theories, he himself is part of the Skull and Bones society. I'm sorry, but having a secret club with skeletons and secret meetings is more ridiculous than the people wondering about them, unless you guys have some really cool secret knowledge - which makes conspiracy theories all but ridiculous.
There is reason to believe that the elite at the top of the pyramid uses occult knowledge on numerology, astrology, symbolism, ritual and even sacrifice, besides modern technology, to increase their chances of success. One look on your dollar bill will tell you.
Actually, many people worldwide firmly believe in this spiritual world, and even though always opposed by science,
string theory and quantum physics seem to move into the spiritual domain. It is as if science deals with the separateness of everything, and spirituality focusses on the interconnectedness of everything, yet upon further investigation this is just a spectrum of polar opposites meeting in the middle. I think the popularity of the 'scientific' atheist perspective is a result of the military campaigns against the Gnostics, Cathars, and of course the burning of "witches" on the stake, which pushed personal spiritual experience into the dungeons of the pyramid. It seems as if those above us at the top of the pyramid don't want us to find out the Truth. If that's the case, perhaps that explains why the world is being so radically changed by them, perhaps because the Mayans were right about 2012,
and they want to have their global Pyramid ready for this mysterious date.

Religion:

If you are a devout Christian or Muslim, or any other organized religion, you will probably feel that you already know the Truth, since it is written in your holy scriptures. But do you really feel with your whole being that it is the Truth that the Almighty Creator has written those books for us? There are a lot of very disturbing, conflicting and violent passages in those books, as well as some beautiful teachings.
Can you find it in your heart to give the Almighty the respect He/She is due, by believing he gave us free will, imagination, a conscious and intelligence, among all the other things we need to try to make the right decisions in our unique situations? I personally believe that the All is so glorious and perfect, that creation is perfect, has been, and always will be, and doesn't need an instruction manual. It doesn't need a Great Flood for Plan B. And yet, with all these 'blasphemous' thoughts, I still feel a strong connection with the All. Is it possible the All will create this connection with anyone seeking it, regardless of religion, culture, ritual or intention? I believe so, and I suggest to the devout among you to consider an even closer relationship with the All, where you truly believe in the perfection and glory of the almighty.
Where you don't have to invent strange excuses for the derogatory, hypocritical, and violent characteristics attributed to your god through the scriptures. Where you don't have to be afraid of laws written on paper, but gratefully use your free will to make the decisions you feel are in correspondence to the way of the All. And where you respect God's decision to give each individual a spark of life and free will, confident that all roads lead back to him, live and let live. "Your freedom to punch ends where my nose begins."
Perhaps not for you, but for millions of people around you, these scriptures have done more wrong than good, and need to be taken less seriously. I'm suggesting that your connection with the All will increase if you have faith in yourself, and start filtering the scriptures for what they are worth. Have faith and trust that the All has made you in his/her image. That you are a tiny holographic cell of the All, and as such have all the answers safely stored within. Findings of modern technology support the idea of a holographic, fractalized universe, with "Sacred Geometry" woven throughout it.

Atheism:

On the other side of the spectrum we find the atheists. They wonder why scriptures and religion have such a strong hold on so many people? I think that is because they feel a connection, a connection with the All. Some atheists argue none of it is real, but these people feel the connection is real, and don't want to let go of this feeling. We are all connected, regardless of what vile and disgusting scripture, behaviour or worship people surround it with. Instead of denying this connection, we should argue that people can let go of the scriptures without losing this sacred connection. We all are perfectly capable of living together harmoniously if we live in accordance to the logic and flow of the All. We need to use a balance of logical intelligence and emotional intuition, to filter the crap of the scriptures of all traditions,
and the Truth and Order of the universe will emerge, and set us free.

The Solution:

The only things we need to do is to stop supporting the Pyramid, and realize that property is theft, as Proudhon noted,
that the fruits of Mother Earth belong to all of her inhabitants equally. Bloody revolutions don't work. Revolutions have to come from within, for people just need to drop their destructive habits. We need to realize we are all connected, and that separation is an illusion.
I believe, and many others with me, that the All is the ultimate Parent, and has ensured we all can always "call back home", from wherever we are in the universe. The phone will always be answered. There are telephone booths all around us, all we gotta do is pick up the phone, and the All will comfort us, guide us, teach us, and make us laugh, or it will help us through the darkness back into the light. The call might not always be pleasurable, there might be tears, letting go, fear, self-reflection, and such. But if you prepare for the call, and surround yourself with your loved ones in a comfortable and familiar environment, I believe your phone-call with the All will be productive and helpful. I don't suggest a prank-call. The telephone booths I am talking about here are Entheogens.

The Light:

Did you know that the only organism that can break down nuclear waste is a Fungi? A mushroom basically? Did you know you have a neurological landscape that looks like mycelium? That your brain neurons and astrocytes are similarly arranged to the mycelia network? A.k.a the mushroom's underground web below the forest floor? These patterns are even discovered in outer space, between solar systems. Quantum 'String' theory speaks of a similar web. Or how about this one - that all humans, and probably loads of animals, produce DMT naturally in their physical body? And scientific study suggests this DMT is responsible for spiritual experiences and the alien-abduction phenomena humans experience? With meditation techniques, you can probably trigger the secretion of DMT, and feel drastic emotional or mental changes. DMT is also the active ingredient of Ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew people have consumed for years.
There are those that suggest the small photonic light your DNA transmits is the light people see inside, while under the influence of DMT. Will the coming photon-belt launch a psychedelic DMT trip, as part of the DNA-upgrade, wheter you like it or not? And did you know a full grown amanita muscaria might resemble a cup, and hold some psychedelic rainwater? You could walk through the forest, pick it up and drink from it, leaving some people to suggest this magic mushroom might be the fabled 'Holy Grail'. In the past, the US Military tried LSD on soldiers to see if it could be useful for mind control, but they discovered instead that LSD made people 'enlightened', more aware of the interconnectivity of everything, aware of the Truth. Soldiers dropped their guns, and picked up flowers in awe of the beauty and glory of God. Psychedelics like MDMA continuously proof very beneficial in trauma therapy and humans with terminal diseases. The psychedelic African root Iboga is extremely powerful against addiction, curing some heroin addicts instantly. The benefits of the Marihuana plant are seemingly boundless.

The Darkness:

Why is it the liquor stores, pharmacies, and streets are flooded with all kinds of drugs, except for Iboga, Peyote, Amanita Muscaria, Psylocibin, Ayahuasca, LSD, Salvia Divinorum, etc. etc. Except for the "psyche-delics", the "mind clarifying" plants? Because the international "War on Drugs" is a war on psychedelics, and has resulted in the world we see today. In light of the hypocrisy of this war, I dare to state we need to re-connect with these psychedelics. I believe it is the most basic of solutions, and they are way more safe than cigarette's, pharmaceuticals, crack and alcohol. I think it is especially important for our younger generations, as it is the ultimate right of passage, if done with the proper respect, education, care, timing and love. We all long back to our 'childhood happy carelessness',
and I suggest the only reason we've lost it is because we were not given our rites of passage, our psychedelics. Instead we get schools with pyramid structures, where some teenagers feel so disconnected that we see more suicidal massacres nowadays.
Most of these kids were on anti-depressants, not MDMA or Ayahuasca. At home a perpetual horse-and-pony show is blasted onto billions of retina's worldwide through television, internet and handhelds, solely for the purpose of misdirection and distraction. Will Brad Pitt ever marry Christina Aguilera? I believe a good psychedelic trip will benefit people and families, and the internet provides sufficient information for all to do it safe and wisely. Perhaps instead of prozac, try and and visit the forest's pharmacy. Mother Nature's pharmacy.
You go to her for your food, so what's wrong with her medicine? Who tell us they are wrong? Right, those above you...
Believe in your own judgement, not in the judgement of those above you. It's your choice.
Even though I believe people need to "call back home" more often, I strongly discourage the macho "getting F'd up!" approach. "How many do you dare to eat?" is the same as "How fast do you dare to drive this car?", and will get you in trouble. It is this sort of reckless carelessness that results in a "bad trip", and if you aren't like this, the chances of having one of the most wonderful times of your life are huge. A great mindset, a comfortable familiar setting, the right dose, the right choice of psychedelic, proper preparedness, a company of people that you completely love and trust, and an experienced "trip-sitter". These are the ingredients that will almost certainly guarantee a good time, and inspire you for a lifetime. If we want, we can drop the pyramid, and pick up the pieces. Drop our money, and share the abundance. Us below will have to welcome those that fall down from the top with open arms, if we ever want to make something really beautiful on this planet. Entire industries and avenues of 'employment and deployment' will evaporate, and we need to welcome back everybody that drops their weapons, or had a part in such destructive or meaningless industries. The wealthy need to give up their wealth, and the poor need to forgive them, a tough process with which the clarifying and connecting properties of psychedelics can help. With voluntary mutual cooperation we can turn this planet around.

2012:

If nothing happens, we might by then have established paradise on earth, and happily look forward to the year 27,812. If something great happens, we will be ready to integrate it into our sustainable earthly paradise, and take it to the next level. If the earth explodes, we'll meet again. Either way, there should not be a Great Pyramid of Tyranny in place, I assume, and we should all dedicate the next years of our lives to the destruction of the Pyramid, the New World Order, to the best of our individual capacity. This is the moment billions of humans have talked about for millennia... now what are you going to do? If something as huge as the realignment of our planet with the center of our galaxy can't make us all synchronize a global effort, then what will? We need to have a good look at the Pyramid, not at global warming. Distraction, remember?

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I dedicate this Tribe to the creation of a mycelium-like network of humans that are ready and willing to climb down the Pyramid together, and build a paradise on the ground as equals. I have faith that we have all the knowledge and infrastructure we need to solve all the problems that emerge from this drastic change. Maybe 10 years from now Buckingham Palace will host art galleries, live music, restaurants, libraries? Do you dare to dream of a Global Paradise?
Share your dreams here with us, and let's make it happen!!!
http://tribes.tribe.net/destroy-the-pyramid

Love,

Ramon

PS: The Great Pyramid in Egypt doesn't need to be destroyed imho :)

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post-intention 9

2008-01-02T19:56:41Z

I've got perma grin.
I'm so tired.
I'm blissed out.
I'm grateful.

Thank you so much to Tony for holding
the post intention potluck gathering in his
warm and lovely home.

in love.

michelle
aka
winterbamboo

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is it too late for tickets?

2007-12-27T04:57:32Z

i have a couple friends who have had a problem registering...is it too late? is there any space left for a full paying faerie friend?

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Intention Nine

2007-12-01T22:33:22Z

Info is now up on www.tribalharmonix.org
Check the Intention 9 forum for the info, meeting dates, registration stuff, and some new plans for this year.
Our intentions are starting to simmer nicely... (mmm, warm.) ;)

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WHATS HAPPENING FOR INTENTION 9???

2007-11-24T01:22:22Z

Does anybody know if we found a space for INtention 9 and if its happening this winter. Just wondering if I should plan on heading up for it I would love to make it if it is happening.
love love love

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Call to Harmonix Council

2007-10-09T04:08:45Z

This is being put out to the local Vancouver & Sunshine Coast BC tribe but I also wanted to let kin from other regions in on what's happening as I am aware that the subject of our council affects others as well. This may also be repeated at other festivals in 2008 in some form...

Call to Harmonix Council, Sun.Oct.21,1-4pm

On Sunday October 21st a council will be held at Memelab (1814 Pandora and Salsbury),east of Commercial, north of Hastings). By donation to cover cost of space rental. No one refused for lack of funds.

The Harmonix Council is the convergence of a men and women circle intended to increase the balance between the sexes to fortify and protect the community it serves. The focus of this council will be on how we can experience safer, more conscious, respectful interactions with sexual behaviour. It will also bring together ideas culled from both men and women circles regarding addressing people who have been affected by abuse, the roots of causing harm consciously or unconsciously to others regardless of gender. It is encouraged that these circles also clarify what we want to see and experience in relation to a positive, healthy sexuality.

The culminating aim of the council will be to draft a community code of honor in relation to Love Sex Intelligence to assist the community in the future and help with the clearing of the past of all that no longer serves and restore the positive values we hold in common.

In preparation for this council, participants are invited to take part in men and women circles held separately prior to the Harmonix Council. These will be happening on both the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver prior to October 21. People can do so on their own, bring this subject to existing men or women circles or join in the ones being organized. All circles should keep clear concise notes of their process and distilled recommendations for consideration at the Harmonix Council. Where wise, confidentiality should be held to make these circles safe for participants.

If possible please rsvp to sobeyone(at) photon (dot net) with your interest and intention for being a part of this council and let me know if you are able to take part in a men or women council prior to the 21st. Info will be sent to those interested in taking part in the men and women circles.

For the Harmonix Council all are invited to bring objects that represent their intention to be placed together on the altar to anchor the field being created.

For those inclined and for inspiration to accompany preparation for this council please note the 12th to the 20th of October is the Navaratri festival in Hindu tradition, a time of giving honor to the divine feminine aspect as personified by the many faces of Shakti. In some parts of India this festival is celebrated with dances of 40 000 men and women. Perhaps something can be taken from this phenonmenon to assist us in our North American culture in its unhealthy aspects.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NavratriBackground
www.hindu-blog.com/2007/06/...2007.html Observances
festivals.iloveindia.com/navra...istory
www.youtube.com/watch Navaratri dance

On Gender Reconciliation movement

www.satyana.org/gender.html
www.menweb.org/genderec.htm
www.genderreconciliation.org/need.htm

More background on this community issue on the Sex Love Intelligence phorum on www.tribalharmonix.org

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Intention 9 approaches

2007-09-28T18:44:50Z

So the story goes that our most favorite location, Camp Elphinstone on the Sunshine Coast is not being made available because the camp director wants to take that time off-fair enough, but not, at least not for the many people who want to converge around December 29-January 2nd. Last year pretty much the gamut of locations were combed through and Camp Squamish was our last resort which worked fairly well-but doesn't compare to Camp Elphinstone especially due to the size difference. It was really hard to not have everyone we wanted come out and have to turn people away. A repeat of that could easily occur at this point.

So..

We need help on this. Perhaps we need to come up with something to do about the camp decision. Anyone connected with YMCA organization? This also speaks to the pressing need for large private spaces for our gatherings. If we can't find anything sizeable enough however consider this your early heads up.

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I am a Hitchhiker.....

2007-06-27T13:56:34Z

I am looking for a ride to the Intentions gathering at Crystal Creek...I am a small person and i won't be bringing much...a small carry-on...tee-hee....anybody blowing through Bellingham on your way there i sure wouldn't mind hitching...
Namaste
Maya

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Full Moon Weekend for Intention 8.5

2007-06-27T08:03:26Z

Looking forward to a big group howl this year!

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Open Planning Session, Wed. June 6, 7pm/followed by Pirates movie!

2007-06-06T00:30:42Z

Open Planning Session, Wed.June 6, 7pm/followed by Pirates movie!

Intention 8.5 Summer Camp Planning Session is happening at SPAZ space on Wednesday June 6th-
1378 East 10th Ave (between Clark & Woodland)
If it's sunny, we can go to one of three nearby parks!
778 834 0726

7pm Check-In
7:15 START, Pods introduced for people to get involved with this summer's Intention retreat.
& for those hearty folk who care to go for another 3 hours into the world of PIRATES..
9:50pm screening of Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End @ Van East Cinema

We encourage those planning to attend to have a look at the THC wiki which has the planning process that has already been underway by core organizers laying in the foundations.

Please pass this word out to any e-mail lists, forums, or places and persons who may not frequent this site.

http://wiki.tribalharmonix.org/w/Intention8point5 THC wiki (overview of what's being developed so far)

Stay tuned for updated Intention website affiliated with Tribal Harmonix website.

S.

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Intention 8.5, June 29-July 2

2007-05-14T23:32:43Z

Returning to Crystal Creek will be another summer session. For the goods go to www.tribalharmonix.org and peep out the planning phorum to get your participation on and find out details.

Looking forward to seeing all you lovelies again in the summer sun and beneath the stars.

S.

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Having A Warm & Fuzzy Intention Moment..and more!

2007-03-31T23:59:36Z

Blessings All!

Just wanted to let you all know that I'm always striving to stay in touch with that energy that we co-create at Intention, and that I'm always striving to live up to the ideals and potentials that we nurture while together...

I do wish we could all be living this reality on a daily basis, and even though i find it within my local community for the most part, (somewhat dispersed still..)there is an intimacy that the closeness of living, sleeping, sharing and creating in the same space on a piece of land together creates. This seems to give more potency to the process than that of the distance of living in different houses spread out over the city, the islands, mainland and Sunshine Coast contributes to the building of a conscious collective family..

I know we all need to start activating locally more, and sometimes I find myself spread thin due to my innate need to connect with lots of communities.

I have just been accepted into a program here in Victoria, called Lifecycles, and the intention with it is to put into motion my plans and dreams for the future. The way in which I aspire to support myself and my community. My vision is to co-create a community center where we can hold workshops, have gatherings (all night!) and have a healing cooperative happening too! I was care-taking and managing a community space that was aligned with what I envision, so I have some experience and support to draw from..

I am wishing to open a dialogue here about what sustaining this type of venture truly requires. I need input and am looking to the ones I cherish most for some direction!

I don't know if this means in the city, or stepping right on to a piece of land...whether it's a warehouse space or a heritage home...Whether it's here or there or anywhere...It is all new and the visioning is happening...

So let's hear some ideas!

Bless!

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thinking of YOU

2007-01-09T05:03:22Z

i hope y'all are having a beautiful beautiful time out there....

sending love your way~

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((((((WheelsWithinWheels))))))

2007-01-01T00:11:17Z

Now
Connecting
Medicine Wheels
WheelsWithinWheels
Intention
Manifest
Happy New Year
AllONES

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ride for two to the NYE party?

2006-12-29T22:32:59Z

hi there,

calling out for transport for two lovely ladies to the NYE party. we'd be heading up on dec/31 and coming back on the 1st.
can help with expenses etc...

please shoot me a message if this resonates.

namaste!

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NYE tix for Intention 8

2006-12-25T01:33:03Z

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Hi! Here's the deal on Intention8 NYE Tickets. This year we'll be using the waiting list for tickets, and taking cash at the gate. There will be no ticket sales at the gate. Pre-registration only.

Tickets are $35, and we have 100 available. We're using the online system for all 100 tickets, so if you to come on NYE please register for the "waiting list" at www.tribalharmonix.org/events/event_register.php?eventid=585. You can arrive anytime after 8pm on Dec.31st, and must leave by 8am on the morning of Jan.1st. Breakfast will be served at 7am and is included in your ticket price.

GATE OPENS: 8pm, Dec.31
BREAKFAST: 7am, Jan.1
GO HOME BY: 8am, Jan.1

For driving directions see www.intentiongathering.org, or go car-free and take the bus [www.greyhound.ca] from downtown Vancouver to Brackendale, and ask the driver to drop you off at Camp Squamish--apparently they'll drop you off right at the gate.

There will be no tickets sales at the gate. Pre-registration only.

It's going to be a magical NYE. Hope you can join us!

-Intention8 Crew

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Sunshine Coast Orientation 2.0, Thurs.Dec.14

2006-12-15T02:20:50Z

Chloe writes:

Hey sunshine coast Intentionites,
there's another intention orientation,
thursday, dec 14,7:30
at the mystery mansion,
corner of krause and Roberts Creek Rd

we'll do a community SWOT exercise (strength, weakness, opportunity, threat)
we'll have a chance to pay our fees (make sure you register online @ www.intentiongathering.org
we'll get stoked!

-cz

Sobey adds...

PS. Those who are registered can bring in their registration money.

Those who didn't manage to make it in on registration are still welcome to participate in this orientation and catch a taste of the Intention season.

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Registration Update Dec.12

2006-12-15T01:54:43Z

http://www.tribalharmonix.org/events/details585.html

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OT: The future of arts and culture in BC needs your help! FORWARD AS YOU SEE FIT

2006-12-09T01:43:12Z

The future of arts and culture in BC needs your help!

The Provincial Government's Standing Committee on Finance recently
recommended in its budget report to Treasury Board that the
government: "increase funding to the BC Arts Council to enhance arts
and culture in the province."

This is great news! But for this recommendation to have effect, the
Ministry for Tourism Sport and the Arts needs to follow up with a
request to Treasury Board for an increase to their budget.

And you can help make this happen.

Here's what you can do:

1) Email the Honourable Stan Hagen, Minister for Tourism, Sport and
the Arts (stan.hagen.mla@leg.bc.ca) saying you endorse the Standing
Committee's recommendation. Specifically, tell him you support the
following key recommendation:

"To ensure an adequate investment in sustainable communities
throughout British Columbia, Arts Future BC is recommending all-party
support for an increased investment of $32 million in Arts and
Culture through the British Columbia Arts Council, in the 2007-2009
budgets."

2) Send a copy of your email to:

The Honourable Carol Taylor, Minister of Finance
(carol.taylor@leg.bc.ca)

and to the members of Treasury Board:
Honourable Rick Thorpe, Vice Chair rick.thorpe.mla@leg.bc.ca
Honourable Pat Bell pat.bell.mla@leg.bc.ca
Honourable Bill Bennett bill.bennett.mla@leg.bc.ca
Honourable Shirley Bond shirley.bond.mla@leg.bc.ca
Honourable Ida Chong ida.chong.mla@leg.bc.ca
Honourable Rich Coleman rich.coleman.mla@leg.bc.ca
Honourable Kevin Falcon kevin.falcon.mla@leg.bc.ca
Honourable Colin Hansen colin.hansen.mla@leg.bc.ca
Honourable Linda Reid linda.reid.mla@leg.bc.ca
John Yap, MLA john.yap.mla@leg.bc.ca
Iain Black, MLA iain.black.mla@leg.bc.ca

3) Send a copy to your own MLA. You can find your MLA's email address
at www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm

4) Send a copy to the Alliance for Arts and Culture
(hredfern@allianceforarts.com) so we can keep track of the numbers of
letters going to the minister.

These correspondences need to go out by December 10, 2006.

You can find a sample letter you can use, or adapt, here: (see end of this mail - )
www.allianceforarts.com/advoca...gen.pdf

Or you can write your own. Just be sure to say you endorse the
Standing Committee's recommendation and support an increased
investment of $32 million to the BC Arts Council in the 2007 to 2009 budgets to support arts and culture in BC.

Background

Throughout the fall, the Alliance for Arts and Culture through Arts
Future BC has been coordinating submissions to the Standing Committee
on Finance and Government Services. This is the committee that makes
recommendations to Treasury Board for the upcoming provincial budget.
The Committee toured the province this fall getting community input.
Arts Future BC coordinated oral presentations to the Committee in
eight regional centres and presented the Committee with a detailed
written brief . All of these presentations focused on the
recommendation to increase BC's investment in arts and culture with a
$32 million increase to BC Arts Council's budget.

Who is Arts Future BC?

Arts Future BC is a coalition of eight BC arts and culture service
organizations and citizens groups. The Alliance is one of the
founding members. Between us we represent over 900 arts
organizations and thousands of individual artists and arts supporters
throughout the province.

Why Now?

A delegation from Arts Future BC will be asking for the Honourable
Stan Hagen, Minister for Tourism, Sport and the Arts for his support
for the Standing Committee on Finance's recommendation to increase
support for arts and culture through BC Arts Council. Your letters
will add strength to our arguments and show the Minister that he has
a broad base of support for this initiative.

Why BC Arts Council?

Arts Future BC believes that BC Arts Council is THE vehicle to
deliver this much needed investment: it puts funding into the hands
of individual artists and arts organizations directly engaged in arts
and culture creation, production and dissemination, and community
development through the arts, working throughout the province. BC
Arts Council is also the best agency to deliver core funding to build
sustainable arts organizations, to support BC artists, and to ensure
that BC communities benefit from a stable arts sector that
contributes to the social and economic health of the community.

Why $32 million?

Arts Future BC has researched Provincial Government's current
investment in arts and culture, set reasonable funding targets and
costed out what it would take to reach these targets. $32 million
will move us from one of the lowest of Canada's provinces in
contributions to arts and culture to one of the highest. This is not
unreasonable considering BC has one of the most vibrant arts and
culture sectors in the country. This increase will also provide much
needed longer term stability for BC's arts and culture community.

THANK YOU!

Sample Letter

The Honourable Stan Hagen, MLA
Ministry of Tourism Sport and the Arts
Room 028, Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
stan.hagen.mla@leg.bc.ca
Dear Minister Hagen
I am writing on behalf of NAME OF ORGANIZATION, which operates in MUNICIPALITY, in REGION of BC and as a citizen who strongly believes in the importance of arts and culture to our province and supports government investment in the arts.
I want to register my strong support for the following recommendation made by the Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services in its November 16, 2006 Report on the 2007 Budget Consultations: that the government, "increase funding to the BC Arts Council to enhance arts and culture in the province."
I also support the key recommendation made by Arts Future BC in oral submissions before the Committee in eight BC centres and its written brief to the Committee. Arts Future BC is a coalition representing over 900 BC arts organizations and thousands of individual artists and arts supporters. To ensure an adequate investment in sustainable communities throughout British Columbia, Arts Future BC is recommending all-party support for an increased investment of $32 million in Arts and Culture through the British Columbia Arts Council, in the 2007–2009 budgets.
In making its recommendation to Treasury Board, the Committee stated that it "… believes that the combined efforts of the arts community in British Columbia present a compelling argument for a significant increase to the core funding provided to the B.C. Arts Council to support arts and culture in B.C."
A strong arts and culture sector benefits all of BC’s communities and its citizens. The arts generate social and economic health in our province far beyond the current government investment. I urge you, as minister responsible for the arts, to support the Committee’s recommendation by including an increase of $32 million to British Columbia Arts Council in your 2007 to 2009 service plan and in your ministry's budget requests to Treasury Board for the same period.
The support of the Ministry for Tourism, Sport and the Arts to the recommended increase will be your ministry’s arts and cultural legacy to the 2010 Olympic Games and beyond. A sustainable arts and culture sector will also make a significant contribution towards achieving the government’s five strategic goals.
In the words of Premier Gordon Campbell, "Arts and Culture play a critical role in defining and enriching our communities, our unique BC identity, and the lives of us all wherever we live. The arts are also important contributor to our economy as well as to our society."
Yours truly,

copy: The Honourable Carol Taylor, Minister of Finance
Members of Treasury Board:

The Honourable Rick Thorpe, Vice Chair
The Honourable Pat Bell
The Honourable Bill Bennett
The Honourable Shirley Bond
The Honourable Ida Chong
The Honourable Rich Coleman
The Honourable Kevin Falcon
The Honourable Colin Hansen
The Honourable Linda Reid
John Yap, MLA
Iain Black, MLA
posted by: Vertumnus

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where can I get tickets?

2006-12-06T18:56:13Z

I haven't purchased my tix for Intention 8 yet - does anyone know where they are being sold? I emailed the userid on the intention8 board but did not get a response.

Thanks.

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Update Dec.1st,2006.

2006-12-06T03:16:57Z

Thanks to everyone at our thinktank tonite at 7 Studio's and to those contributing ideas here as well as the many tribe from near and far who i've been in touch with who have been supporting roles. We have many interesting options being entertained and many that have been tested with pragmatism. We have some fresh horses checking into options now. Big ups to Michael Bean for a valiant effort the past month trying every camp in the BC Camp directory and then some. There's been a lot of learning here for many of us.

We are setting the end of the following week for a deadline to complete all the weighing of options and aim to pull off some form of Intention tho it will certainly be a deviation from the traditions we've had. Perhaps from this will derive new forms of novelty we've yet to imagine.

Our primary goal is to get something set up multi-day out of the city and the second is an option of a shorter weekend event in the city. The option of doing a full retreat to the scale we originally had set sometime later into 2007 has also been put on the table as an option but for now we're looking at the New Years period.

Thank you all for you understanding of the changes occur and helping to manage them with the collective intelligence I fondly call Tribal Harmonix.

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Portland Intention Orientation,Dec.5th

2006-12-06T01:19:14Z

TONITE!

An Orientation for Intention 8 (www.intentiongathering.org) in BC Dec.29-Jan.2nd
7pm doors 7:33pm opening circle
-updates
-video of Intention 2004
-Q & A
-pod info and integration including info about tribal market, workshop submission, and all ways to participate in co-creation of this years retreat.
-worldcrafting

LOCATION:
3014 SE Salmon A (big yellow house —second east of 30th on the south side of salmon), up the driveway, around the back, and down the stairs

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Orientation 4.0, Sun.Dec.10

2006-12-05T22:32:24Z

(commence the soundtribe and form a circle wide as we form the council of words..)

White Galactic Worldbridger day (13 Moon Calendar of Peace)
Intention Orientation @ 7 Studio's

Sunday December 10th
2 - 5 pm

7 Studios, unit #340--440 West Hastings

Update on Intention 8, Dec.29-Jan 2
Final decision on location. Preparing the pods for co-creating the retreat.
feature discussion:
" Safe Spaces, harm reduction, and more"

Facilitators: Warren @ Cassandra

Be on time and think in rhyme till we meet
keep the beat...

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Ok shakerbabies, it's time for another Orientation 3.0,Nov.30th

2006-11-30T09:21:05Z

Ok me hearties, we have another orientation with no clear theme like the past 2 sessions. This means it's going to be interesting as we explore the unknown. I'm calling you all out into the elements to help summon the spiritforce we call community. We love a good challenge don't we?

Come bring your flames of inspiration, passion and unity to 7 Studio's unit #340--440 West Hastings/Richards St. Thursday Nov.30 from 7-10pm
and let's get this shit aligned.

Wackness fade and love prevail.

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Intention Alert! Moved to a smaller venue...

2006-11-25T23:34:48Z

Read this post:

http://www.tribalharmonix.org/forums/index.php?read,65,80405

we need some solutions, folks!

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ONE month and ONE half, TO GO!

2006-11-19T06:53:28Z

Soon we will be at Elphinstone!!!
Assembling crew: underway...

I'm a prayin (in some prawn-oriented fashion) for safe journeys/safe escapes/saving the escapades towards new years this time around~ let's do it up propper! friends gatherin' from far off-places to become the epicenter.... yes, it will be delicious..

can i have an appetizer?

oooohh we'll all be drinkin' tea at intention 8 soon enough ^_^
with GINGER!!~

canya taste th'excitement?~~cayenne.!!

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shadowy plans at intention 8

2006-11-17T01:21:23Z

Check out our scheming and dreaming,
and join us if you so desire:

http://tribes.tribe.net/shadowjam/thread/35523e2f-21c1-4ca7-9700-de5e431c370c

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Intention Tribe We Need You

2006-11-16T23:29:06Z

to show up at orientations. You want appetizers-become and join with the appetizers that these represent. Our first orientation was awesome but we had 5 new people. I was pleased to see former Intention tribe in attendance- BUT WAY NOT ENUFF. This isn't just for newcomers yo. We needs to represent the Intention culture, those who have gone before. Please help us!

I want 7 Studio's PACKED with people lined up in the hall! COME ON PEOPLE!

If you are not local and there's an orientation PLEASE make it to one. If you don't you're missing a vital ingredient to what this event can be about. If you are from somewhere with more than 8 people planning to attend-HOOK UP AN ORIENTATION SESH- i will help all who choose this.

There is so much to prepare and it cannot be left till we get there.

Am i coming through to you? Gather your kin or just your lovely self and SHOW UP!!!

this has been an announcement from SobeyIntention8tor.

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victoria orientation(s)

2006-11-16T17:48:47Z

greetings kin,

we are rapidly approaching year's end, now two moons away, which means we are rapidly approaching the time of another intention gathering @ camp elphinstone. let us gather together and discuss our intentions.

the goal is to have a series of orientations to activate our intention-ality within our community before taking it to the coast to reunite with our other kin. thru games, discussions, movement and logistical planning we can gather, prepare & enjoy each other's company.

nejmah, mike sheehan & myself will be hosting an orientation gathering next week @ the point st. house to bring everybody together and collectively discuss our wants/needs for the upcoming intention weekend.

(* Optional writing exercise for all Intention kin:

Write your own personal biographical story in third person- or 1st if you want-(no one has to see this if u don't want to show it) that gives sense of where you've come, where you are now and where you wish to go with Intention as one of your springboards. As short or as long as you want in any format. We will be accepting submissions of ones that people are open to sharing at a later date.)

so come forth & gather!

thursday, november 16th
@ the point street house
(1311 point street)
7pm *sharp*

questons call: 370.0875

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Intention 8 Prep Exercise: Write Your Biography

2006-11-15T03:17:59Z

* Optional writing exercise for all Intention kin:

Write your own personal biographical story in third person- or 1st if you want-(no one has to see this if u don't want to show it) that gives sense of where you've come, where you are now and where you wish to go with Intention as one of your springboards. As short or as long as you want in any format. We will be accepting submissions of ones that people are open to sharing at a later dat

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iNtention oRientation 2.0 - Sun.Nov.19 (VanCity)-focus: Community Freqonomik Development

2006-11-14T08:54:17Z

Intention Orientation 2.0 VanCity
@ 7 Studio's, unit #340--440 West Hastings/Richards Vancouver BC
2-5pm
- Hide quoted text -

Last orientation the ball got rolling with a session that included a discussion about the common ground of our values in community, including areas that we may have disagreement. We discussed things we aim to change in the world. We looked at where we feel powerful and are able to give our gifts to others.

This coming orientation includes a culture lab that looks at the theme of Community Freqonomiks facilitated by Sobey & Michael Bean.

What is the capacity of the dance community network for providing us tools for right livelihood, finding work, for working with kin, working for ourselves, and enabling us on the path of financial independence and abundance. How can we mobilize resources and increase the carrying capacity for the frequencies of community to permeate into economics?

It is such questions that will be layered into this orientation as we head into looking at other dimensions of community and reality selection as we approach Intention 8.

Each orientation begins with a icebreaker and introduction. an 8 minute screening of a past Intention film short by Twice Lost Productions & an introduction to the overall retreat with important updates and summaries of the process' in motion for this year. Pods are introduced to give sense of the leylines of the retreat which allow for aligning with the areas of your highest passions and interests.

Please help spread the word ya heard..

www.intentiongathering.org
www.tribalharmonix.org

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yesterday's 13moon mantra

2006-11-06T22:26:08Z

kin 51: Blue Crystal Monkey
I Dedicate in order to Play
Universalizing Illusion
I seal the Process of Magic
With the Crystal tone of Cooperation
I am guided by the power of Abundance
I am a galactic activation portal enter me.

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The Intention Archive

2006-11-05T20:43:39Z

http://www.tribalharmonix.org/intention/archive.php

Props to Rob for compiling this.

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Intention Orientations starting Nov.9 (Vancouver)

2006-11-03T01:07:00Z

: Intention Orientation Schedule 2006 : Beginning Thurs.Nov.9

The preparatory incubations of this years Intention 8 are being held in Vancouver at 7 Studio's (440 W.Hastings @ Richards).Aside from a film screening and introduction to the retreat each orientation will layer a theme/exploration to enhance the dynamic of what we are unfolding together. In that sense Intention begins the moment you join into the process. While registration can happen online, it is warmly encouraged that past and potential future Intention citizens share in these specially prepared sessions which serve as samplers of what's to come. Here you can also register and tune in to the pod formations that will be setting up the dynamic cooperation that makes Intention what it is.

Mark the following dates and themes being dropped to inspire this years retreat:

Thursdays at 7-10pm

Sundays-2-5pm

Thursday November 9th "Power, communication, action!" with Carmen & Garth facilitating

* Optional writing exercise for all Intention kin:

Write your own personal biographical story in third person (no one has to see this if u don't want to show it) that gives sense of where you've come, where you are now and where you wish to go with Intention as one of your springboards. As short or as long as you want in any format. We will be accepting submissions of ones that people are open to sharing at a later date.

Sunday November 19th " Community Freqonomik Development" with Michael Bean & Sobey facilitating

Thursday November 30th

Sunday December 10th

Sunday December 17th

Thursday December 21st

Stay tuned for Sunshine Coast, Nelson, Edmonton & Calgary orientation dates and locations. If you are from a region with more than 8 people attending and wish to hold an orientation with assistance please contact me.

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Intro's be you so kind...

2006-10-15T18:23:38Z

and we might find
a deeper insight into our organic design..

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tribal audio archive 06

2006-09-25T01:52:35Z

http://www.tribalharmonix.org/music/CDs/item5.php

co:creative is the first thx cd to be released in over 2 years, marking the 10th aniversary of earthdance.
it is a mid-downtempo architecture intentionaly designed for chill room and home listening environments.
the album was engineered by akhentek, its cover designed by onbeyond metamedia with art from divine reflections.

tracklist

1. anahata - willow
2. neto - work
3. val(liam) - gaia
4. c2-sky - ghetto revolution
5. akhentek - solar unity
6. akhentek vs. jomega - plugged in (ilum rmx)
7. alec fernandez - dub a lub
8. nrocz - harshmellow

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last call for Intention 7.5 Lost and Found

2006-09-24T09:55:14Z

check if your iitem is in here, and if so email shiraz@theshiraz.net:

http://theshiraz.net/Intention75LostandFound/

gonna be thrift-shopping what's left in two weeks.

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eight...

2006-09-22T06:40:51Z

is it too early to begin discussion?

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Intention 7.5 Lost and Found

2006-09-18T23:49:23Z

photos:

http://theshiraz.net/Intention75LostandFound/

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co:creative - tribal audio archive 06

2006-09-14T02:20:26Z

co:creative
tribal audio archive 06

earthdance vancouver 2006

a mid downtempo compilation featuring
8 original tracks by the following artists:

akhentek
anahata
c2-sky
jomega
neto
nrox
val(liam)

coverart: st. even

design: onbeyond

engineering: akhentek

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Luverly furnished apartment on Main St.....

2006-09-03T17:52:29Z

Anyone needing a place to rest their head from Oct 5th-ish to Jan 5th-ish? I am leaving it fully furnished, so rent will be steal at $650...ground floor corner unit, back garden, lots of light, wood (I think laminate)floors; on 15th Ave. 2 blocks to Main St. Why the weird dates? I am going sailing from Fiji to Australia, and cannot bring my furniture with me. Please feel free to pass along to those you trust & love - would prefer family energy :)
xopeace&radiance
Siri

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It is Magical ~

2006-08-17T18:02:45Z

Thank you Sobey for your magical spiritual mind ~

Manifested in the last 2+ hours ------------------> shinning *

have a great trip to Shambala :))))

peace,
Ganika

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rainbow gathering on Vancouver island...

2006-07-25T23:40:44Z

If you loved Intention...you'll love this gathering...

Seed camp has aready started, will culminate in a grand drum-circle full moon August 9.

2006 rainbow
on vancouver island b.c. canada
at kunlin lake near gold river
follow hwy19 north of naniamo to
cambell river, than take hwy 28
west to gold river.
1km past the payless turn left (south)
towards star lake, 7km to parking
2.5km to trail, 500 meters past “28km” sign.
watch for the rainbows signs
please pack it in pack it out!
bring love, food (lots of it!),tools(yah know shovels,axes,hammers,etc),
pots,tarps,raingear,hikingboots,positive attitude,paints,campingsupplys,friends,lovers,sunshine,
kindness,guitar,drums,songs, and yourself!
this is a family healing gathering all are welcome
alcohol and hard drugs are discouraged
we are love we are light

L

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Questions from the Council of Intention 7.5

2006-07-12T21:44:38Z

Questions from Intention Summer Camp

At Intention Summer Camp I hosted a Council of Intention to focalize the shared passions and synergetic potentials of those gathered and for the neotribal movement. I asked those present to consider some questions that might act as servitors of manifesting our collective dreams. I share what came out here for those people and others to consider:

What resources do we need to see the dream manifest?

How do we organize the resources we can have (to publish, to spread to people)?

How do we distribute food?

How do we prioritize resources?

How do u wake people up? Engage people to obtain mutual benefit? How do we open each other up more?

How do we recognize our mutual needs?

How can we satisfy all of our needs?

How can we reach people we can service with our offerings?

How can we express and channel the form of being we experience in these events into the rest of our lives

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appreciations of 7.5

2006-07-12T06:10:47Z

Joyous! Much gratitude to all the organizers & beautiful humans who participated in this incredibly healing co-creating experience...I am feeling much blessed from having been able to be a apart of it all...hope to see many of you at divesity....
xoxo peace, radiance, & joyous abandon

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Updated Invite for Intention 7.5 Summer Camp

2006-07-04T00:25:02Z

In the midsummer of 2006 the tribal dance network family are invited to pack their camping gear and join together at the first summer version of our annual winter Intention Retreat. Situated at our time honored Crystal Creek location on the Sunshine Coast BC, we join with the intentions set upon it, of crystallizing conscious community in balance with nature.

As with all Intention Retreats, it is less spectacle oriented and more participant driven, with people encouraged to share their talents, gifts,resources,ideas and skills towards co-creating the micro version of the world we wish to inhabit on an eventual larger scale. At the same time we are each witness and encouragers to each others growth and our collective movement towards evolution in a spirit that contains child to elder.

To increase the participatory levels and give time for the needed collaborations and projects that will be created to be ready for the camp we will be hosting a small number of local orientations in the community fold. At these working pods will be formed.Other visiting dance tribes are encouraged to host their own in preparation and will be given support to do so.

To give a loose idea of how things will flow and how you can insert your flavor into things, the weekend may contain:

Friday-Arrival/Final Set Up/Opening Ceremony/Caberet/Live Music

Saturday-Community Kitchen & Sharing Mealtime/Plenary/Workshops/Community Kitchen & Sharing Mealtime/Celebration on 2 stages (uptempo/downtempo)

Sunday-Community Kitchen & Sharing Mealtimes/Chill Temple (daytime)/Closing Council

Monday-Community Kitchen & Sharing Mealtime/Perimeter Sweep to Leave No Trace

We're keeping the price down as much as possible at $60. Registration up and running online at www.tribalharmonix.org/events/summercamp.

May this serve as a midsummer check-in for us all to take the peak energies of summer with us towards living our highest potentials in celebration with new and old friends. May this serve to link generations. May this be practice for what it takes to live sustainably with each other and the Earth. May this be the reward of having found each other.

For more info contact Sobey here on tribe or stay tuned for more announcements and also go to www.tribalharmonix.org/events/summercamp

For the flavor of last winters Intention 7 Retreat go to
www.intention7.com

Upcoming orientations: (all are encouraged to attend to maximize the potential of the event)

Vancouver- Sunday June 4 1378 E.10th/Clark 2-5pm
Sunshine Coast June 22 @ Chloe & Jessica's (contact Sobey for details)
Vancouver Tuesday July 4 (contact Sobey for location)

SATURDAY NIGHT DJ SCHEDULE

exact order/timetable is still being confirmed and should be up here within a
day or two.

here are the names of those who are playing (subject to change):

TRANCE/TECHNO STAGE (also including a bit of house and electro):

Akhentek
DJ BAD
Jay Michael
Khan
Luna
Mazeguider
Nokturnal
onedrop
Sealegs

BREAKS/DOWNTEMPO STAGE

Alec 'Riddim' Fernandes
Blake Wrinkles
GI Jody
J.Coda
Joshua James
Solus
Timothy Wisdom
Yeti

Sunday Chill Music Line-Up

8:45-10:15am "Kalpataru Tree"Live PA(Ashland OR)
10:15-11:45am Phowa Live PA
11:45-1:15pm Chill (Green Grooves)
1:15-2:45pm Mohan Live PA (Bay Area,CA)
2:45-4:15pm Yeti (Arca Tribe,Edmonton)

WORKSHOPS:

THE SOMATIC WAVE

(as experienced thru Yoga)
1.5 hours with Dhyana (no limit)

A revolutionary way of initiating movement with energy instead of
muscle!

This leading-edge style of Yoga combines aspects of Chi Kung,
Cranialsacral work and Continuum to lift you into yoga poses from the
inside out. Your body becomes self-supporting through "tensegrity" (a
Buckminster Fuller principle). Learn to surf gravity's antiforce,
steering its rebounding wave with the inner core diaphragms and
riding it into any and all movement.

As somatic awareness is stimulated, new integrated movement /energy
patterns are adopted that allow you to melt through limitations, heal
from injury and experience mastery in asanas.

TANTRIC CHI MOVEMENT with Ashanti Shakti

Through tantric breathing and chi energy movement techniques we will learn how to open and attune our energetic vibrational frequencies to the world around us, relaxing into peace and harmony with our surroundings, calming our being into an open, non-reactive state, fully opening to the ecstatic beauty of every moment.

Ashanti Shakti from Portland, OR has been intensively practicing Tantric and Chi energy movement for the past year. Based on her 10 years of experience practicing meditation, buddhism, yoga and tantra she has intuitively found that combining certain eastern energy movement techniques enhances their realms of effectiveness

PERMACULTURE with Peter Light

Permaculture is about permanent agriculture; permanent
culture; intentional community
"self"-sufficiency/"self"- reliance; providing for all
of human need in as small a space as possible: and
dropping out. It about making a radical break with
the dominant paradigm. It's not a hobby. It's a
lifesaver.

It's also about work and commitment.

What are the prerequisites to permaculture? How do we
get started? What needs to be in place to propel the
plunge? What is necessary to sustain that break with
the mass culture for years?

The presenter of this workshop has thought about these
issues since his first drop-out in 1962. He will lead
a discussion based on what motivated him and what has
kept him living simply and alternately for over four
decade.

TRANCE FORMATION:
The Spiritual Dimensions of Global Rave Culture

Over the course of nearly two decades, the rave scene has evolved into much more than simply an electronic dance music party. For thousands of people around the world, it has become an important source of spirituality and the closest thing they have to a religion. In this workshop, Robin Sylvan will share material from his recent book, Trance Formation: The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Culture, an ethnographically rich look into the spiritual dimensions of rave culture from a theoretically informed religious studies perspective. Combining firsthand accounts, extensive interviews with ravers, and cutting edge scholarly analysis, Robin will take us on a colorful journey from San Francisco to London, from Burning Man to the Love Parade, and illuminate the deeper aspects of rave spirituality. We will also explore next steps and future directions in the evolution of the spiritual/intentional wing of the rave scene.

TRANCE FORMATION:
An Experimental Electronic Dance Music Ceremony

While many raves use ceremonies to create sacred space, unfortunately, all too often, the intense trance energies generated on the dance floor dissipate as we shift into a passive verbal mode. But traditional ceremonies like the West African possession dance or the Sufi Sema of the whirling dervishes demonstrate that trance dancing can be utilized in a ceremonial form that channels these energies toward sacred ends. This workshop with Robin Sylvan is an experiment in creating this kind of ceremonial form with electronic dance music. Using sacred intentionality, ritual practices, and specific movements, gestures, and formations, we will focus and direct the powerful energy of the trance dance experience in a ceremonial context in a specially designed hour-long sequence of music. We will trace the arc of a ceremony – creating a sacred container, generating energy, and dedicating that energy – through trance dancing to electronic dance music, so that the ceremony, like the rave experience itself, is danced/embodied/enacted rather than spoken.

Robin Sylvan, Ph.D., is the founder and director of The Sacred Center, a spiritually-oriented educational organization in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has taught in both mainstream academic and alternative experiential contexts. He is the author of Trance Formation and Traces of the Spirit: The Religious Dimensions of Popular Music, and has been a music aficionado and spiritual seeker for most of his life. He is now working on a major study examining the brain science of musically-induced spiritual and religious experiences.

FREE SPIRIT CHAKRA BELLYDANCING!
CELEBRATE YOUR BEAUTY! with Taiya

"While learning an empowering ancient are form open up
and free your spirit."

" This dance form is gentle and fun. It is safe and
suitable for all ages, shapes and sizes."

FREE SPIRIT Bellydancing combines the mystique of
the Middle Eastern dance form with a variety of
creative movement techniques.
Learn about the properties of you 7 chakras and the
role they play in a healthy body, mind and soul.
Exercises in breathing and muscle work help you wake
up sences, release stress and build a healthy immune
system.
This dance form is a celebration of life and the
intricate connection between body, mind and spirit.
Commune with the energy of your chakras through a
unique movement experience, renewing a sense of
personal freedom.
"Feel the healing power of movement."

More info on the workshop is on my web page
www.taiya.ca
taiyawindblossom@yahoo.com

The Breathing Drum with Neith

I can bring 10 drums. Anyone else with a drum can join in
Open space is fine
Need benches to sit on (NOT chairs with armrests)

Drumming taps into layers of the mind and body that other modalities cannot. Repetive
drumming changes brain wave activity inducing a state of calm and focused awareness.This playshop accesses and transfers our natural inner rhythms to the drum using rhythmic awareness expansion exercises to encourage both the individual and collective voice. We will also learn and practice some tradition African/Cuban rhythms.

skill level: beginner to intermediate drummers

length: 1 - 1/2 hours

Permaculture Within

Participants need pen and paper.

Access your own inner landscape of needs and surpluses and learn how to
flow with them with eloquence and grace.

SEXLOVEINTELLIGENCE LAB with Tamitha & Sobey

This workshop invites us to explore our
individual and collective struggles to
define and embody a model of healthy sexuality.
Through the use of image theatre, visualization,
discussion and ritual, we will examine our wisdom,
hopes, challenges and fears about the role of
sexuality in our lives and in our community. We will
work together to create an image of sexual health and
wholeness and bring our focus into shaping an
energetic container to hold the intention generated
through this process and serve as a resource for the
community to draw on throughout the gathering and
beyond.

CONTACT IMPROVISATION with Rayann

time: 1-2 hours (whatever you prefer for workshop slots i am flexible. 1.5 would be good)

I have been studying contact dance in Argentina for the last four months and have a lot of new ideas to share.

My workshop will focus on body awareness, experimenting with different roles and images in contact, and may end with a practice called contemplative dance (meditation time, then personal dance time, then contact time).

TRANSFORMATIONAL DANCE JOURNEY w/Luna Ravenchild, Solus and Jay Michael

To introduce the tools of the trance dance ceremony
- journeying into the imaginal realms in order to recieve wisdom,
guidance and healing for self and for tribe.
Max no. of Participants: 50

SPIRITUAL ALCHEMY with Little Woo

Little Woo is a performance artist and spiritual counselor in Vancouver, BC who offers Spiritual Alchemy - a program of courses that empower and inspire, with practical teachings about how to work with energy and how to feel more bliss in your life. www.littlewoo.org

YIN AND YANG WITH BURLESQUE YOGA with Little Woo
Description: Explore the yin and yang energies via movement, dance and some good old burlesque. Feel free to bring some clothing pieces as props.
Bio: Little Woo is a performance artist and spiritual counselor in Vancouver, BC who offers Burlesque Yoga – spiritual principles wrapped in burlesque fun. Website: www.burlesqueyoga.com

COUNCILTECH: facilitated by Sobey

A thinktank and council to bring together vision and applications, to network and connect synergistic potentials for co-designing the future dance culture we wish to inhabit with emphasis on abundance, mobilized resources, and co-creative efforts that enable sustainable and harmonious forms of living. Bring visual aids of your projects and proposals. An opportunity to set collective short term and long term goals and means to work towards them with a sense of the frameworks possible. This will be a continuation of the Emrg+N+See Dialogues held at Emrg+N+See Festival in Oregon this year which are connected to dialogues throughout the summer at Diversity Festival,Shambhala and Burning Man.

Sobey has been immersed in councils in the underground dance community for many years focusing on topics ranging from gender reconciliation to tribal economix locally and at Burning Man.

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Last meeting before intention 7.5 - July 4th

2006-07-02T20:24:18Z

At Mr. Bean's 7-10 Tuesday the 4th. 3246 Flemming. Check it.

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