One Spirit Project eZine Issue #56 - October 7, 2002 Thank you for subscribing! If you enjoy this eZine, please Tell A Friend about the One Spirit Project: http://onespiritproject.com/index.html#tellafriend *!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!* IN THIS ISSUE *!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!* * October Featured Artist * Have A Good Relationship With YOU * The Book Of RA: God Chasers * A Serious Parody: Confronting the Radical Religious Right Agenda * Living Water * The Bahá'í World * The Retaliatory Nature Of A Preemptive Attack Against Iraq * Falwell: Muhammad Was "A Terrorist" * Institute for Global Communications * Find Personal Freedom In The Principles Of Invisible Justice * Celina Says: The Order of Melchizedek * Men - Protect Your Prostate With Soy * Addictions and More * Ex-Gay Ministries: A Dangerous Cult * You Are Making A Difference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > October Featured Artist Congratulations to Hossam Hassan Meawad, our "Featured Artist" for October 2002! Visit Hossam and our other featured artists here: http://osp-featured-artists.bravepages.com/meawad.html ====================================================================== > Have A Good Relationship With YOU [SL] What does relating to yourself truly mean? Relating is a synonym for connecting. If we feel connected and attached to ourselves, why would we hurt or harm our relationship with others? Read More Here: http://onespiritproject.com/Channels/fam-channel.html ====================================================================== > The Book Of RA: God Chasers [LH] It is right and natural for you to behave thus and to seek a love affair with Divinity. What is unnatural is the human perception of being separated from Creator. Dear Children, your consciousness cleansing may have been brutal, but it will have opened your chakras. A divine wounding was necessary. After cleansing, a potential Ambassador for Good is more open and receptive to the influx of Cosmic Consciousness. You are more in attunement, which is really at-ONE-ment, for truly I say again it is not natural to feel separate from Creator. Read More Here: http://lindahinks.com/ra/current.html ====================================================================== > A Serious Parody: Confronting the Radical Religious Right Agenda [SSR] "I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" Those were the words of Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority and self-appointed savior of American morality, on the 700 Club, on September 13, 2001. Read More Here: http://onespiritproject.com/Shelly/parody.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARE YOU SUCCESSFUL? Are you sure? Your personal and professional success is often a moving target. Being independent does not have to mean going it alone. See for yourself how a FREE membership in Success Networks can help you stay focused, keep you informed and motivated to your highest and best. http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=28168 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Living Water [HM] In the story of the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus says that he will give her living water (John 4:10). This is one of my favorite images to meditate on. Try it for a few moments. Sit back in your chair, take a deep breath, and imagine living water. What would living water look like? How would you know the difference between regular water and living water? Read More Here: http://onespiritproject.com/Channels/spirit-channel.html ====================================================================== > The Bahá'í World [SSR] In today's world, many people find themselves questioning their faith. Studies show that while people often consider themselves spiritual, they don't consider themselves religious. The Bahá'í faith seems to me, after reading this page, to be a good balance of religion and spirituality, offering the freedom to expand upon the teachings of the faith's founder, Bahá'u'lláh, yet still offering guidelines for those who are not yet willing/able to forge their own path. Bahá'í's believe that Bahá'u'lláh is the latest in the series of messengers from God that started before Abraham and include Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Jesus and Muhammad. This site, the official site of the Bahá'í faith, is wonderfully easy to navigate and very informative. The articles are not meant to be lessons, but simply to give an overview of the teachings of the faith. With the ever increasing diversity in the faith of the earth's inhabitants, it behooves each of us to understand at least the basic premises of as many of those faiths as possible. Only when we understand where others are coming from can we see where we, as a race of human beings, are going. (As an additional source of information/reading material, you can also check out http://www.bahai-library.org, which is not associated with the official Bahá'í site but is informative nonetheless.) http://www.bahai.org ====================================================================== > The Retaliatory Nature Of A Preemptive Attack Against Iraq [KL] Iraq, under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, poses a clear risk to the United States and our foreign interests, most notably Israel. The United States ought to act quickly to depose of Saddam and create a Capitalist nation in his absence. Such an effort by America would constitute a retaliation and is not aggressive, contrary to what detractors may feel. Read More Here: http://onespiritproject.com/Channels/humrights-channel.html ====================================================================== > Falwell: Muhammad was "a terrorist" In an interview broadcast on Sunday, the Rev. Jerry Falwell said that the prophet Muhammad was "a terrorist." The conservative Baptist minister told correspondent Bob Simon of the CBS program "60 Minutes" that he reached the conclusion from reading Muslim and non-Muslim writers. In "News & Views: What's Yours?" http://forums.delphiforums.com/newsandviews/messages?msg=1656.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FREE SACRED CIRCLES: One Spirit Project Mandalas provide a means of self-transformation and connecting with the universe. We invite you to use them to expand the capacity of your mind, to activate positive energy, and in meditation to increase your level of personal awareness. http://members.designheaven.com/~mandalas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Institute for Global Communications [SSR] Started in 1987, IGC was one of the first organizations to make use of the improving state of communications to connect progressive organizations with each other. PeaceNet and EcoNet were the first two, allowing people from all over who were working on issues of peace and ecology to find out what others were doing and to share ideas and seek assistance. IGC has undergone many chances since its founding and those changes are still ongoing. Today, this site still offers PeaceNet and EcoNet but has expanded to include WomensNet and AntiRacismNet. Each of the individual "hubs" are packed with information on the lasts issues on their respective agendas. For example, on WomensNet you're immediately informed that of the 19 nominations President Bush has made to the Circuit Court of Appeals (the court right below the US Supreme Court), at least nine of them "receive negative ratings based on their views on abortion rights and access and/or civil rights for minorities and women." But two of the features I found most exciting about this site are the links for Job/Volunteer Opportunities and Advocacy Tips. So many times we want to help but we don't know where to turn or how to start. These two links have loads of information to get you from the "wanna" stage to the "doing" stage. http://www.igc.org ====================================================================== > Find Personal Freedom In The Principles Of Invisible Justice [GF] ...how many of us spend our precious time and energy fuming over what others may have done to us? Unseen in the steam of our heated emotions and churning thoughts is the one inescapable fact that we are the captive of anyone we wish to punish. And the more we would punish this person, the less freedom we have to be at peace with ourselves. Read More Here: http://onespiritproject.com/Channels/insp-channel.html ====================================================================== > Celina Says: What is The Order of Melchizedek? [LH] Melchizedek was mentioned only three times in the Bible - in Genesis 4:18, Psalms 10, and Hebrews 5:6&7. In one instance, Abraham was made a priest of the Order of Melchizedek. Read More Here: http://lindahinks.com/celinasays/celinasays.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE ESSENCE METHOD: Somewhere deep within, do you ever feel like there's something missing? Experience a simple yet powerful method that will enable you to live your life's purpose with renewed courage, lasting inspiration, and prosperous success. Embrace your inner child - the wise, intuitive, creative, and playful genius within you - and live life "on purpose" with passion and courage . . . free from fear, blocks, and pain. http://www.relax-online.com/cgi-bin/af/b.cgi/1038/EssenceC.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Men - Protect Your Prostate With Soy [MG] With much attention on how soy can help women, many men wonder if it can help them too. The answer is an overwhelming yes. Besides helping fight heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes, soy appears to have a positive effect on male hormone-related cancers, like prostate cancer. In fact, a recent study of Seventh Day Adventists in California found that men who regularly drank at least one cup of soymilk a day, reduced their risk for prostate cancer by 70 percent. Read More Here: http://onespiritproject.com/Channels/health-channel.html ====================================================================== > Addictions and More [SSR] Most online addiction sites deal with drugs and alcohol. Occassionally you'll see sites addressing food addictions or sex addictions. And while this site does offer information on drug and alcohol addiction, it also offers what just what its name suggests: more. There are many pages devoted to eating disorders, including those that affect men and the pressures that cause men to develop eating disorders, which are rarely addressed on other eating disorder pages. There are pages on self-injury, the problems associated with getting treatment for eating disorders because of insurance company policies, the psychological implications of eating disorders as well as the medical conditions it can cause and/or aggravate. There is information on both child and adult ADD/ADHD, incuding an online bookstore and a long list of organizations and support groups around the US. With so many children today being diagnosed as ADD/ADHD, and so many of them automatically being put on drugs, it is imperative that any parent of a child diagnosed with ADD/ADHD research and find out if their child really needs to be on medication. The final gem in Addictions and More's crown are the pages on gambling. When does "gaming" become "gambling"? There is a lot of information here on this frequently overlooked addiction. For those seeking information for themselves or a loved one, this is a good place to begin. http://www.addictions.net ====================================================================== > Ex-Gay Ministries: A Dangerous Cult [SSR] If you were to visit one of the "ex-gay ministries", there are a few things they all seem to have in common. First, they claim to be there to help those who are struggling with being gay and help them to find their way back to God. Unless you find your way back to God as they define God, you are not "saved." People who are struggling with being gay, for whatever reason, are in a lot of pain emotionally and often spiritually. When someone is in a lot of pain - and have been in pain for a long time - they are quite often willing to try anything to stop that pain. These ex-gay ministries virtually promise that if you do what they tell you to do, you will be free of that pain. They then procede to spiritually abuse those who come to them for help. Read More Here: http://onespiritproject.com/Shelly/exgaymin.html ====================================================================== > You Are Making A Difference [KS] With all the upheaval we've seen in the last year or so, from economic challenges to international tensions, it may be easy to forget that you, as an individual, are making a difference in the world. Read More Here: http://onespiritproject.com/Channels/growth-channel.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DREAM MINDER: This amazing, interactive software will help you to discover, energize, and live your life dreams and goals; improve your health; and relieve stress. Discover the secrets of real wealth and peace of mind. Live with unstoppable passion in your personal and professional life. 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