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I promote this music culture
as a labour of love
a passionate knowing
that this is important

let there be trees
let there be music
let there be freedom

NEW Entheos Gathering Website
http://www.entheosgathering.com

Today I did my 10th speech in Toastmasters and received my official “Competent Communicator” designation.

I highly recommend checking out the clubs in your area if you are interested in public speaking, performing, or business… keep in mind that each club is different depending on the type of people involved (my club is a fun, high IQ, highly aware yet diverse group) so if the first one you visit isn’t a match, the next one might be.

Toastmasters
http://www.toastmasters.org
Toastmasters International empowers people to achieve their full potential and realize their dreams. Through our member clubs, people throughout the world can improve their communication and leadership skills, and find the courage to change.

I am working on the communications and PR for the Entheos Summer Solstice Conference and Festival because I am very passionate about the music and information that will be presented there (as well as the energy that will manifest when all of those like minded types congregate.)

There will be a more flashy website available soon, however I wanted to promote this here now. If you decide to come and we haven’t personally met, please come introduce yourself!

MEDIA RELEASE: ENTHEOS SUMMER SOLSTICE CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL

From June 22nd to 25th, 2007, the Entheos Summer Solstice Conference and Festival will be held near the scenic Okanagan town of Cherryville, British Columbia.

Entheos will be a showcase of the latest in intelligent electronic music, visionary art, and digital age information. This festival will appeal especially to those who appreciate technology, intellectual exchange, cooperation, consciousness, and an optimistic vie w of the future. The word “Entheos” is Greek for “the divine within.”

Two stages will feature a variety of flavours of carefully selected new electronic music as well as professional level visual projections and decor design. The lineup includes several internationally known artists including headliner Human Blue from Sweden (www.humanblue.se) and representation from cutting edge artistic communities from the West Coast and beyond.

Daytime conference presentations include topics related to new media, cultural evolution, the power of shared intent, shamanic dance, and how sound frequencies can invoke biologically beneficial brain and body states. The proceedings are more than just lectures and are designed to provide an energetic experience to all participants.

Entheos has been consciously created with environmental concerns in mind, including attention to the gathering’s impact on the land and the intelligent generation and conservation of energy resources towards future sustainability.

The festival site was selected for its vibrant natural surroundings and features campsites, naturally clean drinking water, and a flowing river.

Tickets are $100 advance or $150 at the gate for four days and three nights of learning, collaboration, and celebration. It is recommended that tickets be purchased in advance as capacity is limited. Bus transportation is available from Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, and Seattle/Bellingham.

More information and online ticket sales are available at the festival’s website at www.entheosgathering.com.

The Entheos Gatherings are put together by the Entheogenetic Label Group (www.entheogenetic.com) based on BC’s Sunshine Coast.

Contact: info@entheosgathering.com

musical lineup:

Human Blue [live] (Sweden) humanblue.se
Solar (Mexico) deliria.org
Nystagmus [first live 5.1 Surround Sound performance] (Vancouver)
entheogenetic.com
Adham Shaikh (Nelson) sonicturtle.com
Osiris Indriya (Seattle) osirisindriya.com
Noah Pred (Toronto) noahpred.com
Anahata [live] (Vancouver) entheogenetic.com
Shen [live] (Toronto) shenism.com
Akhentek [live] (Elphinstone) deliria.org
Neto [live] (Elphinstone) entheogenetic.com
Echopilot [live] (Vancouver) myspace.com/echopilotdubs
Davila (Mexico) deliria.org
Basilisk (Toronto) ektoplazm.com
Gil Shanti (Vancouver) deliria.org
Dreamweaver (Elphinstone) seedoflife.ca
Sons of Aurora (Calgary) area709.com
RJ Solo (Vancouver) deliria.org
Nori (Calgary) area709.com
Austripin (Vancouver) deliria.org
Darvin Knorr (Calgary) area709.com
Mythril (Vancouver) deliria.org
Luna (Vancouver) ekstasisdance.com
Nils (Vancouver) beatswithoutborders.com
Jay Michael (Vancouver) area709.com
Greenchild (Calgary) elementaldjs.ca
Kaminanda (Victoria) seedoflife.ca
Eyen (Calgary) seedoflife.ca
Mountain Eyes (Victoria) rainbowcathedral.com
Stargirl (Vancouver) jessicastargirl.com
Joshua James (Vancouver Island) spinningdrum.com
Raq’elf (Elphinstone) jordao.ca
Cloud Dancer (Victoria) rainbowcathedral.com
Ariel (Vancouver) seedoflife.ca

conference presenters:

Sijay James (Elphinstone) onbeyondmetamedia.com
David Aaron (Nelson) david@legalmind.ca
Luna Ravenchilde (Vancouver) ekstasisdance.com
Sobey (Elphinstone) sobey.nexialist.org
Akhentek & Byron Dreamweaver (Elphinstone) entheogenetic.com

decor artists:

Solar (Mexico) deliria.org
Sri Yantra Space Shaping (Portland) spaceshaping.net

visual projection artists:

Robert Borecky (Nelson) mahayana.cc
Renegage Pixie (Vancouver) tryptonmedia.com
Spoonbender (Vancouver) tryptonmedia.com
Elfmaster (Vancouver) elftrance.com

featured gallery artists:

St. Even (Vancouver) divinereflections.ca
Simon Haiduk (Vancouver) thinningtheveil.ca
doktorj (Vancouver) doktorj.ca
Starfield (Vancouver) godizus.com

remembering emptyness
is the space
before what’s next

a hazy decision this morning
brought me into a direct reflection of the haze I myself carry
ugly indeed
however it made me see how
I’ve overidentified with this role
as someone who goes through shit
in order to “help” others
(I’ve had enough shit)
some kind of insane martyr complex maybe
so for the rest of the evening
time to shut the fuck up
& make music

I woke up naturally at 5 AM this morning to a marvellous dawn chorus of birds and tested out my new idea of using my morning pages (3 pages of longhand writing first thing in the morning) to work on creative ideas rather than processing my emotional journey (which I’m continuing to do in another notebook.)

(yay)

I really enjoy Owen Waters’ Infinite Being newsletter and today’s issue contains some very insightful information.

Though “it’s all one” at a cosmic level, 3D reality still exists and the ego can be mighty useful in dealing with that…

The Silent Ego
http://www.infinitebeing.com/signup.htm
In today’s culture, the word ego is usually applied to
dysfunctional personality traits. If a person is controlling,
obnoxious or throws a temper tantrum, their ego is said to be
to blame.

You are an expression of Infinite Being as it experiences
itself from all possible viewpoints. The best way you can serve
yourself and Infinite Being, the source within us all, is to
live your life to your own, personal, highest potential. And
celebrate who you are, because there is no one exactly like you
in the entire universe.

Here’s a video about learning to relax amidst noisy surroundings when one’s true priority is Peace.

Today I am tired of words and just want to play the flute.

Today’s assignment is writing about birds, so perhaps that is the next best thing…

This website is awesome… type in the name of any group or song you like and it will create a radio station for you featuring similar sounds based on musical characteristics described in something called the Music Genome Project. You can vote on whether you like each song as it comes up and eventually it starts to understand your tastes.

It works for some pretty obscure stuff, which is great. I’m impressed and am finding more of that bluegrassy/folksy stuff I’ve just started to explore!

Pandora Internet Radio
http://www.pandora.com
Ever since we started the Music Genome Project, our friends would ask:

We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.

While there are many “oracle” card decks out there, this one is one of the most original and unusual ones I’ve seen. The poetry is weird and wonderful and so is the art.

Check it out!

DREAM PAGODA TRANSMISSION

80 of the 200 decks have been given away to the production team and
artist collective along with a collection of potential contributors to
the project. The remaining 120 are looking to travel out into the world.

Though saying “we’re all one” is nothing new, the idea is becoming more and more mainstream every day.

Sites like this will help us get there.

The Global Oneness Project
http://www.globalonenessproject.org
We hear words like “global consciousness”, “paradigm shift”, “sustainability”, “world citizenship” and “social and economic justice” in response to the present planetary crisis and the need to protect life on earth for future generations, but what exactly do they describe? What is at the heart of that wisdom we all desire that would inspire us how to safeguard a healthy future for our great-grandchildren and our precious planet Earth?

We understand the answer to these questions to be what we call “oneness,” that is, the fact that all life is interconnected, and that everything affects everything else. Modern global realities have made this inescapably clear — we are no longer separate from one another. We feel that this mindset offers the vast and transformative possibility of a radically new way of being, thinking and acting in which we experience ourselves as intimately connected with the rest of the world.