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Wow... what a year it has already been... It appears that this year somehow the thought/matter connection is pretty strong and that anything that you think about will come to you faster than ever before. So be aware of your thoughts!
 One of the most magical experiences in that regard for me has lately been the amazing developments around the Center for Conscious Creativity that I co-founded last fall (current logo draft on the right - am still revising). Many years ago I dreamed about building a center for artists to create in an environment of joy and collaboration infused with the spirit of working toward something higher and better. Over the years, the thought came up again and again. With some of my projects I tried to cover aspects of it, be it through supporting artists and non-profits with technology strategy, marketing and business knowledge, or through counseling and coaching people who were awakening to their creativity and their need to partake in this world through conscious acts of living. A few years ago, I explored the possibility of building an eco-Village in the desert as a location for such a center, but then the events in my life distracted me into different directions for a while and the whole project went into slumber mode waiting for the right moment...
It seems that it has come. My partner in the Center Kate (a most magnificient co-creator and astounding rennaisance woman) and I already had some great meetings with people over the last weeks, and a whole array of opportunities have been opening up. It seems that in this time of polarization of dualism (more about that in an upcoming paper) there is a strong need for integration, and for providing access to knowledge about how to live as a half physical - half spiritual being, the modern man who is beginning to turn back toward the source. Throughout the different areas of life dualism is reaching its climax and a new synthetic paradigm is evolving that finally unites again body and soul, matter and mind, particle and wave, the numinous and the phenomenal, the individual and the whole.
This new paradigm is evolving in the sciences, in politics and business, in academia, and even in new communities and ways of relating to each other. Artists and Shamans are journeying in exploration of this new paradigm. Their transformations toward a whole, their healing, transforms their communities through their artifacts and actions. They journey inward to connect to that Consciousness that is beyond their own and bring back stories, myths, and powers that can help transform all toward the one life full of joy, love, peace and conscious creativity.
To support these pioneers, to promote this new paradigm through arts&media, and to encourage all to willfully partake in the unfolding of this reality and consciously co-create, is at the core of the mission of the Center for Conscious Creativity.
Last Sunday, we held our first official event for the Center, a most lovely and magical experience. We hosted a salon with painter Joshua Elias who was talking about painting, inspiration, the creative process and much more. We filmed the presentation and dialogue and everyone there celebrated with us this initiatory event. There will be quite a few more coming up this year and I look forward to the many possibilites that have been unfolding. We are co-producing this fall's Southern California Writers Conference, and are preparing a lecture series as I am writing this, while at the same time continuing to collaborate with artists, media makers, community builders, and more. See the website at http://www.consciouscreativity.com for more details and sign up there if you wish to receive more information or would like to participate.
Onward we go serving the one life ;-)
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