transform. journal january 2012

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welcomeHistorically, people tend to start big things on the first of the year.Political and history-making decisions aplenty have occurred on thefirst: Lincoln freed the slaves, Ellis Island opened, Castro took powerin Cuba, Nixon's top aides were found guilty of obstruction(Watergate), and the Portuguese named a place already on the map:Rio de Janeiro, which means River of January. Perhaps it’s that thatfirst day gets us off to a promising start, 364 days in front of us tokeep ourselves on track.

And in this new year, fraught with predictions of the end of theworld and a presidential election which seems to have us againbetween a rock and a harder place, matched with the 99% who willno doubt help bring forth long-needed change...well, let's just saywe're in for quite a ride. I say we face it with optimism. It’s certainthat we don’t know what’s coming. We may as well get ourselvesready, renew body and mind and step forward into 2012wholeheartedly.

This month celebrate: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday (Jan 16) &Lunar New Year (Jan 23), the year of the Dragon.

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what's newRE-Generative SomaticsGenerative Somatics supportssocial justice folks in unveilingthings that keep their limitingbeliefs in place, things whichinterfere with the work they’redoing to change the world....

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in SIGHTAmy Purdy | Living Beyond Limits

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"In our minds, we can do anything," states Amy Purdy, atwo-time Olympic gold medal winner, who went beyondher perceived limits after she lost both of her legsbelow the knees. Loss makes way for renewal.

As folks who do social change work we live in thefodder of "can't do" and make it can. And if Amy Purdyis right, that it's our minds that are the stumblingblock, then let's have at it and go for, not just the life

we want, but the world we'd all rather live in. Living Beyond Limits Subscribe to CXC on YouTube



the year of yes:

seeding a new beginning

INcite with angel Kyodo williams

2012.

For hundreds of years, eschatologists havesought after some signal of the beginning ofthe end. The Mayan calendar's indication of5,125 year cycle of the fourth world--theone we are currently--coming to an end onDecember 21, 2012, has generatedspeculation and New Age hype for as long aswe can remember.

Sumerians, Babylonians, the Book of Mormons, Nostradamus andmany ancient mythologies have all been interpreted to forecastevents of destruction for this year. Add to that a blockbusterHollywood movie complete with a fictional institute warning peopleto "prepare for the end of the world," and there you have it: Theend is near.

Apocalyptic.Cataclysmic.Disaster.

The idea of impending Doomsday has been foisted upon this yearfrom so many directions, it's just enough to give even the most

suspect of us just a bit of pause.

What has also been forecast is the beginning of an age oftransformation. This Age of Aquarius beckons higher awareness andshifts in consciousness that signal an evolutionary leap forward.

2012 presents an opportunity that we, as a collective, areprivileged to see arising. Owing to the glaring institutionalbreakdowns, governmental failures and corporate crises of the last

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fearlessMeditation I |Practice of the Body

Food, Justice &Sustainability | author, activist,chef Bryant Terry

Social Justice in Higher Education

EAST COAST 14th Annual Summit Against Racism A Grief Like No Other

SOUTHWEST Teen Leadership Institute From the Cocoon to the Sky | Nurturing Assets in

At-Risk Youth

MIDWEST College of Lake County MLK Challenge 2012 The Loving Story | Documentary Screening

SOUTHEAST MLK Day Challenge 2012 Healthy Environment, Healthy People

INTERNATIONAL Spirit at Work | Creative Video Contest

in the MONEYGrantmakers & Grantees |The Strong SurviveGEO, Grantmakers for EffectiveOrganizations, believe thatwith certain practices on thepart of grantmakers,

nonprofits could actually become stronger and effectmore change. In many ways, their mission is ourmission...

Read more... Learn About GEO Watch Smarter Grant Making for Stronger Nonprofits

Watch Five Steps to Greater Empathy in Philanthropy

in the CENTERRelease & Manifest for 2012The newDharma Communitybid farewell to 2011 andushered in 2012 with a NewYear’s Eve Release Ceremony



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breakdowns, governmental failures and corporate crises of the lastfew years, a new view is possible.

Far from being a year of ends, 2012 can be a new beginning.

This is the Year of Yes.

A time in which justice-seeking movements are not only positionedto make significant advances, but are also viewed more favorablyby more people than anytime since the Civil Rights Era. With theman behind the curtain so clearly revealed, the masses are onceagain increasingly wakeful allies rather than sleep-walkingadversaries.

The Occupy Movement has revealed the sustained energy andpassion--even if misdirected at times--that we have longed tobelieve exists amongst the People. We can use this vast well ofpotential to lead our movements into a state of joyful attention toeach new challenge we face with a feeling of support at our backs.

We can say yes.

The 99% doesn't have to be against the 1%, we can say yes to avision that is more viable and more compelling for the 100.

Divesting our dollars from Big Banks, we can say yes to local banksand credit unions that have said yes to us.

Withdrawing our attention from negative campaigns and blame, wecan direct our energies--and our presidential votes--towardforgiving mistakes made.

Yes, we can. Say yes. (Again.)

We can also say yes to the legions of social changes agents andarchitects that have been steadily building bridges to a future yetunknown.

We can say yes to organizations like Domestic Workers United thatimproves people's lives in tangible ways and gives Love credit as anorganizing tool.

We lift up initiatives that say yes to Strong Families in which everymember has the opportunity to thrive.

Not only can we recall legislators that overstep boundaries aboutfalse borders, we can then call forth a Dream Act and say yes todignity no matter where you were born.

We can even Rebuild the Dream into an America that we can sayyes to because it houses, feeds, and supports the wholeness andwell-being of us all.

There is good work that will transform society as we know it,happening in every city, rural and urban, large and small.

Imagination, innovation and inspiration are everywhere. Let usresolve to see it flourish, amplified and brought to meaningfulscale. We can put the YES back in We Can, because we must and wewill.

Year’s Eve Release Ceremonyand Meditation. Over fortyfolks, of all ages and

backgrounds, from the Bay and beyond, gathered atCXC and set their intentions to release what was nolonger needed and to manifest what was to come.

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from the FIELDThe Good News for 2011In looking forward sometimesit's also useful to look back tosee what we've accomplished.The folks at stone circlescomplied a list of some of thefantastic accomplishments of

2011, reminding us to face 2012 with full-onexpectations of what we CAN do.

Read more... Learn more about stone circles The Stone House Blog

inner PRACTICEOn the Soft Underbellies ofMollusks...Editor's Note: Written by CarvellWallace, a new contributor totransform.

Sometimes I think the animal most closely related tothe human being is a mollusk. We carry this calcifiedexterior, capable of warding off danger and protectingus from the elements. But turn us around, and there isthe soft, vulnerable underbelly that we need to keephidden: that we feel is our greatest weakness...

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outer ACTIONZaltho Foundation | Seeds ofPeaceFounded in 1994 by ClaudeAnShin Thomas, the ZalthoFoundation, headquartered inBelmont, Massachusetts (with ameditation center in Mary

Esther, Florida) is a spiritually-based foundationcommitted to ending violence by encouraging andestablishing socially engaged projects in communities,organizations, and families...



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The fifth world is about to begin. The question is will we insist thatjustice and a society that works for all be its seed?

2012 is the year.

Say Yes.

—yours in truth, aKw

dedication here.

angel Kyodo williams, the "change angel," is FounderEmeritus of Center for Transformative Change. She nowserves as a Senior Fellow and Director of Vision. A social visionaryand leading voice for transformative social change, she is theauthor of the critically-acclaimedBeing Black: Zen and the Art of

Living With Fearlessness and Grace.

Blog: new Dharma: live, love & lead from the heart Facebook: Like angel here Twitter: Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on Change Web: http://angelkyodowilliams.com

angel Kyodo williams' next public talk:

Thursday, January 26 @ CXC

newDharma TalkHow to Practice | Getting Out of the Way ofChangeWe all want to change in some way, whether thatmeans stopping a bad habit or changing afundamental behavior. And we come up with aslew of excuses to explain why we haven't

changed: The conditions are all wrong. We haven't got the money,the time, the support. It's easier to do that than to come to gripswith how we show up (or don’t show up) for ourselves. Learninghow to practice and face the things we run from is what createschange in our lives.

"When you ask somebody to tell you about somebody else, theydon’t tell you what they've done, they tell you how they be: They'relike this. They're very kind. They've very scratchy. She's fairlydifficult...Rather detailed...Very exuberant. Actually, kind of dull, alittle bit listless...no one gives you the list of "they meant to do this;they intended to make this kind of change." What they tell you is notwhat they did but the pattern that shows up in terms of who theyare. The pattern because the content disappears, because it's thepattern of our behavior that leaves an imprint upon people as towho we are..."

organizations, and families... Read more... Learn more about Zaltho Foundation

social CHANGELeadership & EmergenceWith the potential of the newyear in front of us, it is good toremember that "we don't know"and that's okay. Transformationand renewal means at somepoint things will be off balance.

Things will get chaotic. In her book,EngagingEmergence, Peggy Holman encourages us to get usedto the idea of disruption–to learn from it...

Read more... Check out Engaging Emergence by Peggy Holman Check out Peggy Holman's Blog Connect to OccupyCafe

in the MINDHow to Know WithoutKnowingJanuary is the month that folksset New Year's resolutions. Idon't know how things lookstatistically speaking, but fromJanuary through February my

gym (for instance) is full of newcomers. But by April,May the attrition rate is obvious. So how do you stick toyour long-term goals? According to scientists a lot ofhow we reach our goals in completely unconscious...

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fearless Meditation is a 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation within a social justiceframework. It's offered for no charge for agents ofsocial change."the best workshop i've ever taken. radically changedmy work."

fearless Meditation I:Feb 10, 2012 & every 1st Friday | 7pm note: February fMI will be held on the 2nd Friday

in the BODYReal Body RenewalWe all need help to stop andrest. In today's busy, andincreasingly competitive world,



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who we are..."

Listen to How to Practice | Getting Out of the Way of Change

activists, allies & agents of changeClaude AnShin Thomas | The Art of Nonviolence

Claude AnShin Thomas, Zen Buddhist Monkand Author, born 1947. He served in Vietnamfrom 1966-67. Since that time he has beenworking to heal the wounds from that war:emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, usingthese experiences to help others. He was

ordained in the Japanese Soto Zen Tradition in 1995. In 2004 hisbook AT HELL’S GATE, A Soldiers Journey From War To Peace waspublished by Shambhala. Today he focuses on the topics of theroots of violence, transformative change, and the embodyment ofactive nonviolence.

Reading through the works and the talks of Claude AnShin Thomasyou begin to sense that his experiences have led him to be a vehiclefor transformation and change, to, in his own way help the rest ofus stumblingly find our way towards who we are. His contributionsto nonviolence seem to take up the space and energy of a full life.They are ceaseless and his commitment profound, particularly thework he does through the Zaltho Foundation.

Read more... Learn more about Claude AnShin Thomas Check out At Hell's Gate Watch Claude AnShin Thomas on Vimeo: After the War Read essays & stories by Claude AnShin Thomas

resources for change…Avoid seasonal illness this winter by adopting a cleansing anddetoxification plan. This article focuses on eating raw foods as ameans of cleansing the body. There are some very interestingdesert options as well. The reader will also find links to additionalinformation on internal and external benefits as well.

Winter Cleansing

The title of this blog post from Paul's Health blog says it all. Hereyou will learn more about preventing serious health complicationsand deep cleansing methods to help the body rid itself of of deadlypoisons. Read this if you want to live.

Winter Cleansing and Detoxing, Why Should You, How To, Plusthe Truth about Constipation, Prolapse of the Traverse Colon,

increasingly competitive world,we are always trying to getthings done. Even when we areresting it is common in Western

culture to label rest as unproductive. Taking time tostop and rest is a powerful resource for change, not aluxury or laziness. It promotes health in body andmind...How about being kinder to your body withrestorative yoga?

Read more... Yoga Journal | Restorative Yoga Poses Restorative Yoga Poses

fearlessYoga at CXCSundays | 9:30 - 11:00amEvery Body welcome.Free for agents of social change. Donations welcome.

wellness & being wellIngredients of LoveAuthor and cultural critic, bellhooks has devoted her life todiscovering the true nature oflove. She defines six ingredientsof love: the links betweenhealing and love, what healing

is and why something doesn't have to be broken forhealing to take place. For bell, love and healing are actsof political resistance.

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viewWindows casting light into space evokes yearning forthe possibility and potential, beckoning us towardswhat's on the other side. Oftentimes we have to shiftour perspective ever so slightly to see what is availableto us. Questions of whether we are honoring history orstuck in the past, stuck inside or finding our way out,seeing the sun rise or set, all depend on our view.Where do we stand?



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Mucoid Plaque and Autointoxication Are They a Hoax, Quackery or aCancer Time Bomb?

Kicharee is an Indian dish made from the green mung beans. It issoy free, wheat free and vegan. Here, you'll find directions forpreparing all the ingredients and directions on how to cook thisdish which is designed to restore and heal the body.

Winter Cleanse | Recipe for Kicharee

This is a short article on natural and simple ways to make immuneboosting cold remedies.

Winter Detox, Brain and Immune Boosting Cold Remedy

quote of the month

"Without a way to name our pain, we are also without the words toarticulate our pleasure"

—bell hooks, author, feminist, social activist Learn more...

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