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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- (For full enjoyment of this newsletter in html format, including a compelling article by Vandana Shiva in YES! Magazine, go to: http://www.greatmystery.org/vandanashiva.html)VANDANA SHIVA - A Spiritual Activist Model at The Great Rethinking Oxford http://www.greatmystery.org One of the principle purposes behind the work of The Great Rethinking/Prophets organization is to encourage and support our family of participants in becoming active in both their spiritual as well as in their material realms of being - to become Spiritual Activists. And why we do this is because fundamental change in every aspect of living is being called for as never before. So often we find ourselves overwhelmed by the daily news and our daily schedules and routines, and many of us feel alone and fearful and in need of a supporting community. Often we find our spiritual practices are not enough, but we simply do not know what else to do for ourselves � confusion and despair may come into our lives causing many of us to just shut down and put up a protective shell and extinguish our excellence. When we see our leaders indulging in inhuman acts of war and torture; when we see a disregard for living things in favor of financial gain; and when we see starving children and the financial exploitation of the food and water needed for their survival, we become deeply saddened and often feel numb in the face of such massive degradation. This tumultuous time can be really tough. But this unprecedented time is also a powerful time of opportunity for us to step forward with courage and grasp our higher spiritual selves and put them to work in creating personal and planetary transformation. But in order to do this we need community as well as spiritual activist models. We need to become empowered with higher purpose through gathering together and being uplifted by the examples of people such as Vandana Shiva. Dr. Vandana Shiva is someone we can learn from and emulate in our conscious evolution into our own expansive spiritual activism. She is one of the world�s most dynamic and provocative thinkers on the environment, women�s rights, and international affairs. A physicist, ecologist, and spiritual activist, she won the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the alternative Nobel Peace Prize, in 1993. She directs the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy, and is an Associate Editor of The Ecologist. You are encouraged to become a Spiritual Activist and to find others with whom to work in creating empowering avenues for positive change by joining with Vandana Shiva at The Great Rethinking Oxford. As a member of the exceptional faculty being called together to rethink and reshape our collective future during the weekend of the 10th through 12th of September, Dr. Shiva will be presenting her exemplary, motivating and inspiring work at the legendary Oxford University Union in Oxford, England. Full conference information is available for you at http://greatmystery.org/ox04.html. Praise for Vandana Shiva �One of India�s leading physicists�a leading thinker who has eloquently blended her views on the environment, agriculture, spirituality, and women�s rights into a powerful philosophy.� -Utne Reader �One of the world�s most prominent radical scientists.� -The Guardian "The primary threat to nature and people today comes from centralising and monopolising power and control. Not until diversity is made the logic of production will there be a chance for sustainability, justice and peace. Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative." - Vandana Shiva Dr. Shiva's record has been that of the totally committed, very productive and effective activist-advocate-intellectual. As an activist she has co-coordinated, supported and learned from grassroots networks on a wide range of issues across India. As an advocate, especially in international forums, she has proved one of the most articulate spokespersons of counter-development in favour of people-centered, participatory processes. As an intellectual she has produced a stream of important books and articles which have done much both to form and address the agenda of development debate and action. A compelling interview with Vandana Shiva and YES Magazine is available at http://greatmystery.org/vandanashiva.html Our September Oxford gathering is being presented in association with the highly acclaimed sponsors, The Club of Budapest, Resurgence Magazine, Caduceus Journal, Positive News, Sacred Hoop Magazine, and Cygnus Review and the faculty will include Vandana Shiva, Helen Caldicott, Peter Russell, William Bloom, Satish Kumar, Ervin Laszlo, Thom Hartmann, Rupert Sheldrake, Alberto Villoldo, Lynne McTaggart, Christopher Hansard, and Danah Zohar. http://greatmystery.org/ox04.html Early registration tuition incentives are still available. There are no overlapping presentations at these conferences. 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