hi Friends,
As civil unrest continues in the world, you might be interested in seeing this talk I gave (5 mins long) at Sebastopol Ignite last week, titled: "Why is Synchronicity a Key for Transforming Our Society?"

 http://igniteshow.com/events/ignite-sebastopol-6

These are a very fun format. Enjoy!

I appear at 2:00 and the song continues throughout after that. My friend Brant is in there too, with his broom to sweep the streets as we go! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSuz2ES4nug

Here is a clip that mentions me protesting at Occupy SF that I found online. There is a picture of me there in the slideshow too.

 http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/12/protestors-occupy-sf/

And Another:
http://occupypointreyes.org/2nd-general-assembly-oct-16th/

This is a letter to the editor I wrote in response to an article in the SF Chronicle, on the Occupy movement. Dear Ms. Pender, Thank you for taking the time to notice and write about the Occupy Wall Street movement prominently in the San Francisco Chronicle. However, I think that you are missing the point of this movement. This is not a Coca-Cola ad. This movement is addressing a core problem in American society, which in my view is “self interest at any expense”. Advertising is often an …

Man, I wish I could remove myself from politics during this election cycle. But my heart, my gut, and my love for my 2 year old daughter won’t let me. This post is from me, not from any campaign or specific ideology, and it is written in my bed at night, when all the swirlings of the day become clearer and my values crystallize. Part of my motivation in writing this is to get myself motivated to stand up and put out so much effort once again. Honestly, I don’t enjoy it. There are a number of …

Two nights ago, I had a dream of a big earthquake. I was at my old school in Point Reyes and my cousins from New Jersey were with me. It was huge. We were all ok.

There have been a few earthquakes around the hemisphere in the past couple days.

Powerful stuff.

How to respond to the events of the last few days? And the further crisis that I expect to come shortly? My drawing is attached. My thoughts on handling the stock market crash to come

It seems that things are unfolding in front of our eyes. What to remember:

This is a spiritual transition. Be prepared and do inner work. There is no need to change it. This is what needs to happen. Be happy, have compassion for people's suffering, but don't suffer over your own suffering. Endure the hardships with a smile, do the work that is necessary, and hold the vision for the world that we want to emerge.

I believe it is on its way.

I was about to post a statement saying "oops, maybe I was wrong", regarding my last post. But I guess we need to wait and see. Huge drop the last few days.

Here's my meditation on the stock market:
The stock market is crazy. The value of items is based solely on a piece of paper, and that value can evaporate if all the brokers suddenly agree that they don't want it. There is no inherent worth or value in the stock market. Hence its volatility. It is created simply as a tool for some people to make money off their money. It serves no direct purpose for human experience or for the actual production of anything in the economy. Yet it has a stranglehold on the economy. The economy is completely reliant on this thing that is made of ... nothing.

Reminds me of the way atoms are made of ... nothing. What stops them from evaporating?

I wanted to briefly share with you some thoughts, in case this helps anyone. I have talked about my dreams in the past. Over the past few years they have inclined me to believe that we are in a period of intense change and transition in the world, and of late I have to say my interpretation is that the time of change is upon us. Coincident with that, we are seeing a potential massive issue with the debt ceiling debate, which could have strong ripple effects that are hard to predict. I wonder if indeed a …

I don't like sounding dramatic, but I want to keep sharing a few of the dreams that have been so impactful to me. Last night I experienced another in a long line of dreams about a world-wide (I think) tsunami. This was one of the most realistic experiences I have had. Until the dream was over, I kept saying to myself, "OMG, this is actually happening! It is here!" It was terrifying, but not like a nightmare. It wasn't personally scary, and I came out fine. It was terrifying in a deeper way, the …

As you can tell from the new album, I have had many dreams over the past few years that have influenced this album. One particular theme has become very prevalent. I say "one theme", but it is never the same dream. It is the context that is the same each time. I want to describe it because I wonder if others out there are experiencing anything similar to me? In these dreams, I am with friends on a beach or near a coast. We are aware of the changes in the ocean and the water levels rising. I …

I think my views on time lead me to think about bi-causality a little differently from many people, just in that I don't see any definite reality to the future, and so I don't imagine it influencing the present...well, wait, maybe I do. I see the unobserved present giving us signs in order to lead us toward specific outcomes, and these can be seen as presentiment or intuition. For example, Based on the interactions and experiences I have had, there will be a web of definite events that are connected to …

How do we know when we have transcended the ego and found the flow of life?

We still go through periods of striving and periods of acceptance. We still live the ups and downs. But we are happy with life.

We are content with what we have. Though we may still try for more, whether it comes or not doesn't matter to us.

We still go through the terrain of life, but if our ego is unattached, then it is all joyous, or peaceful.

Suddenly life feels immeasurably bountious and abundant. Is that because we are actually given more? Or because we are content with what we are given?

I think both.

I am reading an article:
PK Effect on Pre-Recorded Targets
by HELMUT SCHMIDT
(Originally published in The Journal for the American Society for Psychical Research Vol.70, July 1976)

Makes me think, a useful experiement would be repeating this type of experiement, but in my view there is nothing fundamental or absolute about a person viewing the results. This is relative.

So one person (Person A) should be able to view the results of the PK test, but not share those results. Then after the retroactive PK test is performed, the  results are compared (by Person B) to those that were observed earlier (by person A). The state of Person A, from Person B's perspective, should fall into place retroactively to match the results by B. Neither state is absolutely determined. they fall into place relative to each other when the information is shared.

Hey, there are new comments on the discussion board. Also, check out these links:

boundary.org/bi/index.html

www.fourmilab.ch/rpkp/proposal.html

I added 7 new songs as a preview for my upcoming album release. They are one this website.

I also posted three of them in a competition for radio airplay at this site: http://www.songvault.fm/artists.htm?id=2511
Please take a moment and vote for them! You'll need to create an account I think, which is pretty easy.

I was chosen by the staff of this contest as a favorite....that was nice :-) See my name on the list (this was a BIG contest with lots of participants).

http://www.songoftheyear.com/winners/2009/December/sugart.htm

I had difficulty the other night at the conference in Tucson, in trying to explain the following paradox, and its resolution. So here goes: Person P stands in a room and chooses to leave by door 2 rather than door 1. In doing so they have a meaningful coincidence by running into person S at door 2 (say S is an old unexpected friend), What would have happened if P had chosen door 1? Would they have missed this "fated" meeting? The theory says that person P's choice of door 2 could also determine …

If you haven't seen the presentation I made on Synchronicity at the last Ignite Sebastopol, check it out. I just rewatched it and it's pretty funny!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/IgniteSebastopol#p/a/u/1/zOorgULvAJ0

Hi all, I have completed (for now) the paper you may have read now a few times. It's aimed as a science paper, but it's somewhat comprehensible to lay people, so check it out if you like. The point is to create a coherent formalism/foundation that can eventually be used to describe synchronicity. Also, last weekend Rev Barbara and I put together our first workshop "When Someone MUST Win, Everyone Loses". It was held in Auburn to a group of 15. If you were there, thanks for joining us! I had a …

I have joined up with Barbara, an experienced an inspired Science of Mind minister, to create this workshop "When Some MUST Win, Everybody Loses." We use science of mind and my own physics work to explore these ideas, along with lots of music.

Visit my calendar for more info, or here: http://www.ggcsl.org/events/calendar.htm

A colleague asked the question: "Can I really be held responsible for affecting other people's past? Can I cause them harm?" I thought about this. My answer is this: Spirit uses us. There is a vast catalog of possible futures for each of us (I call it the Library of Heaven), and when you take actions looking for something, the Law of synchronicity says that an opportunity must come to you, and Spirit uses the opportunity to also bring something to someone on the other end. The person you meet …

"When one's attainments appear incomplete, one goes on working forever. When one's possessions are inadequate, one goes on acquiring forever." I fall in that category of person who always has to keep attaining. It is difficult to feel satisfied with the state of things. There is always another song to record, another harmony to add, another paper to write. Lately with the various successes I've had, there is ever more opportunity for overwork. Yet there is another force in my life, one that has …

My newest song expresses it perfectly:

"Gonna keep my head up
Gonna keep my head up
When the water starts rising
Gonna keep my head up"


I played music at Petaluma Community for Spiritual Living yesterday. Proud to say that they looooved it. I felt honored, respected and appreciated. These are all things I've striven for for a long time. When they happen, we've got to be ready to accept and receive them! It's easy for me to be unconscious and keep on wishing for respect and sucess, without seeing it in the form it's taking.

Isn't that the way it so often is? The form in which our dreams are being answered isn't what we envisioned, and so it's not good enough.

Well, not for me, any more. I accept and receive this, and am healed of lack!