An
Evening of Conscious Comedy with Swami Beyondananda
$20/advance,
$22/door, Under 17/$10
Children under 12 free with paying adult
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Unitarian Center, 4th and C Streets, Ashland
Saturday, May 15, 2010 • 8PM
Swami Beyondananda
Once in many, many lifetimes comes a being so evolved, so enlightened, so
pure that the entire world is transformed. Unfortunately, there doesn’t
seem to be anyone like that around these days.
Fortunately, we do have Swami Beyondananda to help us maintain our jestive
health in a world that has become less and less funny. As the Swami says, "Indeed,
the world is in a grave state -- and the best way to overcome gravity is with
levity."
At a very early age, it became apparent that young Swami was different from
the other children. You know how children quietly put their heads down on the
desk when they fall asleep in class? Well, Swami would float to the ceiling.
His father realized he could not provide the spiritual training that his gifted
young son needed, so he apprenticed him to the most evolved spiritual teacher
in Oklahoma, the Native American shaman Broken Wind.
Swami was very impressed when an Oklahoma swami who called himself the Yogi
From Muskogee (Swami has since taken that title) came to his boy scout troop
and taught him to tie himself into twelve different knots. Swami quickly embraced
the path of the yogi and mastered many advanced techniques, including levitation.
He moved to New York to study with the renowned guru of the stock market,
Yuan Tibet, who instructed him in the Dowist path. Swami became more and more
dependent on the stock market prophet, buying soybean futures like there was
no tamari. Suddenly, the price of soybeans plummeted (due, it was later revealed,
to a rumor planted by unscrupulous dairy-heir that tofu actually came from
between the toes of Himalayan hikers). Swami frantically tried to call Yuan
Tibet for his sage advice, but he could not be found. Tragically, there had
been some prophet-taking on Wall Street, somebody took him, and he was never
heard from again.
The most amazing thing happened. Swami was struck by enlightning during a
brainstorm, his clown chakra opened, and now he sees funny. Since that time,
Swami has traveled the world preaching FUNdamentalism -- accent on Fun. He
has become a well-known figure in the Humor Potential Movement, helping folks
release jestive blockages such as irregularhilarity, irony deficiency, humorrhoids
and yes, even truth decay.
While Swami has no followers per se (he says he gets paranoid when he thinks
he’s being followed), he does train comic-kazis in the ancient Chinese
path of Fu Ling. "To live in this world," the Swami says, "you
must be able to take a joke. And if you can leave a few as well, all the better."
For more information, visit www.wakeuplaughing.com.
Building the Heartland Community:
Evolving Spontaneous Evolution From Ideal to Real Deal
with Steve Bhaerman
(Workshop)
Unitarian Center, 4th and C Streets, Ashland
Saturday, May 15, 2010 • 1:30-4:30PM
Spontaneous Evolution co-author Steve Bhaerman hosts this community
event designed to activate the two characteristics of evolution:
awareness and community. The first hour of this three hour event
is about expanding awareness, as Steve offers a powerfully pointed
Power Point presentation on how the principles of Spontaneous
Evolution are already being put into action. The second hour
is about building community, as participants break into groups
of four to "tell a vision" for themselves, their
community and their world. In the final hour, these visions are
shared, as the whole group chooses to empower one or more of
these visions with their ongoing participation.
This is the perfect event to bring together the entire "cultural
creative" community, and to create a community focal point
and gathering place, where activists, businesspeople, healers
can gather under one big "intent": to re-grow the
Garden, and have a heaven of a time doing it.
 Written by Dr. Bruce
Lipton and Steve Bhaerman, Spontaneous Evolution offers you the
information, inspiration and invitation to participate in the
greatest adventure in human history – conscious evolution.
Economic meltdown … environmental crisis … seemingly
endless warfare. The world is in critical condition. We’ve
all heard stories of people who experienced seemingly miraculous
recoveries from illness, but can the same thing happen for our
world?
According to pioneering biologist Bruce H. Lipton, it’s
not only possible, it’s already happening. We are surrounded
by the proof that we are poised to take an incredible step forward
in the growth of our species. Spontaneous Evolution reveals how
changing our understanding of biology and human history will
help us navigate these turbulent times, and invites readers to
reconsider: The unquestioned pillars of biology including random
evolution, survival of the fittest, and the role of DNA; the
blueprint for our sustainable, life-affirming future that is
literally inside you – encoded in each of the trillions
of cells comprising your body; how our beliefs about nature and
human nature shape our politics, culture, and individual lives;
and how each of us can become planetary "stem cells" supporting
the health and growth of our world and every individual in it.
By releasing the old beliefs that keep the status quo in place,
and by building our lives and world on this heartening new story,
we can trigger the spontaneous evolution of our species. Infused
with intelligence and wit, Spontaneous Evolution is an insightful,
playful, and ultimately hopeful look at the unfolding destiny
of our species-and how you can play an active role in birthing
the evolution of humanity.
Dr. Bruce Lipton is an internationally recognized leader in
bridging science and spirit. He has been a guest speaker on hundreds
of TV and radio shows, as well as keynote presenter for national
and international conferences.
Cost is $30/advance, $35/door, $5 discount per person for groups
of five or more. Call (541) 535-3562
for $5 discount per person for groups of five or more. |
