Bienvenidos

Los Doce es una novela extraordinaria, inolvidable, sobre un héroe muy
poco común. De niño, Max vive en un mundo de colores y números, sin
pronunciar palabra hasta los 6 años.
A los quince tiene una experiencia cercana a la muerte, durante
la cual percibe una visión que le revela los nombres de doce individuos
únicos. Aunque no comprende la importancia de esos doce nombres, no
puede desprenderse de la idea de que tienen un profundo significado.
Inicia un viaje de descubrimiento y conoce al primero, a partir de ahí
luchará hasta revelar las identidades y roles de los demás, quienes lo
acompañarán en su camino hacia la verdad. Una vez conectados, todos
son importantes para lo que tendrá lugar en el preciso momento en
que el mundo tal como lo conocemos llegue a su fin.
Intrigante novela que lleva al lector a través de una serie de espectaculares aventuras por Jerusalén, Atenas, Londres, India, Estambul, China, Japón y México, para culminar con la comprensión de por qué y cómo Max y Los Doce están destinados a unirse el 21 de diciembr de 2012 para cumplir la antigua profecía maya sobre el “fin de los tiempos”.

Para más información vaya aquí:  http://www.losdoce.com.mx/blog/

I traveled through Nepal this past summer on a humanitarian trip. A friend of mine named Max Kaplan and I embarked on a 6-week journey living and learning. We really wanted to immerse ourselves into the Nepali culture so we continually tried to be open-minded and positive thinkers.

June 26, 2009: “Today is departure day, so as you can expect things are hectic as we are finalizing just about everything. I have a new adventure ahead of me and cannot wait for the knowledge I will gain on this journey to Nepal. As always, I’m sure I will return with some type of crazy entrepreneurial venture in the back of my mind, so be prepared to hear my ideas.”

At the moment, I am attending Miami University in Ohio, double majoring in International Studies and Journalism.

For those who are curious about how my summer started, and what has led me to be preparing for this trip, I graduated high school! I know we all are very delighted to see that I actually made it. I registered for classes and had an orientation at Miami. I went to Bonnaroo music and arts festival in Tennessee, if your curious about the bands I saw, check the roster online, a few of the highlights were Phish, Bruce Springsteen, Snoop Dogg, the Beastie Boys and many more. I also had the privilege of spending a day in the White House, where we met with Obama’s staff to talk about community outreach as well as the Middle East crisis. The meeting was held in the Roosevelt room, which is infamous for presidential decision making, if my sources are correct. I must say the White House is truly an institution of American values.

June 28, 2009: “I am now in Delhi airport waiting for our flight to Kathmandu. So far the experience has been great. The flight to Delhi was simple and we got upgraded to Business class! While in the airport in Delhi, we have already met with some extremely friendly people who are from Nepal, as they also have a lay over here.

We are looking forward to arrival at Kopan Monastery tomorrow for our program to begin. The excitement of this journey has left me to get little sleep, which has turned out for the better since I landed in Delhi with no jet lag and already adjusted to the time difference.

July 8, 2009: “Hope everyone is well. We are now in Pokhara working with Ashoka

Fellow Lucky Chhetri at her agency, which works to help empower the Women of Nepal. Tomorrow we will start teaching English and first aid in a classroom setting. Also Max, will be teaching rock climbing and repelling and other various mountaineering tactics. Now I’m sure everyone is curious to know how our stay at the monastery went.”

It was such an amazing journey for both of us. I am going to have a hard time putting it into words. But I will try.

Our teachers were both “westerners” our main guru, was Venerable Namgyel who came to Kopan back in the 70’s I believe and has been a Monk since. He is originally from Australia, and after getting hit by a car decided that there was more to life than materialism. Our meditation guru was Venerable Tingyel, who is an ex-Israeli soldier who found solace in Buddhism after spending time defending Israel. I will try and lay out some of the basics of Buddhism and also get into mediation. Our main focus was to realize our sufferings, and begin to the path to enlightenment so we can be a benefit to all sentient beings. What I found most interesting is that there is such a strong focus on others, there is no “I” or “me” in Buddhism, and so a large piece of the puzzle is focused on helping others regardless of how you may feel towards them. Also, Buddhism is open to advances in science; His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that “if science proves Buddhist beliefs wrong, than so be it.” Can you see the Vatican making a statement like that?

To read more please click here:  Nepal blog entry

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The Nepal Blog, submitted by our new blog contributor Ethan Steinberg, an 18 year old student at Miami University (Ohio),  is an enlightening array of  lessons and discoveries from a trip he took to Nepal this summer.

But…before you indulge into his wisdom…a few words from Ethan about who he is and why being a part of PlanetChange2012 is important to him:

As an activist and global citizen I believe that Planet Change has hit on something very important: positive change and active dialogue, and I am also eager to make positive change a functioning reality.  As a blogger, I find that we can better understand each other through discourse, the essence on which this blog is based.  Through discussion the world becomes a better place as we choose to search for peace through understanding.  I work to get all the details and as many perspectives as possible when approaching a situation, which I feel is reflected in my writing.  The Nepal blog entries were written to act as an update for my family and friends as I traveled.  The implications of my trip and its lessons have become a helping hand for many and I hope they continue to inspire.  Moreover, I want my writing to inspire as well.

To read the full nepal blog entry pleae click here:  Nepal blog entry

Grandmother Agnes Pilgrim Baker

Chairperson of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers and the oldest living member of the Takilma Siletz nation of Southern Oregon

Play Audio. TRT: 28:01 Date: 2009-04-06

Grandmother Agnes Pilgrim Baker, the oldest living member of the Takilma Siletz nation of Southern Oregon, is the Chairperson of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. The Grandmothers who are from Brazil, Nepal, Africa, Mexico, Tibet, Japan, the U.S. etc. travel all over the world sharing the knowledge, wisdom and hope gained through a lifetime of experience. Grandmother Aggie speaks on behalf of all Grandparents, and all those who would learn from indigenous, inherited knowledge in these times and will light our way through the uncertain future. She describes the Council, their mission, and some of their many adventures. She speaks passionately to the Elders of every society and to us all; calling us to greater action, appreciation, and gratitude for the world in which we live.

From meeting with the Dalai Lama to agitating in the Vatican City, the Grandmothers stand as a reminder of the knowledge and prayers that we desperately need in our time for the healing of Mother Earth and her inhabitants. Grandmother Aggie asks us to know the history of our lands, and to build a more positive and beautiful history for the generations that are to come. For they, and not us, own the world. The grandmothers will be visiting Grandma Aggie this August, 2009, in Oregon where they will be holding public events.

Grandma Aggie’s book: Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet (Paperback)

Interviewed in February 2009

For more info:   http://www.grandmotherscouncil.com

From our friends over at Reality Sandwich: Networks of Grace: A Guide to Sacred Activism* by Andrew Harvey

This article is excerpted from the author’s new book The Hope: A Guide To Sacred Activism, recently released by Hay House.

In a recent article in the “New York Review of Books” Bill McKibben wrote: “The technology we need most badly is the technology of community — the knowledge about how to cooperate to get things done. Our sense of community is in disrepair.”

It is essential, therefore, that sacred activists, while pursuing their individual spiritual paths and embracing their own specific kinds of service, learn to work together and to form empowering and encouraging “networks of grace” — beings of like heart brought together by passion, skill and serendipity to pool energies, triumphs, griefs, hopes and resources of all kinds. When people of like mind and heart gather together, sometimes miraculously powerful synergy can result.

For the complete piece please click here.

THERE REALLY ARE PEOPLE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES — PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW — TO PROVIDE YOU WITH BLESSINGS.

The virtually unknown hero who saved millions of lives…

Click here.

One of the most important tips confirms Dr. Masura Emoto’s research that water memorizes emotions and is contaminated by all the twists and turns it takes from its source to your tap. Consequently, the most powerful way to restructure the water to its natural structure is to place the combination of two words on the vessels of water: LOVE & GRATITUDE. While the movie goes into detail about using prayer and kindness to treat the water in our bodies and our children, it reminds us that we can also restructure water by placing the words LOVE & GRATITUDE directly on water containers and water faucets! Lastly, another source quoted Dr. Emoto as saying that while water really did not like being microwaved, the damage from microwaving could be completely reversed and improved by simply writing the words LOVE & GRATITUDE on the underside of the glass plate that revolves in the microwave oven.

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by Karl Burkart

AFI Digifest presents cutting edge online projects in interactive media, including DiCaprio’s soon coming environmental interweb challenge.

Image: IFAW, Tales for Whales Campaign

Yesterday I attended the unveiling of the interactive web strategy for the DiCaprio Foundation, a year-long partnership with AFI’s Digital Content Lab. The strategy was presented before a packed audience at the AFI Digifest at Mann’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood for a preview of what next year’s most cutting-edge interactive media projects will look like.

Other presenters included social media innovation company Pownce and David Lynch’s new online Interview Project. But I of course was most interested to see what one of the best known environmentalists, Leonardo DiCaprio, would be promoting in 2010.

Given the enormous “megaphone” that a figure like DiCaprio possesses, Suzanne Stefanac — who runs the Digital Lab — realized she needed to put together a true dream team of some of the biggest media gurus in the business: David Gale (EVP New Media at MTV), Matt Wolf (founder of Double20 a gaming company) and Marc Johnson of Hitwise, to name just a few.

Their goal … to “Leverage new media solutions to inspire positive environmental action within Leonardo DiCaprio’s global fan base.”

(For the complete article, please click here.)