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October/November 2005 Volume 35
Welcome to this bi-monthly edition of our newsletter! You will find these columns contained in our October/November issue:
Metaphors for Life
GrowthWorks
Special Events
Book Review
I hope you enjoy this issue of Kenosis In-spirations...
Carla Woody, Founder
Kenosis
Metaphors for Life
Many traditions understand the power of teaching through stories. Our minds find a special repository for them. We unconsciously draw from this metaphorical resource bank when we need it most -- to guide and nourish us. Here you will find such tales, quotes and prose. As they have come to me, I pass them on to you just as our ancestors have done since the world was young.
What you need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream.
- Paulo Coehlo from The Alchemist
GrowthWorks
Life is nothing if not levels of learning, whether we freely enter the Perpetual School or are drug kicking and screaming into our lessons. We actually have no choice in the matter. In this column, I offer you philosophy, musings and information that you may take with you as they fit into your own lyceum.
Weaving a Life
by Carla Woody and Sue Woody
Her loom graced a nook in their living room just as her garden brightened a corner of their yard during the years she was there. Things grew from her hands just as they did from her little plot of land.
Mama Luna spent about as much of her free time at the loom as she did in the garden. While she occasionally gave a belt to Preston or a colorful shawl to his mother, usually she wove lengths of cloth and put them away in a drawer in her room.
Once when she was busy at her handiwork, Preston had asked her, “Why do you weave so much, Mama? You don’t do anything with the things you make.”
“Oh Solocito!” she laughed and stroked his head. Then holding one end of the dangling threads waiting to be entwined, she’d fingered them thoughtfully. “These strings are like things we do. I weave the threads and I see how a life is made. I see my own life. Everyone has these threads. Mostly they don’t think about it!”
She motioned him to stand closer. “Look how if I would bring this color in here and wrap it around there, it changes the cloth. It’s not the same anymore. It could be good or bad. The cloth shows me how things will be.”
(Excerpt from Portals to the Vision Serpent – novel in progress by Carla Woody and Sue Woody.)
© 2005 Carla Woody and Sue Woody. All rights reserved.
Carla Woody is the author of the book Standing Stark: The Willingness to Engage and Calling Our Spirits Home: Gateways to Full Consciousness and founder of Kenosis, an organization supporting personal transformation. Carla has long been leading people toward mind/body/spirit wholeness using integrative healing methods blended with world spiritual traditions. She may be reached by e-mail at info@kenosis.net or by telephone (928) 778-1058.
Special Events
For more information call Kenosis at (928) 778-1058 or e-mail info@kenosis.net to request a flyer. If you are interested in sponsoring a book signing and/or workshop with Carla Woody, please contact us.
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Meditation Practice usually led by Carla Woody. Mondays, 6:30-7:30 PM. We use breath, chant, subtle energy and guided imagery from a tapestry of world spiritual traditions to come to a place of inner peace. Donation basis to support the Kenosis scholarship fund. No prerequisite except a desire for tranquility that you can take home. Held at Kenosis, 339 S. Cortez, Prescott.
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Crowning the Feminine Life: Initiating the Sacred. A Re-membering Retreat for women with Carla Woody. Theme: Discovering the points and circles, the initiations of our own lives as females and our underlying heritage, draws us back to the deep recognition and acknowledgement of who we are at the core. From that source, the landscape we journey is transformed. What was mythology becomes reality. Early registration by November 1: $535. After November 1: $570. Includes tuition, materials, lodging, 8 meals and use of nature trails. Gourmet quality lunches/dinners provided by Chef Kathlyn. Shared rooms. MC/Visa. Partial scholarship may be available. Register now to guarantee your place! For more information, a flyer or to register, call Kenosis at 928-778-1058 or info@kenosis.net. To be held at The Stone House at Chauncey Ranch east of Prescott.
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NLP Practitioner Certification: The 20-day Program for Personal and Professional Mastery with Carla Woody. Two and three-day weekend program paced over time for integrative learning. Scheduled dates: January 27-29, February 18-20, March 4-5, March 24-26, April 21-23, May 13-14 and May 27-29. Early registration: Save $300 and lower tuition to $2195 with deposit of $395 by December 16 and remainder paid in full by January 15. Navigating Your Lifepath graduates deduct an additional $100 by early registration. After December 15: $2495. MC/Visa accepted. Held 339 S. Cortez St., Prescott.
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Embracing the Heart of the Andes.Spiritual travel to Peru working with internationally renowned mystic Don Américo Yábar and conscious living teacher Carla Woody, as well as other Andean healers and shamans. Group size limited to 12 all trips. Trip 1: June 1-14 (Includes the Puno region.) Special group for healthcare administrators/professionals. By invitation. In collaboration with the Gobal Nursing Network and nurse philosopher JoEllen Koerner. Call for Info. Trip 2: June 16-29 (includes camping at the sacred mountain Q'ero and ceremonies with peoples of the Q'ero Nation.) NEARLY FULL. Open to anyone. Early registration by April 14: $2895. After April 14: $2995.
Trip 3: July 2-15 (includes the Piura region on the northern coast of Peru near Ecuador.) Open to anyone. Early registration by May 1: $2895. After May 1: $2995. Scholarship program for young adults (18-25) co-sponsored by Nine Gates Programs, Inc. For more information or to register, contact Kenosis at 928-778-1058 or info@kenosis.net. This is an adventure of the spirit!
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Review
More often than not, the books, films and music you will find here will not be new or "bestsellers," but those I consider classics. They are classics in the sense that I experienced an impact in reading them that positively flavored my own journey.
The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You
Dorothy Bryant
ISBN 0-679-77843-8
This book is one, like Illusions by Richard Bach, which I’ve read several times over the years. Because I am different every time I read them, they never fail to point out yet another lesson or keep my attention riveted.
The main character in The Kin of Ata had led a seamy, notorious life. Spurred by a set of circumstances, he had a car accident, veered off a cliff and should have been dead. Instead, he was found and taken to a place where dreams of the night were valued for their messages and ideals common to true spiritual traditions were lived.
The contrast between who he was and where he now found himself was not only bewildering, but painful. Since we all bring with us what has brought us to a point, he attempted to make himself right and others wrong. But something happened along the way. He experienced an awakening.
That's all I'll say. The beauty is in the unfolding of the story - and the surprise that awaits will keep you glued until the utter end.
- Carla Woody
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