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Branches 2008 Fallwinter.Pdf BRANCHES OF LIGHT ! 2 ! FALL - WINTER 2008 - 2009 ! “THE GOOD HEART MAKES YOUR WHOLE LIFE BENEFICIAL.” Lama Zopa ! ELCOME TO “INTERESTING ’M SITTING HERE with a copy of CONTENTS WTIMES”! It seems there’s an elec- IGraeme Taylor’s Evolution’s Edge: tion every week or so, the “world the Coming Collapse & Transform- 5 Upcoming Banyen Events financial crisis” is a storm whose rip- ation of our World. While it arrived 6 Music ples affect us all with unforeseen too late to be reviewed, it’s an exam- 10 Art, Creativity & Music BRANCHES OF LIGHT twists, and the Canadian dollar is ple of the gist of “what’s going 10 New on DVD News & Reviews from tanking. Folks are nervous. At the down” in terms of evolutionary sys- 11 Poetry, Writing & Stories Banyen Books and Sound same time, the geese are heading tems theory. It “provides a rough 14 Yoga & the Hindu Tradiditions south; the bittersweetness of autumn map of the terrain that humanity 16 Buddhism & Zen ISSUE 33 Fall-Winter-Spring 2008-’09 is sharpening our wits, and the season will have to cross on the way to a 19 Tibetan Buddhism of harvest and thanksgiving is darken- sustainable future... The alternative Publisher & Editor 22 Taoism, Chi & the Martial Arts Kolin Lymworth ing toward the time of firelight, can- to our cancerous consumer society is 23 BodyMind Healing dlelight, and Big Heart. not a new dogma and another mono- 24 Healing Energies, Healing Herbs Managing Editor & Production culture, but a critically aware and cul- 25 Bodywork & Movement Michael Bertrand SAY “BIG HEART” because that’s the turally diverse holistic civilization.” 26 Food, Nutrition & Healing Irenewable resource The book’s purpose is “to Insides Laura Duncan Good Look Graphics 27 Recovery Cover Fiona Gamiet Articulate Design always with us. We can pull explain why the collapse 28 Inspiration & Self-Help of the current global sys- together through these 29 Psychology, Therapy & Dreams On the Cover times. Perhaps the bursting tem is inevitable, why 31 Midlife Passages & ElderWisdom Bee landing for nectar-lunch just as I took of the bubble of “unlimit- constructive change is 31 Jungian & Depth Psychology picture at Vandusen Gardens... Photo set in ed growth” will bring us possible, and how we can swirling cosmos painting by curlykale 31 Mythology back to earth, return us to support the evolution of a 32 The Heart of Religion The Banyen Staff the essentials of life and better world.” 33 Meditation In the Store: love and meaningful con- 33 Western Teachers & Teachings Mark Adam, Vanessa Fisher, Mahara nections. Skills. Gardens. LL WE OFFER at 35 Dying & Grieving Gabriel, Michael Galloway, Silvia Graber, Nature. Beauty. Sharing. 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