October 2005, Volume 5, No. 10

 

DON'T MISS THE PHOTO AT THE END OF THIS NEWSLETTER

 

*** EVENTS ***  
J = presentation by Daniel J Benor, MD

*October

2 - December  21 Study Peace And Conflict Resolution -- European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU), Stadtschlaining, Austria - Fall term 2005: 2 October - 21 December (Apply by 15 March 2005) www.aspr.ac.at , epu@epu.ac.at

6-9 Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine: True Healing -- True Health, East Rutherford, NJ, http://www.tcmconference.org/

6-13 Art, Science and the Sacred, Pari, Italy, maryhflanagan@yahoo.com, http://www.paricenter.com/

7-9 The Icelandic Dialogues: Healing The Healers, Reykjavik, Iceland, mastkids@maine.rr.com

7-9 International Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo, Los Angeles, http://www.camexpo.com/, info@camexpo.com

14-16 The Performance of Creativity and the Creativity of Performance, Tarrytown, NY, Melissa Meyer, 212-941-8906, ptw@eastsideinstitute.org, http://www.performingtheworld.org

J 15-16 International Panic Attacks Conference, Philadelphia -- Daniel J. Benor, MD - Self-healing for anxiety and panic disorders: WHEE (Wholistic Hybrid of EMDR and EFT) -- Lecture and Experiential workshop  http://anxiety-panic.com/conference, panic3@gedr.com

19-22 The Complex Patient: Biology, Relationships and Healing, Scarborough, Maine, 877-821-4488, conference@truenorthhealthcenter.org, http://truenorthhealthcenter.org. 20 AMA Cat. 1 CMEs, 24 ANA Nursing CEUs and up to 25.25 AAFP credits

20-22 The Biological and Spiritual Development of the Child, Portland, Oregon, 781-455-0259, info@cathmed.org, http://www.cathmed.org/

21-26 The Power of Mindfulness: A Transformative Retreat for Leaders and Innovators in Business and Non-Profit Organizations, Phoenica, NY, http://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/pm_retreat.cfm

21-31 Third Annual Pediatric Integrative Medicine Conference, New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, 17.5 hours of AMA PRA category 1 credit, Victoria.gonzales@innerdoorway.com,  760- 633-3910 ext. 25

23-29 Professional Training Program in MindBodySpirit Medicine, San Francisco, Chanelle Redman, credman@cmbm.org, http://cmbm.org/

28-30 National Conference for Health Freedom Advocates, Minneapolis, MN, 651-688-6515, jerrijohn@aol.com, http://www.nationalhealthfreedom.org/

28-30 Crop Circle Conference, Vermont, http://www.sacredbritain.com/cropcircleconference/index.html

29-30 Integrated Medicine Educational Program: Ayurveda and Disease Management, Orlando, 321-277-2492, pamonix@hotmail.com, http://www.aapiusa.org/

*November

3-6 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY, Karn Mix, 607-871-2216, mixlm@alfred.edu,  http://las.alfred.edu/~soc/SSSR/index.html

4-6 Congregations, Denominations and Research on Religion: Promoting Cooperation, Rochester, NY 607-871-2216, mixkm@alfred.edu, http://las.alfred.edu/~soc/SSSR/index.html

8-10 Mind and Life XIII: Investigating the Mind 2005, The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation, Washington, DC, http://www.investigatingthemind.org/

10-12 Energy Psychology and the Soul Connection - Seventh Annual Energy Psychology Conference in Toronto, Canada - Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre, with pre- and post-conference workshops www.TorontoEPC.com 

18-20 Eighth World Congress on Qigong and the 8th American Qigong Conference, San Francisco, http://www.eastwestqi.com/, eastwestqi@aol.com

   
*December

10 Annual Meeting and Dinner of Physicians for a National Health Program  (PNHP) - Philadelphia; pre-conference Leadership Training  - Registration: www.pnhp.org/anmeetingform.pdf   Flier for the leadership training at: www.pnhp.org/ltiform.pdf - Fax to  312-782-6007or e-mail to matt@pnhp.org

*January 2006

7-14 The Scientists Retreat at Insight Meditation Society - to introduce neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists and others who study the mind, to intensive meditation in a retreat setting -- vipassana retreat led by Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg.  www.mindandlife.org

20-24 The Fifth International Conference on Shamanism, Santa Fe, message@bizspirit.com, http://www.bizspirit.com/, 505-474-0998. 19 CE credits +6.5 CE credits for pre-conference retreats.

20-24 The Fifth International Conference on Enlightenment, Santa Fe, message@bizspirit.com, http://www.bizspirit.com/, 505-474-0998. 19 CE credits +6.5 CE credits for pre-conference retreats.

20-24 The Fifth International Conference on Sacred Sexuality, Santa Fe, message@bizspirit.com, http://www.bizspirit.com/, 505-474-0998. 19 CE credits +6.5 CE credits for pre-conference retreats.

*26-29 Brain Management¨/ Subliminal Dynamics¨/ Mental Photography¨ seminar - Learn to read as fast as you can turn the pages, with up to 100% recall. This is a very advanced system of whole-brain learning and hemispheric balancing that super-excites the brain on all levels of consciousness simultaneously.  It is not hypnosis, it is not speed-reading; it is not about developing an eidetic memory. It is a whole body/mind training system that can be understood and practiced by anyone regardless of age, education or IQ.   Philadelphia - Thursday 5:00-9:30; Friday 5:30-9:30; Saturday & Sunday 1:00-5:30. Registration must be postmarked by January 5, 2006 for the early bird rate of $795.  After January 5, $895. Checks payable to Martina Steiger, ThD, Mailed to Daniel Benor, PO Box. 502, Medford, NJ  martinasteiger@earthlink.net   www.MartinaSteiger.com.

 
*April 2006

3-30 Attention 4^th year MD and DO Students: Humanistic Elective in Activism, Alternative Medicine, and Reflective Transformation (HEART), California. Clerkship for 4th year allopathic and osteopathic medical students. First deadline for application:  June 15th, 2005 (rolling admission until then and thereafter). General elective credit in Internal Medicine through University of Florida College of Medicine. Peter Klinger MSIII, heartzpace@yahoo.com, http://www.amsa.org/humed/heart/index.cfm

19-23 The National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT) 26th Annual Conference, From our Roots to the Present: Liberating Voices through Poetry Therapy, Boston, MA, http://poetrytherapy.org/conference.html

29-May 4 the International Congress on Dialogue of Science  and Religion: Science and Religion Defining Life and the Person, Tehran, Iran, Shiva Khalili, 0098-21-8501403-9, shivakhalili@yahoo.com

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*** BOOKS ***

C. Stephen Byrum, Ph.D. & Leland Kaiser, Ph.D., Spirit for Greatness: Spiritual Dimensions of Organizations and Their Leadership, Littleton, MA: Tapestry Press 2004. 651 pp $25.

How can strong people become stronger? How can good organizations achieve excellence? C. Stephen Byrum, Ph.D., organizational and leadership consultant, and Leland Kaiser, Ph.D., healthcare futurist, share their guidelines in Spirit for Greatness. The book is organized around Memorial Hermann’s core values of Vision, Ethics, Trust, and Spirituality, which are universally applicable to other organizations. These principles are gleaned from the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System’s ‘Spiritual Leadership Institute,’ initiated in 1997.

The authors begin with the premise that ethical conduct, defined as right action even when no one is watching, is essential for transformational leadership. Adhering to this principle, it is imperative for organizations to encourage the spiritual growth and moral tone of all staff members, while preserving their religious autonomy, in order to implement the vision of such powerful leadership.

Byrum illustrates this point with the story of a married supervisor who, despite professing ‘Bible belt’ religious traditions, openly carried on an extramarital affair with a female co-worker. His actions not only led to gossip but undermined the productivity and quality of the whole work environment. Other workers believed if the boss could ignore the rules they could also. Their loss of respect for him translated into reduced work performance and overall poor morale.

 (See more in IJHC September, 2005, Volume 5, No. 3)

Matthew Smith. The Soul Knows: A Path of Listening, Bowen Isle, BC, Canada: Matthew Smith 2004. 141 pp US$15.80, Can$19.99, EUR13.00, £9.01
http://www.trafford.com/robots/04-0962.html    matthew64@shaw.ca

This book deserves acknowledgment as a true gem in the literature on personal spiritual awareness and spiritual development. Matthew Smith’s writing is somewhere between Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (but several steps more likely to touch your heart), and Stephen Levine’s books, such as Who Dies.

Smith presents brief vignettes from his own life and his encounters with others on their paths of exploring the meanings of existence – consciously or unconsciously. "Of the many gifts of the soul, the one gift that has occupied my interest these past twenty years of inquiry has been the gift of soul meaning: the soul's interpretation of each person, experience or event as it fits into the overall landscape of one's soul path." (p. ix) He follows each with discussions of the lessons he learned – cognitively, emotionally, and connecting with body and spirit. He rounds out each one with the ‘soul journal’ message he received during and following the lessons.

Smith’s style is riveting in its poetic imagery, open explorations of inner psychological life challenges, and spiritual insights that surface from experiences with other people, and with his own shadow.

     (See more in IJHC September, 2005, Volume 5, No. 3)

 

NEW!

HEALING RESEARCH, Volume II - Popular Edition How Can I Heal What Hurts?   Wholistic Healing and Bioenergies By Daniel J. Benor, MD Wholistic Healing Publications, Medford, NJ 2004 $34.95 with free shipping and handling in the US  Foreword by Norman Shealy, MD, PhD Learn how your body and mind work together in health and illness, and how you can use new and ancient wholistic mind-body techniques to heal your physical and psychological problems.

- Explore techniques you can use for self-healing of physical and psychological problems

- Learn about biological energy medicine from Acupuncture to Yoga.

-  Discover the roles of the energy body.

- Interactions of biological energies with environmental energies.

- Research in unconventional energies and their relevance to healing

- Written by a physician who is also an energy medicine practitioner and researcher.

- 642 pp, including references, endnotes, glossary, index  - Paperback 6 x 9 inches

 

 More about this book and on-line orders at http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Store/Booknew.asp#v2pop

 
 

"BOOK OF THE YEAR” Award The Scientific and Medical Network (http://www.datadiwan.de/SciMedNet/11.htm) HEALING RESEARCH, Volume II - Professional Edition Consciousness, Bioenergy and Healing: Self-Healing and Energy Medicine for the 21st Century Daniel J. Benor, M.D. Foreword by C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD

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This book will dramatically broaden and deepen your understanding of health, illness and healing.

Consciousness: We have far greater potential for healing ourselves and each other than we generally appreciate. Dr. Benor, a wholistic psychiatrist, explains how mind-body and body-mind interactions can cause illness or promote health through wholistic interactions of body, emotions, mind, relationships (with other people and the environment) and spirit.  An enormous body of research, clinical examples and a variety of theories explain healing through complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM), including meditation, visualization, acupuncture, osteopathy and many more modalities, with clear and concise explanations of each of these healing modalities.

Bioenergy: Newtonian medicine has been slow to absorb the lessons of quantum physics: The body can be addressed not only as matter, but also as energy. Subtle biological energies are used by many CAM therapies - some moving through the hands of the therapist, others through specialized interventions explained by Dr. Benor. Acupuncture addresses energies in acupuncture points, along meridians running from head to toes, and in chakras - the body's energy regulating centers. Homeopathy and flower essences introduce energies and information through the water that is their vehicle for treatment. Does all this sound strange? Dr. Benor has gathered an amazing body of research in this book to confirm the healing potentials of these subtle bioenergy therapies - explaining some of the roles of our energy body.
    Biological energies interact with environmental energies. Dr. Benor reviews a wealth of research on unconventional energies and considers their relevance to spiritual healing - following on Volume I of Healing Research, which reviews 191 controlled studies of healing, demonstrating it is a highly effective treatment.

Healing: Dr. Benor explains how we can create health or illness through body-mind interactions, wholistic CAM and bioenergy medicine interventions. He reviews and discusses impressive research supporting claims that CAM and bioenergy therapies are potent and effective treatments.
More about this book and on-line orders at http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Store/Booknew.asp#v2
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Benor, Daniel J, Healing Research: Volume I (Popular edition)
Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution
Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001.
     Healers describe their work, research in parapsychology as a context for understanding healing, brief summaries of randomized controlled studies, pilot studies.

Benor, Daniel J, Healing Research: Volume I (Professional Supplement)
Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001.
     Only the studies -- described in much greater detail, including statistical information.
Summary: Out of 191 controlled studies of healing, 124 show significant effects--on humans, animals, plants, bacteria, yeasts, cells in vitro, enzymes and DNA show significant effects. Selecting out the more rigorous studies, 25 show effects at p< .01 and another 12 at p< .02 -.05.

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*** WEBSITES ***

Google Earth - views from satellites
Download free software that allows you to zoom in on any location on earth from a satellite.
Warning: This can become addictive!
http://earth.google.com

 

Titan landing
Earth and Saturn's moon Titan show striking similarities
    Many processes that occur on Earth also take place on this moon, say scientists participating in the US-European Cassini-Huygens mission.
    Wind, rain and volcanism and tectonic activity all seem to play a role in shaping Titan's surface...
    One scientist even sees a way that life could survive on the freezing world.
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*** HUMOR ***

There is a serious dearth of humor about healers! Please help us correct this deficit.

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We are part of a vast universe.      What is our place in this amazing cosmos?            What is your place in this world?                      The sands of time may be limited!

	Spooky Star-Forming Region DR 6
	On a clear evening, lie on a blanket in your backyard and really look at the night sky. Gazing at the stars reminds us that there's more to life than we'll ever realize and that every day brings new chances.        - Sarah Ban Breathnach		Photo credit: S. Carey (Caltech), JPL-Caltech, NASA
	How could stars form such a spooky and familiar shape as a human skull? First, the complex process of star formation creates nebulas of many shapes and sizes - it is human perception that identifies the skull shape. Next, the physical reasons for the large nearly empty cavities that resemble the skull's eyes and mouth in nebula DR 6 are the strong stellar winds and energetic light emanating from about ten bright young stars in the nebula's central "nose." The length of the central nasal bridge is about 3.5 light years. Star-forming nebula DR 6 is located about 4000 light years away toward the constellation of Cygnus. The Spitzer Space Telescope took the above image in four infrared colors. The perhaps-perceived eeriness of nebula DR 6 commemorates historically spooky All Hallow's Day, which follows All Hallow's Eve or "Halloween."

                    

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