This social group meets to discuss translation, interpretation, and linguistics in the Portland metro area. Professionals and enthusiasts can meet new people, share stories, and collaborate.
… My perspective is aligned with Kenneth Wapnick’s presentation and interpretation of the Course (he was a friend to Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford, during the completion period of the Course, and helped with them with the editing of the three volumes). The best way I can summarize what this group is about, is to say that my emphasis is on the gentleness of the Course’s approach, as in this quote, “Forgive is still and does nothing…It merely looks, and waits and judges not.” All this is with an …
… When we are able to see the story for what it is: that the story isn't real, not even in the slightest, that it is simply an interpretation of what took place in the past, then an awareness blossoms deep inside at first subtly and then more intensely. Now imagine connecting to that awareness of your full potential and realizing that life is only happening right now and not in the past, that the past is only an interpretation, and as you do, imagine an amazing expansiveness occurring in you right …
Everyone is equally entitled to the pursuit of happiness. Wasn't that once self evident? ~~~~~ A Libeqrat values LIBerty, EQuality and RATionality. Our meetups will encourage discussions among like minded, independent political thinkers to create a new political movement and party from the ground up. Libeqrats are simultaneously (1) Civil Libertarian; (2) Socially Progressive; (3) Fiscally Responsible; (4) Pro Science; (5) Electoral Reformers; and (6) Textualists. (1) CIVIL LIBERTA …
… To start with, this group will do nothing more than to meet in public places and have discussions about dreaming, dream interpretation, lucidity, astral projection and out of body experiences. We will share books, information, and ideas on the subject. This may be all that some of the members of this group ever do. However, as we get to know each other better, some of us may choose to have meditation or dream sessions together. Maybe we can have an observer watch while others fall asleep, …
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Medical Information Critical Appraisers Support MeetUp or CASM This MeetUp Group is being created to help fill the gap between scientific medical information and critical appraisers’ ability to evaluate, interpret and utilize that information. This is a new group and is, at this point, experimental in nature. This MeetUp is for professional critical appraisers of medical science for government, academia, health care providers and health plans. Because space is limited, members are expected to h …
"A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge." ...Carl Sagan What is this all about? It is about exploring 'spirituality' (meditation, life's big questions, etc.) without the belief in god(s) nor the supernatural. Is it possible to be "spiritual" while also rejecting everything supernatural? Le …
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