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Ultimate Game Player Plays in Global Peace Project

Posted on April 2, 2009

Our wonderful TUG community member, Adele Good, has gotten involved with the Global Peace Project.  

 

Adele met Donna Collins and knew something was different about this person and the project.  Adele was open to what the universe was presenting her and listened.  Before she knew it, she was totally involved in the Peace Project - there is more to tell but right now we need to get the word out about the major event this Saturday - here is a copy of their press release.  

 

It is very exciting because Adele is working in all her environments with this project.....and Jim Bunch, the founder of The Ultimate Game will be Emceeing the whole day.

Michael Beckwith and Joe Vitale To Speak at Conscious Community Expo 

 

Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith and Joe Vitale, stars of "The Secret" and internationally renowned spiritual teachers, will headline the Conscious Community Expo and Concert on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at the Unity Church of Dallas, 6525 Forest Lane. The free event is from 10 AM to 6 PM and is open to the public. 

 

At 8 PM, a concert with The Luminaries will cap the day-long expo; concert tickets are $20 and will be available at the door. The April 4th event marks the 41stanniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. 

 

A highlight of the expo will be announcing the preliminary results of a unique ten-month long study on the effects of meditation, prayer and intentional consciousness on the rate of crime in the Metroplex. 

 

Since June 2008, The Association for Global New Thought (AGNT), its Gandhi King Chavez Season for Peace and Nonviolence Center, and the Dallas based Peace Project have been working with Dallas city leaders, interfaith organizations, schools and businesses. Results of the study will be measured by evaluating 911 emergency call data by Princeton University's PEAR Lab and be released in this fall.  

 

Over the course of the study, more than 500 individuals across the metroplex have been taught peace education skills in an effort to sustain good personal communication and peace keeping skills, according to Donna Collins, Founder of The Peace Project.   

 

For more information on the Conscious Community Expo and Concert, contact Donna Collins at 214-352-5005 or go to www.theglobalpeaceproject.com.

 

Posted by Saskia Feain Sassyword (Ultimate Game of Life Level 3 Player)

Happy Environments

Posted on March 5, 2009

"Nothing has any meaning except the meaning I give it" - what a powerful statement and a great tip for TUG (The Ultimate Game) players. 

 

We can easily be observers and forget to be participants.  Life can go by so easily and many of us in the game have learnt the benefits of participation in life.  We have learned that by participating, we can gain a lot more in terms of health, wealth and happiness.  However, every now and again we put a lot of meaning to how we have gathered those qualities to our life.

 

It can easily occur that we get upset or distracted from our vision or our goal and get bogged down in the 'meaning' of it all.  Perhaps the greatest insight into putting meaning on something is the tip of the day: Nothing has meaning except the meaning I give it.

 

In other words we can have our self talk be powerful and positive or we can have it be negative.  One moves us forward the other stagnates and limits us. 

 

Today's Ultimate Game Level 3 call affirmed the need to remember that we are the one that puts the meaning to it all.  Though this is something you have heard before, how great to be in an environment where you are safe to address concerns and issues.  Many TUG players have been at work in the area of their environments, whether it be cleaning out a closet, or reviewing friendships, or finding a career that they are passionate about!  This type of work stirs up reminders of our past and in doing so can halt us, so to be in a community that can give you access to true happiness is awesome.

 

Today was a great day   ..... And a great call.

 

Posted by Saskia Feain Sassyword (Ultimate Game of Life Level 3 Player)

Language is the Key to Happy Environments

Posted on March 2, 2009

Jim Bunch asked me to write a blog for The Ultimate Game on a regular basis.  Naturally I was delighted with the concept.  I've been writing a number of blogs for a number of years.  Before that I was writing articles about living in Hong Kong.  Jim knew that this was something that I would love to do.

 

Unfortunately the challenge he set me and the way I handled it I was like a deer stuck in headlights.  What could I possibly write about, what are tips that come out of Tug that could be of benefit to you the reader?  What am I doing that I've been taught that has made the difference to me?  Jim would say look at your memetics.  Why do I have the "stuck in the headlight action" running my environment?  Uncover this source and it will free me up.

 

I discovered I have that 'perfect gene' running a lot of what I do - so why do anything if it's not perfect right? This attitude can have you 'stuck'.

 

It's as if I just got it and when Jim said on one of the calls recently was "rather than be pushed or motivated....change your language and say:  Inspired and pulled". The language "motivate and push" is an adrenaline based energy where as the terms "inspired and pulled" is a cleaner source of energy.

 

Jim said "compare a gas powered car to an electric car".  A gas powered car is noisy and inefficient; an electric car is silent and smooth.  People are just used to running off adrenaline in their lives, when in fact, inspiration is a cleaner healthier source of energy.

 

Words can create friction.  If the memetics have friction built into them what is happening to the entire environment? 

 

The tip to happy environments is to always consider your language - are your words inspiring you and pulling you forward?

 

Posted by Saskia Feain Sassyword (Ultimate Game of Life Level 3 Player)