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Hanny Freiwat

 

David Lipschutz

 

Michael Perry and Heidi Lindemann

 

Rabbi Berg

 

John Conley

 

Ed Smith

 

Todd Michael

 

Harry MacCormack

 

Lundup Chodun

 

Aramaic Biblical Scholar and Lecturer Hanny Freiwat carries us back almost two thousand years and provides a clear perspective of Jesus in the light of his own language, culture and times. 

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David Lipschutz (Swami Enoch Dasa Giri) is an inspirational teacher who shares the living tradition of yoga with warmth, humor and sincerity. He is a direct disciple of Goswami Kriyananda who carries the flame of the Kriya lineage brought to this country by Paramahansa Yogananada.

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Swami Jyotir Vakyananda  (Michael Perry) and Swami Abhipadananda (Heidi Lindemann) combine an amazing breadth of knowledge about different religious, mystical and mythical traditions with a flair for storytelling, that makes their lectures and stories a truly enriching and inspiring experience.

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Rabbi Berg previously served as the associate rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel and the first rabbi of Havurah Shalom, both in Portland. Rabbi Berg is a partner in the HUC-JIR Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health and serves on the advisory board of the Guthrie Center in Housatonic, Massachusetts. He is a past chairman and co-founder of the URJ Kallot. He has also served as the Jewish Chaplain at the Oregon State Penitentiary. Rabbi Berg was ordained at the Hebrew Union College.

John Conley - Kirtan

I stole this biography from my book, "Letters to My Friends: A No Guarantees Guide to Awakening." I was raised in a small Oregon logging town where fighting, drinking, and God were the main entertainment. I had my first introduction to fighting and God in Sunday school. Drinking came later. Ever since those Sunday school days, I have argued endlessly with myself about what God is. And when I get tired of arguing with myself, I argue with God.
I had a somewhat nomadic life... throughout..., I meditated. And I continued to argue with God. Now I, not God, think I have something worthwhile to share about meditation, life, and how to be, if not happy, less miserable. Do I? Maybe, maybe not, you be the judge.

Edward Smith is a Gnostic priest here is Portland, Oregon.  He speaks of Gnosticism as the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing.

Whereas Judaism and Christianity, and almost all pagan systems, hold that the soul attains its proper end by faith and works, it is markedly peculiar to Gnosticism that it places the salvation of the soul merely in the possession of a quasi-intuitive knowledge of the mysteries of the universe and of magic formulae indicative of that knowledge.

Todd Michael was an emergency room physician and author of several books, including The Evolution Angel: An Emergency Physician's Lessons with Death and the Divine.  His experience with dying patients and the angels that are sent to help guide them on their journey offers answers to those most poignant of questions: What is the purpose of life and what happens to the soul after we die?

Visit his blog here: drtoddmichael.net

Harry MacCormack is an activist, poet, writer, owner of Sunbow Farm and founding member of Oregon Tilth. Harry was fortunate to have spent years being taught by Native Americans and earned the honor of helping to write the groundbreaking native American book, Seven Arrows by Hymeneyohsts Storm.  He has integrated these teachings into every facet of his life.

Lhundup Chodon has been a student and teacher of Buddha Dharma for several years. Her Teacher, Geshe Lhundup Sopa is the resident Teacher at Deer Park Madison, WI. Geshe Sopa is a highly renowned Tibetan scholar and Mahayana teacher. Chodon always remembers the kindness of all her teachers, especially Geshe Sopa.

Chodon combines her studies with her personal experience. Putting Buddha's teachings into practice in her daily life is her source of many humorous and heart felt stories and examples. Her teachings come from her heart. Her wish is to be of benefit to all who wish to listen and practice these precious teachings.

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