The new movie, ONE: A Contemporary Journey Toward a Timeless Destiny, uses a list of deep questions for interviews with spiritual leaders from many diverse traditions and people on the street. But more than answers, ONE is an invitation to all viewers to enter into the questions themselves. www.OneTheMovie.org. See the movie – opening Jan. 6 at the Varsity Theater: Visit www.LandmarkTheatres.com – then come share in powerful dialogue.

Rich Henry is president of Unified Field Associates, a consulting firm that helps organizations get clear about what they want more of and how to get it. He is also president of the Board for Unity of Woodinville.

January 22  ANCIENT SOUNDS
Ancient Sounds

Jim Ayala is a Seattle poet-artist and a member of Seattle’s Poets West. He has been the featured poet at several venues in the greater Seattle area. Jim has been published in Belonging to Life, by Mary OMalley; Awaken Press, 2002.

"What is called Science and what is called Religion have frequently been perceived as incompatible. American culture resounds with the conflict between their adherents. Is there any way to resolve or dissolve this apparent incompatibility? Can a person be scientifically religious, or religiously scientific? Or is there another way, that is neither, and both?"

Ed Alden is a longtime Theosophist and member of the Seattle Lodge.
 

Saturday, February 11    Free Workshop ~ KEY TO THE WISDOM    10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Ed Abdill

According to the Adepts there is a key that leads to wisdom and freedom from human suffering. They claim that we can find that key if we are willing to live in harmony with certain universal principles that are the very basis of our own nature.

This course will help us to discover some of those principles within ourselves and our world. Evidence, rather than beliefs, will be presented for consideration, and an effort will be made to induce students to experience within themselves something of the Inner Reality that the Ageless Wisdom calls the immortal SELF.

Edward Abdill is a former director of the Theosophical Society in America, and past president of the Theosophical Society in New York City, where he teaches. He is author of the newly released Quest book, "The Secret Gateway: Modern Theosophy and the Ancient Wisdom Tradition".  He lectures throughout the United States and internationally.

February 12    THE STILL POINT BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL
Ed Abdill

Why are we frequently caught between the proverbial rock and hard place? Is there some perverse force in nature that prevents us from having a harmonious and happy life? As always, the theosophical philosophy points to universal principles for the solution. From night to day, death to life, female to male, and from good to evil, the principle of polarity is evident. Without it, the world would not exist. With it, we struggle for harmony. Yet, despite that fact, there is a point beyond the opposites that gives rise to a power that makes all things new, and it is accessible to each of us.
 

February 19    WORLD PREDICTIONS 2006 
James Kelleher

One of the country’s leading Vedic Astrologers, James Kelleher returns to share his insights on the economy, the war on terrorism, and earth changes. Jim will describe the coming changes in the USA and the world in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Previously Jim has made startling and accurate predictions, including the beginning of the Japanese recession, the date and place of the last big Los Angeles Earthquake, the rise in terrorist activity, the exact date of the beginning of the war in Iraq, the exact month of the capture of Saddam Hussein. He always brings a variety interesting charts of people and countries in the news, that all can understand. This, combined with James' understanding of the spiritual dimensions of each horoscope gives the listener astrological examples that they can relate to their own life.

An exploration, with full participation by those in attendance, of various images and metaphors for the spiritual path. How does each of us envision such a ‘path?’ How does our own metaphor affect the choices we make in our lives?

Helen Bee is a life-long (and 3rd generation) theosophist who has also been involved with Indralaya for most of her life. She is also a retired professor and text-book author on the subject of human development. A former member of the Seattle branch, she is an experienced lecturer and discussion leader.