March14th Discussion

• • March 14th session
    We had a very lively discussion about the book ANATOMY OF THE SPIRIT!!!
    First of all we welcome our new member Varsha to The Broadmoor Book club. Our session was filled with lots of opinions and different point of view of the book. Like the author spoke about looking at the building on fire from different corners or angles, each one of us also had different interpretations of what we read.
    I was fascinated with Rachael, the 80 year old women in Alaska. I would definitely love to meet someone like her in my lifetime!!!Some points which stayed with me were:-
    • Intuition or symbolic sight is not a gift but a skill.
    • Our biography becomes our biology
    • Experiences carry emotional energy
    • Personal power is necessary for health
    • You alone can help yourself to heal
    • Look for happiness inside yourself,
    • external factors of happiness are short lived
    I also liked the comparison of the 7 chakras with the 7 sacraments.
    Seema liked the thought of the author teaching self-healing but pondered if it’s possible after reading the book. She also liked the simple truths which were:-
    • All circumstances can be changed in a moment.
    • Be constant: live what you believe
    • Change is constant. Go with the flow.
    • Never look at another person to make you happy. It is an internal, personal attitude and responsibility.
    • Life is essentially a learning experience.
    • Positive energy works more effectively than negative.
    • Live in the present moment and practice forgiveness
    Sneha liked many little details like not leaving any unfinished business, about the blanket on the wall and about the Athabascan spiritual traditions.
    Varsha and Sneha shared their similar interests in the movie Apocalypto.
    The movie is about the Mayan kingdom that faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472043/
    They also spoke about the book “The Alchemist”.
    The Alchemist is a novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1988. Originally written in Portuguese, it has been translated into 67 languages as of 2009. An allegorical novel, The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd named Santiago in his journey to Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding treasure there. This book is about intuitions. Good intuitions and bad intuitions.
    It was surprising that both of them felt that each time you read the book you find discover new dimensions to it.
    Gayathri shared her simplified idea of her principle of living.
    • Lead a truthful life
    • Share a smile
    • If you make a mistake it is going to be worrying you the most. Make it right immediately, instead of letting it pile on your consciousness
    • Don’t wait…..ask for forgiveness ,forgive others
    Nilakshi shared the reading genres:-
    Fictions
    • Fantasy
    • Mystery
    • Realistic fiction
    • Historical fiction
    • Traditional literature
    • Science Fiction
    • Classics
    Non-Fiction
    • Informational
    • Self help
    • Biography
    • Auto Biography
    Poetry
    There were disagreements, agreements……there was laughing …..Lots of laughing!!! But this difference of opinions made the session more interesting!!!
    See all of you next week Wednesday 03/21/2012, 6:30 pm@party hall.
    We each of us can share anything with the group.(book,article,poem,etc)
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    Apocalypto (2006)

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    Directed by Mel Gibson. With Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Trujillo, Dalia Hernández, Rudy Youngblood. As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fat...
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