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About This Candle Here's what it boils down to: I don't want to die stifled. I want to spend the rest of my years blooming into Divine fullness! Every day I try to stretch a little more into the vast unknown of my Self. Sometimes it's a great big blossoming stretch like making an important phone call or committing to something new. Sometimes it's as simple as smiling in the face of another's frown. Risks and fear go hand in hand, but we've gotta be careful not to let fear take the lead or we'll freeze. Georgia O'Keeffe said "I've been scared every day of my life, but that's never stopped me from doing everything I wanted to do." So take that risk. I dare you! —Carla Blazek, creator, zena moon |
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Last updated 4/6/2005
1. Stretching Lessons : The Daring that Starts from Within
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From Amazon.com: Like the delicate finger exercises that help pianists achieve great sonatas, Stretching Lessons reads like a series of contemplative exercises that help readers achieve great wisdom. Writing with utter humility and humanity, Sue Bender shares the private (and sometimes painful) life lessons that have helped her stretch into a bigger person. We read of Bender as a sixth-grade girl who didn't get chosen for the accelerated progress class, and how her body helped her find a face-saving solution. Sometimes her confessions are downright comforting, particularly since this author of Plain and Simple and Everyday Sacred lets us know that she still struggles with creating too much struggle:
I am wiser. And I am still struggling. I'm sixty-six years old and I want to learn about ease.
Consider this an in-and-out book, one that can
be opened to any page, where readers will find brief one-to-three-page essays
about stretching into one's biggest self, biggest dream, biggest life.
Although it's billed as a memoir, don't expect a tightly woven literary
narrative. Even so, the airy format with plenty of white space manages to
convey a strong sense of Bender's life and the common ground we all find in
her experiences.
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From Amazon.com: With The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history.
A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this ancient society who, in the moments before his death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his granddaughter, noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can untangle. The duo become both suspects and detectives searching for not only Neveu's grandfather's murderer but also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect. Mere steps ahead of the authorities and the deadly competition, the mystery leads Neveu and Langdon on a breathless flight through France, England, and history itself. Brown (Angels & Demons) has created a page-turning thriller that also provides an amazing interpretation of Western history. Brown's hero and heroine embark on a lofty and intriguing exploration of some of Western culture's greatest mysteries--from the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile to the secret of the Holy Grail. Though some will quibble with the veracity of Brown's conjectures, therein lies the fun. The Da Vinci Code is an enthralling read that provides rich food for thought.
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From Amazon.com: Oprah life makeover maven Cheryl Richardson wants you to start rocking the boat. Stand Up for Your Life urges readers to stop playing it safe by putting their needs and priorities aside. Her premise: by spending less time listening to others and more time strengthening your relationship with yourself, you can learn to govern your own life and influence others. A personal coach and the bestselling author of Take Time for Your Life, Richardson promises readers "self-honoring strategies to transform your fear and doubt into self-trust and power." Drawing on self-quizzes, examples from her coaching clients, and her own experiences, she explores key issues for developing this inner authority. The book focuses on creating boundaries, developing "courage muscles," resolving conflict phobia, clarifying purpose, honing self-discipline, stating intentions, and graceful truth-telling.
1. Arkansas
Traveler [Bonus Tracks]
Original Release Date: 2004
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Risky Business [SOUNDTRACK]
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1985 Virgin release, the soundtrack to director
Paul Brickman's
1983 comedy starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca
DeMornay, Joe Pantoliano and Bronson Pinchot. 11 tracks, including classics by
Bob Seger, Phil Collins, Muddy Waters, Prince, Journey, and Jeff Beck, plus
five unforgettable instrumental works by Tangerine Dream.
3.
The Passion of the Christ (Score) [SOUNDTRACK]
Original Release Date: 2004
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Mel Gibson staked $30 million and his superstar
reputation on this painstakingly bloody interpretation of the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ, all the while dodging charges of anti-Semitism
and fostering excruciating cinematic gore at the expense of Christ's message
(a notion that also begs some uncomfortable questions about this version's S&M
undertones). But because the film's dialog plays out in ancient authentic
language dialects, John Debney's musical score takes on an even more central
dramatic role. In some ways an unlikely choice as composer (having cut his
teeth on many a lightweight comedy and kidflick) Debney nonetheless rises to
the challenge, first conjuring up a synth-laden soundscape whose gothic
moodiness should be familiar to admirers of the work of Lisa Gerrard, then
seasoning it with indigenous instruments, booming percussion and ancient
modalities that give the score an almost palpable sense of time and place. As
did Jeff Danna on his earlier score for the gentler, de facto companion piece,
The Gospel of John, Debney eventually
gets 'round to genuflecting towards some Hollywood choral and melodic
traditions (the Gospels themselves having arguably helped lay the original
foundations for Tinseltown's venerable three-act structure), but there's
nothing cheap about his music of triumph and redemption, rooted as ever in
roiling currents of ancient spiritual mysticism. Gibson's vision of the
Passion has had many second-guessing his motivations and choices, but Debney's
rich, evocative score proves there's nothing wrong with his ears.
1.
Hotel Rwanda
(2005) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: Solidly
built around a subtle yet commanding performance by Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
emerged as one of the most highly-praised dramas of 2004. In a role that
demands his quietly riveting presence in nearly every scene, Cheadle plays
real-life hero Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in the Rwandan capital of
Kigali who in 1994 saved 1,200 Rwandan "guests" from certain death during the
genocidal clash between tribal Hutus, who slaughtered a million victims, and
the horrified Tutsis, who found safe haven or died. Giving his best
performance since his breakthrough role in
Devil in a Blue Dress, Cheadle plays
Rusesabagina as he really was during the ensuing chaos: "an expert in
situational ethics" (as described by critic Roger Ebert), doing what he
morally had to do, at great risk and potential sacrifice, with an
understanding that wartime negotiations are largely a game of subterfuge,
cooperation, and clever bribery. Aided by a United Nations official (Nick
Nolte), he worked a saintly miracle, and director Terry George (Some
Mother's Son) brings formidable social conscience to bear on a
true story you won't soon forget.
2.
School of Rock (Full Screen Edition)
(2003) ~ DVD
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Turbo-charged comic Jack Black
shakes
School of Rock
to its foundations, wailing with born-again metalhead passion as Dewey Finn, a
guitarist who gets kicked out of a band because he grandstands too much--or,
to put it another way, enjoys himself. Through an intercepted phone call, Finn
gets a job as a substitute teacher for a fifth grade class at a private grade
school. Neither students nor teacher quite know what to do with each other
until Finn discovers that some of his young charges can play instruments; at
once he starts turning them into a blistering rock & roll troupe that can
crush his former band at an upcoming competition.
School of Rock
is silly and formulaic, but director Richard Linklater (Dazed
and Confused), writer Mike White (The
Good Girl), and especially Black and co-star Joan Cusack invest
the formulas with such glee that the movie is irresistibly fun.
3.
Into the Arms of Strangers -
Stories of the Kindertransport
(2000) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: This Academy Award-winning
documentary (produced with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust
Museum) chronicles one of the lesser-known stories of the Holocaust: that of
the kindertransport, which saved the lives of 10,000 Jewish children. In the
late 1930s, England agreed to accept these children seeking refuge from Nazi
oppression. They were placed in foster homes and hostels. Narrated by Dame
Judi Dench and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris (who received an Oscar for
his 1997 Holocaust documentary
The Long Way Home), this devastating and
deeply moving film bears witness to the kindness of these "simply wonderful
people" and to the resilience of the kinder, now elderly, who recall in
haunting stories the unimaginable grief of being suddenly torn from their
parents, the trauma of not knowing whether they would ever see them again, and
the difficulties some faced in their new homes. Recalls one, "None of the
foster parents with whom I stayed could stand me for very long. But all of
them had the grace to take in a Jewish child." But despite having their youth
uprooted, many possess an indomitable spirit. One woman speaks of devoting her
adult life to human rights and social justice causes. "I can't pay back or
thank some of the people who helped me," she states, "But I can do something
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