Hi Friends, There is a potpourri of viewpoints available to you this week on the Reconnections Site. As always, I am deeply grateful to those who donate to support this work, so we can keep the message moving around the world! You know who you are, and we salute you........personally and publically. http://www.reconnections.net/contributing.htm ******************************************** A new article: "Regarding Abortion" shares some impressions I had, following July 4th, concerning this highly controversial and important subject for our time. http://www.reconnections.net/regarding_abortion.htm Many have already sent in valuable input for ongoing discussion, some of which will probably appear in additional installments around this topic. ******************************************** THE DARK KNIGHT If you haven't seen this movie, by all means, DO!! It's a modern masterpiece. Here are some initial impressions I had, after seeing it the first time. The characters and plot open up so many important issues which I feel will generate deep and meaningful discussions for quite some time. This movie definitely qualifies as a "Dream of the Mass Mind" http://www.reconnections.net/dreams_mass_mind.htm http://www.reconnections.net/dark_knight_review.htm ******************************************** In this week's featured transmission, the Reconnections are speaking to us about "Disowned Human Needs"......in a passage from "Belief and Human Need." http://www.reconnections.net/belief_human_need.htm As the energy of the planet continues to rise, and disempowering restraint energies fall away, we will begin to notice RAW HUMAN NEEDS that have been denied---in some cases---since we were children. As one of my favorite authors put it so poignantly.......... "In this way......in increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us---not always in one momentous event but in a series of small robberies, which add up to the same loss." ~John Irving . ******************************************** There are also transmissions on "Releasing Responsibility" and an article called "Break Up to Wake Up" which provides some interesting insights about Marriage and Family during these highly charged and transitional times. This energy feels to be especially UP at this time. http://www.reconnections.net/index2.htm The "Basics of Oneness" Sector has been expanded and re-designed for a more user-friendly interface with these truths that make up one of the cornerstones of our work here. Enjoy. http://www.reconnections.net/oneness_index.htm ******************************************** On the Star Child Site, we have a nice collection of insights about Children of the New Earth, including a description of the various subsets for New Kids, called 'What's in a Name?"...........which also features my own rationale about what it means to be a "Star Child"........... http://www.reconnections.net/whats_in_name.htm Another featured article asks the question: "Do You Ever Feel Like an Alien in Your World?" http://www.reconnections.net/alien_world.htm And still another page deals with the role of Empathic Healing in the lives of New Kids and their families: http://www.reconnections.net/taking_over_the_family_business.htm Have a Wonderful Week. I'm off to celebrate another birthday (egads!) by grabbing some sun and surf! Yea! You'll hear from me again soon. Blessings, Daniel Jacob www.reconnections.net www.thestarchildren.com Need Resources to help you cope with life's sudden changes? Click link below: http://www.reconnections.net/resources.htm "Listening is an art not easily come by, but in it there is beauty and great understanding. We listen with the various depths of our being, but our listening is always with a preconception or from a particular point of view. We do not listen simply; there is always the intervening screen of our own thoughts, conclusions, and prejudices. To listen there must be an inward quietness, a freedom from the strain of acquiring, a relaxed attention. This alert yet passive state is able to hear what is beyond the verbal conclusion. Words confuse; they are only the outward means of communication; but to commune beyond the noise of words, there must be in listening, an alert passivity. Those who love may listen, but it is extremely rare to find a listener. Most of us are after results, achieving goals; we are forever overcoming and conquering, and so there is no listening. It is only in listening that one hears the song of the words. ~Jiddu Krishnamurti