Six days after the most intense storm ever recorded hit the coast of the Philippines, citizens and aid workers struggle to care for the living and bury the dead. Typhoon Haiyan, with winds exceeding 200 MPH has killed over 1,500 people and left thousands more homeless. Fortunately, the Philippine President, Benigno Aquino, recently lowered the estimated death toll by several thousand, but with power and communication knocked out in so many areas getting information out, or relief aid in, is very difficult.

Companies We Love: Socially Responsible Investing by Jurriann Kamp from The Intelligent Optimist at www.theoptimist.com. There’s a strange contradiction in the world of doing good. Nonprofit philanthropic foundations with large resources give grants and donations to support the common good in a variety of ways. But to maintain their resources, they invest in the stock exchange, which means their funds quite often contribute to the very problems the foundation is committed to solving. In a black-and-white summary: Nonprofits make bad money to give away good money–which kind of cancels out their positive impact.

Lilou’s Youtube videos (over 2,000 videos) document her participation in life on her world tour of interviews called the Juicy Living Tour and the 100-Day Reality Challenge , as well as features world famous authors, speakers, artists, entrepreneurs that Lilou qualifies as ‘Juicy’. These guests present their thoughts and message in a fun, educational and inspiring format. Her international guests includes Dr Wayne Dyer, Ram Dass, Neal Donald Walsch, Jack Canfield, Gary Zukav, Don Miguel Ruiz, Dr Joe Dispenza, Dr Carl Calleman, James Redfield, Lynne mcTaggart, Derek Mills, Caroline Myss, Barbara Marx Hubbard, John Gray, Sonia Choquette, Mooji, Marci Shimoff, Pr Bill Tiller, Foster Gamble, Dr Joan Borysenko, Dr John Demartini, Barbara Marx Hubbard… and more.

Intuitive Astrology Workshop — A one-day workshop with Victoria Libertore and Lisa Karmen on Sunday, November 17th, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Intuition explored through astrology, reincarnation and energy. Astrology is the study of cycles and timing; a science and an art that offers guidance, inspires consciousness and deepens self awareness. Consulting your astrological chart helps you learn to listen to your own rhythm and to trust your intuition to figure out the steps you can take to energize your personal and/or professional life.

This is a CD for those times when you just want to settle into the easy chair and take a little healing trip — Soul Reflections: Introspective Music for a New Age, Gene Krackehl’s 6th effort, is just the ticket for a do it yourself healing experience. Gene, already known as “The Amazing Healer” for his energetic healings, has outdone himself on this album. The tunes range from the angelic and peaceful to the uplifting ,almost jazzlike formulations that transport you out into space and then return you back again, safe and sound.

In Pre-Colonial days the native tribes of the Iroquois confederation lived all around Northeastern United States. The constitution of the United States was based on many of the premises stated in the Iroquois constitution. But they left out the great law of the Iroquois confederacy, which states that “ In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next 7 generations.” We are feeling the effects of that omission very strongly today.

Sound Healing Qi Gong with Mingtong Gu: Lessons 5 & 6 All of us here at Merlian News were deeply moved by the story of Lindy’s Transition, in the fifth section of the online course, “Sound Healing.” In the opening moments we learn that an active member of the community has died: “A treasured member of the Wisdom Healing Qigong community, Lindy Bianchi, died shortly before the Advancing Weekend Workshop…. Her journey of healing was woven into the fabric of our chi field, as is yours.” The resulting portion, part meditation and part prayer, resulted in a sensation of qi all around that was especially powerful.

Here’s an open secret about dreaming. It’s not fundamentally about sleeping. It’s really about waking up. In ancient Egypt, the word for dream, rswt, meant an “awakening.” Those Egyptians were onto something. For starters, dreams wake us up to what is going on inside our bodies and what we need to do to stay well or get well. Mary Agnes, a registered nurse in Baltimore, dreamed she traveled inside her body and found it was like a boiler room in danger of blowing up. Waking, she realized she had been given a tour of her digestive system. She went to a doctor and found she had an ulcer that needed treatment.

Traditional Chinese Medicine – A Priceless Treasure from www.chinesemedicinesampler.com Traditional Chinese medicine includes herbs, acupuncture, qi energy and physiology, oriental medicine, and more