Merlian News December 2015 Newsletter
Happy Holidays from everybody at Merlian News!
This Month’s Recommended Merlian News Articles:
The Great Mysteries: Believing, Knowing, & Proving
Growing up, I never thought twice about whether there was an afterlife, or if it was possible to see into the past or the future, or how one could see things and events at a remote distance. My mother was a psychic, as was her mother and her mother’s mother before her. I knew as a child that I had inherited the “second sight”…. As a result, when people asked me whether I believed in things such as life after death, the paranormal, distance healing, or the mind’s ability to affect matter, I would tell them, “I don’t believe it, I know it.”
Liminal Moments by Cheryl Shainmark
Zen and the Art of Home Buying
It used to be that buying a home – a house or condo – was one of the more fraught experiences we had as adults. People seem to move more frequently now, but I think for many of us it can still be stressful. It’s still one of the most expensive purchases many of us will ever make and, no matter how well researched, represents both a gamble… and a commitment. Most of us would be immobilized and still living in our first home if we really thought about it too much — so we do our due diligence and then take a deep breath, cross our fingers, and jump.
Environmental Awareness
Moving the Giants: A Film of One Man’s Inspired Quest to Save Ancient Trees
Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant for hard living, had a near-death experience. After this experience, angels let him know that the earth was in trouble. Its trees were dying, and without them, human life was in jeopardy. The solution, they told him, was to clone the champion trees of the world – the largest, the hardiest, the ones that had survived millennia and were most resilient to climate change – and create a kind of Noah’s ark of tree genetics…
Conscious Eating
Retailers say NO to GMO Salmon
Late last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved AquAdvantage salmon–the first edible genetically engineered animal to earn such an approval….But instead of U.S. retailers taking favorably to the historic news, more than 60 supermarket chains are refusing to sell it in their stores–Costco now included.
Books
Sidewalk Oracle by Robert Moss
Robert Moss’s books are always wonderful — full of mystery and creativity, magic and glimpses of other worlds. But his newest offering, Sidewalk Oracle, seems to be particularly joyful. Sub-titled “Playing with Signs, Symbols, and Synchronicity in Everyday Life,” the emphasis here is on the playing. Filled with enchanting stories, examples of synchronicity, and other “winks” from the universe, the author captures the joy and wonder of being attuned to a broader, deeper reality.
Science
Merlian News Podcast Interview with Dr. Ervin Laszlo
In this Podcast interview, Dr. Laszlo talks with Merryn Jose about the Akashic field, consciousness, holograms, time, The Club of Budapest and more.Prof. Dr. Ervin Laszlo, founder and President of the Club of Budapest, was one of the first representatives in the area of systems philosophy and general theory of evolution. He published nearly 70 books translated into as many as 18 languages. In the course of his long 
academic career as a professor forphilosophy, systems philosophy and future sciences, Dr. Laszlo worked in teaching and research at a variety of reputable universities in the US, Europe, and the Far East.
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Consciousness
Global Intention Event for Peace & Healing on December 21st
Energy Medicine Exchange, in cooperation with 10 Billion Beats, present “A Global Intention Event for Peace & Healing” on December 21st. What a way to celebrate the solstice! As it says on the poster: “The need is great, the tribe is large. This is an effort to positively affect the Earth and her inhabitants through the power of collective intention. Peace TO Earth and Goodwill ON Living kind.”
Thank you once more, for your positive feed back and support!
Merryn Jose – Editor In Chief & Publisher