Hi Bruce, et all,

Heartiest congratulations to you, Bruce, for your ongoing springing-up of your unique transformative strengths within you that are spear-headed in taking you towards "Oneness" with all that is through a combination of unique ways. From the list of the various movements that you have mentioned, people can pick up movements according to their own unique inclinations. The wonder being they all meet the same fine point at the same Source (that gives sustenance to the universe) from whom all things proceed and to whom all things return. This is the most sublime point of UNITY-Consciousness where there is full inter-connectivity and relativity of universal brother-hood/sister-hood spirit. To reach this point, my understanding so far tells me that Self-knowing of the following aspects is extremely important:

 1. Who am I (intrinsically)...Self-identity?

 2. What am I (made of what traits)?

3. Where am I in my relationships; with the Self, with the Universe and with the Source?

 4. What is my purpose of being here in this universe? And what am I doing in this context?

5. Where am I heading; how and when..etc? I further fully acknowledge that the combination of Mala-Hum-Unity understandings and practices are so very helpful in reaching where we individually and collectively wish to reach. In my humble understanding any such movement or movement of movements must be inspired to grow from the seeds that emerge from the TRUEST answers to the above fundamental ( but most important) questions that are intrinsic in nature.

Relevant to this realization, then we need to know individually and collectively:

 1. What is my/our Truest wish intention Now relevant to the above mentioned inquiries?

 2. Through the various ways that you have highlighted, am I/ We slowly, subtly and sublimely moving forward to fulfill that soul-inspired wish on an ongoing basis?

 3. Am I experiencing my intrinsic nature (of Truth/freedom, Awareness and Joyfulness) in all I do? Where the subject, the adverb and the object are authentic and are in sync with each other?

Bruce, these are my initial thoughts on this great inspiration of inspirations that you are radiating from your great sharing at UCS? Another piece of information that I might mention is that the timing is so right for such movements. As we are currently in the midst of the underlying currents that are inspired by the Nature to help us in such synchronicity and move further with the divine flow. This is so very uplifting to note that our relevant feelings-knowings as such are also being supported by astrological predictions.

 Comments if any?

 Keep up the good work you are doing, Bruce.

 With Love and Best Wishes........Ram ---

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009, in msg269091, Bruce Schuman wrote ---

I've been feeling the jolt of another creative surge, a further ripening of this harvest.  Just a few thoughts on this theme...

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On Hillary's island, they have unfolded this communal idea of "Mala"

http://www.samuimala.org/

If you have a minute, take a look at that website.  That's the spirit of community in a diverse context, done in a beautiful and very informed way.

One of many good pictures on that site is this:

Now, what is happening with me, as a continuing evolutionary process, is that it is starting to look to me like this HUM project -- is really the way to convene a "movement of movements".

You're heard about a "network of networks".  Well, this is a "movement of movements".

Some of those movements might include

• Humanistic and Depth (Jungian) Psychology
• Women's Spirituality and Circle Movement
• Interfaith
• Conscious Evolution
• New Age Spirituality
• Holistic/healing/health/organic movement
• Ecology and environmentalism
• Transpartisan politics
• New paradigm movement
• Oneness movement
• Integral movement
• Peace movement

This is a list of semi-independent cultural and evolutionary forces moving out there in the world as influences for the common good.

And I am seeing these movements somewhat like those beads on the Mala...

Indeed, all the people in any of these movements are also like those beads, strung together into a collective unity that does not compromise or interfere with individuality.

And what is the string that binds all these people together -- what is the string that could bind all these movements together?

It's HUM.

HUM -- is the axis of the world -- the universal common thread that interconnects all diversity and is the absolute foundation of human unity.

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