YES, Please do bring Finger Food such as:     Hors d'oeuvres / appetizer  kinds of foods --- dips, spreads (with crackers, etc.), stuffed mushrooms, stuffed balls,  sandwiches (one person used to make tuna sandwiches and cut them in quarters.  they were scarfed up immediately), empanadas, dumplings, sushi rolls,  fruit salads, cooked shrimp, bocconicis, etc.     We provide plates, forks, napkins, cups, beverages.

Featuring Toronto Dowsers Member Vendors:

Rob Jarvis  *  Tenzing Limbu  *  Nicola Lomangino  * Elaine Boothroyd  *  Kevin Byrne  *  Cherylin Gilad  *  Pierre Langlois  *  Anthony Olufeko  *  Puck!  *  Kathie & Shari Bridge  *  Maggie Robertson  *  Glenda Swanson  *  Stephanie & Glen Halina  *  Paula Mitchell   *  Tamara Penn  & Sheila Stene *  Joy Goch & Marilyn Horn  *   Lina Raz  *   Maggie Kambanis & Michael Moon  *   Marilyn Gang   *  Sher Smith  *   Shelley Dagorne  *  Debbie Purvis (Odyssey Books)  *  and... The  JAG ORMUS Group

Check out our GREAT Pictures from our last 5 annual socials:

 

Our SPECIAL GUESTS are non members of our group and who have been invited to add more...  FLAVORFUL    SPICE  TO   THE   NIGHT!   Let us welcome special guest Humesh Kapitan, from Narayani Homeopathy in Unionville, offers the remedies for Tooth Decay, Mouth and Gum healing  that work!  mentioned in the October 2007 newsletter.  He will bring those remedies, a few others and different cleansing kits, etc.   He will also be available for BRIEF personal consultations. *     *      *     *     *       * Let us welcome special guest The Reading and Study Group, from Kingston The Kingston area Health Pursuits Reading/Study Group, made up of very (chemically) sensitive people, and represented here by Gloria Alban of Toronto, has put together a kit comprised of vitamins that they test --- using smell --- to see if you need it, or do not.  This kit will be available and demonstrated by a Toronto area member of that group.  This is their means for detection.   It would be interesting if you would compare your dowsing detection with your smell detection.  Etc.   Extremely sensitive people, living in Kingston, would gather and study together for 6 years, solution seeking.  Diane Dawber read about Dr. Lendon Smith's research.  As a result, they put together a vitamin kit of "stand alone" vitamins.  You smell them and depending on how they smell to you, you will know if you need them, or if you do not. Gloria Alban will be demontrating this kit, with 40 vitamins, so you can find out what you need, or what you do not.  $2 will be asked for each person who wants to be tested.  This money goes to the Toronto Dowsers.  We now own this kit. [NOTE:  Similarly, from Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby, mentioned in the Dec 2007 newsletter:  He spoke about his work in environmental medicine-- some people, "human canaries," are much more sensitive to chemicals, which can make them ill. He suggested taking a "nose survey" in which a person goes through their home and removes unneeded items that exude a smell. The Doctor also touched on his involvement with energy medicine, using such approaches as vocal re-patterning and the SCENAR device to treat patients.] *     *      *     *     *       * Let us welcome special guest Mars Islamov    SHUNGITE, "Secret" Russian Stones.   Many of you said how much you really like them.  Come and find out why. My name is Mars Islamov and I would like to introduce my company Ambersoul, which is located in Toronto.    We offer a huge selection of products made from a natural mineral called SHUNGITE, which includes some unique items for healing & spiritual themes.   Such as:   Pyramids, harmonizers, cylinders and balls for massages.  Bracelets, pendants and protective anti-radiation shields for cell phones *     *      *     *     *       * Let us welcome special guest Katherine and Russ Loader, from  Power of Place,  Certified Feng Shui Consultants,  Feng Shui Home Stagers

The WEATHER NETWORK  offers a good prediction for that evening.

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YOUR   USED    BOOKS    TABLE BOOKS!  DO YOU HAVE BOOKS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SELL? ANGI VENNING has volunteered to manage a USED BOOKS FOR SALE TABLE. Bring in your used books for her to sell.  Endeavor to discern which books would be of interest to our members Ensure the price you want, your name is secured to the book Drop off the book  --- Maximum:  6 per person A buck or two will be added for the Toronto Dowsers Stop by the end of the evening to see what has not sold so you can take it home

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RAFFLE   /    DOOR   PRIZES A VENDOR DONATED RAFFLE  / DOOR PRIZE  IS BEING SET UP.   CHECK OUT THE  DISPLAY BOARD  SET   UP FOR THIS  TO SEE WHO  IS   DONATING   WHAT.   YOU CAN  GET   THE  TICKETS   FROM   EACH VENDOR  AT THEIR TABLE.   PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE A  SIGN   AT   THEIR   TABLE.

 Odyssey Book and Resource Center

The Odyssey Book and Resource Center,    in Ajax, founded and run by Debbie Purvis (905) 426-4823  is just 5 minutes from the Brock Road exit on the 401.    You will find a vast selection of  "New Age" books here, and, books that you have probably been looking for in other places and couldn't find.   Their high quality in depth and unusual selection will surprise you.  If you like books, give yourself at least an hour in this store --- wait --- there are two stores here! --- just for browsing.

You will also find jewelry, clothing, gifts, pendulums and some pretty decent dowsing rods!

Odyssey comes to many of our meetings to offer dowsing books and books of interest for sale to our group.  They will have a table at our social.

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TORONTO   DOWSERS  MEMBERS VENDORS

The Journey to Wild Divine is the first "inner-active" computer adventure that combines ancient breathing and meditation with modern biofeedback technology for total mind-body wellness.    Comes ready to play with three biofeedback finger sensors, the LightStone and USB cable. For both PC and Mac. Connects easily to your computer.  (Please purchase on the clickable link, above, so the Toronto Dowsers receives a bonus for each game sold.  If you order by phone, use Affiliate #1772.

I shall offer Tarot mini-readings, at a cost of $1.00 per minute and a length of 10 - 15 minutes, for the members and guests.

I read Tarot cards, and I also read Moon Oracle Cards, which are a new system of cards based on lunar astrology and goddess symbolism. These cards are read using a unique card spread designed especially for them. I have also studied, and done, readings using Tarot cards. If the idea of having a reading using either the Tarot or the Moon Oracle cards intrigues you, I can be reached at 416-686-9865.

Elaine is available for mini-readings (10 to 20 minutes) at parties, and is willing to travel to any parties within a reasonable distance. She is also available for full readings at your home, in the late afternoon or early evening.   Her fees are $1.00 a minute, for a reading. Until the end of February 2008, anyone coming for a reading will also receive a free mini-reading, to be redeemed within 6 months of the first reading.

  We are happy to introduce a new relaxation/sleep assistance device which involves light/frequency; we'll have Angel Fire alkalyzing water (www.angelfirewater.com); as well as DEALS!! on a few clearance items from our Advertising Company....Ladies down coats ($60)....leather Letts of London diaries...

  ~ And other information

  Kathie and Shari Bridge
  Mississauga

  Bridge to Natural Balance (905) 278-8574 - Specializing in Health Kinesiology  bridge2balance@rogers.com

      - AND -

  Bridge Promotional Advertising Inc. (905) 274-7242 -  Creative Advertising Solutions - bridgepromo@rogers.com

     - AND -

  Young Living Essential Oils (www.youngliving.org)
  Info on Healers Who Share (www.healerswhoshare.com) ~ David Alan Slater's remedies

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Samples, info and ordering info on:
   ~ Dr. Cass Imgram's products (North American Herb and Spice)
  ~  Canadian Forest Tree Essence : (www.essences.ca)
  ~ Pacific Essences (www.pacificessences.com)

[ mg note:  Kathie and Shari have pretty neat items for promoting your business.  This is a great time to have an informal chat with them. ]

We provide EMF in-home Inspection and Consulting services that are designed to help reduce one's in-home "man-made" EMF exposure using measurable scientific methods.

We also sell and support a line of proven EMF protection products including Graham-Stetzer filters, designed to reduce "biologically active" dirty electricity.

And we carry Microsurge meters, TriField meters and other EMF meters and detectors.

1 877 987-5185   www.emfsolutions.ca & www.dirtyelectricity.ca

• Various aromatherapy diffusers (mini portable, whole room with cool fan, whole room with cool mist, car type)
• Small artisan created glass jewellery vials to hold several drops of essential oils
• Chlorine and chemical blocking shower filter:  filter only or filter in shower head or filter in hand held unit Plus replacement filters for all these
• Coloured beeswax candles
• Cordless cell phone/portable phone headsets (reduce EMF exposure to head)
• Various colours of adjustable and stationary meditation/floor chairs(you sit on the floor, they support your back) - they're called Backpro.
• Nutritional supplements
• Information on my  healing work and nutritional consulting.
• Payment: Cash, Visa, Mastercard

For more information or to order products, contact:  health@wellspringholistics.ca  (647)-722-9355 or 1-866-803-9716

In the year I have been using StemEnhance, from StemTech HealthSciences Inc., I have been experiencing NOTICEABLE improvements in:   - Physical, mental, psychic and emotional energy.    - Memory, focus, concentration are MUCH improved   - Feelings of Stress, overwhelm and overload are greatly reduced   -  Easier to get up in the morning and DO STUFF!   - STAMINA!  --  Since I started taking StemEnhance, I have the stamina I had a couple of years ago and it is helping me to do the tasks for the Toronto Dowsers that I want to do.  - During long nighttime driving:  My eyes aren't tired and neither is the rest of me.  - Digestion, too, is better.  Sleep is more refreshing.  My hair feels better, I can see differences in my eyes and skin and folks have been commenting on it.  - Am making healthier food choices and my pants are looser.

This product is an extract from algae, a whole food and the source of all life.  StemEnhance is a  natural botanical extract.   It is the very first product on the market from a category called “stem cell enhancers”.

When you take two capsules, the ingredients help to support the release of stem cells from the bone marrow into the bloodstream.  Those stem cells then travel to areas of the body where they are most needed.

Adult stem cells are most abundantly found in bone marrow.  Stem cells circulate and function to replace dysfunctional cells.  StemEnhance supports the release of adult stem cells from bone marrow into circulation.

StemEnhance™ is a blend of two compounds extracted from algae. One extract, supports the release of stem cells from the bone marrow. The other extract, may support the migration of stem cells out of the blood into tissues.

 

BOUNCE YOUR WAY TO BETTER HEALTH! 

Cherylin Gilad, Certified  Reboundologist, will be demonstrating how to harness the physics of  vertical motion for expedited healing, strengthening, increased  metabolism, improved immune function and detoxification using the  therapeutic-grade NEEDAK Soft-Bounce rebounder.

Most people use their  rebounder for cardio or aerobic-type activity but that is not the  best way to achieve results. LESS IS MORE when it comes to  rebounding! I will teach you how to seamlessly incorporate rebounding  into your daily wellness routine so that even a person with an  impossible schedule can achieve maximum benefits for minimal effort.  I will offer the folding rebounder model for sale.

 

Our  product is the Amalaki from Zrii.   (Recommended by Dr. Depak Chopra). www.zrii.com Zrii is a wonderful Sanskrit word that means light, luster, splendor, and prosperity.   That definition also describes our organization, which is why Zrii is the perfect name for us. It is also the definition of what we do—we enable others to shine, to have prosperity, and to discover good fortune. Zrii is also the name of our nutritional drink supplement.

Stephanie and Glen will offer you:
-  Earth Eagle Products including their liquid Smudge and their wonderful high desert Sage
- Aroma Crystal Therapy's Gardener's Dream Cream (Aroma Crystal Therapy)
- Strauss Herb's Heart Drops
-  Himalayan Salt

Stirwands that rejuvenate water.

The Stir Wand is a pocket-sized innovative water technology to maximize your hydration potential and much more. The Stirwand uses the noninvasive resonance of naturally occurring high matrix minerals to get the most out of your water. The Stirwand is the size of a pen, lasts a lifetime, never wears out. Use this wand for great tasting, super hydrating, energized water for your family. Great for all of your pets' water, or watering wildlife and livestock.

My name is Mars Islamov and I would like to introduce my company Ambersoul, which is located in Toronto.    We offer a huge selection of products made from a natural mineral called SHUNGITE, which includes some unique items for healing & spiritual themes.   Such as:   Pyramids, harmonizers, cylinders and balls for massages.  Bracelets, pendants and protective anti-radiation shields for cell phones

Eight  Toronto Dowsers who took the November 2-3  ORMUS workshop got together to make ORMUS.   It takes awhile to perfect "the recipe".   Eight jars, representing 8 different "experiments", such as ingredients, methodology, timing, amount, etc., are here for you to test, through dowsing.   A more involved questionnaire shall be available for you to take home, and return with at the January 8, 2007 meeting.   The first 10 or 20???  people who turn in those completed questionnaires shall receive a gift -- if it is ready by that time.

Maggie will be presenting Biopro products designed for effective protection against Electromagnetic FIelds from all electrical equipment, but especially from cell and cordless phones as shown on   www.mybiopro.com/maggie1

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Maggie's son Michael Moon is an award wining international musician, composer and performer from Toronto. For the past 15 years he has specialized in the power sound has to heal and transform. From deep meditation and relaxation music designed to bring the listener into alpha (Above the sound of Gravity CD and Deep Peace CDs) and theta (Dance of the Deep CD and Surrender CDs) states, to inspiring heart songs and rock and roll that utilizes techniques of shamanism. Michael Moon's music crosses the boundaries between genres and worlds creating a tantric bridge between heaven and earth, a living temple of sound.

Michael Moon's music moves energy and can be used as a healing tool by itself or as the perfect accompaniment for healing sessions. The music is mystical and entheogenic in nature, gently altering the listener's consciousness, while entertaining, and has roots in shamanism, tantra, eastern mysticism, and the western mystery school traditions as well as modern techniques
of sound healing.

Michael's CDs are used widely by many different healing practitioners, yoga studios and individuals for meditation, massage, meditative movement, deep relaxation and gentle background sound designed to enhance positive energy. His CDs are designed to suit these various situations.

"The music is composed, performed and recorded by Michael Moon with a miscellany of instruments including vibraharp, hammered dulcimer, marimba, bells, crystals, guitar and percussion. No electronics, sequencers or synthesizers are used. The compelling sonic productions incorporate his unique methods of sonic therapy creating a mystical atmosphere in which healing is facilitated, while taking the listener on an entertaining and inspiring journey."  Michael has 2 new CD’s out this year Deep Peace and Surrender. Deep Peace is a sonic journey through the 4 elements and the 7 chackras balancing the energetic systems of the body and realigning the energy field with the grounding and healing vibration of the earth. Deep Peace comes with a DVD of stunning nature images that echo the music and create an amazing meditation tool. Surrender is a CD devoted to the element water and all it’s cleansing clearing and carrier properties. It is perfect for healing work and is getting great reviews as a sleep aid even for difficult babies, who ‘can’t sleep’. Find out more about Michael, his music and Sound Healing at:  /www.thetempleofsound.com/

Pierre Langlois

     Owner of PURE relaxation,  Pierre Langlois offers Seated Massage, Aromatherapy Massage, Reiki Sessions and produces his very own line of therapeutic Aromatherapy products.

  Treat yourself to an rejuvenating, on site seated massage session.
  Sample one of our nourishing, all natural plant-based skin care products.
  Gift certificates also available.

  Toronto Dowsers Social special offer:
  $5.00 off Calendula Hand Cream
  Reg. $15.00. Sale price $10 (60ml jar)

  For more information please contact:  pierre.langlois@rogers.com    289-314-0400

  SCENT ADVISORY:
  My aromatherapy products are made from the highest quality hydrosols and therapeutic grade essential oils.   To respect  sensitivities to smells, the lids will remain closed this evening, unless you would like to sample some of my product

Singing Bowls, Nepali natural soaps, CD's, handicrafts and  incense.   Super Select and Master Quality Bon  Singing Bowls. (see more info at the bottom.)  See them  ON THE STAGE!

Sweet sweet SWEET!   Beekeeper Paula Mitchell will bring farm fresh raw honey and some other related products!

Anthony Olufeko

Years ago Anthony found " IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH" THE GRAIL MESSAGE.   This is not a religion or group, but a work that explain creation as a whole for those striving for spiritual consciousness and he would like to share this message with us.   grailnet.org The Grail Message of Abd-ru-shin mediates the knowledge of the upbuilding of Creation.  It explains the connections without a gap, and gives a complete survey of all the activity in Creation.  - it is irrespective of creed, nationality or race, because it is he alone who has to bear the responsibility for everything he thinks and does.     - it shows him the way he has to follow in order to find true happiness  The root of all evil, of present and past afflictions and distress, lies only with the individual human being. If he turns earnestly towards the good, everything else also becomes good.  Detailed explanations are given as to what the free will of man, intellect and intuitive perception, soul and spirit signify, their tasks and their relation to each other, really are The three great Laws of Creation - the Law of Reciprocal Action (the Law of Sowing and Reaping), the Law of the Attraction of Homogeneous Species, and the Law of Gravitation - are explained   We learn that the Law of Sowing and Reaping applies not only to the earthly seed, but also to man's actions and thoughts, which through the working of the incorruptible Laws of Creation ripen into fruits, corresponding exactly to good or evil volition, of which man alone must taste. Thoughts, intuitive perceptions and deeds are very effective forms or "works" (that remain connected with their author until he severs himself from them. They form his "fate", and some times he is struck by "blows of fate" which he cannot account for, although the cause of these was given by him in former earth-lives.  It is repeatedly emphasized in the Grail Message how important to man is the knowledge of the Laws of Creation, for the very reason that his spirit possesses the ability to recognize the Will of God in these Laws.

Singing Bowls, Nepali natural soaps, CD's, handicrafts and  incense.   Super Select and Master Quality Bon  Singing Bowls. (see more info at the bottom.)  See them  ON THE STAGE!

My baby is the SCIO Quantum Biofeedback system. The SCIO (formerly  QXCI) scans your body like Norton Anti-Virus, seeking out information  about minerals, vitamins, parasites, emotions. Then, like a Toronto Dowser,  it balances, neutralizes, energizes as needed.  This system offers knowledge, and knowledge is power!

Grounding through  minerals.  First, a ten minute SCIO mineral analysis, , then the WaterOz ionized  minerals like magnesium, iodine, chromium, potassium and all the others our bodies are craving.

The products are at a Dowsers' Discount of 30%.  The distributor, Mila  Klein, has offered to attend and help out at the social. Mila studied with  Hulda Ruetger Clark, the parasite queen and brings a wealth of information from her PhD thesis on Minerals.

1.       I will have my MRS 2000+ mat for people to have 8 minute treatments.  This MRS 2000+ design from MediConsult  is a Magnetic Resonance Stimulation mat is a  State-of-the- Art low pulsating Magnetic system. It reminds the cells of the body what good health is.

2.       On the side, I will have COMIC COOKIES, I am famous for these wonderful cookies. The have been named COMIC COOKIES - because they have a taste that is out of this world  AND they are "healthy".

TAMARA'S  COSMIC   COOKIES are:    wheat free   *    dairy free    *    egg free
TAMARA'S  COSMIC   COOKIES contain:
     Organic maple syrup
    Almonds + other good ingredients (oat & barley flour, cinnamon, sunflower oil, some have ginger and others have cranberries)

3.      "HEAVEN ON EARTH" CDs with THE best affirmations available on the market to day - it covers everything you could think of with lots of forgiveness and gratitude included

I will also have the CD I produced "HEAVEN ON EARTH"  they usually sell for $25 + however, for this membership they will be net $20

Toronto Dowsing Detective  Maggie Robertson will have a table, utilizing different dowsing methods, including Dr. Ibrahim Karim's BioGeometry Ruler,  to help you help yourself determine what may be beneficial for you, or not, and how much.  So if you have any supplements, items, etc., that you are curious about and would like help with, bring them to Maggie!

Maggie comes prepared with Charts, and copies of the compatibility sheet.

Come Check out  Sher Smith  and www.Realizing Your Potential.ca Sher will have a table for information about her company, Realizing Your Potential, Polarity Therapy, to discuss their courses and offer literature. She will also have energy charts, cards and oils available for sale.

    AND!
* Info on our courses such as Polarity Therapy, Brain Gym, Touch For  Health and More.
* Info about a day with Paul Dennison Phd, Mar. 15/08, founder of Brain Gym, open to all
* Various charts on energy & the Chakras will be available, also card sets
* Ionic Toothbrushes - plaque reducing and toothpaste free

          There are a large variety of sprout growers advertised throughout the world, however,  Tony's invention is the simplest and easiest to use. The development of this device makes growing sprouts as simple as pouring a glass of water. It may be used on your kitchen counter, either in the dark or in indirect sunlight. By using fresh clean cool water, you may produce your own "sprout garden" and be harvesting from it within two days.
          Seeds and beans have been found in tombs in Egypt over 2 to 3 thousand years old.  They may be frozen and thawed innumerable times and still be used to sprout a new plant.
         Organic Mung Beans, for example, can cost you around $3.00 per month at year 2007 prices which can supply you with concentrated nutrition to help keep you healthy. Just add water.
         Sprouting has been important over our history----for example: the Russian armies lived on sprouts from the seeds that they carried with them into the wars. If, in the future, our food supply is interrupted for any reason, having a supply of seeds and beans on hand could help sustain an individual for a great length of time. The cost is so low that even the very poorest of all peoples in any country can afford the food.  Raw sprouts, which are the baby of the plant, provide vitamins, live enzymes, protein and most minerals known to us and in a concentrated form. We can be grateful that God has provided for us.

Taste some mung bean sprouts at my table.   -    +     Glenda Swanson at 905-681-6908
Check out the website -- www.sproutgrowers.com -    +   Questions?  eMail at Tony@SproutGrowers.com.

THIS IS A SOCIAL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.



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TORONTO DOWSERS WILL HAVE FOR YOU:

• PENDULUMS:   MAUREY PENDULUMS
• BOBBERS
• L  Rods
• BOOKS:   by:  ROBERT GILBERT,  JOEY KORN,  MARY HARDY, WALTER RUSSELL,  SLIM SPURLING, ELLIE DREW
• The TORONTO DOWSERS & CHARLES HUBBARD'S:  BioDynamics & DOWSING  book
• CDs:    LOTS OF CDs!
• DVD:   IBRAHIM KARIM
• WILD DIVINE
• Newsletters

BOWLS!  SINGING BOWLS!   BON SINGING BOWLS!

 A  "funny" thing happened about our Manifesting concept --- remember Puck?   Puck and Phillip Bowman were the greatest help to us during our first 3 years.   Puck moved into Toronto and working with the owner of Nepal Handicrafts, is organizing the Toronto Singing Bowl Circle -- whose members are, naturally, Toronto Dowsers!

   Puck, Jesse, Vern and their families of 31 singing bowls have been invited to accompany our evening and will be creating whatever harmony the bowls decide will be appropriate for the evening.

   Puck tells us the Bön Singing Bowls predate the Tibetans by a few thousand years.   There are 9 principles of enlightenment within the Bön way of being and that the 7th is Sound.   These bowls range from 2 1/2" in diameter to bowls you need to walk around.

How does this relate to our Manifesting?     When I asked him what is their purpose    Puck replied:   These bowls offer a facilitation towards manifestation.  !!! See the bottom of this page for an Appendix containing all sorts of info on the Bön Singing Bowls

 FOOD!   EVERYONE!

The FOOD TABLE is set up the entire evening. We usually have 3 or 4  FOOD TABLES  LOADED with lovely treats.  PLEASE DO BRING the finger food munchies you would like to share with us.

Our (mostly) monthly meetings feature speaker presentations.  And yet, we have a tremendous amount of talent, wisdom, experience and more in dowsing, energy work, healing on physical and non physical levels, teaching, astrology, earth energies, horticulture, musicology, cosmologies, cross cultural. cross dimensional knowledges,  etc.

   Because we have a lot of smart, creative, educated, multi faceted and capable people in many areas, many have their own businesses, products and services.

    You need the chance --- the stage --- to strut your stuff --- so we know more of who you are, what you do.

   The Toronto Dowsers Annual Networking Social is the opportunity that has been created for you to let others know more about you, what you like, what you teach, what you offer, what you make, what you sell.  And the opportunity for others to find out more about you.

    Paid up members in good standing are eligible for a table at this event.

    Your table could offer products for sale that you represent or that you create.   It could have material for a school you own.  You could have a table because you want to tell people about your new uncovery or your reflexology or radionics practice or do henna tatoos or palm readings or offer samples of your kombucha tea or you make and sell teas, shampoos, essential oils, pottery, etc. etc. etc.  It's you sharing that part of yourself you want to share with the rest of us.

   You also bring food.  You don't have to do that, but you want to --- because we have LOTS of really delicious food at this event.   We have munchies --- contributed by you as usual --- more than just after the meeting --- its ... all....night....long....  So BRING IT ON DOWNNNN!

   This is the night, truth be it known, that Toronto Dowsers do what we do best:   Talk   Eat  &  Shop.

   Every year we hear how you have met people you have not seen in years.

  And no, this is not a religious event.  Its a time of year people like to be social, many of you may not necessarily attend a Chanukah party and I  did tell my rabbi that I have no interest in organizing a christmas party.

   Fr events like this one, although you may not *think* you are interested in attending for any of the obvious reasons, it is most important to go --- to meet someone who will be important to you.   You might find out that for you:  "It's not what I do, its who I do it with."

   Ensure you bring an appetite, your joie de vivre, business cards and money to buy stuff.  Support your local Toronto Dowser.

    Or, do come on down, December 12th.   Bring a good friend.  Show your friend Your group, the group you are part of and has changed because your energy is now part of the chemistry of the group.

HAVE A GREAT TIME!
MAKE AN EXCELLENT NIGHT!
MAKE  AT LEAST ONE NEW FRIEND!
LEARN AT LEAST ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU!
BE THE DIFFERENCE FOR AN EXCELLENT NIGHT FOR ANOTHER PERSON!
SEE   YOU   REAL  SOON!

      Our (mostly) monthly meetings feature speaker presentations.  And yet, we have a tremendous amount of talent, wisdom, experience and more in dowsing, energy work, healing on physical and non physical levels, teaching, astrology, earth energies, horticulture, musicology, cosmologies, cross cultural. cross dimensional knowledges,  etc.

   Because we have a lot of smart, creative, educated, multi faceted and capable people in many areas, many have their own businesses, products and services.

    You (members) need the chance --- the stage --- to strut your stuff --- so we know more of who you are, what you do.

      December  and June seem to be the 2 times of the year when people are planning holiday trips and events and less inclined to want to sit and listen to a speaker.   Attention is paid to those energies which is why the months of  June  (and January, because of December) we schedule less formal meetings.
       Because the dark time of the year (in this hemisphere) has become associated with festive spiritual and religious activities, we ride this energy wave and  help make our December event a festive one.

   The Annual Networking Social is the opportunity that has been created for you to let others know more about you, what you like, what you teach, what you offer, what you make, what you sell.  And the opportunity for others to find out more about you.

    Paid up members in good standing are eligible for a table at this event.

    Your table could offer products for sale that you represent or that you create.   It could have material for a school you own.  You could have a table because you want to tell people about your new uncovery or your reflexology or radionics practice or do henna tatoos or palm readings or offer samples of your kombucha tea or you make and sell teas, shampoos, essential oils, pottery, etc. etc. etc.  It's you sharing that part of yourself you want to share with the rest of us.

    Because we have grown, in the past few years we have more requests for tables than we have room for them (we have room for about 30).   So some of us dowse to see which requests are for the highest good of all.  Not being chosen does not mean you are not good for us.  One year someone was not de-selected through our dowsing and as it turned out --- she had products for sale, but the previous week she was in another show and sold out!  The dowsing knows!

    Its a good chance to do some low key advertising.

   Go to:
December 11th, 2002 |  December 9th, 2003  |  December 14, 2004   December 13, 2005 | December 12, 2006

  and see what was set up for the events of the last few years.

    You also bring food.  You don't have to do that, but you want to --- because we have LOTS of really delicious food at this event.   We have munchies --- contributed by you as usual --- more than just after the meeting --- its ... all....night....long....  So BRING IT ON DOWNNNN!

   This is the night, truth be it known, that Toronto Dowsers do what we do best:   Talk   Eat  &  Shop.

   Every year we hear how you have met people you have not seen in years.

  And no, this is not a religious event.    Its a time of year people like to be social, many of you may not necessarily attend a Chanukah party and I  did  promise my rabbi that, no,   I have no interest in organizing a christmas party.

   So if you would like a table, please read the description in the Oct or Nov newsletter, follow it, and get a request to me for a table, according to the instructions.   Some table items work better than others.  If you have a question about what you would like to offer, or HOW:  ASK!

    I have found that for events like this one, although I may not *think* I am interested in attending for any of the obvious reasons, it is most important to go --- to meet someone who will be important to me.   You might find out that for you, like for me:  "It's not what I do, its who I do it with."

   Ensure you bring an appetite, your joie de vivre, business cards and money to buy stuff.  Support your local Toronto Dowser.

   Send in a request for a table.
   Or, do come on down.   Bring a good friend.  Show your friend Your group, the group you are part of and has changed because your energy is now part of the chemistry of the group.

  okay?  THANK YOU!

Used in Meditation, these unique instruments can cause the listener to experience different mood changes depending on the Master playing them. The actual name is called BON and this means container. Indeed it is also used as a vessel for eating and drinking.

(1)
http://www.soul-guidance.com/sbbook/sb02.htm
Long hidden from most of the world, we now know these particular sound making bowls have existed for at least 4000 years. Evidence is found in the excavation (1938) of an old Bon temple dated at 2400 BC, in which two Singing Bowls were discovered. A spiritual advisor of the Dalai Lama traced the singing bowls back to a primitive and animistic sect related to the indigenous people of Nepal that was dedicated to fire worship. From there the bowls were carried across the silk route, and found their way into Tibet. The true origin of singing bowls remains uncertain, but use by the Bonpo practitioners of the Bon religion clearly implies ancient links.

The Lamas who used the bowls were masters of sound. They used them in secret and kept them exclusively for themselves; never mentioning the rituals or the bowls. In shamanic circles all knowledge about the power of sound, including the light beings painted by Joska Soos, has been carefully kept secret. Initiation in sound is the highest level of initiation; sound is such a powerful force. In religious and shamanic practices the use of sound is ancient and primal. All world traditions express the most fundamental energy underlying the manifestation of the universe in terms of sound. In the physical world humans participate in the expression of this fundamental energy with the use of their voice and musical instruments. Singing bowls have survived thousands of years as shamanic instruments, affirming their effectiveness in shamanic work.

Singing bowls are not just musical, sound producing objects. Sacred shamanic instruments, they have been crafted to effectively bring a hypnotic state of consciousness, a trance which opens the door to the inner world quickly and swiftly. At the same time they help restructure disharmonies on the non-physical causal level, promoting healing on the physical plane.

(2)
http://www.frankperry.co.uk/Tibetan%20Bowls.htm
There are still many Bon-po (adherents of Bon), especially in the east of Tibet. Bon is usually considered as the ensemble of pre-Buddhist beliefs of the Tibetans and it embodies a vast mass of ritual practices bearing on exorcism, divination  and the appeasement of wrathful divinities as well as elaborate teachings guiding the individual to full spiritual realisation.  That places Bon among the great mystico-philosophical systems of the world, despite the relatively small number of its adherents.

(3)
http://bonpo.net/deities.html
 Tonpa Shenrab, the Completely Enlightened One
Tonpa Shenrab, the founder of the Yung Drung Bön religion, was born in 16,017 BC, in the land of Omolungring. Tonpa Shenrab appeared initially as an ordinary man. Before he attained enlightenment (Buddhahood), he went through the six realms of cyclic existence in countless births. He entered the door of enlightenment through the practices of accumulating merit and purifying himself, resulting in the attainment of the transcendental qualities of loving kindness and compassion. He is superior among all the exalted enlightened beings and is dedicated to the liberation of all sentient beings. In order to rescue them, he turned the Dharma Wheel of Bön three times as an antidote to all suffering.

According to tradition, bowls are made from seven metals: one metal for each planet.

• Gold – sun
• Silver – moon
• Mercury – Mercury
• Copper – Venus
• Iron – Mars
• Tin – Jupiter
• Lead – Saturn

These metals combined produce an individual sound as each bowl is hand made. The harmonies of all the metals produce subtle distinctions creating a sensation of great space and profound peace. May the sound of this bowl bring you good health and long life.