By Stephen Dinan, founder and CEO of The Shift Network

Listen… do you hear it?

The world is calling you to evolve into your deepest, truest state of self-actualization, to step into your true power and connect with a global wave of transformation…

As a fellow visionary in these perilous times, your contribution is vital to solving the most pressing problems of our day.

If you’re ready to activate the next level of your power, join us for the Visionaries Global Summit, a free online event taking place December 3-5. Over three life-changing days, you’ll be inspired to to wake up, tap into your authentic power, and act on our shared vision of possibility and purpose.

This one-of-a-kind summit gathers dynamic and diverse spiritual teachers, socially conscious leaders, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, artists, activists, and innovators to share their own stories of transformation.

You’ll have free access to two dozen video presentations from visionary speakers, including Michael Bernard Beckwith, Marianne Williamson, Sister Jenna, Matthew Fox, Dereca Blackmon, David Gershon, Jeffrey M. Smith, Amandine Roche, and many others.

They’ve gathered to reveal their techniques for staying in your power in the face of opposition, protecting your hope in a time of fear, and thriving in a time of uncertainty.

To register for this free summit, click here — and discover how to courageously embrace your calling and equip yourself with the skills you need to help transform our world.

EDITOR’S NOTE: “The Master Key” by Robert Peng, a featured speaker in The Shift Network’s 2019 Qigong Global Summit, is one of the most profoundly important books I’ve ever read. I can say that it’s life-changing with complete confidence, because it changed my life before I even finished reading it. I was so impressed with this book that we are serializing the section called “One Hundred Days of Darkness and Light” in future issues of Catalyst. You can read the third installment (as well as the previous ones) here.
— Phil Bolsta

The Shift Network is happy to support the Global Silent Minute. See below for more information on this transformational event.

The two stories in this issue’s “The Nicest Thing” section come from a featured speaker in the Visionaries Global Summit — Sister Jenna, the founder and director of the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museums in Maryland and Virginia, and the host of the America Meditating radio show.

You’ll also hear from wind whistler and soul coach Renee Baribeau, whose new 7-week live video training, Become a Wind Alchemist: Find Your Magnetic North With Timebending Practices & Wind Spirits, begins Wednesday, December 11.

Finally, we’d love to hear your answer to the question, Why do you feel that peace-related events like the Global Silent Minute are so important? To share your thoughts in our Facebook Page community, click here.

We can live our lives either acting out of circumstances or acting out of a vision.
— Werner Erhard

Invitation to the Visionaries Global Summit
From Stephen Dinan, founder and CEO of The Shift Network

To watch this 27-second video, click here.

To register for this free summit, click here.

YOUR Circle of Gratitude Collection: 2 On-Demand Courses + 1 Summit

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The Fierce Wisdom of Thomas Aquinas
By Matthew Fox (a featured speaker in the Visionaries Global Summit)

I am currently completing a short book on St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) called The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times. You might ask me: What does this have to do with Climate Change? Sacred Activism? The Extinction Rebellion? Or the demise of democracy? 

I reply: Everything. For it has to do with deepening our spirituality today for the challenges that beset us. The deeper that humanity digs itself into a hole, the more we need wisdom to escape that hole. And wisdom often comes from our ancestors. 

To read more, click here.

Peace on Earth by 2030: A Game to Change the World
By David Gershon (a featured speaker in the Visionaries Global Summit)

In 1986 at the height of the cold war, a torch of peace was passed around the world. The First Earth Run, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund, directly engaged 25 million people and 45 heads-of-state in 62 countries. Twenty percent of the planet — a billion people — watched the torch circumnavigate the globe via the media. For 86 days, wherever the Torch of Peace went, all wars stopped and the world was united as one.

To read more, click here.

Digital Dialogue Reflections: Technology and Relationships
By Joan Blades (a featured speaker in the Visionaries Global Summit)

“What is a parent to do?” Many parents are banding together to put off what seems to be the inevitable acquisition of smart phones, limiting screen time, navigating with their kids how to optimize their use of technology. And then there are the young children. What is best for them? No screen time? Occasional screen time so parents can have a break? Or more?

To read more, click here.

The History of the Global Silent Minute

The Silent Minute was born from a conversation between two soldiers on the eve of a battle in the mountains around Jerusalem in the First World War. One knew he would not survive the war and prophesied the coming of an even greater conflict that would be fought out in every continent via ocean and air. He urged his comrade to provide an opportunity for him, and millions like him, to assist from the “other side.” He said, “Lend us a moment… each day and through your Silence gives us an opportunity. The power of Silence is greater than you know.” 

The Silent Minute was instituted by his comrade, Major Tudor Pole O.B.E., during the London Blitz in 1940 as a moment to enter into Silence and to provide a portal for cooperation with an “unseen but mighty army” in the subtle realms.

To read more, click here.

Be The Revolution
By Jay Ponti

How did we get to this place? The human race is on the verge of extinction. Our country may be on the verge of civil war.

To understand this, let’s look at Bob’s story…

To read more, click here.

Robert Thurman and Matthew Fox: Cultivating Peace in Difficult Times
3-Part Video Series

In this historic discussion, Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman and Christian theologian Rev. Matthew Fox examine the difficulties of our and offer thoughtful and sometimes humorous ways of cultivating peace individually and collectively. In this segment, Robert and Matthew talk about what led them to their respective spiritual paths and how they have navigated the obstacles along the way. 

Robert Thurman is the co-founder of Tibet House U.S., a bestselling author, and the first Westerner to be ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Tibetan Buddhism tradition. Matthew Fox, a featured speaker in the Visionaries Global Summit, is an expert on Christian mysticism and Creation Spirituality, and the bestselling author of The Coming of the Cosmic Christ.

Watch this 3-part video series here:
Video #1     Video #2     Video #3

Spiritual Activism
Talk by Rev. Dereca Blackmon (a featured speaker in the Visionaries Global Summit)

What is a Spiritual Activist? Rev. Dereca Blackmon breaks down how our spirituality connects with the inner activist in all of us. For over 25 years, Dereca has used her powerful brand of spiritual activism to engage individuals and communities in radical healing models for social justice. She is the Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director of the Diversity and First Generation Office at Stanford University, where she teaches Intergroup Communication as well as Solidarity and Racial Justice.

To watch the video, click here.

Calm Your Anxious Mind
Talk by Sister Jenna (a featured speaker in the Visionaries Global Summit)

Anxiety happens. From time to time, anxiety tends to creep up on us and affect us all, in varying degrees. Maybe we can use anxiety as a warning sign that tells us to do something? Join Sister Jenna and find out how to relieve the anxiety, calm the anxious mind, and restore peace of mind. 

To watch the video, click here.

Vision: For New Beginnings, Take Back Your Mind!
Talk by Michael Bernard Beckwith (a featured speaker in the Visionaries Global Summit)

Michael Bernard Beckwith is a New Thought minister, author, and founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Beverly Hills, California — a New Thought church with a congregation estimated in excess of 8,000 members.

To watch the video, click here.

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Invite your family and friends to participate in the Visionaries Global Summit, which takes place December 3-5. Life-changing insights await! To discover more — and register for free — click here.

The 5 Elements Through Belly Dance & Ceremony — A free video event with author, award-winning speaker, dancer, actress and teacher Dondi Dahlin, and Titanya Monique Dahlin, author, award-winning speaker, dancer and founder of Energy Medicine Dance. Uncover your unique energy type through the Chinese Five Elements — to clear blocked energies, self-limiting patterns, and painful emotions. Wednesday, December 4, at 5:30pm Pacific

Secrets to Visionary Success — A free video event with Stephen Dinan, founder and CEO of The Shift Network, and Lisa Schrader, founder of Awakening Shakti. Discover how to take your business to the next level while savoring your life more fully. Plus, you’ll gain access to a 5-part Relaxed & Successful video series that Stephen and Lisa created to help you fully understand and embody the principles they’re sharing. Thursday, December 5, at 5:30pm Pacific

Liberate Your Self-Worth Through Kundalini — with world-renowned yoga and spiritual teacher Gloria Latham. Transform shame, blame, and self-sabotage with the infinite power of Kundalini within you — to embody your strength, self-love and self-worth.
New 6-Week Live Video Training Starts Tuesday, December 3

Awakening Pure Conscious-ness Through Wisdom Healing Qigong — with Qigong master, teacher and healer Mingtong Gu. Discover Qigong practices to clear blocks in your energy body — addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual dis-ease at the source.
New 7-Week Live Video Training Starts Wednesday, December 4

Sound Healing Immersion — with leading scholar and researcher in the field of sound healing and therapy David Gibson. Experience the power of sound and vibration — and uncover your ‘home note’ to initiate the healing frequencies YOU need most.
New 7-Week Live Video Training Starts Wednesday, December 4

Ancient Secrets for Clearing Karma — with spiritual teacher, filmmaker, and speaker Raja Choudhury. Experience magical practices to activate your Kundalini Shakti… release negative karma… and “lift” good karma into the higher centers of your being.
New 9-Week Live Video Training Starts Tuesday, December 10

Become a Wind Alchemist — with Nautilus Award-winning Hay House author, wind whistler, and soul coach Renee Baribeau. Activate the wisdom of Wind Gods and Goddesses to navigate any situation — and connect with your true essence.
New 7-Week Live Video Training Starts Wednesday, December 11

Natural Dreamwork & the Sacred Encounter — with international bestselling author, certified dream therapist, teacher, and poet Rodger Kamenetz. Move beyond dream interpretation — and recognize how your “sacred encounter” dreams can enrich your waking life with more imagination, love and joy.
New 7-Week Live Video Training Starts Thursday, December 12

Upcoming Events (all subject to change):

January
• Dondi & Titanya Dahlin 7-week course
• Shift Mentorship Program
• David Crow 14-week course
• Lavinia Plonka 7-week course
• Mona Delfino 7-week course
• Suzanne Giesemann 12-week course

February
• Sandra Ingerman 7-week course
• HeatherAsh Amara 7-week course
• Healthy, Happy Gut Summit
• Trupti Gokani 7-week course

Order of the Sacred Earth

In the midst of global fire, earthquake and flood — as species go extinct every day and national and global economies totter — the planet doesn't need another church or religion. What it needs is a new Order: a sacred community and movement.

A movement of communities welcoming all the peoples of Earth — our varied belief systems (or non-belief systems), genders, races, classes, abilities, and nations. A deeply spiritual movement, grounded in the Wisdom traditions of both East and West, in leading-edge science and Indigenous tradition. Therefore, an Order of the Sacred Earth.

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Devaa Haley
Pre-Order Devaa Haley's New Album, Rebirth, and Get Twelve Immediate Bonuses to Empower You and Your Full Freedom

After incubating this album for many years, Shift Network co-founder Devaa Haley Mitchell is thrilled to share with you her new musical album, Rebirth. "It’s been quite a journey to bring this album to the world," she acknowledges. "The songs it contains document some massive personal transformations I’ve gone through, including a powerful fertility journey, the dance of intimacy in my relationships, my own activism (wanting to be “liberated” from the patriarchy), and a deep reckoning with how to hold the many facets of womanhood in (relative) balance!

“My soul sister Julianna Muthu wrote the song “Overflowing,” and when I first heard it, it touched my heart… and caused me to pause and take stock of all the sacredness in my own life, even in those places that can sometimes seem rather mundane (like family gatherings!) Here’s an inspiring short video clip of “Overflowing” we created to lift your own spirits at this sacred and holy time of year:”

”Overflowing” video snippet

The full album, which offers a powerful transmission of joyful wisdom and full-spectrum feminine empowerment, is coming out December 7. However, if you pre-order now, you’ll receive Devaa's hand-picked Soul Ignition Package, a collection of 12 bonus gifts from Shift Network favorites, including Anodea Judith, Lisa Schrader, Claire Zammit, and more! 

Find out more about how to pre-order Rebirth, listen to snippets from every song on the album, and claim your instant bonuses!

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