A Miraculous Acknowledgment of a WWI Ancestor on 11/11
By Lisa Bonnice, Award-Winning Author and Program Host for The Shift Network

It’s 11/11, Veterans Day in the United States. For many New Agers, seeing all ones on the calendar or clock has an angelic meaning, especially at 11:11 on 11/11. In fact, I just happened to be awake at 1:11 this morning and took a screenshot on my phone. Today, however, I’m reminded of something that happened over a hundred years ago — the celebration of Armistice Day and the end of WWI — and I’ve got a marvelous story to tell about synchronicity and an honored ancestor. To read more, click here.

It's 1972 in the industrial city of Xiangtan, China. A frail child with a heart condition sneaks into a hotel boiler room and befriends the elderly yet vibrant attendant, who eventually reveals his true identity as a revered Qigong master. He heals the boy and, for the next 13 years, secretly teaches him the keys to unlocking the spiritual and healing dimensions of the Life Force.

It sounds like a modern-day fable, but the story is true. And with The Master Key, that grateful student, Robert Peng, invites all of us to enter the next chapter of this empowering path. Here, Master Peng brings together the unique insights of his teacher with the moving account of his own journey.

Click here to read the twenty-fifth installment (as well as all the previous installments) of this profoundly moving book.

In this special video series, prominent authors, speakers, thought leaders, and others answer the question, “What is the nicest thing a non-family member has ever done for you?”

Masami Covey’s Story
Health intuitive and a featured speaker in the Energy Medicine & Healing Summit

EXCERPT: I know that she could see that I was becoming increasingly angry... really, really deeply resentful and angry at the world — in part, because I totally felt alone and I didn't have a home to go back to, or the family that I could connect with. And so one day she said that she and her husband Larry wanted me to live with them and use their spare room, which was their daughter's room. And at that time, I didn't know that they had lost their only daughter a year earlier in a car accident. I ended up staying at their home, and for the first time in my life I witnessed a deep, loving, and caring relationship — and unbearable grief of losing their only child. 

To watch the video and read the transcript of Masami’s 9-minute story about her quest for belonging and family, click here.

You can also watch and read Nicest Thing stories from five sumit speakers who are also Shift faculty — intuitive healer Cyndi Dale, psychiatrist Dr. Judith Orloff, sound healer Eileen McKusick, energy healer Wendy De Rosa, chakra expert Anodea Judith, and science writer Dawson Church.

“Indigenous Plant Medicine & Rituals From the Rainforest” Facebook Live Q&A with Adriana Ayales

Would you like to help heal dis-ease, connect with your higher consciousness, and enjoy expanded wellbeing? Rainforest herbalist Adriana Ayales will be leading a special Facebook Live Q&A call on Monday, November 16, at 11:00am Pacific to share how you can prepare powerful plant remedies to purify your physical space, raise your vibration, dispel negativity, and reconnect to your spirit. Click here to get a Facebook Messenger reminder when the event goes live.

“Expand Your Innate Mediumship Skills With Soul-to-Soul Communication” Facebook Live Q&A with Suzanne Giesemann

Would you like to experience soul-to-soul communication with your higher self, loved ones who’ve passed, and beings from every realm? Mystic, medium, and author Suzanne Giesemann will be leading a special Facebook Live Q&A call on Wednesday, November 18, at 11:00am Pacific to share how you can embrace Oneness consciousness to access guidance from beyond the veil. Click here to get a Facebook Messenger reminder when the event goes live.

“Cultivate a Resilient Heart in Times of Suffering” Facebook Live Q&A with Mirabai Starr and Matthew Fox

Would you like to delve into the life of Julian of Norwich, a survivor of the “Black Death,” and see how the transformational power of loss and a deep love of nature can open the gates of our hearts? Mystic scholar Mirabai Starr and renowned spiritual pioneer Matthew Fox will be leading a special Facebook Live Q&A call on Wednesday, November 18, at 3:00pm Pacific to share how you can participate in readings, chants, and meditations using Julian’s own words that can help you step into positivity and a more hopeful future. Click here to get a Facebook Messenger reminder when the event goes live.

You can still join Judith’s brand-new 12-week live video training, Deepen Your Intuitive Healing Powers With Judith Orloff, MD: Call on Your Empathic Types to Strengthen Energetic Boundaries & Find Your Unique Path to Inner Knowing, in time for the second class on Monday, November 16. (Plus, you’ll get instant access to the complete video and audio recordings from her first class.) For more details, click here.

Do You Absorb Other People's Pain?
By Dr. Judith Orloff, a featured speaker in the Energy Medicine & Healing Summit

Judith Orloff, MD discusses what it's like to be a physical empath and how to stop absorbing other people's pain. Watch this 2-minute video here.

Spark: A Systemic Racism Story

Entrepreneur, author, and inspirational speaker Tom Gegax spent the pandemic, alongside his social-justice fighting friends, making a short film about systemic racism. He was inspired by people who were marching to protest the death of George Floyd in his hometown of Minneapolis. This 32-minute video, which explores racism's roots and remedies, was produced by the Gegax Family Foundation as a gift to individuals, businesses, organizations, and schools. Click here to watch the video.

The Shift Network is showcasing the leaders, voices, and visions that are guiding us to create a just world by finally and permanently removing the affliction of the Racial Divide from all of our lives. 

Racism Is Not a Historical Footnote
By NBA legend Bill Russell

I once interviewed Lester Maddox on my television show. It was 1969 and he was well known at the time as a Southern segregationist and former chicken restaurateur turned politician. Maddox and I had diametrically opposing perspectives. He got out of the restaurant business after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed so that he wouldn’t have to serve Black people, while I once refused to play an exhibition game after a restaurant refused to serve me or my Black teammates. To read more, click here.

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

In this popular video series, former NFL player and sports analyst Emmanuel Acho sits down to have an “uncomfortable conversation” with white America, in order to educate and inform them about racism, system racism, social injustice, rioting, and the hurt African Americans are feeling today.

In the episode, “Karens & Cancel Culture w/Chelsea Handler,” Emmanuel sits down with comedian and bestselling author Chelsea Handler to have an uncomfortable conversation about "Karens," cancel culture, and her own white privilege.

In the episode “A Conversation with the Police,” Emmanuel sits down with police officers from the Petaluma Police Department in Petaluma, California (where The SHift Network is headquartered). They discuss polarizing topics like defunding the police, Black Lives Matter, and accountability in the police force surrounding the tragic deaths of black civilians. 

To watch all 10 episodes of “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man,” click here.

For more insight into the dynamics of police and race, watch this TEDx Talk, ‘Policing in America: The Road to Reconciliation,” by Danielle Outlaw, the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department...

… and this TED Talk, “How We Can Make Racism a Solvable Problem — and Improve Policing,” by justice scientist Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff on the website of Center for Policing Equity website, which measures bias in policing.

In the article, ”From Warriors to Guardians: Recommitting American Police Culture to Democratic Ideals,” authors Sue Rahr and Stephen K. Rice state: “As a profession, we have veered away from Sir Robert Peel’s ideal, “the police are the people, and the people are the police,” toward a culture and mindset more like warriors at war with the people we are sworn to protect and serve.” To read more, click here.

Dear Black Girls
By A’ja Wilson of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces

This is for all the girls with an apostrophe in their name. This is for all the girls who are “too loud” and “too emotional.” This is for all the girls who are constantly asked, “Oh, what did you do with your hair? That’s new.” This is for my Black girls. Let me tell you a story, and maybe you can relate. It started with a birthday party. (How come it feels like so much drama always happens at birthday parties?!?!) To read more, click here.

Here are actions The Shift Network is taking to advance racial justice and healing, to uplift BIPOC voices, and to support key organizations whose mission is to transform racism. 

Climbing the Mountain of Racial Healing by Aliah MaJon, Chief Inclusion Officer for The Shift Network

We hosted 30 speakers in June in the free Transforming Racism Facebook Live Series. Click here to view the names of all 30 Transforming Racism speakers and their presentations. You can watch all 30 sessions here.

You can also watch these 20 archived interviews from our African American Wisdom Summit, and the 23 archived interviews in the Healing Cultural Wounds section of our World Peace Library. 

Click here to read our Company Statement regarding George Floyd and incidents of police brutality.

You’ll find more resources and information here and in the “Racial Justice and Healing” section in future issues of Catalyst.

Through God’s Eyes is a superb book, a truly enlightened piece of work that is an essential read for all people who are truly devoted to the care and refinement of their soul. Phil is a contemporary mystic, a man whose life is a living commitment to spiritual service. I am honored to know him.
— Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit and Defy Gravity

One of the most important books I’ve ever read. An incredible compilation of spiritual wisdom and insight. It’s the owner’s manual God should give you when you’re born.
— Robert Peterson, author of Answers Within

For several years, The Shift Network has hosted Indigenous leaders from around the world and invited them to share their sacred knowledge, rituals, and practices to guide us in a way of living that is sustainable, healthy, and just. We’re thus delighted that the Global Indigenous Wisdom Library makes this “virtual council” of leaders and their wisdom available for everyone, everywhere for free. The Global Indigenous Wisdom Library is a collection of audio and video interviews featuring Indigenous leaders from around the world sharing prayers, sacred songs, prophecies, spiritual teachings, and pathways to healing, as well as concrete examples for birthing a new era — one in which all members of the human family are treated with respect, understanding, compassion, and justice. This sacred wisdom is important medicine for us all.

The production of The Global Indigenous Wisdom Library is a gift from The Shift Network, designed to inspire, inform, and involve you by highlighting the voices and important messages of Indigenous leaders from around the world. We want to give a heartfelt thanks to Hereditary Chief Phil Lane Jr. (“Brother Phil”) for his partnership in helping create this Indigenous Wisdom collection. And we thank all the speakers who have contributed to this body of knowledge. To discover more, click here.

World Peace Library. Designed for the layperson and professional peacebuilder alike, the World Peace Library has over 425 audio and video interviews with some of the most remarkable, inspiring peacebuilders in the world available to you at NO COST. You’ll find hundreds of hours of inspirational, peacebuilding, compassion-spreading talks and trainings at your fingertips with this FREE global resource. There’s no way you can’t come away from the World Peace Library deeply inspired, transformed — and part of the solution. Click here to find out how to take peace to the next level — and help co-create a global culture of peace that leaves a legacy of good for our children, our children’s children and all of humanity and life on earth.

Book by Stephen Dinan: Sacred America, Sacred World. Infused with visionary power, Sacred America, Sacred World is a manifesto for our country’s evolution that is both political and deeply spiritual. It offers profound hope that America can grow beyond our current challenges and manifest our noblest destiny, which the book shows is rooted in sacred principles that transcend left or right political views. To order your copy, click here.