Gathering Together – Celebrating Our Love for Each Other, Nature, and the Cosmos

Gathering Together – Celebrating Our Love for Each Other, Nature, and the Cosmos

I, Linda Kay Marchena, will be among several presenters for an upcoming Workshop in Carlsbad, California, through the Western School of Feng Shui. The event will be held October 10-13, 2008.

WESTERN SCHOOL OF FENG SHUI
Gathering Together – Celebrating Our Love for Each Other, Nature and the Cosmos
with Terah Kathryn Collins and WSFS Alumni
In Carlsbad by the Sea, CA
Friday – Monday, October 10-13, 2008
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Presenters
We are thrilled to highlight the genius of our Alumni Presenters.

For complete information, please visit www.wsfs.com/adv08/teachers.doc
WESTERN SCHOOL OF FENG SHUI

There is a creative body of work that has been steadily growing over the past decade. It includes inspirational books, games, artwork, and healing technologies, as well as transformational contributions to the medical, educational, architectural, and business worlds. This body of work springs from the hearts of people who are expressing their love for each other, Nature, and the Cosmos. As environmental healers and teachers, their creativity gives voice to their inner truth and fulfills their purpose in life. As kindred spirits, they are the alumni of the Western School of Feng Shui.

Gathering Together – Celebrating Our Love for Each Other, Nature, and the Cosmos is a forum for celebrating the creative genius that flourishes in our Feng Shui community. It is an opportunity for many of the inspired voices of WSFS alumni to share their discoveries, contributions, and achievements. It is a time to explore your own unique gifts and enjoy your Feng Shui family. And, in the beauty of Nature, it is a place for us to gather together and celebrate life!

This training features select speakers and many creative works from the WSFS Alumni, and Terah Kathryn Collins who will share inspiring insights from her upcoming book, The Three Sisters of the Tao © on Feng Shui, the I Ching, and Chinese medicine.

Reserve your seat now for an inspiring, enlightening and transforming weekend. We look forward to celebrating the creative genius in us all.

Gathering Together – Celebrating Our Love for Each Other, Nature, and the Cosmos
Details and Registration Information to Register:
Fax or mail your completed Registration form to: (760) 633-1608
WSFS, PO Box 946, Solana Beach CA 92075

Or, register by phone at 800-300-6785 Or, register on-line at www.efsgallery.com

Your paid receipt and Gathering packet will be emailed to you by Monday July 7th, or within 5 business days.

Carlsbad by the Sea and our Event Venue

Carlsbad-by-the-Sea is a small, picturesque village set on the Pacific Coast. Our Training venue, the beautiful, new Carlsbad Senior Center (Saturday and Sunday only), and the ocean-view Heritage Hall (Friday and Monday only) anchors us within a 6-block radius to numerous hotels, restaurants, shops, and of course the beach. The ocean proximity and charming surroundings make this the perfect place to celebrate our connection with Nature, the Cosmos, and each other.
Transportation options include the Carlsbad Train Station in the heart of Carlsbad Village, servicing both Amtrak and the Coaster, Carlsbad's Palomar Airport ten minutes East, and the San Diego Airport forty minutes South.

Where to stay

There are plenty of hotels in the area to choose from. For our list, please visit www.wsfs.com/adv08/hotels.do

10 Keys To Using Color With Feng Shui

10 Keys To Using Color With Feng Shui

by Cucan Pemo

For those that are looking to change their lives and want to take a fresh, organic and affordable path to that goal, Feng Shui is the answer. Feng Shui is much more than just organizing your belongings in a particular way to allow for optimal chi flow, it is an entire state of mind.

Feng Shui is much more effective if used in conjunction with other aspects of your life like positive thinking, honest living and meditation. Those aspects of your life work like a magnifying glass that helps to grow and nurture your chi so that not only can it flow freer, but it can also be more powerful.

There are even more things you can do with Feng Shui than just arrange your furniture. Since Feng Shui is so closely related to one’s well being, each color is associated with a particular mood, goal or feeling. Depending on what you are trying to achieve with your Feng Shui, whether it be wealth, health or love, there are individual colors that you want to focus on to help steer your chi in the direction you want it to go in. Here is a list of what each color means to your chi and what you can do to help it.

A few tips to start with: Not everyone likes every color, so if you feel you need to add a color to an area, but it’s not a color you’re particularly fond of, try to find a shade of that color you like, or, at the very least, find an object that you feel strongly about that is colored with the chosen color. Feng Shui will be much more effective if you have a positive reaction to everything you see in your home. Don’t add a color just to add one.

·Blue – Blue is the perfect color to use in the area in which you meditate. It has a very calming affect and it is highly associated with peace and comfort. Blue is excellent to use in a bedroom situation or a place you want to get away from it all. It’s also good in any room that you seek relaxation in on a regular basis like a den or living room.

·Red – Red represents truth and power. It is a good color to use in an area where you work. The home office or den or anyplace you do work should have at least some red in it.

·Green – Not only is green the color of money, it is also associated with health and vitality. It is the perfect color for the bathroom, or anyplace where medical supplies in your home are kept. Hang a green charm in a closet that your first aid kit is kept to help your chi there. It is also good for any room where the family gathers together, like a dining room or living room.

·Purple – As it has for thousands of years, purple is related to majesty and royalty. It works closely with red to help build wealth. It works anywhere where you would put red since wealth and fame tend to go hand in hand.

·Pink – Pink isn’t just for girls anymore, since it is a combination of red (truth and power) and white (purity), pink is highly associated with love. Great for the bedroom or any other place you and a lover are intimate.

·White – The purest color stands for just that. It is also associated with spirituality and is perfect for any children’s room or any place in your home that you look to keep morally pure and clean.

·Grey – Used for transition and connection. Most followers of Feng Shui choose grey for their garage or a vestibule area that connects the inside world to the outside. Grey is also good to use if you add an addition onto your home. You can paint or hang something grey at the line where your old home ended and your new extension begins.

·Black – Not a commonly used color, but it does work in small amounts. It usually stands for negative chi, but if used in areas that have a powerful chi component, areas that are usually painted red or purple, black can work in your favor by absorbing the bad chi and keeping the good chi pure. Don’t overdue it with black, but in small amounts it can really help out.

·Yellow – Yellow isn’t for cowards, it stands for tolerance and authority. It works well on the entry way into the parents bedroom, as well as colors for any lists of chores for kids. Anyplace you feel you need to exert the family pecking order, yellow is the color to use.

·Gold – It’s no surprise that gold is associated with wealth. Use in conjunction with purple and red to help build the wealth in your home office.

Feng Shui can seem mysterious on the surface, but once you break it down, the color system becomes clear. Once you’ve added that extra Feng Shui touch here and there, you can expect to see the results sooner rather than later.

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The History Of Solar Power

The History Of Solar Power

by Will Reece

With the recent rise in energy costs many people have been looking to alternative sources of energy. One of the greatest energy sources (our sun) is readily available for the taking. We just need to be able to harness it's power. For those interested, below is a brief history of how solar power came to be.

The history of photovoltaic energy (aka. solar cells) started way back in 1876. William Grylls Adams along with a student of his, Richard Day, discovered that when selenium was exposed to light, it produced electricity. An electricity expert, Werner von Siemens, stated that the discovery was "scientifically of the most far-reaching importance". The selenium cells were not efficient, but it was proved that light, without heat or moving parts, could be converted into electricity.

In 1953, Calvin Fuller, Gerald Pearson, and Daryl Chapin, discovered the silicon solar cell. This cell actually produced enough electricity and was efficient enough to run small electrical devices. The New York Times stated that this discovery was "the beginning of a new era, leading eventually to the realization of harnessing the almost limitless energy of the sun for the uses of civilization."

The year is 1956, and the first solar cells are available commercially. The cost however is far from the reach of everyday people. At $300 for a 1 watt solar cell, the expense was far beyond anyone's means. 1956 started showing us the first solar cells used in toys and radios. These novelty items were the first item to have solar cells available to consumers.

In the late 1950's and early 1960's satellites in the USA's and Soviet's space program were powered by solar cells and in the late 1960's solar power was basically the standard for powering space bound satellites.

In the early 1970's a way to lower to cost of solar cells was discovered. This brought the price down from $100 per watt to around $20 per watt. This research was spearheaded by Exxon. Most off-shore oil rigs used the solar cells to power the waning lights on the top of the rigs.

The period from the 1970's to the 1990's saw quite a change in the usage of solar cells. They began showing up on railroad crossings, in remote places to power homes, Australia used solar cells in their microwave towers to expand their telecommunication capabilities. Even desert regions saw solar power bring water to the soil where line fed power was not an option!

Today we see solar cells in a wide variety of places. You may see solar powered cars. There is even a solar powered aircraft that has flown higher than any other aircraft with the exception of the Blackbird. With the cost of solar cells well within everyone's budget, solar power has never looked so tempting.

Recently new technology has given us screen printed solar cells, and a solar fabric that can be used to side a house, even solar shingles that install on our roofs. International markets have opened up and solar panel manufacturers are now playing a key role in the solar power industry.
About the Author: Will Reece runs http://www.fuelfromthesun.com/ along with other alternative energy sites. For more information regarding solar power, visit us online at http://www.fuelfromthesun.com/

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