Dose of Music, founded in October 2009, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity organization established to provide happiness, comfort and assistance through music for children, teens, adults, families, friends, military troops, communities and anyone in need and/or faced with less fortunate circumstances. Dose of Music website: http://www.DoseofMusic.com Goals & Objectives: * Music visits at hospitals, nursing/assisted living homes, group homes, troops/veterans, etc. * Musical entertainment for ben …

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CONSCIOUSNESS New Culture Minnesota is an offshoot of the Network for New Culture, which is a movement exploring how to build a sustainable, violence-free culture through compassionate, transparent, playful acceptance of oneself and others, within the context of a trust-based group (or tribe, community, village). New Culture is totally non-religious and non-commercial, and has no gurus or dogmas.  There are many New Culture communities growing and budding around …

… Come to our Soul Power Practice Group where we will learn and sing soul songs and chant mantras for healing and rejuvenation for ourselves, family and community. We will sing and chant together for about an hour. Amazing uplifting results can happen as the community comes together for intentional work. Come bring your heart and soul and lets join together in unity. Free event open to all ages. The group will gather once a week to help build a regular chanting practice with support and guidance. …

From the outside it looks like we are holding hands, singing the Names of God from all around the world, and doing easy round dance forms. From the inside we are having quick and radical shifts in awareness as an entire group. The Persian poet Rumi speaks of "the Wine of Love". Jesus speaks of "the Peace that passes understanding." The Buddha speaks of "the Emptiness", not as absence but as potentiality. These and much, much more are available, not as poetic ideas but as direct experience. Word …