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    <title>Gaia: The Integral Pod - Introduce Yourself - Sacramento Spirit</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 17:06:53 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Gaia: The Integral Pod - Introduce Yourself - Sacramento Spirit</description>
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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://aqalicious.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-145153</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 17:06:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#145153</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      There are ongoing &lt;a href="http://www.sacramentodancesofuniversalpeace.org/"&gt;Dances of Universal Peace&lt;/a&gt; events happening in Sacramento.&amp;nbsp; For more general info on this movement, see &lt;a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/ii/discussions/view/79242#145148" target="_blank"&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;arthur &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://monk.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-143354</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 16:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#143354</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      I&amp;#39;m the same way. When I was living in Seattle the WTO riots were going on just a few blocks a way, but I didn&amp;#39;t even go out to watch. Better things to do. I do get hooked up into these animal rescues once and awhile, though. So compelling. It&amp;#39;s also the result having CNN online as your primary news source (sort of, not that bad, really). I&amp;#39;m up on the whale rescue, Paris Hilton--by the way, my hunch is that Arnold got her sentenced reduced and into a nicer jail, what do you think? Not that I follow celebrity dramas, I don&amp;#39;t. Something about the heiress being thrown in jail was interesting to me, though. Hope we aren&amp;#39;t too off topic . . .  &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://transcend-include.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-143309</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 15:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#143309</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      The mother seems to be better off than the calf. I&amp;#39;m um, doing nothing about it. I only heard about it when I was reading national news a couple of days ago. I&amp;#39;m hopelessly uninformed and blase about the outside world at the moment. Arnold Swartzenegger was talking at my daughter&amp;#39;s school yesterday and I didn&amp;#39;t even stay to see him. I thought, &amp;quot;Nah, I have to get this car back to my neighbor.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&amp;#39;s the sign of a true Californian. Blase about movie stars and politicians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://aqalicious.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-143308</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 14:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#143308</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;strong&gt;David&lt;/strong&gt;: I just read that they have injuries, probably caused by a boat propeller. That&amp;#39;s really sad. Liz, what are you doing to help them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Er...Liz may not have time in her busy schedule to add whale-rescuing!&amp;nbsp; :p&amp;nbsp; (Although I have no doubt she &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; rescue whales, if she didn&amp;#39;t have a zillion other things to do...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently &lt;a href="http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/7570877.html?page=2&amp;amp;c=y" target="_blank"&gt;rescue attempts have so far been unsuccessful&lt;/a&gt;, alas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;spiral out,&lt;br /&gt;arthur&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://monk.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-143295</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 14:43:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#143295</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      I just read that they have injuries, probably caused by a boat propeller. That&amp;#39;s really sad. Liz, what are you doing to help them? &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://monk.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-143272</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 13:35:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#143272</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      What&amp;#39;s happened with the Sacramento whales? Did anyone see them? &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://aqalicious.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-143168</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 03:46:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#143168</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      Heh.&amp;nbsp; Those things are spreading like mushrooms!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I found out about the Sacramento one in a pod I just discovered called &lt;a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/sacramento" target="_blank"&gt;Sacramento Zaadz Community&lt;/a&gt;, in a thread I&amp;#39;m perusing there called &lt;a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/sacramento/discussions/view/93051" target="_blank"&gt;What Do You Like About Living in Sacramento?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; spiral out,&lt;br /&gt; arthur&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://brucealderman.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Balder</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-143160</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 03:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#143160</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      I didn&amp;#39;t know about that one!&amp;nbsp; There&amp;#39;s also one in &lt;a href="http://www.gracecathedral.org/labyrinth/" target="_blank"&gt;San Francisco &lt;/a&gt;and one in &lt;a href="http://www.chaplaincyinstitute.org/pages/faq.html" target="_blank"&gt;Berkeley&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://aqalicious.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-143157</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 02:56:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#143157</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      Hey, it turns out &lt;a href="http://www.trinitycathedral.org/activity_labyrinth.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;there&amp;#39;s a labyrinth in Sacramento&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Who knew?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; arthur&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;img src="http://multiplex.integralinstitute.org/Public/cs/forums/storage/212/22919/labyrinth.jpg" alt="The image &amp;ldquo;http://multiplex.integralinstitute.org/Public/cs/forums/storage/212/22919/labyrinth.jpg&amp;rdquo; cannot be displayed, because it contains errors." /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://aqalicious.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-127848</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:41:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#127848</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;strong&gt;Colin&lt;/strong&gt;: That dojo has some interesting-looking implements hanging on the wall; Liz&amp;nbsp;might be able to&amp;nbsp;come up with some creative uses of such things while you&amp;#39;re &lt;a href="mailto:r.thor@sacramento-bound-and-I-do-mean-bound.yip"&gt;r.thor@sacramento-bound-and-I-do-mean-bound.yip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey Colin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have great faith in Liz&amp;#39;s creativity in this and other matters.&amp;nbsp; :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Great to hear that you come down here periodically!&amp;nbsp; Liz and I (a)vastly enjoyed meeting you for dinner yesterday on our way down the coast, and would love to hang out with you again when you come to this part of the whirled.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;spiralifically yours,&lt;br /&gt;r.thor&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://undercovertranssexual.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-124904</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:55:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#124904</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      My brother and sister-in-law live in Sac-a-tomatoes, or Excremento, as I lovingly call it. Just kidding; it is getting much better. I get down there a couple times of year, usually; sometimes with Melissa, sometimes not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That dojo has some interesting-looking implements hanging on the wall; Liz&amp;nbsp;might be able to&amp;nbsp;come up with some creative uses of such things while you&amp;#39;re &lt;a href="mailto:r.thor@sacramento-bound-and-I-do-mean-bound.yip"&gt;r.thor@sacramento-bound-and-I-do-mean-bound.yip&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://aqalicious.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-121995</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/ii/conversations/view/101244#121995</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/ii/discussions/view/120810"&gt;Aikido&lt;/a&gt; is intriguing; I&amp;#39;ve heard good things about it.&amp;nbsp; Aikido or some other martial art could be worth looking into.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aikido-of-sacramento.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#004080"&gt;Welcome to Aikido of Sacramento!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; Aikido of Sacramento offers classical &lt;a href="http://www.aikido-of-sacramento.com/aikido.html"&gt;Aikido&lt;/a&gt; training                 to the local community and                areas surrounding downtown Sacramento. &lt;a href="http://www.aikido-of-sacramento.com/taichi.html"&gt;T&amp;#39;ai Chi&lt;/a&gt; is  also available at Village Park in old Fair Oaks with  		 	Obfuscated! - Enable Javascript  &lt;!--  var sfcc = String.fromCharCode; var f = '&lt;A href="' + sfcc( 210^191,142^239,225^136,151^251,131^247,200^167,123^65)+ 'Sensei Dan Wold &amp;lt;'+ 	sfcc( 235^153,172^213,219^174,196^175,81^62,116^52,117^25,125^28,240^158, 	15^124,36^65,236^152,83^125,164^199,37^74,219^182)+'&amp;gt;' 	 + sfcc( 15^48,181^198,98^23,110^12,185^211,66^39,47^76,225^149,236^209, 	51^126,123^26,56^74,198^178,87^62,236^141,235^135,186^154,201^136,247^133, 	73^61,238^157,176^144,250^179,140^226,26^105,136^252,199^181,236^153,165^198, 	191^203,60^85,62^81,107^5) +  	'" TITLE="' +  	sfcc( 185^253,108^13,72^38,118^86,155^204,129^238,233^133,171^207,65^97, 	138^217,235^142,74^36,110^29,22^115,95^54) +  	'"&gt;' +  	sfcc( 185^253,108^13,72^38,118^86,155^204,129^238,233^133,171^207,65^97, 	138^217,235^142,74^36,110^29,22^115,95^54) + '&lt;/a&gt;'; document.write( f ); //--&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Sensei%20Dan%20Wold%20%3Cryuko@lanset.com%3E?subject=Martial%20Arts%20Instruction" title="Dan Wold Sensei"&gt;Dan Wold Sensei&lt;/a&gt;  	and at Southside Park with  	Obfuscated! - Enable Javascript  &lt;!--  var sfcc = String.fromCharCode; var f = '&lt;A href="' + sfcc( 80^61,120^25,138^227,69^41,79^59,0^111,78^116)+ 'Aikido of Sacramento Info &amp;lt;'+ 	sfcc( 235^138,75^34,62^85,135^238,134^226,185^214,172^197,56^86,191^217, 	137^230,166^230,241^144,17^120,184^211,40^65,175^203,232^135,231^202,97^14, 	143^233,120^85,123^8,182^215,238^141,3^113,189^220,94^51,16^117,0^110, 	144^228,227^140,138^164,122^25,66^45,97^12)+'&amp;gt;' 	 + sfcc( 110^81,37^86,118^3,224^130,143^229,146^247,84^55,52^64,243^206, 	182^251,222^191,33^83,27^111,71^46,227^130,199^171,246^214,204^141,19^97, 	225^149,57^74,58^26,226^171,251^149,255^153,255^144) +  	'" TITLE="' +  	sfcc( 254^180,117^26,255^151,151^249,240^208,127^47,61^72,18^102,103^10, 	203^170,92^50,72^104,185^234,58^95,43^69,199^180,167^194,77^36) +  	'"&gt;' +  	sfcc( 254^180,117^26,255^151,151^249,240^208,127^47,61^72,18^102,103^10, 	203^170,92^50,72^104,185^234,58^95,43^69,199^180,167^194,77^36) + '&lt;/a&gt;'; document.write( f ); //--&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:Aikido%20of%20Sacramento%20Info%20%3Caikidoinfo@aikido-of-sacramento.com%3E?subject=Martial%20Arts%20Info" title="John Putman Sensei"&gt;John Putman Sensei&lt;/a&gt;.  			  Students of all ages and abilities will benefit by developing                body movement, coordination, balance and flexibility. Other benefits                include the discipline of &lt;em&gt;Martial Arts philosophy&lt;/em&gt; and the improvement                of one&amp;#39;s life through &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;centering&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="2"&gt;			   			  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Our community dojo, located near Southside Park, offers a safe, fun and challenging atmosphere for Aikido practice. Aikido of Sacramento&amp;#39;s curriculum emphasizes building a strong foundation of basic movement, &lt;em&gt;rolling&lt;/em&gt; and falling techniques,  			  &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;center-to-center&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; connection, fluidity, sensitivity and personal growth. &lt;em&gt;Beginning students start slowly and move progressively forward , step-by-step, at each individual&amp;#39;s pace.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;font size="2"&gt;            &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;I&lt;font size="2"&gt;f you are interested in developing your body, mind and spirit through a holistic, whole body workout, learning Aikido or T&amp;#39;ai Chi &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be right for you. 			Finding the right dojo is &lt;em&gt;essential&lt;/em&gt; if you are serious about beginning the disipline of Martial Arts practice. Here is an essay with some great advice on finding the right dojo for you. Any potential student will find this information valuable &lt;a href="http://www.aikiarts.com/essays/find.html"&gt;(How to Find a Good Dojo).&lt;/a&gt; 		Other Sacramento area Aikido dojo can be found on our &lt;a href="http://www.aikido-of-sacramento.com/links.html"&gt;Links&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;  			  			&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Our Sacramento Aikido Dojo welcomes all people. Visiting Aikidoka are always welcome.  			We are located in Downtown Sacramento near Southside Park at 816 U Street (rear alley). 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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
      <author>http://aqalicious.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-118915</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:30:08 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      I&amp;#39;m talking to my future self, and anybody else who may ever give a shit.&amp;nbsp; :)&amp;nbsp; I notice a couple&amp;nbsp; of babes have dropped by my thread though - I knew it was just a matter of time.&amp;nbsp; :)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; r.thor@sacramento-bound-and-I-do-mean-bound.yip&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;

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      <author>http://transcend-include.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-118905</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:19:03 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      There are no points here, just the tally I keep in my head...so just you watch it, missy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Levitating rocket scientist. Um, isn&amp;#39;t that part of your job?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <author>http://UrulyJulie.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>UnrulyJulie</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-118580</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:03:12 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      Lurking, loitering, lolling, lazing...&lt;br /&gt;Got the &amp;quot;L&amp;quot;s mastered. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Except the levitating one. I&amp;#39;ll keep you posted.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Smartass. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oops, I probably just lost a &amp;#39;nice&amp;#39; point.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <author>http://transcend-include.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-118578</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:49:35 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      There are just a LOT of lurkers in Sacto...you know all about &lt;em&gt;lurking&lt;/em&gt;, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <author>http://UrulyJulie.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>UnrulyJulie</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-118577</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:47:41 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      Arthur. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&amp;#39;re talking to yourself dear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But check out Adya by all means.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;ve done two retreats with him; the real deal, IMO. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I left the Bay Area just as he was beginning to teach, not that I would have ever been interested at that time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namaste, Julie&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Sacramento Spirit</title>
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      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:16:56 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/ii/discussions/view/118056"&gt;Anna Wise&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/ii/discussions/view/117584"&gt;Adyashanti&lt;/a&gt; are both based in the fairly closeby San Francisco Bay Area.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; arthur&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;

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      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-112930</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:43:55 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.buddhistchurch.com/about_us.htm"&gt;Buddhist Church of Sacramento&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#78327d"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;     Founded on December 17, 1899, the Buddhist Church of     Sacramento is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temple, located in Sacramento, the Capitol City of     the State of California. This temple with over 2,000 members is located at 2401 Riverside     Boulevard, adjacent to the W-X Freeway (Business 80) near the westbound 10th Street and     the eastbound 15th Street offramps. We are the second largest temple of the 60 temple     members of the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA), which is headquartered in San     Francisco, California.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;The Buddhist Church of Sacramento, often called      the Sacramento Betsuin was established in 1899 at 1221 Third Street in      Sacramento.&amp;nbsp; This original hall quickly became to small and      necessitated the relocation to 410 &amp;quot;O&amp;quot; Street the following year.&amp;nbsp; In      1925, a new temple was built on the same location with the addition of a      hall/gymnasium in 1937.&amp;nbsp; Due to the city&amp;#39;s Redevelopment Project in      1958, the temple was relocated to the present sight with a new temple      building dedicated in 1959.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;The Sacramento Betsuin is affiliated with the      Buddhist Churches of America, headquartered in San Francisco, and is one of      fifty-five churches located in the continental United States.&amp;nbsp; As a      member of the Jodo Shinshu Sect (lit. Pure Land True Sect) of Buddhism, its      mother temple, called Honpa Hongwanji or Nishi Hongwanji, is located in      Kyoto, Japan.&amp;nbsp; Jodo Shinshu Buddhism was founded in Japan by Shinran      Shonin about 800 years ago and is the largest sect of Buddhism in Japan.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;Our temple&amp;#39;s diverse membership has grown to      over 1000 families.&amp;nbsp; A variety of programs (religious, educational,      cultural, social and recreational) are offered to all ages from preschool to      senior citizens.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;The Resident Ministers are Rinban Bob Oshita      and Rev. Kazuaki Nakata.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;

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      <dc:creator>adastra</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-101244</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:26:46 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      I&amp;#39;m curious about Spiritual/integral/AQAL doings and beings&amp;nbsp; in California&amp;#39;s Capital or environs.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; For starters, anybody know anything about the &lt;a href="http://www.lionsroarmandala.org/"&gt;Lion&amp;#39;s Roar Dharma Center&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; savoring samsara,&lt;br /&gt; arthur&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;

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