Institute for Philosophy & the Arts'
Salon on the Spiritually Creative Life

[Photography by Nathaniel Taylor]

THE SALON ON THE SPIRITUALLY CREATIVE LIFE

Our 28th Year Continues
... still on Zoom!

Please join Carol Soucek King virtually on
Sunday, October 13, 2024 Via Zoom
To discuss one of God's essential aspects
illuminated throughout her book
Under the Bridges at Arroyo del Rey

Love

With Main Presentation

Love in Action
The Ten Commandments of Greatness
with
Reggie Odom
Consciousness CEO, Professional Coach,
Intuitive Consultant, Speaker & Writer

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Morning's Agenda
Speaker's Bio
Zoom Info
Meditation, Lyrics and Poem
2024 Salon Dates/Themes

9:30 am Pacific Standard Time
Zoom Room Arrivals and
Himalayan Singing Bowls by Healing Arts Practitioner
Janet Martorello
 

10 am until noon – Program

Meditation
with
Nan Rae
Artist/Teacher/Author

Nan Rae's New Book - now available on Amazon --
Walk with Me... In the Garden of Our Friendship
includes many of Nan’s Meditations for
The Salon on the Spiritually Creative Life

Opening Song

"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again"
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Charles Hart, Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe,
Some Lyrical Changes by Dean LeGrand Carlston
Dean LeGrand Carlston, DDS
Composer/Singer/Instrumentalist

Dean welcomes us to listen to and download his music at no charge by accessing his personal website: deancarlston.com

October Birthdays & Special Salutes
with
Graham Lance Richardson
Retired Westside Realtor after 35 years.
Licensed Plumber & Gas Fitter.
Certified Welder to 100%.

Main Presentation:

The Ten Commandments
of Greatness
with
Reggie Odom
 

Transformation & Leadership Coach, inspirational speaker, writer and a Life Purpose Hand Analysis expert, Reggie will share her illuminating thoughts on Self Development and Awakening. Reggie invites you to Step Into Your Greatness, where playing small is no longer an option as we discover the amazing truth of who we really are and what we can accomplish with our unique, infinite potential.

Music Interlude
by
Douglas Decker
Recording Engineer/Musician
"Forever and Ever, Amen"
Songwriters: Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz

Poetry Reading
with
Patricia Ferber
Sculptor/Painter/Educator/Curator/Poet
"Love"

Followed by Discussion

Opening the Discussion will be
Nino Wong, designer/business leader/Volunteer
Chairman of the Chinese Garden Docents, Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens.

All are invited to continue sharing thoughts on
Love.

until noontime

Finale
"Soft as Starlight"
by J. Howard and Joe Lubin 1957
Susie Katharine Shaw
Actress/Vocalist

To conclude Susie will lead us in Richard King's favorite
Native American Prayer
 

About Our Speaker 

Reggie Odom

Consciousness CEO, Professional Coach, Intuitive Consultant, Speaker and Writer, Reggie Odom is a Transformation & Leadership Coach, inspirational speaker, writer and a Life Purpose Hand Analysis expert. She is also an authority in Self Development and Awakening.

Reggie has been developing and leading personal, professional, and spiritual development programs since 1981. She shows men and women how to take their business to the next level while keeping a laser sharp focus on what matters most. She teaches them how to take powerful and effective actions that are aligned with their highest visions.

Reggie was an Adjunct Faculty at Simmons Graduate School of Social Work, and led life-changing work with at-risk youth with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She also led workshops for 50/50 Leadership, the nonprofit founded by Pauline Field, frequent speaker at The Salon.

Reggie studied at University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is originally from Spring Lake, North Carolina.

Email: reggie@reggieodom.com

For the time being, the Salon will continue to meet on Zoom. When appropriate, we will meet in person once again at Arroyo del Rey.

For access to the Salon on Zoom:

This meeting is being hosted by Zoom.
There is no charge to use this service.

Before the Salon on Sunday:
You will need to either go to the Zoom website, www.zoom.us, and register for a free account to access this meeting through your web browser or download and install the Zoom application on your device.

If you download the application to your device, you do NOT need to register for a free account. To download the Zoom application, click on this link... https://zoom.us/download

For any questions or assistance,
email Curtis McElhinney at Curtis@curtisvision.com

Meditation, Three Songs, One Poem

Meditation/Love
by Nan Rae

Eric From said, “Love isn’t something natural. Rather, it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn’t a feeling…it’s a practice.”

Love is the glue that holds everything together, the secret sauce that makes life’s adventures worth living. Love is a verb, not a noun.

But what exactly is it?

I find I’m barely at the threshold of understanding love. We are told, and I’ve experienced, that God is love. This simple but overwhelming statement is found in most religions, and when one first encounters this love, it’s overwhelming. It’s a feeling you recognize as being fully accepted and cared for, followed by indescribable peace and joy.

In the New Testament, we find a perfect description, “Love is patient and kind, not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude; it does not insist on its own way. Love isn’t irritable or resentful and does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth; it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never ends.”

Knowing this, I add that love is surrender. We surrender to the other, always seeking the tender shoots of love in everyone we encounter and not crushing them.

In the end, love is service, always obeying a good impulse and refusing to count the cost. May our hearts always be touched and expanded as we journey through life, allowing love to be continually revealed to us.

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e. nanrae@nanraestudio.com
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"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again"
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Charles Hart, Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, Some Lyrical Changes by Dean LeGrand Carlston

You were once my one companion
You were all that mattered
You were once my friend and lover
Now my world is shattered

Wishing you were somehow here again
Wishing you were somehow near
Somehow it seems, if I just dreamed
Somehow you would be here

Wishing I could hear your voice again
Knowing that I never would
Dreaming of you won’t help us to do
All that we dreamed we could

Three long years I’ve knelt in silence
Held your memory near me
Three long years of murmured silence
Willing you to hear me

Too many years fighting back tears,
why can’t the past just die?
Wishing you were somehow here again
Knowing we must say goodbye
Try to forgive, teach me to live
Give me the strength to try

No more memories, no more silent tears
No more gazing across the wasted years
Help me to say goodbye, help me to say goodbye

"Forever and Ever, Amen"
Songwriters: Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz

You may think that I'm talkin' foolish
You've heard that I'm wild and I'm free
You may wonder how I can promise you now
This love that I feel for you always will be

But you're not just time that I'm killin'
I'm no longer one of those guys
As sure as I live, this love that I give
Is gonna be yours until the day that I die

Oh, baby, I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever amen
As long as old men sit and talk about the weather
As long as old women sit and talk about old men
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
I'll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever, amen

They say time takes its toll on a body
Makes the young girls brown hair turn gray
But honey, I don't care, I ain't in love with your hair
And if it all fell out, well, I'd love you anyway

They say time can play tricks on a memory
Make people forget things they knew
Well, it's easy to see, it's happenin' to me
I've already forgotten every woman but you

Oh, darlin', I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever amen
As long as old men sit and talk about the weather
As long as old women sit and talk about old men
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
Well, just listen to how this song ends
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever, amen
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever, forever and ever
Forever and ever, amen

"Soft as Starlight"
by J. Howard and Joe Rubin 1957

Soft as the starlight in the sky
Soft on the pillow on which I lie.
Warm is the glow from the moon above
Warm is my heart that is filled with love.

Love that only you can bring
Love as soft and warm as spring.
My heart knows the reason why
I feel soft as the starlit sky.

Love that only you can bring
Love as soft and warm as spring.
My heart knows the reason why
Soft as starlight in the sky.

"Love"
A Poem by Patricia Ferber

The seed of one's life is planted,
as our roots form, innocence is lost as we grow.

If love could be the sole nutrient that feeds us,
The world would be filled with only loving hearts.

As in the lyrics of Burt Bacharach -
“What the world needs now
Is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of…”

All 2024 Salon dates and themes

STABILITY
Sunday, January 14, 2024

GROWTH
Sunday, February 11, 2024

POSSIBILITY
Sunday, March 10, 2024

FAITH
Sunday, April 14, 2024

GRATITUDE
Sunday, May 12, 2024

HUMOR
Sunday, June 9, 2024

UNDERSTANDING
Sunday, July 14, 2024

KINDNESS
Sunday, August 11, 2024

HARMONY
Sunday, September 8, 2024

LOVE
Sunday, October 13, 2024

HEALING
Sunday, November 10, 2024

SPIRITUALITY
Sunday, December 8, 2024

Please let us know which salons you can attend by calling (626) 449-1238.

With all loving thoughts and hoping to see you soon!

Carol Soucek King, M.F.A., Ph. D.
Email: KingCarol@aol.com  
 

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