Science of Mind Online Feature Articles

August, 2002

A Dialogue Between Jean Houston, Ph.D., and Deepak Chopra, M.D.
2 cassettes, $18.95 by on web, $13.26

When two legendary students of human nature meet, the resulting conversation is an eye-opening glimpse into the future. Deepak Chopra, M.D., poses a thought-provoking question to scholar and researcher Jean Houston, Ph.D.: If we could tap into the various levels of consciousness and become anything we wanted, what would the evolving person be like?
Mikhail Gorbachev calls Deepak Chopra "one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time."
Best-selling author Jean Houston has learned from Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, Margaret Mead, Joseph Camp-bell, Jonas Salk, Linus Pauling, Mother Teresa, and the Dalai Lama.
If you're concerned about the future of our planet, our children, and our educational and political systems, these tapes will give you heart and hope-and a way to make a difference.

-Jim Shea

Be Free Where You Are

Thich Nhat Hanh
Softcover, $8.00 by on web $5.60

This pocket size back is a lovely compendium of the core teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh who is one of the most predominant Buddhist teachers alive. Exiled from his native Vietnam in 1966, he travels worldwide, leading retreats on "the art of mindful living." The foreword by Sister Chân Không, gives an interesting account of her accompaniment with the Master to the Maryland Correctional Institution at Hagerstown. After they had passed through sixteen checkpoints, her tape recorder was confiscated, and returned only after much objection. This book is a transcription of the talk that Thich Nhat Hanh gave to the inmates that day. In it he discusses mindful eating, walking, and breathing and offers a meditation to instill a sense of freedom, dignity, and stability. His primary message is that every moment of your daily life can be a moment of practice. There is a question and answer section in the back of the book that is awesome. Many of his answers are in the form of a story and very clear. The Appendix features inspiring impressions that Thich Nhat hanh had on the inmates. I can't think of a better audience to receive these inspired teachings.

-Constance Conwell

www.whispersonthewind.org

This beautiful website introduces a movie on world peace that will premiere on September 8, 2002. Since 1998, filmmakers Ann Crawford and Arn Battaglene have been traveling the world, interviewing people in all walks of life-from world leaders, authors, and film stars to regular folks. The mission of Whispers on the Wind is based on the concept that anything we can do to reinforce our connection to each other will bring us that much closer to a world that lives in peace.
Click on how you can participate by making a donation and answering the five questions asked in the interviews, which will later be compiled in a book. You can visit fifteen different countries that provide a visual and audio experience that is best viewed with Internet Explorer 5.0. (Unless you have DSL, downloading will take some time.)
I was especially moved by the special feature story that showed a heart-rending photograph of children that the author had been very much affected by at the age of fifteen. She actually met and interviewed the mother of the boy in the picture in Soweto, South Africa. I recommend this site to everyone who advocates treating all beings with grace and dignity.

-Constance Conwell

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