… – It is the power of your thoughts. Your thoughts create your reality. The world without comes from the world within. Create a life by your own design. Learn how to create harmonious conditions, agreeable surroundings, and the best of everything as a necessary foundation essential to all greatness, all power, all attainment, all achievement and all success. Legend has it that Bill Gates discovered this book when just a Harvard student and went on the change the way the world interacts in bus …

Are you a visionary with a visions of wanting to plan and put on social events, but need a little help in bringing your vision into reality? Thoughts N Conception is the group for you, let’s put our visions together and brainstorm with one another to produce fun, exciting or elegant events. Each person in the group will have the opportunity, and support from others to ensure their event is a successful one. Let’s get together soon and discuss what we need to make our group events happen, looking …

Socrates Café Rockville is open to all, the 4th Saturday of each month at 7pm. We have a coffeehouse-style atmosphere, with coffees, teas, and light refreshments available. For more details, see the website of Socrates Café's creator at www.philosopher.org, or the Socrates Café Rockville web page, http://www.uucr.org/adultenrichment/socrates.php Socrates Café are gatherings around the world where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while …

… "What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind" -- Buddha "Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings" --William James "To know the true reality of yourself, you must be aware not only of your conscious thoug …

Ever thought...I'm too old to do that! We've all said that to ourselves ,when we WANT to do something and we think that we are too old, or too young or too tired or too whatever! Maybe we were scared of trying something knew; or maybe we thought people would laugh at us; or maybe we thought we were getting a big head to imagine that we might be more than we are now. We talked to ourselves like this in our 20's and 30's but we say it more often when we are in our 40's, our 50s, our 60's and 70 …

This group is focused on reviewing development of Islamic history and Islamic philosophical thought. The group will be run in English language and the discussions are in English.   We may read sample Arabic text and translate in some limited cases.    The group is open for all people of all backgrounds.   The goal is to share knowledge and common interest in this topic.    I would like to establish a comparative avenue for discussion and analysis of Islamic History and Islamic Philosophy with We …

Meet kindred book lovers in a stimulating, coed book club that meets in Bethesda and in NW, DC! This book club already existed and has members, but we'd like to have new members join and we have continued doing so throughout the time the book club has existed- new blood and thoughts help make the book club even more interesting and diverse. The age range of the group is between the late twenties to the late 40s and one must fill out the form (I know it's a pain) and be selected by the group to j …

With every thought and action, you affect yourself, your world, and your future! Happiness and success involves understanding how we can decide on our vision for the future, stick with those decisions, and improve our confidence in actions towards our goals and passions in life.  Our brains constantly change & grow in response to new thoughts.  Exercise, diet, and our habits will affect who we are tomorrow.  Join others to participate and develop, confidently controlling your life & your desti …

**DATE CHANGE FOR THE MAY MEETUP - JOIN US FOR THE DISCUSSION!** This meetup group is for those who have a passion for reading and discussing controversial books.  This club will promote banned and challenged books as a way of asserting our intellectual freedom.  Join us for thought-provoking discussions and to meet kindred book lovers. *Members will vote on which books they would like to read for the upcoming events.* *Upon joining: thoughtful responses to the questionnaire are appreciated.* …

… These pictures dictate thoughts, emotions, desires, behaviors and health. Although these pictures are illusions, people unknowingly live within these illusions thinking they are real. Maum Meditation is a non-profit organization that exists for the sole purpose of bringing people out of the mind world they are living in that includes stress, fear, anxiety, sadness, loneliness, resentment, anger, judgment, separation, boredom, purposelessness... all sorts of pain and burden. The human mind is an …

… These pictures dictate thoughts, emotions, desires, behaviors and health. Although these pictures are illusions, people unknowingly live within these illusions thinking they are real. Maum Meditation is a non-profit organization that exists for the sole purpose of bringing people out of the mind world they are living in that includes stress, fear, anxiety, sadness, loneliness, resentment, anger, judgment, separation, boredom, purposelessness... all sorts of pain and burden. The human mind …

"Meditation is a mental discipline that enables us to do one thing at a time." (Max Picard) There is no "right way" to meditate.  We all are busy people and most of us have 10,000 thoughts running through heads.  We forget to take a moment of our time and to focus on ourselves. When we are in this spot we can pull back from it all and allow ourselves to focus on one simple thought by focusing on a sound, an image like the sunset, the feeling of our own breathing. At first I could only keep my fo …

      SEE OUR LATEST PROGRAM IN "FILES"   The Chez Nous Reston Salon meets monthly in Reston, typically on Sundays from 5-8pm to enjoy a generous buffet and lecture on a broad range of eclectic topics... from mathematics, to nature to art, decision science...coral reefs and even the universe. I launched the salon in May 2008 to explore fascinating topics and build on an idea for "thoughtful entertainment" in Reston, Virginia.  Over two dozen speakers have offered evenings of remarkable i …

Meet kindred book lovers of the spiritual genre in a local Spiritual Meetup Book Group! Our book club meetups occur each month will start with a presentation on a book selection to give an overview and foster comments, questions and discussions. Each book will be announced at least a month in advance. Bring your insights, feelings and thoughts to expand our roundtable! Those members who have great interest in the current selections but haven't had time to read that month are still encouraged to …

Information is power. Fibromyalgia is enigmatic and ambiguous and can be a life-altering disorder. Fight the confusion and uncertainty with information. My vision for this group is to get people who experience fibromyalgia together to comment and share their thoughts on current research and historical perspectives. The reading list won't be limited to books or research specifically on fibromyalgia. It will also include books on neuroscience, chronic illness, philosophy of self and consciousness, …

… My thoughts and my feelings create my life. Life is an adventure to learn, teach and expand. I am a vessel for healing. I was born to help others heal and awaken to their purposes in life. How may I serve you? A defining moment happened in my life when my cousin Autumn Joan was 18 months old. I picked her up from social services when she was removed from her mother permanently. This was déjà vu for me and I felt deeply grateful. For I too was placed with social services at the age of six …