December 7, 2000
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Eckhart Tolle Event Sells
Out!
Chances are very good that Eckhart Tolle will be back in San Francisco in March, presented once again by the InnerLight Bookstore.
Healing Psychological
Wounds
Akira keeps very busy outside the Institute as well, serving as a board member and coordinator of three social programs at Nobiru-kai, a nonprofit organization for Japanese newcomers to the city. She also volunteers at a Japanese counseling program at Richmond Multicultural Services (RAMS), coordinating community forums that aim to reduce the stigma of mental health problems among the Japanese and Japanese-American community in San Francisco.
BAC Student Changing the
World, One Child at a Time Hi group!! I had the greatest thing come together today! I want to share with you what has happened with my year-long project. Last Thanksgiving, some misguided and drunken teens murdered a homeless man after he refused to buy them alcohol. I heard about this just as I was getting ready for the long drive up north, going home. I just could not stop thinking about the fact that no matter where we live, we need to continue to talk about understanding differences. I put together a writing competition for kids ages 9-19, called "Understanding Humanity." I raised over $1,000 in award money in twenty-four hours. The only rule was that the child had to interview a homeless person, asking them questions about why they are homeless, what they eat, where they sleep, and whether they feel safe. In January, I handed out the award money for a collection of awesome essays. I wrote an article about the project, sent it to the local progressive newspaper, and they refused to print it because "it wasn't news"! That's why I'm so delighted today. I have been audiotaping the children on my short jaunts north, and the day after Thanksgiving, the kids' voices and the concept of the project was aired on the local radio station! Isn't that great?!! Hurray for stubbornness! Love you gaias (and guys too!)
Keeping in Touch with Student Alliance The Student Alliance is coordinating the redesign of the cafe and the creation of a community room behind it. The physical work of these projects will be done over the winter break. Our vision is to create a space that truly embodies and represents CIIS values as well as providing room for a more vibrant student community to flourish. Next semester, we plan to create a regular program of events, socials, meditations, and parties in the new space. If you are interested in in this project, please contact project manager (and CIIS board of trustees representative) Rupert Davis at rupertdavis@yahoo.com or 415-643-0569, or sign up on the poster in the cafe. We also need help in raising $20,000 for this project. There will be a large poster on the third floor to invite your comments. Please sign these and leave contact information so that we may consult with you further. Also, watch for the first issue of the Spring semester for results of the SA elections. Reminders Bulletin Board
SEN Conference Forges Alliance in Mental Health On November 17, CIIS, SEN (Spiritual Emergence Network) and San
Francisco Community Mental Health Services co-sponsored the Spirituality in Mental
Health and Mental Illness Conference 2000. The alliance of these three partners
in exploring the integration of mind and spirit would have been impossible five
years ago. It was a groundbreaking event as it began what will be an ongoing Through these events, CIIS extends its reach and advances its distinct mission.
San Francisco therapist Richard Wiser recently donated 84 books in psychoanalytic theory and related topics to the library. Alumnus Ray Vesper continues to contribute new editions of Lao Tse and books on Taoism, and Dr. Seymour Boorstein journals and tapes in psychotherapy. Other recent donors include Asian & Comparative Studies student Sandra Bassett, poet Dorothy Walters, faculty member Harrison Voigt, and staff members Cindy Matison and Victoria Ritchie. The record-holder thus far is Wendy Knox Carr of Minnesota, who sent 284 books when she closed her bookstore. The library is grateful for such broad community support. The library's Website address is http://library.ciis.edu; for current news and information, visit http://library.ciis.edu/new.html.
Professionally Speaking Renée Emunah,
Drama Therapy program director, led a panel of CIIS alumni at the National Association
for Drama Therapy Conference: The Art of Order and Chaos, San Francisco,
November 9-12, 2000. The focus of the panel was "From Internal Chaos to Aesthetic
Order: The Development of Self-Revelatory Performance at CIIS."She also sat on
a panel about drama therapy training programs, "Professional Identity vs. Personal
Development,"as well as on a panel of key proponents of drama therapy approaches
published in the new anthology, Current Approaches in Drama Therapy. Stephen Goodman, Asian
& Comparative Studies Alfonso Montuori,
Transformative Learning & Change _____ "In Search of Creativity: Beyond Individualism and Collectivism,"Western Academy of Management Conference in Hawaii, April 2000. _____ "Jazz, Creativity, and Innovation in Management" at Brandworks U., an international event sponsored by leading advertising agency, Lindsay Stone and Briggs in Madison, Wisconsin, June 2000. Brian Swimme _____ Plenary address (with Mary Evelyn Tucker, director of the World Religions & Ecology Program at Harvard University Center), "The Great Ultimate—The Universe Story and Confucian Spirituality,"Global Prophets Conference, The Sophia Summer Institute 2000, Holy Names College, Oakland. Five Social and Cultural Anthropology alumni and students presented papers at the American Anthropological Association's annual conference held in San Francisco, November 15-19, 2000:
Don Hanlon Johnson,
Somatics & Jorgé Ferrer,
East-West Psychology
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John L. Levy
About his association with the Institute John comments, "I love CIIS; there is no other school like it. I have never been strongly interested in higher education, but CIIS is special. The school has admirable goals and ideals, is truly integral, and has attracted many great individuals. I recommend it to people." John has been director of the Association of Humanistic Psychology, and was involved with Esalen Institute and the Association for Transpersonal Psychology when those organizations were forming. His direction shifted when he was hired by a man who believed he had ruined his children's lives by giving them too much money; he wanted John to work with the family on this issue. For many years now, he has worked as a wealth consultant with people on issues that may arise in giving or receiving an inheritance. Today, John has two projects in which he's involved. He works with an organization called The Sudden Money Institute, which trains those who help people with the practical and emotional issues that may accompany receiving a very large amount of money suddenly. John says, "Most people don't think that having a lot of money is a 'problem', but for many people it evokes very emotional issues. For example, self-esteem can falter when people start wondering 'do they only like me because of my money'? John is most excited about a project called "Philanthropy for the Twenty-first Century. With a small group, he is trying to influence major philanthropists to shift their giving patterns from the relatively conservative and habitual choices they often make, to institutions that are involved in social change efforts. He argues, "Much philanthropy is directed toward dealing with symptoms rather than causes. It may not be as glamorous, but we must support people and organizations that are working to create a better future from the ground up." To see an article about John Levy's work ("Raising Rich Kids! Growing Up Wealthy...And Human," by Gerald Le Van), go to www.levanco.com/rich.htm.
PSY Student Wins Outstanding Paper Award Dean Leland van den Daele has announced that clinical psychology student Cori Herzig recently received an award for the "outstanding paper in psychoanalytic psychology by a student" from the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (NCSPP). The paper, which carried a monetary stipend, will be presented at the NCSPP spring meeting and will appear in fort da, the NCSPP journal.
Faculty Help World Bank Shape Environmental
Strategy Social & Cultural Anthropology faculty Angana Chatterji and Richard Shapiro have been invited to participate in ongoing consultations on the World Bank's evolving Environment Strategy. They were invited relative to their roles in the Asia Forest Network, where Angana is the director of research, and Richard is an associate. The World Bank is seeking to address some of the numerous criticisms it has received regarding its projects, its commitments and politics, and its expenditure practices amounting to billions of dollars annually. In response, for the first time, it is drafting an Environmental Strategy. Environmental practitioner-experts from around the world have been asked to define the conceptual framework of the Bank's Environmental Strategy. The objective is to improve poor people's health and livelihoods and reduce their vulnerability to environmental risks. Consultations have been held in twenty-two countries, including Colombia, Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the U.S., and China.
 Ask
the Dean of Studentsby Richard Buggs, Dean of Students Dear Richard, Sincerely, Dear Almost, In each issue of the Inner Eye, the Dean of Students will answer a question posed to him by the students, staff, or faculty of CIIS. If you would like to ask a question, send it to richardb@ciis.edu or drop by Room 401.
Reverend Cecil Williams, Janice Mirikitani Join Council of Sages
Information Systems for Higher Education by Lionel Chan, Chief Information Officer Special thanks to Scott Ciliberti, our systems analyst and database administrator, for skillfully shepherding CIIS this long and complicated conversion path. He went well beyond normal expectations, and even organized a going away party to mark the return of the retired AS400 computer to IBM!
Welcome to: Farewell to: Susan Cooper, executive assistant to the president, to develop her new consulting and coaching service, Cross-Culture Communications. Samantha Kahn, financial aid officer, who is now doing financial aid work at the California Culinary Acadamy. Diana Reid, admissions assistant, who has returned to a former job. Reminder:
It's In the Stars by Cathy Coleman
Inner Eye The Inner Eye is published by the Communications & Marketing Department.
Articles may be submitted to candicec@ciis.edu via email or disks may be put in the Inner Eye mailbox. Articles are subject to editing for clarity, length, and appropriateness.
HINT: Her brother worked here for only a year, but since '73 she's been gracing our sphere. She was at one time director of academic affairs. ANSWER AT: InnerGate-mail.ciis.edu. Each issue of the Inner Eye features a photograph of staff or faculty from another time in their lives. (Please submit photos along with a "hint" to Candice Chase in Communications.)
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President Subbiondo's walk-in hours are Tuesdays between 2:00 and 3:00 pm, no appointment necessary. Dr. Janis Phelps, Dean, School of Transformation & Consciousness, walk-in hours are Mondays between 3:00 and 4:00 pm, Room 412; other times by appointment by calling 415-575-6257. Dr. Leland van den Daele, Dean, School of Professional Psychology, appointments available Mondays 3:00 - 5:00 pm and Tuesdays 3:00 - 5:00 pm. Call 415-575-6210. |
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On
Friday, November 17, the InnerLight Bookstore presented spiritual leader and author
Eckhart Tolle at the Franklin Street First Unitarian Church. An unassuming man
with a quiet but powerful presence, he spoke with humor about the perils and rewards
of human efforts to live in the present moment. The event sold out, with over
600 people from all over the U.S. arriving to hear this luminary speak about The
Power of Now (also the name of one of his remarkable book). The book has been
life changing for many, and is widely accepted as one of the most important spiritual
books of the last fifty years. The Friday lecture attracted the largest group
that has ever attended events at the Church. On Saturday, he offered a teaching
intensive for 525 people.
Eckhart,
who lives in Vancouver, is at the forefront of a growing number of awakened Western
teachers whose presence on the spiritual landscape has grown considerably brighter
and stronger over the last few years. He was interviewed for The Awakening
West: Evidence of a Spreading Enlightenment, in which he says, "A profound
transformation is taking place in the collective human consciousness of the planet:
the awakening of consciousness from the dream of matter, form, and separation
. . . we are breaking mind patterns that have dominated human life for eons."
He is also interviewed in Dialogues with Emerging Spiritual Teacher. Both
books are available in the InnerLight Bookstore.
Akira
Donuma, who earned a master's in East-West Psychology last year, received the
Institute's International Student Scholarship for this year as a student in the
Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) Program. At the summer 2000 conference of the Japanese
Association for Transpersonal Psychology, she presented on her thesis, which was
entitled "Ego and Transpersonal Identity." Akira is employed by the CIIS School
of Consciousness and Transformation. She says, "CIIS has helped me to reconnect
with my true self. As an Asian, female, Japanese student, I am deeply concerned
with feminism, diversity issues, and social/political liberation, and the Institute
embraces these in its ideals. I want to help the healing and growth of women,
youth, and people of color who have been wounded psychologically."
dialogue
among practitioners, scholars, and students. In addition to the keynote presentation
by David Lukoff, there were concurrent workshops including "Saving Marriages with
Spiritual Sentiments" and "Spiritual Emergence and Suicidality" by Stuart Sovatsky,
a trustee, alum, and adjunct faculty member of the Institute. The conference began
with an inspirational ritual by Janis Phelps, dean of the School of Consciousness
and Transformation, and closed with an awards presentation by Leland van den Daele,
dean of the School of Professional Psychology. 
Throughout
the day, one could sense a spirit of collaborative energy and inquiry as practitioners
and faculty members from the Bay Area, as well as many CIIS students, interacted
and learned much from each other. I am grateful to many people for their imagination
and work in designing and orchestrating a very professional meeting for over 300
attendees—especially Karen Trueheart, whose vision of and commitment to SEN
were responsible for the conference; Pam Chaloult, whose marketing materials clearly
articulated the goals of the conference; Kim Sweetman, whose attention to the
myriad of details created a professional meeting, and the dedicated Continuing
Education and SEN staff, whose long hours of work created a significant event.
Secrets
of the Stacks 
Janice
Mirikitani, a poet, editor, administrator and community activist, and The Reverend
Cecil Williams, pastor of Glide Memorial Church for the past thirty-five years,
have accepted an invitation to join the CIIS Council of Sages, a group of distinguished
individuals who serve the Institute in an advisory capacity. Mirikitani and Reverend
Williams were the commencement 2000 featured speakers.
It
is a pleasure to announce that the critical conversion of the CIIS information
system database (used to process all student and business records) to Teams Elite
was a success. After a gestation period of almost three years, the new system
went live on November 13, and the Registrar's, Admissions, and Business Offices
resumed their operations using the new Teams Elite software. Once it is fully
configured, this system will provide better institutional research and more efficient
information processing.
The
Sun is now in the sign of Sagitarrius, with its vibrating expansive, enthusiastic
energy; it's good for writing your final papers, expounding philosophical and
visionary ideas, and for having a jovial time at holiday parties. Venus moves
into the sign of Aquarius on the December 8, further fanning the flames of friendship
and social interaction. There's a solar eclipse on Christmas morning in the sign
of Capricorn. This may bring forth potent energy for endings and new beginnings.
This is a year for making strong, practical, concrete New Year's resolutions help
you manifest your dreams.
