
THE CENTER FOR
VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
Dear Friends,
What makes The
Center for Visionary Leadership unique in the non-profit world? We’re
practical visionaries who work from the inside out—we
reveal the inner, spiritual dimensions of outer action in the world. We
connect the inner world of spiritual wisdom and guidance with dynamic,
outer creativity to build the new civilization. There are many wonderful
spiritual groups and social action groups today--but few address both the
inner and outer worlds simultaneously, communicating to mainstream society
in a down-to-earth, practical way as we do. We think our unique approach
is worthy of your support.
Since the
launch of our seminal book, Spiritual Politics, in 1994,
we’ve explored the inner, hidden causes of world events, such as
recent weather upheavals. We’ve helped many
people find their life purpose and an inner source of reliable guidance
to make their lives more meaningful. When each of us makes a
commitment to our higher purpose, we receive abundant help from Spirit—our
ultimate safety net amidst all the upheaval in the world today.
Our
commitment is to promote positive, innovative
solutions to social problems through our seminars and articles, such
as the $2.3 trillion social investment movement; the billions invested in
new “green” technologies--solar, wind, biomass, fuel cells, and hydrogen;
the power of oyster mushrooms to transform toxic lead and spilled oil; the
use of coherent light, modulated light and harmonic sound with water for
healing the body; the new “webocracy” and multi-stakeholder dialogues for
transforming politics; and the largest movement in the history of the
world for peace, justice and environmental sustainability—over one million
civil society groups and growing!
Members and
Friends Summer Gathering- Thursday, June 12 in Washington, D.C.:
We invite you to join us for a members and
friends gathering, hear about our latest work and meet other like-minded
professionals. Held at a private home in Georgetown, , please RSVP
for directions: cvldc@visionarylead.org
or call (202)237-2800.
Psychosophy Consulting:
We consult with leaders around the world using a new psychology to help
them integrate conscious, subconscious and superconscious dimensions of
their being for greater effectiveness and joy in living. We also provide
pro bono consulting to many organizations in the U.S. and Europe, helping
with visioning, leadership development and spiritual issues.
World Service Intergroup (WSI) and Meditation for the Middle East:
One of our main projects is organizing a yearly invitational conclave with
leaders of 65 international meditation centers. For 12 years, we’ve met
in major cities around the world to meditate on world issues, and this
year we’ll focus our meditation efforts on the Middle East, the U.S., and
healing our relationship to nature. To support emerging leaders around
the world, the WSI created a Next Generation Council as well as a MySpace
website for spiritually oriented teenagers to meet.
New
Inspirational Audio Clips
are now offered in our newsletter and website: You
can hear a brief audio clip of a meditation from our Creative
Meditation CD on www.visionarylead.org. You can
also hear an introduction of CVL co-founders Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon
Davidson from the introduction to their Mastering
Time CD.
Intergenerational Collaboration: We’re
co-sponsoring InterGen: An Intergenerational Collaboration for
Co-Creating a Brilliant New World December 7 – 9 at Meditation
Mount in Ojai, California. Its purpose is to create a multi-generational
field of higher consciousness through open-hearted dialogue and
experiential processes that can aid a system-wide social transformation.
We hope to catalyze a radical exploration of solutions to global issues
from the perspectives of young visionaries and wise elders. We are also
working with a multi-generational collaborative of over 30 spiritual and
social change organizations in the Partnershift Alliance, which the
Institute for Noetic Sciences and other organizations catalyzed last
year.
Monthly Meditations, Spiritual Film Gatherings, and Spirituality and
Social Change Salons are some of our current
activities which are building a spirit of community locally.
Soul Light E-Newsletter: Our free,
quarterly on-line newsletter goes out to over 4,000 people world-wide.
This year, we’ve featured articles by internationally acclaimed
visionaries such as our long-time friends Paul Hawken in Blessed
Unrest, Hazel Henderson in Ethical Markets, and Dr.
Karl Maret in Scientific Breakthroughs by 2012. We’ve
featured spiritual practices such as a Meditation on the Harmonics of
the New World and Loving Kindness, and discussed how conscious
film-watching can be a spiritual practice. The What’s New section
of the newsletter alerts readers to inspiring new films, books and
magazines such as Dalai Lama Renaissance, WorldChanging, and
What Is Enlightenment? Sample Spiritual Practices from previous
issues are attached. Here’s some unsolicited feedback:
”Your
newsletter is recommended reading for my current MBA class. I love the
articles! Thank you!”—Cindy Meyer, Wait Park, MN
“Your
Prayer for Our Nation really struck a chord. I am totally worn out
physically and spiritually by all the garbage that passes for news. You
have given me a prayer to turn myself around and to turn the world
around. Positive actions are needed. Thank you.” --Kathleen
Murray
“Your
articles in this newsletter are fabulous, particularly the ones on shaping
politics through consciousness, and on films as spiritual fodder.” –
Pat Palmer, San Rafael, CA
Please
invest in helping create a positive future with us--your spiritual and
financial support is essential to our work! We
also ask that you let your friends and colleagues know about us.
We invite you to renew your
membership (or join CVL if you’re new), and/or make a donation to our
scholarship fund. Please be generous, as your support is much
needed to help us to continue to fulfill our mission—especially our
free programs, services and e-newsletter. (If you’d like to donate
stock, make a bequest, or join our special annuities program, please let
us know). You’ll make a real difference to the planet by supporting us!
Your donations
are tax-deductible as CVL is a non-profit, non-denominational,
educational corporation. Call (704) 583-0080 with your credit card
information or make a secure on-line donation at
www.visionarylead.org/support.htm, or send your check or credit card
info in the self-addressed envelope provided. Please do it now—there’s no
time like the present. May it return to you a hundred fold! Visit our
website for more inspiration:
www.visionarylead.org. and check out our inspirational flash graphics
and free audio clips.
With much love
and gratitude,
Gordon Davidson
Corinne McLaughlin Ginger Young