Film Makers: Dreamkeepers
at the Dawn of the Millennium
Stephen Simon, JD

At present, millennium consciousness is mostly negative worldwide, especially in the area of movies. Since movies are the dream machine of the collective consciousness, the reality that typically gets created reflects what is put up on the movie screens around the world. Stephen will be discussing the responsibility that film makers have in light of this fact and why films about consciousness must be made to counter the negativity. A brief look at the history of movies that have been made about consciousness and the businesses that finance them, such as It's a Wonderful Life, 2001, Field of Dreams, Ghost, Close Encounters and Being There, will reveal why so few of these films are getting produced in the movie business today. Stephen is a film maker whose vision is to take the inner workings of our spirit and present it as entertainment for mass audiences in a portrayal of where we can go, what we can do and who we can be in the creation of the reality we will all share in this millennium.

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Presenter Bio: Stephen left a private law practice to join Rastar Productions where he was responsible for the creation of movies including Smokey and the Bandit, The Electric Horseman and The Goodbye Girl. After leaving Rastar, he produced Somewhere In Time. He has also produced All the Right Moves. He is cofounder of Metafilmics, a production company exclusively focused on metaphysical films, which produced the Academy Award winning What Dreams May Come and the Emmy-nominated Lifetime movie Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. His latest film is Indigo, which won the coveted Audience Choice Award in its debut at the December, 2003 Santa Fe Film Festival. He is also the author of The Force is With You: Mystical Movie Messages that Inspire Our Lives. With a focus on spirituality and film, he teaches several seminars and workshops, and writes a nationally syndicated column called The Movie Mystic.

Jungle Medicine: From Medicine to Magic
Connie Grauds, RPh

Explore the powerful and mysterious healing secrets of the Amazon jungle shamans. Connie presents a dramatic hour-long experiential slide presentation of ancient sacred rituals which blend medicine and spirit for the sake of healing the person and the planet.

Learn about:

• the importance of these indigenous shamans who teach us the power of nature to heal, the science of how nature heals, and the ubiquitous spirit that is behind all that heals
• the shaman, the science, the spirit - the importance of ecological medicine, how we heal from our environment just as the jungle shamans do in their intimate relationship with the healing spirits of nature that surround
• the medicine, the magic, the mystery
• the interrelatedness of the powerful medicines from our rain forests with the health of our Earth that provides them
• the plants, the planet, the pharmaceuticals. Connie shares spirited tales of the visionary spirit doctors and stories of their healing powers.

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Presenter Bio: Connie is a Shamana of the Amazonian shamanic tradition. She spent 10 years apprenticing with shamans in the jungles of Peru. She is President of the Association of Natural Medicine Pharmacists, Natural Medicine Editor for Pharmacy Times, professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, and professor at the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing. She is the author of Jungle Medicine, Kava and Anxiety, a University course in Medical Shamanism, and is the director of the Center for Spirited Medicine which offers programs in Amazonian shamanism in the United States and in South America. www.spiritedmedicine

The Keys to the Castle:
Bringing Spirit Back to Life
Lance Secretan, PhD -

The conscious leader is guided in life by six things:

1. Conscious awareness - being in awe, wonder and radical admiration of the glory of all that is;
2. commitment to Authenticity - showing up and being present in all aspects of life, removing the mask and becoming a real, vulnerable and intimate human being;
3. desire to Serve - others, the planet and the Divine, which may be defined differently by each leader;
4. passion for and commitment to the Truth - the refusal to compromise integrity or to deny Universal truths.
5. The capacity to Love - the source of a Conscious Leader's ability to inspire others; and
6. Being Effective in all aspects of life.

These six qualities form an acronym for the Conscious Leader: CASTLE. The greatest leaders of history have all been Conscious Leaders - inspiring others in their endeavors and enlisting them in their dreams.

When we appraise leaders within our organizations, or we seek to recruit new leaders into them, or we search for new suppliers based on the quality of their leadership - even when we search for a new career - our criteria should be the same: is this a Conscious Leader? Is this a leader who is awake? Is this a Conscious Leader who honors the sacredness in all life? Organizations led by such leaders are crucibles of energy that ignite the passions of everyone within. They are filled with an indescribable, but beautiful force that propels their organizations past all others. No one can quite describe it, but deep down in our hearts there is a knowing - we know it when we see and feel it. This is the organization without a recruitment problem. This is the organization that replaces marketing and selling with being, and therefore inviting new business, new markets, new ideas and new horizons. These are organizations that can put hundreds of millions of dollars on the bottom line by telling the truth and becoming a magnet for passion. This is the wisdom and greatness in an Inspirational Leader.

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Presenter Bio: Lance has built a business from scratch to $100 million in annual sales. He has been a Professor of Entrepreneurship at York and MacMaster Universities and has worked on the floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Today, he's an author, philosopher and consultant. Lance is the author of a number of international best selling books including Reclaiming Higher Ground: Creating Organizations that Inspire the Soul, Managerial Moxie: The 8 Proven Steps for Empowering Your Employees and Supercharging Your Company, Living the Moment: A Sacred Journey and The Way of the Tiger: Gentle Wisdom for Turbulent Times. When he reached the age of forty, Lance retired. Now he coaches leaders of outstanding organizations to inspire and motivate employees and find and keep customers for life.

www.secretan.com