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Anne Strieber starts her new Diary, with these words: “Whitley and I were recently invited to participate in a conference at that magical spot by the ocean called Esalen. I loved it: We’d driven by it many times when we visited Big Sur, but we had never actually been there, and we were especially honored that they took our specialties–UFO sightings and contactee stories–seriously enough to include us.” Then the surprises start to come! If you want to meet Anne in person, join us in June.

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Whitley and I were recently invited to participate in a conference at that magical spot by the ocean called Esalen. I loved it: We’d driven by it many times when we visited Big Sur, but we had never actually been there, and we were especially honored that they took our specialties–UFO sightings and contactee stories–seriously enough to include us. After we got home, we expected to be rested and refreshed, but instead found ourselves exhausted, so I’ve come to the conclusion that enlightenment is enervating. Perhaps this was because, being in such a meditative place with so many wise people all around me, I realized how really BAD I am at that sort of thing. But maybe seeing where you are is the first step down the spiritual path.
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Unexpected things are happening: Because an earthquake anywhere in the world can set off another, even on the other side of the globe, scientists are predicting that a major earthquake, similar to the one that hit Chile and Haiti, has more than a one-in-three chance of striking the Pacific Northwest within the next 50 years.

Earlier estimates put the chance of such a quake at once every half century, but new analysis has changed the opinion of geologists studying the Cascadia Subduction zone, where the ocean floor slips below the North American Plate, and where the region’s earthquakes originate.
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UPDATE: BP stops oil spill! – A failed cement plug probably caused the blowout which led to the huge oil spill in the Gulf. And guess whose company installed the cement plug? It was a company led by a member of the extremely pro-business Bush administration, namely Dick Cheney’s company Halliburton.
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