You bring love from my feet to my heart — Alana
2013 Burning Man Pictures by Anna Lisa
“Dear friends” – Fujiko’s write-up of her experience lecturing at Burning Man 2013
Dear friends,
What a privilege to be invited to speak at Burning Man!!
If someone asks me what it is like to lecture in Black Rock City, I would first identify this City as one of the most inclusive places. Burning Man attracts many seekers, thinkers, and movers. And these seekers and movers are from all over the world.
From meeting people just around our camp, I realized I would be speaking to an international audience. I met people from Israel, Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, China, and Russia. I am pretty sure every State was represented from the U.S.A.
I gave two presentations that introduced 1) Science and Health 2) Mrs. Eddy, 3) Qualities of real man and spirituality, 4) Christ Jesus as the teacher and healer, and 5) the examples of healing through prayer (Christ/shift in consciousness) that I have witnessed.
More nationalities were represented at the talk (lecture) I presented in the Center Stage for the Speaker’s series and more people were listening in, surrounding the stage.
The eagerness to learn what I had to say about healing and spirituality was felt and there was no room for shortcuts or covering up with “words.”
Many who attended my lectures were thinkers and regular viewers of TED talks as well, so the level of expectation to present something completely new or radical was also high.
At the end of two talks, I felt every lecturer should speak here and feel the energy and intelligence, childlike receptivity and generosity of true seekers and thinkers.
Thank you for your contribution to add strength to our Movement!
With much love and blessing to you!!
Fujiko Signs, C.S.B.
September 20, 2013
2013 Temple of Whollyness at Burning Man Video
This lovely video shows the Temple at Burning Man from this past year. This is where we held a sunrise service on Sunday that truly felt like a real service.
Matter Out Of Place (MOOP) Free in 2013
Burning Man is the largest Leave No Trace event in the world. Right now volunteers are doing the final sweeps to restore the desert back to a relatively pristine state so that Burning Man will be permitted to return again next year. They have a cool map showing where they’ve found Material Out Of Place (MOOP). Green means they were able to sweep through quickly, no MOOP. We made sure to clean our camp space thoroughly before we left, happy to see it confirmed on their MOOP Map. 🙂
Listen to Fujiko’s Daily Lift about her experience as part of our camp at Burning Man this year
Fujiko’s Daily Lift discusses our experiences washing feet in the dusty desert in Black Rock City at Burning Man 2013. Some wonderful ideas in her talk, and some excellent comments from people who have listened to this lift.
http://christianscience.com/prayer-and-health/more-inspiration/your-daily-lift/9-12-washed-clean
Awesome Burning Man 2013 time-lapse video
This is a sweet time-lapse video of the building of Burning Man in 2013 up through the burning of the Man itself. Amazing to think about how we were some of those little dots of light scurrying around at night sometimes. 🙂
This video captures Burning Man 2013 from an elevation of 5495 feet above sea level and over 4 linear miles from the center of Black Rock City. Old Razorback, aka Trego Peak, provides a unique vista of this incredible annual event. Climbing to the peak of Old Razorback has become a challenging and rewarding tradition for our team. This is a view that most will never experience in person. It is our passion to share it with the world through the lens of a camera. Climbing 1,888 feet in less than a mile over steep, unstable mountainside is a dangerous and exhilarating mission. This year we deployed cameras during the build week, capturing the growth of the city and ending it the night of the burn. We express gratitude to the family and friends that joined us for this epic climb. We could not do it alone. Many thanks to our team this year: Mark Phipps, John Phipps, Dallon Phipps, Kevin Johnson & Meghan Johnson. We also offer heartfelt thanks to OpenOptics (Inspired Flight) and Dusty Nix for designing such an incredible sound score for this year’s rendition (inspiredflightmusic.com, dustynix.com).
2013 Burning Man recap call TUESDAY 9/10 at 7:00pm PDT
We’re planning a call at 7pm (Pacific time) next TUESDAY, Sept 10 to share our Burning Man 2013 experience with all of our supporters. The trip was an absolute success — we washed over 200 people’s feet, had as many if not more significant conversations, received enormously positive feedback, and plan to return again next year.
If you know anyone who would like to hear the story, please share / forward this email and they’re welcome to also join the call. We’re hoping to do a full in-person show-and-tell sharing later but still need to organize and arrange it.
UPDATE: Here is a recording of the call (duration: 1:38) (enjoy and share!)
Download link (70MB, .mp3)
Download link (70MB, .mp3)
Here’s the call info:
TUESDAY 9/10 7pm
(619) 326 2772
Access code: 1246521
Talk with you then!!!
Thanks so much for your support. )'(
Gabriel & the Christian Science at Burning Man team
Critique of Burning Man as locale for CS lecture & activity (by Tiare)
2012
WHAT? A CS Lecture at BURNING MAN? Ridiculous. What crazies are organizing this absurd idea? Yes, BMan is a superlative, fascinating, creative Art Festival. For 4 years I’ve attended to support our son’s large theme camp, flying in his banquet food and décor. I’ve experienced some outstanding healings there, but as a devoted, active lifelong CS, I’d never condone a CS Lecture or even brief stage presentation at BMan.
WHY? True, the basic philosophy requires brotherly kindness, strict conservation, self-reliant living, banning profiteering, respecting multi-culturalism, intellectual talks, focus on dancing and symbolism of destruction of the past year’s negative events to be free for fresh, positive experience.
However, the emphasis on total freedom of lifestyle, usage of alcohol and drug abuse, and immodesty by a significant number in a city of 60,000:- it all seemed to me licentious, inappropriate, and offensive for offering pure CS.
But then, WHY NOT Go For It? Was I being impressed with evil? I knew Mrs. Eddy wrote “Why should we stand aghast at nothingness?” (S&H563:5)
WHEN? As I learned of the extremely loving, well-organized, and spiritual purpose of the lecture organizing team, the motives began to shine as so pure, so filled with spiritual light and Christly compassion to “give a cup of cold water” in the hot desert of humanity escaping from unresolved problems, I began to reach out for how I could help, though not attending.
MBE does counsel us “Never breathe an immoral atmosphere unless in an attempt to purify it” (S&H 452:14-15).What about praying (Hymn 144) “In atmosphere of Love Divine, we live and move and breathe”? What right did I have to take offense? Again, our Leader advises in “Taking Offense” (MiscWr 223-224) that we CAN go forth into the wide world of diverse cultures, opinions, ceaseless interactions with dynamic spiritual patience, magnanimity, genial temper, and charity broad enough to cover the whole world’s evil (my paraphrasing).
WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS THIS, ANYWAY? Are there CS radicals or CS conservatives? MBE answers (“We soil our garments with conservatism, and afterwards we must wash them clean.” MWritg 452:20) We never need be timid, since everyone loves joyful surprises you find in practicing CS…Hymn 191 addresses this situation:
“My God, my Father, make me strong when tasks of life seem hard and long… Things deemed impossible I dare ~ Thine is the call, and Thine the care”
RESULT? Had a totally different perspective, so I found a way to support all CS activity with enthusiastic prayer-watching over the lecture & other times. As we know, the fruitage was excellent with healing and great joy!
2013
Deepest gratitude for excellent team-planning, organization, choice of lecturer, — specially the shared inspiration before — a superb unfoldment of relevant, fresh, humorous ideas.
~from Tiare (BMan name)
(Tahitian Gardenia)
2013 Burning Man Aerial View
Some great shots of Burning Man 2013 taken from the sky. We couldn’t quite find our camp in these shots, but it gives a good perspective of the overall layout of Burning Man. Our photos will be coming soon!
Prayer Watch Team Shared Inspiration
From: kim korinek
Inspiration with Dr. Seuss, Mary Baker Eddy, the Bible and hymns
Dr. S: “You’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So… get on your way!”
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So… get on your way!”
SH vii: 1
“To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.”
My. 158:9
We live in an age of Love’s divine adventure to be All-in-all. …. it profits by the past and joys in the present — to-day lends a new-born beauty to holiness, patience, charity, love.
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“Oh the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.”
Step by step will those who trust Him find that “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
SH 239:16: 20
The objects we pursue and the spirit we manifest reveal our standpoint, and show what we are winning.
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“It’s opener, out there, in the wide, open air.”
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
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“You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.”
Truthful and steadfast though trials betide thee,
Ever one thing do thou ask of thy Lord,
Grace to go forward, wherever He guide thee,
Gladly obeying the call of His word
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“You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. but mostly they’re darked.
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?”
Some windows are lighted. but mostly they’re darked.
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?”
SH 239:16
To ascertain our progress, we must learn where our affections are placed and whom we acknowledge and obey as God. If divine Love is becoming nearer, dearer, and more real to us, matter is then submitting to Spirit.
Right and wrong, truth and error, will be at strife in the minds of students, until victory rests on the side of invincible truth.
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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know..”
Father-Mother God,
II Sam. 22:32-34
For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God? God is my strength and power: And he maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
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