Events for
May 9 - 11th, 2025

Quote of the Week
"For all things and non-things that you may ever want, understand that sometimes the fastest way to get them is to forget them, and to focus instead on just being the most amazing human being you can be.  At which point all of your heart's desires, spoken or unspoken will be drawn to you more powerfully than a magnet is drawn to steel."
Mike Dooley
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Movie Night
Movie:  Her
Date:    Friday May 9th 2025
Time:   7:30pm   (optional:  bring a dish or snack)
 
Her Youtube Trailer
  
Staring:  Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Scarlett Johansson 
Written and Directed by:  Spike Jonze
Produced by:  Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay
Genres:   Drama, Si/Fi, Romance
Running Time:  126 min
 
A sensitive and soulful man earns a living by writing personal letters for other people.  Left heartbroken after his marriage ends, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) becomes fascinated with a new computer operating system which reportedly develops into an intuitive and unique entity in its own right.  The operating system identifies itself as "Samantha" (Scarlett Johansson), whose bright voice reveals a sensitive, playful personality.  Though "friends" initially, the relationship soon deepens into "love."
 
Hope to see you there!  ☺

Group Meditation
Sunday, May 11th, from
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Musical toning from Tom Kenyon's CD entitled:

followed by
Knowledge Cinema
The 40 Year Cycle of Human Evolution
  Bashar
 
Bashar is a being of extraterrestrial origin, a friend from the future who has spoken for the past 30 years through channel, Darryl Anka, bringing through a wave of new information that clearly explains in detail how the universe works and how each person creates the reality they experience. Over the years, thousands of individuals have had the opportunity to apply these principles and see if they really work to change their lives and create the reality that they desire.


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Join Veterans for Peace - Peace Action of Broome County - in
celebrating Mother’s Peace Day, commemorating the work of Julia
Ward Howe. We reaffirm Howe’s cries for peace; that mothers should
not have to raise sons to kill other sons.
Join us for:
Mother’s Day Concert and Silent Peace Walk for Child Victims of War.
Saturday, May 10th from 12 - 2pm
Otsiningo Park, South Shelter
Binghamton, NY.

Anti-War Songs performed by Michael McGuane, Steven Eisenberg,
and James Packrat Bates.
Performance as Julia Ward Howe by Narani O’Shaughnessy.

Free flowers for mothers. No admission fee.

30 Main St., Binghamton. 
Sunday, April 11th
Service begins at 11:30 am in the Eden Room 
Feel free to come early and join Unity folks and FCC congregants for
coffee, snacks and social time, which starts at 11:15am.

The Speaker for this Sunday is  Diana Gildea

The next Book/Conversation Group meeting is at 6:30pm. Monday May 12th
We're reading:  "A Walk in the Physical"  by Christian Sundberg. 
FYI you can download a pdf version here. 

 If you have anything Unity-related that you would like to have considered for posting in this weekly email,
or if you no longer wish to receive this email, please contact Merri 607.723.9601 or myself.   
Joy and Blessings  🙏

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Dance Wave - the Return!
Saturday May 17th 
from 3:30 - 4:30pm
Dance, Dance, Dance!
For more information, please call or text Pamela Moss:
at (607) 372-1676
Dance for the joy of it!

Vishnu's Couch is pleased to present a
Drumming Circle!
Sunday May 18th 
from 3:30 - 4:30pm
61 Prospect Ave. Binghamton NY
Bring you drum (or we have a few) and prepare to enliven your inner drummer energy.
Free event, but space is limited so please call or text to register early..
Call:  232-6410 or e-mail:  e_cotton@yahoo.com
Open Mic Poetry

Coming Soon  ☺

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Events for
May 2nd - 4th, 2025

61 Prospect Ave, 4th Floor, Binghamton NY

Quote of the Week
"One who acts giving over all action to the universal Being, abandoning attachment, is untouched by sin as a lotus leaf by water."
Bhagavad-Gita 5.10

Commentary:  "...giving over all action to the universal Being..." means understanding that the universal Being (Brahman, God, etc.) even though It does not act at all, It is still the source of all action.  Just as our physical mind, and body while asleep, i.e. not acting, is still the source of all the actions we seem to make in our dreams.  When we truly understand this we become free of "sin"--the attachment to having things be a particular way.  Thus do we abandon attachment and remain as untouched by sin as a lotus leaf remains untouched and unaffected by water.  The implication is that we're all dream-characters in the dream of the universal Being, like actors hired to play particular roles so that the Divine dreamer can experience every single aspect of itself both from the perspective of Its unified whole Self, and simultaneously from the perspectives of all Its infinite individual aspects.  After playing our parts we return to the awareness of our unity and rejoice in the positive value of having experienced the various individual aspects of our unified wholeness.
--Yogi Edmond.
Movie Night
Movie:  Conclave
Date:    Friday May 2nd
Time:   7:30pm   (optional:  bring a dish or snack)
Click to view the Youtube Trailer

Starring:  Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini
Directed by:  Edward Berger
Screenplay by:  Peter Straughan, based on Conclave by Robert Harris
Produced by:  Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael Jackman, Alice Dawson, Robert Harris
Music by:  Volker Bertelmann

After the pope dies of a heart attack, the College of Cardinals, under the leadership of its dean, Thomas Lawrence of the United Kingdom, convenes to elect his successor. The four leading candidates are Aldo Bellini of the United States, a progressive; Joshua Adeyemi of Nigeria, a social conservative; Joseph Tremblay of Canada, a mainstream conservative; and Goffredo Tedesco of Italy, a staunch traditionalist. ... and thus the drama begins!
 Hope to see you there!  ☺

Group Meditation
Sunday, May 4th, from
2:00 - 3:00 pm

followed by

Live Concert
4:30 - 6:00 pm
featurning the return of:

Suggested Love Offering:  $10.00
For more information or to register,
Call:  232-6410 or e-mail:  e_cotton@yahoo.com
 Hope to see you there!  ☺

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30 Main St., Binghamton. 
Sunday, May 4th
Service begins at 11:30 am in the Eden Room 
Feel free to come early and join Unity folks and FCC congregants for
coffee, snacks and social time, which starts around 11:00am.

The Speaker for this Sunday is yours truly:  Yogi Edmond
Topic:  "No-action acting"

Reminder:  The Unity Annual Meeting is this Sunday May 4th. 
Please come and meet your new Steering Committee members and stay for lunch!
Also, please complete the membership forms on the table in the Eden room to start or renew your Unity membership.  This needs to be completed once each year.  Please return the completed forms to Merri or myself.

The next Book/Conversation Group meeting is at 6:30pm. Monday May 5th
We've decided to read "A Walk in the Physical"  by Christian Sundberg. 
FYI you can download a pdf version here:  

Condolences to:  Andree Myers at the passing of her beloved mother; and
Rose and Sarah at the passing of their beloved cat Kenzie.

 If you have anything Unity-related that you would like to have considered for posting in this weekly email, or if you no longer wish to receive this email, please contact Merri 607.723.9601 or myself.   Joy and Blessings  🙏



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Vishnu's Couch is pleased to present a
Drumming Circle!
Sunday May 18th 
from 3:30 - 4:30pm
Bring you drum (or we have a few) and prepare to enliven your inner drummer energy.
Free event, but space is limited so please call or text to register early..
Call:  232-6410 or e-mail:  e_cotton@yahoo.com

Dance Wave - the Return!

Open Mic Poetry

Coming Soon  ☺

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