Welcome to the Language of Spirit Conference! This has been our signature conference for the past seven years, and we feel it well represents the spirit of SEED. Since it changes every year, we look forward with anticipation to an extraordinary and unique event.

Enclosed you will find confirmation cards which serve as receipts and tickets to the conference. If you registered for our special events, we have enclosed those cards as well. In addition, please take a look at our Primer on Dialogue.

OPENING RECEPTION
The opening reception is from 6- 9 pm on Saturday, August 6 th, 2005. Refreshments and hor’doevers will be served. Attire is dress casual.

OPENING NIGHT FILM: THE LANGUAGE OF SPIRITUALITY
The opening evening will feature the documentary film by Tony Dellaflora, co-founder of the DigiFest Film Festival of Albuquerque. The is entitled The Language of Spirituality, and features many members of the dialogue conference, including Leroy Little Bear and the late Dan Moonhawk Alford. After the showing, the filmmaker will take questions from the audience, and, if times remains, a mini-dialogue will be held.

LA QUINTA ROOM BLOCKS
The conference room rate at La Quinta is $69. Please call (505) 839-1744 to reserve a room under the SEED Room Block. For alternative places to stay, please see the enclosed list.

REGISTRATION/CHECK IN AT THE CONFERENCE
You may register for the conference from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday, August 6 th at SEED or at 8 am – 9 am Sunday morning August 7 th. Please pick up your badge for the conference at registration and your lunch ticket (if applicable.)

LUNCH ON SUNDAY
Since there is only about an hour lunch break on Sunday, we recommend partaking of the group lunch. We have arranged for an Indian (from India) Buffet: Saga Paneer (Spinach Vegetable Dish), Dal (Bean Vegetable) Tandoori Chicken are some of the delicacies offered. Please check out our website at http://www.seedopenu.org/conferences/language/food.htm for a complete menu. If you have signed up for this lunch, please do so by August 5, 2005.

BOOKS FOR SALE

Books by our conference presenters and other writers on related themes will be available for purchase throughout the conference. Tapes and manuscripts from past Language of Spirit Conferences will also be available for sale. You can sign up for purchase of audiotapes or transcripts at the conference; audiotapes and CDs will be available shortly after the conclusion of the conference. The transcript takes up to a full year to prepare. We ask that you please make your purchase during break times.

CO-SPONSORS TABLE

This conference is co-sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, California Institute of Integral Studies, ReVision Journal, The Indigenous Education Institute, The Message Company, Science and Spirit Magazine and the Light of Consciousness Magazine. Materials from the organizations will be available in the foyer outside the main conference area. Our sponsors are exceptional organizations we would like you to learn about if you don’t already know them. If you have materials from other worthy organizations you would like to display, please let us know well in advance.

CEU UNITS

The conference is approved for 22 CEU units for LPCC, LMHC, and LCSW in New Mexico. There will be a required sign-up forms and evaluation forms at the conference. We do not charge a fee for applying for CEU units. Out of state CEU units may or may not be transferable depending on reciprocation agreements between states.

WEATHER CONDITIONS/TEMPERATURE

August is New Mexico’s rainy season, which means it can rain, not that it will rain. Every dawn typically begins with clear skies and temperatures in the 60’s and peaks in the low to mid-90’s. In the late afternoon, we will be treated to beautiful cumulus clouds and gathering thunderheads. It will rain somewhere in New Mexico nearly every day in August, but not necessarily where we are. The clouds and approaching twilight make for a beautiful light that has drawn artists to New Mexico for centuries. If it does rain, it can rain with sudden force, so be sure to take cover, and if driving, to avoid arroyos (washes.) The altitude is about one mile high in Albuquerque, about the same as Denver. The altitude in Santa Fe or Taos is 7000 ft, in the mountains about Santa Fe, 13,000 ft., and atop the Sandia (watermelon) Mountains by Albuquerque, 10,000 feet.

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