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# Finde deine Muster und Programme - entdecke dich! Lass alte Programme los! The Game of noncoincidence STELL DIR VOR, DU KÖNNTEST DEINE WAHRHEIT UND DEINE INNERE WELT WIE IN EINEM SPIEGEL BETRACHTEN "THE GAME OF NONCOINCIDENCE" Stell Dir ein Spiel vor, das Dir wie ein Spiegel die Wahrheit zeigt. Das „Spiel des Nicht-Zufalls" hilft Dir bei der Selbstentdeckung. So kannst Du Lasten, Illusionen und innere Blockaden lösen und tiefe Einsichten gewinnen. Jede Herausforderung ist dabei kein Zufall, sondern führt zu Klarheit, Wachstum und einem tieferen Verständnis Deiner selbst. Erforsche Deine innere Welt Liebe Transformation Ängste auflösen Arbeit mit dem inneren Kind Wahrheit Achtsamkeit Klarheit gewinnen Perspektive Anmeldung unter [info@om-center.ch](mailto:info@om-center.ch) oder Telefon 076 2626329 Energieausgleich auf Spendenbasis (mindestens 40.-) mehr Infos auf www.om-center.ch

Durch ein grösseres Waldstück erreichen wir die Lorze. Wir überqueren sie und stehen vor den Höllgrotten, 6000 Jahre alten Tropfsteinhöhlen. Wir folgen wir dem Lauf der Lorze, die durch Wildheit und Schönheit besticht. Der Rückweg führt uns vorbei an der Burgruine Wildenburg durch ein Waldstück namens Himmelrich. Wie immer mit Meditationsübungen in der Natur. Eintrittspreis für die Höllgrotten 14 CHF. Spendensammlung für Pro Natura. Mehr Fotos und Tourenblatt **[HIER Klicken](https://www.bernhardeisenbarth.ch/meditation/meditatives-wandern/#cc-m-header-15002150427)**

Looking for a fun, creative night out? Grab a friend or come solo and join us for an evening of watercolours, sisterhood, good conversation, and a chance to slow down for a couple hours 💕 We’ll have plenty of watercolour paints (including sparkly and metallic ones ✨), paper for you to make your own artwork, cards or postcards. And we’ll have tea, light snacks, good music, and all the cozy touches for a fun, relaxed girls night! ✨ Included: 🎨 All watercolour supplies 🧘‍♀️ Yoga mats and cozy blankets 🫖 Tea & light snacks 💕 Connection with other amazing women No artistic experience needed; just come, create, chat, laugh and enjoy a cozy evening with us. Doors open at 18:00 💛 We’d love to see you there! Follow us on instagram & Luma for more upcoming events! Insta: [https://www.instagram.com/solana_events.ch?utm_source=qr](https://www.instagram.com/solana_events.ch?utm_source=qr) Luma: [https://luma.com/calendar/cal-gCvN7X15jBkroSd](https://luma.com/calendar/cal-gCvN7X15jBkroSd) Tickets: [Girls’ Night Zürich in Zürich | Groups & Games](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/leisure-excursions/groups-games/girls-night-zuerich-7467259929398636389.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawSYlyhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWNXhQenFVSXF1VFFhRzBMc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTE0NzcxNTY5MjI4MDYxAAEe5wp9JEvR6ioK4yzUNkuotop6cwQNAFr3uLemUB8qVgYVzpzjJ5s2mrS4JR4_aem_TV0AVqOh6SX4i-9rxJlxiw)

EXPERIENCE PHILOSOPHICAL SYNCRETISM, INNER ALCHEMY, AND GAME SPIRIT. Try a live (private) session of **Mäng (offline in Zürich or online worldwide)**, a powerful self-exploration game that helps uncover hidden mental scripts and rewire the way you think, feel and act. It is a tool for a really **profound change** that follows the four stages of inner alchemy. A modernized version of an ancient contemplative practice, reimagined as a transformational tool based on psychological insight, symbolic logic, and inner strategy, it is not therapy or coaching in the traditional sense. Instead, it’s an immersive deep-dive into the unconscious mind through metaphor and archetype with a game spirit. 💡 **How it works:** Mäng is built on four stages of real, lasting change: 1. **Discovery** – Identify limiting beliefs and internal programs 2. **Uninstallation** – Let go of outdated patterns 3. **Design** – Create new mental strategies 4. **Integration** – Embed them into your deeper awareness You’ll be guided through this process by the **Master of Mäng**, who offers structure, questions, and insight, while you remain the one making all decisions and discoveries. 🌿 **Who is this for?** For everyone (regardless of beliefs, age, gender, etc.), but more than anyone - for those who didn't find answers or sufficient depth in pop coaching and psychology. 🕒 **Important:** This is a deep game. A full session lasts **4 hours**. Time slots are defined individually. Contact me directly to get an appointment. Price for newbies: 250 CHF

A 1:1 Reiki journey where you receive focused healing, intuitive guidance, and space to reconnect with your inner flow. Discover more about me and my work on: https://thebecomingfield.com/

**ECSTATIC DANCE ZÜRICH · Sound Healing · Cacao Ceremony · Singing Circle · Authentic Movement · Sharing Circle · Live Music · Acoustic vibe journey · Potluck · Family friendly** Theme: “SUMMER EQUINOX” A half-day gathering of movement, connection, music, ritual, and celebration. We come together to slow down, breathe deeply, open the heart, and reconnect with ourselves and each other through authentic movement, cacao ceremony, singing, creative expression, partner connection, an ecstatic dance journey, and a nourishing community potluck. **SPECIAL: Cacao Ceremony by Amanda, Energy Work by Reto. See details. below.** A playful and grounding space to celebrate the longest days of the year together — through presence, embodiment, joy, tribe, and the aliveness of summer. FYI: June 20th is also Zürich Pride Demonstration, so please check the driving and parking situation beforehand. 🎟️ Tickets at the door: Late Bird price plus an additional 10 CHF (Cash or TWINT) ✨ FIRST TIME FREE — limited tickets available. Valid once per person — you must claim a free ticket on Eventfrog to use this offer. 🎟 Get your ticket (free or regular): [https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/health-spirituality/spirituality/day-festival-ecstatic-dance-party-zuerich-summer-equinox-7459203466822451482.html](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/health-spirituality/spirituality/day-festival-ecstatic-dance-party-zuerich-summer-equinox-7459203466822451482.html) 🚪 Doors open at 14:45 🥗 Potluck: please bring a vegetarian or vegan dish to share 👨‍👩‍👧 Families, children are welcome 🔊 ACOUSTIC VIBE JOURNEY On this event, we will use our portable Bluetooth speaker with a carefully curated prerecorded mix focused on gentle flow, conscious movement, and connection. 🍵 Please bring your own cup for cacao + instruments for the singing circle Please note: at most of our events 20–50 beautiful souls are dancing with us. Location details: Grillstelle Käferberg is 5 minutes walk from Bucheggplatz. Find us with the red card and speaker near the BBQ places. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/ubbFz2vwNW4t3nqF9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ubbFz2vwNW4t3nqF9) **Meet Amanda Zavaleta (she'll lead the cacao ceremony)** Hi, my Name‘s Amanda and I‘m a Spaceholder and Mentor I’m interested in who you are when there’s nothing left to prove. Through 1:1 experiences just for women, Cacao Ceremonies, Soundhealings, Embodiment, Breathwork and Drum Journeys, I create spaces where the noise quiets down and something more honest can emerge. To create moments where you can hear your own truth louder than the expectations, the pressure, and the performance. My music and healing soundscapes are an extension of this work — invitations to soften, listen, and meet yourself beyond the roles you’ve learned to play. Let‘s connect on Instagram, Jump into my WhatsApp-Group, See my Website or Listen to my Music on Spotify. Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/amanda_zavaleta?igsh=dXN3NjI1dXBuZXYz&utm_source=qr](https://www.instagram.com/amanda_zavaleta?igsh=dXN3NjI1dXBuZXYz&utm_source=qr) WhatsApp-Group: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/I52aWGYVUOiDCfeHCzyOE8?s=cl&p=i&ilr=4](https://chat.whatsapp.com/I52aWGYVUOiDCfeHCzyOE8?s=cl&p=i&ilr=4) Website: [https://amanda-zavaleta.my-ablefy.com/s/amanda-zavaleta](https://amanda-zavaleta.my-ablefy.com/s/amanda-zavaleta) Spotify: [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KxLAbTUbbnK7NC0l99JsC?si=L94LjE0-TNmCkud2mGskaA](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KxLAbTUbbnK7NC0l99JsC?si=L94LjE0-TNmCkud2mGskaA) **Meet Reto – Energy Work (he'll be there for you during the event)** Reto has been supporting people through intuitive energy work for years. Guided by presence, compassion, and deep listening, he creates a safe space where participants can reconnect with themselves and restore inner balance. At the festival, Reto will introduce his Energy work – a simple yet powerful practice that combines movement, awareness, and energy work to help release tension, clear blockages, and activate the body's natural healing potential. Rather than following a fixed technique, Reto works intuitively, responding to what each person needs in the moment. His approach is gentle, grounding, and heart-centered, inviting you to slow down, reconnect, and experience greater clarity, flow, and well-being. Join Reto for a nourishing experience of movement, energy, and self-discovery. ✨ [https://retoschuele.ch/team/reto-schuele/](https://retoschuele.ch/team/reto-schuele/) **Meet Ivan Hochstrasser** Ivan may offer a relaxing gong bath and will bring ceremonial cacao directly from Peru for our cacao ceremony. Hi, I'm Ivan. I'm a Gong Master. I create spaces where your inner wisdom, body awareness, and regenerative power can emerge. Through the frequencies and resonance of the gong, I invite your nervous system into deep rest, release, and reconnection with yourself. For your nervous system. For your body. For your inner truth. Experience resonance. Give your body space to regenerate. Website: [https://gongcenter.ch](https://gongcenter.ch) Ceremonial Cacao: [https://apucao.com](https://apucao.com) **✨ WHAT TO BRING** **comfortable clothes, water bottle, your own cup** 📅 SCHEDULE **Draft schedule** 15:00–15:15 · Arrival 15:15–15:35 · Opening Circle (Alice, András) 15:35–16:15 · Authentic Movement Journey, eye gazing (Alice, András) 16:15–17:45 · Cacao Ceremony & Singing Circle (Amanda) 17:45–19:30 · Ecstatic Dance Journey (DJ Psysoul, DJ Pandora) 18:30 potluck opens 19:30–20:00 · Closing Circle **✨ WHAT TO EXPECT** **• Sound Healing · Cacao Ceremony · Singing Circle · Authentic Movement · Sharing Circle · Live Music · Acoustic vibe journey · Potluck · Family friendly** **• warm-up & playful exercises** **• ecstatic free dance** **• uplifting music & conscious community, sharing circle** **✨ WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE** **• stress release** **• more energy** **• authentic expression** **• real human connection** **✨ THE SCIENCE OF DANCE** **• reduces stress and increases endorphins** **• improves emotional regulation** **• strengthens social bonding and wellbeing** **✨ WHAT PEOPLE SAY** **⭐ 4.9 Meetup Rating (36 ratings)** “The beautiful souls from the Yanantin Tribe are of the sweetest kind — pure angels! You can truly feel the magic.” — Pascal “The Ecstatic Dance with the Yanantin Tribe was simply magical. I felt free, safe, and completely in the moment.” — Cindy Colore Space guidelines • no alcohol • silence on the dance floor • no phones on the dance floor • barefoot or dance shoes — your choice **Sound Healing by Alice and András** **We use instruments like singing bowls, wind chimes, drum, and gentle voice, along with palo santo or sage for energetic cleansing. These vibrations support release, grounding, and guide you back into inner harmony.** Come dance, breathe and celebrate being alive. EVENTS GALLERY [https://yanantintribe.com/events-gallery/](https://yanantintribe.com/events-gallery/) 🌈 Come as you are — all genders, sexual orientations, identities, and expressions are warmly welcome. 💛 If finances are tight, please reach out — we don't want money to be the reason you miss out on any of our events. Lovingly 💜 Alice & András Yanantin Tribe Please note: The theme, schedule, date, and time may gently evolve as we refine the experience. We always do our best to create the most beautiful event for you, so small adjustments may be made along the way.

**An evening to move, release, reconnect — and return to yourself.** What if one evening could become a doorway? A doorway back into your body. Back into your heart. Back into the joy, softness, wildness and aliveness that already live inside you. **VOYAGE** is not just an ecstatic dance. It is a healing movement journey — a carefully held experience where music, dance, energy work, sound and human presence come together to guide you inward. This is a space to let the body speak. To shake off what has become heavy. To breathe deeper. To feel more. To remember your own lightness. ## **What makes VOYAGE unique** Unlike a traditional ecstatic dance, **VOYAGE includes live energy healing throughout the evening.** Two experienced healers will hold the energetic field of the group and offer gentle, consent-based hands-on energy work during selected moments of the journey. Through intuitive touch, presence and energetic guidance, they support release, grounding, realignment and deeper integration. The dance opens the body. The energy work supports what wants to move. The sound healing brings everything back into stillness. Together, these elements create a rare and powerful experience: **a dance floor that becomes a healing temple.** ## **During the evening, you will be invited into:** • **Healing ecstatic dance** to free the body and release stored emotions • **Live energy healing** with two healers in a safe and respectful space • **Sound healing** to slow down, soften and integrate • **Healing dance** to explore movement as medicine • **Consensual healing hugs** to reconnect with warmth, care and human presence • **Deep integration moments** to land, breathe and receive There are no steps to learn. No performance. No need to look a certain way. No pressure to be anything other than exactly who you are. Just your body. Your breath. The music. The moment. And a warm, alcohol-free space where you are invited to feel, move, release and reconnect. Come as you are. Leave lighter, softer, more aligned — and deeply recharged. **VOYAGE – Healing Ecstatic Dance** 📅 **21.06** 📍 **Rampe 70** **Tickets: [https://eventfrog.ch/Voyage](https://eventfrog.ch/Voyage "https://eventfrog.ch/Voyage")** Alcohol-free · Warm atmosphere · Safe held space **This is your invitation to travel inward.** **Your body already knows the way.**

For EN see down below Zur Feier des Weltyogatages: Der Indisch klassische Sänger Amit Sharma und Mantrachor Zürich bringen zwei Welten zusammen: Traditionelle indische Klänge von Tanpura und Tabla mit indischen Raaga-Melodien verbinden sich mit mehrstimmigen Chorklängen und neu-interpretierten, traditionellen Sanskrit-Mantras. Es entsteht eine interessante Fusion von besinnlich ruhig bis intensiv berauschend. Teils auch zum Mitsingen. Kollekte Herzlich Kevin (Leiter von Mantrachor Zürich) 076/5808317 [www.mantrachoir.com](http://www.mantrachoir.com/) *** In celebration of World Yoga Day: Indian classical singer Amit Sharma and Mantrachor Zürich fuse two worlds: Traditional Indian sounds of the tanpura and tabla, combined with Indian raaga melodies, blend with polyphonic choral sounds and newly interpreted traditional Sanskrit mantras. The result is an intriguing fusion ranging from contemplative and calm to intensely exhilarating. Partly with audience participation. Collection Heartly, Kevin (Leiter von Mantrachor Zürich) 076/5808317 [www.mantrachoir.com](http://www.mantrachoir.com/)

**Love photography and want to meet other photographers in Zurich?** Join us for a relaxed street photography walk through Zurich’s Old Town. We’ll explore interesting streets, capture candid moments, photograph architecture, and share ideas with fellow photography enthusiasts. This event is **open to everyone**, whether you’re shooting with a Sony, Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, Leica, film camera, or simply your smartphone. No workshops, no pressure, no experience required. Just photography, good conversations, and a chance to meet creative people who enjoy exploring Zurich through a camera lens. **What to expect** 📸 Street photography 📸 Architecture and urban scenes 📸 Portrait opportunities with other members 📸 Photography tips and gear discussions 📸 Coffee and networking after the walk **Who should join** ✅ Beginners ✅ Hobby photographers ✅ Professional photographers ✅ Content creators ✅ Travelers visiting Zurich **Meeting point** **📍 Central, Zurich** We’ll walk together through the Old Town and along the lake, stopping whenever we find interesting photo opportunities. Bring your camera, your curiosity, and your favorite lens. Looking forward to meeting fellow photographers and building a photography community in Zurich.

# Aura Kamera und Analyse deiner Aura * Kraft, Farbe, Grösse Ihrer Aura & Eigenschaften * Diagnose der Chakren (Gleichgewicht & Aktivität) * Harmonisierung gestresster & blockierter Chakren * Gleichgewicht zwischen Verstand, Seele & Körper * Energie-Attacken und Energielöcher erkennen * Yin-Yang-Gleichgewicht * Emotionales Gleichgewicht * Bericht über die Ergebnisse PICTURE OF AURA & ANALYSIS * Power, color, size of your aura & characteristics * Diagnostics the balance & activity of your chakras * Harmonize stressed or blocked energy centers * Jin-Jang balance * Balance between mind, spirit & body * Emotional balance * See energy attaks and energy holes * Report of results Mit dieser erstaunlichen Methode können Sie die Energie-niveaus in Ihren Chakren messen, den aktuellen Zustand Ihrer Aura bestimmen und mögliche Probleme erkennen. Diese Informationen sind ein wertvolles Hilfsmittel für alle, die sich auf dem Weg der Selbsterkenntnis befinden und bereit sind, sich spirituell weiterzuentwickeln. Die angebotenen Anleitungen und Methoden zielen darauf ab, eine höhere Bewusstseinsebene zu erreichen und eine harmonische Entwicklung der körperlichen, geistigen und seelischen Gesundheit zu fördern. Mithilfe der Aurakamera können Sie eine Energie- und Gesundheitsdiagnose durchführen. Dabei erhalten Sie Einblick in die unsichtbare Welt der Energien. Sie lernen die Farbe Ihrer Aura kennen, verstehen die Funktionsweise Ihrer Chakren und erfahren, wie Sie diese harmonisieren können. Sie gewinnen neue Erkenntnisse über sich selbst und sehen die Welt mit anderen Augen. Die Aura-Untersuchung von Kindern ab vier Jahren ist vollkommen sicher, da der Sensor ausschliesslich die elektromagnetischen Wellen des Körpers misst Die Aurakamera liefert dabei wertvolle Informationen übe den Charakter und den Energiezustand des Kindes. Anmeldung unter [info@om-center.ch](mailto:info@om-center.ch) oder 076 2626329

"Lila" bedeutet auf Sanskrit "Spiel" und lehrt uns, das Leben spielerisch zu betrachten und jeden Moment anzunehmen. Dieses Konzept, das 1975 durch Harish Johari im Westen bekannt wurde, basiert auf vedischer Philosophie und analysiert die 72 grundlegenden Zustände des Bewusstseins, die den 72 Lila-Spielplätzen entsprechen. Das Lila-Spiel ist ein Werkzeug zur Selbsterkenntnis, das den Spielern hilft, ihren Lebensweg zu reflektieren und gegebenenfalls anzupassen. Durch Würfeln und die Interaktion mit karmischen Kräften bewegen sich die Spieler durch verschiedene Bewusstseinsebenen, bis sie das kosmische Bewusstsein erreichen, um unsere eigenen Muster und Verhaltensweisen zu erkennen und zu verändern. Dieses Werkzeug hilft dir für klare Einsicht in die Wahrheit, unseren eigenen Illusionen und einen Weg zur Transformation. WIE LÄUFT DAS LILA / LEELA SPIEL AB? Das Leela-Spiel wird auf einem grossen Feld mit 72 Feldern gespielt, das verschiedene Lebensphasen widerspiegelt. Jedes Feld steht für einen Energietyp, einen Bewusstseinszustand oder eine Entwicklungsstufe, die wir im physischen Leben erleben. Die Herausforderungen im Spiel spiegeln die Prüfungen des realen Lebens wider und ermöglichen es, Erkenntnisse schneller zu gewinnen. Die Teilnehmer werden von spirituellen Führern begleitet, die beim Würfeln und beim Erreichen der relevanten Felder unterstützen. Erfahrene Lila-Leiter leiten das Spiel, stellen präzisierende Fragen und helfen den Spielern bei ihrer inneren Transformation. Das Spiel bietet die Möglichkeit, verschiedene Lebenswege zu erkunden und neue Lösungsansätze zu finden, ohne die Risiken des realen Lebens einzugehen. Während einige Spieler schnell durch das Spiel gehen, hängt der Fortschritt nicht von Wahrscheinlichkeit ab, sondern von der Klarheit der eigenen Absichten. Das Spiel kann still oder mit verbaler Absicht gespielt werden, was zusätzliche Bedeutung und Antworten bringt. Indische Yogis betrachten das Lila-Spiel als einen Dialog mit dem eigenen Geist, der zur Transformation der Persönlichkeit führt. Die Veränderungen im physischen Leben zeigen sich in den folgenden sechs Monaten. VORBEREITUNG: Nimm dir eine Frage, die dich aktuell sehr beschäftigt, ein Notizbuch und einen Stift und ein persönliches Objekt bzw. einen Talisman mit. Getränke und Snacks stellen wir zur Verfügung. Anmeldung per Telefon 0762626329 oder E-Mail: [info@om-center.ch](mailto:info@om-center.ch) Details unter www.om-center.ch

**join my new adults songwriting group** for 1 session every 3-4 weeks Saturdays from 10-14:00 Next class is Jan 20th 2024 **Connect with Ariane: 077 425 0018** **Registration and payment is required 150.-/workshop of 4hours** Classes are in English! Dive into the world of songwriting with our beginner-friendly classes! Tailored for newcomers and more advanced songwriters, our monthly sessions offer a supportive space to ignite your creativity. Classes take place once a month on Saturdays and last for 4 hours. Through various exercises, you'll learn the basics of lyric writing, melody development, and song structure. Draw inspiration from personal experiences and various music genres to cultivate your own style. These courses offer more than just musical skills. You'll become part of a relaxed, mindful process that allows for self-expression and stress relief. Additionally, join a community of like-minded individuals fostering collaboration and providing constructive feedback in a supportive environment. In addition, we offer a WhatsApp group for supportive communication and advice between classes. Join us and discover the joy of songwriting under the guidance of Ariane, an experienced teacher with over 20 years of expertise. Ariane specializes in nurturing artists and excels as a vocal coach. Become part of this experience and explore the art of songwriting under Ariane's guidance. Unleash your creativity, relax, and connect with fellow music enthusiasts as you embark on this fulfilling journey!

# **Sunday Forest Gathering – Summer Solstice Celebration** Join us for a unique day in nature as we celebrate the Summer Solstice together with full privacy. Nestled in a beautiful forest location near Zurich, this gathering invites you to slow down, reconnect, and share meaningful experiences with an inspiring community. Throughout the day, we will journey through: 🧘 Hatha Yoga with Iciar 🌬️ Breathwork Journey with Andrés Ruiz Varges 🍫 Cacao Circle & Singing Circle with Magnetrio 🔥 Community BBQ Dinner 💃 Ecstatic Dance with DJ Psysoul (Yanantin Tribe) 🎵 Organic & Downtempo Music Journeys Whether you come for the workshops, the music, the community, or simply to spend a beautiful day in nature, you are warmly welcome. This gathering is about connection, celebration, wellbeing, and authentic human experiences. ## **Ticket Options** 🌿 **Community Day Pass – CHF 59** * Full access from 12:00 PM to Midnight * All workshops and experiences included * Community BBQ Dinner * Ecstatic Dance * Music Journeys ✨ **Workshop Pass – CHF 29** * Access to one workshop of your choice: * Hatha Yoga * Breathwork Journey * Cacao Circle & Singing Circle * Additional workshops or an upgrade to the Community Day Pass can be booked on-site. 🌅 **Evening Gathering Pass – CHF 29** * Entry from 6:00 PM * Ecstatic Dance * Organic & Downtempo Music Journeys * Community gathering and evening celebration 📅 June 21, 2026 🕛 12:00 PM – Midnight 📍 Secret Forest Location near Zurich 🌿 Connect. Celebrate. Grow.

Welcome to Drunken Philosophy, a casual, curious, social discussion club. Come grab a drink and a seat at The Oracle. **Optional topic for this meetup: Where is everybody?** In 1950 the physicist Enrico Fermi was talking about aliens over lunch and asked a question that still has not gone away: if the universe is so vast and so old, and even a fraction of those billions of stars have planets, where is everyone? By the numbers the galaxy should be crowded with civilizations. Instead we look up and hear silence. That gap between "they should be everywhere" and "we see no one" is the Fermi Paradox. One of the most unsettling answers is the idea of a **Great Filter**: somewhere on the road from dead chemistry to a galaxy-spanning civilization, there is at least one step that is almost impossible to get past. Maybe the filter is behind us. Maybe life starting at all, or simple cells becoming complex, or intelligence ever evolving, is the freak accident, and we already cleared the hard part. Or maybe the filter is ahead of us, and advanced civilizations reliably wipe themselves out before they spread. Here is the part that messes with people. If we ever found life somewhere else, even pond scum on Mars, most people would call it the greatest discovery in history. But it might be the worst possible news. It would mean life is common, the early steps are easy, and the hard step is still in front of us. So the eerie silence overhead might actually be the best sign we could ask for. **Questions to wrestle with:** * Is it better to be alone? Would you rather we find alien life and learn we are not special, or find nothing and quietly improve our odds of surviving? * Where do you bet the filter sits, behind us or ahead of us, and why? * If it is ahead of us, what is it? Nuclear war, climate collapse, AI, something we cannot even picture yet? And can we do anything about a filter we cannot see coming? * Two principles pull opposite ways here. The principle of mediocrity (the Copernican principle, Sagan's "no privileged place in the universe") says we are ordinary, so what happened on Earth probably happened everywhere, which makes the silence scream louder. The anthropic principle says of course we find ourselves somewhere life was possible, since we could not observe anything else, so our being here may say almost nothing about how common life is. Which lens do you trust, and does the silence still demand an answer once you account for observer selection? * And if we did confirm life out there and had to accept we are not special, what would that do to belief in a higher power, and would shedding (or keeping) that belief help or hurt our odds of pulling together as one species? * Does any of this change how you live, or how humanity should be spending its time and money right now? As always the prompt is optional. Come for the conversation, stay for the drinks, and bring your own questions.

Ciao a tutt\*! Let's meet Monday at 6.30pm at the Upper Arlington Library (Tremont Branch) in **Meeting Room A** to speak in Italian for 1 hour.

Private Group. Closed to the Public Knowing ourselves and understanding our abilities is the first step toward wielding our gifts with control and accuracy. In subsequent classes we will verify and hone our talents with activities and discussion. These are hands-on workshops and participation is expected. The goal of our series will be to develop expertise in areas of particular interest such as mediumship, channeling, divination, healing and, etc.. Our ultimate directions will be determined by class members as we evolve. I look forward to sharing and discovering with you. - Cynthia

It’s time to take control of your mental health. How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind. Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself. Here is the secret of being positive and free: Thinking positively is not enough. You also have to get rid of the negative thinking. Your mind is like a garden. You can plant many beautiful flowers in it, but if you don't get rid of the weeds when you plant your flowers, the weeds will soon take over the whole garden. A positive thought is like a flower in your mental garden, and a negative thought is like a weed. You cannot expect to have a positive mindset if you continue to have negative thoughts dwelling and growing there. So, how do you get rid of the negative thoughts? That's what this Meetup is all about. Attend this local meeting and find out! The Meetup event will be led by a consultant who had helped many people live happier in life. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is created by the Dianetics & Scientology life improvement center.

Whether you've never done improv before, or you've done it for so long you were quoted in *Truth in Comedy*, or anywhere in between, come join us! Swing by *Gresso's* for the **Columbus Improv Comedy Meetup**! The idea behind improvised comedy is to create entire scenes from scratch. A suggestion is taken from the audience and laughter is built on the spot. This can be done in game form, like *Whose Line Is It Anyway, Make Some Noise,* or *Wild 'n Out*; it can also be done in a longer way, to tell a complicated story, like *TJ & Dave*. Our meetup, which is central Ohio's longest running (and FREE!) weekly comedy event, brings the games for you to play in a safe, supportive, and compassionate environment. Afterward, many members will hang out in *Gresso's* itself and get to know each other. Not only is this a lot of fun, but you get to work on thinking faster on your feet, your public speaking, plus it's an excellent way to meet new people and build relationships that will last a lifetime, and you do that while laughing your butt off! Ask yourself if you want to join the **Columbus Improv Comedy Meetup**, and say "*Yes, And*" that you'll have a blast!

Main Library, Meeting Room 2B Join us for a welcoming evening of reflection, gentle music, and meaningful conversation. We’ll begin with a short grounding moment, followed by a brief reading from spiritual or philosophical traditions, and an open reflection circle where participants can share (or simply listen). Libera Animae is an interfaith community focused on inner growth, creativity, and authentic connection. All backgrounds are welcome.