Upcoming Events

SPECIAL OFF-SITE EVENT
Thursday, Jan 13 at 7:30 p.m.
"If the Buddha Got Stuck"
(Penguin Compass)
with Charlotte Kasl
From the inspiring author of the two perennial favorites IF THE BUDDHA DATED and IF THE BUDDHA MARRIED, Charlotte Kasl is back empowering readers with her blend of spiritual and psychological insights. Her latest book is for anyone who has ever been in a rut or for people wanting to make a fresh start in the New Year and stick to it! With her signature clarity, wisdom and warm heart Kasl presents readers with the seven steps that tap into life’s bigger picture: Notice where you’re stuck, Show up, Pay attention, Live in reality, Connect with others/connect with life, Move from thought to action and Let go.
Tickets: $6, available at Gateways. Buy "If the Buddha Got Stuck" and receive TWO FREE TICKETS.
First Congregational Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz

Thursday, Jan 20 at 7 p.m.
"Being Irresistible to the Opposite Sex"
(Loving University)
with Susan Bradley
Do you know the sexiest place you can kiss a woman? a man? Do you know that listening to a woman is the best form of foreplay? Did you ever wonder why you didn’t get a first or second date ? You might be making one of the mistakes listed in any one of the 35 “Top Ten Lists” in “Being Irresistible to the Opposite Sex. Join as Susan Bradley discusses her book and learn the Top 10 worst things you can say to the opposite sex, or the Top 4 colors to wear to attract a woman and get compliment. You’ll get a date almost every time you ask if you know the Top 5 Dating, Mating, & Relating Rules.

Tuesday, Jan 25 at 7 p.m.
"Path of Empowerment: Pleiadian Wisdom for a World in Chaos"
(Inner Ocean Publishing)
with Barbara Marciniak
The Pleiadians, a collective of multidimensional beings from the Pleiades star system, have been speaking through Barbara Marciniak since 1988. Sharing new inspirations from over eight years of previously unpublished Pleiadian wisdom, Marciniak offers creative solutions for changing beliefs, reclaiming one's power, and creating a world of unlimited possibilities. She also presents critical new material on how to deal with the world's increasing chaos and the accelerated pace of life. Consisting of profound new insights on power, fear, love, desire, health, sexual intimacy, energy, and creativity, this timely text is for those ready and willing to embrace self-empowerment, seek the truth, broaden awareness, and meet the challenges of a world on the brink of major change.

Thursday, Jan 27 at 7 p.m.
"Bring Me the Rhinoceros"
(Harmony)
with John Tarrant
Bring Me the Rhinoceros is an unusual guide to happiness and a can opener for your thinking. For fifteen hundred years, Zen koans have been passed down through generations of masters, usually in private encounters between teacher and student. This book deftly retells fourteen traditional koans, which are partly paradoxical questions dangerous to your beliefs and partly treasure boxes of ancient wisdom. Koans show that you don’t have to impress people or change into an improved, more polished version of yourself. Instead you can find happiness by unbuilding, unmaking, throwing overboard, and generally subverting unhappiness. John Tarrant brings the heart of the koan tradition out into the open, reminding us that the old wisdom remains as vital as ever, a deep resource available to anyone in any place or time.