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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN;">On</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Saturday 10 and Sunday 11December I will be participating in <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN;">EnlightenNext’s annual <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>24-hour Meditation Marathon. This will be the third marathon and also my third year taking part and it is very exciting to know that, as in the previous years, I’ll be joining hundreds of people around the world taking on the same challenge. Together we will raise much needed funds for EnlightenNext, </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN;">EnlightenNext is a global charitable organization founded by Andrew Cohen 25 years ago, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">dedicated to catalyzing evolution in consciousness and culture and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">inspired and guided by the principles of Andrew Cohen’s spiritual teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment. Connecting individual transformation with a deep sense of responsibility for our collective future, this twenty-first-century spiritual philosophy is the lifeblood of EnlightenNext’s organizational culture and all of its events, programs, and publications.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Please have a look</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> at its beautiful website </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><a href="http://www.enlightennext.org/"><span style="color: #800080;">http://www.enlightennext.org/</span></a> to find out all that EnlightenNext has to offer.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">As many of you who read this will know, I have been very involved with the work of EnlightenNext for many years,The money I raise by engaging in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN;">the continuous 24 hour period of meditation and spiritual practice of the marathon</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"> will go to EnlightenNext UK and it will contribute to financing the various events they organise. You can find out more about these events on <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.enlightennext.org.uk/blog/"><span style="color: #800080;">http://www.enlightennext.org.uk/blog/</span></a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And don’t forget to check out last July’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fabulous Midsummer Renaissance Festival, including lots of fantastic photographs here <a href="http://www.enlightennext.org.uk/blog/page/2/"><span style="color: #800080;">http://www.enlightennext.org.uk/blog/page/2/</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">As a charity EnlightenNext depends solely on the support of donors and sponsors. Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to support my fundraising efforts.<br><br>Many thanks for your support -- and please forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate</span></span></p>
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