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Live The Dream Live The Dream Home About Live the Dream Articles Download the Live The Dream Membership Form Success Center Order books and tapes!! The Official Web Site of the Church of All Worlds Naturat's Polyamory Page BiNet L.A. Loving More Los Angeles Poly Support Biual Resource List Los Angeles Bi List (LABL) Room to share October 18TH 11AM – 4PM Poly Singer PENELOPE SWALES visits from AustraliaShe will share 2 of her songs as a basis for discussion of topics relating to our life style. At a time when ual conservatism seems to be again on the rise, Swales is championing the individual woman’s right to explore, own her body and define the nature of her desires. Her songs venture into human relationships--such themes as polyamory, jealousy, compassion, grief, and confidence...the unspoken role that power plays in ism. This is followed at 4:30 pm by a SPECIAL EVENT 90 Minute Concert By PENELOPE SWALES: A Retrospective Of Twenty Years Of Exploring Life And Love Cost $15 LTD/ Synergy event. Live the Dream is an education and support group for those who, originally inspired by the writings of Robert Heinlein, Robert Rimmer and Marion Zimmer Bradley, are now ready to LIVE such alternative lifestyles as cooperative living, open relationships and group marriage. Many of our concepts on multiply committed relationships come from Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land and Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Live the Dream also sponsors a Nest of Church of All Worlds, the real life, over fifty year old spiritual movement inspired by Stranger in a Strange Land. Penelope Swales – Press Release Melbourne Singer/Songwriter Penelope Swales will tour internationally in 2008 to promote her 9th solo CD “Skin: Deep - Polymorphous Love Songs”"I used to traipse around the place, having love affairs and singing about politics" quips Penelope."Now I study politics and only want to sing about love.”Fans of Swales's political material should not despair. In truth, there is plenty that is political about “Skin: Deep”. "So Lucky" is the obvious track here, as it invites the listener to consider the ways in which we in industrialized democracies take our good fortune for granted, both forgetting the role previous radicals played in creating our freedoms and overlooking the fact that, as willing consumers, we play a central role in an economic system that creates massive inequity on a global scale. But there is also running through the album a deep chord of rebellion. Swales, now in her late thirties, has clearly lived much of what she is writing about, and brings an astute sensibility to the subject matter that younger, less worldly or less truthful songwriters fall short of. There are no ideals here, just bulletins from a life lived with passion and veracity. In recent years Swales has been taking a hiatus from touring while she studies full-time and helps care for an elderly parent. She describes this celebration of sensuality and courage as a retrospective of twenty years of exploring life and love, made at a time when commitment and responsibility weigh heavily. Improvements in her mother's health will see her touring again in 2008. For information contact: Penelope@penelopeswales.com www.penelopeswales.com And continuing the musical theme October 18th 6 Pm Pot Luck Dinner + LA Filkers until 11 pm Folk songs of science fiction, fantasy and the space age! August 2008-September 2008 Live the Dream 8515 Penfield Avenue Winnetka, CA 91306 INSIDE THIS ISSUE The Intersection of Polyamory and BD/SM Saturday August 16th 11 am to 3 pm Are you going to BURNING MAN??? Saturday August 16th 3 pm to 5 pm FAMILY SYNERGY CONFERENCE IN IDYLLWILD Friday August 22nd THROUGH Monday August 25th BURNING MAN 2008 in Black Rock City, Nevada August 25th to September 1st FINDING POLY MATES Saturday September 20th 11 am to 4 pm Live the Dream June 2008-August 2008 Unless otherwise noted, all events are at 8515 Penfield in Winnetka zip 91306. (Directions page 7) This is a group house – home of Terry, Carl and Will. For all events: RSVP / more info call the LTD Hotline (818) 886-0069, ex. 3. Please visit us at www.livethedream.org.  Please visit the Live the Dream website at: www.livethedream.orgEVENTSLTD events take place at 8515 penfield in Winnetka unless otherwise noted. for info on family synergy event see: www.familysynergy.org To see past events or articles on Live the Dream please visit: www.livethedream.org. Note: We provide poly matchmaking, relationship counseling, and hypnotic jealousy release. See www.acesuccess.com or call (800) LIFE MATE’S – 543-3628) August 16 11am-1pm The Intersection of Polyamory and BD/SM led by Deborah Cazden. Deborah has been involved in both life styles since her late teens. Discussion and connections party in the morning. Pot Luck lunch 1 pm. SM/BD role play 2-3 pm Terry’s home in the valley. 3pm-5 pm POLY’s are you going to Burning Man- AMERICAN DREAM? This year’s theme is “American Dream”, a most perfect opening to Live the Dream! Harold ‘Calico’ Goldstein & Deborah ‘Lady Laughter’ Drake will answer your ‘last minute’ questions and provide info on what to expect, what to do if you still need a ticket, how to survive etc. Between them they have 15 years of Burning Man experience!!! Discussion on Burning Man: what to expect; what Poly/Poly friendly camps will be there and last minute resources. Are you going this year? Do you still want to go but haven’t prepared? Haven’t decided and need that last bit of information? If time permits & people want, we can watch one of the Burning Man documentaries. Going to the Family Synergy Conference and want to know how to continue on to Burning Man? Answers available! FAMILY SYNERGY CONFERENCE IN IDYLLWILD 8-22-08 THROUGH 8-25-08 FOR MORE INFO or to REGISTER GO TO WWW.FAMILYSYNERGY.ORG OR CALL (714)337-8989 Program: Friday night features an unusual key note—a panel on 30+ years of multiply committed relationships and group living —what’s changed and what remains wonderfully or maddeningly the same? If you have had 10 + years experience with multiply committed relationships, you qualify for this panel. Please call 818-886-0069 if you wish to be on the panel. Saturday: full day sensuality play shop lead by Terry Brussel (hypnotherapist and sensitivity workshop leader) and Elliot Goldstein (trained male surrogate). Saturday night “Elysium” float in pool (many hands rock you in warm delight) followed by a love party which may last into the wee small hours… Sunday is yet to be planned—could be a relaxed day of hot tubbing and socializing or??? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD OR SUGGEST? Call Terry Lee Brussel at 818-886-0069 now!September 13 Family Synergy Permissive party at Carol and Bob’s place in Costa Mesa www.familysynergy.org for more details. September 12, 13 & 14, 2008: The 2008 WORLD POLYAMORY CONFERENCE Celebrate Sacred uality & Relationship Choice. Terry Brussel-Gibbons leads Hypnofantasy/Hypnomassage workshop. Sensuous massage in dyads, triads and loving groups with a guided meditation instilling a Love Magnet to bring a positive, growth promoting life partner(s) into your life!! Fun, networking, entertainment & growth experiences, for details go to: www.worldpolyamoryassociation.org. September 20th 11 am to 4 pm FINDING POLY MATESWe will discuss how to choose the partner(s) you are seeking and how to bring them into your life—from how to best meet through friends to internet dating to personal matchmaking. You’ll get an on the spot report from someone who is actually out there LOOKING along with a demonstration on the of how you can find your life mate(s) on the Internet!. Bring your lap top if you have one! Finding Poly MatesI am Terry Brussel Gibbons. I have been involved in multiply committed relationships all my life. Live the Dream is an organization for those who, originally inspired by the writings of such authors as Heinlein, Rimmer and Marion Zimmer Bradley, now believe you can deeply love more than one significant other and make a family-by-choice with them. I am part of such a family--a nest of over 20 water brethren some of whom live with me and some of whom live as far away as Germany. Some of us see each other daily, others for warm and loving visits only a week or so a year. I am also a fourth generation matchmaker and a certified clinical hypnotherapist. My family runs Marriage Minded Introductions, Southern California's oldest introduction service--founded 1910. By making matches (both poly and monogamous) over a period of more than thirty-five years, I have learned a great deal about what works and what doesn't in choosing a partner or partners. As an single poly lady age fifty-five seeking a primary partner, I am learning even more. At just about every meeting I attend for those interested in multiply committed relationships, I find couples looking for a third, triads looking for a fourth, and singles looking for a primary partner who can accept a non-monogamous lifestyle but may also be open to the right couple, triad, or group. If these seekers aren't fortunate enough to find just the right person(s) at such a gathering, they may try a personal ad.Thanks to such publications as Loving More and the Green Egg (now an on-line publication), there is a better chance this will work than when swing magazines were the only ones running such ads. Such ads in our community, however, have the same disadvantages as personals in the singles scene. It is hard to express exactly who you are and what you want in a few lines of ad copy. Loving More allows more than a few lines at a non outrageous price, which helps. There are also dating internet sites, many of which are free or very reasonably priced. Ok Cupid has a lot of poly people on it including couples and sometimes triads. Their matching procedure is incredibly in-depth. You just need to be careful not to get matched with someone who is looking for an extramarital affair rather than a open, everyone consenting, love relationship. Ask! The Polymatchmaker is a site specifically for poly people, but has a lot fewer members and does not offer the excellent matchmaking questionnaire that OK Cupid does. It is definitely worth putting your profile there. Jdate is good if you are Jewish, but finding truly poly people on that site is difficult, particularly since it is not the intent of this site to provide that as an option. I prefer to talk to a potential love partner rather than text messaging them, but that is what this site mostly encourages. I have found that giving out your phone number too soon (earlier than at least 3 exchanged E-mails) is looked at almost as indecent exposure. While some people on these dating sites appear to be looking only for people to E-Mail on line, others are seriously looking to meet someone- even to meet their life mate. To increase the chances of finding a match, attractive photos are a must—many people won’t even look at a profile without a picture. Be sure to reasonably revealing about who you are and what you are looking for in a match. If you are going on Ok Cupid, make the best use of it by answering as many questions as you can. You’ll be surprised how much you will learn about yourself by doing that. If you are putting your profile on a web based dating service, running a personal ad, answering one or even just meeting at a gathering, there are some things you should be aware of to help you make the right choices and to bring those you desire closer to you.The first concept you need to be aware of is partnering patterns. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit for developing positive partnering patterns. This is a tool which you can use to decide if a caller from a personal ad is worth meeting, whether an attractive someone you meet at a dance is worth dating, whether someone you've seen a few times is worth getting serious with, etc. You'll start with something very basic and keep honing it to suit you.Begin by listing your three most important love relationships. If you are a couple or group, both or all of you should do this. If you have love relationships that you have tried as a couple or group in the past, by all means use them. List also your opposite parent if this person helped raise you. Write down all characteristics at least three out of four of these people had in common-- height, hair length, religion, reading preferences, anything. Don't worry about whether the characteristic is negative or positive yet. When finished, mark the things that were good for that relationship with a +, the things that were bad for it with a - and the neutral with a 0. Use these notes for ideas as you now list those attributes you consider essential in a relationship (E), those you'd like to have (L), and those you absolutely don't want (N). E's are 7-10 or multiples of 10 points, L's are 1-7, N's are negative 20-100. Add up all your possible positives for a total possible score. Rate each important past relationship on each characteristic for practice and to see if your scoring tool reflect what actually worked or didn't in these relationships. For example, if being a cat lover is worth 10 points, the guy who tolerates them in the house may get a 3 while the lady who cleans out the cat box and cuddles with them in bed gets a 10. Add up the entire positive and divide by the total possible score to get an initial percentage. Then deduct the negatives from the total actual score. Get a new percentage by dividing this number by your original total possible score. Does this mean one minus 100 could eliminate someone who is otherwise great? YES. No matter how great they are alcoholism, history of domestic violence, lack of ability to be self supporting or your own major pet peeve does properly eliminate them. Save the negative list for things you really find UNacceptable.Now score a current possible if you have one or find one for that purpose. That relationship probably isn't right for any of you if it comes out badly for one of you. This tool will change as you use it. You'll add to the positives and the negatives as you discover things that work and do not for you or your group. You'll even find you can use it to rate a particular person as the relationship progresses. If certain situations lower a potential partners score, that may tell you to avoid those situations (such as visits to his X) or that this won't work since those situations can't be avoided.If a new possible is looking good, go for it!If you are looking for a primary partner in the Southern California area I can be reached at 1-800-LifeMates (543-3628) for matchmaking services, 800-GOAL NOW(462-5669) for hypnotherapy/self actualization–BY PHONE OR IN PERSON.. Or call 818-886-0069 for more info on Live the Dream.Ready for the Right One(s)? Need an assist to get ready? Whether you need counseling, hypnotherapy, a communication hint, or a life partner, I’d like to help… CONSIDER GROUP LIVING Many times over the years we've done an exercise at Live the Dream meetings in which we have everyone write down what they could afford to pay down for a home and what they could pay monthly. Invariably, we discover that many people together can live cheaper and a whole lot nicer than that same number could live separately. Imagine coming home to a beautiful house, a well kept yard filled with flowers and young trees, 2 fire places, and a hot tub (clothing optional of course). You come home to the smell of something delicious being cooked by one of your housemates. You share a good dinner with whoever is at home tonight. Afterwards, you can go to the privacy of your room, soak in the hot tub with good friends, join a lively discussion in the living room or cuddle by the fire. Sound good? Make your fantasy a reality…Private ROOM with private bathroom AVAILABLE IN GROUP HOUSE in the West San Fernando Valley of California. If you or someone you know have an interest in living in a lovely home with warm, caring, like minded people, call (818) 886-0069 ext 3 for more information. If cost is an issue, one of our members has a two bedroom apartment to share, just 2 miles from the Penfield House. If you are interested in this option please call (818) 886-0069 ext 3 for details.DIRECTIONS TO THE PENFIELD HOUSE From the 118 going east, get off at De Soto Avenue, head South on De Soto to Parthenia, head East on Parthenia, head South on Winnetka, head East on Chase one block and head North on Penfield to 8515. From the 118 going west, get off at Tampa Avenue, head South on Tampa to Parthenia, head West on Parthenia, head South on Winnetka, head East on Chase (one block), head North on Penfield. From the 101, get off at Winnetka Avenue, head North on Winnetka Avenue to Chase (next signal North of Roscoe). Head East on Chase Street and go one block turn left on Penfield Avenue. We are the big white house on the left hand side of the street., first house North of the corner of Chase Street. For google instructions, go to: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=8515+Penfield+Ave,+Winnetka,+CA+91306,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title ================================================================================= Do you have poly news that you wish to share? E-Mail us at livethedream.org or call us at (818) 886-0069, ex. 3 Tell your Poly curious friends to look us up at livethedream.org ================================================================================= LTD DUES ARE $50.00 PER YEAR. TO BECOME A MEMBER OR TO RENEW YOU YOUR MEMBERSHIP, PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FORM AND EITHER E-MAIL OR SNAIL MAIL IT TO THE ADDRESS LISTED BELOW. An E-Mail NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION ONLY IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE. JUST BE SURE TO PROVIDE US WITH YOUR E-Mail ADDRESS. REGULAR MEETINGS ARE $8.00 WITH YOUR CURRENTLY PAID MEMBERSHIP CARD (FAMILY SYNERGY OR LIVE THE DREAM] WITHOUT MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS ARE $8.00, non-members are $12.00. New prices go into effect 4/1/08. Membership Type Self or Single Couple/Family * Full LTD Membership Includes Newsletter & Membership Card $50 $80 * Email Newsletter Only $10 $15 Make checks payable to Success Center Total: $ _________ Membership Information Help Support the Lifestyle you live! Name: ____________________________________ Age: _______________ Address: _______________________________________ City: _______________________________ State: _____ Zip: __________ Phone: _______________________ E-Mail: ______________________ * Single * Married * Attached * Unattached Amount Enclosed $ ___________ Name(s) of Mate/Family to be included in this membership if APPLICABLE: ____________________________ FAX OR Mail to: FAX#1-818-882-8512 – 8515 Penfield, Winnetka, CA 91306 * I am willing to volunteer:* Time * Meeting Space * I could lead a meeting or activity, proposal enclosed * I am interested in * Science Fiction * Pagan * Libertarian *___________ Oriented Programs * I am interested in Co-operative Living * I have space for others * I am willing to relocate Articles POLY SOLIDARITY TERRITORY AND AGREEMENTS Flavors of Jealousy Poly Q & A Previous Newsletters: LTD Newsletter - March 2008 LTD Newsletter - February 2008 LTD Newsletter - January - 2008 LTD Newsletter - August - October 2007 LTD Newsletter - July - September 2007 LTD Newsletter - April - July 2007 LTD Newsletter - March - May 2007 LTD Newsletter - February - April 2007 LTD Newsletter - January - March 2007 LTD Newsletter - December 2006 - February 2007 LTD Newsletter - October - December 2006 LTD Newsletter - August - October 2006 Newsletter Archive Unless otherwise noted, all events are at 8515 Penfield in Winnetka; directions are on last page. 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