Dear Readers and Fellow Explorers,

Today’s message is posted below. We will be taking a much needed short break over the Thanksgiving Holiday. Messages from Jeanne and Chuck’s Place will resume starting on Monday, November 30, 2009.

We encourage the giving of life. If you are heading out to begin your holiday shopping on Black Friday we ask you to consider giving the film Food Inc. to everyone on your gift list. It offers timely, meaningful, and helpful insight into how to live a life that is respectful, modest, and thoughtful of all life.

Happy Thanksgiving! See you soon!
Love,
Jan, Chuck, and Jeanne

If you haven’t seen Capitalism yet we highly recommend it. As Chuck stated in his blog last Saturday on Youthful Folly:

Thank you Michael Moore. Not only have you made a movie of supreme importance and relevance to now, but, because you did it so well, I am freed to write about Youthful Folly rather than have to comment on current events that equally attracted my attention this week. We must become real students of the truth of our beloved America. Everyone, go and see Capitalism: A Love Story! Jan suggests that you bring tissues, lots of them. We traveled a bit to view this movie on its opening day. We thought we might enjoy dinner at our favorite city of Poughkeepsie restaurant, The Busy Bee Cafe, only to discover that, like Flint Michigan, Poughkeepsie reveals the true nature of reality in America: our favorite eatery was empty and boarded up! As we traveled north toward home we decided to stop at Sabroso in Rhinebeck, another favorite place, for delicious tapas. They get it right!

On a final note: Congratulations to President Barack Obama for receiving the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize!!!

Look for a new Saturday message from Chuck tomorrow. Hmm, I wonder what he’ll write about? Have a great weekend!
Jan and Chuck

Read Paul Elisha’s commentary regarding Jimmy Carter’s observation that racism is at the root of the current political debacle. Did Carter go deep enough? Paul doesn’t think so. Read his comments, broadcast on WAMC on September 22, 2009.

For those who have an interest in Carl Jung and The Red Book a recent Sunday New York Times Magazine article explores the somewhat lengthy and excruciating process the book took on its long journey to publication. The Red Book, Jung’s documentation of his own inner journey, can be ordered at Amazon through our Riverwalker Store, under the Journeys category. Read the New York Times Magazine article HERE.

Today our VCR didn’t work when we wanted to watch Matter of Heart a film portrait of Jung that we are very fond of, so we found a Youtube version to watch instead. If you are at all interested in the man here below is the link to the video, which also includes a brief nod to some visions Jung had shortly before he died regarding the survival of mankind, suggesting only another 50 years, which would bring us to 2011. I intend to pose a question about this to Jeanne tomorrow. Here is the link to the movie; it’s an hour and forty-five minutes long and well worth it:

http://www.transpersonalscience.org/vidjung1.aspx