Ojai Festival -- Press Release
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Jim Martineau
(310) 793-6464
Spiritual, Family-Friendly Free Festival Slated for August 9-11 in Ojai
July 25, 2013 - (Ojai, CA) - The Transformation of America Thru Love, a newly formed national grassroots movement founded by US national champion tennis player, Jim Martineau, is hosting a weekend Spiritual Festival Friday thru Sunday, August 9th -11th in downtown Ojai on the campus of World University at 107 W. Ventura Street and at the tennis courts at Libbey Park.
The celebration is centered upon the belief that there is a rising tide of inner awareness within humanity that we are spiritual beings. When this awareness "takes hold" people become inspired by love to help others with both personal issues and societal concerns.
The weekend event consists of lectures and classes on inner and outer transformation, live music and comedy, art, yoga, meditation, nature walks, tennis and a host of other family-friendly festivities that are free and open to the public.
Highlights of free festival include:
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-- Friday evening 7-9pm, August 9 - Opening Ceremony of the Weekend Festival with visiting scholar, Sunder
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Iyer Ph.D, M.D. of India who was the personal assistant to Indian Avatar Sathya Sai Baba
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-- Saturday afternoon 11am-1pm, August 10 - The inauguration of the national grassroots movement The
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Transformation of America Thru Love with its Founder and Director Jim Martineau
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-- Saturday evening 6:30-8pm, August 10 - Evening Presentation with guest speaker Albert Ferrer, PhD, one
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the world's leading figures for establishing international schools that combine spirituality, basic human
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values and academics. Ferrer is currently in charge of all Sai International Schools and Colleges
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-- Sunday morning 11:30am-1pm, August 11 - Ecumenical Service featuring Thor Reyes, M.D., son of Dr. Benito
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Reyes, founder of World University in Ojai
One of the core objectives of the weekend celebration is to formally announce the intent to create an experimental society, based in Ojai, that would serve as a blueprint of what is possible for a new way of living in America. This includes creating an "Ideal Society" on various properties in lower and upper Ojai Valley that would include:
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-- A set of schools from kindergarten up to university level, focused on love and goodwill, with the ultimate goal
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of education to transform humans towards higher states of consciousness
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-- A large athletic facility, focusing on physical development through sports (with special emphasis on tennis),
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open-air activities, contact with Nature, stressing cooperation and fraternity rather than competition
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-- A large creative arts facility, with special emphasis on the education of the aesthetic sense through the various
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artistic disciplines: fine arts, modern visual arts, music, dance and drama
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-- A large spiritual facility, embracing and embodying the core spiritual concepts and values that are present in
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the major religions and philosophies of the world
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For the full schedule of events and more information on the weekend festivities, contact Jim Martineau at (310) 793-6464,JimMartineau1@gmail.com
The Transformation of
America thru Love.org
In honor of the vision of Benito Reyes
