Invitation to Kulimela 2006, New Vrindavan, June 14-18
www.kulimela.com
Please forward this email to EVERYONE you know, used to know, and
think you should know. Help make this our biggest even of the decade.
In order to accomplish this we need to begin planning now, so please
register and relay.
Who should come to Kulimela?
We hope that you will come, along with everyone you know. This is an
international invitation to all youth, Second Generation, Kulis,
Gurukulis, Vaishnava Youth, Alumni, Childhood friends, Partners,
Friends, the connected, and the disconnected to attend a grand
festival of inspiration and renewal.
Kulimela is for all youth (and former youth) from Russia , India,
Canada, Thailand , England, Germany, USA , and every other nation in
between. Re-establishing old bonds and forging new connections will
unite a thriving international community of friends who can help and
inspire one another.
We welcome anyone who is or was a youth in this movement, whether
religious, ritvik, Iskcon, a Narayan Maharaj disciple, or completely
uninterested in religion. Respect for each other, and the location,
should allow us to be open without being challenging or demanding.
What is Kulimela?
Kulimela 2006 will be 5 days of workshops, seminars, feasting,
dancing, music, games, and theatre. Kulimela will be what we as a
community choose to make of it. Together we can develop this project
into a true representation of who we are and where we are heading. We
want you to tell us what you would like to learn or present.
Many have already have come forward and shown their interest in
presenting a variety of workshops; from parenting and business plan
workshops, to devotional workshops, and community development. What
would you suggest?
We are looking for actors, musicians, yoga practitioners, doctors,
lawyers, producers, temple management, bhaktas, mothers,
psychologists, researchers, businessmen, hospitality providers, men
and women on the pick and any others. We want to know what you are
doing, and how we can help one another.
We have focused the seminar conferences on 4 areas:
Spiritual & Community development
Business & Career
Arts & Entertainment
Medicine & Health
Attend for purely material reasons, purely spiritual reasons, or a
balance between.
Where and when is Kulimela?
Kulimela will be held in New Vrindavan from the 14-18 of June, 2006.
(the week immediately following NY Rathayatra. We have a good
support structure there and a wonderful facility. Manu's buses will
help in the transportation. We will continue to work on
transportation plans.
What do you need to do for Kulimela?
Register - Relay - Rejoice
Register: Let us know you are interested, and how you would like to
attend, as reps, delegates, workshop hosts, or artists.
Relay: Tell as many others about this as you can. Help us make it a
truly global and truly astonishing event. This is not about
religion, this is about us. Get the word out, especially to your
disconnected and old friends and see if we can all help inspire one
another.
Rejoice: start making your plans now, so you are certain you can make it.
We are looking for your help! We need representatives to help spread
the word, organize travel, answer questions and give us support. We
need entertainers who are interested in performing as singers, actors,
dancers, and whatever else your specialty might be. We need workshop
hosts who have some knowledge to share. We need sponsors willing to
help support our endeavour. We need delegates to attend.
Please register now at www.kulimela.com or contact one of our key
contacts, so that we can sufficiently organize this event and ensure
it develops to its full potential.
Why are we doing Kulimela?
We want to know what inspires you. We want to know how you have
balanced the material and spiritual aspects of your life. We want to
know about your success, and your attempted success.
Individually we don't have all the answers, but together we can share
our example. We strongly believe that our coming together will help us
to empower one another and assist us in defining and achieving our
dreams and aspirations.
Our incentive comes from knowing that most of us differentiate
ourselves from the wider population in one way or another. We may
look and talk and act like the society around us (or some few of us
may not), yet, for better or for worse, we know with certainty that
some quality distinguishes us.
For some of us that difference comes from pain and abuse, and we want
to connect here as friends and encourage one another.
For others that difference comes from having knowledge of Krishna, or
however we see God, and that knowledge changes how we look at
ourselves and those around us.
Whatever the reason, we want to share that experience and help
identify ourselves with more than our difference. Kulimela is about
looking forward not back.
Who are we?
The vision of an event of this nature has been developing and
circulating among many of us for some time. Bala Keilman and Kapila
Monet have now harnessed this energy and have created the Kulimela
project in order too see this vision progress. They have called on
many of their more experienced friends for guidance and assistance.
Our strongest affiliation is our friendships and we are very grateful
to all the many friends we have not listed, who are providing their
full support.
Although we are grateful for the assistance from members of the ISKCON
community, this is an event by us, for us, and about us.
Key Contacts
Baladeva Keilman - London and Amsterdam, Europe
Kapila Monet - London, UK and Sharanagati , Canada
Bhima Sena - New Vrindavan - USA
Govinda Ghosh - Vancouver, Canada
Executive Members
Gaura Vani, Washington D.C. - USA
Giri Santillan - Alachua, Florida, USA
Govinda Syer - Alachua, Florida, USA
Kar Delaney - Sharanagati, Canada
Krishna Das- San Francisco
Manu - Alachua, Florida , USA
Encouraged and Supported by:
Malati - New Vrindavan, USA
Gopal Bhatta
Radhanath Swami - New Vrindavan, USA
All Glories to:
Srila Prabhupada
www.kulimela.com
Sincerely,
Kulimela Executive Committee
--
"This is love. And if God accepts your offerings, then what more do
you want? He becomes your most intimate friend. If you make God your
intimate friend, then there is nothing wanted. You'll be fulfilled.
You'll find that "I have got everything." And if we become convinced
that Krsna is my protector, then how much happy and peaceful we will
be. Offer something. Just be in love with Him. Then just see how much
peaceful you feel. How much tranquility you feel and how you are
protected by Krsna, how you avoid insufficiency, how you become pure,
and how you make progress in spiritual life." - Srila Prabhupada
