July 31, 2008
Day 11: Happy Birthday Harry and Jo! (New Podcast!)
So today’s a big day. It’s the birthday of Jo Rowling and her character Harry Potter
AND IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, we put out a new podcast called Happy Birthday Harry (and Jo!) which you can also find by going to your Itunes Store, searching “Harry Potter Alliance” and clicking Subscribe. Any way, enjoy the new podcast edited by Ashley Farrar of myspace.com/podcastofawesome and Scott of soccerchampions.libsyn.com
So part of the activity for the Eleventh Day of Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset is to listen to the podcast! But another part is to do light a candle for Jo and Harry’s birthday. Please take all safety precautions when lighting a candle please!
As you light this candle, light it in celebration of Jo and Harry’s birthdays. In celebration of Harry’s eleventh birthday in our world. Light it to remember that it was on Harry’s eleventh birthday that he found out he was a Wizard. And light it most of all, in recognition that you are a Wizard!
Since the one year anniversary of Deathly Hallows on July 21 we’ve put out a different activity each day to help us Break Out of the Muggle Mindset and into the magic of our creativity. And when many renowned spiritual teachers talk about stripping past facade and into the magic of their true selves, they talk about how there is a light within them, a light within each of us that no one can touch. Almost like magic. 
So today, meditate on the candle as you recognize that light within you and allow it to shine through your body, through your feelings, through your heart, and out through the world.
Send us pictures if you’d like or keep it to yourself and discuss this activity in the forum section!
And if you’d like to, please consider the possibility of shining your light, in part by throwing a TriWizard Tournament House Party by writing Dinah at houseparties@thehpalliance.org
So enjoy your podcast listening and your lighting a candle for Jo, Harry, and yourself!
Thank you for being part of these Eleven Days, we will continue to inspire each other to break out of the Muggle Mindset, and Happy Birthday Jo and Harry!
Tina
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This has been the best 11days ever and I thank you harry potter alliance website for coming up with this great idea. This is what all hp fans need to deal with the hp fix!!! As you can tell I really can’t do the 11th activity right now for the time is 1:01am in the morning, but I promise I will later on preform today’s activity and report back on what I did. Thanks again for these 11 great days of fun and guess what world I am a witch!!!
Tita
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I’m so proud of being part of the HPA… I feels like bit by bit we are making a big difference in the world =]
Dinah
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The podcast was so fun to listen to!!!!! Yay! *hugs everyone*
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY AND JO!!!!!!!!!!
<3 <3 <3
Tina
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Harry potter to both jo and Harry at this magical witching hour(13pm)!!!
Tina
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Guess what, I just preformed my becoming a wizard(not real)ceremonty and even tho the candle kept on running out on harry’s owl(yes I do have a hegwig candle)that should show the loss of him in book seven. The storting hat shows j.k. rowling’s smarts and how she changed the worlds reading with just one idea, a cup of coffie each day, a writing utainsal and a some napkins!!! Thank you so much jo and happy b-day to both jo and Harry!!!