Welcome

Best wishes for less Suffering, more Happiness with Good Health and Time to Enjoy it. Welcome to Balinese saka calendar 1940–1941.

Let’s begin by sharing an insight:
Latin: "Ex Umbris et Imaginibus In Veritatem = From Shadows and Images into the Truth." John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

Discuss with sincerity. Deny untruth. Dismiss unuseful. Accept useful. Adapt to change. Adopt least effort most benefit. Adept with sharing. Enjoy throughout. As each case may be. Round. And again. Or not.

Topics

Media Words
TED Talks
Guest Sings
Street Jives
Wisdom Reconciles
Challenge Reflects

Media Words

Approx 5 min reads

Intro
Bruce Day salutes the life, times of Jack Wodak, a refugee, migrant and campaigner for society to have a greater “Compassionate and humane understanding of human frailty” via The Age

Greg Kot explores one artist's acceptance of self, diversity and inclusive expression, reviewing reasons why “Lizzo taps into the real meaning of freedom in 2019” via WA Today

Jane Rocca explores how unresolved childhood difficulties influence adult relationships, realising “'I didn’t want to be that person': Why Chelsea Handler started therapy at 42” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Intra
Lenny Ann Low explores difability, societal visibility and importance of finding, abiding and expressing one own’s voice, reviewing a new theatre work presenting “No easy answers as audience is challenged and conflicted” via WA Today

Kerrie O’Brien explores prevalence of gendered violence towards woman of power, revealing reasons why “ABC set to air ground-breaking new political drama” via The Age

Melissa Fyfe explores responsibility for discussing natural body change, diversity and respectfulness, informing Age of Consent “Sex education in a time of moral panic – and how it's failing our children” via WA Today

Inter
Cameron Woodhead explores identity, familial ties and the glue that holds it together, reviewing reasons why “Black is the new white for Australian social satire” via The Brisbane Times

Caitlin Fitzsimmons explores need-based technology, familial adoption of technology, overcoming communication difficulties, high-profile industry credibility and othwr reasons why “MyMob app for separated families takes off in court” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Emily Chantiri explores mounting and counting cost of untreated unwellness, revealing benefits how “Mindfulness, meditation can help alleviate financial stress” via The Age

Multi
Elizabeth Quinn explores stability, knowing personal boundaries, valuing letting go of the things that hold us back, and inter-generational encouragement, sharing an article of “Faith: Dreams of adventure and safe returns” via The Age

Kirsty Needham explores imported top down imperialism, ground up liberation and the unlimited cost of/to/by humanity, sharing “A spectacular view of modern China from the nation's beating red heart” via WA Today

Liam Mannix explores promising developments in better understanding the body’s wellbeing, illness and disease, revealing “Our top scientists and the discovery that could revolutionise cancer, eczema treatment” via The Age

All
Greg Callaghan explores the difference between relaxation, awareness and mindfulness, reporting about “The great impact of mindfulness is making its way into classrooms” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Claire Kimball explores taking environmentalism to the streets with youthful enthusiasm, celebrating reasons why “Genius gamechanger has thrown down the gauntlet" via The Brisbane Times

Miki Perkins explores Australia’s NT, where safe passage and sovereignty is trumped by Miners’ Rights, for a “Fractured future: Water fears as drilling for gas begins in the NT” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Togather
Adam Carey explores overcoming learnt shame and awakening self-identity, citing collective efforts “Bringing endangered Aboriginal languages back from the brink” via The Age

Barney Zwartz explores past attempt at ethnic cleansing, cultural suppression, and learning from history’s playbook, reasoning why “'It's bloody good': Opera strikes back at Hitler's musical vandalism” via WA Today

Jessica Irvine explores different ways of economically addressing known problems is aided by bearing truthful witness, revealing “Esther Duflo: a refreshing change in world dominated by 'feel-pinions'” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Nobly
Yan Zhuang explores how changing technology, ease of access and social conscious can work constructively together to address inequity, revealing how “Young Aussies take to Facebook to host birthday charity fundraisers” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Rachel Wells explores how skilful technology is enabling effective teamwork, proving two heads are better than one, reasoning “How enterprising mothers are retaining senior roles – together” via The Age

Tim Elliott explores fragility of existence, importance of identity and sanctioned belonging, hear “How a philanthropist gave a new life to a man without a country” via The Brisbane Times

TED Talks

10-20min presentations

Guest Sings

Approx 5 min presentation

Macy Gray - Buddha

Street Jives

Approx 2 min presentation

Sesame Street: Courteous

Wisdom Reconciles

The School of Life: Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy (9 mins)
The Consolation of Philosophy is the name of one of the greatest and most useful books ever written, the work of the Roman statesman and philosopher Boethius, who wrote it in prison as a way to ward of despair and regret. The lessons of the book remain hugely applicable to our own times - and deserve to be known to all of us in the face uncertain times.

The School of Life: EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - The Buddha (6 mins)
The Buddha's philosophy teaches us that our desires are at the root of our restlessness - and that calm can be achieved through willpower and spiritual exercise.

The School of Life: EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - Confucius (6 mins)
This great Chinese philosopher believed in everything we ignore nowadays: tradition, institution, obedience and order. That’s why he matters.

Challenge Reflects

Approx 30 min presentation + reflection times

If desired, a short selection of publicly available material on a chosen theme for personal reflection.

For best results, sit comfortably with a straight back, have headphones in a shared space, after each clicked link, allow a little reflection with your personally-held view before clicking on the next link.

Get ready to Reflect!
Choose your playing level:
Be introduced at 1.
Be soothed at 2-4.
Be shocked at 5.
Be inspired at 6.
Fuller illumination 1-6.
You be the judge. Or not.

Cryptic Clue:
What is a thing to do unexpectedly, broadcast to remember or forget with reason?

1. Inspire
2. Perspire
3. Collaborate
4. Engage: Test for personal circumstances, if useful keep, if unuseful discard, if exceeds needs, share mindfully
5. Endure: Adapt for present times without sacrificing intent
6. Endear: (Inspiring Others To Tend the Flame) live/ demonstrate/ inspire/ teach experience with others

Position
[poz’it'ion]
From late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin positio(n-), from ponere = to place + ion = energy. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 19th century.

1. a place where someone or something is known to be located or has been put. Ie, the distress call had given the ship's position. Ie, The Teacher took up their position on the bottom step of the stairs for the class photo.
2. the correct location of someone or something. Ie, sew the band into position. Ie, make sure that no slates have slipped out of position.
3. (often positions) a reachable place where part of a military force is posted for strategic purposes. Ie, the guns were placed within firing distance to shell the Opponent’s positions.
4. a particular way in which someone or something is placed or arranged. Ie, the model moved themself into a reclining position. Ie, cramp forced the patient to change position.
5. the permitted configuration of movable pieces and pawns on the board at any point in a game of chess.
6. a particular musical fixed or intended location of the hand on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument. Ie, be familiar with the first six positions across the four strings. Ie, the arrangement of the constituent notes of a chord.
7. a situation, especially as it affects one's power to act. Ie, the company's financial position is grim. Ie, we were not in a position to judge the merits of the case.
8. the state of being placed where one has an advantage over one's rivals or competitors. Ie, sleek motor launches jostled for position.
9. a person's place or level of importance in relation to others. Ie, the athlete made up ground to finish in second position.
10. a birthright of high rank or social standing. Ie, a woman of supposed wealth and position.
11. a job earnt from merit. Ie, she retired from her position as marketing director.
12. (in team games) a role assigned to a particular player based on the location in which they play. Ie, the player looks best in central midfield, their own preferred position.
13. a person's point of view or attitude towards something. Ie, the party's position on abortion.
14. the extent to which an investor, dealer, or speculator has made a commitment in the market by buying or selling securities. Ie, traders were covering short positions.
15. a logical proposition laid down or asserted. Ie, a tenet, assertion or rationale.

Posit
[poz'it]
From mid 17th century: from Latin posit- = placed; from the verb ponere = to place.

1. [with object] put forward as fact or as a basis for argument. Ie, the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature.
• (posit something on) base something on the truth of (a particular assumption). Ie, these plots are posited on a false premise about women's nature as inferior.
2. [with object and adverbial] put in position; place. Ie, the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets.
3. a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.

-ory
[or’ee]
From Latin -oria, -orium, sometimes via Anglo-Norman French -orie, Old French -oire.

a suffix of forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function. Ie, dormitory, repository.

[Practice]

Optional
-- Chant Mantrastyle

One strategy to overcome change is to position one's self securely, posit actions in/by/with truth, clarity and wisdom. And if at first success does not arrive, maybe there is more to the story than first met the eye.
Or not.
As the case may be.

This is universal basis of re:lig:ion (again:uniting:energy). Here in this email, we'll hear it as countless sounds: of thoughts, words and actions wishing, causing and receiving less Suffering and more Happiness. For benefit initially of the individual increasing in beneficiaries until it includes all across all times and directions.

It is not personal, it just the way things are.

NAVIGATION