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GEIFN | MIXING | Media | March 2021

Welcome

May this find you well and kindly treated.

Best wishes for less Suffering, more Happiness with Good Health and Time to Enjoy it. Welcome to  Coptic calendar 1737–1738.
 
Let’s begin by sharing a timely aspiration:
“Standing alone doesn’t mean I am alone, it means I’m strong enough to handle things all by myself. And I know when, why and who to ask for help.”
Attributed to Buddhism (since 483 BCE to present)
Otherwise, the following monthly curation from publicly available information is offered below for consideration.

Topics

  • Guest Sings
  • Street Jives
  • Wisdom Reconciles
  • Media Writes
  • TED Talks
  • Music Challenges
  • Acknowledgments

Guest Sings

Approx 5 min presentation
 

Street Jives

Approx 2 min presentation

Wisdom Reconciles


Media Writes

Approx 5 min reads

Intro
Benjamin Law explores dicey topics Religion, Bodies and Money with Australian-born UK-based "Kiruna Stamell: ‘My body’s an organic, natural thing. Get over it’” via The Age

Michael Koziol explores place, people and persuasion towards common futures, meet "Narelda Jacobs: ‘I’ve got a voice and I want to say things’” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Tuohy explores striking a fresh balance between life, work and living, writing "‘It’s making people bolder’: The ‘reassessment’ of life after lockdown” via The Age


Intra
Sharon Bradley explores self worth, addiction and lifelong recovery, recounting why "‘She saved my life’: how a stranger helped Fiona O’Loughlin fight her alcoholism” via The Sydney Morning Herald

George Blair-West and Jiveny Blair-West explores conditions for meeting, coupling and lasting, citing reasons "Why it’s time we debunk the myth of ‘the one’” via The Brisbane Times

Cathy McGowan explores grass roots support for independent thinking and collaborations in the public interest, reasoning when, why and how "Women step up as communities vote independent” via WA Today


Inter
Daisy Turnbull explores seizing disappointment to cultivate gratitude and resilience, reasoning why "Yes, it’s necessary for children to face risky business” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Samantha Selinger-Morris explores curious minds, learning knowledge and age-appropriate language, tips for "How not to be ‘that parent’ when teaching your kids about sex” via WA Today

Sumeyya Ilanbey and Paul Sakkal explores acceptance of naturally occurring difference and the upholding of diversified expressions of loving now that "Gay conversion therapy banned in Victoria after marathon debate” via The Age


Multi
Jerusha Mather explores some of the daily challenges experienced by the differently abled towards independence, reasoning that "Cooking shouldn’t have to be this hard” via The Age

Ross Gittins explores biases, anchoring and reality, arguing "Why humans beat computers at knowing when to leap into the unknown” via The Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix explores the science of carbon dating is shining a light on origin stories of the Australian story, revealing how "Wasps reveal age of Australia’s oldest-known rock paintings” via The Sydney Morning Herald


All
Methodist Temperance Movement explores viable alternatives to socialising without alcohol consumption, recounting a movement swinging back into fashion in "COVID-19 pandemic: Last 'temperance' bar could soon be joined by others as UK contemplates booze ban” via Traveller.com.au

Cat Woods explores belonging to country, remote language and sharing of song in "Spinifex Gum: the girls’ choir that has put Pilbara life on stage” via The Age

Ferris Jabr explores growing understanding of the interconnectedness of life, unearthing "‘A vast, ancient and intricate society’: the secret social network of old-growth forests” via WA Today


Togather
Sue Williams explores the tireless efforts of one determined individual to right lies made in public, sharing some of the findings of her new book and how "Heroine Elizabeth Macquarie dared to defy fake news 200 years ago” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Erin Pearson explores different stages of arriving, surviving and thriving, writing why "‘Their kids are coming home’: A mother’s fight to save her community” via The Age

Michael Lallo explores reasons to celebrate access to own language, separation of powers and freedom of speech, meet "From refugee to media boss: David Hua takes charge at SBS Radio” via WA Today


Nobly
Konrad Marshall explores engaging art, reflective skill and loving kindness in "‘A wonderful thing’: what inspired Patricia Piccinini’s biggest creation yet” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Tim Elliott explores a growing value of learnt skills on the world stage being brought back home, citing this regional town’s personalised approach to recapturing lost ground to out-of-towners, recounting "‘So you want to start a newspaper in the middle of a pandemic?’” via WA Today

Melissa Fyfe explores un-whitewashing history with love, writing "‘Thank you for the genocide’: the Aboriginal activist ‘love-bombing’ white leaders” via The Brisbane Times


TED Talks

5-20 min presentations

Music Challenges

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 do we need to acknowledge first to make a more equitable present and forge brighter futures together?
  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

emancipation
[eh’man’cip’ay’shon]
From 17CE French émancipation, from Latin ēmancipātiō. In the US, with reference to anti-slavery, abolitionism, first used in 18CE by Charles Godfrey Leland. In 19CE Britain, with reference to easing of restrictions on Catholics
  1. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation. Ie, the social and political emancipation of women. 
  2. the freeing of someone from slavery. Ie, the early struggle for emancipation from slavery.

enfranchisement
[en’fran’chise’ment]
From Old French enfranchir = to set free, enfranchise, from en- = in + franchir = to set free
  1. the giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote: the World War hastened the enfranchisement of women. 
  2. historical liberation from imprisonment or slavery. 
  3. Law, British the action of making land freehold: legal costs attributable to the enfranchisement of leasehold properties.

liberation
[lib’er’ay’shon]
Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem = a freeing, from liberare past participle liberatus = set free 
  1. the action of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release. Ie, the liberation of all political prisoners. 
  2. freedom from limits on thought or behaviour. Ie, the struggle for women's liberation.

enlightenment
[en’light’en’ment]
From Middle English enlightenen, inlightnen, a hybrid formed from inlighten = to enlighten, illuminate; from Old English inlīhtan, onlīhtan, enlīhten = to enlighten, illuminate, give light to, give sight to; and lightnen = to enlighten, illuminate; equivalent to light +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch inlichten = to enlighten, inform, Old High German inliuhten = to enlighten, illuminate 
  1. the action of enlightening or the state of understanding. Ie, the students looked to the teacher for enlightenment. 
  2. the action or state of attaining or having attained spiritual knowledge or insight, in particular (in Buddhism) that achieving of clarity of perception, reason and knowledge which frees a person from the cycle of rebirth. Ie, the key to enlightenment is the way of the Buddha. 
  3. a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent figures included Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.
[Practice]

Optional
-- Chant Mantrastyle

Evidence shows that individuals, families and societies are making big leaps forward when emancipation is attained by those previously without enfranchisement. Individuals experience liberation from the circumstances of birth or prevailing conditions beyond their control. This is a realisable consequence of purposeful striving towards enlightenment.

Why? Why not?
Start today. 
As the case may be.
Or not.




Acknowledgments

Reconciliation
Acknowledging traditional inhabitants of Cities of Port Phillip and Glen Eira are the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation. Respect is offered to past, present and future elders of all spiritual traditions. May we find together a generous way to accommodate those in need of refuge. Let us be cool, strive individually and together to overcome inequality, violence, disengagement, tragedy and injustice wherever it may be. Let us honour, savor and enjoy results of mindful effort so more thrive peacefully with less effort in our place called home.

Invitation to Support Content Creators
The music/stories/videos have been sourced from public domain. If you like any of the content, please consider buying directly from online marketplaces to support creators and truth telling in the public interest.

Caretaker Disclosure
Words and concepts are conditional things that point to a 'reflection of experience'. They are limited and do not adequately describe the 'full lived experience'. Like the moon's reflection on a lake's surface, it is not the moon, nor the experience of gazing up at the darkened sky transformed by the presence of a full moon. It is in the eyes/ears/nose/mouth/touch/cognisance of the beholder.

This curation is an interpretation of the universal basis of re:lig:ion (Latin = again:uniting:energy). This email invites a sharing of countless 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 the 3 times and 10 directions. As each case may be. Or not.

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

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