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GEIFN | MIXING | Media | May 2021

Best wishes for less Suffering, more Happiness with Good Health and Time to Enjoy it. Welcome to Bahá'í calendar year 177–178. 

Let’s begin by sharing a timely aspiration:
“We are not given a good or bad life. We are given a life, it’s up to us to make it good or bad.”
Attributed to the Buddha (c563-c483 BCE)

If having no reason to celebrate this month, here are 3 prepared earlier:

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 talks dicey topics death, sex and politics with author "Douglas Stuart: ‘It felt like I’d suddenly overshared in the most grotesque way’” via WA Today

Carolyn Webb explores overcoming barriers to workforce entry when born with different abilities, reasons why "‘I’m proud of her’: The father behind a special cafe in Balaclava” via The Age

Michael Lallo explores childhood, migration, difference and overcoming obstacles influences how "Having just turned 60, Magda Szubanski is reveling in a happy place” via The Sydney Morning Herald


Intra
Tim Elliott explores how acts of history, belonging and identification start at an early age with  "Surname or hername? Why a child’s family name is up for grabs” via WA Today

Susan Carland explores a underlying understanding of why forgiveness is the best revenge when "I knew that by hurting my tormentor, I’d be hurting my own soul” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Bianca Hall and Chloe Booker explores a kerbside twist to the old adage of one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, revealing "Cord collectors and scavengers: inside the race to rescue hard rubbish” via The Age


Inter
Benjamin Law explores identity, loss, visibility, communion and celebration, reviewing reasons why "‘William Yang’s work makes me feel seen, and reminds me that I exist’” via WA Today

Monica Dux revisits after life, lapsing and praying, responding to her child’s question "‘Don’t you want to go to heaven?’” via WA Today

Sarah Berry explores a key treatment for quietening the mind, improving concentration and achieving goals, citing how "Mick Fanning’s scoliosis led him to breath work. Now, it’s key to his success” via The Brisbane Times


Multi
Nick Miller reviews work by Kokatha and Nukunu woman Yhonnie Scarce exploring a chapter in Australia’s history, inviting us to "Enter Missile Park, where ‘time bombs’ hold secrets’ via The Age

Zach Hope explores expats returning home rediscover Australia, reasons to welcome "Brain gain: Half of Australian expats are back home, and they’ve brought their talents with them” via The Age

Benjamin Law talks dicey topics Religion, Death and Bodies with "Alan Finkel: ‘Never let the pursuit of perfection get in the way of the very good’” via WA Today


All
Samantha Selinger-Morris explores the benefits of rejoining the different ends of the ageing spectrum, revealing reasons why "‘It’s been healing’: older people are the key to our happiness” via The Age

Anna Prytz explores overcoming the potential for bullying and denialism is demystifying and inclusion as "School leaders encouraged to speak up for LGBTIQ+ students” via The Age

Stephanie Bunbury explores growing food hidden in plain sight, reviewing a new documentary showcasing "Pig in the middle: looking our food choices in the eye” via The Brisbane Times


Togather
Richard Cornish explores introduced tastes, ancient recipes and curing a modern problem for sustainability as Gippsland "Fisherman finds a saucy solution to an aquatic pest problem” via goodfood.com.au

Kerri Sackville explores growing awareness of healthier sexual education of minors in "Let’s take that tea analogy for consent a few steps further” via The Age

Chloe Booker explores updating society’s understanding, visibility and accomodation of gender diversity, reporting "All-gender bathrooms proposed for Victorian workplaces and footy ovals” via The Age


Nobly
Tara June Winch explores being grounded, living art and unfinished business with "‘Strong, deadly and proud’: 60,000 years of creating art and healing” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Dani Valent explores team work, cooperation and sharing love when "‘Our kids couldn’t believe it’: the dad who moved in with his ex and her partner” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Rachel Eddie explores overcoming ignorance fuelled violence along the road to recovery when "‘I turned my scars into strength’: Victoria gets LGBTI homelessness support” via The Age



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 is a skilful teacher, mood enhancer and mender of broken hearts, while resulting in the death of all its students?
  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

world
[weld]
From Old English w(e)oruld, from a Germanic compound meaning = age of man; related to Dutch wereld and German Welt.
  1. the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples. Ie, they were doing their bit to save the world. Ie, it's a wonderful world. 
  2. a compound or collective of all of the people and societies on the earth. Ie, the whole world hates a Monday. Ie, world affairs. 
  3. denoting one of the most important people or things of their class. Ie, a world superstar. Ie, they had been brought up to regard their country as a world power. 
  4. another planet like the earth. Ie, the possibility of life on other worlds. 
  5. a particular region or group of countries. Ie, the English-speaking world. 
  6. a particular period of history. Ie, the ancient world. 
  7. a particular group of living things. Ie, the animal world. 
  8. all that relates to a particular sphere of activity. Ie, Shakespeare is a legend in the world of British theatre. Ie, the news shocked the football world. 
  9. one's life and activities. Ie, they felt their whole world had collapsed. 
  10. a very great deal of. Ie, there's a world of difference between being alone and being lonely. Ie, a bit of country air will do them the world of good.
  11. human and social interaction. Ie, they had almost completely withdrawn from the world. 
  12. secular or material matters as opposed to spiritual ones. Ie, parents are not viewed as the primary educators of their own children, either in the world or in the Church. 
  13. a stage of human life, either mortal or after death. Ie, in this world, the underworld or the next.

worldly
[weld’lee]
From Old English woruldlic: w(e)oruld, from a Germanic compound meaning = age of man + -ly also -lic, = having the qualities of, or recurring at intervals of, from Germanic origin = like.
  1. (of a person) experienced and sophisticated. Ie, the antagonist was less worldly than the protagonist who dismissed the slur.
  2. of or concerned with material values or ordinary life rather than a spiritual existence. Ie, their ambitions for worldly success meant unsuitability for monasticism.

recreated
[re’cre’ay’ted]
From late Middle English (in the sense = again form out of nothing): from Latin re = back, concentrate, again + creat- = produced.
  1. create again, bring (something) back into existence. Ie, they recreated the original lake. Ie, over 170 jobs were recreated. 
  2. cause (something) again to happen as a result of one's actions. Ie, there is a danger that divorce recreated other problems for children. 
  3. reproduce. Ie, the story recreated real events. Ie, the actor recreated the role that made them famous

[Practice]

Optional
-- Chant Mantrastyle

History is littered with many roads built with good intentions, but Suffering remains in all parts of the world. While the Suffering may look different through a historical or cultural lens, the common cause of this Suffering is ignorance. Being worldly means to identify personal Suffering and striving to transform the disturbances into their recreated mirror-like wisdoms. When this gets easy, surpluses arise for the individual, increasing in beneficiaries until including all. In Ghandi's words: "be the change you wish to see in the world".

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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