Best wishes for less Suffering, more Happiness with Good Health and Time to Enjoy it. Welcome to Japanese calendar year Reiwa 6.
Sharing a timely aspiration:
“Karma:
Be kind.
Be fair.
Be honest.
Be true.
And all these things will come back to you.
What goes round, comes around."
Attributed to Buddhism (since 483 BCE to present)
If having no reason to celebrate this month, here are 3 prepared earlier:
- 10 November: World Science Day for Peace and Development (International)
- 16 November: International Day for Tolerance (International)
- 25 November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (International)
Please note information may contain misunderstandings, deliberate omissions and complete fabrications. And remember to watch out for the thing forgotten. Accept nothing blindly. Test for usefulness, if useful keep, adapt for personal circumstances or if unuseful discard. Be your own guiding light.
Read on intrepid Mixers, and let's see what is to discover this edition. Subscribers decide if anything is useful.
Topics
1. Guest Sings
Approx 5 min presentation
2. Street Jives
Approx 2 min presentation
3. Wisdom Reconciles
- Josh Johnson: Does Money Change How We Raise Kids? (16 mins)
- Jason Leong: Creation, Beliefs and Dinosaurs (5 mins)
- Jimmy Kim: I Tried Japan's Rental Boyfriend Service (14 mins)
- ZULA Answers: Attracted To My Orientation Groupmate When I Have A National Service (NS) Boyfriend (University Woes) (20 mins)
- NITV Living Black: Isaiah Firebrace on meeting his mum for the first time (7 mins)
4. Media Writes
Approx 5 min readsIntro
Cassidy Knowlton explores identity, spirit and generosity in "The evolution of a Fringe goddess” via The Age
Greg Callaghan explores context, connectedness and change with Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell recounting how "He coined the term ‘tipping point’ – then COVID superspreaders made him reconsider” via The Brisbane Times
Cherie Gilmour explores education, experience and exploration when recalling why "At school, they advised me to become a vet. They were so wrong” via The Brisbane Times
Intra
Tony Wright explores living, neighbourliness and generousity in "The blessed gift of good-hearted neighbours” via The Age
Caroline Baum explores childhood, gratitude and sustainability recounting how "Mum’s 90, French and finds gratitude demeaning … can family therapy help?” via WA Today
Joshua Smithe explores sacrifice, compromise and pursuit of the greater happiness recounting how "I told my girlfriend we’d never get a cat. Now we have two” via The Age
Inter
Peter Lenaghan explores passion, pursuit and providence recounting reasons in "‘Absolutely loved it’: the rewards of a later-life career change” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Cassandra Morgan explores love, loss and legacy recalling when "‘He wasn’t dead yet’: Gill got rejected from a widow’s group, so she started her own” via The Age
Nell Geraets explores childhood, relationships and reconciliation in "It’s never too late to reconnect with your sibling. Here’s how” via The Brisbane Times
Multi
Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier explores place, people and purpose revealing his reasons why "I know why people are flocking to Melbourne – it has nothing to do with coffee or laneways” via The Age
Amanda Hooton explores people, place and potentialising "As refugees, they slept on the ground. Three kids, study and work is ‘nothing’” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Uppma Virdi explores identity, familiy and union recounting how "I had two choices: an arranged marriage or leave home forever” via The Brisbane Times
All
Paola Totaro explores place, people and purpose with Tim Soutphommasane in "War, elitism, racism: The Aussie taking Oxford uni’s hot topics off the boil” via The Brisbane Times
Michael Visontay explores place, power and purposeful recounting when "I thought I’d pried every last secret from my father’s past. A locked red box proved me wrong” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Adam Ferguson explores place, people and pragmatism in "Think you know the outback? Look again.” via WA Today
Togather
Bianca Hall explores energy, renewables and collectability as "Victoria switches on what will be world’s biggest onshore wind farm” via The Age
Amos Zeeberg explores building, endurance and innovation within "Self-healing concrete? The Romans thought of that” via WA Today
Liam Mannix explores place, people and process in "Why is Australia so rich? This Nobel-winning paper solves the riddle” via WA Today
Nobly
Linda Morris explores welcoming, safety and learning when revealing "Book, a room: Why teens are flocking to public libraries” via WA Today
Stephanie Gardiner explores life, loss and living again with "‘How are you travelling?’: The question Michelle wants more people to ask” via The Brisbane Times
Benjamin Law explores dicey topics Sex, Politics and Religion with artist Jonathan Jones and reasons why “Even painting a landscape is ‘political’” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Cassidy Knowlton explores identity, spirit and generosity in "The evolution of a Fringe goddess” via The Age
Greg Callaghan explores context, connectedness and change with Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell recounting how "He coined the term ‘tipping point’ – then COVID superspreaders made him reconsider” via The Brisbane Times
Cherie Gilmour explores education, experience and exploration when recalling why "At school, they advised me to become a vet. They were so wrong” via The Brisbane Times
Intra
Tony Wright explores living, neighbourliness and generousity in "The blessed gift of good-hearted neighbours” via The Age
Caroline Baum explores childhood, gratitude and sustainability recounting how "Mum’s 90, French and finds gratitude demeaning … can family therapy help?” via WA Today
Joshua Smithe explores sacrifice, compromise and pursuit of the greater happiness recounting how "I told my girlfriend we’d never get a cat. Now we have two” via The Age
Inter
Peter Lenaghan explores passion, pursuit and providence recounting reasons in "‘Absolutely loved it’: the rewards of a later-life career change” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Cassandra Morgan explores love, loss and legacy recalling when "‘He wasn’t dead yet’: Gill got rejected from a widow’s group, so she started her own” via The Age
Nell Geraets explores childhood, relationships and reconciliation in "It’s never too late to reconnect with your sibling. Here’s how” via The Brisbane Times
Multi
Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier explores place, people and purpose revealing his reasons why "I know why people are flocking to Melbourne – it has nothing to do with coffee or laneways” via The Age
Amanda Hooton explores people, place and potentialising "As refugees, they slept on the ground. Three kids, study and work is ‘nothing’” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Uppma Virdi explores identity, familiy and union recounting how "I had two choices: an arranged marriage or leave home forever” via The Brisbane Times
All
Paola Totaro explores place, people and purpose with Tim Soutphommasane in "War, elitism, racism: The Aussie taking Oxford uni’s hot topics off the boil” via The Brisbane Times
Michael Visontay explores place, power and purposeful recounting when "I thought I’d pried every last secret from my father’s past. A locked red box proved me wrong” via The Sydney Morning Herald
Adam Ferguson explores place, people and pragmatism in "Think you know the outback? Look again.” via WA Today
Togather
Bianca Hall explores energy, renewables and collectability as "Victoria switches on what will be world’s biggest onshore wind farm” via The Age
Amos Zeeberg explores building, endurance and innovation within "Self-healing concrete? The Romans thought of that” via WA Today
Liam Mannix explores place, people and process in "Why is Australia so rich? This Nobel-winning paper solves the riddle” via WA Today
Nobly
Linda Morris explores welcoming, safety and learning when revealing "Book, a room: Why teens are flocking to public libraries” via WA Today
Stephanie Gardiner explores life, loss and living again with "‘How are you travelling?’: The question Michelle wants more people to ask” via The Brisbane Times
Benjamin Law explores dicey topics Sex, Politics and Religion with artist Jonathan Jones and reasons why “Even painting a landscape is ‘political’” via The Sydney Morning Herald
5. TED Talks
5-20 min presentations- Mohamed Aburawi: A hospital in the cloud bringing health care anywhere in the world (5 mins)
- Julia Watson: How to build a resilient future using ancient wisdom (9 mins)
- Barry Schwartz: The way we think about work is broken (8 mins)
- Veronica Kalas: The underground cities of the Byzantine Empire (6 mins)
- Susan Pinker: The secret to living longer may be your social life (16 mins)
6. Music Challenges
Approx 30 min presentation + reflection timesIf 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:
- Inspire
- Perspire
- Collaborate
- Engage: Test for personal circumstances, if useful keep, if unuseful discard, if exceeds needs, share mindfully
- Endure: Adapt for present times without sacrificing intent
- Endear: (Inspiring Others To Tend the Flame) live/ demonstrate/ inspire/ teach experience with others
reconciling
[reh’con’syle]
From late Middle English: from Old French reconcilier or Latin reconciliare, from Latin re- = back, concentrate, focus + conciliare = bring together.
verb
irreconcilable
[ih’reh’con’syle’ah’ball]
From late Middle English: from Old French irreconcilier or Latin irreconciliare, from Latin ir- = not, without, a lack of + re- = back, concentrate, focus + conciliare = bring together.
adjective
harmonize
[harr’mo’nyeze]
From late 15th century (in the sense ‘sing or play in harmony’): from French harmoniser, from harmonie; from harmonia = joining, concord, from Greek, from harmos = joint.
verb
nexus
[nek’sus]
From mid 17th century: from Latin = a binding together, from nex- = bound, from the verb nectere.
noun
unite
From late Middle English: from Latin unit- = joined together, from the verb unire, from unus = one.
verb
[reh’con’syle]
From late Middle English: from Old French reconcilier or Latin reconciliare, from Latin re- = back, concentrate, focus + conciliare = bring together.
verb
- restoring friendly relations between. Ie, the monarch and the archbishop were publicly reconciling. Ie, they planned for reconciling with their father.
- settling (a quarrel). Ie, advice for reconciling the conflict.
- making or showing to be compatible. Ie, the agreement was reconciling with the city's new international relations policy.
- someone accepting a disagreeable or unwelcome thing. Ie, the team was reconciling to the poor match result.
- make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed. Ie, time is necessary for reconciling the accounts monthly.
irreconcilable
[ih’reh’con’syle’ah’ball]
From late Middle English: from Old French irreconcilier or Latin irreconciliare, from Latin ir- = not, without, a lack of + re- = back, concentrate, focus + conciliare = bring together.
adjective
- (of ideas or statements) so different from each other that they cannot be made compatible. Ie, these two views of the economy are irreconcilable.
- incapable of being resolved. Ie, irreconcilable differences.
- (of people) implacably hostile to each other. Ie, irreconcilable enemies.
- any of two or more ideas or statements that cannot be made compatible.
harmonize
[harr’mo’nyeze]
From late 15th century (in the sense ‘sing or play in harmony’): from French harmoniser, from harmonie; from harmonia = joining, concord, from Greek, from harmos = joint.
verb
- add notes to (a melody) to produce harmony. Ie, we harmonize a scale using only the notes from that particular key.
- sing or play in harmony.
- produce a pleasing visual combination. Ie, the containers harmonize in colour, texture, and shape with the flowers they display. Ie, steeply pitched roofs which harmonize with the form of the main roof.
- make consistent or compatible. Ie, the economic group founded to harmonize national development plans. Ie, the need to harmonize local practice with global standards to improve trade.
nexus
[nek’sus]
From mid 17th century: from Latin = a binding together, from nex- = bound, from the verb nectere.
noun
- a connection or series of connections linking two or more things. Ie, the nexus between industry and political power.
- a connected group or series. Ie, a nexus of ideas.
- a central or focal point. Ie, the nexus of the Federal government in Australia is Canberra.
unite
From late Middle English: from Latin unit- = joined together, from the verb unire, from unus = one.
verb
- come or bring together for a common purpose or action. Ie, they called on the party to unite. Ie, they are united by their love of education.
- come or bring together to form a whole. Ie, the two Germanys officially united. Ie, this work unites theory and practice.
- (archaic) join in marriage. Ie, the couple united after a long engagement.
7. Acknowledgments
Reconciliation
Acknowledging traditional inhabitants of Cities of Port Phillip and Glen Eira are the Boon Wurrung, Bunurong and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung 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) or bodhicitta (Sanskrit = Awakening Consciousness). 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. Or not. As each case may be.
It is not personal, it just the way things are.
