Join us for a powerful, 1-hour online meditation vigil in honour of the United Nations’ International Day of Peace.
In alignment with the 2025 UN theme, "Act Now for Peace", we will gather virtually to hold collective intentions of peace for the world.
A gentle, guided meditation will offer intentions of peace to be held throughout the hour, inviting each of us to contribute our hearts, thoughts, and energy toward global harmony.
Whether you can attend for the full hour or join us briefly, come and join us for this meaningful gathering as we unite in peace.
You are welcome. Your presence will be beneficial. Together, we make a difference.
Bishop Philip Huggins will provide the opening reflections with Chrissy Mahoney as the facilitator of the vigil.
Calm in the City is a not-for-profit venture which listens and engages with the city communities to bring calm into the heart of the city. We respectfully acknowledge that all Calm in the City events in Melbourne take place on the lands of the Kulin nations.
Let us come together for this important day with a Multifaith/multicultural celebration and be one step closer to a world of peace through greater understanding.
Presented by United for Human Rights Victoria (UHRV) and hosted by Church of Scientology.
Program
Registration and Lunch 11.30am
Event 12.30-3pm
Where: Church of Scientology Community Centre 231-252 Mt Alexander Road, Ascot Vale 3032
Cost: Free
Bookings: RSVP now to reserve your seat. Contact Jan Lester jan.lester@scientology.net
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Church of Scientology, Victoria United for Human Rights Victoria (UHRV) Address: 231-251 Mt Alexander Road, Ascot-Vale, Victoria
Feeling overwhelmed by the uncertainty in our world? Join us for this FREE event, where powerful stories from inspiring speakers, along with uplifting music and calming meditation, will guide you towards hope, clarity, and transformation. Come find your light!
Hon. Clover Moore AO, Lord Mayor City of Sydney
Rev. Jon Owen, CEO, Wayside Chapel, Sydney
Hon. Linda Burney, Former Minister for Indigenous Australians, Member for Barton
Sister Jayanti, Spiritual Teacher, Brahma Kumaris
An afternoon of illuminating wisdom, moderated by journalist and author Dr Julia Baird. The Brahma Kumaris are the organisers of the event. They are a not-for-profit registered charity, run completely by Volunteers.
The Sydney Opera House honours our First Nations by fostering a shared sense of belonging for all Australians, and we acknowledge the Gadigal, traditional custodians of Tubowgule, the land on which the Opera House stands.
A special evening of deep insight and spiritual exploration of Awakening Sacred Intelligence to discover the profound intelligence that emerges through meditation.
This event will bring together two renowned spiritual leaders and thinkers - Sister Jayanti and Dr Ian Gawler OAM. Sister Jayanti is an eminent spiritual teacher with almost 60 years of experience in meditation and a respected representative and teacher of the Brahmakumaris. Dr. Ian Gawler OAM has pioneered holistic healing for the past 40 years. Facilitated by Gold Quill award-winning journalist Martine Harte, together they will offer a thought-provoking discussion for personal transformation.
Calm in the City is a not-for-profit venture which listens and engages with the city communities to bring calm into the heart of the city. We respectfully acknowledge that all Calm in the City events in Melbourne take place on the lands of the Kulin nations.
1. UN | COMMEMORATING | International Day of Peace | 21 September
The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously voted to designate the Day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire.
Each year the International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Never has our world needed peace more.
In that declaration, the United Nations’ most inclusive body recognized that peace “not only is the absence of conflict, but also requires a positive, dynamic participatory process where dialogue is encouraged and conflicts are solved in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation.”
In a world with rising geopolitical tensions and protracted conflicts, there has never been a better time to remember how the UN General Assembly came together in 1999 to lay out the values needed for a culture of peace. These include: respect for life, human rights and fundamental freedoms; the promotion of non-violence through education, dialogue and cooperation; commitment to peaceful settlement of conflicts; and adherence to freedom, justice, democracy, tolerance, solidarity, cooperation, pluralism, cultural diversity, dialogue and understanding at all levels of society and among nations.
In follow-up resolutions, the General Assembly recognized further the importance of choosing negotiations over confrontation and of working together and not against each other.
The Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) starts with the notion that “wars begin in the minds of men so it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed”. It is this notion that framed the theme and logo of this year’s observance of the International Day of Peace. The ideas of peace, the culture of peace, need to be cultivated in the minds of children and communities through formal and informal education, across countries and generations.
The International Day of Peace has always been a time to lay down weapons and observe ceasefires. But it now must also be a time for people to see each other’s humanity. Our survival as a global community depends on that. More.
2. UNHCR | UPDATING | Forcibly Displaced, Refugees & Stateless | Figures at a Glance | 13 June 2024
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, other forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
At the end of 2023, the total numbers of people:
forcibly displaced is 117.3 million, and
UNHCR protects and/or assists is 122.6 million people.
The total number of forcibly displaced people (117.3 million) encompasses refugees, asylum-seekers, other people in need of international protection and internally displaced people. It includes refugees and other displaced people not covered by UNHCR’s mandate and excludes other categories such as returnees and non-displaced stateless people.
The total population that UNHCR protects and/or assists (122.6 million) includes those who have been forcibly displaced (refugees, asylum-seekers, other people in need of international protection and internally displaced people); those who have returned home within the previous year; those who are stateless (most of whom are not forcibly displaced); and other groups of concern to whom UNHCR has extended its protection or provided assistance on a humanitarian basis.
UNHCR personnel
UNHCR works in over 130 countries around the world.
UNHCR publishes its plans and financial requirements for the coming year each November in the Global Appeal. A review of the previous year is published each June in the Global Report, including a detailed Annual Results Report for over 50 country operations.
How is UNHCR funded? The population UNHCR protects and assists reached a record 122.6 million people and funding decreased from its 2022 peak, resulting in a record funding gap. Emergencies hit a new high, with the war in Sudan causing the year's largest displacement crisis, needing more support than received. The number of protracted refugee situations increased to 59 in 37 countries.
UNHCR was launched on a shoestring annual budget of US$300,000 in 1950. But as our work and size have grown, so too have the costs. Our annual budget rose to more than US$1 billion in the early 1990s and reached a new annual high of US$10.714 billion in 2022.
The lives of millions have been torn apart by trauma, conflict, persecution, insecurity or human rights violations, and over 130 million people are expected to be forcibly displaced or stateless by the end of 2024.
From 17 displacement situations to detailed plans for 50+ country operations, the urgent call for investment is louder than ever, with budgeted needs of $10.622 billion for 2024.
The Global Appeal provides information about UNHCR’s plans for the coming year and the funding it needs to protect, assist and empower a record number of forcibly displaced and stateless people, and to help them find solutions to their situations.
Angelique Kidjo and friends encourage all to choose love
3. GEIFN | ASPIRING | Global Engagement in Friendlier Neighbourhoods | Daily
GEIFN exists to promote harmony and respect for faiths, values, cultures and traditions by global engagement in friendlier neighbourhoods.
GEIFN was formed in early 2011 with representation from many faith groups. Currently in caretaker mode with Carey Rohrlach attending.
Promoting harmony and respect for faiths, values, cultures and traditions in our shared community.
Providing opportunities for dialogue, understanding, harmonious interaction, co-operative community service and events that highlight positive contributions in the community.
Demonstrating respect for others belief’s, cultures and traditions. This desire arises from our common humanity and our being people of faith.
Recognising neighbours, that we have responsibilities to ourselves, community and the world.
Encouraging citizens, all to put aside intolerance, prejudice and divisiveness to attain peaceful and fruitful co-existence.
Acknowledging traditional inhabitants of Port Phillip, Glen Eira and surrounds are the Boon Wurrung, Bunurong and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation.
Respecting 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, savour and enjoy results of mindful effort so more thrive peacefully in our place called home.
This annual supplement is a curation from information in public domain. Thankyou to all the many exemplars who have shared their aspiration, experience and results to be the peace making they wish to see in the world. Received with gratitude.
Consider obtaining and distributing from the growing range of collateral below. (Any receipts go towards production costs and ongoing service provision.)
3.1 Badges
For equity: YES, I am
Description: Size: 56mm diametre, safety-pin clasp Pack Contains: 20 Cost: $40 per pack Includes Postage to Australian Addresses
OR download free digital version here for adding to your documents:
What is reconciliation? “Of people spending 60,000 years wiped out by illness and violence in a land rich with creature and plant life, spirit forms and respect... The wish to say sorry, to honour, to respect land, ancestors, people... What is reconciliation? It is a beginning. A process. Healing.” – Ajahn Thanasanti, Australian Buddhist nun
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View 1: Lost Piece in the midst of Desire, Envy, Anger, Pride and Confusion? View 2: Found Peace: If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.
Description:
White ceramic 325ml mug with wrap-around image
Pack Contains: 1 Mug
Cost: $25 ea until stocks last
Includes Postage to Australian Addresses
3.4 Contemplations
Take Away Contemplation: (Daily, before meals or anytime)
We give thanks for the precious nature of life.
We give thanks for the precious nature of the lives of those we care for and who care for us.
We give thanks for the precious nature of the many interconnected conditions that come together today to allow us to enjoy this place, this company, this purpose, this potential, this time.
We give thanks for the precious nature of all Teachers, Teachings and Opportunities to Share.
We give thanks for the precious nature of my/your/our life.
May all beings enjoy such benefits or if not, have less Suffering until planting the seeds for growth.
For the benefit of all, thankyou.
Contemplating Departure: (Daily, after meals or at the closing)
Please forgive me For anything I did or said Or failed to do or say, That hurt you or upset you, Whether I did them intentionally or unintentionally
I forgive you For anything you did or said Or failed to do or say That hurt me or upset me, Whether you did them intentionally or unintentionally
May all live in Peace, Wellbeing and Happiness
Description: High quality laserprinted 2 sided leaflet Individual Size: 21x10cm Pack Contains: 12 leafs Cost: $6 until stocks last Includes Postage to Australian Addresses
Be Aspiring, Change View: Found Peace. If it was easy then everybody would be enjoying it.
Beat Time, Check Source: Re:lig:ion = again/back : join/unite : energy
Description: High quality laserprinted 2 sided leaflet Individual Size: 21x10cm Pack Contains: 12 leafs Cost: $6 per pack Includes Postage to Australian Addresses OR download free digital version here:
Acknowledging traditional inhabitants of Cities of Port Phillip and Glen Eira are the Boon Wurrung, Bunurong and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrungpeoples 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.
3.10 Dedicating Merit and Best Wishes for Less Suffering
Dechen Shak gives a modern interpretation of Avalokiteshvara/Chenresi/Loving Eyes (Sanskrit/Tibetan/English) mantra
An online vigil bringing collective hearts and minds together for a world in deep need.
"The world is a projection of our collective consciousness. If our collective consciousness reaches that place of peace, harmony, laughter and love, it will be a different world." Deepak Chopra
Your individual contribution can not be underestimated and our collective contribution matters more than we know.
Calm in the City is a not-for-profit venture which listens and engages with the city communities to bring calm into the heart of the city. We respectfully acknowledge that all Calm in the City events in Melbourne take place on the lands of the Kulin nations.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace.
In that declaration, the United Nations' most inclusive body recognized that peace "not only is the absence of conflict, but also requires a positive, dynamic participatory process where dialogue is encouraged and conflicts are solved in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation."
The International Day of Peace has always been a time to lay down weapons and observe ceasefires.
But it now must also be a time for people to see each other's humanity. Our survival as a global community depends on that.
For this year's International Day of Peace 2024, the theme is "Cultivating a Culture of Peace".
Let us come together for this important day with a Multifaith/multicultural celebration and be one step closer to a world of peace through greater understanding.
Presented by: COMMON (Centre of Melbourne's Multi-Faith & Others Network)
Hosted by: Youth for Human Rights Australia - Victoria Chapter (YHRAV)
Supported by:
WIN (Women's Interfaith Network) Foundation
Eritrean Jeberti Community in Australia - Somali Community Inc
Moonee Valley Interfaith Network
Avondale Heights and East Keilor Residents Association
Program
Registration & Lunch 11.30am followed by guest speakers
3pm Finish
Where: Church of Scientology Community Centre 231-252 Mt Alexander Road, Ascot Vale 3032
Cost: Free
Bookings: RSVP now to reserve your seat. Contact Connie Curato: 0425 843 733 or info@yhr-australia.org
MORE: Church of Scientology, Victoria
Youth for Human Rights Australia (Victoria Chapter)
Address: 231-251 Mt Alexander Road, Ascot-Vale, Victoria
We have been truly blessed in 2023! Thank you each and every one of you who joined us in 2023, whether you volunteered, or supported us we’re glad to have you part of the Planetary Healing Artists’ community.
SEEKING | Artists Now | submissions in by 27 January 2024
Planetary Healing Artists' Association of Australia is giving artists the opportunity to exhibit for free @ Minerva Gallery for 2-months 3 February–6 April 2024.
Bonus Opportunities:
Be a part of the exhibition opening party
Be part of the Planetary Healing Artists’ Community
RECAPPING | 2023 St Kilda Peace Festival at O'Donnell Gardens
Planetary Healing Artists’ Association of Australia would like to express their gratitude to each and every one of you for your invaluable presence and enthusiastic participation in the recent St Kilda Festival. Planetary Healing Artists St Kilda Peace Festival showcased multicultural and spiritual artists, musicians and creatives with interactive entertainment and music performances.
As we step into the end of 2023 it is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the past year. Our deepest appreciation to all of the participants for being part of Planetary Healing Artists' Association of Australia's biggest Peace Festival this year. You contributed to the vibrant and inclusive atmosphere that truly embodied the spirit of peace and unity.
We are immensely proud of all the participants within our community, and we firmly believe that it will continue to inspire peace and goodwill in the future.
Coming soon - Online 'Healing the Spirit' art exhibition 2023 – art works for sale.
If you haven't had an opportunity to visit and/or purchase art works from our recent 'Healing the Spirit' art exhibition. It will be online soon. We are just finalising details.
If interested, please email us at: exhibit@planetaryhealingartists.org
The AGM will have reflections on our accomplishments, discussions of future plans, and celebrating the collective efforts that make our organization thrive.
To add a bit of excitement to our upcoming gathering, we're thrilled to share a visual recap of our recent successful St Kilda Peace Festival. We've just uploaded a highlights video on YouTube.
Enjoy the video, showcasing the vibrant moments and achievements from the festival. It's a testament to the incredible support and enthusiasm of our community. Any of the performers in the video if you have a YouTube channel, please give us your address and we can tag you.
Where: 224 Danks Street, Albert Park VIC 3206
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Planetary Healing Artists Association of Australia (PHAAA)
UN | COMMEMORATING | International Day of Peace | 21 September
UNHCR | UPDATING | Forcibly Displaced, Refugees & Stateless | Figures at a Glance | 14 June 2023
GEIFN | Aspiring Global Engagement in Friendlier Neighbourhoods
1. UN | COMMEMORATING | International Day of Peace | 21 September
The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously voted to designate the Day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire.
Each year the International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Never has our world needed peace more.
This year’s theme is Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals. It is a call to action that recognizes our individual and collective responsibility to foster peace. Fostering peace contributes to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will create a culture of peace for all.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Peace is needed today more than ever. War and conflict are unleashing devastation, poverty, and hunger, and driving tens of millions of people from their homes. Climate chaos is all around. And even peaceful countries are gripped by gaping inequalities and political polarization.”
2023 marks the mid-point in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2023 observance of the International Day of Peace coincides with the SDG summit (18–19 September) to mark the mid-point milestone.
The SDGs aim to bring us closer to having more peaceful, just, and inclusive societies, free from fear and violence. But without the buy-in and contribution of a wide range of actors including the 1.2 billion young people alive, the goals will not be achieved. We invite you to join the United Nations’ call to take action for peace: fight inequality, drive action on climate change, and promote and protect human rights.
2. UNHCR | UPDATING | Forcibly Displaced, Refugees & Stateless | Figures at a Glance | 14 June 2023
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, other forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
At the end of 2022 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order, 108.4 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced.
35.3 million refugees comprising 29.4 million refugees under UNHCR’s mandate and 5.9 million Palestine refugees under UNRWA’s mandate.
62.5 million internally displaced people
5.4 million asylum seekers
UNHCR personnel
UNHCR's workforce is the backbone of operations. At 31 December 2022, there were 18,879 employees, of whom around 91 per cent are based in the field.
We work in 137 countries and territories, with personnel based in a mixture of regional and branch offices and sub and field offices. Our teams work hard to help the displaced, specializing in a wide range of disciplines, including legal protection, administration, community services, public affairs and health.
How is UNHCR funded? UNHCR is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions, with 75% from governments and the European Union. 3% comes from other inter-governmental organizations and pooled funding mechanisms, while a further 21% is from the private sector, including foundations, corporations and the public. Additionally, we receive a limited subsidy (1%) from the UN budget for administrative costs, and accept in-kind contributions, including items such as tents, medicines and trucks.
UNHCR was launched on a shoestring annual budget of US$300,000 in 1950. But as our work and size have grown, so too have the costs. Our annual budget rose to more than US$1 billion in the early 1990s and reached a new annual high of US$10.714 billion in 2022. For up-to-date information about UNHCR’s financial needs visit our Global Focus website.
Our yearly budget supports continuing operations and supplementary programmes to cover emergencies, such as the Ukraine crisis, the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and the Pakistan floods as well as large-scale repatriation operations.
3. GEIFN | Aspiring Global Engagement in Friendlier Neighbourhoods
GEIFN exists to promote harmony and respect for faiths, values, cultures and traditions by global engagement in friendlier neighbourhoods.
GEIFN was formed in early 2011 with representation from many faith groups. Currently in caretaker mode with Carey Rohrlach attending.
Promoting harmony and respect for faiths, values, cultures and traditions in our shared community.
Providing opportunities for dialogue, understanding, harmonious interaction, co-operative community service and events that highlight positive contributions in the community.
Demonstrating respect for others belief’s, cultures and traditions. This desire arises from our common humanity and our being people of faith.
Recognising neighbours, that we have responsibilities to ourselves, community and the world.
Encouraging citizens, all to put aside intolerance, prejudice and divisiveness to attain peaceful and fruitful co-existence.
Acknowledging traditional inhabitants of Port Phillip, Glen Eira and surrounds are the Boon Wurrung, Bunurong and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation.
Respecting 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, savour and enjoy results of mindful effort so more thrive peacefully in our place called home.
This annual supplement is a curation from information in public domain. Thankyou to all the many exemplars who have shared their aspiration, experience and results to be the peace making they wish to see in the world. Received with gratitude.
In This Section
a) Badges
b) Photocards
c) Coffee Mugs
d) Contemplations
e) Inspirations
f) Sharing Downloadable PDF Statements
g) Update Your Contact Details
h) Community Engages
i) Acknowledgments
j) Dedicating Merit and Best Wishes for Less Suffering
Consider obtaining and distributing from the growing range of collateral below. (Any receipts go towards production costs and ongoing service provision.)
a) Badges
For equity: YES, I am
Description: Size: 56mm diametre, safety-pin clasp Pack Contains: 20 Cost: $40 per pack Includes Postage to Australian Addresses
OR download free digital version here for adding to your documents:
What is reconciliation? “Of people spending 60,000 years wiped out by illness and violence in a land rich with creature and plant life, spirit forms and respect... The wish to say sorry, to honour, to respect land, ancestors, people... What is reconciliation? It is a beginning. A process. Healing.” – Ajahn Thanasanti, Australian Buddhist nun
Description: High quality high gloss 1 sided on photographic paper Individual Size: 15x10cm Pack Contains: 10 cards Cost: $6 per pack Includes Postage to Australian Addresses
View 1: Lost Piece in the midst of Desire, Envy, Anger, Pride and Confusion? View 2: Found Peace: If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.
Description:
White ceramic 325ml mug with wrap-around image
Pack Contains: 1 Mug
Cost: $25 ea until stocks last
Includes Postage to Australian Addresses
d) Contemplations
Take Away Contemplation: (Daily, before meals or anytime)
We give thanks for the precious nature of life.
We give thanks for the precious nature of the lives of those we care for and who care for us.
We give thanks for the precious nature of the many interconnected conditions that come together today to allow us to enjoy this place, this company, this purpose, this potential, this time.
We give thanks for the precious nature of all Teachers, Teachings and Opportunities to Share.
We give thanks for the precious nature of my/your/our life.
May all beings enjoy such benefits or if not, have less Suffering until planting the seeds for growth.
For the benefit of all, thankyou.
Contemplating Departure: (Daily, after meals or at the closing)
Please forgive me For anything I did or said Or failed to do or say, That hurt you or upset you, Whether I did them intentionally or unintentionally
I forgive you For anything you did or said Or failed to do or say That hurt me or upset me, Whether you did them intentionally or unintentionally
May all live in Peace, Wellbeing and Happiness
Description: High quality laserprinted 2 sided leaflet Individual Size: 21x10cm Pack Contains: 12 leafs Cost: $6 until stocks last Includes Postage to Australian Addresses
Be Aspiring, Change View: Found Peace. If it was easy then everybody would be enjoying it.
Beat Time, Check Source: Re:lig:ion = again/back : join/unite : energy
Description: High quality laserprinted 2 sided leaflet Individual Size: 21x10cm Pack Contains: 12 leafs Cost: $6 per pack Includes Postage to Australian Addresses OR download free digital version here:
Acknowledging traditional inhabitants of Cities of Port Phillip and Glen Eira are the Boon Wurrung, Bunurong and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrungpeoples 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.
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.
j) Dedicating Merit and Best Wishes for Less Suffering
Tinna Tinh gives a modern interpretation of Vajrasattva (Diamond Mind or Enlightening Attitudes) mantra
How will you spend UN Peace Day this Thursday 21st?
Join us for a special silent UN Peace Day online vigil. Come as you are, for however long you would like to, and contribute your highest thoughts, meditations and prayers around three intentions on
peace (7.30–7.40am),
hope (7.40–7.50am), and
compassion (7.50–8am).
These will be held around a beautiful visual of our world with gentle music. Join us in contributing powerful collective moments of peace - and you are most welcome to write a message of peace too. Please register here for the zoom link - or click on the button below.
Each year the Australian Compassion Council holds a National Day of Compassion, to provide a meaningful opportunity for all Australians to participate in learning about and practicing compassion. It's always held on 21 September, on UN Peace Day. In it's third year, this year the Theme is Compassion and Deep Wisdom. The day commences with an online launch at 8.00am (AEST) with Sessions through the day exploring various aspects of deep wisdom.
You are invited to 'drop-in' to as many sessions of your choice.
The Missing Peace - Connection with the Divine: 6.30-8.00pm
This event will provide practical tools, hope and inspiration to people who feel there is a missing peace in their lives. Didi Sudesh is a spiritual leader, teacher and yogi who has profoundly touched countless lives the world over for more than 60 years.
Take care everyone. May you take moments out for yourself to take time for that quiet innate peace that rests within each one of us.... it all starts there.
May your days be filled with more than many present moments of peace.
With warmest wishes - The Calm in the City team.
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Calm in the City (CitC) Melbourne: Meditation Centre, Bookshop and Quiet Room, 256 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy Vic
Calm in the City is a not-for-profit venture which listens and engages with the city communities to bring calm into the heart of the city. We respectfully acknowledge that all Calm in the City events in Melbourne take place on the lands of the Kulin nations.
Join us for 21 Days of Peace in the run up to UN Peace Day
Present Moments of Peace | 1–20 September 2023
We are reflecting on the question "In the present moment, what brings you into peace?" We invite you to engage in this reflective exercise daily - and also see what guest contributors are saying on our Instagram page here.
'Peace Day Commentaries'
In the run up to UN Peace Day (on 21st September), we will also be posting special contributed commentaries on peace on our Instagram page here. So you might like to listen to these also and join us in our 21 day commitment to peace!
On UN Peace Day: Join us for a Silent Morning Vigil | 21 September 2023 | 7.30–8am
Join us for a special silent UN Peace Day online vigil on the morning of Thursday 21st September, 7.30 - 8.00am and offer your peaceful thoughts, intentions, meditations and prayers.
There will be three intentions around peace (7.30 - 7.40am), hope (7.40 - 7.50am), and compassion (7.50 - 8.00am), held around a beautiful visual of our world with gentle music.
Whether you come for 3 minutes or for the full half an hour - it would be lovely to have your contribution to a wave of peace for the day rippling across our world.
Join us in contributing powerful collective moments of peace - and feel free to write your a message of peace too! Please register here for the zoom link.
What else is happening on UN Peace Day?
National Day of Compassion | 8.00am - 6.30pm
Each year the Australian Compassion Council holds a National Day of Compassion, to provide a meaningful opportunity for all Australians to participate in learning about and practicing compassion. It's always held on 21 September, on UN Peace Day. In it's third year, this year the Theme is Compassion and Deep Wisdom. The day commences with an online launch at 8.00am (AEST) with Sessions through the day exploring various aspects of deep wisdom.
You are invited to 'drop-in' to as many sessions of your choice.
The Missing Peace - Connection with the Divine: 6.30-8.00pm
This event will provide practical tools, hope and inspiration to people who feel there is a missing peace in their lives. Didi Sudesh is a spiritual leader, teacher and yogi who has profoundly touched countless lives the world over for more than 60 years.
Secondly, for viewing of a recent event on Meditation and Peacebuilding: Learning and Opportinities by Meditation Australia and the Monash Centre of Consciousness and Contemplative Studies - please click here - it's was a wonderful event to be part of.
And finally, the theme of this year's UN Peace Day is "Actions for Peace". So here's to cultivating a peaceful awareness for peaceful actions in September.... there is greatness in small peaceful actions done regularly - so take time to remember your greatness this month.
With thoughts of peace and all the best wishes,
The Calm in the City team.
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Calm in the City (CitC) Melbourne: Meditation Centre, Bookshop and Quiet Room, 256 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy Vic
We respectfully acknowledge that all Calm in the City is a community initiative supported by Brahma Kumaris Australia and in Melbourne take place on the lands of the Kulin nations.
A 4-week long exhibition as part of our Healing the Spirit' Festival' 2023.
The exhibition will be 24 September - 29 October 2023 (dates may be subject to minor variation)
Selected works will be displayed in Artful Yoga Gallery, 1 Vale St, St Kilda 3182
and available for purchase for 4-weeks.
Artists will have the opportunity to participate in a professional curatorial discussion.
Artists and friends will be invited to our Healing the Spirit' festival and exhibition opening celebration.
The exhibition theme is Healing the Spirit' and can include nature, multiculturalism, spirituality, world peace, Eastern healing practices, and/or healing the spirit.
Healing the Spirit Peace Festival celebrates the International Day of Peace and further strengthens the bonds within our community.
As part of the festival, we will be organizing a March to the Peace Pole, where we will come together to commemorate this important day and reaffirm our dedication to fostering peace.
We wholeheartedly invite you to join us in this festival, where we will engage in various activities, performances, and workshops centered around healing, well-being, and promoting a peaceful coexistence. We believe that through collective effort and a shared vision, we can create a positive impact not only within ourselves but also in the world around us.
Please mark your calendars for the Healing the Spirit Festival, which will take place on 24 September at O'Donnell Gardens.
More detailed information regarding the schedule and activities will be shared with you closer to the date.
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Planetary Healing Artists Association of Australia (PHAAA)
