Dialogue, ‘I’, ‘WE’ and ‘IT’ modes of engagement for Caring, Creativity & Criticality

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Within any model of holistic education, including my own SunWALK, I see dialogue as being multi-level.
i) At the interpersonal level we have dialogue with each other, or group to group - including about any aspect of the Arts, Sciences and Humanities.
ii) At the intra-personal level we have;
In the creative ‘I’ voice we have meditation/mystical [...]

Certainty, senses, reason, logic, tradition, heart-knowing, intuition, revelation & insight in knowing

Some have concluded that we really know nothing (fully?).
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Its certainly difficult to even know ourselves and also very difficult to know others, even our loved ones.
It might then be wrong, or inadvisable, to believe that we know (anything) with absolute certainty. What is advisable is that we can obtain high degrees of certainty when [...]

Open Democracy and Centenary of Magna Carta

openDemocracy - our kingdom (a conversation on the future of the United Kingdom) reported that to mark the anniversary of King John signing the Magna Carta on 15 June 1215, Shirley Williams gave the Magna Carta Lecture.
You can find a WORD document version at the top of the page HERE
See also its link to [...]

Conflict resolution in peace-building

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An introduction to conflict-resolution as a key to peace-building can be found HERE
To be developed.
http://www.hbdanesh.org/efp.html
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Baha’i Quotations

Attractive source of quotations re Baha’i teachings to be found HERE
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The Photography of Calum Colvin

The Twa dogs 2001

Professor Calum Colvin it seems to me is one of the few true innovators in photography. Like Cindy Sherman his work drives photographic art in to a deeper, richer dimension than predecessors. His ‘photographs’ bring together his skills in a variety of media including sculpture, painting, and set design in [...]

Radio Salaam Shalom - good for inter-faith understanding?

Good luck to Radio Salaam Shalom - may they be a positive force in inter-faith understanding.
Radio Salaam Shalom, is an online radio station broadcasting a mixture of music and speech and focus on the many aspects of Jewish and Muslim life and allow two cultures which have been linked for thousands of years to talk [...]

To Myth or not to Myth, that is the question

Notes on ‘To Myth or not to Myth, that is the question’.
TASK: Explore how the passages below represent experience of the ‘whole and the parts’, mythos and logos, myth and reality etc.
Ken Wilber says;
‘When Spirit is de-mythologized, it can be approached as Spirit, in its Absolute Suchness (tathata), and not as a cosmic Parent. p [...]

Lesson: Poetry and photography - poetry and photographic images(updated)

Updated 31.7.07
TASK: Explore the similarities and differences in how poetry (especially short poems such as a haiku) register feelings/experiences c.f photographs - as opposed to documenting aspects of the real (external) world.
An old pond!
A frog jumps in-
The sound of water.
“In every picture there’s a poem;
In every poem a picture.”
Chinese proverb
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Poetry (excerpt)

This rich [...]

What’s wrong with mainstream education?

What’s wrong with mainstream education?
TASK: To how many of the following would you say ‘yes’, State your reasons and support with personal and/or research eveidence.
Too mechanistic?;
Too materialistic ?;
Too fragmentary?;
Too shallow - too little concerned with the making of rich and deep meaning (constructing and de-constructing)?;
Too un-spiritual and un-spiritualizing?;
Too little concerned with personal development;
Too little [...]

Women Photographers

A great ‘mega-site’ on women photographers exists HERE

Great collection of Cindy Sherman photographs HERE
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Mythos and Logos

Interesting notes on mythos and logos are to be found HERE

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Peace-building the United Religions Initiative way

The URI The United Religions Initiative is a young globally orientated organization working on peaceful co-operation of members from all religious backgrounds. About themselves they say;
United Religions Initiative (URI) was founded in 2000 by an extraordinary global community committed to promoting enduring, daily interfaith cooperation and to ending religiously motivated violence. Today the URI [...]

Nostalgia is what it used to be

Wonderful public domain early radio shows HERE
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Creativity is Evolving

In my SunWALK model I choose to define ‘creativity’ as subjective expression - mainly via some art medium. Friends object on the grounds that creativity is much more and much wider.
My reason is that it is much more important to establish the definition and function of the three voices of I, (Creativity) WE (Caring) and [...]

Spiritual Poetry

This is a slowly developing anthology of favourite spiritual poetry.

 
Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.
The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.
Although its light is wide and great,
The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide.
The whole moon and the entire sky
Are reflected in one dewdrop on [...]

Cults

Cults are no joke but I couldn’t resist the wit of Pastafarianism
For more serious stuff on cults you could start here or here
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Nikky Finney Poet - THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

NIKKY FINNEY
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Click to listen to Nikky Finney read the poem. (MP3 format)
The poem is here.
Discussion and background of the poem is here.
Bio and interview are here.
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False prophets - new book

How many kinds of false prophet are there? Today’s BBC Heaven and Earth show featured three sisters and their new book that shows one kind of false prophet;

Children of God - child abuse
Three sisters, Kristina, Celeste and Juliana, join Gloria to talk about their harrowing upbringing within the new religious movement known then as [...]

Hindu - The Glorious Bhagavad Gita: Sung in English

On the basis that I wanted to taste water from all great wells I was made very happy to find a way to connect with Hindu scriptures. I refer to the online English translation sung by Sharon Janis that you can listen to HERE.
Her book Spirituality for Dummies is also excellent - as a [...]