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July 10, 2009

Sydney - Really Saying Sorry

Here's a list of the original names given to places in Sydney Harbour by the First Nation Aboriginal people of Australia.  http://australianmuseum.net.au/Place-names-chart

Maybe this is a good act to make good the exceptional apology presented to Australian Aboriginal people. Maybe we could rename a few places. You know, we re named Ayers Rock and now, the younger generation only know it as Uluru.

One generation and Sydney would be the first Capital City in Australia to really commit to acting on the Apology in a real "non compensation way."

Don't you think Darling Point sounds much better as Yarranabbe?


Transcript from web page at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Statement-of-Tuhbowgule-Nangamay

"It is the current generations that ultimately hold the responsibility and honour of maintaining Aboriginal culture around Sydney Harbour and ensuring that the natural presence, restoration, interpretation and beauty of Aboriginal culture be continued through the dreaming.

It is therefore our duty to educate our community within to ensure that the traditional pathways of knowledge are passed on and interpreted by our people in genuine Aboriginal cultural environments. We see this as having inseparable sustainable relationships within all elements of 'Tuhbowgule'.

We seek to protect the cultural sites of 'Tuhbowgule' through conservation, restoration and maintenance programs. We will achieve this by active participation in natural resource and environmental, cultural heritage and interpretive tourism industries.

We will strive to demonstrate and promote Sydney Aboriginal culture and heritage as a living and evolving culture, one which is expressed in traditional and contemporary ways, honouring the past, celebrating the present and securing the future 'spirit of place'.

The vision ensures all Australians and visitors are rewarded by the 'Tuhbowgule' experience. It is hoped that by providing a cultural platform, which promotes gestures of goodwill, harmony and reconciliation, people will be able to identify, feel and connect with 'Tuhbowgule' and its 'Nangamay'."

Jenny Munro and Allen Madden - Metropolitan
Local Aboriginal Land Council - June 2000


July 07, 2009

Dealing with Human Ignorance

I put a series of slide shows up on my Slideshare profile free.

I got one or two comments from people. One was "I can't find what I'm looking for." The other was a criticism about a slide show.

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July 04, 2009

Nature Based Mental Health - Getting beyond the Myths of Self-Help.

The self help industry is renowned for its mythical fads, and sadly, it preys on an audience, who are in serious need of anything but myth. One of the most profound examples of this crappie and most terrible situation is the blind endorsement of ideology that promises a new cure, a new way, and in making that promise, defies everything that is real, sustainable and part of nature.

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June 29, 2009

Finding Harmony

Self-COver300 By living in harmony with nature we achieve global change through personal change. It is a rebuke at so much of what is being done at present in the name of wellness, good business, religion and cultural development.

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May 22, 2009

Dealing with Resistance

How do you approach challenge? Do you feel like you are being pushed, and therefore need to fight through it? Do you feel like you are incapable and spend the whole time praying for help? Do you blame someone for not making it easier? Is challenge for you an opportunity to have another ego victory over life? How do you approach challenge?

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May 17, 2009

Letting Go

We only hold on to people, places and things that we can’t see balance in. This is an extraordinary human emotional dynamic because it is based on total myth and yet, it drives us mad.

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May 06, 2009

What people express the opposite is what they repress

Client: For some people it never seems like people are doing what they love.  I can’t believe how many people waste a good portion of their waking hours in jobs they detest.

Chris: Don't fall into that trap of judgement
There are two

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April 27, 2009

Why Relationships Last - Ambition

6a00e54ecae1bd883301156fbcf29f970b-800wi Why do relationships last? The answer is in the nature of............

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March 12, 2009

Innerwealth - Love and Relationships

01 - evolvecover300 Love is Sacred, yet, we can so easily misunderstand the important personal aspects that preserve the quality controls that make it special.

Innerwealth includes and thrives on love, therefore, the way we enjoy our love life is a critical part of our personal journey. In fact, we believe it can affect people's  life more than any other single factor.

There are three books you will find fascinating.

1/ Finding Love - Sacred Love

2/ Holding Love - Better Relationships

3/ Letting Go - Breaking up without heartbreak.

A beautiful woman - Gabriel García Márquez

An exquisite woman is not one that has more men at her feet, but one that has only one that really makes her happy.

  A beautiful woman is not the youngest or the thinnest nor the one that has the smoothest skin or the most striking hair, it is the one that with just a frank, open smile and a good advice can make your life happy.

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