Vision, Serving , Knowledge and Ideas – which ever way, these Qualities of humanity can help our quest to work with the earth instead of against it. These qualities can help us attain Authentic Environmental Stewardship.
The Six Clusters of Denial—Death by Storytelling at candobetter.org
News, advertising, tweets, YouTube, advertising, blogs, study, conversation, listening, advertising, talking, writing, movies, advertising, books, magazines and of course… advertising – all these things, and many more, give us information. Mostly, as undiscerning individuals, we gulp it up then, the next day or so, out and forgotten…… just some vague memory (the flavour, the texture, the feel, the facts, the perception?).
What is apparent to me is that the once the food (or information) has been absorbed - to some degree……. that food is what becomes US. Abit like agreeing with those that say WE ARE WHAT WE EAT.
Human Contraptions: Episode Guide - “Academy Award-winning animator and political cartoonist Bruce Petty takes us on an anarchic journey for five minutes each” topic.
Pakistan – looking in from the outside – helping them help themselves – ideas about family planning
WikiLeaks . “Is the Internet Filter Australia’s Berlin Wall” Wikileaks appears to have anarchy in its essence, with release of information that is highly emotive, thought provoking and shocking. Shocking as it is to see so much information released, who are the people for which it plays consequence? Where, in the light of things, does the change for the better begin. After points of anarchy and change, rebuilding can occur. This is opportunity. Or rather be like Orpheus,. and Lot – gazing back and viewing the hell that was, instead of looking to the future journey. And there are many forms of opportunity which we, as humans, constantly exploit. Discernment and perceptions, the “taste” that we search for – these things help steer our decision making, actions and ideas.
Terrorism and the Economy – Loretta Napoleoni – articles, books, how the war on terror is bankrupting the world, terrorist financing. Money the lifeline of terrorism .
“The Story of Your Enslavement” – Freedomain Radio
Awakening the Dreamer : homepage, links to Symposiums, ideas and vision
Weekend Workshops: John Seed’s Page .
The Change Agency : – workshops, case studies, knowledge, serving, ideas and vision.
Journal of Ecosophy :- The Trumpeter – “The Trumpeter is an environmental journal dedicated to the development of an ecosophy, or wisdom, born of ecological understanding and insight.”
Ecopsychology on-line :- “With Earth in Mind”
Below is the Australian Federation Astrological CHART – as created by WhatWatch Astrology Program at PaperTV .
It is here that those who do not subscribe to psychological / astrological theory can leave if they wish. You may not be interested in the following, as it is mainly ASTROLOGICAL and Psychological, with a hint of philosophy and spirit. It is here that I begin the main body of the article…….
Ideas, practical serving, knowledge and faith are associated with the MUTABLE Zodiac SIGNS – the Qualities that CHANGE. :
- Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.
The CARDINAL SIGNS – the Qualities that LEAD are :
- Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn and
FIXED SIGNS – the Qualities that FOLLOW :
- Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
These make up the 12 SIGNS of the Western Astrological ZODIAC.
recapping:-
CARDINAL SIGNS (LEADERSHIP qualities) encompass PERSONALITY & EGO (aries) , NURTURING(cancer), BALANCING (libra) and LIMITING /BUILDING(capricorn).
The above 4 QUALITIES show us that leadership requires a delicate balance of bravery and bravado.
- The masks of the personality as it interfaces with it’s surrounding/immediate environment
- The drives of instinct interfacing with birth, death and the nurturing
- The balancing the individual’s DUALITY, PARTNERSHIPS and AGREEMENTS, and
- The BUILDING, LIMITING and CONSEQUENCES of all previous leadership decisions and actions.
The FIXED SIGNS (FOLLOWING qualities) encompass
HAVING & Possessions(taurus), CREATING(leo) , CHANGING(scorpio) and HOPE(aquarius).
The above 4 Fixed Qualities show us how we possess, create, change and hope. These qualities follow the “LEADER”, reflecting the consequences of the leader’s actions and decisions through the way they “HAVE”, CREATE”, “CHANGE” and “HOPE”.
The Followers are the “powerhouse” of the social structure identified and nurtured by the “LEADER”. The followers readily possess, create, change and hope for the purpose of fullfilling the “LEADER’s” QUEST.
Followers are rigid, conform, encompass “habits”, learned behaviours and favour following over initiative.
Followers …….. I HAVE and I speculate / create, I change and I hope
Millions follow, immersed in their hopes and desires to have, create, change.
Many are just “SURVIVING”. Many are living it up, overloaded with much more than they can carry on their back, living at a fast pace, consuming, creating market driven realities that are destroying and creating at a furious pace. Many toxins, much power, poisonous mindsets, taking risks with ourchildrens’ future wellbeing , risking the earth, extinctions…….lots of cover-ups…..
How to CHANGE leaders, and followers?? via the four mutable qualities…..
THINKING (gemini)
SERVING (virgo)
KNOWING(sagittarius)
Having Faith and VISION(pisces)
Thinking, Serving, Knowing Vision
The MUTABLE SIGNS ( they can switch from LEADER to FOLLOWER) encompass THINKING, SERVING, KNOWING and HAVING FAITH.
These above 4 qualities show us the anarchist in us all, the place where a change, if it is to occur, can begin, at a deep level. In the choas of the void – the place of no place.
- Through true reflective thinking (gemini/mutable/positive/creator)
- Through the offering of self to service, humbly going about one’s daily living (virgo/mutable/negative/receptor)
- Through seeking knowledge, philosophical values and the realm of the higher mind (sagittarius/mutable/positive/creator),
and
- offering the self to the selfless good for God and through prayer, selflessnes and holy vision (pisces/mutable/negative/receptor)-
these things can bring about massive transformation and change.
The qualities of thinking, serving, knowing and having faith take us to perceptive realities often far removed from “the real world”.
GEMINI: Thinking might have got us “here” to begin with, and it may be THOUGHT that takes us away from this “PLACE”, and toward a more endearing future.
VIRGO: Serving takes us out of ourselves, putting us beyond our own personal needs, and relaxes our minds to think NOT FROM OUR SELVES.
This is a strange way to live, in a world of “JUNGLE (desert) OUT THERE” mentalities of modern man.
SAGITTARIUS: Knowledge will also take us away from ourselves, and closer to our higher mind, where the realities of life can be seen more clearly than through the “rose” coloured glasses of the Followers and the often sociopathic egosets of our “LEADERS”.
The final quality of the Mutable Signs is PISCES’ FAITH: It is faith that carries us forward. Vision and faith are the most powerful anarchist, (i use this term to describe those things that bring about what appears to be chaos, in order to create a new vision and future that better serves humanity and more importantly, humanity’s spirit – especially when aligned with love and compassion, humility and courage.) Please try to not get too pedantic about my language. I am writing from my heart here, dear reader…..
Our (CARDINAL points) – leaders are taking us the wrong way. (Leadership = I AM here to NURTURE, BALANCE, and LIMIT (build))
The earth and our prospects of a safe future are changing rapidly.
We have allowed ourselves to be fooled by our free will and the free will of others. We blindly follow. time to waken ourselves, and examine some of the tools that can be used to implement deep change. A CHANGE that can help strengthen our ability to chose wisely for the coming world events. Help us to Think, Help, become Informed and Knowledgable and create good VISION.
I am writing this as the 2010 Australian Federal election looms. Australian Leadership issues concerning growth, the economy, the environment been in the news . Leadership qualities of the “mask”, strong personality, nurturing, caring, balance, discussion, agreement, building, limiting, guiding and teaching - possibly well meant electioneering platforms. Beneath the leadership lies the cumbersome, fixed social fabric that is heading towards an uncertain future, remarkeably bound, in daily life, by the consequences of some not very smart decision making in previous years, decades, and centuries, and of course, in the previous months.
The Pursuit of Practical Wisdom by vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz, of Macquarie University. (August 25th 2010). You can download Steven Schwartz’s lecture “Wise up: Restoring wisdom to Universities” here.
WAKE UP!
environmental advocacy collages and astrological/environmental advocacy collages by al at bluecray
Wisdom in the Land : bluecray’s blog on the Journey for Wisdom in the Land
A Balance of Faeries : bluecray’s blog inspired by a DREAM (pisces – MUTABLE, neptune, vision, dreaming, subconscious, institutions, hidden enemies, the void) about how KNOWLEDGE (sagittarius -MUTABLE, jupiter, higher learning, religions, universities, journeys for wisdom, long journeys, deep understanding, collective knowledge) and IDEAS (gemini – MUTABLE, mercury, learning, studies, communications, sharing, information, essays, small books, short studies and short journeys) that has led to bluecray’s SERVING (virgo – MUTABLE, mercury, daily lifestyle and daily living, food, clothing, practical work, health, helping others).
