“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
On the journey from Sydney to Paris I watched Cloud Atlas. Actually I watched it twice. And I still don't get it.
The film is six stories from six times that weave in and out of one another, with actors and actresses playing characters within the different times.
It is terribly confusing, but a clear picture emerges. A distinct pattern that Read more [...]
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A drop in the ocean
“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
On the journey from Sydney to Paris I watched Cloud Atlas. Actually I watched it twice. And I still don't get it.
The film is six stories from six times that weave in and out of one another, with actors and actresses playing characters within the different times.
It is terribly confusing, but a clear picture emerges. A distinct pattern that Read more [...] Women and Peace in the Middle East
I've been a bit slack with my blogging the last few years, which is a shame given the great work that I'm involved in with the Sydney Peace Foundation, and the research I'm doing at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. Unfortunately there's only so much time in the day.
Unless you've worked in hospitality you don't know the work that goes into waitressing, cooking and the respect deserved for it. Everyone should work in hospitality, at least once life.
Same goes for organising events. Read more [...] In the “flow” in Cambodia
"If you’re aiming for a goal that isn’t your destiny, you will always be swimming against the current... Find out what your destiny is and the river will carry you."—Men Who Stare At Goats.
Nicola's comment on my 2010 blog post on Optimal Trajectory reminded me of this philosophy. As I blogged last week, there are times in life where you are "in the flow", and times when you are swimming against the tide.
When your destiny is carrying you, it can feel as if there are green lights all Read more [...] The Ecstasy of “Flow”
The feeling of flow is that feeling you get when you are at your ultimate and you feel your body almost disappear in a spontaneous yet automatic type fashion. For example, a sportsperson running or high jumping or swimming at their peak; an artist's moment of inspiration and clarity; a writer when it almost feels like a stream of consciousness directly channeling the right words in the right order from some otherworldly place.
One can feel flow when they play music, or when they make love, or Read more [...] Making sense of suffering
How does one make sense of large scale suffering, like that of global disasters, Auschwitz, or even cyclical poverty? Is that God's not-so-fine handiwork?
This TED Talk by Rev. Tom Honey, introduces a different idea about God that is well-known in intellectual theological circles, but not so well known outside of this.
Rev. Honey challenges the traditional conception of God as a "male boss"... a "celestial controller, a rule maker, a policeman in the sky who orders everything, and causes everything Read more [...] What is Fundamentalism?
The word "Fundamentalism" might make you think of people with unwavering beliefs who refuse to consider alternative views. You could be thinking of people committed to a political ideology on the far left or far right, or maybe a form of religious fundamentalism.
The word is often used interchangeably with "Extremism", which may make you think of suicide bombers, hate crimes against gays, sexual discrimination against women—anyone who use a "Holy Scripture" to justify violence. Yet you might Read more [...] Adventure
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A drop in the ocean
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