Advanced Training for the Great Turning A Journey into Deep Time, Dreamtime, Lunar Time A 30 day residential intensive with Joanna and Fran Macy Tuesday 25th January to Friday 25th February, 2005 The Cove Denmark Western Australia		Index INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE FACILITATORS IN A NUTSHELL THE LOCATION TRANSPORT PREREQUISITES REGISTRATION FORM INTRODUCING THE CREATION TEAM READINGS
A global revolution is underway. In countless, unsung ways we are turning from the self-devouring consumerist society and preparing the ground for a life-sustaining civilization. A key feature of this Great Turning is rediscovery of our interconnectedness with all life-forms, and the power that this deep ecology provides us for the healing of our world. In these days together we will learn how to tap this power in our own lives. "You sent out beyond your recall, Go to the limits of your longing" Rainer Maria Rilke About the Facilitators Joanna Macy is the pioneering teacher of the Work that Reconnects, known worldwide in movements for peace, justice and ecological sanity. As an ecophilosopher and trainer she interweaves Buddhism, systems theory, and deep ecology. Building on 4 decades of activism, her ground breaking experiential work brings forth courage and community for the co-creating of a life sustaining society. Since her first workshops in Australia in 1985, when she created the Council of All Beings with John Seed, her collaboration with Australian activists has brought enduring mutual benefit. Joanna's books include Coming Back to Life, World as Lover World as Self, Thinking Like a Mountain (with John Seed), Rilke's Book of Hours, Mutual Causality, Dharma and Development and her memoirs Widening Circles. Fran Macy, director of the Centre for Safe Energy, and co-founder of the US Institute for Deep Ecology, is a cross cultural organiser and trainer, leading the Work that Reconnects in Europe, Asia and North America. For eight years in India and Africa, he managed appropriate technology programs for the Peace Corps. A specialist in Russian culture and history, Fran works closely with environmental and anti-nuclear activists in the former Soviet Union. He helps them create strong citizen networks, to overcome the legacy of isolation, passivity and pollution left behind with a centralised, growth driven industrial system. In 2002, Fran received jointly with a leading Russian scientist-activist the Life-Long Achievement Award from the Nuclear Free Future fund for "decades of building bridges between the peace and environmental movements in Russia and America" Return to Index In A Nutshell The Work That Reconnects equips us to perceive and take part in the Great Turning, the epochal shift from the industrial growth society to a life-sustaining society. It is the great and necessary adventure of our era. This first-ever thirty day event will be an island in time, where people experienced in the Work That Reconnects will deepen their response to the call of the Great Turning. As the global corporate economy spins ever more out of control, many of us, blessed by this work, are eager to harvest the insights and strengths that a sustained immersion in it can yield. The month-long span, removed from the duties and pressures of our daily lives, will let us open more fully to the power of our deep ecology: our living connections with all beings through space and time. During our time together we will move through the full lunar cycle maintaining attention from full moon to full moon to permit us to enter Deep Time. In contrast to our society's addiction to speed and short-term thinking, we will inhabit vaster stretches of time, see our lives in wider context. Our ancient evolutionary journey will become more real to us, and future generations will become more real to us as well, helping us to understand what they need us to do now. This Deep Time work brings buoyancy and staying power for the long haul. Return to Index The Location Australia is a perfect setting for this experience. Because of its unique blend of ancient landforms and the Dreamtime of aboriginal cultures, its distinctive history and innovative activism, Joanna has called Australia "a seed pod for the future." Western Australia is a third of the continent, bringing together an unrivalled series of landforms and landscapes for the visitor. Perth, the capital is a modern city of about 1.3 million people. It is the most isolated city of its size on the planet. The rest of the state has only 400,000 occupants, located mainly in the south west. The city is on the edge of the Yilgarn Kraton, which includes the oldest rocks yet found on Earth. The south west of Western Australia, is the 9th most biologically diverse place on Earth, and its coastal reefs rank 6th on Earth, making the area the most biologically unique place on the planet. Our time together will be spent at the Cove, in Denmark, where the inlet meets the forest on the south coast. We will live in exquisitely handcrafted and beautifully furnished chalets, amongst ancient karri, tingle and jarrah forest. For information on the Cove, and additional information on the region, please check here. Free time will give us access to beaches, and other wonderful sites of Dreamtime significance. All accommodation and meal costs are included in the price. We will be fully catered for with fine vegetarian food of the highest quality. There is a limit of 34 places available. Please let us know if you have any food allergies in advance so that we can take your needs into account. Return to Index Transport Denmark is 5 hours by car from Perth. The more scenic longer route is about 7-8 hours. Transport choices from Perth to Denmark include Flights (Skywest) are available from Perth to Albany on a daily basis. Albany is about 1 hr east of Denmark. For those flying we will pick you up at the Albany airport.1300660088 A Train and Bus combination (Westrail) departs Perth at 9.00am arriving Denmark at about 5.00pm. We will organise transport from Denmark to the Cove. Car hire is possible from the airport or in the city from a variety of companies. Car pooling can be organised with participants from Perth through the list server we are estalishing. Transport costs to and from the venue are not included in the price. Return to Index Prerequisites for Participants This is an advanced training, pushing the limits and the boundaries of the "Work that Reconnects" into totally new frontiers. It is not an introduction to the work. In order to ensure that all participants start at the same level we have selected a number of prerequisites for participants. The prerequisites for participation, to be completed by August 2004, are At least 10 days participation in workshops or training in the Work that Reconnects (This can be obtained in the time between your registration and attendance in the workshop in 2005) Completion of a number of the readings from each section suggested by Joanna and Fran . We recommend a daily practice of the meditations such as Meditation on Loving Kindness (p188 of Coming Back to Life) Breathing Through (p190 of Coming Back to Life) See Practices for Activists on Joanna's Web Page 1,000 to 1,500 words, explaining "How the Work that Reconnects empowers me in my work and life" and "What I want to achieve from the 'Seeds for the Future' 30 Day workshop. My intentions are….." Please post this written piece to "Seeds for the Future", c/- the Gaia Foundation PO Box 1417, East Victoria Park, Wadjuk Bioregion, WA 6981, Western Australia on or before the 31st August, 2004, with the balance of any moneys due.		For more information, contact the Gaia Foundation or download the enrolment form and post to: Seeds for the Future c/- Gaia Foundation of WA PO Box 1417 East Victoria Park Wadjuk Bioregion Western Australia 6981 Telephone (08) 93553215 (From overseas: 0061 8 9355 3215) email lyndas@iinet.net.au Visit Joanna Sites or Joanna's own site on the Web. Download the 3 fold Flyer for printing copies for yourself Return to Index Registration Form Name ____________________________ Age _____________________________ Address __________________________ _________________________________ ___________________Postcode______ Email ____________________________ Phone ___________________________ Gender ______________ A range of prices are offered to provide an opportunity for participants to best meet their financial situation. Please choose within the range from $2,900 to $4,200 (Australian). Please make payment by cheque or postal order made payable to "Seeds for the Future". Payment in full is required as soon as possible, A non refundable $300(Aus) is required to secure your registration PAYMENT OPTIONS 1. Full payment now $………... 2.Three monthly instalments $………... 3. Six monthly instalments $………... 4.Total balance in full $………... as soon as possible DECLARATION: I, ……………………… have read and understood the prerequisites required for registration, and commit myself to fulfilling the prerequisites and paying tuition as soon as possible Signed……………………… Date …./…./20...…. The training is limited to a maximum of 34 registrants. Early registration will give you time to meet the prerequisites, and to ensure yourself a place. Return to Index Introducing the Creation Team "My journey as a mother and as an educationalist, and recently as a grandmother and healer, has spanned the globe and linked me with many cultures and environments. My abiding love remains the Australian desert and the forests of the south west, where I have now made my home. Seven years ago at a workshop with Joanna Macy in Denmark, I found in Systems Theory and the Work that Reconnects a way to articulate and experience my embeddedness in time and space which transformed my world. Exciting vistas and ways of being continue to emerge and unfold through this work, and I am convinced that it provides the way forward for the 21st century." Janet Ristic "Thirty four people for thirty days of the work that reconnects. Wow! What possibilities for the Earth! And here am I being honoured to play a part in bringing the seed of this journey to fruition. That is what I call being blessed. The Work that Reconnects guides me and inspires me in my work as a therapist and activist and fulfils my commitment to a sustainable and joy filled future." Lynda Stella Maris "The possibility for taking the Work that Reconnects into new and more profound levels, and so accelerating the great turning is what attracted me to this project. As a parent and grandparent, I can find no better way to leave the world in a better state than it would otherwise be, than by using my time and energy to create such an initiative for others. As a professional community builder I am looking forward to our 30 day community together." John Croft "As a mother and grandmother I have a deep, deep commitment to the future and wellbeing of all beings. I came to the Work that Reconnects more than 12 years ago, which nourishes and sustains me as an activist in my work for the Great Turning. Some of my many passions are building frog ponds, creating wildlife habitats in my local suburb and facilitating Deep Ecology workshops with my beloved. It is indeed a great honour and delight to be a part of this wonderful journey/gathering with fellow Bodhisattvas from many different places and callings." Vivienne Elanta Return to Index Preparatory Practices and Readings Joanna and Fran have prepared for us a list of background readings for the training. Please make use of them over the next months. Please check this site gaia.iinet.net.au/Readings.html Please email us <HERE> with any other materials you think are consistent with these themes that we can share with those who enrol for the Course On registration you will be subscribed to a dedicated list server, to build a sense of community amongst participants. This list server will be a communication vehicle to enable participants to support each other with the preparation, and logistics such as accommodation and arranging transport before or after the 30 days. We highly recommend you keep a personal journal from the moment of your enrolment, to assist you to explore your personal intentions for the 30 days, and your experiences with the readings and meditation practices. This is an advanced training. The process begins from the moment you register.