The Prosperity of Usefulness
Myths, Morals & Money
The Dalai Lama says that a meaningful life is to be happy and useful. Can we start to consider prosperity as finding aliveness in being happy and useful?
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Re-emerging with new prosperity
Myths, Morals & Money
As we re-emerge from lockdown and stare down the tunnel of an economic recovery funded by fossil fuels, how do we use the learnings of this time to recreate the world?
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Pathogens In The Economy
Myths, Morals & Money
What vulnerabilities in our modern systems are being exposed by the global pandemic and how might we use this event to return to truths and become more resilient – and create a more resilient system and society on the other side.
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A Revolution of Values
Myths, Morals & Money
After months and months, the fires in Australia have finally been put out, only to be followed by rains and floods. As groups gather to consider what the climate crisis means for our planet and society, we talk about collective transformation, individual responsibility and a global revolution of values.
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How Crisis Creates Change
Myths, Morals & Money
As Australia faces its worst bushfire catastrophe in history and smoke blankets the cities and country towns, we discuss what the role of crisis can be in economic and social change. And whether it is possible to dream and create a new vision in the midst of crisis.
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A New Story
Myths, Morals & Money
In this episode we begin to unravel what drives the economy, and the narratives that underpin how the economy operates in the world and in us. We consider who the gatekeepers of the current economic system are and what the organising principle of money is … and what it could be.
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What happens when the economy is ground to a halt?
Can we think beyond the fear to use this as an opportunity for reorganising?
What is the individual and collective opportunity to be found in the global pandemic?
As the global community becomes increasingly fearful of not only the virus, but also of the collapse of the global economic system, is it time to recognise that the system was never serving us in the first place? Our measure of success in the current economic system is way off course and now we have the opportunity to re-assess that, because perhaps what we should actually be measuring is wellbeing.
Dive deeper with our recommended reading:
- ‘Local Is Our Future’, Helena Norberg-Hodge
- ‘Man’s Search For Meaning’, Victor E. Frankl
- ‘Mysticism’, Dumbo Feather, issue 62
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