LIVING & LEARNING


Earth. Ultimate gifts are those which reshape our lives and lead to spiritual maturity, to the birthing of the fruits of wisdom and compassion and treading lightly upon the Earth. Here the creative impulse takes on deeper meaning when it becomes an expression of spiritual living and connects us with the wholeness of all life’s growth. This supreme art emerges as a result of our relationship with the Earth and leads us to an awareness of every moment being sacred. Because of this interrelation, we have an individual and collective responsibility, not only for humanity, but for all life, as we are all one family, created in God with infinite positive potential to achieve spiritual greatness. We all possess the power to touch other lives and manifest essential gifts, such as kindness, friendship and helping in the creative process of human and non-human life, even in the smallest of activities. Through awakening to deeper


dimensions we touch realms that have been realised by many mystics. Although no two humans or blades of grass are identical, all connect with an underlying unity. All life possesses a unique spark of the divine and its potential to create – to bring about harmony, balance and beauty into the world. Ways of expressing this are many. Traditional routes involve dancing, singing, painting, sculpting, writing, drumming and story telling. Whether we are artists, students, nurses, teachers, labourers, activists or healers, there are numerous profound ways of making our daily actions a dedication to skilful and compassionate living. “A person’s true wealth is the good he does in this world” the prophet Muhammad wisely reminded us. Matthew Fox points out that, “We are creators at our very core. Only


creating can make us happy, for in creating we tap into the deepest power of self and universe and the Divine Self. We become co-creators, that is, we create with the other forces of society, universe, and the God-self when we commit to creativity.” Yet we need to be on guard against any


powers or people seeking to dampen our enthusiasm, imagination and energy. For here lies a death of our abilities. It requires environments that are open enough to encourage new perspectives and have the courage to reach beyond restrictive boundaries. For everyday contact with creativity supplies us with a sense of authentic belonging, which we experience in essentials such as music, art and places of great beauty, and has the power to heal divisions and wounds when opened to in compassionate ways. If we wish to continue living on such an


awe inspiring and wondrous Earth, we need to learn how to read Nature’s signs and understand her ways and use our creativity to support the multiplicity of life Nature has sought to celebrate. Ellen Bernstein points out that, “Just as we have the power


and practised. He met musicians along the way and formed the band, Men At Work. He’d always had an interest in philosophy


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y was the drummer oer off ‘Men At Work’, the only Australian group to have a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in both the US and the UK He grew up in Melbourne, and during his


school days his main interests were science, sport and music. His dream was to play in a touring rock and roll band, but his parents insisted that he at least get a qualification and then do what he wanted. When he finished his physics degree he studied music – and practised


to spoil the creation, we also have the power to make it whole. We have the power to mend the earth and to mend ourselves, to sew the pieces back together again.”


MY GOAL WANTS ME BY JERRY SPEISER


the sun. Gravity also holds the moon in orbit around Earth and it makes our planet habitable by trapping gases and liquids in an atmosphere. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) bridged


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physics and philosophy, or the physical and the metaphysical. He recognised that the laws of nature explained human behaviour as well as the behaviour of matter. In a metaphysical context, gravity


explains why we go to work, why we choose the people we spend time with, and why you are reading this article. It’s about who and what you are attracted to, and who and what is attracted to you. This is why Fuller referred to the Law of Gravity as Newton’s Law of Interattractiveness. Most of the things we do in our adult


lives, we do because we want to. There are ‘attractions’ that are strong enough to get us into action. If we want to pursue a particular career, we work at becoming qualified so we can seek out the jobs we want. If we are hungry, we go to the kitchen, or go out to get food. And if our attraction generated action has a regular nature to it, in the same way as the moon orbits the earth, then we are in orbit. If we regularly go to the same supermarket, we are in orbit. We are kept in orbit around that particular supermarket, rather than any other, for one or more compelling reasons. GRAVITY & DISTANCE How does distance affect gravity? From


your experience of playing with magnets, you know that when a magnet and a metal paper clip are far apart, there is not much


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RAVITY is defined in physics as a force that pulls all matter together. It’s the invisible string that holds all the planets in orbit around


and the holistic side of life and had done a couple of reiki courses and then an alchemy course about the time that Men At Work was starting. Later he did a rejuvenation retreat in Bali during which he had many rebirthing (breathwork) sessions. In 1990 he attended a course called Money & You where he was introduced to the work of Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983). He had an immediate affinity with Fuller’s work which came from his interest in physics and philosophy. In his endeavour to


attraction. As the magnet is moved closer, the clip is more attracted and eventually it will suddenly appear to jump and attach itself to the magnet. Gravity is a much weaker force than magnetism, but it works in the same way. As the distance between two bodies decreases, the gravity increases. As the distance increases, the gravity decreases. Small changes in distance translate


into larger changes in gravity. So, for example, we are much more likely to orbit a supermarket that is around the corner than one that is kilometres away.


HOW TO OVERCOME GRAVITY For a rocket to leave the earth’s


gravitational pull, it must attain a certain speed known as ‘escape velocity’. If the power is shut off before it has escaped Earth’s gravity, the rocket will be pulled back in; the force of gravity will continuously pull on it, slow it down until it changes direction, then increase its speed as it moves closer to earth. This principle applies to all relationships,


not just those with people. You may want to ‘escape’ from a job you dislike, or a bad habit of over-eating, or drinking too much alcohol, or smoking. Whatever it is you want to get away from, you need to reach escape velocity, and not shut off the power until you are clear, otherwise you will fall back in.


USING GRAVITY TO GUARANTEE SUCCESS According to the Law of Gravity, if I double the distance between me and a mass I want to get away from, the gravity reduces four times. Because the gravity is now less, to move further away is easier. As I move away, the gravity further decreases and moving away becomes easier and easier. It is obvious then that the hardest step to take is the first step; and then it gets easier and easier as long as I stay in motion. Conversely, if I halve the distance between


me and a mass I want to get closer to, the gravity increases four times. Because the gravity is now greater, to move closer is easier. As I move closer, the gravity further increases and getting closer becomes easier and easier.


learn more about ‘Bucky’, he began a Study Group which attracted so much interest it launched him into a new career, which has taken him to New Zealand, America and Singapore.


These days: Jerry presents Your Future by Design workshops exploring the work of Buckminster Fuller. The next is


in Melbourne on 14th/15th May. See the world from a new perspective, and learn how to apply the principles to all aspects of your life. www.yfbd.com.au


If moving away from something you


don’t want gets easier and moving closer to something you want gets easier, how can you fail? The universe has provided us with a guaranteed formula for success. All we have to do is take the first step and keep moving.


GOALS When you set a goal, you create a


metaphysical mass. And to achieve your goal you will have to overcome the gravity (of not doing anything) and attain enough energy to reach escape velocity to take the first step. After that it gets easier. Sometimes just setting a goal could


be the first step if it involves making a ‘decision’. In his book “Awaken The Giant Within”, Anthony Robbins explains that the Latin roots of the word decision are de, which means ‘from’, and caedere, which means ‘to cut’, and that “making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility”. This means that if you truly ‘decide’ on a goal, then it can’t not happen. The law of gravity shows that once you take the first step it gets easier. If your goal is something that excites you or something you love, as soon as you make steps towards your goal and feel closer to it, you will feel the gravity as it feeds your spirit. It can lift your self-worth and bring you to an emotional and mental state I call normal. I highly recommend it. The most interesting aspect for me in this


exercise is that gravity makes no distinction between the two masses involved. What we assign the objects to represent is arbitrary. They can represent whatever we choose, and both masses contribute to the resultant gravity. So if I choose one mass to represent me, and the other mass to represent my goal, I can say:


MY GOAL WANTS


ME Your goal wants you as much as you


want your goal. After taking the first step, all you have to do is stay in motion and you will achieve your goal.


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