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Writes of Passage Retreats

Locality: Katoomba, New South Wales

Phone: +61 402 959 946

Address: 7 Seventh Avenue 2780 Katoomba, NSW, Australia

Website: adifferentdrummer.com.au/wellness-retreat

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22.01.2022 What an opportunity we have right now to slow down, reflect and connect with whats most important. https://www.youtube.com/watch

14.01.2022 Are you one of the 80% who classify yourself as not feeling engaged by your work? It could be worse. In China & Singapore, the figure is 97%. It’s hard to find... your passion when you’re stuck in what is known as a bullshit job. When I worked as a bank teller my job was a mixture of tedium (endlessly counting cash) and anxiety over whether I would meet my daily sales quote by upselling credit cards and loans. Henry David Thoreau captured the essence of these jobs when he said: , , . . Equally disengaging is a burnout role. When I worked as a caseworker with the unemployed, economic rationalism saw my caseload grow over time. Instead of working intensively with someone to enact change, I was pushed to quickly go through the motions in order to tick off the next client. So why do we submit to spending most of our lives doing things we get little enjoyment from? Necessity. Whether we live simply or lavishly, most of us require a certain income. The seduction of affluence has steadily led people to abandon meaningful work. The initial production of automobiles required expert craftsmen who had developed their skills over many years working with bicycles and carriages. Their work was challenging and demanded a great level of technical proficiency. But then Henry Ford introduced automation to lower costs. Initially, workers resisted the numbing assembly line roles. Every time Henry Ford wanted to add 100 workers to his factory personnel, it was necessary to hire 963. Wages had to be doubled to entice people to give up satisfying work to endure monotony. Fast forward a century. Jacob Fisker captured the legacy brought about by disconnecting people from their work when he said: . - , , , , ; ' , , , . , . , , , . . . The 1% that counts When we hear the term 1% we tend to think of the recent movement to rebalance the extreme wealth inequality that exists in most countries. While this is an important issue, it could be argued that rectifying the extreme job satisfaction gap is even more important, as wealth doesn’t have a huge correlation to our overall happiness. If around 20% of people feel passionate about their work, then the proportion of these people who would do it for free is far smaller. Professional MotoGP rider Chris Vermeulen once said that motorcycle racing was such a joy for him that if he won the lottery he would continue getting up each day to ride. How many people do you know who would do the same? Read the rest of the article to learn how transformative it is to find your passion and live an integrated life: https://adifferentdrummer.com.au/career-coun/career-retreat

09.01.2022 The midlife passage (ages 35-55) is the most treacherous of our lives according to life phases expert, Gail Sheehy. Midlife calm is not a phrase in the lexicon but midlife crisis certainly is. Dictionaries define it as: a loss of self-confidence and feeling of anxiety or disappointment that can occur in early middle age....Continue reading

08.01.2022 The dancer and musician Gabrielle Roth shared some potent wisdom when she said , , , , : ? ? ? ? As industry slows, nature grows more vibrant. And as our industriousness wanes, so can our soul-s...ickness dissipate. This morning I connected with an online group where we each spoke about what has changed in our lives since Covid. Many people shared the same responses. ‘’ .’ ‘ , ’ .’ ‘ 20 .’ People spoke of how clear the air was, how connected they felt and how peaceful life had become. Collectively, we hoped that the gains we’ve made would stay once normality returned. Beauty making was another theme. We were asked what creative work was rising within us and how we could help create a better world. It reminded me of the glorious phrase Maggie Smith’s closed off with in Good Bones, a poem encouraging people not to be overwhelmed by the immensity of the issues we are facing: , ? . Having been bogged down doing things that don’t particularly speak to me, I’ve noticed a shift in the last couple of weeks as I’ve returned to doing life story writing. Events in my past which seemed arbitrary took on a great deal of meaning as I looked at them with awakened eyes. The combination of introspection and writing helps us to view life as a great adventure and privilege. It infuses soul back into our lives. And as the Philosopher, Heraclitus so sagely pointed out , , . A facilitator in this mornings group shared a most exquisite poem. It was written recently to capture the zeitgeist. You can read it in this blog post: https://adifferentdrummer.com.au/about-life-story

07.01.2022 Our feeblest contemplations of the cosmos stir us, there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries. - Carl Sagan. If the celestial beauty of the universe evokes such a response in rationally minded scientists, consider what it awakens in those with an openness to the transpersonal. In the language of astrology, the zodiac represents archetypal t...hemes. Astrological ages change every 2150 years when the Earth's rotation moves into a new sign. There has been debate as to when the last shift occurred with many proclaiming 2012 as the time we left the Piscean age and moved into the Age of Aquarius. The solstice of December 21, 2020, saw Jupiter and Saturn conjoin in Aquarius with the Great Conjunction. In February of this year, seven celestial bodies move into Aquarius. One way or another, this archetype has come to the fore. Aquarius is considered the most progressive and forward-thinking of the zodiac archetypes. Consider how much change there has been in terms of gender identity and acceptance of diversity around sexuality. It promotes a we mentality rather than an I one. The shadow qualities of Pisces includes enmeshment, codependency and subjugating our core values to fit in or gain approval. Clare Dakin asserts that The repression of the feminine has led to a planet on the edge of collapse. The re-emergence is going to be a dance to behold. The Dalai Lama has often remarked that he inherited his compassion from his mother. At the Vancouver Peace Summit in September 2009, he was surrounded by a number of women who have devoted their lives to helping the downtrodden. There were Nobel peace laureates: Mairead Maguire, Jody Williams and Betty Williams. He also met with Irish president and activist Mary Robinson, Susan Davis and Abigail Disney. The effect of spending time with such powerful women caused him to declare, The world will be saved by the Western woman. Beyond the outward expression of the feminine such as compassion and activism, there are signs that more soulcentric inner expression is helping us move beyond empty materialism to connect with something greater. Religion wanes but shamanism and esoteric modes of connection continue to grow. The Egyptian deity, Ma’at was the goddess of measure and balance. The traits of balance and harmony are qualities we associate with the zodiac sign of Libra. Like Aquarius, it is powerfully motivated by equality. As women step into their full power, men are being asked to leave behind all the patriarchal qualities that have seen toxic masculinity cause so much harm. Read the full article here: https://adifferentdrummer.com.au/mens-retreat

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