These beautiful images come from a shared project I created a few years ago with Sydney writer, photographer and “urban farmer” Jessica Perini who not only took the photos (more images follow) but grew the plants and waited – with loving patience – for the “moment” that illustrated our theme of the constant renewal of […]
Dear friends This is to alert you to “Support for Life” in Sydney, but I will be in Melbourne this Thursday, 10 March, so have included details of that also. Some of you will know that I have worked with Breast Cancer Network Australia for a decade now, both as an ambassador for that wonderful […]
On 11 April Stephanie Dowrick will begin leading the first of six evening workshops in the “Support for Life” Sydney series. This is Stephanie’s first group with Petrea King’s Quest for Life Foundation. Stephanie has been leading other groups and workshops for many years and also working with Breast Cancer Network Australia where she remains […]
It seems so obvious to point out that our happiness largely depends on our capacity to offer kindness (thoughtfulness, consideration, good humour) to others – as well as our willingness to receive the kindness that others can offer us. That largely means getting over our temptations to criticize, disparage and disappoint… It doesn’t mean that […]
In the face of earthquakes, floods and fire, and the agonizing injustices and repression being played out in Libya and elsewhere as I write this, why would I care about a movie? Well I do, not least because this movie normalizes violence under a veneer of beauty and art. And I feel so strongly that […]
Dear Universal Heart friends In this newsletter: Sydney support group for those suffering life-changing illness * Visiting Melbourne 10 March * Easter & Kyoto Retreats * Links to articles: Work/Life; Challenging religious bigotry * On-line book buying * Would you like to “like” Facebook ?!* Prayers and loving thoughts for all suffering nature’s disasters * […]
“When do you write? Do you make a time every morning…?” I was asked a couple of nights ago at a wonderful event at Shearer’s Bookshop in Leichhardt, Sydney. (The picture above shows me there with fellow writer Walter Mason.) It was a loaded question and I answered with a joke: “Morning, noon and night!” […]
These words from Zen poet and teacher Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh have been the greatest support to me and countless others for many years. Let’s imagine the world we would live in if each day, several times a day, we paused just long enough to say the following four lines: Breathing in I calm my […]
(What follows is Quaker and development activist Jane Sloane’s January 2011 eulogy at the memorial service for peace activist, Peace Prize winner, and conflict resolution writer and teacher, Stella Cornelius, founder of the Conflict Resolution Network and loved by so many. Stella died, still engaged with the activities of peace-making, aged 91.) Stella, beloved: Appropriately, […]
There are few expressions of human ignorance and misery worse than religious bigotry. Bigotry of any kind harms those who express it as well as those who are its targets. Religious bigotry, though, generally comes heavily tainted with self-righteousness. At its worst, it’s sustained by the noxious belief that it expresses “God’s” will, or that […]
Includes: Visits to Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne – February 2011 * Easter Retreat and new Writing Retreat in Kyoto (Oct 2011) * Interfaith in Sydney 20 February 3pm * Renewing kindness? * Bookshop * Facebook * Iqbal Dear friends A rewarding and blessed new year to each of you. And I hope this newsletter finds you […]
Dr Stephanie Dowrick accepts a limited number of private speaking engagements, not listed here (companies, schools, government and non-government organizations). Enquiries to uhn@stephaniedowrick. com or william@stephaniedowrick.com This list of public events is frequently updated. Please check with the sponsor/organiser for the latest information. New events will continue to be added, including free public forums withBreast Cancer Network Australia. […]