Deep Listening in Action
- 1. Deep Listening in Action An Ancient Community Development Model for the 21 st Century Dr Laura Brearley and Friends Photography Terry Melvin
- 3. Introduction
- 4. The tepee was erected during a cross-cultural exchange between Australian and Canadian Indigenous people as part of the Deep Listening Project
- 5. Tepee at the Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada belonging to the Centre for Aboriginal Leadership and Management
- 7. Elder Tom Crane Bear, a Siksika Elder , conducts a smoking ceremony in the tepee during the cross-cultural exchange
- 13. Prayer
- 14. What is Deep Listening?
- 15. Vicki Couzens Keerray Woorroong / Gunditjmara Woman
- 16. Vicki Couzens
- 17. For Aboriginal people Deep Listening comes naturally It’s about walking on the land Softly quietly And listening to the stories around the campfire We’ve got to listen to the wind in the trees Listen to the birds It’s the feeling of a gift A gift always comes back Ron Murray Wamba Wamba
- 18. Elder Tom Crane Bear Blackfoot Siksika
- 19. Everything is connected and doing its work
- 20. If the system breaks we all get sick
- 21. The trees purify the air that we breathe
- 22. The rocks purify the water that we drink
- 23. The trees drink that water
- 24. And give us branches and leaves
- 25. We know about the Creator who made everything
- 26. The planets and the sun
- 27. What is Deep Listening? Everything is holy Deep Listening is an Aboriginal concept which translates as … Deep and respectful listening which builds community
- 30. The ritual was underpinned by Deep Listening, an Aboriginal concept which means deep and respectful listening which builds community
- 32. We are all connected
- 33. Jing Ting 敬 聽 Respect Listen
- 34. The characters for Deep Listening incorporate Heaven People Earth Ear Eye Heart Respect Authority Ten One And the relationships between all of these
- 35. Traditional Chinese characters have been passed down through the ages
- 36. Each character has a story with multiple layers of meaning
- 37. The layers of meaning in this combination of characters involve … Listening respectfully
- 38. Knowing our position in relation to Heaven and Earth
- 39. Listening in the context of surroundings – Land, People, Heaven and Earth
- 40. Oneness of mind and heart
- 41. Being connected to all things
- 42. Relationality to the Land
- 44. Giving your undivided attention
- 47. Treahna Hamm Yorta Yorta
- 48. Dunghala Dilly Bag Treahna Hamm
- 49. There’s a strengthening of the bond we have when we get together There’s a sharing of stories In our stories we come to know ourselves
- 51. We look up at the sky and we see the clouds We see the blue gaps in between The gaps matter They link the clouds together The shapes we see in the clouds may differ But the sky and the clouds connect us all
- 52. The world is not as we would like it … Ben Okri
- 54. Don McIntyre Ojibway of Tamiskaming First Nation
- 55. Things need to change They must
- 56. We start as blank canvases And transform along the way
- 57. If we’re stuck We need to move forward
- 58. Moth is the transformer The dark transformer The Moth Medicine is helping us all to move through We are at our most present in crisis
- 59. In the Shadowlands There are no secrets
- 60. Time and space don’t work in the same way Everything plays back into the spiral
- 61. There is a point where it stops being about us Our work here is connected to a much larger project
- 62. Our community includes the Creator We are in the protective arms of the Creator
- 64. France Trepanier in conversation with Laura Brearley
- 67. The Shearwater Project: Celebrating Biyadin Building partnerships, cross-cultural understanding and environmental awareness
- 69. Billie’s message … Please look after the shearwaters and look after our oceans for the shearwaters Take good care of them and give them love Make sure they come home safely
- 70. Cowes Primary School Grade 4
- 71. Cowes Primary School Grade 4
- 72. Cowes Primary School Grade 4
- 73. VERSE 1 Guyup guyup Birds Wuwan gabuthdui Fly over the Warrin warrin Sea Nunnin all together All together
- 74. VERSE 2 Guyup guyup Birds Wuwan gabuthdui Fly over the Wurru wurru Sky Nunnin all together All together
- 75. CHORUS Boonwurrung Biyadin … Whistling in the wind Boonwurrung Biyadin … Calling in the Spring Boonwurrung Biyadin … Dancing on the wing Boonwurrung Biyadin … Connecting everything
- 76. VERSE 3 Guyup guyup Birds Wuwan gabuthdui Fly on the Mummut mummut Wind Nunnin all together All together
- 77. VERSE 4 Guyup guyup Birds Wuwan gabuthdui Fly on the Wilam wilam Home Nunnin all together All together
- 78. Chorus Boonwurrung Biyadin … Whistling in the wind Boonwurrung Biyadin … Calling in the Spring Boonwurrung Biyadin … Dancing on the wing Boonwurrung Biyadin … Connecting everything
- 79. Chorus Boonwurrung Biyadin … Whistling in the wind Boonwurrung Biyadin … Calling in the Spring Boonwurrung Biyadin … Dancing in the sun Boonwurrung Biyadin … Connecting everyone
- 81. further information Dr Laura Brearley Coordinator, Deep Listening Project laura.brearley@tlc21.com.au 0434 596800