Parliament of Worlds Religion 2009 Melbourne Australia

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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PROGRA Monday, December 7, 2009
4:30-6:00pm OPEN SPACE
los resultados de los eventos Pre Parlamentos que ya se realizaron, que puedan inspirar activistas en todos lados. Vamos a ver como planeamos compartir nuestras experiencias con los de más. Facilitará este simposium Ruth Broyde Sharone, la representante de la Red de Ciudades Hermanas, que el Parlamento mando para alentarnos y apoyarnos. Ella ya visitó cuatro países de America Latina este año: Mexico. Costa Rica, Colombia y Argentina. Nuestra amiga que nos apoya, Ruth pidió y logró crear este simposium en Melbourne especialmente para nosotros. These two Latin American networking sessions will be conducted in Spanish, and arrangements can be made for translation into English upon request. Please email programlaparliamentofreligions.org or visit the Program Information Desk by Saturday, December 5th Ruth Broyde Sharone is a documentary filmmaker, journalist and public speaker. She travels frequently to college campuses to lead interfaith programs and screen her popular film God and Allah Need to Talk". CoChair of the Southern California Committee for the Parliament, Ruth also currently serves as a Partner Cities Associate. She is also Co-Director of the Rodef Shalom School for Peace, with Jerusalem peacemaker Eliyahu McLean. Her new book, "Minefields and Miracles: Adventures In Interfaith will be published in 2009
Spiritual Practice, The Inner Search Petrea King Mahant Swami Shankarananda Room 103 To understand the real meaning of religion we have to understand its spiritual core. The key understanding of spirituality is that there is a divine possibility that exists within every one of us. The great realisers of humankind are those who have attained this goal. They have tapped into a universal dimension marked by happiness, wisdom and love. To attain this exalted and transformed state we have to begin to understand the relationship between our subjective inner world and the objective outer world. The events of the outer world have seeds within our own psyche. By means of spiritual practice (sadhana), including meditation and self-inquiry, we are able to remove blocks and make inner connections that transform our outer life. We find the spark of God within ourselves. If we ignore the enormous importance of the inner world to our lives, we condemn ourselves to the law of chance that is, we go up and down according to external events. As we grow in the understanding of the laws of our inner being. we establish an inner power and certainty that we take to all of our encounters. Petrea King has brought her warmth, humour and wisdom to thousands of people facing spiritual challenges. Bestselling author of eight books and many meditation CDs, Petrea is the Founding Director of the Quest for Life Foundation which provides services for people dealing with life's greatest challenges. A regular guest in the media she has often been nominated for Australian of the Year and is also the recipient of numerous awards including the Centenary Medal Mahant Swami Shankarananda is a leading meditation teacher and Director of the Shiva School of Meditation in Mt Eliza. He has taught and written about meditation, self-inquiry and the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism for over forty years. He is author of the best-selling book "Happy for No Good Reason, and Consciousness is Everything
Pagans and Religious Freedom HPs Phyllis Curott Patrick McCollum Grove Harris Room 102 Panel Discussion
Minority religions are often misunderstood and some times discriminated against because of the lack of accurate information among the general population. From creating legally recognised religious organisations to gaining the right to minister to the incarcerated, from including the Pagan traditions in academic and interfaith discourse, to winning the right to have their religious symbols on the tombstones of Pagan soldiers, the individuals on this panel will discuss the ways that each of them has been publicly active in addressing these and other issues of religious freedom for non-mainstream religions. including Paganism. An attorney and Wiccan priestess for almost 25 years, HPs Phyllis Curott is the author of 'Witch Crafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic An outspoken advocate for the rights of Wiccans, she has been widely profiled in the national and international media, and is a founder of the Temple of Ara. Patrick McCollum is the Director and Chair of the National Correctional Chaplaincy Directors Association and statewide Wiccan chaplain for the California Department of Corrections McCollum has taught Pagan Chaplaincy Training at the Leadership Institute, part of Circle Sanctuary's annual Pagan Spirit Gathering. He is the National Coordinator of the Lady Liberty League Prison Ministries Program and a member of the National Advisory Council of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. Grove Harris is a pragmatic visionary and social justice educator with expertise in religious diversity in the US. She served as the Managing Director for the Pluralism Project, based at Harvard, until 2007 and is now the Program Director for the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. Grove was a participant at the 1999 Parliament in Cape Town and 2004 Parliament in Barcelona. Grove has written on Pagan involvement in the interreligious movement, and healing in feminist Wicca
Experience the Women's Interfaith Network Natalie Mobini-Kesheh Josie Lacey Rev Pravrajika Ajayaprana Mataji Thubten Chokyi Mohini Gunesekera Susan Emeleus Trish Madigan Seforosa Carrol Wilma Viswanathan Shehara Viswanathan Mina Singh Batra Room 105 Panel Discussion The Women's Interfaith Network (WIN) is a gathering of women of many religious traditions who meet and work to promote harmony, understanding and respect among the followers of the various world religions, and stand together as a sign of solidarity among people of faith.
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