Recent Blog Posts:

• A Collective Cure for a Collective Illness - By Glenn "Nutkaze" Peters - We are all one, connected by matter and molecules, life and love. - I am you, you are me and you are your best friend and worst enemy. You are both Ghandi and Hitler. You are the stars, the earth, the sky and the moon. We are everything, our combined essence is already the majority, even within our society's minorities and class divisions. Black and white, young and old, man or woman, gay or straight, rich or poor, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist or Jew-we are all here to gather experiences for the divine mind, the collective consciousness. It is to this divine mind, which we are all connected. - There are some within the divine mind which reflect the controlling, the selfish and unjust elements of the one being. The best way to describe it is as a person who is kind to some, yet unkind to others. Every human has not only a duality but an intricate multi-faceted life form which we call a spirit, which is part of a larger multi-faced life form known as the collective consciousness. 

When we hate, we hate ourselves, when we love, we love ourselves. When we show any emotion to others connected to the divine mind, we show it to ourselves. Our very essence is recycled matter. When we leave this existence, we will be reborn again in matter in some way, shape or form.... More →
• Eleven Seventy Three - - Anonymous - The guilty are within your house, - Or walking down the street, - They're on the clap ham omnibus, - To lives of self-deceit. - For as their teacups chatter, - And their small talk fills the air, - The innocent spend their lives alone, - In detention and despair. - Such is the tale of Ahmed, - Who ran back home from school, - On the day he would remember, - As 'the day that was so cruel'. - When Ahmed saw his family, - His tears refused to roll, - For shock and horror dried the well, - And tied and gagged his soul. - His brother had been beaten, - He lay dead on the ground, - His mother killed for 'insolence', - His father- never found. - Men were looking for him, - He was told to run away, - 'Go anywhere to save yourself', - The people said that day. - Ahmed was a brave boy, - Ahmed ran so far, - That he made it to Australia, - In six months from Kandahar.... More →
• War on Terror or Terrifying War? - By Hina Khan - Too often the cause of freedom seems synonymous with the declaration of war. This particularly concerns me as war becomes a part of the context of everyday life such as the ‘War on Terror. I don’t support atrocities against innocent victims being committed to express any cause, yet whilst this may be accepted with regards to terrorism it seems counter-terrorism measures are not exposed to the same scrutiny. - While I am sure many were pleased that the tyranny of Saddam Hussein was eventually ended, what about the substantial number of civilians killed and injured or the over a million being displaced? Given the shaky grounds on which the war was begun in the first place, can the ends justify the means?... More →
• The Reality of a Refugee - There are very few issues in Australian politics as divisive as immigration, an issue that has been seeped controversy going back even further than the Tampa affair. - An issue with so much history and baggage could lead you to believe that it is a complicated matter that would be difficult to discuss and explain. Yet the truth is far from that. The immigration issue is one of plain simplicity that has been twisted into a pawn within Australian politics. - So, what makes a refugee different to an immigrant? - They are both leaving their home countries (usually developing or third world countries) for richer, more developed nations. Both have many similarities in terms of context yet a world of difference remains in the details.... More →
• Lessons in Letters - “The story of tomorrow depends on where the plots of today lead us.” Letters To Nowhere, Royce Levi. - To me, stories are the heart and soul of our history. I believe that they help us identify with, empathise, understand and support one another. They are ‘the guardians of the future,’ as Levi rightfully notes. That is why I think that stories, which are the essence of Levi’s novel Letters To Nowhere, are so important to our survival and growth. - Letters To Nowhere starts with a bundle of letters sent to the Executive Editor of Universal Publishing in Sydney, Dr Samuel Cavell, from a Detention Officer who works in an Australian Immigration Detention Centre in hope that the former would know who to send them to. The actual letters are written to a young lady called Laura by a mysterious detainee, M0131, who calls himself Narni.... More →