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‘The Poet and the Shepherd’ by Joshua Boettiger

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

https://parabola.org/2017/01/31/the-poet-and-the-shepherd-by-joshua-boettiger/ Click on the link to visit Parabola Magazine for this astonishing article by Joshua Boettiger:- ‘We could say the search for meaning – which is a holy search – becomes imperiled whenever the poet-self and the shepherd-self are out … Continue reading →

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Enoughness: Restoring Balance – Films for Action

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/enoughness_restoring_balance_to_the_economy Click on the above link for this concise, clear, short film about how our unsustainable economic/philosophic model compares with sustainable models drawn from indigenous cultures. Here’s the film-makers’ website:- http://www.firstpeoples.org/ We like the following banner quotation from it:- “Look and listen … Continue reading →

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