Sunday Talks / Random Musings

Awakening the Virtues

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with guest speaker Margaret Mohamed

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A child asked the Master “What is the purpose of our life?” He smiled lovingly and replied “To acquire Virtues”.

All religions teach us to be people with good character. The Virtues Project strategies are one powerful way to awaken, nurture and grow these qualities that make us human.

This work offers an approach to the virtues: the qualities of character and the simple elements of spirituality honored by all cultures and sacred traditions. However, it does not promote the practices or the beliefs of any particular religion. It’s grounded in the simple wisdom of many world religions, all of which describe the human virtues as the highest aspiration for humanity.

The Religious Society of Friends

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with guest speaker Don Smart

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Don was born in London and had a retired Quaker school teacher as his governess for the first 12 years of his life. He went on to be educated at Oxford. Don has been involved in setting up the National Centre of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago.

Authenticity

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How to live authentic lives in this knowledge that we are all connected

with guest speaker Anne-Marie Coury

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Anne-Marie will discuss the role of self inquiry – checking on congruence in how we engage with others and why personal values matter in their driving impact on our innermost attitudes – the basis of creating peace in the world.