Hi Chris,
I don't seem to be getting any posts through ... I wonder if the problem is
here with me or a transmission/server problem? Sorry to bother you ...
Regards,
Caroline Stronge
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From: Chris Walsh
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:20 PM
Subject: RE: [ConstellationTalk] 36.3 Celsius 114 Fahrenheit
I know I started this conversation on CT.
However I would like to encourage Australians to post these emails of a more
personal nature directly to the intended recipients rather than through CT.
It is difficult to attain the right balance of allowing some personal
communication such as Snehs's about her surgery or about natural disasters.
Clearly the personal is the context of our work and therefore relevant. It
is a matter of how much we can allow in and still have this forum work for
its intended purpose of discussing constellation work.
The bushfires here which are very close to my home and have touched me in a
very personal way. We are still in danger and the death toll keeps rising -
now above 300. It was an extraordinary fire at times moving faster than 300
kilometres per hour. With the hellish temperature (46.3) if the winds had
blown the fire into the Melbourne metropolis where I live it could have been
a death toll in the tens or even hundreds of thousands. However I will not
write about them further here unless there is a really major development or
there is something that arises relevant to constellation work. I am quite
happy to talk about it with people through private communication in the
meantime. Again thanks for all the solidarity and support.
In terms of constellation work I believe global warming is becoming a much
more urgent issue than even Al Gore proclaimed. Hopefully we can use the
constellation process not as some sort of magical thinking way to delude
ourselves we are doing something useful but rather as a practical tool to
introduce clarity, better communication and expedite effective cooperation.
The alternative is what happened to 300 + people here last Saturday - to
burn in hell.
hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
webpage: www.cwalsh.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Ward
Sent: Wednesday, 11 February 2009 7:33 AM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] 36.3 Celsius 114 Fahrenheit
Hi Leia and Jonine.. below is some mail I received from Preeti ...its a
post from Daricha and Rachana and their email address is included....David
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From: <daricha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:24:45 +1100 (EST)
To: Preeti Helena <preeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Fwd: Thank you]
Thanks for your enquiry about how we are.
We lost the house and all our
personal possessions, in the fire on Saturday.
Also burnt was one of the temples, the orchard barn, 2 yurts the toilet
block, and greenhouse.
remaining is the caravan the barn and the Shiva temple.
One of our sons hired a chopper to get us out as it was clear we could not
save anything else.
we are currently staying with family as we work out the next steps.
forgive the slightly impersonal note but we have no computers, 1 flat
mobile phone and a new journey,
love and blessings,
Daricha and Rachana
leia reid wrote:
> David - thanks for the post. I have been trying to get hold of Daricha and
have been really worried... I am glad they are safe and so sad about the
loss of their home and centre. I was one of the founders of it 30 years ago.
Do you know how i can reach him? His cell is off.
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