Welcome to our September 2020 newsletter, the first using the byronsophia.group website newsletter function that was generated using Celia's email list. This functionality allows email recipients to unsubscribe from receiving future mail-outs.
A small group of us are discussing restarting Byron Sophia discussion groups, with a view to holding them in Mullumbimby or other accessible venues (suggestions for preferred time, day also welcomed).
Synchronicity
I sat down to enjoy a few beers and lunch with friend (Emma) the other day, and before I could share what I'd been thinking would be a great topic for a Byron Sophia meeting, without prompting Emma mentions how 'toxic femininity' would be the complementary form of 'toxic masculinity'.
Talk about synchronicity — over the previous few days I'd been mulling over how that exact topic could be approached, what whiteboard topics would ideally encapsulate the subject, how to spot each. Whereas the masculine form is easy-as to see, the feminine form ... well that's grist for the discussion mill, imo. Being alert to both can offset confusion, and better equip us when encountering either, both.
Anyway, that was one idea.
Another was to re-visit the "Courage to be disliked" group meet we had earlier this year.
And of course, recent world events have induced quite a deal of stress and fear within the populace. A discussion on ways to counter said stress and fear would be highly pertinent, given there's truckloads of research to show that stress and fear increase rates of disease (aka dis-ease), depression, etc. Perhaps another session could be to explore why the work of Prof. Sir Michael Marmot (and colleagues) has been so thoroughly ignored in recent times — that the clear majority cause of disease and early mortality is psycho-social, as was reported in Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts (Second Edition, 2003)1. In other words, one's belief-system, social and physical environment (good nutrition, sunshine, good friends, purpose, etc) are the primary determinants of good health and resiliency (against viruses, etc). And conversely, a poor belief-system (mired in superstition, victim-mentality, stress) along with a stressful environment (toxins in the local environment, food, vaccines, water) are the primary determinants of ill-health and early mortality.
Suggestions for other topics welcomed, e.g. Krishnamurti, belief-systems, Eastern philosophies, quantum physics, etc. (please reply with suggestions to this email, or contact us via the contact form).
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Kind regards,
Stephen
- 1. Michael Marmot & Richard Wilkinson, Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts (Second Edition, 2003). World Health Organisation (Europe), www.euro.who.int/document/e81384.pdf.
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