Heart and soul

Our Transition Town needs an artistic and spiritual base. We seek volunteers to create it.

Songs

John F: how about starting a list of songs to accompany Transition? We could play it at some events (so make them songs you actually like). I'll start off: Let Me Down Easy (e.g. Dennis Brown; just right for the energy descent); Good World (Martha Tilston); The Carnival is Over (Seekers); Let It Grow (Clapton); Your Feet's Too Big (Fats Waller - just made for the ecofootprint); I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor); Out of Time (Stones); We Can Work it Out (Beatles); With A Little Help From My Friends (Beatles); It's Now or Never (Elvis)...

Rob's post on a song from the future by Super Furry Animals

Spiritual journey

For some of us, this is also a spiritual journey that includes singing, dancing and meditating in order to understand and become part of what is increasingly recognised as the "good life" or Eudaimonia.

A quotation from the "Be the change" group: "I am committed to creating an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on this planet as an idea whose time has come".

"In much that we do, we cause harm to the planet and each other without enriching our lives"

Storytelling This is at the heart of the transition town movement.

Meditation

  • Moving meditation - Qi gong or Tai chi, Yoga
  • Dancing meditation - some of us go to 5Rhythms in Kew on a Friday night, no experience needed. Details from jayneblackman@talktalk.net.
  • Sitting meditation -some of us go to Buddhist meditation and/or Quaker meditation, no experience or faith needed.
  • Volunteering