June - July 2024

Dragons - Fiction or Forgotten Friends?

Kom ons wees eerlik: Drake het ’n slegte naam gekry. In films en boeke is hulle tipies die “slegte mense”—vuurspuwend, fel, vernietigend en veroorsaak wanorde en verwoesting. Selfs baie kinderboeke beeld drake uit wat in vlieg en koninkryke verwoes. Eenhoorns( Unicorns) is uit geskryf as fiktiewe wesens, dikwels met ’n neerhalende stelling soos: “Dink jy lewe is net sonskyn, reënboë en eenhoorns?”

Dit is sosiaal aanvaarbaar vir kinders om in drake, feeë, eenhoorns en ander “mitiese” wesens te glo; egter, nie so vir volwassenes nie. Hierdie wesens is beperk tot mites en kinderstories waar “verbeelding” toegelaat word.

Daar is baie ander “mitiese” wesens, soos Meerminne, Gryfone (’n kruis tussen ’n leeu en ’n arend), Fenikse, Sfinkse, Chimera’s, Loch Ness-monsters, en nog vele meer. Daar is ook meer mensagtige wesens soos Feeë, Pikkies, Elwe, Kabouters, Ierse kabouter (Leprechauns), Reuse, Sneeu-Grootvoet (Sasquatch), Sentawers (half-mens, half-perd), Minotaurusse (half-man, half-bul), Faune (half-man, half-bok), en ander wat ons in toekomstige onderwerpe sal ondersoek. Vir die res van hierdie onderwerp gaan ons hoofsaaklik op drake fokus.

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Wat is die Maandelikse Geestelike Onderwerpe (MGO)?

We create new spiritual topics each month. Coordinators use these topics to facilitate discussions to give members the opportunity to talk about real-life situations and to share insights, ideas and strategies. The spiritual topics are posted on CC’s internal social connecting platform where members from around the world engage in conversation and share personal thoughts. These topics are designed to give points of discussion around self-awareness and spiritual development to enable and empower each of us to become the best version of who we are!

Aims of the MSTs

We are all on a unique journey to grow and find greater meaning, purpose, and joy in life. To do this entails a deep focus on one’s inner self. As 13th-century Persian poet, Rumi, stated, “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”

To this end, the Monthly Spiritual Topics are designed to help members:

  • Know themselves better (self-realisation)
  • Verbind met hulle innerlike wysheid
  • Ontwikkel bewuste fokus en bedoeling.
  • Leef vanuit ’n hartgesentreerde ruimte.
  • Express compassion and be in service to everyone
  • Align with their Higher/Divine Self
  • Manifest positive change for themselves and the collective

Objectives of the MSTs

The Monthly Spiritual Topic process was created to serve two primary objectives: To offer spiritual dialogue and education for members and to provide Coordinators with relevant topic materials to facilitate engaging member discussions. This saves time for Coordinators who no longer need to search for topics and find materials to present. It also gives Coordinators the opportunity to further develop their facilitation skills.