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SUMMARY:The New Mindscape Spiritual Training [First Phase~2022 Summer]
DESCRIPTION:The New Mindscape Spiritual Training Programme\n\n\n  \n\n\nCongratulations on completing CCHU 9014\, Spirituality\, Religion and Social Change!\n \n\nDuring the course\, you had the opportunity to reflect on many spiritual questions; you learned about different ideas and concepts; and you were exposed to different spiritual practices and social issues. \n\nYou might have a lot of questions about how all of this might apply to your own life. How do you cultivate your mindscape? How do we design our operating system? \n\nWhile the course invited to reflect a little at a personal level\, it was still primarily focused on providing academic knowledge and intellectual skills. \n\nFor those of you who are strongly motivated to further explore how to live a spiritual path\, I’m starting a Spiritual Training Programme. This programme will include practical instruction in practices such as meditation\, prayer\, and skills for a healthy life; and reflection and discussion on applying spiritual principles to better handle academic work\, social relationships\, career\, family\, service\, and carrying out our ideals to work for the betterment of humanity. \n\nPart of the programme will involve individual guidance and practice based on your personal interests and situation\, and part of it will involve group discussion and study. \n\nThe time commitment will be flexible and adjusted to each participant’s commitments and schedule. What is required is strong motivation for your spiritual growth and learning\, and commitment to practice and reflection on your practice. You will need at least 20 minutes per day for individual spiritual practice (on your own) and time for occasional gatherings and workshops. The first phase of the programme will last until summer 2022. \n\nThe programme is open to those of any religious background or none. No beliefs are required but you need to be open to experimenting with an open mind. If you are religious with a regular worship or practice\, we will arrange for the programme to be complementary to your current commitments. \n\nA limited number of participants will be selected based on their motivations and goals. Zoom interviews may be held as part of the selection process. Please answer the questions below as part of your application. I look forward to hearing from you!\n\nDavid A. Palmer\n  \n\n\n \n\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Application Method (DDL: Dec 10\, 2021)\n				Please answer the following questions in PDF and email the document to asiar “at” hku.hk by Dec 10\, 2021:  \nThe email title should be “Your Name + The New Mindscape Spiritual Training Programme”\n \nBasic Information\nYour Name: \nUID:\nYour current study program at HKU: \nYear of Study:\nYour religious/faith background (if any):\n \nYour reflections and motivations\n\n\nWhat is your main takeaway from the course CCHU9014?\n\n\n\n\nWhat is the biggest question you still have on your mind?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is your goal for your personal life or spiritual growth in the coming half year? 
URL:https://asiar.hku.hk/event/the-new-mindscape-spiritual-training-first-phase/
LOCATION:HKU campus
CATEGORIES:The New Mindscape
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SUMMARY:Hidden Treasures of the Silk Road— An Ontological Shift in Thinking of Things
DESCRIPTION:BRINFAITH RELIGION AND EMPIRE PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES\nHidden Treasures of the Silk Road—An Ontological Shift in Thinking of Things \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				ABSTRACTThis talk focuses on an ontological shift in thinking of small-sized Silk Road talismans and amulets. The true value of them has been neglected by previous studies. Among them\, the Ordos Bronze Crosses\, problematically identified as “Nestorian Crosses\,” are central. The argument here is that these objects are better approached from a stance of agential realism that acknowledges them as active actant entangled in the Silk Road network. It is suggested that\, as palimpsests\, they participated\, and continue participating in processes of (de)materialization through means of archaization\, nomadic habitual engagement\, Christian appropriation\, and different material registers\, etc. Moreover\, in the shamanic worlds of the Silk Road\, they were considered “alive” because they possessed nonhuman personhood. In conclusion\, these hidden treasures disclose a new paradigm that returns things to their own narratives\, from which an ontologically different understanding of the Silk Road emerges.\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nAndrea Jian Chen (PhD graduate of HKIHSS) is a part-time lecturer and honorary research associate in the Divinity School of Chung Chi College at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research areas include the material cultures of the Silk Road and Steppe Road from pre-historic to Chinese imperial periods. Her interdisciplinary project focuses on small daily objects that reveal intense cross-regional and intercultural communication between Tibet\, Inner Mongolia\, the Indus Valley\, and Central Asia. Her project has yielded peer-reviewed journal articles\, contributions to anthologies and conference books\, as well as invitations to embark on research trips and deliver public lectures. She teaches courses in the field of religious material culture studies and biblical archaeology.\nORGANIZERThe event is organized by the CRF Project “Infrastructures of Faith: Religious Mobilities on the Belt and Road [BRINFAITH]” (RGC CRF HKU C7052-18G)\, which is hosted by the ASIAR – Asian Religious Connections Research Cluster in HKIHSS.
URL:https://asiar.hku.hk/event/hidden-treasures-of-the-silk-road-an-ontological-shift-in-thinking-of-things/
LOCATION:Via Zoom (Registration required)
CATEGORIES:BRINFAITH,Religion and Empire Public Lecture Series
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