Martin Donkin writes:

An Invitation to a series of discussions

A few of us met recently to take forward our discussion about how the ideas of Manavodaya could work on Tyneside.

Manavodaya in India is a movement based on both social justice and an emphasis on combining this with inner development and how 8 steps of action provide a foundation for individual and collective development.

 The Eight Steps are:

•    taking time for inner development
•    being part of collective reflection
•    sharing time by committing some of our time to a good cause or project
•    sharing money – giving a proportion of our earning to make a difference
•    buy local produce whenever possible so that we support local economies
•    working on our faults
•    controlling our speech to limit harm
•    Taking an equal share in domestic tasks and chores.

In addition to working towards these personal commitments we were all interested in how we could take part in social justice work or strengthen good work that is already going on. Click below for more detail and to see some of the ideas that came up. [click to continue…]

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