Deeptime Network | Di Shearer | Activity https://dtnetwork.org/our-members/dishearer/activity/ Activity feed for Di Shearer. Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:29:26 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.1.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 553f42b88fbd6395ca981f9bb52ba37f Di Shearer posted a new activity comment https://dtnetwork.org/new-universe-story/#comment-129771 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:09:41 -0400 Lovely to see you and hear you and appreciate your work all over again, Mary. Keep up your great work. Love, Di

In reply to - Gagandeep Singh wrote a new post, New Universe Story (Works by Mary Conrow Coelho) New Universe Story Works by Mary Conrow Coelho, author of Awakening Universe, Emerging Personhood   Within the past two […] ]]> 6eea481258356af72ef574fd1bac0f66 Di Shearer wrote a new post, Ecozoic Wisdom Circles https://dtnetwork.org/?p=270670 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 15:33:16 -0400 Eco-zoic Wisdom Circles are small groups of people committed to four foci identified by Thomas Berry. These are:
• the wisdom of indigenous peoples the world over,
• the wisdom of ancient religious systems bot […]

]]> 2 8f893a32611083603773059d0b3749a9 Di Shearer wrote a new post, Two books Include Religion in Cosmic History https://dtnetwork.org/?p=266002 Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:05:14 -0400 This review of

God in Cosmic History: Where Science & History Meet Religion by Ted Peters
and this book,

New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe by John Haught,
are helpful for looking at the way […]

]]> 0 07a6cc2ed16a79b3cb42b4bd1dd4de85 Di Shearer wrote a new post, Deep Time Spiritual Direction https://dtnetwork.org/?p=263898 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:48:38 -0400 Deep Time Spiritual Direction is a file outlining my work as a spiritual director with particular application to the New Story as coined by Thomas Berry. It invites you to one on one conversations as you seek to […]

]]> 0 cce079aaf0912a3d9ff25407dcfa95b1 Di Shearer wrote a new post, Ecozoic Wisdom Circles https://dtnetwork.org/?p=263873 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:56:11 -0400 We are the revolution that needs to take place to address the crises of our times. I believe we are in a noospheric emergency. We cannot solve the problems of our day by fine tuning an industrial way of being. We […]

]]> 0 c2cedb2d7513c394f6441ff54390609c Di Shearer posted a new activity comment https://dtnetwork.org/what-big-history-misses/#comment-69425 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:55:44 -0500 Thanks, Gerald. I am about to undergo three to four weeks of radiation therapy following breast cancer surgery. I’m unsure of my ‘energy’ levels. But want to express first my appreciation for your comment. Hopefully we can continue to converse without losing the thread. I’m part of Module 2 for the Leadership Program. I may meet you there,…[Read more]

In reply to - Di Shearer wrote a new post, What Big History Misses This article offers an interesting perspective on Big History.  I’d be pleased to hear from anyone who has time and interest in reading it.  Aeon website a […] ]]> f39da6c36341706da6dd4c30d038cdf3 Di Shearer wrote a new post, What Big History Misses https://dtnetwork.org/?p=258361 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:50:05 -0500 This article offers an interesting perspective on Big History.  I’d be pleased to hear from anyone who has time and interest in reading it.  Aeon website aeon.co often has articles that overlap with our interests in DTN.

]]> 2 f6333791b55faf8c406c51d2fc8239f7 Di Shearer wrote a new post, Buddha at the Gas Pump https://dtnetwork.org/?p=258359 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:49:31 -0500 This is a two hour conversation between Ilia Delio and Rick Archer which is highly informative and covers many themes that are part and parcel of DTN and its approaches to our times.

]]> 0 0e03900ca0abf2bab09189e05e6ad14a Di Shearer wrote a new post, Reconciling Mother Earth and Mother Church https://dtnetwork.org/?p=255738 Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:52:20 -0400 On Being and Earth Being takes the metaphor of indigenous children being taken away from their families and brought up in homes of colonisers. Norm Habel, author of this book uses that metaphor to show how being […]

]]> 0 e73cd39b101a6aa1e30c2ca8eee52552 Di Shearer wrote a new post, On Being an Earth Being https://dtnetwork.org/?p=255737 Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:51:27 -0400 What happens when you discover you are an Earth being and not just a human being? This volume traces my journey from being a child of Mother Church to being a child of Mother Earth, from being a human being cursed […]

]]> 0 4f6a75527788bbba45ef531172a21949 Di Shearer added the event DTNetwork DownUnder https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/31205/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:14:44 -0400 0 0558f221aad10f0c7161010518d09736 Di Shearer wrote a new post, A Closer Look with 360º vision https://dtnetwork.org/?p=247000 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:53:29 -0400 View a range of everyday images from a 360 degree perspective.  See new ways of combining them to help you question how a landscape can be transformed, a bowl of fruit can be seen from micro and macro perspective […]

]]> 0 314463def19af6e00d34407d4b56cda1 Di Shearer joined the group Experiential Education in the Digital Age https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/27723/ Sat, 25 Jul 2020 23:33:35 -0400 0 225faf64403bd0cb4b233b552afbdf04 Di Shearer joined the group Deep Time Education at the Secondary Level https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/27722/ Sat, 25 Jul 2020 23:32:47 -0400 0 8cecb665fd1f678cc7e0afb850a548a3 Di Shearer joined the group Montessori Cosmic Education training centers https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/27721/ Sat, 25 Jul 2020 23:32:21 -0400 0 62eba23fb754e7a2e789de86fcca9058 Di Shearer joined the group Understanding Corona Virus https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/27720/ Sat, 25 Jul 2020 23:31:49 -0400 0 5fcaec9847a1cb12af82d6adba9d5a95 Di Shearer wrote a new post, Deep Time and Vintage Wine https://dtnetwork.org/?p=246922 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:32:59 -0400 Vintage Wine

That’s what life has produced.

 

Vintage Wine

Years of slow and life-giving fermentation.

Vintage Wine

Centuries of learning, discovering, exploring.

Vintage Wine

Millenia of […]

]]> 0 1681a9c13decd377ea0a9c0c88783475 Di Shearer wrote a new post, Australian Earth Laws Alliance https://dtnetwork.org/?p=246678 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:59:17 -0400 The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is a national not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to increase the understanding and practical implementation of Earth centred governance in Australia, with a […]

]]> 0 fa1935c101660bcff8b85fe6fd87c831 Di Shearer wrote a new post, Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia https://dtnetwork.org/?p=246680 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:58:03 -0400 Australia’s human history began over 60,000 years ago.  The continent has cause to celebrate the oldest continuing cultures in human history.  In this book, Billy Griffiths has explored sites that give evidence o […]

]]> 0 0d102a96d27480319710eaa0ff986ebf Di Shearer wrote a new post, Deeptime Network Australia https://dtnetwork.org/?p=246638 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:31:00 -0400 Report of the first meeting of the Deeptime Network Down Under.

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]]> 0 f6aa97563135e6a1fe28cf0de1adb02a Di Shearer added the event Australia New Zealand (DTNANZ) Regional Gathering https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/27633/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:58:39 -0400 0 964bb87656e3c7a9ae49e435f8b4a8ec Di Shearer updated new location at Port Elliot SA 5212, Australia https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/25001/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 08:42:13 -0500 0 e3521550a9910dab0884d71512647b06 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-242847 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:17:38 -0500 Hello, Noha,

Just finding time to reconnect on this Topic. Wonder whether you are still receiving messages this way. Do be in touch if you are.

Thanks,
Di

]]> 0 b73610b0f026b728be5e80cef7d5554b Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-242846 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:16:43 -0500 Hello, Denise,

Just finding time to reconnect on this Topic. Wonder whether you are still receiving messages this way. Do be in touch if you are.

Thanks,
Di

]]> 0 c039ddf8f12051010fa629a73ab3b57d Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-242845 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:16:11 -0500 Hello, Bernice,

Just finding time to reconnect on this Topic. Wonder whether you are still receiving messages this way. Do be in touch if you are.

Thanks,
Di

]]> 0 4f5e2876b9f60c54e0d1904fff428214 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-242844 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:15:26 -0500 Hello, Brian,

Just finding time to reconnect on this Topic. Wonder whether you are still receiving messages this way. Do be in touch if you are.

Thanks,
Di

]]> 0 4f371e04866b70598cb9f183a252556b Di Shearer posted a new activity comment https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/1999/#acomment-24617 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 21:44:41 -0500 Hi Rod,

Four years ago we thought we might make a virtual connection. This weekend Jennifer brought your name up as someone I might connect with as I prepare for a possible visit to the Netherlands mid 2020. If you are able to spare me some time – either in email exchange, or by Zoom – and if there’s a point in my coming to London for a few…[Read more]

In reply to - Rod Sugden posted an update Jane (Riddiford) and I just finished 3 days of facilitating workshops in Portugal – Porto, Viana Do Castelo and Lisbon. The workshops were entitled “The Universe Story for Teachers and […] ]]> c66061f8696eb147231f310841fcf631 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-234675 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 20:33:14 -0400 Hi Noha, after so long in this site. I’m fascinated with the above conversation, most of which I have forgotten. Especially the 40 values bit. I might re-read all this and see whether anyone is interested to pick up the thread again. Or perhaps start a new discussion. 🐿

]]> 0 6c98e6b3324fba0dfd1778f111dd0b27 Di Shearer replied to the topic Countering Intolerance With Cosmic Education in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-rise-of-intolerance-and-how-cosmic-education-can-be-an-antidote/page/2/#post-19335 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 23:38:42 -0400 HI Orla, thanks so much for this link to ‘worldbeforeher’. I have purchased the film and will watch with great interest. Also the document introducing the film and the helpful study guide/questions. I grew up in conservative contexts (Christian) in a relatively poor family. Through life experience in Malaysia among indigenous peoples and…[Read more]

]]> 0 025a1fed54fa503520b84efb6eab92d4 Di Shearer replied to the topic Countering Intolerance With Cosmic Education in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-rise-of-intolerance-and-how-cosmic-education-can-be-an-antidote/page/2/#post-19318 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 21:54:18 -0400 One is epistemological (what we know of the other),
the other axiological (study of value, ethics/aesthetics), &
the third is praxiological (rapprochement or distancing oneself from the other in one’s actions).

I found this sentence in your text very helpful, Noha – adding a brief sense of what axiological means.

To translate this into d…[Read more]

]]> 0 99c56c07278ee322605cb5e0b3a17443 Di Shearer replied to the topic Countering Intolerance With Cosmic Education in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-rise-of-intolerance-and-how-cosmic-education-can-be-an-antidote/page/2/#post-19304 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:37:32 -0400 Just wondering Oria whether you are referring to the work of Ken Wilber when you use the word ‘integral’?

HIs is an all embracing theory of everything – but it remains far too philosophical. He pits the individual against the collective, and the interior against the exterior – so making four quadrants, then you can consider the interior…[Read more]

]]> 0 e6eb6d2e63a7eaaddd6c6f74f0a8a6af Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/page/2/#post-19123 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 01:19:26 -0400 HI Noha,

Regarding the 40 values you enquired about, I’m spending contemplative time considering how I model this value (or otherwise) to children. So, for example, today’s value is ‘generosity’ and ‘sharing’. I’ve tried to picture myself being with a child who isn’t willing to share a toy or a sweet – and how I might cultivate this value in…[Read more]

]]> 0 926770f1deb9fc644221a1a9fa596ae7 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/page/2/#post-19083 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 06:22:56 -0400 Thanks, Noha, for waking us up to this conversation again. I’ve enjoyed re-reading it. I’m also aware of your special interest in the raising of children without cultural or religious bias. I like the short-hand ‘ideo-theo’ – says so much.

My one response is that I’ve always tried to link new knowledge with ‘tradition’ in some sense. Almost…[Read more]

]]> 0 2e9c129a0e026091e78d44b09c988f74 Di Shearer replied to the topic Countering Intolerance With Cosmic Education in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-rise-of-intolerance-and-how-cosmic-education-can-be-an-antidote/page/2/#post-18058 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 04:41:58 -0400 Thanks, Noha. The words l love most in your post are these:
“that children’s innate orientations are already originally directed toward adopting such positive attitudes as compassion & oneness”
and I’m sure a Ph D on this topic is well overdue. Hopefully the door will open to you. I’ve witnessed European children growing up in an indigenous c…[Read more]

]]> 0 e3f97a7e60cad7e61d10237934e960af Di Shearer replied to the topic Countering Intolerance With Cosmic Education in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-rise-of-intolerance-and-how-cosmic-education-can-be-an-antidote/#post-18013 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 23:32:13 -0400 Thank you, Joyce. Your work is amazing! I can see ways to share this with my Everyday Philosophy group and hope I can meet the permission requirements.

]]> 0 df1bf37d1d6b93e64be99d7159340939 Di Shearer replied to the topic Countering Intolerance With Cosmic Education in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-rise-of-intolerance-and-how-cosmic-education-can-be-an-antidote/#post-17953 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:51:24 -0400 Thanks, everyone for your posts. I wonder whether some would use the word ‘compassion’ – experiencing and feeling together with – to ‘trump’ ‘tolerance’. It’s true that children are usually better at accepting difference than adults who have somehow formed a concreteness that doesn’t allow entry of the other who is different. So for the…[Read more]

]]> 0 ad3f1876601908ae1438b4992abbfcae Di Shearer replied to the topic Countering Intolerance With Cosmic Education in the forum my forum new one https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/the-rise-of-intolerance-and-how-cosmic-education-can-be-an-antidote/#post-17918 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 21:23:31 -0400 In my work with adults in intercultural communication contexts, I have seldom been content with ‘tolerance’ as a disposition. It’s has a negative odour rather than the positive ones which words like ’empathy’, ‘patience’, ‘approval’ bring into focus. I guess too that ‘intolerance’ is a milder form of saying one is ‘prejudiced’ or…[Read more]

]]> 0 5abc1dad480fbf2066e216a01a9447c0 Di Shearer wrote a new post, Playful Murray Magpie, Creative Universe http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/?p=17821 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 03:10:48 -0500 These are poems I wrote to enable greater access to the DTJN for those not currently reading or following Deep Time stories and practices.

]]> 0 a7b2750d6bbec44bfffe12291d088c34 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/page/2/#post-17466 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 06:14:46 -0500 Yes, Brian, I’ve done the first three of the specialisation and am waiting for the fourth in the series which I anticipate for later in January. Meanwhile … now to read Living Cosmology: Christian Responses to the JOU. My copy arrived today. Let’s keep talking.

Please say more about the Jung and Teihard interweaving … if you can spare the…[Read more]

]]> 0 df043c255ed840ad35df492749580089 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-17459 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 09:36:20 -0500 Hi Brian, not sure how I missed this post but tonight I’m back on line wanting to review the Big History Q&A. Feeling somewhat overwhelmed from doing the MOOC from Macquarie Uni. It ends with a fairly negative sense of the dissipation of all things. A good dose of Teilhard side by side with Jung would be a good tonic just now. Yes the…[Read more]

]]> 0 e58a6290549553326c42ca4c34e73249 Di Shearer posted a new activity comment http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/resource/a-cosmology-for-our-time/#comment-3946 Fri, 16 Dec 2016 20:50:16 -0500 Thank you, Jennifer. Thank you, thank you. I sing with you the Universe Story and feel so privileged to have found friendship with you this year. What an amazing tapestry of threads! What a deep and personal account of your life’s passion! I am deeply moved. Thank you!

In reply to - Jennifer Morgan wrote a new post, A Cosmology for our Time This is an essay in a Big History anthology series about the how I was inspired by a cosmic narrative perspective and came to write a Universe Story […] ]]> af0d9ba7e3475826f481d77143009e57 Di Shearer joined the group Meetings https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/8327/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 21:34:30 -0400 0 df9d557baf889447a877f54fd2ff7449 Di Shearer replied to the topic Harnessing the power of creativity in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/harnessing-the-power-of-creativity/#post-13860 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:30:47 -0400 Which of Brian Swimme’s Powers of the Universe does this power of creativity relate to? Perhaps his 10+1 powers are each essential to creativity – of course they are! They are each one of the colours that together form the prism of light. That helps! How might my actions today reflect these powers and so harness the power of creativity?

]]> 0 064290bdbc36259332cbabb94b9f2f8e Di Shearer started the topic Harnessing the power of creativity in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/harnessing-the-power-of-creativity/ Sun, 26 Jun 2016 06:41:59 -0400 I’m trying to post a resource but getting tangled in the website. So here I’m going to try to post three poems. The first was spoken by Miranda when being presented his prize at the Tony Awards at the same time as flags were being lowered in mourning for the Orlando shooting, the second was read to TV cameras from a 20 year old in hospital (she…[Read more]

]]> 0 cccc3c60af06aea8251871ec3721b913 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-13808 Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:52:53 -0400 I’ve just finished viewing the Q&A for the current PD program on the Public School with Traci and Lucy. It’s led me to ask how early education is a form of spiritual direction since the guides are listeners and learners as much as guides in a traditional sense. What a life-giving way to relate to one another whether in formal education…[Read more]

]]> 0 8124ffc35095dd5d53b570df2a0cf1a2 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-13567 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 21:56:11 -0400 Thanks, Rod. Your review and gratitude for each contribution draws the threads together beautifully. I especially like the term Big Self in this context. It’s somehow more than true self ( which is still so often interpreted as individual) in Mystics esp Thomas Merton. But there’s also a shudder through me as I think of how this might be…[Read more]

]]> 0 6729d10fb255c0a46796c4ccf248560f Di Shearer posted a new activity comment http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/resource/pictures-from-community-montessoris-first-big-history-exhibition/#comment-2846 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 22:34:46 -0400 Great to see the youthfulness and enthusiasm here, but I kept wishing folk in the picture would move away so that I could see their exhibits. Inspiring, even so, thanks.

In reply to - Kyle Herman wrote a new post, Pictures from Community Montessori's First Big History Exhibition This year, in lieu of a final cumulative assessment in Big History, nearly 100 teens participated in a Big History […] ]]> dd051108ea62c00cfeddd53c0311bf00 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-13419 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 21:07:41 -0400 Great to have your contribution, Bernice. Stephen Hawkins is certainly a pillar of strength and insight in today’s times. I love the mathematics of it all. Some years ago I started talking about the chemistry of the body, the physics of the mind and the mathematics of the spirit! It’s the ‘within of things’ in its own way.

Let’s keep the…[Read more]

]]> 0 327abd4037d486be538aa9a0310c1e74 Di Shearer replied to the topic Professional Development in Deep Time Education in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/professional-development-in-deep-time-education/page/2/#post-13386 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:16:28 -0400 I’m searching for the recorded Q&A of Unrolling the Scroll of Life. Does this exist or have I imagined it?

]]> 0 d61c0759319e5c1ec600b59a6f199e90 Di Shearer replied to the topic The role of spiritual direction in deep time journeying in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/the-role-of-spiritual-direction-in-deep-time-journeying/#post-13344 Tue, 31 May 2016 21:48:56 -0400 Thanks, Brian and Denise. I’m loving the dimensionality which your two posts bring, the ancient and the very new, the Dreaming and the DNA. We need both our roots and our bright green shoots! Yet DNA has existed for ever and the Dreaming is never just past tense! So in a spiritual direction conversation, whether between two Earthlings or…[Read more]

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