Several years I left Byron for a trip around the world, to see and explore the many places
that had a special appeal at various phases of my life.
In some ways this was a pilgrimage, seeking sources of the modern Australian identity,
including the Burma Railway and Gallipoli, embracing the genesis of our culture
and the truth beyond this.
The context, people and places, some touristy, others less familiar but reflecting
the shifting attitudes and traditions of different cultures, the universality of existence.
There is release and beauty in surrendering to that.
This awakening to awareness is what is really going on here,
in that we share.
I feel thanks and gratitude to the many people I met along the way,
tour guides and locals, other travellers, part of this exploratory and defining process.
It is this richness that makes it even more worthwhile.
In the spiralling spirit of nuclear nebulae
are the squashed guts of fallen fruit fly.
In all the ugliness and despair,
is all the purity of purest air,
in the emptiness of being there,
is the fullness of being here,
beauty, beauty, beauty.
About the author
John Stuart was born and raised in the Rainbow Region near Byron Bay, on the Australian East Coast. He has spent most of his working life there, renovating property, playing sport, exploring paths and byways.In later years there was a collapse and transformation, from which came the sharing series. This book defines a distint emergencefrom within to without.Selections from this material have been presented on ABC and Commercial radio, in restaurants, pubs and on retreats in this region. This was very well received.The Gallipoli sequence featured here formed the basis for a video, Coming Home, used by the Turkish Embassy in Canberra on Commemorative occasions.
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