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ANSD Newsletter Autumn 2017 1 http://www.ansd.org.au
Regional Representatives National Office Bearers
President: Sally Longley
Secretary: Liz Anne Smith
Treasurer: Elizabeth Palmer
PO Box 158
Dubbo NSW 2830
Statutory Secretary:
Adrian Jones
13 Aanensen Court
Montmorency, VIC 3094
03 9439 1545
Queensland:
Denise Brosnan
0439 675 571
Canberra & Region:
Alice-Anne Macnaught
PO Box 5004
Kingston, ACT 2604
P: 02 6295 3747
Sydney: Mary Hagan
PO Box 288
Quakers Hill, NSW 2763
02 9626 2899
Victoria: Margaret Burt
W.A.: Beth Roberton
Tasmania:
Denise Stephenson
3 Drew Street
East Devonport, TAS 7310
03 6427 8548
South Australia / N.T.
Di Shearer
Newsletter Editor:
Denise Stephenson
3 Drew Street
East Devonport,
TAS 7310
Items for inclusion in the
newsletter can be sent to
the Editor at the above
address (email is
preferred).
Your contributions are
very welcome.
Next Edition:
VIC / SA / TAS
copy deadline:
9th June 2017
Editorial Information
2017 is well under way and so is
planning for the first ever ANSD
conference in Tasmania. As I
write this, the scent of autumn is
blowing in on the breeze, and the
mornings are getting cooler. it
won’t be long before I am sharing
with you in Launceston. I hope
the beautiful weather we are
experiencing in Tasmania at the
moment will continue until the
end of May!
Your contributions are always welcome and are, in fact, essential for
the newsletter: articles, reflections, poems, photos. Keep them
coming in.
2017 Conference details p2
2017 AGM Notice p3
ANSD—WA Symposium: Call for
papers
p4
Enneagram Wisdom Frameworks p5
In this issue:
www.ansd.org.au Autumn 2017
Photo: Refuge Cove—Wilsons Promontory
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In her most recent book, The Soul of Discernment: A Spiritual Practice for
Communities and Institutions Elizabeth Liebert invites us to consider:
“How is God leading us, individually or together, to act in this particular
moment in our organisation?” The multi-step process of prayerful
discernment introduced by Elizabeth Liebert integrates discernment
theory and practice into an understanding of the structures within which
we are all embedded.
registration details are available on the website
or email: [email protected] for a registration form
Registration Closes 30th April 2017
Registratio
n for 2
017 Conference is st
ill availa
ble
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Australian Network for Spiritual Direction Inc.
AGM May 20, 2017
4.30pm
To be held at The Tailrace Centre, 1 Waterfront Drive,
Riverside, TAS 7250
AGM AGENDA
Ordinary business:
Welcome
Present
Apologies
Confirmation of Minutes of last AGM
Receipt and consideration of Executive Report (President’s Report)
Receipt and consideration of Financial Report
Election of:
Secretary
Treasurer
Regional Representatives (at least 5)
Membership Committee (3 members not on Executive)
Nominations will be accepted from the floor of the meeting, but prior consent to
nomination must have been obtained from anyone nominated but not present
at the AGM.
Specific business if any:
Brief Regional Reports (written can be handed to/or emailed to the secretary)
AECSD Conference 2018 - Canberra
ANSD Conference 2019
Notice of Annual General Meeting
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There are three realities of life and living whether we are aware of them or not:
Mystery—none of us lives without experiencing mystery on many fronts.
First patterns of life and living which inevitably, at some stage, strongly move us
to adjust out-of-balance aspects. (note other duality descriptions: 1st Task, 2nd
Task—Richard Rohr; Inner Child—John Bradshaw; Shadow—Robert Johnson.)
cycles of development
All three realities have cycles of inner and outer development. Those who consciously
engage with inner work, prayer, reflection, spiritual direction and such like become aware of
invitations to move from earlier unconscious patterns to later-in-life balancing patterns even
though this may not be the way of personally perceiving and expressing the experience.
One interpretation of the Enneagram diagram by Gurdjieff is that it is a symbol of the
universal laws of 1 – the circle;
3 – the triangle; and 7 – the hexad. From a philosophical point of view, one engages with
mystery in trying to comprehend how these three laws are universal as they apply to each
of us in our life and living. Another aspect of universality and mystery is that these three
laws are intrinsic to our inherent instincts of self-preservation and always “seeking the
more”. Yet another aspect of mystery is how our ability to choose is challenged, called
forth, fostered, developed, partnered. Even if we live on the surface of our capability to be
and become aware, retrospective reflection will reveal that the patterns of needing to
belong, engaging with life, birth, and death (at many levels and on many fronts), developing
beyond our present stage at all levels have all been active realities.
Continued p6
Enneagram Wisdom Frameworks: rich potential for becoming whole. Lucy Tierney rsj
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A first step in deepening our capacity for becoming whole is to consciously engage with
knowing the two overall aspects of each of the nine groupings - variously named with such
dual aspects as paired strategies, giftings/ woundings, have problems/at their best.
Deepening awareness through knowing the dual aspects of one’s grouping is, for most
people, something like having a jig-saw to solve presented in a finished state. As Riso and
Hudson write in The Wisdom of the Enneagram , “When you do discover your type, you will
know it. … Things that you have always known unconsciously about yourself will suddenly
become clear, and life patterns will emerge.” p.13.
A second step in deepening arises out of applying the wisdom underpinning the “arrows”
framework. Inherent in this framework is a re-presenting of the Ignatian concepts of
“consolation” and “desolation”. The “arrows” framework invites to taking notice of inner
energies that call to growth and others that have a “pull-down” quality about them. The
wisdom of this “arrows” framework is knowing what to do with what has been noticed.
A third framework of Enneagram Wisdom is Gurdjieff’s understanding of the Enneagram as
a cycle of development that permeates all life and living. The diagram (p5) is my adaption
of the wording of Gurdjieff’s expression of this cycle as presented in Klausbernd Vollmar’s
book The Secret of Enneagrams: Mapping the personality.
Lucy Tierney rsj
Enneagram Wisdom Frameworks (continued) Lucy Tierney rsj
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The Australian Network for Spiritual Direction, an ecumenical endeavour, is
committed to fostering spiritual direction and to the training of spiritual
directors in the Christian Community.
We believe spiritual direction to be a vital ministry in the continuing
transformation of all people. It is one of many ministries by which people are
set free to take their share in God's ongoing work. It is a ministry of guidance
taking many forms, and is exercised by women and men, lay and ordained.
The challenges and benefits of spiritual direction are both personal and
corporate in nature. This historical ministry is an effective tool for helping
people address the complex issues of our time.
The Network is committed to:
encouraging spiritual directors in their work
offering opportunities for care and nurture through regular gatherings and
communications
supporting national, regional and local training programs
We welcome to membership and involvement in the Australian Network for
Spiritual Direction all who desire to support this work.
This Statement was adopted by the original committee in Canberra in 1989
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Following the decision taken at the 2015 AGM, we have now moved our
banking from the Commonwealth Bank to the Suncorp bank.
In response to questions raised at the 2016 AGM, Suncorp Bank does not
have investments in fossil fuels.
The new details for direct depositing are:
BSB 484-799 and Account no 054 307 690.
The name of the account remains the same i.e. Australian Network for
Spiritual Direction or ANSD for short.
These details are also printed on the application form on the website if you
need them for future reference.
