Human Rights and Social Justice Pages

Last Updated March 2006

It is not an uncommon view that psychological and spiritual awareness are somehow incompatible with what are seen as secular socio-political activities.  This is not a view that we support.  We believe that the broad range of human rights and social justice issues which many people perceived to be a major problem in the world arise from a lack of psychological and spiritual awareness.  Clarissa Pinkola Estes, whom we quote below, a long-term social activist and Jungian analyst in the United States says that it was CG Jung's psychological commentarieson the events leading up to him during World War II that drew her to his work.  Volume 10 of his collected Works, "Civilisation in Transition" contains a searching psychological examination of the hidden causes of social strife which give rise to war. it is from an understanding of the works of CG Jung and the Seth material that we approach the problem of the human condition in all its challenges including those of human rights and social justice.

"Persons called to this work typically feel relentless sensation of brokenheartedness about the state of their world, or the world, but also carry an unshakable and inspired hope for humankind. There may be anger as well. The seemingly contradictory but powerful forces of the broken heart comingled with hope are the enduring underpinnings for effecting ongoing and positive change.

Question: You are saying that the social activist has a broken heart?

Answer: Yes, a heart that is broken open - and stays broken open -
a soul alert to its calling."

Clarissa Pinkola Estes - Author of Women Who Run with the Wolves",
interviewed in Psychological Perspectives magazine.

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These pages are dedicated the ongoing struggle for human rights and social justice world wide. Jesus Christ said,

"Whatever you do unto the least of my breatheren,
you do also unto me."

Jesus of Nazareth

We do not consider ourselves to be Christians but for us this saying encapsulates what we see as a core value in all struggles for human rights and social justice. It is, to us, also fitting because we believe as Mahatma Ghandi said that;

"Politics cannot be separated from spiritual values."

and that psychology,spirituality and socio-political aspects of life must be integrated.

These pages will be updated in an ongoing fashion to provide links to sites dealing with specific social justice and human rights issues and provide comment from time to time on matters of current interest to us.

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Native Title and Reconciliation

Pages related to the struggle of indigenous Australians for access to their stolen land and the forging of a just treaty or compact with non indigenous Australians as the basis for a future based on trust and mutual respect.

The Hunger Site

A site which by visiting allows you to donate food for aid to starving people all over the world.Sponsors of the site make a donation for every hit on the site. You are allowed to visit once daily.
East Timor Links and Information:

Happily we can now say that East Timor has achieved the first step in its goal of becoming an independent nation Under the leadership of its new President with his commitment to unity and reconciliations with East Timorese society hopefully a creative and fulfilling future lies ahead for the people of East Timor.

Free Tibet Sites and Information:

The Blue Mountains Free Tibet Group is an informal gathering of people in the Blue Mountains who support a free and independent Tibet and who offer practical aid to Tibetan refugees in Australian and in India and Nepal by raising funds to assist them. We are fortunate to have good contacts with the Tibetan community in Sydney and through the internet with Tibet support groups world wide.

Children Out of Detention

A group of parents and citizens opposed to the mandatory detention of children in Australian immigrations centres. We are appalled that Australia's treatment of asylum seekers breaches several UN Conventions to which Australia is a signatory. Aims to get all children and their primary carers out of detention and into the community.


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