Reskillience

Oh, Miserable Modernity! with Yin Paradies

Feb 25, 2024

Yin Paradies, Chair of Race Relations at Deakin University, discusses topics like the aliveness of everything, passivity's potential, karma yoga, eldering, and intentional communities. They also explore the significance of interconnectedness, community at Anamkara, and essential soft skills for community resilience.

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Quick takeaways

Work at Animkara is viewed as karma yoga - work as love, not a chore.

Elders at Animkara guide without imposing, emphasizing trust and maturity.

Modernity lacks soft fascination; highlights need for soft skills and communal connections.

Deep dives

The Philosophy of Work at Animkara

Work at Animkara is seen as an integral part of communal life, where it is enfolded into daily activities and approached with communal joy. The podcast delves into the concept of karma yoga, where work is viewed as an act of love rather than a necessary evil. The discussion highlights the balance between work and communal activities, emphasizing the importance of shared experiences and a holistic approach to living.

Insights on intentional communities

01:16

Consensus-Based Decision Making in Sociocracy

01:20

Gifting and Borrowing Over Give and Take

01:40

Introduction

4min

Exploring Indigenous Roots and Activist Identity

14min

Embracing Interconnectedness and Community at Anamkara

27min

Exploring Eldering and Sociocracy in Decision-Making

5min

Embracing Work, Community, and Sacredness

16min

Essential Soft Skills for Community Resilience

2min

Exploring the Importance of Silliness and Humor in Indigenous Traditions

3min

Dr. Yin Paradies is a loving tearer downerer of teetering assumptions, a recalibrator of compasses, an Aboriginal-Asian-Anglo Australian conducting deep research on racism, anti-racism, Indigenous knowledges and decolonisation.

Despite inhabiting a comfortable burrow in academia as the Chair of Race Relations at Deakin University, he’s also an anarchist, an animist, a trickster, a disruptor and a sage voice on so many topics that Reskillience is interested in. This is one of those convos that creeps up on you, that builds in energy and quietly blows shit apart.

We discuss the aliveness of everything, the possibility in passivity, the nature of prayer, the perils of intentional communities and how Yin and his kin at Anam Cara are doing things differently. We talk about karma yoga, eldering, sociocracy and little bits of carrot floating in the soup of consciousness. I loved my time with Yin, and welcome you intto this quietly radical conversation.

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