Friday, 23rd May, 2025, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm St. John’s Church, Bridgetown
(Both live and streamed)
Minni Jain - on The Water of Consciousness
Is global warming a ‘consciousness problem’? Consciousness is generally
understood as the state of being aware of ‘oneself’ and one's
surroundings. To be in this state one has to have life—or be ‘alive’. There is of course more to ‘consciousness’ than
just the physical manifestation of it. There is the ‘awareness of self’ and of
all that is interconnected across a cosmic level going far beyond an
anthropocentric definition of it. Whichever view you hold, the basic and essential material foundation of life (and the physical
manifestation of consciousness) is water.
Is water's role only
that of a medium for biological processes? Does lack of water lead to a ‘loss’
of consciousness? Do people living in water rich areas have MORE consciousness?
Do people facing poverty and hunger have LESS consciousness? Or do they
get a fast track into understanding consciousness and interconnectedness? Through
the example of community driven ground water retention projects across the
planet and how they are helping deal with global warming, Minni Jain will
be asking questions around ‘consciousness’ and our experience of it in
a world that is fast losing its understanding of life’s natural processes
and of ‘consciousness’ itself.
Minni Jain is the Operations
Director of the Flow Partnership (www.theflowpartnership.org) working globally
with locally community-led management of floods and droughts using simple,
successful, low-cost, traditional methods. She also runs Water Schools (www.waterschools.org) a global platform
for community sharing of successful water retention practices. Minni is also
the co-author of ‘The Language of Water: Ancient techniques and community
stories for a water secure future’ (available at all bookshops and
online).
Cost:
£5
Booking
via Eventbrite HERE
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