Serendipity The art of stumbling upon happy, pleasant or lovely things by chance. Journey to Wild Divine

As I headed to where I was to speak on one of the panels, I quietly opened the door and stood in the back of one of the other rooms. I knew without being told that what was being shown on a screen and talked about was a system called bio–feedback. This teaches the control of emotions; something I had seen used successfully, though in a very primitive form, with indigenous children in Australia. Watching the amazing graphics and computer technology with finger sensors, I didn’t want to leave.

Quickly closing the door and hurrying to another room, I promised myself I would seek out the people from this Journey to Wild Divine and find out more about it.

I very much enjoyed being a member of my panel. I made some good friends amongst them and among some of the audience too. One I specially remember from the audience was Judain Breitenbach, a former nun, I think it surprised her when I put her on the spot and asked her to read the One Mind One Voice poem instead of me.

I didn’t have to wait long to see the Journey game again. Next morning I found to my delight Rob Grier demonstrating it where breakfast was being served. As we chatted I told him the story about Geoff Guest, an old indigenous cowboy up in the far north of Queensland. Geoff used bio- feedback in conjunction with other methods - like breaking in horses – to help rehabilitate kids with drug, booze and petrol-sniffing problems with good effect.

Rob was impressed and wanted to know more. I told him I would love to help get the game into Australia and show it first to indigenous people. I was already thinking Djarragun at Gordonvale.

I think we both knew we would somehow be working together in the future. After returning to Oz we kept in touch and once he learned how poor I really was, he arranged for a game to be sent free of charge.

I promised to take the game up north. But before I could do that, I had lots to do to set up the Peace Embassy now more urgently needed than ever.

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