The Inaugural Learning Community International Life Work Conference @ Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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Remaking My Life — I am Not Going Through All This Alone
Accompany．Reconciliation．Trust
Conference Date: June 3rd – 6th, 2023
This conference will focus on the following three dimensions:
Accompany
A healthy relationship comes from support and cooperation, not selfishness and competition.
Reconciliation
To reconnect with past traumas and to renew one’s life, life’s problems need to be understood rather than to be resolved.
Trust
Fully convinced that everything that happens in life has a valid reason is a very high level of trust in the attitude towards life.
This conference is open to the general public, regardless of language, race, wealth, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ability, all are welcome to participate and contribute.
Language Medium
Mandarin Chinese, English
Remaking our Life
- Strengthen the exchange and interflow of the international work of moral and spiritual enlightenment.
- Build a working conception for learning companionship with a broader and more global mindset.
Date of Conference
June 3rd – 6th, 2023
Conference Venue
Armada Hotel @ Petaling Jaya, Selangor State
The conference will begin at 4.00 pm on Saturday, June 3rd, and end on Tuesday, June 6th after lunch. Petaling Jaya is a city located in the west of Kuala Lumpur and belongs to the state of Selangor. It is also a satellite city of the Kuala Lumpur Metropolis. The city was upgraded to a city hall on July 20th, 2006. The conference venue is air-conditioned the whole day, and participants are advised to bring their own warm clothes.
For more information please contact AKASHA @ +60-3-89586877
Email: remakingmylife@myakasha.org
or @WhatsApp +60-16-3318763
Organiser
The registered non-profitable organisation under R.O.S. of Home Affair Ministry REG: PPM012-14-14062011
AKASHA Learning Companionship Association of Malaysia
AKASHA Learning Companionship has worked diligently and tirelessly in Malaysia for 18 years, holding onto and advocating for the values of IofC, change starts with me, ardently following the path of changing lives first through changing your own life. Our work has received enthusiastic support from many sectors of society and shall continue to bring warmth to the community and wholeheartedly dedicate ourselves to everyone’s benefit.
Origins
AKASHA Learning Companionship Association is founded on the ideals of international Initiatives of Change (IofC) and began its journey within the Chinese communities of Malaysia. Mother Teresa once said ‘We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. We should never be afraid of going against the values of the world.’ Following this belief, we embarked on this one-way journey of lifelong learning and growth.
However, numerous challenges came along the way, causing unprecedented damage to individuals, families, societies, nations, and even the world at large. Spiritual disintegration, moral corruption, frenzy and perversity, religious warfare, mental illness, antisocial phenomenon, twisted personality, hypocrisy, overflow of ideologies, and so on. All these stem from our ignorance and fear in life. Fear prompts people to carry out horrifying actions and paralyzes our capacity to function normally. If we are not able to properly understand life, the extension of challenges from life shall severely impede our growth in life.
Frank Buchman, the founder of Moral Re-Armament (MRA), sensed that the greed and aggression of human nature had spiralled out of control between the second world wars in the previous century. He had been practicing quiet time for years, listening to and following the inner guidance, subsequently proposing the idea of ‘Change Starts with Me’, coupled with four universal moral values──honesty, purity, selflessness, and love, and adding to them the standard of ‘absoluteness’ so as to right the wrongs of the world, combated the morally and spiritually collapsing human nature, corrupted politics of greed, excessive and unfettered aggression, selfish and self-interested commercial competitions and so on. Hence a global movement of ‘moral and spiritual re-armament was initiated in 1938 in England and spread across the world. People from all around the globe brought the ideals of this movement back to their home countries and further developed them, starting a wave of enthusiastic changes in moral re-armament.
AKASHA Learning Companionship has worked diligently and tirelessly in Malaysia for 17 years, holding onto and advocating for the values of IofC, change starts with me, ardently following the path of changing lives first through changing your own life. Our work has received enthusiastic support from many sectors of society and shall continue to bring warmth to the community and wholeheartedly dedicate ourselves to everyone’s benefit. In recent years, the concept of learning companionship has gradually spread across Bandung, Jakarta of Indonesia; Songjiang district of Shanghai, Fuzhou of Fujian province of China. Furthermore, with the support of the spiritual origin of learning companionship──Tainan of Taiwan, Tainan City Family EQ Development Association, the EQ System and Chinese in Action (CinA) Framework, AKASHA has decided to implement the plan of ‘Learning Companionship International Life Work Conference’ as its 20th-anniversary approaches. This plan shall run for a period of 10 years, with a conference held every two years and the first three conferences held in Malaysia so as to strengthen the capacity of the on-the-ground participating members to host events; whereas the last two conferences are planned to take place overseas so as to promote the concept to other nations and regions with such needs.
Mission
- Broaden the international perspective of participants by providing an opportunity to take part in and observe international conferences.
- Cement Malaysia’s foundation a platform for a learning companionship nation within the Southeast Asia region and beyond.
Objectives
- Strengthen the exchange and interflow of the international work of moral and spiritual enlightenment.
- Build a working conception for learning companionship with a broader and more global mindset.
- Support and consolidate the development and cooperation between ‘sub-learning companionship’ across nations
Conference Venue and Accommodation
Conference Fees
This is a non-profit conference, however, some basic conference fees are necessary. Please review the fees when registering. Fee details will be indicated on the Google registration form.
Conference Schedule
Particulars
Rollcall/Ice-breaking
Rollcall will start at 3.00 pm, allowing overseas participants to get to the venue in advance and get familiar with it, as well as join the tea session where old friends and new alike can get to know each other and mingle.
A Gathering of Initiators of Change
Opening ceremony. This will be a warm and welcoming night, introducing initiators of change from different places in Asia and other continents and creating a joyful avenue for gathering. There will also be an introduction explaining the objective of hosting this conference and its format. 5 guests will also share their 7-minute life stories of putting to practice the spirit of “learning from life, change starts with me”.
Quiet Time
Looking upwards to connect with the supreme power —accept guidance from the supreme power. Open up yourself to learn, giving new interpretations to the sufferings in life with a willing heart to experience pain.
Looking inwards to right the wrongs — learning to love yourself, being willing to positively review your past, not running away from problems, and utilizing the 4 absolute standards as tools to make corrections for your inner self.
Looking outwards to take action —nobody can do on our behalf what we are supposed to do ourselves. Change begins with ourselves, orienting our lives to become a life of offering and dedication.
Open Space — Declaring My Change
The use of Open Space Technology allows every participant to develop more space for narratives, so that personal life stories can be told and spread across every corner, and everyone’s story can be fully heard.
Open Space — Stating My Action
The use of Open Space Technology allows every participant to develop more space for narratives so that personal life stories of action can be shared, more like-minded people can join the force, and everyone’s story of action can be fully heard.
Living Library
In the Living Library session, we shall handpick with great care 15 books of life stories and let each participant freely choose 2 books to read. Drinks will also be offered so that everyone can listen to wonderful stories of change in the most relaxed manner.
Talent Nite Show
There will be a rich collection of different varieties of national, cultural, traditional, and creative expressions by participants from different regions, presenting on stage multicultural performances and creating a collective memory before everyone’s departure.
Bazaar Learning Companionship
In the form of a bazaar-sharing space, we welcome learning community life workers and organisations from all over the world to exchange information and share resources.
Determination and Commitment to Life
Before the end of the conference, make a determination for yourself. No matter whether or not you can find a like-minded collaboration, a commitment made here is respect and love for life. This respect and love will only have genuine influence if you take concrete actions, turning your life into actions carrying meaningful growth.