In Religious Education, and in the spirit of National Reconciliation Week, our Year 9 students have been exploring Aboriginal Spirituality by building their understanding of The Dreaming as a powerful and complex worldview that bridges the past, present, and future.<\/p>\n
As a continuation of this knowledge, students have been diving into understanding Kanyini as a sacred philosophy of interconnectedness, at the heart of which is unconditional love and responsibility.<\/p>\n
In their recent exam, students were asked to discuss the statement \u201cThe Dreaming is not just in the past\u201d with respect to their understanding of The Dreaming in Aboriginal Spirituality. Below is the insightful response by Year 9 student, Ruby Leppinus.<\/p>\n
Mary Nicolas<\/strong> <\/p>\n The Dreaming is not just in the past<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Dreaming in Aboriginal Spirituality is extremely important for shaping their worldview, way of living and perceptions of life. This is because \u201cThe Dreaming is not just in the past.\u201d This explains how The Dreaming is significant for Aboriginal spirituality. The Dreaming creates laws and customs for Aboriginal people to follow, demonstrating the interconnectedness. For example, The Dreaming refers to the ancestral spirits that created life on earth because before, earth was lifeless land. These ancestral spirits created lands for each Aboriginal tribe and a set of laws. For example, The Dreaming describes how certain Aboriginal tribes can\u2019t eat certain foods and what their totems are. This conveys how Aboriginal spirituality does affect life many years later, thus is not just in the past. It conveys the interconnectedness of all life on earth like how trees are family. This shapes community, culture, and identity. This means that The Dreaming shapes the indigenous worldview.<\/em><\/p>\n An example of this is in the song \u2018Warri Nagu, Warri Papa\u2019, sung by Rosie Sitorus and Peter Salmon to save Peter\u2019s ending language, Thiinma. This reveals the importance of The Dreaming to shape his connection to land, seas, and community. It conveys the interconnectedness of all aspects of indigenous life. This is evident in the quote \u201cthere is no rain without water,\u201d revealing the significance of The Dreaming in creation of land, and life, thus shaping Peter\u2019s worldview, highlighting the significance of The Dreaming in shaping the past, present, and future.<\/em><\/p>\n Thus, The Dreaming is \u201cnot just in the past.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Ruby Leppinus<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Religious Education, and in the spirit of National Reconciliation Week, our Year 9 students have been exploring Aboriginal Spirituality by building their understanding of The Dreaming as a powerful and complex worldview that bridges the past, present, and future. As a continuation of this knowledge, students have been diving into understanding Kanyini as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[118],"class_list":["post-25688","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-religious-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/25688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=25688"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=25688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nReligious Education Teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n