There have never been just black people in Australia

Gulbalanha (gull ba lan ah) is a Wiradjuri (Weir rad jury) lifetime goal from the longest surviving society in the world – Aboriginal Australians - It is a state of peace, freedom from hostilities - an understanding of each other and self. It is the ultimate formula for Harmony

?“There are no black people in Australia,” Aunty said in an absolutely calm manner. Initially I was taken aback, and I admit a little bit concerned for her sanity.?It sounded crazy to me. Of course, there are black people in Australia, there once was a whole continent of black people and yes there are mixed heritage people with fair skin, but there are still Black Skin people here. ?How could Aunty not see that?

“Aboriginal people are not black,” she said. “They are Wiradjuri or Walpiri, or Gamilaraay, Arrernte, Wakka Wakka. They are not black. That was never all they were. They are just themselves. They are living beings on the land, directed since creation to care for mother. That is how they see themselves, and that is why they exist, that is who they are.” I felt slapped into a realisation and slowly started to perceive how colonised my and other people’s thinking had become in allocating people to a culture/personality/capacity based on their skin colour. How the colouring of people was used as a way to visually and mentally promote superiority of one kind of people. It is still being used today.

We then as a group of Aboriginal people of all ages and skin colour had the most amazing discussion about how once we would have never thought that way.?We talked about how we only became black skinned people when the colonial people came.?Before that we had a very defined and clear connection to who we were and what our purpose and responsibility to Australia was and a very strong relatedness to everything around us.

Aunty forced me to contemplate how much we have also become people who assign other humans to being this or that.?How each of these assignments, labels, skin colour come laden with an allocated presumption and negative history each person has to overcome prior to anyone looking at their humanity, kindness, and capacity.??What an insidious, psychological weapon of choice by those societies who felt their superiority as humans needed to be a visual reminder to others, that if you are not white skinned – you are by far inferior and uncivilised.

?This incredible conversation has really made me take a look at what I am willing to do so I can fit into a society and how most of us become complicit to what we know, and feel is not right. I do not know what it is like to live a life of a black skin person.?I am Aboriginal but I have inherited my dad’s Irish fairness.?However, I know what my dark skinned relatives and friends have experienced in Australia, since I have been alive. ??I am now on a journey to find out what this means for the relatedness and connection of mankind today, and if we can change or tweak these preprogrammed subconscious bias to stop judging others framed only on our own standards and rules for how to (look) think, feel and act.

It makes me wonder why as world we have so many separate countries and continents, but we are proven to come from one human gene pool??Why do we have huge disconnection from one another if we are meant to be one humanity?

Here in Australia we proudly promote to the rest of the world that we are inclusive and welcome different cultural groups to this country and then go about picking out particular ways we can prove we are indeed multicultural.?Wouldn’t it be an amazing world if we didn’t have to highlight such a thing??A time when it was just accepted that everyone was welcome and so bragging was not necessary.

?The Harmony Formula is a philosophy that follows the life long quest of Aboriginal people to find a formula for us all to start training our brains to make our worlds better and safer.?A new algorithm to share for a better world where humans and environments can harmoniously live together with emotional security and Empathy.??A world where I can stand side by side responsible for my fellow human family not just my Aboriginal family or blood relatives.

Why is a formula for defining connection important to have??

Because we don't all live in the same world. We all live with a lens created by our Ancient brain through a complex process of living a certain way over thousands of years and we each live in our own world. I don't mean this in some strange or mystic way. I mean this scientifically. Empathy is our ability to consciously build a bridge from our world to the world of another. It isn't fluffy, it is a powerful tool we need if we truly want to understand and build trust with others. Many people like to think they are individuals who are very much unique to all others.?We might not look exactly like each other on the outside, but inside our brains direct us to act as culture and think as a society.?We are exactly alike ?our family genetically for up to six generations.?This Cultural acting is modelled in our homes, on the TV, in our schools, churches and shopping centres as a way to socially adhere to accepted morals and laws.?To be a good Australian or Aboriginal for example.?This modelling creates a way of thinking and behaving that gives us the tools to be an accepted part of either a collective (Original) or individual (Contemporary) society, depending on your inherited genetic memory.

We constantly hear about Original (Collective) versus Contemporary (Individual) thinkers.?Many books and academic articles look at competitively which is better or more beneficial.?The Harmony Formula from Ancient Australia stops comparing and takes the very best behaviours and principles from each society and eras so we can learn from these incredible Harmony Thinkers.?

If we can learn to live for the betterment of others first - we will never be wrong

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