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Friday, May 23, 2003
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What is the need in young people that the YES Quest meets?
Young Subud members from all five continents are already organising their equipment and air tickets in preparation for the YES Quest in the Australian Desert this August. Many are embarking on the challenge of raising the necessary funds to attend and some are negotiating time off their studies.
If itís anything like the first Quest in Kalimantan, they are heading for an exciting, challenging and life changing experience.
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There are ten people preparing to come. We would ideally like fifteen, so that means there are still places available. To ensure the ongoing success of the program as a whole we hope these places will be filled.
For me personally, working on the YES Quest has been an inspiring experience. I returned after the Kalimantan Quest feeling truly satisfied, having had one of the ultimate experiences of my life so far. I was full of admiration, respect and love for all those who took part, (including myself) and I was very thankful I hadnít listened to my doubt and laziness a few months earlier tempting me to just stay where I was and forget about Kalimantan and the Quest.
In January this year the YES Quest team did some testing around what is the need in young people that the YES Quest meets. In the testing I felt a strong wind, like a storm, and it was a hopeless struggle to stand tall. I partially collapsed in hopelessness, despair, and confusion, feeling lost and having no place. We then looked into how we could help. For a young person who had successfully completed a Quest it felt like they now stood tall in that storm, swaying but strong in a sense of who they were and what they had to offer, a feeling of having a valuable place in the world. The intensity of these tests served to ětune me back inî and enliven some action.
So now the Desert Quest program has been created and plans have been made to offer further Quests in Kalimantan as well as looking into other locations and also programs for adults. We are doing our best to offer support to individuals to successfully raise the funds to participate, with the aim of creating a significant opportunity to have fun and adventure in sharing an empowering experience.
Visit www.yesquest.org and join us on the Desert Quest 2003.
Hamilton Barnett inscape@lis.net.au Tel: +61 2 6685 4125
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