Yet, we also have a collective one.
We’ve been told many times that
we all have a
story within.
A story of what it means to be human and right now, we get to decide what’s in the next chapter. It’s up to us if the story of our humanity reads like true crime or becomes a hero’s journey where we come together to build a future worth choosing. We all have a role to play in creating our tomorrow, and one of Jon's roles is as a storyteller inspiring transformation through words.
As we come together to break the mold of who we were told to be, we must write new stories to create a new future, and these are the ones he's writing at the moment.
We’ve been told many times that we all have a
story within us.
WRITING
Themes Jon is Currently Exploring
The Story of Men
The Story of Men
"I’m intrigued about how we can call it quits on outdated thinking about masculinity, breaking out of the mold and rethinking what it is to be a man. My writing on this topic explores the origins of our patriarchal culture and the ways this plays out in us. I'm excited to expand the conversation that is bringing about a new harmony between the genders as a step toward building a culture that honors all of life; a future worth choosing."
Your Planet (still) Needs You
"We’re nearly two decades on since I wrote my book Your Planet Needs You, and lots has changed, including me. We're now acquainted with social media and pandemics, we're moved (or not) by #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter. The Earth groans as she feeds more mouths, 2 billion more in just 18 years. I’m sitting down to review the arguments in the book, gauge our progress and ponder how I might treat the subject today."
Your Planet (Still) Needs You
Messages From The Medicine
"In my deliberate engagement with the mystery I have a practice to explore other realms of consciousness and perception. In these psychonautical adventures I am allowed glimpses of a wider reality and given guidance and answers to the questions I bring. The fruits of this are ever more relevant and powerful truths that I aim to incorporate into my life, my work and my writing."
Messages From The Medicine
Questions Men Ask
"Through my podcast and writing, I'm exploring the questions men are asking in the highly-charged debate about the role of men.
As the culture war rages around us, many voices are aiming to define how a man should be a man. Perhaps more interesting and valuable to ask is, "how do we as a society reliably produce healthy men, able to play a part in creating a future that works for everyone?"
Questions Men Ask
And The Occasional Poem
"Sometimes the Universe speaks to me in poetry. Often these poems have an accompanying story and speak to particular moments. Sometimes they are an attempt to capture the ineffable.
Frequently I've discovered, sometimes a little too late, that these poems come to me to guide my own next steps. Often they nourish others too."
And The Occasional Poem
"There are big books, scary books, denial books and boring books about the human predicament. This one is so quick and easy to read, so well illustrated and covers the whole system so well there can be no sound reason for not reading it and passing it on to all your friends from children to the aged. "Your Planet needs You" is challenging, but not depressing and it gives us all something to do about it."
(Sir John Whitmore, Author, consultant and organiser of Be the Change conference)
Your Planet Needs You is a declaration that we must act if we want to create the world we want for ourselves and future generations. It explores the worldview that would support the world that we want and suggests simple and practical ways we can think and act in alignment with that vision.
Your Planet Needs You (Book: 2006)
A Handbook for creating the world that we want.
“I AM absolutely WOWED..."
'A deep transmission of modern wisdom and love. "
"This is the missing link from the movie The Secret!”
(Online Reviews)
Man has searched for the Truth since the beginning of time but all along the answers have only ever been discovered and experienced, from within, in the silent language of the heart, encoded into the Creation DNA of life itself.
The Truth, The Journey Within magically weaves the teachings of 25 visionaries, Warriors of Wisdom, quantum/bio/neuro-scientific experts bridging science, spirituality, and ancient wisdom. Jon was honored to be amongst them.
The Truth: The Journey Within (Movie: 2024)
A Living Message For Humanity
"A Leonard Cohen of the jungle!! "
(Jeffrey Milburn, Visionary Artist and Author)
"Your poems are stunning: the evocation or your words, the rhythm of your voice, and the music so supportive of your message. I support your Voice."
(Noëlle Poncelet, Psychologist & Shamanic Teacher)
Poetry allows us to probe new realms of thought and possibility, it allows us to travel without constraint in time and space. In these turbulent times this compilation explores a wider reality in which stars sing, souls collide and your healing serves all. May these words permeate your listening to nourish your heart, kindle inspiration and arouse new passions.
Songs of Uprising (Book & Recording: 2015)
Poetry to Guide us Home
Messages from the Rainforest
(TedX Talk: 2016)
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
"Beautifully expressed Jon. Thank you for being their Voice."
"You have a gift of empowering those around you to not only find what calls to them but also to act on it."
"You have touched many and continue to touch many. Thank you."
(Audience Feedback)
TED Talks are ideas that can change the world. And these Messages from the Rainforest certainly can. Distilled from his experiences with the peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon, Jon reminds us of the deep truths that have guided the jungle dwellers for thousands of generations. The wisdom that is encoded in their traditional ways has much more to offer us than we realize. Let these ideas in.
"Jon Symes and David Molden have blended postmodernist management ideas into a brilliant and practical book to line your staff up with you rather than against you."
(Alan Black, Brown & Root Energy Services)
This book leads you to understand the levers of alignment, and how to use them to produce the results you want. Presented with this powerful set of principles you will learn an approach which can be tailored to every business situation. The vital challenges of Innovation, Leadership and Managing Change are each examined through this new and insightful perspective.
Realigning for Change (Book: 1999)
8 principles for successful change management in your organization.
