Good morning! Back from a rather prolonged and severe sojourn in migraine-land - bad. No meditation since last Saturday. I'm really glad to be back here and looking forward to sitting.
Oh dear, Jean, I thought you'd gone on a trip. I am sorry to hear it's been so difficult. A migraine for that long, ouch. Hope it's fully gone. Very glad you're back.
Jean, so happy to see you back with us, but sorry about the migraines. I miss you when you're away. Such a beautiful entry on your blog today about being lost ... a splendid week of hiking in the forest and then returning to a week of pain ... go figure that
Also, good to see Udge back here ... when he's away I miss his goofy South Park face
and, Brenda, on your recommendation, we watched the movie Samsara last night ... strangely beautiful and quite bizarre, then decided it might be subtitled The Horny Lama. we'll probably watch it again because it really is lovely. I always feel sad and bewildered when they take those tiny children away from their parents.
I have been keeping the commitment and find that it has value, I think perhaps a lot of value, that I cannot explain. To try would not work and probably would miss the mark.
Although I have not posted in awhile, I keep you all in my thoughts, wish you well, and "all beautiful things".
Janice, that is hilarious! What a great title. But the landscape of Ladakh in Northern India, the temple, the houses hewn into mountains, even the objects of daily use, cups, plates, clothes, the rocks with mantras carved on them, these were so beautiful. The trapeze lovemaking scene was most strange, indeed. Though at the end when Pema walks around and around Tashi and speaks of Yasodhara, the Buddha's wife, and of his child, who he abandoned for enlightenment, I found that quite moving and thought-provoking. Afterwards I thought the true 'Buddha' of the film was Pema herself.
It was a lush visual feast of a land and way of life and an interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism.
Giving a child to the safe-keeping of another, religious or otherwise, has been practiced through history. Chinese families are still doing it with adoptive North American and European parents. So that didn't bother me as much as it might have in a different context.
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Good morning! Back from a rather prolonged and severe sojourn in migraine-land - bad. No meditation since last Saturday. I'm really glad to be back here and looking forward to sitting.
Udge, really good to see you back here!
Oh dear, Jean, I thought you'd gone on a trip. I am sorry to hear it's been so difficult. A migraine for that long, ouch. Hope it's fully gone. Very glad you're back.
Jean, so happy to see you back with us, but sorry about the migraines. I miss you when you're away. Such a beautiful entry on your blog today about being lost ... a splendid week of hiking in the forest and then returning to a week of pain ... go figure that
Also, good to see Udge back here ... when he's away I miss his goofy South Park face
and, Brenda, on your recommendation, we watched the movie Samsara last night ... strangely beautiful and quite bizarre, then decided it might be subtitled The Horny Lama. we'll probably watch it again because it really is lovely. I always feel sad and bewildered when they take those tiny children away from their parents.
Oh, Jean, ow. I'm glad you are feeling "back"!
Awake in the middle of the night, restless, began to follow my breaths, did that for several minutes and then suddenly it was morning.
I have been keeping the commitment and find that it has value, I think perhaps a lot of value, that I cannot explain. To try would not work and probably would miss the mark.
Although I have not posted in awhile, I keep you all in my thoughts, wish you well, and "all beautiful things".
Arthur
Janice, that is hilarious! What a great title. But the landscape of Ladakh in Northern India, the temple, the houses hewn into mountains, even the objects of daily use, cups, plates, clothes, the rocks with mantras carved on them, these were so beautiful. The trapeze lovemaking scene was most strange, indeed. Though at the end when Pema walks around and around Tashi and speaks of Yasodhara, the Buddha's wife, and of his child, who he abandoned for enlightenment, I found that quite moving and thought-provoking. Afterwards I thought the true 'Buddha' of the film was Pema herself.
It was a lush visual feast of a land and way of life and an interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism.
Giving a child to the safe-keeping of another, religious or otherwise, has been practiced through history. Chinese families are still doing it with adoptive North American and European parents. So that didn't bother me as much as it might have in a different context.
Glad you saw it!
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