A little of topic, free2bp2p, but who or what does your avatar represent...It looks like a Tibetan Lama too me.... [/b][/quote]Originally posted by nigel123+14 December 2003 - 08:25--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (nigel123 @ 14 December 2003 - 08:25)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-free2bp2p@14 December 2003 - 07:53
The first words written in Scott M. Peck's The Road Less Travelled is " Life is hard."
Or 'difficult' I don't remember. But you get the message.
Expect life to be made up of a series of losses. It's not that we have losses so much as what we do with those losses. Doesn't mean we can't have joy, experience love or true human ecstasy here on earth. http://leb.net/gibran/
In our country we suck at handling loss. With any loss you grieve and a period of time experiencing that is necessary.
In other countries humans are introduced to death at a much earlier age.
When we realize we are not "a unique and beautiful snowflake" and that we will someday die (hopefully NOT today) then we can grasp how precious and fragile life really is.
Cheer up it's taken me to 35 to actually feel I can be of help to my brothers and sisters.
Oh, also check your head for a nasty human legacy of disease called Alcoholism/Addiction.
Peace.
Yes,
It's a shrunk version of post #665978 to fit the forums rules for avatars.
It's a David Grey. Google--> Images--> David Grey.
I have a better puny avatar of the Dalai Lama I will fix now.
He and Khalil Gibran http://leb.net/gibran/ influenced me very much since my 30's.
'The Prophet' by K.G. is his most widely read.
Ever seen a live sand 'mandala' being made?
Here is a glimpse:
http://www.denison.edu/art/webmandala/ pages/fullman4.htm
Sensual Gardening/ Yogi,
I don't understand the reference, "Have a straw". I am just warming up to Buddhism. First with the Buddhist principle not to believe all that we read or hear without passing through our hearts first. It's a great alternative to the compulsion of fundamentalism.
Yoga rocks- Namaste.
L
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