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WEDNESDAY 3 FEB; Pains and Poems

Behind the scene Amida members are working to organise some extra hands at Eleusis. I am quite healthy... except a leg problem. This morning I postponed my operation for a new hip. I was supposed to be operated on next week. As long as David is still

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WEDNESDAY 9 DEC; Body Dharma

Today is the second day of the Bodhi retreat. It has been a wonderful energetic day. The morning service was beautiful with strong melodic chanting. And the rise of the morning sun encouraged our chants and filled the meditation hall with beautiful m

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SUNDAY 10 Jan ~ Hibernation

We had a quiet day of reading, writing and chatting, in part due to the continuance of the wet weather. It seems as though it has not stopped raining this year. There are occasional small outbursts of sunshine but quite quickly it clouds in again and

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Teacher / Student

   Dear Dharmavidya, word of your illness saddened me much more deeply than I would have imagined.Though I've been involved in spiritual practice for many years, I've never had a true teacher/student relationship until recently with you.The thought o

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SUNDAY 14 Feb ~ Happy Household

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Eleusis is full. Susthama, Damian and their two chilren, Selena and Dorian have joined us so the place is a-buzz with activity and little voices. Together we have done a certain amount of reorganisation of rooms and spaces. We are g

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MONDAY 28 DEC; little shrine

A quiet day at home again. David had some writing to finish. He writes a lot about mindfulness these days. In these last days of this year my mind is full of ideas for the new year, specifically for the new retreats we want to organise at Eleusis. We

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