I've been cleaning out my room - a slow job in which it gets worse before it gets better. The trouble is that one finds interesting things and spends time browsing them rather than getting on with the job - but then, that is half the fun. Enjoy life.
Read more…One of Those Mornings
Today I decided to make mulch to put around the roses that were planted the other day in order to give them some frost protection. In the morning i shredded all the blackthorn and rose cuttings that had been lying in a heap in t
I know you are not supposed to plant roses in December,
but this is no ordinary December. It feels more like September. Anyway, it was good to get out in the fresh air and exercise some muscles and get some more of the flower bed turned over. I had
Perhaps as a complement to the discussion area on Melancholia, here is a space for us to review the question of Happiness. You might find the article by Robert Ellia at http://www.middlewaysociety.org/the-happiness-delusion/ interesting.
Read more…This is a space in which to discuss and share matters relating to depression, sadness, grief, melancholia, and related phenomena. There is a relevant paper posted in "Pages" listed in the right margin of the group page.
Read more…Today i had a quiet day writing as i have a couple of assignments that i need to get done before the end of the year. Elja was doing a variety of domestic tasks. Between times we had some nice conversations. An easy day. Namo Amida Bu.
Read more…I'm splitting this discussion of the meaning of love out as a separate discussion since it is a tangent to the original which was aboput man-woman communication and how the sexes understand things that get said. All the comments in this post were put
Read more…When i came down to make breakfast this morning i checked my mail and a former lover messaged me on Facebook. It was lovely to hear from here. I felt all soft inside. She told me that when we had last met, a while back, her feelings for me had been r
Read more…Included in the selections from the Parinirvana Sutta posted in the Buddhism Group is the following:
22. "Now there are eight kinds of assemblies, Ananda, that is to say, assemblies of nobles, brahmans, householders, ascetics, of the Four Great Kings
Read more…We had a day mostly devoted to Aphrodite. We took our new statue to be blessed in the Buddha hall and chanted a lot of nembutsu...
After a snack we went out to Aphrodite's sacred field, enjoying the warm sunshine and did some clearing toward th
Read more…EMOTIONS
It has been quite a day. Not easy to convey. We had a discussion in the early hours of the morning - one of those where you are not entirely sure what you are talking about but you know it is important. The past few days there has been someth
This is a space for the discussion of polyamory, a movement that is attracting attention, especially in America, that raises fundamental questions about conventional relationships and the norms and taboos that surround them. Some of us have been foll
Read more…Today we did our last shopping before Christmas. Shopping before Christmas. Shopping is certainly a pretty Pagan form of celebration, indulging in all the sensual attractions of food, colour, and goodies. We bought a tree and lights and have already
Read more…The Journey
We were up soon after 5am today. It was pouring with rain so packing the car was a bit of an operation, especially as we are carrying quite a quantity of stuff - much of it food, books and tools that we acquired in UK and elsewhere along
It is hard to believe we are so close to Christmas and the end of the year, the weather is so mild. Around the area where we are staying there are buttercups flowering - they should not be out until February. We have enjoyed our stay with Maitrisimha
Read more…Still in Den Haag. Amazing to find a statue of Quan Yin in the middle of all the gaity and commercialism of Christmas...
Travelled to The Hague to stay in the co-housing community where La Ville au Roi (Eleusis) members Maitrisimha and Annetta live.
I travelled to Oud Turnhout and stayed with La Ville au Roi (Eleusis) member Katrien. As usual we had some wonderful discussions about Buddhism, relationships, solitude and the stages of life.
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