Results for "meditation"

With coming up to 900 entries - actually 894 and  640,400 words (587,287 words in War and Peace) this has definitely become a habit, very unusual as a discipline for a Gemini, for ever looking for new stimuli. I can give a number of reasons or perhaps rationalizations why I write. # it's a very good way of venting emotions # it's a good way to emotionally stabilise myself # writing down how I...

Just for a change, I wake to a clear blue sky.  It is still cold though. I was listening to a rare attempt on BBC today radio program to present both sides of the vaccine argument. Of course they ended off on a skeptical note, 'science versus belief' not mentioning that most of the quoted studies are industry funded. The name Andrew Wakefield came up. He was vilified for daring to associate the...

One thing that is guaranteed is that the best things in life happen without premeditation or planning. When you plan something, there is no guarantee of success for example when you arrange a date, when you book a holiday, when you enter a restaurant, you are still taking a gamble that you were either enjoy the event or not enjoy the event. Françoise and I decided to go to our old haunt, the Old...

Strangely from the timing point of view, we have been invited to a party which starts at 3pm this afternoon. The time and space without pressure at this juncture of the holiday period gives me the opportunity to reflect on certain matters. We are seeing increasing insanity with regard to the play between sexes as I've mentioned before and I am going to use this peace and quiet period to record...

Today I went to my coffee morning at my local church, Holy Trinity in Paulton. The vicar had left for another parish the previous Monday. In spite of this or perhaps because of this, the place was full and about 20 people turned up. Maybe they felt in the absence of a vicar the need for mutual self-assurance among our small but dedicated congregation. We had a long chat about holidays,...

No, this is not diary material but it's something that everyone should be aware of. Its not a question of conspiracy theory but conspiracy fact. Ed. FB is less and less likely to be a source of impartial information. I was shocked to read in a blog the list of casualties. Read the full article here. A List of Facebook Casualties The following list is a work in progress—and these are just the...