tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.comments2019-11-18T07:29:32.394+05:30travelswithsimonThe Hamilton Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02665504155158593006noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-68592285942070700172010-07-16T23:29:32.431+05:302010-07-16T23:29:32.431+05:30Travel safely :) xTravel safely :) xFiona Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800004498494209632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-62938739802339489952010-07-16T23:23:49.569+05:302010-07-16T23:23:49.569+05:30Thank you for all the wonderful writings, Darling ...Thank you for all the wonderful writings, Darling S. In some form or another, I'm certain, we all want to read and hear more from you. Safe and happy return home. xxBaronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997604618880700669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-37175479496889642932010-07-14T02:02:43.472+05:302010-07-14T02:02:43.472+05:30Oh, Simon, how awful.
Stay safe, darling.
Much lo...Oh, Simon, how awful. <br />Stay safe, darling.<br />Much love,<br />xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676463646770306301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-85985627757308899352010-06-27T20:38:30.982+05:302010-06-27T20:38:30.982+05:30"For every evil in India, whether it be in ed..."For every evil in India, whether it be in education, corruption or the greed for power and money, there is a good. Maybe it's not a full counter-balance but it's there." ... Yes ...I believe you will find this wherever you go on this planet and wherever you look back in history. :)Fiona Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800004498494209632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-42798876419779395622010-06-21T20:12:12.808+05:302010-06-21T20:12:12.808+05:30So much to think about and 'The White Tiger...So much to think about and 'The White Tiger' springs back to mind. The worrying thing is that your three points - education, corruption and money - are fast becoming equally problematic in the so-called developed world. But that's what you are telling us, I feel, or more to the point, that's where the rot started. It can't just be human nature, can it? Poverty? progress, greed? Let's live with what we have, and hope, and work towards a different way of living. Next time I arrive on these shores, I will not bribe the immigration official in order to avoid a two hour wait. I'll wait and elegantly faint in the heat. Maybe.Baronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997604618880700669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-10860463180995533072010-06-18T18:04:54.984+05:302010-06-18T18:04:54.984+05:30Simonico, all over the world, still Making Things ...Simonico, all over the world, still Making Things Happen! How do you do that, the 'If I Will It, It will Come to Pass' routine? You should bottle it... Lovely post, btw, was really there with you. And perfect pics - tho' I'd have liked a close up of Feel My Heart's face.... xxxHabiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839739262759916490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-78473291846053300652010-06-17T12:39:48.674+05:302010-06-17T12:39:48.674+05:30great post Simon Glad to see you are taking life ...great post Simon Glad to see you are taking life so seriously ;)Fiona Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800004498494209632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-13719496466592421762010-06-17T12:33:37.372+05:302010-06-17T12:33:37.372+05:30Ah, the thrill of the chase!Ah, the thrill of the chase!Kathy Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064377054679318724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-74923366940780008002010-06-16T04:44:56.731+05:302010-06-16T04:44:56.731+05:30Reading this feels like being there. Thank you Sim...Reading this feels like being there. Thank you Simon. xxBaronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997604618880700669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-8974505026598074972010-06-11T00:14:53.061+05:302010-06-11T00:14:53.061+05:30Hmm. Sounds like you need a bit of a chuckle thera...Hmm. Sounds like you need a bit of a chuckle therapy, my darling. Try 1/2 an hour logging on to the BBC's Listen Again site & dipping into today's (if you don't want to hear the scores) Look Away Now on R4 - such a larf. I listened to it earlier while I was planting out my chillie & tomato seedlings and had a good old guffaw. <br /><br />In the meantime, may the clay dance to balance you .........<br /><br />hey, you know the rest.<br /><br />Much love,<br />xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676463646770306301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-56142416997888141572010-06-07T11:42:10.841+05:302010-06-07T11:42:10.841+05:30I somehow didnt say who the quoteon the best way t...I somehow didnt say who the quoteon the best way to meditate was from. It was the Dalai Lama who answered it was to inquire deeply into things and then decide how to take action and do so.Fiona Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800004498494209632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-2167379215949625352010-06-07T02:10:28.529+05:302010-06-07T02:10:28.529+05:30Anna, I just had the same conversation with Simon ...Anna, I just had the same conversation with Simon on iChat just yesterday, about being bored by my own company, and feeling empty without others and having no interest at all in the sound of my own breath.... we're on the same page. I think I admire the attitude Fiona describes, and Simon was searching for, but without being able to do anything about it for myself. I just don't enjoy being alone, end of. No amount of 'working on myself' makes any difference. Luckily for us, there are billions out there. (some of them are even tolerable). xxHabiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839739262759916490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-78820612689295504592010-06-07T02:05:41.379+05:302010-06-07T02:05:41.379+05:30Leaving's tough, but you can always go back. R...Leaving's tough, but you can always go back. Returning is a whole other joy. Safe travels my friend, and keep on blogging, we need these vicarious pleasures and your writing is beautiful. Leopard droppings! How deliciously alarming. xxHabiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839739262759916490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-63991031915992377752010-06-07T01:11:37.313+05:302010-06-07T01:11:37.313+05:30travel safely :)travel safely :)Fiona Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800004498494209632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-4661026104550142852010-06-05T22:29:13.477+05:302010-06-05T22:29:13.477+05:30point taken, fiona! my resistance was to a search ...point taken, fiona! my resistance was to a search for so-called 'inner peace' at the expense of 'outer peace' - ie, satisfying relations with other people. i suppose i'm just not very good at solitary pursuits - my own company tends to bore me!! :-)annamp1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03225549496385458497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-83876783215197832542010-06-04T16:37:37.666+05:302010-06-04T16:37:37.666+05:30Good luck to them...Good luck to them...Habiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839739262759916490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-9802664585462242452010-06-04T16:36:35.291+05:302010-06-04T16:36:35.291+05:30What a WONDERFUL post, Simonico! So resonant, evoc...What a WONDERFUL post, Simonico! So resonant, evocative ('a calm discipline hangs in the air' - beautiful) and funny I laughed out loud, esp at the thought of all Englishmen being the same. You should have said, 'are all men here the same? So why should they be the same in UK?', and challenge their prejudices about difference... anyway, brilliant blog, as they all are. You've really brought things alive. Hope the other followers will have seen it too. Keep exploring, for yourself and all of us! xxxHabiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839739262759916490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-11442822209164827632010-06-04T13:02:49.033+05:302010-06-04T13:02:49.033+05:30Simon, When asked what is the best way to meditate...Simon, When asked what is the best way to meditate he answered it was to inquire deeply into things and then decide how to take action and do so. I havent quoted his exact words but that was the gist of his answer.<br /><br />On Radio 4 Andrew Mitchell, the international development secretary said that aid to educate girls and to decrease maternal mortality was very high priority. I wonder if he could be persuaded to set up a peace room, gathering what works and turning that into news, like the one that Barbara Marx Hubbard has set up?Fiona Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800004498494209632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-29191305252511101402010-06-02T02:12:58.706+05:302010-06-02T02:12:58.706+05:30dont worry about replying Simon, just keep the tho...dont worry about replying Simon, just keep the thought stream going, it is very stimulating. :)<br />@Annamp1, I have been happily married, then less happily married, then unhappily married, then divorced, then happily with someone else, then no longer with that person and now am happily and peacefully solitary. And I would be happily with someone again if the right person came into my life. I am truly amazed how well we are able to adjust to different situations. I value so much living on my own; and though at times I feel a little lonely these occasions are few and far between.Fiona Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800004498494209632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-48119618976754108142010-06-02T01:05:53.423+05:302010-06-02T01:05:53.423+05:30It's beyond me how you actually were in a posi...It's beyond me how you actually were in a position to SEE the film. What with headgear, all that luggage at improbable angles everywhere, and the ramshackle seats, viewing a film came low on any priorities I had. And if you DID see it, how did you hear it???Margaret Lawrensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06002513155128612707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-4173721756230999532010-06-01T22:07:32.703+05:302010-06-01T22:07:32.703+05:30Thank you to everyone who has commented both here ...Thank you to everyone who has commented both here and directly by email. Most of you have been very chllenging and that's what I wanted. Thank you!! I will reply as best I can.The Hamilton Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02665504155158593006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-79150672380341406102010-05-31T23:21:53.793+05:302010-05-31T23:21:53.793+05:30"Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw,
An..."Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw, <br />And be the Eternal Mirror that you saw: <br />Rays that have wander'd into Darkness wide <br />Return and back into your Sun subside " <br /> <br />Conference of the Birds, Farid ud-Din Attar, 1117Kathy Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064377054679318724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-23749521797360297602010-05-31T02:55:41.440+05:302010-05-31T02:55:41.440+05:30"... everything is continually changing... Lo..."... everything is continually changing... Love between two people, however wonderful does not last"<br />I think differently about this; love does last, however often what we think of as love is conditional and does not last as it does not allow for change. Unconditional love however remains, and evolves and itself changes, and accepts. <br />My old teacher used to say that "Love is the active participation in the process of life and humility is the passive acceptance in the process of life" I interpret this as the urge to be fully active in life in whatever capacity life asks of us in any moment and the acceptance of not having any control over any outcome. There is peace in letting go of the outcome and yet fully participating all the same, it leads to excitement and increases the love.Fiona Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800004498494209632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-5157233650164024052010-05-31T00:05:00.694+05:302010-05-31T00:05:00.694+05:30Show you something that's permanent? Er, HUMAN...Show you something that's permanent? Er, HUMANITY! Humanity, for humankind, IS permanent.. And it's a bloody marvel too.. The capacity that we have as humans to love, to think, to argue, to reason - those things will never change or cease to exist as long as humankind roams the earth. More to the point, SUFFERING is human (and permanent!)..<br /><br />Why try and find inner peace when that's the biggest fantasy of all? Happiness is something different, and is very achievable I think - because you can find it everywhere, in all the little things. But a little bit of suffering along the way is a good thing! (Spot the jew!!).. I mean respect for nature and animals and the earth is imperative, but we have to respect what makes us human too - ie, to feel and to think.. And inner peace is not exactly our strong suit! I bet cows and donkeys and gorillas have better luck than us! I mean, put it this way: how many people do you know who have inner peace AND are happily married? I'd take happily married over solitary oneness any day!<br /><br />(Sorry to argue with you, simon - great blog nonetheless!)annamp1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03225549496385458497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298742090519725972.post-41509600666875484172010-05-30T21:39:18.011+05:302010-05-30T21:39:18.011+05:30bloody hilarious, so India, good one Simonbloody hilarious, so India, good one Simonsfindiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02206149802143611172noreply@blogger.com