Comments on: The Center is Everywhere http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/04/2397/ An Eclectic Journal of the Arts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/04/2397/#comment-455 Cuchulain Sun, 03 May 2009 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=2397#comment-455 Thank you for your impressions, Doreen. Sounds like a moving experience. Path to peace and happiness. Sounds like such a radical thing, but it's not. Just common sense we've forgotten . . .<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('455','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('455','Cuchulain','Thank you for your impressions, Doreen. Sounds like a moving experience. Path to peace and happiness. Sounds like such a radical thing, but it\'s not. Just common sense we\'ve forgotten . . .'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thank you for your impressions, Doreen. Sounds like a moving experience. Path to peace and happiness. Sounds like such a radical thing, but it’s not. Just common sense we’ve forgotten …
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]]> By: Doreen http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/04/2397/#comment-454 Doreen Sun, 03 May 2009 13:35:29 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=2397#comment-454 There is sanctity entering a football stadium, walking, shuffling, step after concrete step, the gentle tones of the flute filling the space, drawing us in. Blue jeans, fleece and rain jackets side by side with long colorful traditional robes, hemp and scarves. Drumbeats and dancing leading the high priests in bright yellow ancient Tibetan headdress, there to usher in a small, smiling, humble human being, His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama. He came to teach, to remind us of our humanity, our human-ness. The morning session was a lesson on The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism. He was received with reverent silence – we held on to his every word, occasionally taking a look at the big end zone screens to see his smile more clearly. Nearly 16,000 people sit serenely quiet – not even babies and children were heard. Consciousness. Luminosity and knowing. The Dalai Lama tells us that his own knowledge of Buddhism is only “better than zero.” The barbeque stand is selling veggie wraps today. I have my name written in the beautiful Tibetan script. On stage young children twirl, dance and sing in the ancient language. They sing of the snow covered mountains, of a home they may never see, in honor of their spiritual leader. He is theirs — he is ours. Because their home was lost, we are now welcomed into their family. The message is simple. The sun comes out and The Dalai Lama dawns a cherry red baseball cap and invites us to smile with him. There is a path to peace and happiness. Money cannot buy affection, sense of community. Concern for well being of the other — that’s where it’s at. Wherever you feel comfortable is your home. Whoever gives you loving care is your parent.
Namaste.

I learned today that Robert Kraft donated the use of Gillette Stadium for the day’s events.

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]]> By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/04/2397/#comment-453 Cuchulain Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:04:52 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=2397#comment-453 That sounds like a great day for you. I'm drawn to Eastern modes of religion, far more than to the Levantine type. They (the Eastern modes) strike me, in general, as much more in tune. In tune with me. In sync with, or trying to sync up with, the world -- as their goal. In general, the Levantine modes seek escape from this world. Though many schools of Buddhism seek an end to the endless round of reincarnation/karma, they seem to seek harmony and at-one-ness with the world in the here and now. The Levantine Three are more fearful of that world, and draw upon internal fears and guilt and shame to an unhealthy degree, IMO. Will post some more about these things in the near future. Thanks for you good comment. Please let us know about your day with the Dalai Lama.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('453','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('453','Cuchulain','That sounds like a great day for you. I\'m drawn to Eastern modes of religion, far more than to the Levantine type. They (the Eastern modes) strike me, in general, as much more in tune. In tune with me. In sync with, or trying to sync up with, the world -- as their goal. In general, the Levantine modes seek escape from this world. Though many schools of Buddhism seek an end to the endless round of reincarnation\/karma, they seem to seek harmony and at-one-ness with the world in the here and now. The Levantine Three are more fearful of that world, and draw upon internal fears and guilt and shame to an unhealthy degree, IMO. Will post some more about these things in the near future. Thanks for you good comment. Please let us know about your day with the Dalai Lama.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> That sounds like a great day for you. I’m drawn to Eastern modes of religion, far more than to the Levantine type. They (the Eastern modes) strike me, in general, as much more in tune. In tune with me. In sync with, or trying to sync up with, the world — as their goal. In general, the Levantine modes seek escape from this world. Though many schools of Buddhism seek an end to the endless round of reincarnation/karma, they seem to seek harmony and at-one-ness with the world in the here and now. The Levantine Three are more fearful of that world, and draw upon internal fears and guilt and shame to an unhealthy degree, IMO. Will post some more about these things in the near future. Thanks for you good comment. Please let us know about your day with the Dalai Lama.
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]]> By: Doreen http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/04/2397/#comment-452 Doreen Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:11:31 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=2397#comment-452 I have a single ticket for Saturday to go to Gillette Stadium (outside of Boston) to see The Dalai Lama. Perhaps I expect too much - enlightenment for the price of admission. I too am fascinated by the idea of the holy and pushing away the veils that cloud our thinking and allow us to cling to outdated belief systems. We must look for saints that live among us and listen - really listen.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('452','Doreen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('452','Doreen','I have a single ticket for Saturday to go to Gillette Stadium (outside of Boston) to see The Dalai Lama. Perhaps I expect too much - enlightenment for the price of admission. I too am fascinated by the idea of the holy and pushing away the veils that cloud our thinking and allow us to cling to outdated belief systems. We must look for saints that live among us and listen - really listen.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have a single ticket for Saturday to go to Gillette Stadium (outside of Boston) to see The Dalai Lama. Perhaps I expect too much — enlightenment for the price of admission. I too am fascinated by the idea of the holy and pushing away the veils that cloud our thinking and allow us to cling to outdated belief systems. We must look for saints that live among us and listen — really listen.
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