there are many ways to travel
whether by wife, random-passer-by, badger, public transportation or the whore of babylon, there are many ways to get from THERE to THERE
me, i have travelled through 5 cities in one go...that is some 30 kms...more than once in my life. i really like walking. it takes around 7 hours. and i find a good way to practice mindfulness. i experience something different each time. a different culture every time i step out my front door.
BBC has a great program that has been going on for some decades now called Horizons.
I've posted some of them here.
Here is one, a really cool afterlife experiment
and a meditation on the necessity of decay and all these interlinking processes...
Think of water
Falling as rain
Bubbling up from springs
Running down as streams and creeks
Until they meet in the larger flow of a river.
Think of a River;
Water flowing;
Carrying silt and debris
From all the places it has touched.
From all the streams and creeks that have fed it
Think of the ocean
Receiving the water and all that it carries
From all the rivers
From all the streams
I'm finally tackling my second service on the four classical elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water). This one will be Water. For the meditation, I'm doing a rather poetic meditation on the flow of water as a metaphor for the flow of life/time. Traditionally, we follow the meditation with a musical meditation. Normally, it's classical music from a rather lectionary-like three year schedule the sound guy worked out. I prefer to pick something that fits my theme, and in this case I have two popular songs that I've long been fond of that fit the flow idea:
genties & ladlemen,
this is just to announce for those interested that I have a youtube channel that has 'videos' of mine.
My best friend died this February and, with all other things that have been happening in my life, it has been affecting me and I'm sorry for any spillage onto people here at WC.
Or the metaphorical a*muse*ment of a magnificent Muskoka May 24 weekend….
I ironed today. Now for some this isn’t monumental but for me it is – my partner is still reeling from the shock.
I don’t even like doing laundry. I view it as a necessary evil or an excuse to shop for more – clean – clothes: But ironing, my heavens, what an exercise in futility.
Noelle Boughton
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I'm not one to pray much. Or, to be honest, at all. I follow prayer in service, and bow my head for grace, but I don't do much more than that. I mean, there are occasional moments when I'll make a conversational comment to God (like "Ooh, nice one there!"), but I have never understood nor been satisfied with what most people see as a necessary part of being a Christian.
This week, I had an interesting experience. I joined a group on Facebook which was a discussion and exchange of resources for Lent. Two notifications came - one for "Happy Ash Wednesday", and one for "Happy Lent". I sent a private message saying that while I understood the intent, "Happy Lent" and "Happy Ash Wednesday" didn't seem quite theologically apt.
What is consciousness? I've heard neuroscientists types describe it as a purely physical function. But every religion seems to believe that it exists beyond the death of the body (heaven, nirvana, etc.). Do you think it part of us or exists separately? Is it "I", or is it more than that.
I know, it's confusing to think about. I'd appreciate hearing what others think about the nature of consciousness.
Thanks.
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