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Oh ... The Way to Go is Just Go! From sankhara ^Pro in Journey to Somewhere Else (7 days old)

I've traveled a lot in my life. In fact, you could say I was born on the hop. My mother relates the story that the morning I was born on May 19, 1954. She was in the maternity ward o… more

Nothing is Everything From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (288 days old)

For those of you with a short attention span, and don't care to read the following post coz it's too bluddy long, here's another song - one I've posted before, but ages ago, so I'll post it again: … more

Due to Popular Demand ... well, sort of ... From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (314 days old)

A friend compared this years New Years song with last years one, saying last years was better. Personally I don't give a damn, but they could be right ... anyway, seeing as it's an issue, here's … more

Happy New Year ( when it happens) From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (321 days old)

Hi there everybody ... I've been very very slack with my posting this year I know, but I've been preoccupied.  It's been a horrible year actually, but I'm thinking it's going to be much better … more

It's all in the Sensations From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (355 days old)

Had an interesting meditation today, which I think might be a beginning for a new direction for this blog. I've written a heap of posts over the three years it's been going, on the more general a… more

Fight From sankhara ^Pro in Writers (368 days old)

Some motel nobody ever heard of In a room that everybody has used The bed is soft but insecure By now he's used to such things He knows now the truth of his crucifixion It was all a lapse of lo… more

At Last They've Done it Right From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (369 days old)

It's been 40 years since Martin Luther King gave his prophetic last speech, the 'I have been to the mountaintop' speech, in which he spoke of a wonderful future ... presciently noting that though he w… more

Happiness is What it Is From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (386 days old)

I got an interesting email from someone (a bloke) who read the post preceding this one titled: 'Happiness is a Curse' In part he said (permission was given to quote): "I find your posts self ser… more

Happiness is a Curse From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (389 days old)

I’ve been contemplating the nature of happiness for a while now, and the more I think about it the bigger it gets. I've come to the conclusion that the pursuit of happiness is a dangerous addi… more

My Books ... in case you didn't know ... From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (406 days old)

For Mira who asked about my books and anyone else who's interested, they are: 'Levin's God - novel - pub 2004 'Happy to Burn' - about meditation - pub 2004 'Love & Imagination' - about medita… more

The End Until From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (513 days old)

All things must come to an end, and as many of you have perhaps surmised from the fewer and fewer posts, I've run out of inspiration for this blog for the moment. And there's nothing worse than an in… more

The Dogs of Fear From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (532 days old)

‘Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.’ Friedrich Nietzsche The world is such a filthy place and I love it that way ... it's a wonderful, grand adventure. It's not a matte… more

Monopoly Game From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (595 days old)

A few years ago I played a game of monopoly with my sister and her family. It was as intense as some monopoly games can be. The whole game became about keeping Mayfair and Parklane separate so my nep… more

Forgiving the Monsters From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (604 days old)

A while ago a friend and I were talking about our parents - all the mistakes they made that continue to bug us even now. And how, of all the things that happen in the life of a human being, it is our … more

Strange the Death From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (653 days old)

As I said in a previous post, I recently lost someone close to me. I had thought to keep it to myself, but since then has been so interesting I think I'll come clean and talk about it, perhaps because… more

Thresholds From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (673 days old)

Life doesn’t move in a straight line. It progresses as a wave form, modulating between opposites around a middle way - or as the saying goes, ‘sometimes good, sometimes bad; sometimes sunny, some… more

When Looked at from a Distance From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (676 days old)

Was going to blog about other things then changed my mind and decided to give you a picture of thinking, and a thought I've been thinking. It's interesting the thoughts that a death creates. Sort o… more

Death From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (688 days old)

Death never makes sense. Though all of us are inexorably headed toward it, and though we know it is happening all around us, it doesn't make sense. Though we reassure ourselves with religion, … more

Xmas Card for U all From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (697 days old)

Gee, the year is nearly ended. To all my blog friends, thanks for being out there, and such good people. I sometimes imagine all the good people I know, all over the world, as being something li… more

The Amazing Windmill Stumblebum From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (710 days old)

Every so often in a life one meets an exceptional being, someone so unique and inspiring they enhance life simply by being who they are. There’ve been a couple of people like this in my life, but in t… more

More Pitcha's From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (722 days old)

Been at my scanner again, scanning old drawings and stuff. I used to draw cartoons, some for publication in a student mag back then, some not. I think I was flirting with being a cartoonist. Not… more

Awareness not Attention From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (724 days old)

Been a while since I posted about meditation so, considering this is a blog primarily concerned with things meditation, I suppose I’d better. I’ll begin with an interesting quote from the man him… more

The Kiss From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (746 days old)

Time for a brief post. It's nothing to do with meditation .. or anything ... just something I find interesting. I’ll really try to discipline myself on this one and keep it short. I found this… more

Thoughts, Reality and the Whole Damned Thing ……. From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (749 days old)

Sorry … it’s another long post. But it’s about something I find fascinating … concerning thoughts ... and reality. Since the 1970’s I’ve lived with this indigestible notion that’s made its home i… more

Sum Pitchers and Pomes From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (770 days old)

Sigh ... can't think of a thing to say today, and I know it's time to say something. That's the trouble with a blog ... it's like a very demanding mistress, always wanting something new. So … more

The Amazing Power of Words From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (776 days old)

I’ve been thinking ...aren’t words are amazing? The way they all seem to have their own little neural pattern, firing off tiny explosions in our head, each with a unique coloring of feelings and t… more

Give a little ... From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (784 days old)

I was looking through my journal from Thailand today and I found something that made me smile - a vibrant little note hurriedly scrawled about something I’d realized – something important ... somethin… more

In a Lighter Note ... From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (787 days old)

In a lighter note, (or should that be 'on a lighter note' ...) I was riffling through some stuff in the clutter of my study, and I came across a folio of about 60 pen and Chinese ink drawings I used t… more

Expand, expand, expand … From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (793 days old)

Well, it’s wonderful to be back, which is not to say it wasn’t wonderful being away. It was, very much so. It was magical … in a Thai sort of way. It’s the sort of country where each day you’re… more

The Time has Come ... From sankhara ^Pro in Meditation, Stuff ... and Other Stuff (851 days old)

Well, the time has come. I'm off to Thailand to meditate for a month. I'm leaving tomorrow morning, so I'll be away from this blog until I get back on the 27th of August. I'll be living in… more