joe..you are sweet..amazing... i have always considered this place here as sacred ground..the very first day i set eyes on it back in may 1969..i realised it's significance... the garden is a labour of love and 35 years later it has become the yes you are absolutely correct the place to meditate.. indeed how selfish i am... however joe it's not going to happen..maybe later on down the track...
i have considered this as a retreat...and have firm ideas as to how i would conduct such an event.. silence would be one requirement... silence and a very strict diet.. to clear the mind and the body... i am very much an admirer of silence.. when young i thought the monasteries and nunneries who practised silence were "off their rockers"... but i do so understand it now..it's so clear.. with our noisy chattering oh do we create so much that need not be.. however saying that one cannot ignore the wonder of laughter..... and ....... anyway joe..it's not happening at this point in time... there is far too much on my plate.. i have family responsibilities and my drawing.. i have completed meditation autumn zen no 1... and now a fresh white sheet of paper calls me... enjoy your weekend and thank you for your encouragement and support... merle Merle, Mike, That's very much along the lines of what I'm suggesting and hoping, Merle. Not because I think there's anything "mystical" to be found either in their meditating or our meditating, or in Nature, but because practice is a natural antidote to dead-ends: it can lead to closer connection with Nature than mere "thought" makes us "think" we're making when we do our Science. "Contemplation" would be better, but meditation could be best, if they'd take it on and settle in with it. You got it right!, Merle. And I wish you'd talk to these guys and gals, and invite them to your home to practice. Please consider to start a sitting group at your place! It sounds and looks like a great, conducive place. Very conducive to settling down and resting the aching BRAIN of these poor folk, who are in so many ways divorced from reality. I think Edgar will agree on the usefulness of this, and the true value of the resource you have there. Will you share? Have some people in? Maybe start your own Zen-in-a-Chair sitting group? You'd be so good. You are already a teacher, and you have skill with people, and know how to make it fun. Merle?? Good luck!, all best!, --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > joe and mike..can i butt in... maybe if these dudes meditated !!!!!!!! merle
