Journal 2008-08-21a
Suffering heavily from my cold today, in its phase when it has moved mainly to the chest. My temperature is up to 37.6 On the other hand, after not eating Indian style food for 24 hours, I haven’t had a … Continue reading →
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Journal 2008-08-21
Finished Shantaram, a very good book, with a Bollywood style ability to invoke every possible emotion, but also full of profound reflections upon life and our position in the universe. I think it deserves to be taken in a non-judgmental … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-08-20
The night passed restlessly with many dreams, from which I kept awaking in confusion. This is often the case when there is a fever. It’s not a high fever, 37.4, but was enough to disturb my sleep. Today my cold … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-08-19
The ceremonies and rituals are pretty. I find myself singing the songs and bhajans. They make me feel peaceful. But they are not the essence. To get caught up in that world is very attractive but what it offers is … Continue reading →
Journal-2008-08-18
Yesterday we did not succeed in going to Rishikesh but instead got stuck in the vilage of KarnPrayag due to a road bock up ahead. We spent sevreal hours waiting by the police office at the beginning of the village. … Continue reading →
Journal-2008-08-17
We got up at 4.30 in order to get down quickly to GovindGhat and made it down by around 9.15. Now we are waiting for our taxi to fill up. It was much quicker going down of course, and the … Continue reading →
The end of school
I attended / sat through seven end-of-the-year school events this year. Six of them were at the WAS-NS primary school and I was there to take pictures. I do the same every year. The children perform various plays, skits, dances. … Continue reading →
Touring nearby villages
One of the things I like about my job is that I never know exactly what I’m going to be doing on a particular day. But today I did, since Ahmad had asked me the evening before to escort a … Continue reading →
Mindful saturday
Today, a beautiful spring day, we had a Day of Mindfulness at the Spiritual Centre. As usual, I participated for half the day, staying till lunch. Two nuns from Plum Village, who happened to be in the country, led the … Continue reading →
new glasses
I was looking today at peace studies courses (TRANSCEND Peace University and Coventry University Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies) in order to consider study possibilities. The situation around here (Israel / Palestine) grows worse from day to day, and … Continue reading →