have not written here for a while, it was very busy here... sadly, the winter is almost over and it has been a very poor winter here... not much rain, not so cold... felt like a nice cool summer... what a bummer.. but, this is what it is. not every year you get a fantastic winter... other than that, we have been working very hard on our world peace garden we are trying to build with the help of the world.
we are now at a stage where we will need to do a crowd funding for the seed money so we can start and hire a lawyer, an architect, make a 3D presentation video (very costly) to show and explain the project.. so that is what we are working on other than crafting prayer wheels for the world Sanga :-)
we will be going to the USA from May 25th till July 7th so any orders coming in at that time will have to wait for our return to be crafted. keep this in mind when you are about to order one of our prayer wheels.
this trip has been waited on for 6 years now and finally we can take time off and travel.
of course i will let you all know before hand to remind you :-)
we plan to see Rinpoche and visit GBI too :-) should be amazing!!! we miss them all so much...
it is not so easy to be a Buddhist practitioner in a country where there is no teacher. no place to go to and consult, learn, listen, meditate in the presence of a master... nothing.
just hate, fighting, death and much attachment to old stones and stories no one knows if are true... what a strange place... and it is called the Holy Land! hahahahahahaha
we humans are insane.
lately I have been using my "free time" to meditate a lot outside on our porch. i sit there for hours on end. it is very quite and nature is in its finest.
as i sit more and more, the story of "me" gets faded and faded and all that is left is this awareness in the background.
but, as i said, no teacher here to help progress along the path. we are alone here...
so, sitting in the silence is very helpful.
now the challenge is to love.
just pure love that is not pointed at anything.
just love.
as Rinpoche always said, we are blocks of ice floating on the surface of the water. just frozen water blocks that "think" they are separated from the ocean.
but in truth, we are the same.
all that is needed is the warmth of the sun to melt that ice so water can return to water and know they are all one.
the sunshine of love Rinpoche calls it...
so now, that is the practice.
one last thing,
I decided that i want to turn wooden balls on the lathe. perfect spheres of wood.
why?
because this is SO much fun!!! and a wooden ball is so useless! but SO beautiful and amazing to hold and play with!
you remember the fidget spinners?
well, it is the same thing just much more relaxing.... :-)
here is me with a wooden sphere made from a local Oak tree.
love you all,
many amazing prayer wheels will be born soon as i try to roll more and more nano film mantras into one prayer wheel :-)
will keep you posted!
sorry for not writing for a while
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