SageTree

Hi there, Mr. Sage.

Grazie for the herby fruby!

Speaking of which. I'm going to change my settings to "friends only" view

har har
cheers

Like the sound of the and incense - what exam have you tomorrow?

The Jain Dharma does resonate well with me. I have difficulty accepting metaphysics, but at least their framework does seem to have good internal logic with a wonderful real world application that respects individuals rather than demanding dissolution. I passed Jainism over the first time because a Western mind doesn't like to hear about vows and austerities, but now I'm coming to find many of them to be quite liberating rather than limiting.

Perhaps if someone has their settings to 'friends only' on what can be viewed on their profile, that's understandable, IMO. cheers

Lol, I'm hoping my "friends list" is varied, I try. Sometimes I wonder why people don't accept friendship requests, I figure they don't want to play favorites or something, who knows....cheers

IDK why not? Although your comment in the "suspicious Bible" thread was pretty funny

Thanks for that
Hope all is well where you are tonight.
How'd the exams go?

Thanks for the frubal, I assume you mean the Tao of Pooh. Yes, very good and so well made, a lot easier to understand with the examples of Pooh and his friends as concepts of Taoism.

I highly recommend it.

thankyou for the long winded frubals hope all is well with you :namaste

Thanks for the frubals!

No problem!
PS: Hooray, I can leave visitor messages now! :super:

Yeah, I'm hoping that at some point I'm able to practice the week long mediation, but until then, work, work, work.

In Japan, especially for Zen Buddhists, it's commonly celebrated by a week long sesshin, followed by an all-night meditation session the night before. Unfortunately, I had to work all of that time. I'm still trying to get a handle on what Buddhist holidays to celebrate, and when, because most are not tradition specific, but dependent on the country, which makes it a bit tough to know when to celebrate something.

Thanks, and you are welcome!

Strangely enough, there was a miraculous white Christmas near Melbourne about 5 or so years back (maybe 10, I usually underestimate time periods). There was a major bushfire ( or wildfire in your lingo ?) during a drought. And in the height of an otherwise hot summer, a very cold front came through on Christmas day, and dumped snow on it, extinguishing the fire ! Believe it or not ... ( seriously, this is a true story).

For me, Christmas means the sound of cicadas, the smell of eucalypts and the smell of a fir tree. That particular smell, the christmas tree pine oil, and the sound of cicadas on a hot day is the classic flavour of the season.

Salutations !
Rolling along .... enjoying my 'cycle. Oh yeah, and since you asked a while back - I live in Australia, hence kilometres and litres (spelled 're' not 'er' here).

Nice to hear from you, enjoy your Christmas and New Year.

Thank you, Benjamin.

Hello, Friend. Hope all is going well for you! Thank you for the Friend Request, which I most happily accept.