Monthly Archives: January 2007

Urban Retreat – Finished!

Posted on January 28, 2007 by

So now it’s Sunday and we finished our Urban Retreat yesterday, the five of us. We meditated together, discussed our week, explored making precepts and carried out a final ritual together when we made offerings of our intentions going forward … Continue reading →

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Urban Retreat – and now it’s Friday!

Posted on January 26, 2007 by

The week has been going very quickly… albeit punctuated by lovely things. We did our last early morning meditation at the Buddhist Centre this morning, chanting the Refuges & Precepts and hearing the reading about the Buddha from the translation … Continue reading →

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Urban Retreat – Tuesday Already!

Posted on January 23, 2007 by

A hasty blog before scooting off with Sal for our weekly study group at Jvalamalini’s. Well, we’ve had two early morning sits so far… the morning has felt very early (esp today when I overslept, and although staying nearby had … Continue reading →

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Urban Retreat Begins – the first 24 hours!

Posted on January 21, 2007 by

Well, we began! Chittamani, Pranjamati, Debbie, Hannah and Satyalila spent Saturday exploring what it is to be on retreat and exploring what we’re each going to do this week in order to manifest “retreatness” in ourlives. We looked at “The … Continue reading →

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Urban Retreat in Bristol 20-27 January 2007

Posted on January 19, 2007 by

First Installment Continue reading →

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Branded

Posted on January 7, 2007 by

Slumberdown Quilt 99 Tea Mc Vities Rich Tea Biscuits Hovis Anchor Butter Robinson’s Marmalade Marmite Camay Soap (or was it Lux?) (Steradent on the shelf) Sure Clarks Shoes M & S Knickers (Persil Washing Powder) Kleenex Tissues Adidas Bag Peter … Continue reading →

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Full Moon Spoon

Posted on January 7, 2007 by

Jostled in a mug with other spoons, This one – of hall-marked silver – came to hand. I felt the fine-boned curves, Its crazed bowl, bright with years of use, The bottom flat, the edges thin as sharpened knives. It … Continue reading →

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Diamonds, Pearls and Constance Spry

Posted on January 7, 2007 by

All the wet diamonds of Wales, slung like light along the hedgerows. Plaited rivulets of water glossing down the road, they splay out, spread and twisted by twig and mud and lichen. The Constance Spry arrangement in a fallen, rotting … Continue reading →

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What is Lila?

Posted on January 7, 2007 by

Amused to find this in the “Wordplay” bit of the Guardian yesterday: Wordpool In each case find the correct definition: LILA a) Middle Eastern hammock b) cosmic Dance of the Supreme Spirit c) lilo for ladies d) liqueur made from … Continue reading →

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