A Place of Peace, Compassion, and . . . . ?

Namaste`my friend ... thank U 4 your nice comment & I`m sorry for my late answer but I`m not often on this page :-) Sending U Love & Light blessing from germany ( Maybe you have a my space account - on myspace my name is : shaktishanti )

Yes they are still with me. I have adopted them. They will stay with me until spring when they have truly become settled and then will buy their own home. I try very hard to recognize the people that I am meant to journey with for awhile and get over the fact that the mother has decided to clean and rearrange my kitchen cupboards. Sometimes it is just better to have to look for things in life.
Irene

He truly is a gift sent from heaven. He once played the role of Gandhi, who was one of his mentors when he was about 10. This was for a farewell we had for a visiting group of professionals from India that had stayed with us. One of the women shaved his head and with his flu that he had at the time he looked and played the part perfectly and the visitors were in awe.

THANKS /// LOVE & LIGHT 4 U :-)

Hello Stromek/Little Tree
I suppose it is ignorance and a lack of parenting skills and it manifests itself in childhood. I have spent the past 18 years immersed in the observations of children and their interactions. I found it extremely interesting as you could invision what most of these children would be like as adults and one day possibly in charge of a nation. I will never forget my son at about 8 crying and when I asked him what was wrong, he told me that he was sad because he thought he was too young to effect change in the world, to make it a better place to live. My response was that he could make a huge difference and when he asked how, I told him that he should start by telling all of his friends his views on what would make the world a better place and that in this way his vision would spread and as he got bigger so would his efforts grow. I am proud to say that he now, at age 18, has quite a following. He was always the smallest in his class but they all look and think of him as the one with the wisdom. I look forward to seeing what he accomplishes with his life. The one thing missing from my children is there really isn't anything they fear which keeps their hearts and minds open to do good things.

Dear Stromek,hi,

i discover your message from the 7th of november only today, sorry.
Peabck is free now, let's hope he got directly into a Buddha land, with no more need to come back, hey !

As to what you mention, "all is illusion",it doesn't mean "nothing exist", although this is what is commonly understood (and taught, sometimes).

According to the training "Unity in Duality" we discussed before, it means "the reality unfolds at several levels, some of which very concrete, some others very subtle; the source of this unfolding is, itself, non material, but somehow ends up creating solid matter. Our experience, also, becomes more and more solid depending on the level of perception we're using.
But being aware of the subtlest dimension of reality, doesn't mean at all the rest doesn't exist. As you are experiencing it with the loss of Peaback,and, to a lesser degree, with the loss of your car,the suffering is there, the pain is fucking real !!!! it's no imagination, suffering is also a phenomena taking place in us. Would you say joy is an illusion, when your heart is filled with it ? No. Maybe we can consider that taking an external object as the true source of our happiness or suffering, maybe there lies something wrong.
I hope i can tell you more & better about this view when myself have "digested" all this teaching received during november in Paris.
Welcome your pain as one of the many existing ways to go back to your heart at its most vulnerable,gentle, sensitive space, for in this space, lives your greatest truth, which is also your greatest strengh.

May the best come to you. Have a beautiful week.

Stromek, thanks for the comments. It all starts at the most basic level. Believe me that if you acknowledge someone by giving them space on the roads of NJ, they take notice (because it so rarely happens). But if you can, watch the other person after you've given them space. They're very likely to change their behavior and then allow someone else to go ahead of them. It's contagious.

Also, please check out my group, Peace Through Acknowledging Others.

Courage, compassion and a clearing for the greatness of others,
Jack

i belong to Kagyu lineage and i going to ordain in Tilokpur nunnery near the Dharamsala.yes,life is strange.:)and thank you for your beautiful letter.