I am planning to go on a trek into the Himalayas tomorrow and I will be gone for eight days and when I return I will be staying at the Koppan Buddhist Monastery in Kathmandu for another ten days. I will return with blogs and pictures when I return. Missing Canada these days.
Archives for September 2009
Thamel
IMG_0231, originally uploaded by gord clements. ThaMEL
Thame; Guest House
IMG_0229, originally uploaded by gord clements.
Everybody is Afraid of Intimacy/Everyone Wants Intimacy
The search for intimacy is the same where ever you are in the world it seems. I have mentioned before that the culture here in Nepal can add to these challenges. Coming to experience a place of intimacy with one self and another can be a challenging process wherever we may be. You have to [...]
Trusting in Others and Following Ones Own Heart
It is difficult to learn to live in a new place and to come to trust new individuals especially when their thinking can be so different than yours. I have spent a good portion of my later life pursuing authenticity and feel that this is an important aspect of living life fully. In following my [...]
I Love Nepal and Nepalese People
I love Nepal and I accept Nepalese people and their way of life as they are. There is a lot of good in Nepal. I have a great desire to come to intimately know and understand the people and the country of Nepal. I do have thoughts about what it is that is troubling it. [...]
Jewelry Available From Anne
If anyone is interested in purchasing jewelry or making a donation plase contact annecole@nexicom.net or myself at gordclements”hotmail.com Sammunat Nepal grew from the desire of a group of Nepalese friends to help the many women they met whose lives have been damaged by violence. These people live in the troubled Jhapa district of Eastern Nepal. [...]
Sammunat Jewellry
Sammunat Jewellry, originally uploaded by gord clements. Jewelry made by women of Sammunat
The Top of the World – No Where to Run to
I am opening to deeper parts of myself and seeing blockages that I could not see in previous times. Having an intimate friendship with a new person in a strange land has assissted this to a large degree I think. I have taken the step to let another see me in all my vulnerability and [...]
The Pipal Tree
When I first heard it I thought that they were saying Peoples tree. These trees are holy and they are often protected and serve to be a place of meeting and shade in ho weather. IMG_2435 (3), originally uploaded by gord clements.
