TodayI began a three month long German language course which I will be attending for four hours every morning. At the end of the class they requested that every one wipe their desks off and put their chairs up. Not an extremelyunussual request I would say, not that I have ever done this before in my life, [...]
Archives for April 2011
The Way Along the Ridge
A scene from one of my many walks in and around the Dharan area of Nepal. S17A, originally uploaded by gord clements.
Out of the Darkness
It is Easter Monday today. Halle is quiet. Last night Iris and I went to the cinema and saw the Kings Speech. What a wonderful illustration of how our conditioning can take away our authentic sense of self and how with the love and acceptance of those close to us we can regain it. On [...]
Canadian Colours
IMG_1282, originally uploaded by gord clements.
The Struggle For Self
The horrific struggle to establish a human self results in a self whose humanity is inseparable from that horrific struggle […] our endless and impossible journey toward home is in fact our home. David Foster Wallace
Peterborough is My Home
It looks like I will be living in Germany for a little while. Iris has adjusted to her new position in the hospital here and I have some opporunities to get involved in the local community. I have also had some other wonderful experiences visiting the world over the last little while and I think that [...]
The Passionate Unstable Western Mind
The book The Passion of the Western Mind is a joy. This book by Richard Tarnas shows how thinking is an unstable aspect of life experience. We take our thinking for granted. We think that it could be no other way and that our perceptions and thoughts somehow reflect reality. Richard Tarnas shows how our way [...]
Prayer Time in Istanbul
IMG_1148, originally uploaded by gord clements. Women are seen entering a Mosque in Istanbul. There are so many mosques in Istanbul. Iris and I counted six that we could see as we were standing close to our hotel.
Iris in Istanbul
Iris and I just got back from visiting Istanbul where we were four days. I had to leave the European common union before I would be allowed to stay in Germany for another three months. I was a little bit unsure up until the time I got to the customs gate at Berlin but was readilly permitted [...]
