31 October, 2017

Bob Marley....



"Don't gain the world and lose your soul; 
wisdom is better than silver or gold." 

Bob Marley

30 October, 2017

Long walks...


"I like long walks, especially when they are 
taken by people who annoy me." 

Noel Coward

28 October, 2017

Seek ...


"In every walk with nature one 
receives far more than he seeks.'

John Muir

24 October, 2017

Remembering a great King

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"Lives of great men all remind us, 
we can make our lives sublime, 
and, departing, leave behind us, 
footprints on the sands of time." 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This month  marks one year since the passing of a great leader and a great King, His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej.

I have lived in Thailand for the past 12 years or so and visiting various rural locations in North and Southern Thailand I was able to witness first hand the enormous benefit that His late Majesty bestowed on the Thai people, his children.

Many foreigners are not fully aware that this wonderful man possessed enormous vision and know how. He was able to survey every region of this beautiful land and understand directly the importance of its resources and the need for their effective sustainable management for the sake of future generations. He cared deeply about all his people and dedicated his entire life, from an early age, to achieving these goals.

He worked to ensure the protection of the incredible bio diversity that Thailand has to offer. HM worked on a vast array of projects ranging from cloud seeding, crop innovation,water management, infrastructure, forest protection and conservation through to self-sufficiency integrated farming methods. He gave his people the chance to learn how to “fish”, how to use the vast natural wealth of the land in order to enjoy a good and comfortable life wanting for nothing. He taught about living off the land without destroying its resources and depleting them.

In the West we appear to have taken a different approach which is very sad. Unlike in Thailand people (with few exceptions) have come to depend on huge corporations for their livelihoods and have lost the art and imagination to be self-sustaining.

Thailand has had a long line of great monarchs: many of them were advanced thinkers, scientists and innovators and could see well into the future: one of the reasons that I believe Thailand was never fully colonized by any major power. HM was a musician, embraced and understood science and technology, was a conservationist, a father to all of his people irrespective of their religion. He did not speak much: a reflection of a true, wise and golden heart.

I know that I miss his presence that served as a uniting force for the country. I will attempt to keep his inspiration in my heart and do what I can to follow his example. It is the best way to keep his spirit with us.

The world has lost a great man, the universe has regained one of its finest lights.



23 October, 2017

A lawyer's epitaph

A lawyer's epitaph in England:

"Sir John Strange
Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is Strange."

22 October, 2017

Secret Sorrows


"Every man has his secret sorrows 
which the world knows not; 
and often times we call a man 
cold when he is only sad." 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

20 October, 2017

Love all, trust few...


"Love all, trust a few, 
do wrong to none." 

William Shakespeare

19 October, 2017

Afterlife: one thought!


"We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife 
will be any less exasperating than this one, 
have we?" 

Noel Coward

17 October, 2017

On kindness


"Kindness in words creates confidence. 
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. 
Kindness in giving creates love." 

Lao Tzu

15 October, 2017

Lying heart...

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"Without a true heart, we are nothing.
Just elements consumed by time"


14 October, 2017

The return...

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"In general, at a precise moment in time, when disciples' merit and the Lama's compassion connect with each other, the great and genuine beings will give up one emanation body and appear in another. Once again, disciples will be able to meet face to face with the supreme emanations, and to enjoy their portion of the nectar of their Lama's speech."

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

Light of wisdom...


"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, 
so virtue appears from good deeds, and 
wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful 
mind. To walk safely through the maze of 
human life, one needs the light 
of wisdom and the guidance of virtue." 

Buddha

13 October, 2017

More grave humour...

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In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England:

On the 22nd of June
- Jonathan Fiddle -
Went out of tune.

11 October, 2017

Sage...


"It is only the ignorant that die".

Sage saying

09 October, 2017

Humorous epitaphs

Tombstone in Winslow, Maine USA

In Memory of Beza Wood
Departed this life Nov. 2, 1837 - Age 45 yrs.

Here lies one Wood
Enclosed in wood
One Wood
Within another.
The outer wood
Is very good:
We cannot praise
The other.

07 October, 2017

Virtue & failings


"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, 
like force and matter. When they separate, 
man is no more."

Nikola Tesla

05 October, 2017

The City



"The two elements the traveler first captures in the 
big city are extra human architecture and furious 
rhythm. Geometry and anguish."

Federico Garcia Lorca

01 October, 2017

Greatest Treasures...


“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, 
you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.” 

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching