A Great British Institution!

At last I have established the ability to post from my phone. The following was intended to be posted three days ago…..

Allotments are an institution much beloved by all who revel in the wonders of vegetable and fruit growing. In close proximity to like minded others. It’s the best of everything community while being lady and lord of your own ‘patch’. All be it a very small patch. And there is always a shed.

Best of all is the real sense of having thoroughly renewed after just a short saunter between the unruly overgrown rows. Grazing!

Thus it was on Sunday afternoon. Heavenly times amidst the allotment tangle. In good company. Thank you to all in Norwich (Norwich Zen Buddhist Priory) who have been so open handed.

Understanding Commitment – a Talk

Dragon Fly 2Well done Mark for capturing images of this Dragonfly. Sometime I’ll write about Dragons and the Buddhist teaching they are associated with.  Needless to say the photograph, and dragons in general, have nothing to do with the subject of this post!

A talk by me titled Understanding Commitment, or appreciating the evolution of commitment to practice, has recently been uploaded onto the Throssel Hole Abbey website. Thought you might be interested.

Tomorrow I head towards Norwich for the start of a nine day ‘tour’. The weather doesn’t look that special. Have a thought…please.

Eyesight?

Taking shelter from the rain - wales
Taking shelter from the rain – wales

Yes.
Sometimes clarity
of seeing
sometime not.
Sometimes clarity
of thought
sometimes…
it’s cloudy in here!
seeing clearly
And sometimes
there is the
rising up
past duality
to see
afresh.

Just like this!

This is for all those whose *eyesight is impared, disturbed, or otherwise impeded. There is more to seeing than clear sight! Eyesight is defined as: Normal use of the faculty of vision. This week I’ve learnt afresh that normal use is highly conditioned.