tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post5686047774603255616..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: A Useful Insight...Peter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-52858862972112159612009-11-20T00:10:53.096-08:002009-11-20T00:10:53.096-08:00The battle between the distractions and the desire...The battle between the distractions and the desire to work is something that hinders me greatly, sometimes it seems like a real fight to get anything written. I hadn't realised that seeing the distractions as adversarial was simply giving them more power. <br /><br />I think that as in meditation, we can use the distractions to remind us we should be doing something more important, take their momentum and use it against them. Writers Judo? ;-DRichardhttp://quietwatercourse.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-38035944145215285652009-11-17T11:18:28.608-08:002009-11-17T11:18:28.608-08:00Thanks, M, for the kind words!
Pete, as I recall,...Thanks, M, for the kind words!<br /><br />Pete, as I recall, I was trying to express some of my own difficulties with the Christian faith. I honor your embrace of it, but have no call to do the same. I find relief in Buddhism, which seems to me to offer a good, strong spiritual ground without requiring my belief in something/SomeOne "out of this world." I like, too, that the Buddha offers refuge, not salvation. Just my take...Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-37644819924316653612009-11-17T10:59:54.849-08:002009-11-17T10:59:54.849-08:00Not sure what to make
of your last comment on
my ...Not sure what to make<br />of your last comment on <br />my blog.<br /><br />Pete.peethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17801369779625472334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-27913988438586669402009-11-17T10:11:46.851-08:002009-11-17T10:11:46.851-08:00"---there's never a moment when I don'..."---there's never a moment when I don't see myself as a writer." That's the foundation of how we have come to know you---through the most excellent manifestations of view and art, experience and wisdom. The "tied up" parts are only tiny knots in the golden thread. Peace mmandthttp://adgitadiaries.blog-city.comnoreply@blogger.com