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Well
Your Majesty to comment further on your
Christmas message, I have to admit that here in Dubai, meditation doesn't seem easy but it is really the perfect place to reflect on life. And here is a quick round up of the fruits of that reflection! People say they either love or loathe Dubai but I am wondering what there is to love or loathe? I am of a mind that it is wondering that we should be doing! And there is plenty to wonder at: the shops are definitely a wonder of a kind and the buildings and the roads are a wonder made by man. But the fact of life thriving here is a wonder; the birds are a wonder, little partridges run across the sand, sparrows find restaurants a source of joy! there are finches and mynah birds and cats and rats! so Dubai is a place for all sorts of bird and animal life! Then there are swimming pools and bicycle parks and places to learn to sail and this opens up swimming and sailing to little boys and girls who might otherwise not hear about them. I think choosing Dubai as a place to live a life is no more or less than choosing a holiday spot, it is a chance to experience a few things that you might otherwise not. However in Dubai, meditation is elusive, I nod off and it seems difficult to find any depth, maybe my lack of effort but meditating is like the sand itself, it doesn't have much hold. When you walk around wondering at all this phenomenal stuff, it feels fleeting, as if a wind could blow it away and meditation is like that. So, for a life or a holiday which has all the aspects of a dream, choose Dubai but make sure that you enjoy it, that is it's function. For meditation, I am told Sinai is the place to go but that is another trip for another day and for today I am just putting my dream clothes into a suitcase and going back home where the Buddha from the bric-a-brac store will be waiting for us in the summer house in the garden and the dog will be lying on the sofa!
Well Your Majesty to comment further on your Christmas message, I have to admit that here in Dubai, meditation doesn't seem easy but it is really the perfect place to reflect on life. And here is a quick round up of the fruits of that reflection! People say they either love or loathe Dubai but I am wondering what there is to love or loathe? I am of a mind that it is wondering that we should be doing! And there is plenty to wonder at: the shops are definitely a wonder of a kind and the buildings and the roads are a wonder made by man. But the fact of life thriving here is a wonder; the birds are a wonder, little partridges run across the sand, sparrows find restaurants a source of joy! there are finches and mynah birds and cats and rats! so Dubai is a place for all sorts of bird and animal life! Then there are swimming pools and bicycle parks and places to learn to sail and this opens up swimming and sailing to little boys and girls who might otherwise not hear about them. I think choosing Dubai as a place to live a life is no more or less than choosing a holiday spot, it is a chance to experience a few things that you might otherwise not. However in Dubai, meditation is elusive, I nod off and it seems difficult to find any depth, maybe my lack of effort but meditating is like the sand itself, it doesn't have much hold. When you walk around wondering at all this phenomenal stuff, it feels fleeting, as if a wind could blow it away and meditation is like that. So, for a life or a holiday which has all the aspects of a dream, choose Dubai but make sure that you enjoy it, that is it's function. For meditation, I am told Sinai is the place to go but that is another trip for another day and for today I am just putting my dream clothes into a suitcase and going back home where the Buddha from the bric-a-brac store will be waiting for us in the summer house in the garden and the dog will be lying on the sofa!
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