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| buddha now in Singapore |
Discombobulated by travelling from London to Singapore, Singapore to Bintan, Bintan to tropical paradise, I find meditation disappears even though I think about it. However, returning to Singapore with the granddaughters, I find that the Buddha from the bric a brac sale who came with Grace to Singapore after last summer is sitting on the bedside table. Amongst all the wonderful possibilities, the dim sum, the swimming pool, the botanic gardens and the timeless nature of being on holiday, the feeling I really couldn't miss and which was coming from him was an invitation, a coming home to myself. Suddenly meditation wasn't a far away thing, it became easy again. Originally bought in a village bric a brac sale I now wonder if he came from somewhere much more important and that was what gave him that special quality of stillness. His name, the Buddha is akin to the word Buddhi, an ancient Indian name for your intelligent being, the place where you know what really is and can discard the things which pass one by one as objects to enjoy. He seems to fill your whole heart space when you allow him in. The lady on the right is Lama Zangmo, she has made becoming her Buddha like self, her whole life and you can see how the light streams out of her eyes and her smile. A bit more of this may make the same thing happen to all of us. You can meet Lama Zangmo on November 23rd either by coming to St Martin-in-the-Fields in the morning or by clicking on the sparkly globe on the
www.justthisday.org website and joining from wherever you are in the world. Go on, you know it must be worth it!
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