tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post4689124764973865695..comments2024-03-01T06:20:29.087+00:00Comments on qualia and other wildlife: zen & the human conditionrosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-1072953633277739392018-01-24T12:02:40.790+00:002018-01-24T12:02:40.790+00:00Hello Belinda - lovely to hear from you. Am so gla...Hello Belinda - lovely to hear from you. Am so glad you're still writing!<br /><br />Oh yes, the five hindrances. Don't we all know them?<br /><br />Rxrosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-25205504813986884702018-01-24T12:01:57.550+00:002018-01-24T12:01:57.550+00:00Hello Miri - I'm glad it resonated for you! &#...Hello Miri - I'm glad it resonated for you! 'How it is.'<br /><br />Yes, TWR is fine whenever; will try best to make room for it at the end of Feb with my usual various end-of-month mentoring commitment.<br /><br />See you before too long. Glad Jeff is joining us for some of the retreat-time.<br /><br />Love<br /><br />Rxrosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-34660283964110490292018-01-24T11:22:10.070+00:002018-01-24T11:22:10.070+00:00Thank you for this. I particularly like the five &...Thank you for this. I particularly like the five 'hindrances'. All best wishes for your time out. Am still blogging and trying to write! BxMad Englishwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007656187981921211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-67586951892355007562018-01-24T09:12:12.533+00:002018-01-24T09:12:12.533+00:00Very pertinent, Roselle.
'craving, aversion, a...Very pertinent, Roselle.<br />'craving, aversion, apathy, anxiety, doubt.'<br />Exactly what I've been feeling since November when I assumed that by new year I might be close to the end of my novel. I recognise what you say about your own writing: 'which has had such a difficult labour lately (the beginning was so sweet!), and is on the 5th draft.' <br />I'm on the umpteenth draft of certain chapters and still have new ones to write. So it's always comforting to know that I'm not alone and to feel that all you say here speaks directly to me even though I'm not a Buddhist and know very little – though value what I have gleaned – and find it creeping into so much of my life.<br />I haven't read this blog of 2012 (my first year on Iona) so I welcome it, as usual, before diving back into TWR. I still hope to send you something for next week's Jan end/Feb start. Is that still ok?<br />Meanwhile, Roselle, I wish you well in this shared struggle. Now I know how tough it all is. So, to quote you again – 'Let it just be' or my dad's version, said with a sweet-sad smile: 'that's the way it is'.<br />With love and thanks, MiriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com