June 2009
14 posts
Bangkok to Ubon / Wat Pah Nanachat
Booked train ticket for Ubon yesterday. Will leave for a evening train and get to Ubon tomorrow morning. Ubon is known as the more traditional part of Thailand, where “religious life” and everyday life coincide, less modern and hurried than Bangkok. That will be a nice change of pace.
I was glad to choose the guesthouse where I’ve been currently staying the last four days. ...
Arrived!
Hot afternoons might be just the time when I sit and update this thing. We’ll see about the consistency…
YOU HAVE ARRIVED!
Arrived to Bangkok last Wednesday afternoon and adjusting a bit with my jet lag and the summer heat, but all is well and I’m beginning to settle in. There is so much that is going on, particularly in Bangkok. Wow! Yesterday, did the main tourist spot...
Night Before...
Excited and awake…
Tired…
Mind thinking this and that…
“Do I have everything?”
Like everything? What everything?
“Am I gonna be safe?”
Of course! Such uncertainty in the voice?!
“Will I be able to download my pictures?”
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Last minute details and discoveries with uploading pictures or storing them, etc. There was a device...
Leavin' Behind
Tomorrow, this time, will be heading out to the airport…
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
We have arriving, we are goin’ home!
Gateway: South+East Asia
Dear Friend, Teacher and Guide Michael Dove came by with some friends and we enjoyed some yummmyummmm Vietnamese food from Saigon Friday night. Then, we all sat down and chatted about how our gateway year’s been progressing.
Dove shared with me these inspired words specifically about my upcoming trip and how it relates to my Gentle Birth of 2009:
Your trip, I see a lot of joy, laughter,...
Another Auspicious Sign!
From the Friendly Universe…
(Thank U, Julia!)
TRAVEL BY DESIGN (online course taught by Candice Lopez, San Diego City College)
I believe that many people use travel to promote personal transformation. They have a desire to make a change and by visiting and exploring new places are able to discover parts of themselves they are unable to find in any other way. As a result of travel they...
Auspicious Sign!
Received mail from Arturo Rhodes today, whose website /art gallery I found online as I was searching for images of Feminine Awakening. He generously gifted me with a print of the Feminine Awakening Buddha (below) and shared a note that the painting was inspired by a trip to South East Asia! Yes, yes!!! Suroeste Inspirations!
In the storm that is the end of a school year, with closing tasks...
End of Year: One More Week!
MOVING CLASSROOMS HOPEFULLY, SO SPENDING THESE LAST FEW DAYS BEFORE TRIP PACKIN’ UP & MOVING ACROSS THE WAY.
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COUNTDOWN ‘TIL END OF SCHOOL OF YEAR
7 DAYS
6 DAYS
5 DAYS
4 DAYS
3 DAYS
2 DAYS
1 MO’ DAY!
RELEASE, RELEASE, RELEASE
(I’m sure the students are countin’ down right along with me!) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Joyful anticipation
with...
Going, going, going completely...
Gate gate paragate parasam gate bodhi svaha
A monk once asked the Chinese Zen master Hui-hai, “What is the gate of Zen practice?” Hui-hai answered, “Complete giving.”
To share
Thanks to Carol for inviting me to blog about my experiences while I’m on my lil’ “getaway.”
Truthfully, I wasn’t really planning on blogging, emailing or keeping touch about the trip while I was away. I wanted to just bounce!!! I knew there would be internet cafes and such during my travels to give me a chance to keep in touch, but I had somehow made up my mind to...
Suroeste Dharma Journey on Flickr →
Pictures from South+East Asia trip
Summer 2009
(nothing on it yet…)
“You have seen the path
do not fear anymore.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
Full Moon in Sagittarius (June 7th, 2009)
This Full Moon represents the union of the physical and the spiritual in the search for knowledge. Sagittarius wants to understand the totality of existence through “journeying” in all its forms. This sign loves to travel abroad to foreign lands or armchair travel with books and on the Internet.
Going to new places expands your sense of who you are and how your life stacks up.
Share experiences...
