tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post1561288539151203908..comments2023-11-03T11:26:05.875-04:00Comments on My Journey To Mindfulness: SharingOne Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post-85373593209759107352009-08-24T09:55:50.266-04:002009-08-24T09:55:50.266-04:00Aisling, thank you for visiting. Val, you sound s...Aisling, thank you for visiting. Val, you sound so much like my son and yes all of Thich Nhat Hanh's books he has in his library. Sky, as always I love your comments.<br />Each of you have a wonderful day.One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post-14943009079768723612009-08-21T16:37:16.536-04:002009-08-21T16:37:16.536-04:00well, this is someone i would certainly enjoy bein...well, this is someone i would certainly enjoy being friends with. i wish he'd settle near us until he moves back there for retirement! everyone i know who travels has said thailand is one of the most beautiful places on earth. <br /><br />please send him our way!Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02523247895437700129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post-83601124854795105902009-08-21T05:08:38.968-04:002009-08-21T05:08:38.968-04:00How interesting did I find his letter?? Very inte...How interesting did I find his letter?? Very interesting!<br /><br />My first contact with Buddhism was Theravada and I was taught and practised vipassana meditation for many years. My first teacher was a Westerner who was ordained in Thailand and the first one to be told to come back to the UK to teach. He did.<br /><br />Ajahn Chah, too, was a wonderful man too, who established a forest monastery in Egland that is still running.<br /><br />When I moved away from London and had a family, it was difficult to keep up the practise without the support of a local group.<br /><br />But I discovered Thich Nhat Hanh (your son may enjoy his books, a Vietnamese Zen monk of great wisdom and humanity) and found a local sangha meditation group so close to me in rural Dorset. Hurrah.<br /><br />To read your son's words reminds me of myself when younger - though we travelled to the East we never settled.<br /><br />It was a great joy, when on a retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh at his monastery in France in June, to find a famous Thai monk studying there with him. Two threads of my life pulled together. Wonderful.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743788129921238096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post-24726478446369319222009-08-18T15:53:41.686-04:002009-08-18T15:53:41.686-04:00Ernestine, That was fascinating. Your son sounds ...Ernestine, That was fascinating. Your son sounds like a dedicated and thoughtful young man. What an interesting life he is leading. :)Marciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582731584317660272noreply@blogger.com