Man the smell of weed and vodka....... next door, is overwhelming, so I thought I'd come here instead!!!
Happy birthday Ben,
Much love and affection, as always!!
Happy birthday Ben!
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"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
Thank you all for your wonderful wishes and birthday wishes.
You really are the best, and I feel greatly honored ,and indeed humbled, to have you as my companions on the path.
Anyway, i thought i would share some photos of my birthday today, and a couple of other recent photos of our life here.
Chris
That photo of the party-going greyhound is a spitting image of our beloved departed Blaze!
Me at Paringa Archery Club last saturday.
Quinn, last weekend at quarter-time. They got smashed!
This morning at Cateract Gorge, the suspension bridge in the background.
Quinn and Darcy on the rocks.
Freya, visiting from the mainland.
Ben and my lovely wife, Kylie
Darcy, future rock-star.
You really are the best, and I feel greatly honored ,and indeed humbled, to have you as my companions on the path.
Anyway, i thought i would share some photos of my birthday today, and a couple of other recent photos of our life here.
Chris
That photo of the party-going greyhound is a spitting image of our beloved departed Blaze!
Me at Paringa Archery Club last saturday.
Quinn, last weekend at quarter-time. They got smashed!
This morning at Cateract Gorge, the suspension bridge in the background.
Quinn and Darcy on the rocks.
Freya, visiting from the mainland.
Ben and my lovely wife, Kylie
Darcy, future rock-star.
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
He's a lefty!...and not alone...
Great photos Ben...beautiful family, and a dyno locale...you've done something right...
Great photos Ben...beautiful family, and a dyno locale...you've done something right...
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Beautiful family! Thanks for the photos! Glad you enjoyed your birthday!!!
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Happy Birthday Ben!
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Happy B-day Ben
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Gorgeous photos Ben glad you had a fun day - I love the pic of you and Kylie!! Can't wait to come visit
Love Mrs Retro
Love Mrs Retro
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Yes indeed.... you sure look like a very loving couple!retrofuturist wrote:Gorgeous photos Ben glad you had a fun day - I love the pic of you and Kylie!! Can't wait to come visit
Love Mrs Retro
With metta,
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Hey look... my account has just been hacked into!
Metta,
Retro.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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happy birthday
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the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
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retrofuturist wrote:Hey look... my account has just been hacked into!
Metta,
Retro.
Ben thanks for sharing the photos, you have a lovely family!
Re: Happy birthday Ben!
Happy belated, Ben.
"To reach beyond fear and danger we must sharpen and widen our vision. We have to pierce through the deceptions that lull us into a comfortable complacency, to take a straight look down into the depths of our existence, without turning away uneasily or running after distractions." -- Bhikkhu Bodhi
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus
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Ah what fun! Wish we could get together some day and shoot some arrows.
J
J
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Happy Birthday Ben!! Wonderful to see you & your family in those photos.
"As Buddhists, we should aim to develop relationships that are not predominated by grasping and clinging. Our relationships should be characterised by the brahmaviharas of metta (loving kindness), mudita (sympathetic joy), karuna (compassion), and upekkha (equanimity)."
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
Re: Happy birthday Ben!
Happy birthday Ben!
Thank you for the photos.
Thank you for the photos.