hey_piso_mojado u24 many years ago (well, 2), on plato, you mentioned you were buddhist. is this still true, and could you possibly give me a whirlwind tour of buddhist philosophy; i know next to nothing about it and am interested in learning. thankyou. 051108 ... u24 ps, yes i could easily look online, but i prefer to discuss and question. pps, no obligation whatsoever, just tell me to mind my own business and i'll wander off :-) 051108 ... Piso Mojado hey u i think i said that my pov had a buddhist slant, so i dont consider myself buddhist persay, just a girl with some buddhist friends over the years and buddhist ideas slipped into my perspective on life through reading, conversation, and meditation. most importantly to this blathe, i dont know enough to feel comfortable giving you an overview (although i wish i did!)I'm sure there are many other blathers out there who know a lot more and have something to say about buddhism (mahayana, everdumbening eg) and could respond to this blathe. thank you for asking me though :) 051109 ... Piso Mojado this is what i started writing anyway- craving, aversion stop your monkey mind chatter breathe in, out- let go 051109 ... oren Balance. That is a big part of the religion. 051109 ... u24 :-) oic, sorry to have put you on the spot there. I did think after I posted this that I really should have done it under a different title rather than just singling you out. I like the "stop your monkey mind chatter" line though. cheers. 051110 ... Piso Mojado do you have any specific questions? what *do* you know about buddhism- (even just fragments or references)? 051111 ... u24 "all i know is that i know nothing." -socrates don't know why, but that seemed relevant. um, I've heard the story of the rich prince who being dissatisfied with the life of luxury decided to try the opposite and found he was finally happy. (paraphrased to the extent of losing all meaning, but c'mon, unhappy prince becomes random traveller and finally relaxes under a tree, he's going to be happier, right?) anyway, I've heard also that there's a kind of merit-based reincarnation thing, linked with karma, which I'm guessing is a kind of positive/negative energy which surrounds you and is affected by your actions, rather than some 'being good score' that people seem to think it is (eg 'karma points')... I could be totally wrong. It seems to attract me, the whole meditation, relaxation, ponderance and realisation of our own insignificance thing. maybe I'm way off and that's not buddhism, in which case I guess I'll have to keep searching. :) 051112 ... Ouroboros 1. life is suffering 2. the cause of this suffering is craving and aversion 3. there is an end to this suffering 4. there is a path to the end of this suffering 061010 ... a thread of bread the other day i was thinking, damn, she is on the other side of the world reading rilke in the shade with a thick hot wind blowing off the western part of some island whose name I can't pronounce while I'm here pretty wet and cold (but happy mind you) and I said to myself, she is doing exactly what she said she would be doing, good for her, and she is thinking about exactly what she always is thinking about ["whatever the hell am I going to do next with my life," or occasionally, "have you heard of this extraordinarly fascinating beautiful place that can't be googled or found on a standard atlas, well, I'm going there..."] 061113 ... IGG ahhhhhhh i was very impressed, i went to USA a couple of weeks ago and when i was in a toilet, i found a wet floor sign that said piso mojado..... i thought OOOOO A SKITENAME!!! and promptly decided to discuss this when i got back. so i'm assuming that's pertaining to ouroboros comment on the exposing_blatherskite_aliases page? 061115 ... como se dice ouroboros en espanol? thread of bread, 1. your writer's voice has changed and developed 2. often i think, damn, thread of bread is off on the other side of the world, creating and doing and meeting exactly who he needs to, to continue following his heart and life's path- and i'm here alone, learning alone, as i've wished for- and he is living and learning with a partner, with his community- and damn, that door is officially closed between us for a path together, but hopefully we will still dialogue from our parallel lanes. but hey, we are both happy and how lovely is that. 3. love to you always and i would love to read more of what you've been writing (because i know you have been writing) 061123 what's it to you? who go blather from