by merlelevin | Sep 27, 2011 | Life Lessons
“Letting the light shine through” was the headline in the front page of this morning’s New York Times “Shimmering on satin or seeping through chiffon” – is apparently the message from Milan’s 2012 season. “All about light”...
by merlelevin | Sep 25, 2011 | Life Lessons
http://dalailama.com/messages/tibet/reincarnation-statement Statement of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on the Issue of His Reincarnation
by merlelevin | Sep 24, 2011 | Life Lessons
“If it is true, then we truly haven’t understood anything about anything” Quote from Alvar De Rujula – a theorist at CERN the European Center for Nuclear Research on a report that physicists plan to report that they have detected subatomic particles moving faster than...
by merlelevin | Sep 23, 2011 | Life Lessons
I just read this from a report on the conference of Tibetans taking place in India: “China has introduced a new law banning Tibetan religious beings from reincarnating without government’s approval.” I had to post it on this blog to remind me not to...
by merlelevin | Sep 19, 2011 | Life Lessons
Sir Simon Rattle, the colorful conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, dropped this phrase in an interview I watched of him the other night. He said that his most inspiring teacher and mentor told him to “hurry slowly” and the phrase stuck me in a way that has had me...