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...
by merlelevin | Sep 17, 2011 | Life Lessons
It’s not easy to get things done in Cape Town at the best of times. The pace here is tortoise – especially in winter, or summer, or spring or Autumn. Life comes before work – the mountains beg to be hiked, the ocean begs to be surfed, the foghorn near my flat is...
