Hello Ben,
Happy Travels, moving from Victoria to Tasmania - just one thing .....
~ how are we going to manage you now that you are becoming a Tasmanian Devil?
..... I would like to suggest that all unordained Globals have to wear a muzzle when on Dhamma Wheel.
metta
Chris
Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
man i dont even remember what i was gonna post, when i scrolled down to hit reply i had a screen full of devil gonads....
สัพเพ สัตตา สุขีตา โหนตุ
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
Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
May it be cooler where you landed than where you took off from.
And while you're about things, help save the Tasmanian Devil. We all need a little pepper in our lives.
Best wishes.
And while you're about things, help save the Tasmanian Devil. We all need a little pepper in our lives.
Best wishes.
Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
wow. I'm impressed.
(p.s., Good luck Ben!)
(p.s., Good luck Ben!)
Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
Dear Chris
I don't know which I laughed more at - the thought of a muzzle or the picture of the tasmanian devil! The kids came laughing to see what their old man was laughing at! The muzzle might be a good idea for another reason... Alexander Pierce, an escapee from the Sarah Island Penal Colony, fed on his co-escapees as he travelled overland from the west-coast to Jericho. Tasmania is also the place where colonists and convict conscripts formed 'the black line' and systematically rounded up or killed the aboriginal population. The remnants of which were settled on Flinders Island. The natural beauty of Tasmania is breathtaking. Very wild cold-temperate rainforests which for years the Taswegians have endeavoured to destroy by building dams, and wholesale logging of old-growth forests.
Thank you all for your kind thoughts. I'm boarding the Spirit of Tasmania tonight with my boys and the two hounds. Leaving is bitter-sweet. We arrive in Devonport sometime tomorrow about 6AM and then its 100km down the road to 'Lonny' (Launceston).
Take care
Ben
I don't know which I laughed more at - the thought of a muzzle or the picture of the tasmanian devil! The kids came laughing to see what their old man was laughing at! The muzzle might be a good idea for another reason... Alexander Pierce, an escapee from the Sarah Island Penal Colony, fed on his co-escapees as he travelled overland from the west-coast to Jericho. Tasmania is also the place where colonists and convict conscripts formed 'the black line' and systematically rounded up or killed the aboriginal population. The remnants of which were settled on Flinders Island. The natural beauty of Tasmania is breathtaking. Very wild cold-temperate rainforests which for years the Taswegians have endeavoured to destroy by building dams, and wholesale logging of old-growth forests.
Thank you all for your kind thoughts. I'm boarding the Spirit of Tasmania tonight with my boys and the two hounds. Leaving is bitter-sweet. We arrive in Devonport sometime tomorrow about 6AM and then its 100km down the road to 'Lonny' (Launceston).
Take care
Ben
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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.
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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
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Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
was there a movie about this? or did i just remember a past life??Alexander Pierce, an escapee from the Sarah Island Penal Colony, fed on his co-escapees as he travelled overland from the west-coast to Jericho
สัพเพ สัตตา สุขีตา โหนตุ
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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Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
I'm worried that Ben might feel the need to create a second Dhamma Wheel account.
Just kidding, of course...
Metta,
Retro.
Just kidding, of course...
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."
Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
Yes, made for Television. Irish-Australian co-production:http://www.if.com.au/inprods/index.html ... prodid=163jcsuperstar wrote:was there a movie about this? or did i just remember a past life??Alexander Pierce, an escapee from the Sarah Island Penal Colony, fed on his co-escapees as he travelled overland from the west-coast to Jericho
Maybe it could be a past life. Do you ever get the feeling something is eating you?
Cheers
Ben
“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
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
- 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]..
Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
I'm not sure why I feel compelled to confess, but I do: Tasmania, New Zealand and the Orkneys are all places about which I know extemely little and yet I have a wonderful fantasy life that includes all of them. Maybe my brain has been addled by cannibalism.
Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
Adam, I am happy for you to have a vicarious interest in my adventures. However, it will require you to come visit someday soon!
Thank you all for your kind wishes. Its time I pulled apart my computer and internet cabling. I hope to 'see' you again in a few days.
Metta
Ben
Thank you all for your kind wishes. Its time I pulled apart my computer and internet cabling. I hope to 'see' you again in a few days.
Metta
Ben
“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
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
- 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: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
Hi Ben,
I hope you're all settling in nicely.
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
I hope you're all settling in nicely.
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
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Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
Ben, may your arrows fly straight and land true.
J
J
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Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
Greetings,
An SMS received from Ben....
"Hi Paul. I'm in Launceston but no power until tomorrow afternoon. Ph battery going flat. Waiting for removalist. Please say hi to gang".
Metta,
Retro.
An SMS received from Ben....
"Hi Paul. I'm in Launceston but no power until tomorrow afternoon. Ph battery going flat. Waiting for removalist. Please say hi to gang".
Metta,
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Re: Safe Journey and Happy Landings Ben!
By the time you read this, you might be already getting unpacked at your new place. Welcome again and hope you like your new home!
A former Army brat and later did some service with the U.S. federal government, I have moved over 25 times. Welcome to the gypsy life!