Okay, I realize I am outing myself here, but it’s only for one post and it’s only because my sister writes such a great newspaper column, and I just have to say that this was one of her best.
Go read it and see if he touches you, too.
Love ya’, sis.
Great column. I love reading the Dali Lama’s published works. What a great opportunity your sister had to hear him speak. Her words are eloquent. Kuddos to her!
Oh yeah! Thanks from me too sis’!!
pjg
Personally, I think it’s time you out yourself. You don’t out your patients and I wouldn’t recognize anyone on the street (or in your waiting room for that matter) per any of your blog posts. You’re fair and balanced in your writing and you don’t use any crazy fear tactics to sway readers. Lastly, you’re respectful to all comments, even those that disagree with you.
You make us laugh and think and crave really good recipes.
Unless you truly think Big Pharma is going to be waiting for you in an alley on your walk home….I say let it all hang out baby.
When I was in Japan, I saw a lot of little statue forms called Jizo. And heard different stories that people had about them. Jizo is that Japanese name for one of the followers of the Buddha, who had reached spiritual enlightenment. But instead of going on to become a Buddha himself when he died, he chose to stay behind to help the rest of us.
And so, there are all these little Jizo figures all over, especially at crossroads, and in Buddhism, each has a sort of part of Jizo’s spirit, there to help the rest of us.
I’m not at all spiritual, but I like the story, and always felt good seeing the statues. There seems to me something very powerful in the story of Jizo choosing to stay behind.
As I understand it, the Dalai Lama is a different form of the same sort of idea, staying behind to help the rest of us.
I’d love to hear him speak, and if it weren’t unenlightened, I’d be jealous of your sister. But since I’m striving, I’ll just be joyful that your sister had the experience!