One Monday evening in 2008, I had the privilege of meeting The Tulku Lama Lobsang at a Lecture he held in the Quinta do Pombal , Algarve, Portugal. I was expecting him to be clad in orange and to my surprise he wore black. Everybody stood as he entered, everybody that is except for me. I just didn't seem to have time, I had been in the middle of something, it was a bit weird actually, I wasn't really sure if I should have or not. The King and I came to mind. He sat and started to talk about Tibetan Medicine, which is his speciality, along with Lu Jong. A Tibetan Yoga/Tai Chi kind of activity which is practiced at the centre. He said that all of us have un-manifested illness within us and at some point of our lives it manifests itself, other times it lays dormant just to manifest in another life. "Men (and women) must get ill", he stated. Sickness is part of life. If we are not sick now, then don't worry, one day we will be. (So if we are well, we are ...
My brother once told me when I was about 7 that I didn't really exist, that I was just a figment of his imagination as he slept. This really made me think, could he be right? What is reality anyway?....since then (and maybe even before)I have always been intriguesd as to why we exist. This blog is a place for me to write my thoughs on life, death, love, hate and all the rest of the things men (and women) do under the sun...feel free to comment.