Earlier I thought of an appropriate response as some esoteric act that only cats, lamas and other enlightened beings were capable of. This notion has been evolving with time and I see it now as showing up for a situation, seeing what it asks for and acting from that place. There is no separation between [...]
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Same me but different (1): apparently I eat meat
Posted in Books and Ideas, Home, Response, tagged Byron Katie, ideas, Nigeria, Response, self on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Out of Russia: Football game as a duty
Posted in Home, Out of Russia, tagged Asha, football, game on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am not a football/soccer person but every time I come to Asha in summer my dad and I go see the local football team in action. I like the feeling of belonging with the other supporters perched on the wooden benches, a bottle of cold beer in hand, on this cosy stadium surrounded by [...]
Out of Russia: Asha from above, more visuals
Posted in Home, Out of Russia on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few pictures from the same vintage point, different directions.
Out of Russia: Asha from above
Posted in Home, Out of Russia on August 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It hadn’t rained in Asha for two months by the time I got there so I climbed up one of the mountains and offer a desperate-for-rain dance to the local gods.
The smoking chimneys on the other side of the river that at that point almost completely dried out belong to the local Metallurgical Plant. [...]
In my new space
Posted in Home, tagged Home on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All the major work is done, time to lie back and look around. I like this new home of mine but hardly had any time to settle into it. The question that I am tuning into is: “What does this place ask of me?”. One of my favourite places to be these days is… the [...]
A Personal Note From Irisha
Welcome to AR-blog! The question I try to answer on the moment-to-moment base is: what is the appropriate response here?
Appropriate response is when we clearly see what the situation requires, not what conditioning determines, or what external expectations and internal demands precipitate.
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I want to unfold. I don't want to stay folded anywhere, because where I am folded, there I am untrue.
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