http://disqus.com/by/lilalia/enFri, 06 Nov 2009 03:36:13 -0000http://blog.onbeing.org/post/234089843#comment-22022176<p>My Irish grandmother knew well how to be compassionate. She practiced it every day from the moment she got up to go to early mass every morning, to the food packages she would make for the ailing neighbour, to the charity drives she helped organise to raise funds for children living in poverty. Since seeing Karen Armstrong's TED presentation last year, I have continually been thinking about my dear grandmother and how we tended to oversee the beauty and power of her actions because they were all expressed with grace and humbleness. </p>lilaliaFri, 06 Nov 2009 03:36:13 -0000http://blog.onbeing.org/post/221591958#comment-21124152<p>I really enjoyed this podcast. What a wonderful thing to have been given "struture and guideline about how to live my life" through culture, religion, or family. Arash and Ramin ideas were fascinating to listen to. Thank you.</p>lilaliaTue, 27 Oct 2009 15:47:44 -0000http://blog.onbeing.org/post/220288092#comment-20839550<p>Thank you for writing this post. It reflects so well the conflict so many of us go through, and continue to go through. Your melting pot of religious identity mirrors my own. My husband and I chose not to have our children baptized, but I can understand so well your choice. The ideas of rituals, either momentous or minute, once in a lifetime or daily, leave their fingerprints on our souls. </p>lilaliaFri, 23 Oct 2009 01:38:06 -0000http://blog.onbeing.org/post/210140451#comment-19850891<p>Like you, I read and reread Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind over and over again. I also was profoundly drawn into Etty, A Diary 1941-43, by Etty Hillesum and Letters to a Young Poet, by Rainer Maria Rilke. Whereas the two later authors died very young, I loved the fact that Suzuki lived a long and full life.</p>lilaliaSun, 11 Oct 2009 12:00:02 -0000http://blog.onbeing.org/post/191981847#comment-16957225<p>Thank you for putting the series together. It has been very enlightening to be offered a glimpse into the many layers of practices and experiences of Muslims living this important religious tradition.</p>lilaliaSun, 20 Sep 2009 03:12:07 -0000http://blog.onbeing.org/post/188660677#comment-16799944<p>At one of my favourite restaurants, there is a three-stool bar tucked into a corner that has a complete view of the kitchen. I love to sit there late afternoon and drink tea and watch all the kitchen crew go about their business of getting ready for the busy night ahead. There is a quiet but swift fluidity in their movements, an air of anticipation, a love of preparing good food, and an almost religious observance for detail... very much what you said about your traffic cop, but accompanied by good music! </p>lilaliaThu, 17 Sep 2009 01:53:05 -0000http://blog.onbeing.org/post/170695026#comment-15647148<p>Every morning I look forward to hearing each of your new voices explaining their personal thinking or experiences during Ramadan. There have been such a diverse number of topics, and yet, each voice has brought for me a new appreciation for this time of fasting and prayer. Thank you for creating this series.</p>lilaliaMon, 31 Aug 2009 08:18:13 -0000http://blog.onbeing.org/post/172987795#comment-15646612<p>I remember coming to Germany nearly 27 years ago and wondering why everyone gave the time it took to travel from one city to another as an indicator if a trip went well. In Canada, when talking about a long car journey, we talked about whether the weather was good, the traffic sparse, the coffee delicious that we pick up along the way, or the radio programs we listened to, as demonstrating how well a journey went. Maybe your journey to discover Sitting Bull’s legacy will not be in the miles you travel, but in the layers you explore of this legacy and the people who are living that can still pass it on.</p>lilaliaMon, 31 Aug 2009 07:42:49 -0000http://blog.onbeing.org/post/158482145#comment-14589681<p>We do forget that many of these nations or democracies are young, even though their cultures are old. </p>lilaliaMon, 10 Aug 2009 15:17:53 -0000