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The World That We Live In: February 2015
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Posted by Brooke Stoneman. The future never looks like what you thought it would - but it's almost always awesome. It's official folks, we are headed to Cairo in 2016! We've been trying to balance romantic expectations with the very real instability and challenges we'll face in Egypt. We can't know exactly what it will be like until we get there, but we are trying to be as clear eyed as possible. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody bk. 1):. A Brief History of Islam:. Karen Armstrong (who I love).
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The World That We Live In: You Have Chosen a Good Guru
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You Have Chosen a Good Guru. Posted by Brooke Stoneman. 8220;You have chosen a good guru” the man says as we walk past him and into our yoga class. His head bobs back and forth above a white shawl and loose white pants. His wife wears a traditional sari and the bindi between her eyebrows. I smile as I pass and think “ What? I have chosen a guru? This news is faintly alarming to me. While performing. Asanas I try not to think about it and focus on what I need from the session:. I'm sad to say that my full...
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The World That We Live In: March 2015
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Qantab Beach, Oman. Posted by Brooke Stoneman. By eight AM the Qantab fishermen are already pulling their green boats ashore, faces wrapped in sea crusted checkered scarves. I watched two men leap from the bow and run a rope up the beach to a large empty spool operated by a crank. A few villagers wondered over, as if summoned, and begin to turn the spool. The boat slowly crept further onto the beach to be cleaned and stowed until tomorrow. Oman continues to surprise me. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The World That We Live In: Sri Lanka: Suffering
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Posted by Brooke Stoneman. Offerings at the Dambulla Cave Temples. It was a terrible time. There were bombs going off everywhere and a lot of innocent people dying.”. While Rajita was, for obvious and good reason, brief about the war, he did talk at length with us about Buddhism. Sri Lanka has been an important stronghold for Buddhism since the 3. Century BC and Sri Lankans take credit for initiating the Buddhist monastic movement. 70% of the population is Buddhist. I have thought about this a lot in dif...
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The World That We Live In: January 2015
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Wadis, Wadis, Everywhere. Posted by Brooke Stoneman. Swimming is mentioned specifically in the collected teachings, deeds and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. Along with archery, walking, and horseracing the Hadith instructs Muslims to teach their children to swim. This Sunna is often discussed in the context of taking care of the body, of exercise. A little wadi art. Something else absent from my fantasy geography were the hundreds of Wadis. Wadis -. The other pictures I’ve snapped along the way a...
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The World That We Live In: May 2014
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8220;Turn Around”. Posted by Brooke Stoneman. The big ear on the outside of our head should be closed. It is so good at hearing that the inner ear goes deaf. What if you had no hearing at all, no nose, no mind-stuff! Then one could hear well the three syllables: “Turn Around.”. Our sounds, our work, our renown, these are our outer. When we move inwardly, we move through inner space. Our feet walk firmly, they experience sidewalks well. There is one inside who walks like Jesus on the Sea. There are brands...
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The World That We Live In: Qantab Beach, Oman
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Qantab Beach, Oman. Posted by Brooke Stoneman. By eight AM the Qantab fishermen are already pulling their green boats ashore, faces wrapped in sea crusted checkered scarves. I watched two men leap from the bow and run a rope up the beach to a large empty spool operated by a crank. A few villagers wondered over, as if summoned, and begin to turn the spool. The boat slowly crept further onto the beach to be cleaned and stowed until tomorrow. Oman continues to surprise me. March 22, 2015 at 2:45 PM.
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The World That We Live In: Sri Lanka: Remembering How to See
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Sri Lanka: Remembering How to See. Posted by Brooke Stoneman. My family has a mysterious hip dysfunction that, when at its worse, makes sitting for any period of time agonizing. A few years ago I spent a sweltering DC summer trying to figure it out which amounted to basically remembering how to walk and how to sit. I felt like a 4 year old. Remember how to sit. The phrase often comes to my head when the pain becomes too much. I sit taller and re-align my shoulders and I can usually manage the position.
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The World That We Live In: December 2014
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Posted by Brooke Stoneman. Where have I been? But anyway, I'm not much for New Year's resolutions but this year I'm going to work harder to share Oman. Muttrah Souk Stained Glass Ceiling. Jebel Akhdar at Sunset. Oh, just a camel ranch. The husband, contemplating they mysteries of the Universe. Another great view from Jebel Akhdar. Why I Love Maps. Posted by Brooke Stoneman. 8220;That was my room” He said to me. 8220;Sorry, your room? 8220;Yes. On the way to Sudan.”. And labels are stories of. Political a...
