As the review panel approaches, i know that one of the maain points i will be asked to defend will be the cloice of methodological chance in relation to the research.  I have read so many things around methodology during the past couple of years in particular. Earlier today i was reading a chapter by Colin Feltham titled “The Therapist as Researcher and Inquirer” cited in the Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy (2000, London : Sage) by Feltham and Horton and fond some useful quotes worthe recording for later use: … Read more »

Today I read the following powerful quote, which demonstrates vividly aspects of my experience of living between two cultrures:

“And ,now that life had so much promise in it, they resolved to go back to their own land; because the years after all, have a kind of emptiness, when we spend too many of them on a foreign shore. We difer the realitu of life, in such cases, until a future moment, where we shall again breathe our native air; but by-and-by, there are no future momenst; or, if we do return, we find that the native air has lost its invigorating quality, and that life has shifted its reality to the spot where we ave deemed ourselves only temporary residents. Thus, between two countries, we have none at all, or only that little space of either, in which we finally lay down our discontented bones. It is wise, therefore, to come back betimes, or never”

Nathaniel Hawthome, The Marble Faun (1860/1990)

Interesting thought from Baba’s ‘Thought for the day”…grounding us in reality:

“The Ishanatraya (triad of desires) of Dhaneshana, Dareshana and Putreshana (desire for money, spouse and progeny) is responsible for man’s misery. Wealth can never provide permanent happiness. Spiritual wealth is the true wealth. Man is not able to enjoy true happiness due to his greed for money. Yet, he craves for money. No doubt, money is necessary but the wealth you accumulate should be under certain limits. The second is Dareshana. One may marry and have children and enjoy family life for a while. But such happiness is not lasting. It is foolish to think that one can remain happy for ever in family life. The third is Putreshana. There is nothing wrong in aspiring to have progeny but the happiness that results is only temporary. Therefore, none of these can give true and lasting happiness. Know that you do not need to search for bliss outside. It is ever within you”

Yes, it’s true…I shall look/work on more happiness…within

Thank you Jeni for telling me this today!

“Whatever learning one may acquire, whatever positions of authority one may occupy, however great one may be, if one lacks human values, one cannot be called a human being at all. What is humanness? Essentially, it means unity of thought, word and deed. When one’s thoughts are at variance with what one says or does, one ceases to be human. Today, what men have to cultivate is unity and purity in thought, word and deed. True human qualities can grow only in a heart filled with spiritual aspirations; seeds should be sown in fertile soil and not on a piece of rock. Hence, to develop these qualities, men have to develop compassion and equanimity amidst the vicissitudes of life”  by BABA