First Experience

Hello!

Yesterday I experienced a 'satsang' first hand. and with experienced I really mean experienced.
The meeting began at 2pm and lasted till 5pm. it started with some chanting and singing. around 3pm one of the members i had email contact with gave a lecture about the bhagavad gita and why he joined the hare krishna. which was 
quite interesting. He first practiced Tibetan Buddhism, but found it to be too negative and so he joined the hare krishna's. I must say that we left the meeting with a big smile on our faces.

(made by pinar kumru)

After the lecture we started dancing, for them it was letting your self go and just have fun. for us it was the same. a woman pulled me and my group to the dancefloor so we jumped along with them.

I really had a good time and i definately have another opinion or view on hare krishna's.
now that i have seen it for myself i don't think that they are a cult. They have the same holy book as the Hindu's and I believe that they share man of their rituals. So In my eyes they are a religion.
But with that I have to say that is is the first time that i've been there. so i have to see more to really come to a conclusion.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (we were also given some flowers)
                   

Hare Krishna Study

Hi!

I'm so excited for sunday! Me and a group of other students have been given the assignment to study one particular group in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. After discussing different types of groups we've decided to go for the Hare Krishna movement in Rotterdam, where they are well known and easily recognised.
I had taken the responsibility to make contact with them and asked if it would be possible for me and my group to do some interviews and be present during certain rituals etc.
Yesterday I had an email from them saying that we are invited to one of their meetings on coming sunday. where they will be singing/chanting and dancing ang giving lectures about the bhagavad gita which is the holy book of the Hindus.

picture from krishna.org

The next couple of weeks my group and I will be interviewing some members and learn as much as possible about this religion who some people call a religious cult. I cannot decide on that before I have experienced a meeting for myself and talked to these people. I believe in the teaching of the Buddha and I have thought about many of his teachings and still do. I do not blindly believe in what is said. so I am curious to know what made them join the hare krishna and what kind of impact it has had on their lifes.

I you are curious about the hare krishna ( and other religions) and want to learn more about them. I suggest you keep an eye on my blog, because I will be writing about them regularly.

I'll be back on sunday!

Mermaids

 A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.^[1] Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, China, and India. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transforms herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover. Mermaids are sometimes depicted as perilous creatures associated with floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drowning. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same tradition) they can be benevolent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans.

while looking through wikipedia i also found this interessting view on mermaids
The One Thousand and One Nights collection includes several tales featuring "sea people", such as "Djullanar the Sea-girl". Unlike depictions of mermaids in other mythologies, these are anatomically identical to land-bound humans, differing only in their ability to breathe and live underwater. They can (and do) interbreed with land humans, and the children of such unions have the ability to live underwater. 
I do believe that sightings of mermaids during the history of men is caused by lack of vitamins, dehydration and just missing female companions while being on a ship for months. Even a seal can look like a woman then.
but that doesn't make mermaids less interesting or beautiful.

* also interesting I've learned that children who have gender issues are called mermaids as well.
quit a cute name i must say.
* pictures from google

I'm ready! I'm ready!

waking up at 6am on sunday to do volunteerwork!
i'm ready! I'm ready!

At least I know that altough im doing only a little thing i am helping other people,
if you have alot of free time or if you haven't got a job ( like I do)
why not do some volunteerwork?

Loving Kindness

I've been into Buddhism since i was 17, since then i've stopped drinking and trying to meditate as often as possible. not drinking has never been a problem but taking the time to meditate and taking time to just be quiet, thats where im having difficulties.
My personal life, has had major ups and downs lately. so no better time to take some time for myself.

for me the most important thing is to act with love and forgive. i have to forgive the people that have hurt me in the past so i can live happily without grudge in the present and the future.
and most of all, be grateful. Live cannot be taken for granted. yesterday I did some volunteer work in a childrens hospital, after the stories i heard there. I realised that every parent, every mother should be so thankful for their child to be born healthy, because there are many who are not.

Simple and Feminine

Simple,Pure,Feminine clothing

all photos found on weheartit.com

Gandhi quotes

a collection of Gandhi Quotes

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.


Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.


The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.



You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.


An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.


If you want to know more about Gandhi, but you don't like reading. I suggest you watch Richard Attenborough's movie about him called Gandhi.
In the beginning of the movie they show a quote by Albert Einstein:

"Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as [Gandhi] ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth."  Which is completely true, if someone in this day and age would life such a lifestyle and preach such things people will believe that there is something behind it. True compassion is lost if Individuality takes over.

Hair Inspiration : 2 Braids

Introduction

Introduction week just finished at my school and although I had quarrels with one of my teachers. Im learning not to be a quitter and to be persistent!

Floral Inspiration

Some inspirational pictures

Floral, Pastel, Feminine 

Beauty Issues

  

Lately I've been wondering about Beauty. What is Beauty? What defines Beauty and who does?

Beauty according to Wikipedia:

Beauty (also called prettiness, loveliness or comeliness) is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience ofpleasure or satisfaction.^[1] Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology, and culture. An "ideal beauty" is an entity which is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture, for perfection.

Altough I am a big fan of make-up, not the M.A.C kind of make up just the normal kind of make up you buy in a drugstore. I do believe that true beauty and I am talking about outer beauty is a face that shines with and without make up, so you are able to show your true features just the way you are. Not only do I believe that that is true beauty I also believe that it is beneficial for your skin not to use alot of make-up. Make-up can irritate your skin and mascara and other eye make-up can damage your eyes. I mean think about it. Using products which most of the time do not use natural ingredients and putting it on your face everyday, each morning when you get dressed. and taking it off with more chemicals how can you're face be healthy if you're not giving it time to breath.

I do advice that if you wear make up you should clean it with oil, it's not aggresive on your skin. especially if you have a difficult skin type like i do.