It’s my father birthday, he’s just 57 and you would feel on heaven by sharing his cmpany. They say there is a special link between daughters and fathers so it maybe possible i am writing this out of this special connection but i dont think so. Infact each and every person who is getting along with him now and in the past is clearly benefitting of his compelling personality and adorable heart. He has been my guide for over thirty years, he still is at the right level of maturation, being the perfect father that each daughter would love to have aside. I had many girlfriends along the years but no one of them could compete, in their own bound with their father, with the one we have been blessed with. Yes, this is pure blessing which happens once in a while to our generation. The connection goes far beyond the daily material necessities that he always generously lavishes. I love my father’s spirit so nouishing and so much founded into first hand experience, consistency of character, morality, discipline, straightforwardness, clarity of feelings and words. He is an example of how a man can rise with his own inner wisdom and understanding from a not vantagious social and political situation to a point where life becomes interestingly flourishing and soothing. Beside having a great joyious character he is also a self made artist dedicated to always different tecniques, designs, and daily care of edible, ornamental plants, flowers and trees. [all pics are his artworks, Lillo below we drew & painted together more than 20 years ago]
She must be one of the most modern goddess, nicely dressed up and enveloped in some loving smell of a flower fragrance. I think Shri Laxmi loves Hong Kong which has already conquered the name of Paradise of shopping worldwide. She makes money circulating, jobs creating and people being blessed by her rapid touch. She has some preferences, being her gusto of a divine type. She keeps testing on folk’s inner energy to see if it is used in the proper dharmic way with balance and immense love, detached. Laxmi is the prettiest of all, She never forgets to wear jewerly and khajal. She acts in the subtle with endless inspirations: today indulging on the creditcard, tomorrow resting in the pink lotus flower busy with new works for the times to come. Peaceful and tireless. Diwali of course is Her favourite because is when She can truly bestow or confirm powers with the spontaneous meditative style freely accessible to everybody now. Today Laxmi is a reality. Feel your stomach and feed the others.
It’s Diwali. Cant you feel? Close your eyes and dont blink, it’s Diwali. No need to know what is Diwali, no need to be from some country, it’s just Diwali for all because everybody has its own light inside, somebody has it turned on, in somebody else it is off. If you know how to turn it on then just connect.
Today i went to one of the most furnished stationary shop here at the corner to look for clay for making diyas, little lamps and home decorate with plenty of tiny lights, flames. Went up and down alonge the aisles of the big packed shop and ended up showing some gesture to teh shop keeper with my hands. I was simulating to play with clay with my hands in front of her, i dont know how to say clay in Cantonese and didnt have the cell with me to ring my hub for help. so i just said in half chinese and half english “mgoy ni you clay?” and acting in front of her like rubbing clay in both hands. She looked at the hand for quite a while and then started blinking furiously, then run back to her stuff mumbling mumbling.
i grew up with a great culture for respecting the holidays, especially during Summertime. Now that i am in HK with a normal full time job which obviously allows only two holiday weeks per year by contract, where is my inner holiday culture gone i really dont know. I kid not. And i use to tell to friends that i am on holiday everyday. that’s my feeling everytime here at work or at home or walking in the city, every day is very light and simple, with no charge or big sense of responsability. Everything takes its own place in a sharp and moderate way. It’s beautiful: you also try to be on holiday everday. It’s a mindset: maybe because i grew up where the holidays are respected the most.
Here is a short extract from Bhaja Govindam by poet Adi Shankaracharya. One of the Holy names of Shri Krishna, who has extensive control on the ability of the humankind to be collective, is Govinda.
Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss, who is the protector of the world, who made his advent in the world as Gopála through his lilá, who is the protector of the race (of Yádavas) and of cows, who made the cowherds happy by lifting up through his lilá the Govardhana mountain were the gopès used to play, whose name “Govinda” is uttered clearly by the cows (or scriptures), who has may names, and who is beyond the reach of the ignorant. Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss, who was present in each of the different groups of gopis, who appears in different forms, who is one and nondual, whose beautiful form was covered by the dust raised always by the hooves of the cows, whose blissful nature is realized by sraddhá and bhakti, who is unimaginable, whose existence is known to the wise, and whose greatness is like that of the gem cintámaïi
Isnt it? With all the things we are reading and hearing about economy & co now now now it is definitely arrived the call for sobriety.
Communication is becoming simpler and if you are smart at heart you will know whether you are crossing or staying inside the boundary of the most pleasant conversation which is the one which turn sparkes of the joy on within the person in front of you, leaving her/him different from before the same conversation happened.
Giving present for celebrating core values and festivities is becoming such an easygoing act! People accept everything with open mind and focus on the mood of giving & receiving which is vibrating the material gift itself.
In these days here in the South of Europe, almost in Africa!, i am listening amazing conversations between common people who are showing a terrific common sense filled with enlightenment and understanding of the world we now live in. i am totally all ears and my brain is reacting with positive waves of bubbling coolness everytime. Just awsome!
People are focusing so much on education and children. They found out thru long experience that relationships drenched in innocence and trust put each child on the right path and that this is the only way for him to make a real difference later on.
But sobriety is not animated by emptiness or lack of pure knowledge and it is not referred to save money or go for the simplest and easiest solutions or ideas. Sobriety is the attitude of the ones who understand the root of the things and in a second are able to scan with their heart=brain the story of a life or of a full population in a determined environment. It is also to choose right gifts when we want to give, even fully worth the people we are treating, expensive gifts are so cool when we can afford them! They make people around sober and emotional, wrapped in pure emotions of Joy.
It is been a week now that i am shivering at moments and crying rivers having incredible tears into my eyes no matter where i am located, if at my desk at office, if on the bus, if at home doing something. As soon as the attention is on America the emotions come flowing strong. This is Michelle Obama the way she talked about her brother, the parents, the daughters and the husband. Importance of family, of bounding and connecting beyond diversities. Importance of finding common points to share and on which to build up the oneness of a country. So boundlessly inspiring!
Before coming to stay in HK, exactly 3 years ago, I did not know anything about this city and never was attracted by learning more about it. After having had a two years experience in NY between 1999 and 2002 first thought was: well, it’s gonna be the same, maybe few more Chinese faces but the level of integration and internationalism will be moreless as in NY. And since i already got the experience for me it will be super easy and smooth. Poor little girl! How wrong she was!
Listening to the keynotes addressed by Obama’s wife I immediately get the feeling of what an ardent desire for integration of a place, whether a country or a city, is. And Hong Kong is strongly lacking this feeling in the deep of the heart of her people. This city seems to have an extremely long journey for integration ahead. Integration now here sounds like a cute little bell of the size of the ones used to tie around a cat’s neck, whose jingling is too weak and imperceptible. Instead thru Michelle Obama’s message integration looks resounding like festive fireworks on a busy night where everybody attention is only waiting to turn in that direction. But the little cat walking along the sidewalks in Hong Kong: who will listen to it?
If you cannot read Italian you can always see the pictures and browse a typical blog magazine created by a typical original, artistical and versatile woman mind. The mind belongs to Marina Misiti, cool professional journalist from the Bel Paese with tons of stories and experiences to write and tell you inspired by years of travelling almost everywhere (considering the articles she uploads). So you can also understand why we crossed into this life sporadically enjoying the fun of sharing travelling-materials.
Donneconlavaligia (Womenwithetravelbag) is fascinating because:
it straightly and lightly points out the best of slices of places, countries, cities by using pictures and words in a balanced way
it summarizes the most important articles written by Marina Misiti in her carrier of journalist and reporter for national well known magazines (many for ladies)
it gives fun plus useful tips for different topics concerning the places wher eto go, where to eat, what to dress…
it gives tips about travelling and how to travel
it is completely open to the internet panorama of other travel/leisure/women topics websites
it is creating a net of reportages from other travelling women who understand Italian (and Italian culture in the world i ‘d love to say too) and live abroad
it is a great idea of a blog magazine, extremely modern and complete which explores the feminine world from a wonderful perspective
Enjoy here the reportages in Italian by Radha for Donneconlavaligia:
There was no question in my family that my sister and I would be given the same opportunities in my life as my brothers. Nor was there in Islam. We learned at an early age that it was men’s interpretation of our religion that restricted women’s opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam infact had been quite progressive towards women from its inception: the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)* had forbidden the killing of female infants common among the Arabs of the time, and called for education for women and their right to inherit long before these privileges were granted to them in the West.
Bipi Khadijah, the first to convert to Islam, was a widow who ran her own business, employed the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)* when he was a young boy and later married him. Umm e-Umara fought alongside the men in the Muslims’early battles against their enemies, her powerful sword-arm saving the life of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)). Chand Bibi, the female ruler of the South Indian state of Ahmadnagar, defeated the Mogul Emperor Akbar and forced him to enter into a peace treaty with her. Noor-Jehan, the wife of Emperor Jehangir and the virtual ruler of India, was famous for her skill in the field of administration. Muslim history was full of women who had taken a public role and performed every bit as successfully as men. Nothing in Islam discouraged them, or me, from pursuing that course.
Today is Shri Saraswati day. She is the Goddess of art, creativity, knowledge and learning (all of them contemplated by “Boundless inspiration” in a very very simple form). My aspiration in my current life is to achieve very high standard of communication, that is the reason why I love to be called Radha (although my parents did give another name meaning glorious).
Now Saraswati is “the flowing one”. Her speech flows, her communication flows, her attention flows, her music flows thru the veena.
She has got the divine powers to remove all the lethargy and the ignorance out from the human mind and push it towards a more elevated dimension where true wisdom, eloquence, essence and supreme knowledge are bestowed. In this special day she dresses with yellow and golden ornaments.
Books, papers and musical instruments are offered to her pure attention. Children are thought the first word today which is considered an auspicious day to start reading and writing. Spring time is coming! It is time of blossoming of the creativity and life in nature! Jay Shri Saraswati Nirmala Devi Namoh Namah!
” Then there are two other symbols that we see. With Her hand She gives. If you open one door the air won’t come in. You have to open the other door. She must give. So all those who have Lakshmi tattwa developed in them, they think what they have to give, but they don’t give the worst they have, just like the waste paper basket. “O, this is useless so I can give to this friend”. Alle friends are used as waste paper baskets. Whatever is the worst is given. How can you touch your depth like this? Whatever is the best, you should give. If you are free to give then you should give the best. ….. we are very ego oriented, we understand what will give joy to us. We don’t understand what will give joy to others and when we understand this then the joy reflects on us thousand times more.
On the periphery both forces work on. On one side are the misers and on the other side are the exploiters. If you become generous, the exploiters are there. So there is an antithesis. Another type of people become nervous who don’t know what to do. Sometimes you are exploited, doesn’t matter. That’s not your look out. You have not committed the sins. The one who has exploited has committed the sins and he is going to suffer. So why to worry? With the help of this Divine Power the one who exploits will suffer. You get more than you lost. This is what is to be understood… ”
Today is a really cool day all over the world!! You know in about 200 cities the colombians living there have organized meeting points to attract the attention of the others on Colombia. I also have a family there, a very special family with whom i have shared two memorable years of my life. This is an extract received from them thru email:
Colombia is living these days one of the most important moments of its
history: On the next 4th of February a massive, global mobilization
will be organized so that hundreds of thousands of Colombians will
march to protest against the Kidnapping and the guerrilla group “
FARC”. Since a very long time the Colombian people have not expressed
their collective power of desire in such strong massive way and we
hope it will carry its fruits.Therefore we ask to all our dear brothers and sisters in the world to
help us with their subtle work on the following subjects:
·Unconditional Return home of hundreds and hundreds of Colombian
citizens who are now kidnapped.
·End of the guerrilla group “FARC”
·Solution of the conflicts existing between the governments of Colombia and Venezuela
THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING COUNTRY and more than 50% of the population is very young! many children are also trained to be killers for the guerrilla and if they try to escape they get tortured or even worst then that. This situation is so terrible that it requires the mobilitation of good brains around the world. We are indeed living a Era of Blossoming, no doubt and these weak people have to disappear for the sake of the whole mankind.
One time i was stolen my bag in the capital, Bogota, while coming back from work in the afternoon. What i understood from that rapid and meaningful experience was that there are people at this world who are extremely weak and poor in their personality and understanding. They fear themselves more than anybody else and they do not deserve to raise their destiny but only to degenerate and disappear at the right time.
