Thank you Brother Peter Mayson for sending me this text from the Noetic Sciences Review Spring 1996
In the Service of Life
In recent years the question how can I help? has become meaningful to many
people. But perhaps there is a deeper question we might consider. Perhaps
the real question is not how can I help? but how can I serve?
Serving is different from helping. Helping is based on inequality; it is not
a relationship between equals. When you help you use your own strength to
help those of lesser strength. If I'm attentive to what's going on inside of
me when I'm helping, I find that I'm always helping someone who's not as
strong as I am, who is needier than I am. People feel this inequality. When
we help we may inadvertently take away from people more than we could ever
give them; we may diminish their self-esteem, their sense of worth,
integrity and wholeness. When I help I am very aware of my own strength. But
we don't serve with our strength, we serve with ourselves. We draw from all
of our experiences. Our limitations serve, our wounds serve, even our
darkness can serve. The wholeness in us serves the wholeness in others and
the wholeness in life. The wholeness in you is the same as the wholeness in
me. Service is a relationship between equals.
Helping incurs debt. When you help someone they owe you one. But serving,
like healing, is mutual. There is no debt. I am as served as the person I am
serving. When I help I have a feeling of satisfaction. When I serve I have a
feeling of gratitude. These are very different things.
Serving is also different from fixing. When I fix a person I perceive them
as broken, and their brokenness requires me to act. When I fix I do not see
the wholeness in the other person or trust the integrity of the life in
them. When I serve I see and trust that wholeness. It is what I am
responding to and collaborating with.
There is distance between ourselves and whatever or whomever we are fixing.
Fixing is a form of judgment. All judgment creates distance, a
disconnection, an experience of difference. In fixing there is an inequality
of expertise that can easily become a moral distance. We cannot serve at a
distance. We can only serve that to which we are profoundly connected, that
which we are willing to touch. This is Mother Teresa's basic message. We
serve life not because it is broken but because it is holy.
If helping is an experience of strength, fixing is an experience of mastery
and expertise. Service, on the other hand, is an experience of mystery,
surrender and awe. A fixer has the illusion of being causal. A server knows
that he or she is being used and has a willingness to be used in the service
of something greater, something essentially unknown. Fixing and helping are
very personal; they are very particular, concrete and specific. We fix and
help many different things in our lifetimes, but when we serve we are always
serving the same thing. Everyone who has ever served through the history of
time serves the same thing. We are servers of the wholeness and mystery in
life.
The bottom line, of course, is that we can fix without serving. And we can
help without serving. And we can serve without fixing or helping. I think I
would go so far as to say that fixing and helping may often be the work of
the ego, and service the work of the soul. They may look similar if you're
watching from the outside, but the inner experience is different. The
outcome is often different, too.
Our service serves us as well as others. That which uses us strengthens us.
Over time, fixing and helping are draining, depleting. Over time we burn
out. Service is renewing. When we serve, our work itself will sustain us.
Service rests on the basic premise that the nature of life is sacred, that
life is a holy mystery which has an unknown purpose. When we serve, we know
that we belong to life and to that purpose. Fundamentally, helping, fixing
and service are ways of seeing life. When you help you see life as weak,
when you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole.
>From the perspective of service, we are all connected: All suffering is like
my suffering and all joy is like my joy. The impulse to serve emerges
naturally and inevitably from this way of seeing.
Lastly, fixing and helping are the basis of curing, but not of healing. In
40 years of chronic illness I have been helped by many people and fixed by a
great many others who did not recognize my wholeness. All that fixing and
helping left me wounded in some important and fundamental ways. Only service
heals.
(Reprinted from Noetic Sciences Review, Spring 1996)
Peter Mayson
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Nedbank Wealth
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Closing Cycles/Walk Rafol d'Almunia
Two messages.
One coming from Suzanne and the other from Susan.
Dear Bruno,
I opened my email after you left and found the following message in my inbox. On reading it it resonated very strongly with me for there is a connection between these words and your visit of this morning. I am aware that my dog Guado is the catelist of something greater and it is up to me to take up this opportunity and "Stop being who I was, and change into who I am." As the saying goes - when you're ready the teacher will appear...So thank you for your insights and guidance, may I be able to fully digest and integrate them!
With gratitude.
Suzanne (BTW not Susan but SuZanne :)
Closing Cycles - Paulo Coelho
One always has to know when a stage comes to an end.
If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the
happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through.
Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters - whatever name we give it,
what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.
Did you lose your job?
Has a loving relationship come to an end?
Did you leave your parents' house?
Gone to live abroad?
Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden?
You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened.
You can tell yourself you won't take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that.
But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill.
None of us can be in the present and the past at the same time, not even when we try to understand the things that happen to us.
What has passed will not return: we cannot for ever be children, late adolescents, sons that feel guilt or rancor towards our parents, lovers who day and night relive an affair with someone who has gone away and has not the least intention of coming back. Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away.
That is why it is so important (however painful it may be) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home. Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.
Let things go.
Release them.
Detach yourself from them.
Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose.
Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood.
Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else.
Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the "ideal moment."
Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back.
Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person - nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important.
Closing cycles.
Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust.
Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.
Walk/Caminata Rafol d'Almunia 05.06.2011
Bruno
On Sunday we can walk from Rafol de Almumia. We will meet at the Piscina bar and we can walk from there and obviously return for drinks/breakfast for those who wish. The walk will be just over one hour through orange groves with the first 15/20 mins on a road where dogs will need to be close to their partners due to cars using this road.
To find the Piscina bar in Rafol people coming from Sagra will need to pass the village and then turn left and head back into the village. Then take the next right. You will see the Piscina bar on your right down a nice pasaeo however to get to the car park you will need to carry on to the junction turn right and immediately right again. This takes you to the car park at the back of the bar. Similarily for those coming from Benimeli they will need to turn right into the village at the start of the village and follow the same directions
If you need anything else please let me know.
Regards
Susan
Sent from my iPhone with love
One coming from Suzanne and the other from Susan.
Dear Bruno,
I opened my email after you left and found the following message in my inbox. On reading it it resonated very strongly with me for there is a connection between these words and your visit of this morning. I am aware that my dog Guado is the catelist of something greater and it is up to me to take up this opportunity and "Stop being who I was, and change into who I am." As the saying goes - when you're ready the teacher will appear...So thank you for your insights and guidance, may I be able to fully digest and integrate them!
With gratitude.
Suzanne (BTW not Susan but SuZanne :)
Closing Cycles - Paulo Coelho
One always has to know when a stage comes to an end.
If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the
happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through.
Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters - whatever name we give it,
what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.
Did you lose your job?
Has a loving relationship come to an end?
Did you leave your parents' house?
Gone to live abroad?
Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden?
You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened.
You can tell yourself you won't take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that.
But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill.
None of us can be in the present and the past at the same time, not even when we try to understand the things that happen to us.
What has passed will not return: we cannot for ever be children, late adolescents, sons that feel guilt or rancor towards our parents, lovers who day and night relive an affair with someone who has gone away and has not the least intention of coming back. Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away.
That is why it is so important (however painful it may be) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home. Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.
Let things go.
Release them.
Detach yourself from them.
Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose.
Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood.
Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else.
Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the "ideal moment."
Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back.
Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person - nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important.
Closing cycles.
Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust.
Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.
Walk/Caminata Rafol d'Almunia 05.06.2011
Bruno
On Sunday we can walk from Rafol de Almumia. We will meet at the Piscina bar and we can walk from there and obviously return for drinks/breakfast for those who wish. The walk will be just over one hour through orange groves with the first 15/20 mins on a road where dogs will need to be close to their partners due to cars using this road.
To find the Piscina bar in Rafol people coming from Sagra will need to pass the village and then turn left and head back into the village. Then take the next right. You will see the Piscina bar on your right down a nice pasaeo however to get to the car park you will need to carry on to the junction turn right and immediately right again. This takes you to the car park at the back of the bar. Similarily for those coming from Benimeli they will need to turn right into the village at the start of the village and follow the same directions
If you need anything else please let me know.
Regards
Susan
Sent from my iPhone with love
Poison warning
Hi Bruno.
I was informed last night by a Spanish friend that during the month of June I must not walk Elsa in the mountains around Benichembla as the hunters have put poison down, they are targetting dogs as they believe dogs disturb nesting game birds. I dont know if other hunting groups have the same mentallity as those in Benichembla, but I think it most likely it applies to all of this area.
Can you pass the warning on to everybody with dogs, sorry I only have your email address, so I am not able post the warning myself.
Regards Dave.
I was informed last night by a Spanish friend that during the month of June I must not walk Elsa in the mountains around Benichembla as the hunters have put poison down, they are targetting dogs as they believe dogs disturb nesting game birds. I dont know if other hunting groups have the same mentallity as those in Benichembla, but I think it most likely it applies to all of this area.
Can you pass the warning on to everybody with dogs, sorry I only have your email address, so I am not able post the warning myself.
Regards Dave.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Poetry from Sue
MAY I GO ?
May I go now?
Do you think the time is right?
May I say goodbye to pain filled days
and endless lonely nights?
I've lived my life and done my best,
an example tried to be.
So can I take that step beyond
and set my spirit free?
I didn't want to go at first,
I fought with all my might.
But something seems to draw me now
to a warm and loving light.
I want to go. I really do
It's difficult to stay.
But I will try as best I can
to live just one more day.
To give you time to care for me
and share your love and fears.
I know you're sad and afraid,
because I see your tears.
I'll not be far, I promise that,
and hope you'll always know
that my spirit will be close to you
wherever you may go.
Thank you so much for loving me.
You know I love you, too.
That's why it's hard to say goodbye
and end this life with you.
So hold me now just one more time
and let me hear you say,
because you care so much for me,
you'll let me go today.
FROM FRIEND TO FRIEND
You're giving me a special gift,
So sorrowfully endowed,
And through these last few cherished days,
Your courage makes me proud.
But really, love is knowing
When your best friend is in pain,
And understanding earthly acts
Will only be in vain.
So looking deep into your eyes,
Beyond, into your soul,
I see in you the magic, that will
Once more make me whole.
The strength that you possess,
Is why I look to you today,
To do this thing that must be done,
For it's the only way.
That strength is why I've followed you,
And chose you as my friend,
And why I've loved you all these years...
My partner 'til the end.
Please, understand just what this gift,
You're giving, means to me,
It gives me back the strength I've lost,
And all my dignity.
You take a stand on my behalf,
For that is what friends do.
And know that what you do is right,
For I believe it too.
So one last time, I breathe your scent,
And through your hand I feel,
The courage that's within you,
To now grant me this appeal.
Cut the leash that holds me here,
Dear friend, and let me run,
Once more a strong and steady cat,
My pain and struggle done.
And don't despair my passing,
For I won't be far away,
Forever here, within your heart,
And memory I'll stay.
I'll be there watching over you,
Your ever faithful friend,
And in your memories I'll run,
...a young one once again.
Author - Karen Clouston
IF IT SHOULD BE.
If it should be I grow frail and weak
And pain should wake me from my sleep,
Then you should do what must be done,
For this last battle can't be won.
You will be sad I understand,
Dont' let your grief then stay your hand,
For this day more than all the rest,
Your love and friendship stand the test.
We've had so many happy years,
What is to come will hold no fears,
You'll not want me to suffer, so,
When the time comes, please let me go.
I know in time you too will see,
It is a kindness you do for me.
Although my tail it's last has waved
From pain and suffering I've been saved.
Do not grieve that it should be you,
Who has to decide this thing to do.
We've been so close,we two,these years,
Don't let your heart hold any tears.
THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
The real Rainbow Bridge is near Lake Powell, Arizona.
It is a sacred Indian stone bridge. The legend says:
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal
dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to
Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run
and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our
friends are warm and comfortable. All of the animals who had been ill or
old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are
made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days
and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small
thing: they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left
behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops
and looks into the distance. Her bright eyes are intent; her eager body
quivers. Suddenly she begins to run from the group, flying over the green
grass, her legs carrying her faster and faster. You have been spotted, and
when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous
reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face,
your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the
trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent
from your heart.
Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together....
May I go now?
Do you think the time is right?
May I say goodbye to pain filled days
and endless lonely nights?
I've lived my life and done my best,
an example tried to be.
So can I take that step beyond
and set my spirit free?
I didn't want to go at first,
I fought with all my might.
But something seems to draw me now
to a warm and loving light.
I want to go. I really do
It's difficult to stay.
But I will try as best I can
to live just one more day.
To give you time to care for me
and share your love and fears.
I know you're sad and afraid,
because I see your tears.
I'll not be far, I promise that,
and hope you'll always know
that my spirit will be close to you
wherever you may go.
Thank you so much for loving me.
You know I love you, too.
That's why it's hard to say goodbye
and end this life with you.
So hold me now just one more time
and let me hear you say,
because you care so much for me,
you'll let me go today.
FROM FRIEND TO FRIEND
You're giving me a special gift,
So sorrowfully endowed,
And through these last few cherished days,
Your courage makes me proud.
But really, love is knowing
When your best friend is in pain,
And understanding earthly acts
Will only be in vain.
So looking deep into your eyes,
Beyond, into your soul,
I see in you the magic, that will
Once more make me whole.
The strength that you possess,
Is why I look to you today,
To do this thing that must be done,
For it's the only way.
That strength is why I've followed you,
And chose you as my friend,
And why I've loved you all these years...
My partner 'til the end.
Please, understand just what this gift,
You're giving, means to me,
It gives me back the strength I've lost,
And all my dignity.
You take a stand on my behalf,
For that is what friends do.
And know that what you do is right,
For I believe it too.
So one last time, I breathe your scent,
And through your hand I feel,
The courage that's within you,
To now grant me this appeal.
Cut the leash that holds me here,
Dear friend, and let me run,
Once more a strong and steady cat,
My pain and struggle done.
And don't despair my passing,
For I won't be far away,
Forever here, within your heart,
And memory I'll stay.
I'll be there watching over you,
Your ever faithful friend,
And in your memories I'll run,
...a young one once again.
Author - Karen Clouston
IF IT SHOULD BE.
If it should be I grow frail and weak
And pain should wake me from my sleep,
Then you should do what must be done,
For this last battle can't be won.
You will be sad I understand,
Dont' let your grief then stay your hand,
For this day more than all the rest,
Your love and friendship stand the test.
We've had so many happy years,
What is to come will hold no fears,
You'll not want me to suffer, so,
When the time comes, please let me go.
I know in time you too will see,
It is a kindness you do for me.
Although my tail it's last has waved
From pain and suffering I've been saved.
Do not grieve that it should be you,
Who has to decide this thing to do.
We've been so close,we two,these years,
Don't let your heart hold any tears.
THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
The real Rainbow Bridge is near Lake Powell, Arizona.
It is a sacred Indian stone bridge. The legend says:
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal
dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to
Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run
and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our
friends are warm and comfortable. All of the animals who had been ill or
old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are
made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days
and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small
thing: they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left
behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops
and looks into the distance. Her bright eyes are intent; her eager body
quivers. Suddenly she begins to run from the group, flying over the green
grass, her legs carrying her faster and faster. You have been spotted, and
when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous
reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face,
your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the
trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent
from your heart.
Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together....
Friday, May 27, 2011
Encontra el maltrato de animales/ Stop abuse of animals
SÁBADO 28 de MAYO a las 18:30 h, Plaza del Ayuntamiento de VALENCIA
Queridos amigos, este es el tercer año que vamos a salir a la calle a pedir justicia, el tercer año que vamos a salir en recuerdo de Regina, nuestra querida Regina… torturada, violada y asesinada en nuestro refugio.
No la olvidamos, y no vamos a permitir que estos hechos caigan en el olvido de nadie.
...Nuestros animales sufren ante leyes ridículas, estamos en el país del “todo vale”, tauromaquia, experimentación, maltrato, abandonos,..
Ya está bien, ya está bien de que sea más fácil dañar a un animal que protegerlo.
Este 28 de Mayo nos reuniremos en Valencia para manifestarnos en contra del maltrato animal, sea de la especie que sea, en una fecha especial y dolorosa para nosotros, el aniversario de la muerte de Regina.
Os pedimos a todos máxima difusión y ante todo, vuestra asistencia, tenemos que estar unidos y apoyar todas las iniciativas a favor de nuestros animales.
Un fuerte abrazo, Ribercan.
Video manifestación 2010:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=400930720605
EL CASO DE REGINA
Por Regina, porque estas cosas no sucedan de nuevo, porque se pare a este tipo de personas y las administraciones e instituciones que pueden hacer algo no se queden quietas y apoyen a las asociaciones en este tipo de casos, y sobre todo para que no se quede en el olvido, por ella y otros muchos animales que mueren diariamente sin que se castigue a nadie, víctimas del maltrato animal.
No les bastó con llevarse a tres perros de las instalaciones (dos han aparecido, uno por los alrededores y otra tirada por la valla), abrir varias jaulas, destrozar varias vallas para acceder dentro, sino que los salvajes éstos, cogieron a nuestra Regina, ataron sus patas con alambre (el cual no estaba cuando nosotros llegamos), abusaron sexualmente de ella, le introdujeron una fruta en su orificio anal y le golpearon salvajemente en la cabeza hasta que el pobre animal no tuvo fuerzas para resistir y falleció en un charco de sangre, de esta forma tan inhumana, salvaje y cruel.
No dejemos que esto vuelva a suceder.
APOYAD NUESTRA PRÓXIMA MANIFESTACIÓN CONTRA EL MALTRATO ANIMAL, RECORDANDO ENTRE TANTOS EL CASO DE REGINA!
SÁBADO 28 DE MAYO A LAS 18:30H EN LA PLAZA DEL AYUNTAMIENTO DE VALENCIA
POR FAVOR, PÁSALO A TUS CONTACTOS (recuerda: CCO)
RIBERCAN -
www.protectoradecarcaixent.com
Queridos amigos, este es el tercer año que vamos a salir a la calle a pedir justicia, el tercer año que vamos a salir en recuerdo de Regina, nuestra querida Regina… torturada, violada y asesinada en nuestro refugio.
No la olvidamos, y no vamos a permitir que estos hechos caigan en el olvido de nadie.
...Nuestros animales sufren ante leyes ridículas, estamos en el país del “todo vale”, tauromaquia, experimentación, maltrato, abandonos,..
Ya está bien, ya está bien de que sea más fácil dañar a un animal que protegerlo.
Este 28 de Mayo nos reuniremos en Valencia para manifestarnos en contra del maltrato animal, sea de la especie que sea, en una fecha especial y dolorosa para nosotros, el aniversario de la muerte de Regina.
Os pedimos a todos máxima difusión y ante todo, vuestra asistencia, tenemos que estar unidos y apoyar todas las iniciativas a favor de nuestros animales.
Un fuerte abrazo, Ribercan.
Video manifestación 2010:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=400930720605
EL CASO DE REGINA
Por Regina, porque estas cosas no sucedan de nuevo, porque se pare a este tipo de personas y las administraciones e instituciones que pueden hacer algo no se queden quietas y apoyen a las asociaciones en este tipo de casos, y sobre todo para que no se quede en el olvido, por ella y otros muchos animales que mueren diariamente sin que se castigue a nadie, víctimas del maltrato animal.
No les bastó con llevarse a tres perros de las instalaciones (dos han aparecido, uno por los alrededores y otra tirada por la valla), abrir varias jaulas, destrozar varias vallas para acceder dentro, sino que los salvajes éstos, cogieron a nuestra Regina, ataron sus patas con alambre (el cual no estaba cuando nosotros llegamos), abusaron sexualmente de ella, le introdujeron una fruta en su orificio anal y le golpearon salvajemente en la cabeza hasta que el pobre animal no tuvo fuerzas para resistir y falleció en un charco de sangre, de esta forma tan inhumana, salvaje y cruel.
No dejemos que esto vuelva a suceder.
APOYAD NUESTRA PRÓXIMA MANIFESTACIÓN CONTRA EL MALTRATO ANIMAL, RECORDANDO ENTRE TANTOS EL CASO DE REGINA!
SÁBADO 28 DE MAYO A LAS 18:30H EN LA PLAZA DEL AYUNTAMIENTO DE VALENCIA
POR FAVOR, PÁSALO A TUS CONTACTOS (recuerda: CCO)
RIBERCAN -
www.protectoradecarcaixent.com
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Linda's comments / Parcent
Dear friends,
Thank you Linda for the nice walk you organized for us last Sunday. According to me it was sufficiently long but not too long, and it was sufficiently hot, but not too hot.
Having asked Linda's permission to publish her comments, here they are underneath. I am particularly fascinated by the fact that Linda discovered the part played by her energy and how she discovered it thanks to her dog.
Hi Bruno
I really enjoyed our chat aswell. It was great to talk to someone with such an interesting personal journey and I especially love the more spiritual side of things and love learning more personally and about my dog.
We shall definitely join the walk again as my daughter and I really enjoyed seeing our dog having such a good sociable time, and as an only dog I think that it is so important for her to have contact with a "pack" and it defiantly seems to ground her.
In my work I have many clients, and have already recommended someone to you that has a beautiful good natured golden retriever that one day for some reason took a disliking to a small dog and injured it seriously. Hopefully she will contact you in order to understand her role in the situation and move on after this stressful experience, as her anxiety is evident, and stops her enjoying him, and he no longer has his freedom which is a shame. I have spoken to many people about the walk and will recommend you for anyone that needs some guidance and direction with their dogs.
Regards
See you soon
Linda
Hi Bruno
What interesting tales you have..........
So what you are saying is that there is hope for us all !!!!!! That is reassuring....
I desperately wanted a dog as a child, and my dream had always been to be in the Crufts show ring with an extremely well trained farm bred Border Collie., (not too specific a?) but my parents weren't really animal lovers and didn't trust my commitment. So to show them how serious I was, I took my neighbours collie cross dog for daily walks for 6+ years. I adored her and spent many hours training and having fun with her but she wasn't mine and my dream was to have my own. So finally after years of begging I broke my parents by learning "How much is that doggie in the window" on the piano and playing it incessantly, that coupled with buying collars and leads to decorate my bedroom, my parents became concerned about my psychological wellbeing and said that I could have my own dog. A border Collie was too big and needed too much stimulation and exercise, and my mother was house proud so I had to choose a dog that didn't moult. So I had a Yorkshire terrier called Peri. We went to many training classes, and in hindsight he was the pack leader so as I had no status in the pack, he chose what he was going to do and when. I put it down to his breed as all the "best" dogs were German Shepherds, Labs and large dogs. There was no Bruno Goffin and Cesar Milan in those days!
When my daughter reached 12, it was like history repeating itself, and I wanted my children to have the wonderful growing up experiences that I had had with my dog. So we got Jaz. She has a wonderful character and was trained to a basic level when we got her. I saw how she behaved with her previous owner and thought how lucky we were, however once she was with us the story was very different. She ran off and came back when she felt like it, "forgot" how to walk to heel etc. etc. but interestingly when we went for a walk with her previous owner and dogs she behaved so well again. I then realised that it wasn't her.. it was me/us. So I started reading everything that I could on the internet and books and watched 3 episodes of Cesar Milan on canal Cuatro every Sat and Sunday.
I then became very fascinated and passionate about my energy discovery, and our wonderful dog lead me onto the next road of my personal development journey. So basically I took over. Fulfilling all my own childhood and personal needs. (gosh it seems like I may need some counselling!!)
Ella still plays a great role in the care of her and we look after her between us, but as I am the one that disciplines her, she always prefers to be with me. This is really upsetting for Ella who now is feeling the there is no point in a dog that doesn't want to be with her. She gets very frustrated when walking her as she cant let her off the lead so we bought a stretchy one for her to have more freedom. I have explained to Ella that she needs to make her walk with a loose lead and then give her permission to have freedom with the stretchy one etc etc, (but I am sure that you remember what teenagers are like) .... She knows best.... and refuses to listen, and it makes me sad to see her missing out on so much.
Therefore next time we go on a walk I would really appreciate it if you could have a quiet chat with her and give her a bit of advice. I know that she really wants to improve her relationship with our dog and would listen to you and take on board your suggestions.
Thanks a lot, have a lovely time with your family and grandchildren,
See you soon,
Regards Linda.
As far as our next walk is concerned
This coming Sunday 29.05.2011 I want to take you along, starting at 10.00 from the chicken shed in Parcent. My dogs have shown me a different link where we have never been before. It will be rather flat, about 1,5 hours long and according to the weather forecast on the U3A-Val del Pop website, 5 degrees cooler than today (Wednesday 25.05)
I am sending love and light to you and your dogs.
Bruno
Thank you Linda for the nice walk you organized for us last Sunday. According to me it was sufficiently long but not too long, and it was sufficiently hot, but not too hot.
Having asked Linda's permission to publish her comments, here they are underneath. I am particularly fascinated by the fact that Linda discovered the part played by her energy and how she discovered it thanks to her dog.
Hi Bruno
I really enjoyed our chat aswell. It was great to talk to someone with such an interesting personal journey and I especially love the more spiritual side of things and love learning more personally and about my dog.
We shall definitely join the walk again as my daughter and I really enjoyed seeing our dog having such a good sociable time, and as an only dog I think that it is so important for her to have contact with a "pack" and it defiantly seems to ground her.
In my work I have many clients, and have already recommended someone to you that has a beautiful good natured golden retriever that one day for some reason took a disliking to a small dog and injured it seriously. Hopefully she will contact you in order to understand her role in the situation and move on after this stressful experience, as her anxiety is evident, and stops her enjoying him, and he no longer has his freedom which is a shame. I have spoken to many people about the walk and will recommend you for anyone that needs some guidance and direction with their dogs.
Regards
See you soon
Linda
Hi Bruno
What interesting tales you have..........
So what you are saying is that there is hope for us all !!!!!! That is reassuring....
I desperately wanted a dog as a child, and my dream had always been to be in the Crufts show ring with an extremely well trained farm bred Border Collie., (not too specific a?) but my parents weren't really animal lovers and didn't trust my commitment. So to show them how serious I was, I took my neighbours collie cross dog for daily walks for 6+ years. I adored her and spent many hours training and having fun with her but she wasn't mine and my dream was to have my own. So finally after years of begging I broke my parents by learning "How much is that doggie in the window" on the piano and playing it incessantly, that coupled with buying collars and leads to decorate my bedroom, my parents became concerned about my psychological wellbeing and said that I could have my own dog. A border Collie was too big and needed too much stimulation and exercise, and my mother was house proud so I had to choose a dog that didn't moult. So I had a Yorkshire terrier called Peri. We went to many training classes, and in hindsight he was the pack leader so as I had no status in the pack, he chose what he was going to do and when. I put it down to his breed as all the "best" dogs were German Shepherds, Labs and large dogs. There was no Bruno Goffin and Cesar Milan in those days!
When my daughter reached 12, it was like history repeating itself, and I wanted my children to have the wonderful growing up experiences that I had had with my dog. So we got Jaz. She has a wonderful character and was trained to a basic level when we got her. I saw how she behaved with her previous owner and thought how lucky we were, however once she was with us the story was very different. She ran off and came back when she felt like it, "forgot" how to walk to heel etc. etc. but interestingly when we went for a walk with her previous owner and dogs she behaved so well again. I then realised that it wasn't her.. it was me/us. So I started reading everything that I could on the internet and books and watched 3 episodes of Cesar Milan on canal Cuatro every Sat and Sunday.
I then became very fascinated and passionate about my energy discovery, and our wonderful dog lead me onto the next road of my personal development journey. So basically I took over. Fulfilling all my own childhood and personal needs. (gosh it seems like I may need some counselling!!)
Ella still plays a great role in the care of her and we look after her between us, but as I am the one that disciplines her, she always prefers to be with me. This is really upsetting for Ella who now is feeling the there is no point in a dog that doesn't want to be with her. She gets very frustrated when walking her as she cant let her off the lead so we bought a stretchy one for her to have more freedom. I have explained to Ella that she needs to make her walk with a loose lead and then give her permission to have freedom with the stretchy one etc etc, (but I am sure that you remember what teenagers are like) .... She knows best.... and refuses to listen, and it makes me sad to see her missing out on so much.
Therefore next time we go on a walk I would really appreciate it if you could have a quiet chat with her and give her a bit of advice. I know that she really wants to improve her relationship with our dog and would listen to you and take on board your suggestions.
Thanks a lot, have a lovely time with your family and grandchildren,
See you soon,
Regards Linda.
As far as our next walk is concerned
This coming Sunday 29.05.2011 I want to take you along, starting at 10.00 from the chicken shed in Parcent. My dogs have shown me a different link where we have never been before. It will be rather flat, about 1,5 hours long and according to the weather forecast on the U3A-Val del Pop website, 5 degrees cooler than today (Wednesday 25.05)
I am sending love and light to you and your dogs.
Bruno
Saturday, May 21, 2011
797777 warning/advertencia
Querida/o amiga/o,
Hoy no quiero escribir algo sobre educación canina pero me gustería contarte algo sobre mis experiencias con el numero de teléfono 797777.
He sido la victima de ladrones que utilizan la tecnología del teléfono movil para sacar dinero de mi tarjeta prepagada.
Me explico.
Hace unos dias me he dado cuenta que, poco despues de haber recargado mi movil, mi saldo se encontraba de repente a 0 €.
Puès he recargado mi movil de nuevo y en dos dias se ha bajado mi saldo otra vez a 0 €. Pero imaginate que ésto se ha producido mientras tanto que yo mismo no había hecho ninguna llamada.
Lo raro era que había recibido un monton de mensajes de parte del numero 797777. Intentando de ver el contenido de los mensajes solo he podido leer un texto diciendome "es imposible de abrir el mensaje".
Hoy he visitado la tienda de Movistar en Benissa.
La empleada me ha dicho tres cosas:
1. En primer lugar que lo que ha pasado no era la culpa de Movistar.
2. La unica cosa que se puede hacer, para protegerse contra éste robo, es dar de baja el numero 797777, llamando al numero 1004 de Movistar.
3. Que ella misma y su hermana también han sido las victimas de los mismos ladrones.
Conosco éste refrán en Español: Un hombre advertido vale dos.
Ahora lo sabes.
¿Si has tenido experiencias similares me lo dices?
Un abrazo de Bruno.
Dear friends,
Today I am not writing about canine education.
I want to inform you about my experience with the phone number 797777.
A few days ago I noticed that the saldo of my pre-paid mobile phone was reduced to 0 euros. I recharged my phone and within 2 days the saldo was gone again. This was very strange because I had not made any phone calls myself.
But something else had happened. I had received a whole series of messages coming from number 797777. When I opened these messages a few times the text was: "Message cannot be displayed".
In order to file a complaint I went to the Movistar shop in Benissa.
The employee told me three things:
1. What had happened was not the fault of Movistar.
2. Her advice was to cancel (dar de baja) the number 797777 by calling Movistar 1004.
3. She herself and her sister had also lost money to the number 797777.
You have been warned.
If you have had similar experiences I'd like to hear from you. Please drop me a line.
Kindest regards from Brunothedoglistener.
Hoy no quiero escribir algo sobre educación canina pero me gustería contarte algo sobre mis experiencias con el numero de teléfono 797777.
He sido la victima de ladrones que utilizan la tecnología del teléfono movil para sacar dinero de mi tarjeta prepagada.
Me explico.
Hace unos dias me he dado cuenta que, poco despues de haber recargado mi movil, mi saldo se encontraba de repente a 0 €.
Puès he recargado mi movil de nuevo y en dos dias se ha bajado mi saldo otra vez a 0 €. Pero imaginate que ésto se ha producido mientras tanto que yo mismo no había hecho ninguna llamada.
Lo raro era que había recibido un monton de mensajes de parte del numero 797777. Intentando de ver el contenido de los mensajes solo he podido leer un texto diciendome "es imposible de abrir el mensaje".
Hoy he visitado la tienda de Movistar en Benissa.
La empleada me ha dicho tres cosas:
1. En primer lugar que lo que ha pasado no era la culpa de Movistar.
2. La unica cosa que se puede hacer, para protegerse contra éste robo, es dar de baja el numero 797777, llamando al numero 1004 de Movistar.
3. Que ella misma y su hermana también han sido las victimas de los mismos ladrones.
Conosco éste refrán en Español: Un hombre advertido vale dos.
Ahora lo sabes.
¿Si has tenido experiencias similares me lo dices?
Un abrazo de Bruno.
Dear friends,
Today I am not writing about canine education.
I want to inform you about my experience with the phone number 797777.
A few days ago I noticed that the saldo of my pre-paid mobile phone was reduced to 0 euros. I recharged my phone and within 2 days the saldo was gone again. This was very strange because I had not made any phone calls myself.
But something else had happened. I had received a whole series of messages coming from number 797777. When I opened these messages a few times the text was: "Message cannot be displayed".
In order to file a complaint I went to the Movistar shop in Benissa.
The employee told me three things:
1. What had happened was not the fault of Movistar.
2. Her advice was to cancel (dar de baja) the number 797777 by calling Movistar 1004.
3. She herself and her sister had also lost money to the number 797777.
You have been warned.
If you have had similar experiences I'd like to hear from you. Please drop me a line.
Kindest regards from Brunothedoglistener.
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