Sunday, December 11, 2005

Back in Taipei, again

Just back from more than 6 weeks away in Puli.
It's been another fruitful trip, learning a lot as usual living and working beside the reverend up in the mountains.
Took part in a meditation course as well (www.formosana.blogspot.com), and have been practising ever since.
But the moment I stepped off the bus and onto the streets of Taipei, I felt like a country rat new in town.
"... all these dazzling lights, Christmas carols and decorations, hurried men and women in branded clothes with well looked-after hair , commercialism and consumerism... The lures and enticements of the 'Dark Side' is indeed strong here. Inside I feared (as I often do) that I might loose the routine and orderly lifestyle I've acquired in the past month or so."

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