by Tim Girvin | Jan 20, 2007 | Diary
T H I N G S T H A T W E F O U N D I N T H E F I R E Meditations on fire. In the consideration of passing, things move on. Moments flicker. Friends pass. Miracles whorl. And new things come out — in another understanding. In the passage of events, learnings turn,...
by Tim Girvin | Nov 1, 2007 | Diary
Bhutan Journal The Treasure Revealer at 7 Years of Age. His Holiness | Terton Drukda Dorji What length, these days. What breadth, in experience. Beginning at 4.30am, climbing to Taksang, being the first there (on the most spectacularly auspicious day), summiting above...
by Tim Girvin | Oct 30, 2007 | Diary
Bhutan Journal I’m a lover of scent; I’ve explored that for some time; I’ve even got a collection of rare old books on fragrance — and fragrance making. I just like to smell things. Books, pigments, antiquities, art objects, stone, leather,...
by Tim Girvin | Oct 24, 2007 | Diary
Bhutan Journal Tandin Ney | Hermitage Every moment, in doing, in exploring, is alive. It does come down to what our attention is — what are we held by, what are we holding. What are we compelled by, and what draws us to that place of connection. For me, it is...
by Tim Girvin | Nov 1, 2007 | Diary
We’d gone to a massive ceremony celebrating the presence of His Holiness Je Khenpo, this, actually, being at the end of the trip, the end of a day so long and filled with experiences and adventure, that I’d thought really — both: “why...