Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Free Tibet



Fifty years and counting. I wonder how
many times this scene was repeated
around the world yesterday.
I've felt a connection (unexplained)
with Tibet since I was 11 or 12—about the
time the Dalai Lama was forced to flee.
I'll never forget the way I felt when I
unexpectedly found myself 
five feet from him.

3 comments:

  1. I love both this post and the other. I'd have been a bit beside myself, too, Alexa. I've never been in his proximity but whenever I've seen him on the telly, I've gone to my happy place without even trying. He's something special, that's for sure.

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  2. Alexa, I too have an unexplained connection to Tibet. I am thoroughly disgusted with the 'politics' that have led to the near destruction of a people. I'll stop now, or I'll get on a soapbox. My daughter also saw the Dalai Lama pass by in a motorcade in Seattle; says she felt something, too. He is a seeker of justice, among other things, and I see below that I have to type 'quest' to post this comment.

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  3. The best I can describe his aura is that he has energy swirling around him that's almost palpable—and he's total calm at the center of it. What will happen when it's time to choose the next Dalai Lama? Perhaps the same thing that happened with the Panchen Lama: the one discovered by the Tibetans mysteriously disappeared and another chosen by the Chinese was put in his place. Equally disturbing, the current Dalai Lama may likely be the last.

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