not sure this is worth blogging but I need to keep hold of the URL and remember to go to PLUMB CENTRE!
http://www.google.co.uk/local?hl=en&lr=&rls=GEUA,GEUA:2005-27,GEUA:en&q=plumb+centre&near=Croydon&sa=X&oi=localr&latlng=51372361,-100402,9094684329343506927
Friday, November 18, 2005
Monday, November 07, 2005
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Monday, October 31, 2005
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Monday, September 26, 2005
Shamanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A very interesting article:
Shamanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shamanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Suspicious behaviour on the tube
A remarkably worrying trend - make sure you dress seasonably
Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Suspicious behaviour on the tube
Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Suspicious behaviour on the tube
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Angels and demons
Just finished reading this book.
Another fine read from Mr. Dan Brown (http://www.danbrown.com/).
All the same questions though, a number of different answers too.
What is faith? What is god? Where does morality fit in? Who am I?
All fine questions asked by many men far greater than I. Could start with my name couldn't I - after all this is my usual answer to "who are you?"
Craig
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/name/1/Craig
Beattie
http://www.family-crests.com/coat-of-arms/family-crest/b/beattie-coat-arms-1643.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkmacmul/namemeanings-coatofarms/mottoes_Ba-Bl.html
I find the motto intriguing
"near the rock" "May we follow heavenly inspiration"
Sounds like a riddle eh? Brings to mind an image of a young man sat on the grass at night, on a cliff face with the waves of the sea crashing into, through around great splinter-like fingers of rock that soar from the sea. This isn't what the young man is looking at though, his ears are full of the sea but his eyes look to an infinite darkness peppered with bodies of light...
I think I'll go look at the stars and the moon tonight.
Another fine read from Mr. Dan Brown (http://www.danbrown.com/).
All the same questions though, a number of different answers too.
What is faith? What is god? Where does morality fit in? Who am I?
All fine questions asked by many men far greater than I. Could start with my name couldn't I - after all this is my usual answer to "who are you?"
Craig
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/name/1/Craig
Beattie
http://www.family-crests.com/coat-of-arms/family-crest/b/beattie-coat-arms-1643.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkmacmul/namemeanings-coatofarms/mottoes_Ba-Bl.html
I find the motto intriguing
"near the rock" "May we follow heavenly inspiration"
Sounds like a riddle eh? Brings to mind an image of a young man sat on the grass at night, on a cliff face with the waves of the sea crashing into, through around great splinter-like fingers of rock that soar from the sea. This isn't what the young man is looking at though, his ears are full of the sea but his eyes look to an infinite darkness peppered with bodies of light...
I think I'll go look at the stars and the moon tonight.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Time and time again
As I wrote earlier I'd recently read the da vinci code - excellent book in my opinion - not least because the small number of characters gives it a simplicity and the content matter harks back to my roman catholic upbringing.
The challenges the book offers are most interesting and has made me think back to decisions I made (or perhaps failed to make in my youth). I remember quite distinctly (distinct memories are rare for me) at the age of eleven standing in the back of St. Georges church (Anglican - FYI) and seeing an advert seeking young men to join the priest hood. At the time this appealed to me and I considered it quite seriously for some time (distinctness of memory fades here). So now at 29 I no longer attend church - why?
When I was younger and asked that question I would likely have replied that I didn't see the value in the rituals associated with the Church. I observed that some were taken from elsewhere but the answers i.e. why we do them didn't seem to come across. The classic prayer with the hands placed flat together seems to be a Buddhist thing - the hands are placed together to complete the energy pathways through the body.
I think this is still a valid assessment and arguably I still feel that way. Has my path found me more answers? Not lately I guess, but I think it has. You know I started writing this thinking I would come to a no conclusion - hehe. What answers might you ask? Actually maybe more questions, but the path is clear and I think I've an idea what the objective is I think - and I'm keenly aware I don't have the willing to reach it.
Hmm.... Interesting brain dump this - for me anyway. The path continues - for now it is learning the nei gung of the wu dang t'ai chi club.
Onwards!
The challenges the book offers are most interesting and has made me think back to decisions I made (or perhaps failed to make in my youth). I remember quite distinctly (distinct memories are rare for me) at the age of eleven standing in the back of St. Georges church (Anglican - FYI) and seeing an advert seeking young men to join the priest hood. At the time this appealed to me and I considered it quite seriously for some time (distinctness of memory fades here). So now at 29 I no longer attend church - why?
When I was younger and asked that question I would likely have replied that I didn't see the value in the rituals associated with the Church. I observed that some were taken from elsewhere but the answers i.e. why we do them didn't seem to come across. The classic prayer with the hands placed flat together seems to be a Buddhist thing - the hands are placed together to complete the energy pathways through the body.
I think this is still a valid assessment and arguably I still feel that way. Has my path found me more answers? Not lately I guess, but I think it has. You know I started writing this thinking I would come to a no conclusion - hehe. What answers might you ask? Actually maybe more questions, but the path is clear and I think I've an idea what the objective is I think - and I'm keenly aware I don't have the willing to reach it.
Hmm.... Interesting brain dump this - for me anyway. The path continues - for now it is learning the nei gung of the wu dang t'ai chi club.
Onwards!
Friday, August 26, 2005
Thursday, August 04, 2005
long time no blog
well much has happened but apparently not blogging. I've just pointed my www.craigbeattie.com address to this blog so thought I should add a line in here.
Just recovering from sunburn at the minute after spending time with my family in Eastbourne. Hope to post more soon.
Just recovering from sunburn at the minute after spending time with my family in Eastbourne. Hope to post more soon.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
bidding for swords
Ok, so a couple of Paul Chen swords came up on Ebay recently and I figured I'd have a go at bidding for them, get myself a good deal. I am looking for an oxtail Dao sabre for my practice of the sabre form and noticed that a straight sword had come up to (thought that might be handy for the sword form down the line).
Sadly both went without me and the one I really wanted - the Dao went for more than its worth new??? Auctions are a bit mental like that though I guess. Still looking around for best prices now then.
Sadly both went without me and the one I really wanted - the Dao went for more than its worth new??? Auctions are a bit mental like that though I guess. Still looking around for best prices now then.
Sunday, January 02, 2005
currently reading...
Currently I am reading Steal My Art: Memoirs of a 100 Year Old... which discusses T.T. Liang from the point of view of one of his students. I'm about half way through now and finding it to be an amazing read. Here's a man who achieved many of the ideals of a T'ai Chi exponent - including living to 102 years of age in good health.
It is an incredible insight into some of the big names in T'ai chi chuan. The book does well to get rid of the idea that a T'ai Chi master is necessarily like the wizened enlightened monks we often see on TV in the films, but rather real men who lived in what has been a most eventful and terrible century. The book is worth a read to anyone interested in the experiences of a man who lived through all the 1900s but mostly to those interested in some of the T'ai Chi history of the last century...
It is an incredible insight into some of the big names in T'ai chi chuan. The book does well to get rid of the idea that a T'ai Chi master is necessarily like the wizened enlightened monks we often see on TV in the films, but rather real men who lived in what has been a most eventful and terrible century. The book is worth a read to anyone interested in the experiences of a man who lived through all the 1900s but mostly to those interested in some of the T'ai Chi history of the last century...
Saturday, January 01, 2005
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