[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Inspiration

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Inspiration
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1176226991.shtml


   [1]davidneel 
   Alexandra David-Neel as a teenager

   [2]Alexandra David-Néel was a French explorer, anarchist,
   spiritualist, Buddhist and writer, who was most known for her visit to
   Lhasa, Tibet, in 1924, when it was forbidden to foreigners. She wrote
   over 30 books about Eastern religion, philosophy, and her travels. Her
   teachings influenced philosophers, writers and explorers.

   Author [3]Alan Sullivan says of her biography:

     There were many remarkable photographs to accompany the somewhat
     haphazard prose. Reading of the seekerâs nostalgia and
     restlessness, I felt like someone peering through a pair of
     binoculars turned backwards and seeing a tiny image of myself in
     youth.

     What strange turns my own life has taken since I first read about
     hers. I too found a transcendent place, from which I was sundered
     by karmic forces too great for me to overcome. Like her, I am
     growing old somewhere else â somewhere pleasant enough â my
     floating house of meditation. Yet I am not content. Like Ms.
     David-Neel, I keep my passport at hand. I would return to my
     beloved islands in a moment, if I could; yet I would find no more
     rest there than here. It is not in natures like hers or mine to
     find rest in this world.

   I hadn't heard of David-Neel before, but after reading Sullivan's
   post, [4]I hope to learn more.

References

   1. http://www.alexandra-david-neel.org/anglais/biog.htm
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_David-N%C3%A9el
   3. http://www.seablogger.com/?p=7447
   4. http://www.alexandra-david-neel.org/anglais/biog.htm