La force active d’un événement ne se trouve que dans la manière dont on envisage cet événement.
Maurice Maeterlinck, La sagesse et la destinée
Entre gris clair et gris foncé [en]
It is a mistake to judge relationships or events as “overall good” and “overall bad”. Everything has good sides and bad sides. Summing up to just one of them will only contribute to repressing the other into darkness and denial.
There are times when one has to look at the “good” and the “bad” in things independantly – although of course they are never independant.
Looking back at all I have been through, I tend to say that everything was “overall good” because it has brought me where I am – and I am happy of where I am.
But it doesn’t mean I didn’t suffer. And even though it made me grow, it doesn’t mean I am happy with this pain, or that it doesn’t touch me as pain.
Understanding and loving someone who hurt us should not prevent us from dealing with the pain this person has caused. And that means putting love and understanding into brackets.
Finally! [en]
There we are at last: everything is up and running.
Welcome, new visitors, and take the time to have a look around!
New Server [en]
As you probably have noticed, I’m having some trouble in getting the domain name servers to work properly.
If you don’t know what a “dns” is, don’t worry. It just means that instead of bringing up this site, my url sends poor visitors to a gandi error message.
It will be fixed soon *fingers crossed*. Thank you Angel.
If you are one of the lucky people able to access this site, you will see that apart from the design, little has changed from the old site. I’ve done away with some old stuff and I’m adding some new things (patience!), but mainly, it’s the same content in a new skin.
All the scripts are supposed to be working by now. Let me know if they bug you.
Surprise! [en]
At last, I have redesigned.
As with any server, domain name, and design change, you can expect a little bit of tweaking in the days to come. Please let me know if you notice anything unusual.
Thanks to everbody who gave me a hand, be it by sending me screenshots, giving me advice on the layout, or helping me out with technical issues.
But most of all thanks to daniel, who encouraged me to redesign now, and who’s counselling and good advice prevented me from messing it all up again. He also did the little graphics you can see at the top of each page, as well as the redirect script which will catch any visitors to my old address and bring them safely here.
I wish you a pleasant journey through my pages, and hope that the new design will bring more pleasure to your reading.
Don’t forget to update bookmarks and links to climbtothestars.org!
Googling Them [en]
Two online articles I found via Google, which mention Somak (and Aleika).
A little net-search brought up two interesting articles: one is about Somak and Aleika’s departure for Birmingham, and the other is an account of a talk I can remember him going to England for.
For the record, Somak and Aleika (let’s not forget Akirno!) are the people who shared my life while I was in India.
Review of Operation Clambake [en]
I wrote the review. Go see.
Human [en]
Finally, everybody has something to say. Everybody has a voice. Some will appeal to more people, and therefore be more popular – but even the meekest is bound to create an echo in others.
For we are all human beings, and I believe there is a fundamental unity between us – a little bit of “me” in the “other”.
Broken Layout [en]
Here is a screenshot of what poor daniel sees when he come here.
My apologies to all visitors who do not see this page more or less how I see it. I’m working to fix the problem.
Church of Scientology… Not [en]
Operation Clambake is a very well-documented site on the Church of Scientology.
I’ll review it for Astoundingweb once I have explored it enough to do it justice.