tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post6023627079088360981..comments2024-03-29T13:18:51.877+00:00Comments on A K Haart: An extraordinary sense of leisureA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-85029615531772128772016-01-11T16:25:16.365+00:002016-01-11T16:25:16.365+00:00Demetrius - it's probably the best way to trav...Demetrius - it's probably the best way to travel, dozing away the miles in a first class carriage.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-3542896845820955892016-01-11T14:09:20.282+00:002016-01-11T14:09:20.282+00:00Around sixty years ago I recall find summer days s...Around sixty years ago I recall find summer days spent cleaning railway carriages. If you got the job done quickly you could have a kip in one of the first class compartments.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-67132505121407401012016-01-11T14:07:32.679+00:002016-01-11T14:07:32.679+00:00Sam - we sometimes do meditation during yoga sessi...Sam - we sometimes do meditation during yoga sessions but I don't get much from it. My mind doesn't seem to work in what I assume is the "right" way, although I also think my experience is fairly common.<br /><br />Michael - Ford wasn't writing of a wartime experience, although as you say that would add a different slant. The same cause but probably more intense and perhaps more satisfying. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-21371771906824640912016-01-11T07:01:05.880+00:002016-01-11T07:01:05.880+00:00It may have something to do with the realisation t...It may have something to do with the realisation that the waiting game is over, and there is now a sense of arrival.<br /><br />Now I don't have to concern myself with 'results' in business, I can respect my (our) own goals, and recognise that they may not be achieved for some time, so pressure is not applied to the time when we eventually achieve these goals - if we ever do.<br /><br />This came to me only the other day, as I was walking down through the village to our allotment, with no real task to do except pull a few veg for lunch. The whole trip would take about three-quarters of an hour from past experience, and I found myself walking slower and slower, relishing in the fact that there was absolutely no need to rush, I could afford to wait at each step.<br /><br />Would Ford be writing about a wartime experience though? There would be a different slant on the quote if so!Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-13982223508852182592016-01-10T20:34:03.448+00:002016-01-10T20:34:03.448+00:00I think that having nothing to wait for equates wi...I think that having nothing to wait for equates with finding the present easeful and satisfying. If you can generate a sense that things are OK, then there is no waiting. Now is enough.<br /><br />There are lots of meditative techniques which purport to address this, and I would guess that success is dependent upon choosing the right one for our personalities. But whatever we do, we shouldn't wait for the success! Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com