Mount Sinai Meditations
So it is settled booked and paid for. Brodie will be joining Tom and me in Egypt for our 8 day sabbatical. As I mentioned earlier adventures will be had and jade returned, but our gracious host has organised new wondrous events to engage the spirit. We will be chilling by the sea in Basata (the best place ever) and climbing Mt Sinai. The selfsame Mt Sinai where Moses was said in the Bible to have received the Ten Commandments from God. Now it is disputed by some whether Mt Sinai, or Gebel Musa as it is called in Arabic, is actually the one from the bible, but its close enough and far enough away from Australia to count. The real question is, I ask to you the reader, what should Tom, Arthur and Brodie be discussing whilst reflecting on the summit of Mt Sinai as the sun sets across the Red Sea? The unity of all religions? The nature of the cosmic story? Pool alignment? Post comments and we promise to discuss the most insightful and engaging question atop this historical mount. Can't promise tablets but we'll try to come up with something fundamental.
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4 Comments:
Its no co-incedence that mountains, and peoples ascent of them, are central in many of the worlds main philosophies. They are the most symbolic Earthly representation of man's spiritual journey.
As Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance demonstrated, when you climb a mountain, you really clim two mountains - the external, physical mountain, and the internal mountain of inner peace and change. And if you want to get really into this line of thought - they are both only really one mountain.
Of all the mountains fundamental to humankinds development of spirituality, Mt Sinai is the grand daddy.
I don't know about you and Brodie, but for me, nothing is more suitable for the summit of Mt Sinai than a big boom box, and some good old fashioned line dancing. Reach for the stars, anyone?
"Climb every mountain higher....."
Speechless, it is an awesome place which your mind cannot quite conjur up until you have been there, seen it and experienced life in Egypt. Wish I could be there to show you my second home, instead I bestow upon you my son, Tom - he will be your slave and you have my permission to abuse him in any way, shape or form.
I say try to talk the others into jumping.
You remind me of the sunset I saw in Siwa oasis. It's still the most breathetaking sunset I have ever seen! Nice photo, dude.:)
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