Dolmens Of The Emerald Valley, Sochi

In my travel blog "Vacation And Travel Talk" I write the reports about my trip in the "Emerald Valley" in Sochi (Caucasian Mountain-Tour, "Emerald Valley", first part; and Second Part). Last part of that trip was the visit of Dolmens. There are many dolmens in the region of Sochi and some of them here, in the "Emerald Valley".

I write about them in this blog because they have something common with the theme of it.

The word dolmen comes from celtic "tolmen" that means tol=table and men=stone. They come from megalitic period (about 3-2 000 years BC), there are in all the world except Australia. Many of them are in the places near the sea. Dolmens are plates of the stone that are on other stones. And these are cases of the place I show you here. Somebody said they are equal as those in France and Italy.

There are abour 10 of them and most are in bad conditions. But there are 2 that are so good that I could do the photos.


So, some of them were made as a box with a hole in the bottom. This one has a canopy that felt (persons sit on it). As you see here, some of them come specially to meditate nearby. I wanted to know, what they are avaiting from this mediation but had not answer. And how you want to contact whom you want contact if there are so many persons and children that play?

Very interesting is this photo. Look at the construction: how could do it people that were able only to make primitive knifes etc? Over this was the canopy.

And here is the inside part of the dolmen. As you can see, the "plate" (floor) is made perfectly too. I don't know more about these constructions, sincerely, but as I know, sarcophags are made this way too. By the way, do you know, that "sarcofagus" means "eating meat"?

What you see on this photo nobody knows.

The last of these constructions is called "minger". If dolmens represent femminile side, mingers represent male side. Somebody says it is the phallic symbol,other sa it is the door to the other world. You have to place your feet on that special places and you can enter in the other wrld with this time machine. Probably you have to do it in special days because nobody from our group entered there.


Interesting article to read more about it IN RUSSIAN (use translator)

Rebalance Your Energy And Your Mind. Your Meditation

the root of ignorance itself is the mind’s habitual tendency to distraction
To end the mind’s distraction would be to end samsara itself;
the key to this, he realized, is to bring the mind home to its true nature,
through the practice of meditation. Sogyal Rinpoche

Meditation may also be thought of as a technique by which
we dimish the force of old thought habits and develop new ones. H H 14th Dalai Lama

But by thinking of the Dharma we experience tranquillity
and that tranquillity gives us pleasure. This is worthwhile isn't it?" -
His Holiness the Dalai Lama

"Let the water settle; you will see the moon and stars mirrored in your being."
--Jelaluddin Rumi
From "What is meditation?& How to meditate"

Don't know how I opened YouTube and found there an interesting video today. An interesting chanal, precisely. The monk speaks about relaxation there. And about Happyness. That is why I stopped there.

When I began to visit the meetings of Soka Gakai buddhists (it was the first buddhist group I knew), they used to speak about the benefits they are buddhists every time. Because there were different new persons on their meetings always and these persons asked this question. That buddhists told about different things like "I began to study", "I found a new home" etc. Well, I agree, the answers were not very intelligent. Would you not study if you would not buddhist? Or would you not look for a new flat if you need it?

But the same question I asked myself sometimes. And there is only one answer to it. Buddhism leads to happiness.

Here I wanted to write some phrases from the video I liked very much:
"If this Path leads us to Happiness, than the Path should be Happiness too.A Stressful path will not lead to the relaxation destination, I don't think so. That is what Buddha said.
There is no way to the happiness. Happiness itself is the way.
The path of stress and pain will not lead us to destination of Happiness..." (How many times we remember it in our lives?)

In this videowe hear about Skylike meditation. But there is not explanation. Do you know more about it?

About Energy Bubble And Compassion

I found 2 great videos on YouTube today and am sure you will like to see and to learn from them. You know just I'm very interested in energetic theories generally, and there are many videos and stuff in this blog about it. This explanation is an additional step in my -and hope in your- study of this question. By the way, the monk is speaking aboout Thai Chi there. I wrote 2-3 posts about it a year ago, I think, but forgot about i then. Have to remember it and open the book once more.

The first video is a demonstration of energy bubble on a seminar at the Singapore Police Headquarters.



It is the "practical part" of the theory.
The other video is more phylosophical part. The most important part, really. I adore this practice because it gives real happyness. It's my personal perception of the practices of Buddhismus (generally, without schools. You know, I follow Bon, and it is not buddhismus-buddhismus but occupates with the same Great Ideas. So, to be more simple and clear I use more known word here).

When I watched his video, I was very touched by the story Dalai Lama told about the monk that came from Chinese gulag. The monk was afraid of great danger. Dalai Lama says, he thought the monk will say about the danger for his life. But the monk said: he was afraid of great danger to lose compassion for Chinese people.

The greatest danger in the life: to lose Compassion for the enemy...



Great, no?

My Dream About A Snake

«Кобра,красивая змея!Египетская королевская.» на Яндекс.Фотках

There is an old joke that says: the life is as zebra, with black and white lines. We live white line, than black line, than comes white line once more. What to do to live the only white line in the life? It's simply: when you are on the white line, don't go across it. Turn left or right and continue to live always on the white line. Simply, no?

Well, I remembered this joke because I have a large black line in this period. One event, than second, finally third. This third is a very grave intoxication I had some days ago and continue to fight it else. And this is not interesting. Interesting is that I had a special dream a night before it.

Here is it:
I am in my house and know that there is a great cobra in the room. I know that I have to catch it brfore she bites somebody who don't see it. So I begin to catch it and finally I have success. By the way, I'm not afraid of it, not angree, nothing. Normal, very calm situation. I take the cobra in the hand but it is able to bite me a finger. The figer becomes black and I know, that I have to do something, otherwise I'll die. But I can't do anything because I have to take the snake.

The "coincidence" is that the next day I wake up with this intoxication that becomes more and more grave during the day and the next day too.

You want to know, why I write about my dream in this blog? It's simply. To remeber and to analyze own dreams is an important training in many alternative medicine schools. And the last one I read about said: you have to control your mind in the night. Write every dream you remember, so you will remember your dreams better and better every time. Analyze your dreams and events of your life. In this way you will understand meanings of your dreams. At the end you will be able to "order" dreams to learn your or others future etc.

This dream about the cobra was my second day (night) of "training". :)))