"everybody's got this broken feeling..."

Tri-me · Post by **Tri-me** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:27 pm

I would love to meet her. Tibet is a very special place. Did you know that Tibet is not on the map anymore? Not sure of when this started, but if you see a recent map of Asia Tibet is no longer there. My avatar is a map of Asia with Tibet.

She was very lucky to be able to live among one of the most special Theocracies in the world. A Montreal woman who is from Tibet made a daring documentary called what remains of us. http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefi ... =52142&v=h

She entered Tibet on her Canadian passport with two white men who had hidden cameras. She showed a message from the Dali Lama to Nuns, monks and families who risked their lives to be taped and to be looking at the video on her computer. I could go on for hours about the Chinese invasion of Tibet which forced many to flee, the youngets political prisoner Penchen Lama was arrested at the age of 9. He is presumed dead.

If your friend would like to contact me I would live to meet her. A dear friend of mine died two years ago of cancer. His sucavity (funeral) was beautiful. I am studying The Tibet Book of the Dead with my Meditation Instructor. Leonard Cohen narrated a film on this. Walter has a copy but won't lend it to me until I read it twice.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:16 pm

Hi Tri-me ~

I've just checked your profile, and it appears you and Tara have much in common. I've just e-mailed her to let her know of your interest. If you could PM me with your e-mail address, I'd like to forward that on to her, as well. I know she's very busy, but she may very well be interested in contacting you, all the same. I checked the website in your profile, hoping for a way I could give her to contact you through there, but there was no way of sorting out who you might be, and if there was an e-mail address listed for you there. One can be contacted via e-mail through here, but the e-mail address doesn't get shown.

No, I didn't know that Tibet is no longer indicated on the map. Such a travesty. The Tibetans have been such a persecuted people. It reminds me of the Jews who have suffered similarly. Tara deeply loved the people, and opted to return to the U.S., only because she knew if she didn't do it when she did, she never would. She was becoming so acculturated [correct term?] that she knew she had to make a choice. Her mother was still here, et al, so she finally opted to return. When she did, she bought [or already had?] some property on the Ichetucknee River in northwest Florida, and built her own treehouse there, in which she lived. You would like her. Everybody does

. You just can't help it.

Thanks!

~ Lizzy

witty_owl · Post by **witty_owl** » Mon May 09, 2005 6:46 pm

Hello again folks. The old owl is back to his roost. Rather belatedly I have just picked up on this thread. Regards and sympathy to T and all those who have "that broken feeling" from losing a dear friend of fur or feather, two legs or four legs, or even scales or flippers.
About 6 months ago we lost our very fine companion (Taj) who was a sandy coloured dog similar in appearance to a dingo. She was of exceptional intelligence and empathy but she had a strong will of her own which was manifest any time a rabbit or a kangaroo appeared within her orbit. Then she simply had to give chase. This was her undoing. One evening she came inside having been out for 20 or 30 mins for her dinner. She must have smelt or spotted a roo and gave chase only to find she had met her match. Must have caught or cornered the roo for her under-belly was ripped open and her internal organs torn up. Much to our distress the vet could not save her and thus she ended her short 7 years.

Not old and crippled but injured from doing what she loved to do the most. She was like our shadow and even now she is still sorely missed. I have had many dogs in the course of my life but none so remarkable as Taj.
These days I have other reasons for experiencing that "broken feeling".

Tomorrow I start the vine pruning again as another season comes around.

Cheers and regards to all, Witty.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:02 pm

Hi Witty,

Sorry to hear that you also have "that broken feeling". Maybe some grape from the vine will help???

Thanks also for your story about Taj. Many have felt that loss, as you can see. It's interesting to hear about roos and dingos, though.

Take good care,
Linda.

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:03 pm

Oh Witty I wish you hadn't posted that that was so sad.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:25 pm

Dear Witty ~

Thank you for sharing the details [although gruesome] of Taj's death. We would have asked you, anyway. At least I would have. As Paula said, it's very, very sad; and it's not easy reading something like that. I say thank you because it helps validate Taj's life, as well as her very sad and unfortunate death. The only consolation that I know you rely on is that she was doing what she loved so much to do. I can relate to your shock and trauma of seeing her as you did, as I've had three cats be killed by possums in the same manner. It's their, particular modus operandi with their prey.....and, in each circumstance, there had been a possum hanging around my house. I was devastated, and subsequently got a "live trap" and trapped one possum and set it free, elsewhere. My dog killed another. Now, I make certain that all cat food is out of reach of the wild.

I am so sorry about Taj's death. I'm sorry that other things are now giving you that "broken feeling."

Love,
Elizabeth

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:07 am

witty_owl, this is a most dramatic ending for a non ordinary dog. You must be shocked. I hope all the clouds would go and the sun would shine again for you in near future.

I bumped, once, on a "theory" about animals being angels on Earth to help human beings. Sometimes, when I see the good they do to our kind and what our kind is doing to them (in general - thanks to everybody who cares (Bee, I can not keep an eye alone on all the pets!! I would like, but I can't, and believe me, me too I do not like to see these "masters" over dominating their animal(s) (mercy, mercy for them)) and really taking care of them), and how they enduring us so angelically, it makes me believe to this.

Tri-me · Post by **Tri-me** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:31 am

Did you hear about the dog in Kenya that found an abandoned baby and took the baby back to it's den to take care of it???

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/nationw ... 62567.html

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:45 am

Hi Tri-me,

Thanks for the link - that was an incredible story! I think we've all heard similar stories over the years, but it's always nice to get a reminder that these things really do happen. A very special dog! I hope they got the dog something with which to replace the baby! Although, you'd think she'd have her 'paws full', as it were, with her own pups. Truly remarkable.

Linda.

witty_owl · Post by **witty_owl** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:06 pm

Hi all. Sorry that the story re Taj appeared to be so distressing to some but that recount is simply how it was. It is also a lesson to not underestimate kangaroos as cute, cuddly creatures from 'down under'. They are very powerful and intelligent animals and have been known to attack humans on occasions.
Taj particularly, was one of the dogs I have known that made me seriously consider that it was dogs that domesticated humans and not the other way around. They have their own ways of making us do as they wish.

Cheers, Witty.