the power of our subconscious mind

I tend to stop writing as soon as I am not in a full traveling mode....I mean I am tour leading and homeing and weekending and discovering anyway, but is not as a committed traveling so I prefer not to keep the blog updated...shame on me...it's a mental thing manipulated by my perfection minded mind!! if it's not a long term travel journey I don't consider it real traveling..!!

The mind....what a mess, how complicated...never enough time we dedicate to safeguard it...

But if we would just stop and listen to it and communicate with it, we might learn the extreme power that lies behind it...how many times did we follow the lead that comes to us in the silence of our soul?

how many times have we actually stopped and "chatted" with our soul?

Find some time, five minutes, maybe the equivalent time to read 4 or 5 notifications on our (yours!!) facebook page or maybe the "liking" of 20 pictures on instagram (can you "like" things too on instagram???) or just the time to get to know what somebody else is doing via whatsapp and that will most likely make no difference to our day...it shouldn't be hard to find 5 minutes......

Give yourself some time, just before going to sleep at night or as soon as we wake up in the morning or just when we find a gap in the chaos of our rat race......give your mind a chance...and be yourself...

street messages in Istanbul

street food in the shoes' manifacture district of Istanbul

a rhyme on the wall in Mostar

postcard from Durmitor, Montenegro

live your life...

Live life freely, you remain an institution and you are still an example and a dream as you used to be...yes still the other side of my comparisons and yes we were too young......I know and learned it's wrong just even the fact that I still think about it....traveling always helps, it does indeed, even if you try to control your temptations as I have done for the last few months......and now I am just at home, as if the last 140 days were not passed..
That's the first thing I thought as soon as I am settling back in my bedroom at home, surrounded by my travel memories and the art I brought back with me...
That's what I want you to know..and I wish I could tell you face to face one day......

if you...

Finding myself for the 5th day in a row in bed after 9 o'clock seems to mean soomething!!
Was I put under pressure from the situation in Nepal? Was I too amazed by Myanmar and Bangladesh before that? Was I waiting too much to get back to my "world"??
Only I know is that the pleasure to squeeze freshly picked oranges and lemons from the trees and peel loquats still warm from the sun at the best of their ripening and the rocky landscapes, and some local seafood dishes and extra palmeras (elephant ear pastries) are making my days quite enjoyable...
This is the pace I should be working on, but I know it won't happen easily knowing myself enough, I am working on finding my middle point, my real priorities and my real calling....
I smile by myself just writing this!!!
But hey, if you were to disappear soon in a new planet, and you could do only one thing, what would it be and what are you waiting for????
I kinda know what it would be, as odd as it re-sounds in my stubborn head, and what am I waiting for then??? I am waiting for time, as it's meant to heal, doesn't it!!! ...it doesn't really work this way!!
I know, I know..it actually makes no sense and it goes against the wise quote I have just presented!!!
I have to admit that is very true that time needs to take his course for us simple human being to realise certain lessons from life...see number 3 below!!!
I don't expect to solve things from the past, nor I believe is achievable, as I know it's unrealistic, but I want to make sure my feelings and emotions are fair and clear...

some of the rules of life, I happen to feel relieved reading this daily (if I find time!!)...

Mediterraneo

A great sunshine, a light summer sun and beautiful shades of sea colours....some taste of the traditional sobrasada and some local wine..the sea water is still cold for my standards, but not for the tourists that from central and northern europe enjoy a "too good to be true" place even out of season!!
I am in the middle of the mediterranean sea and I always enjoy the quality of life Spain can give and here in particular I think is quite "top"...yes, it's difficult to be a vegetarian and following a healthy diet is a bit of a complicated task, but I am working on that with a open minded flexibility....I guess I had enough of south eastern asian cuisine, I am glad to enjoy mediterranean flavours, they are more mine if I have to be honest..I feel and I am mediterranean, as much as I love my travels and my gypsying around...
I have been nearly perfect in managing my temptations and controlling my desires and keeping my weakness calm and tied in the last four months on the road in the east side of the world...
You only know that you love something or somebody when you let it go, and if you try to totally switch it off you get the deeper meaning of it, now I know, even if it's too late...it's not easy to delete things from your heart, maybe it will never happen, even if you try to keep your mind busy busy busy....
I find myself in that "self evolution" stage where things are getting clear and it's like understanding which is the right degrees for your reading glasses finally...
It's little weird to be here, yet very needed, my body is asking for relax and food!!!strange indeed...

view from the restaurant where I had lunch today...

stepping through Italy

In the repubblic of bananas everything is possible....I got back in my own home country...(and I am actually already out)..and today while in Milan I try to be a bit trouble around...
I happened to take part casually to an inauguration of a very interesting event based on bio and km 0 food, an educational weekend where people and kids can learn more about their diet and their future gardens..
In a strategical time for Italy that is hosting the Expo precisely in Milan with the pseudo/fake message of "feeding the planet, energy for life"...kindly sponsored by the two most unpronouceable sponsors from the US!!!
And that's where I couldn't refrain myself and ask them what was their feeling and reaction to that...
Obviously I just wanted to pinch them as I didn't expect a fair reply, it was me back in my country trying to put the spanner in the works here and there as I often do....
There must be a reason if I cannot live and spend long time in my own country, I see the potential of me getting in trouble or being unable to accept the game of the system...
It's good to see friends though and as I am not home yet I am positively taking my friend's energies for now.... after four full months away and my stubborn not social approach it results kinda little needed...