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All the above is, of course, a gross simplification. There are deeper reasons to travel - itches and tickles on the underbelly of the unconscious mind. We go where we need to go, and then try to figure out what we're

All the above is, of course, a gross simplification. There are deeper reasons to travel - itches and tickles on the underbelly of the unconscious mind. We go where we need to go, and then try to figure out what we're doing there.

Jeff Greenwald
Travel, Mind, Trying
Jeff Greenwald (2014). “Shopping for Buddhas: An Adventure in Nepal”, p.13, Travelers' Tales

Sharing a bit of yourself, opening a window into your own world, is a good place to begin.

Jeff Greenwald
World, Window, Opening

We go where we need to go, and then try to figure out what we're doing there.

Jeff Greenwald
Trying, Needs, Figures
Jeff Greenwald (2014). “Shopping for Buddhas: An Adventure in Nepal”, p.13, Travelers' Tales

In Nepal, the phenomenon is reversed. Time is a stick of incense that burns without being consumed. One day can seem like a week; a week, like months. Mornings stretch out and crack their spines with the yogic impassivity of house cats. Afternoons bulge with a succulent ripeness, like fat peaches. There is time enough to do everything - write a letter, eat breakfast, read the paper, visit a shrine or two, listen to the birds, bicycle downtown to change money, buy postcards, shop for Buddhas - and arrive home in time for lunch.

Jeff Greenwald
Morning, Cat, Home
Jeff Greenwald (2014). “Shopping for Buddhas: An Adventure in Nepal”, p.16, Travelers' Tales

That same preface also contains a single line that really does sum everything up: 'Some other places were not so good but maybe we were not so good when we were in them.'

Jeff Greenwald
Doe, Lines, Single Line

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