HAPPY BIRTHDAY BBW!!

Yes - its official - this blog is now 5 years old! The first post was blogged on Sunday March 2nd 2003, as I sat in my small 2-room attic apartment in Nottingham as I was half-way through my MA. I had only arrived back in the UK in August 2002 after being out of the UK for 7 years. On that first post I wrote:

Between Both Worlds (BBW) is a site that will hope to share information about a search that is both individual and yet collective. It is the search for meaning, Truth, and understanding. Many have taken this path, and many will continue to do so. I am no exception. It is only that thanks to the new modern age of information communication technologies, there is the possibility for a greater depth of connectivity between all global peoples. As our global world develops towards an increasingly precipitous future, there is greater need in preserving the tradition of spiritual understanding and awareness of our evolutionary role within a much larger, universal context. With the enveloping capitalist modus operandi, material consumerism is taking attention away from a contemplative life. Moments of introspection, consideration, questioning, leave us as the world moves towards pleasure principles of external stimulation. Hence the title of this site refers to the maxim 'Of the world yet not of the world': the call for one to acknowledge that the path towards understanding must be taken within society and not in a reclusive setting. Likewise, it also calls for the strength to be separate from the immersion in purely material attachments.

What I will post on this site will be reflections, poetry (both old and new) and mirrorings of my own journey as it too continues to unfold. My friends will be able to check the site when and if they wish; newcomers are most welcome, as are responses and contact. Again, to reiterate, this is only a humble offering of an individual contribution. What is most important is that the new social ordering of connectivity can be made use of to proliferate ideas, thoughts, and understanding between as many like-minded people as possible. The future is not a distant relic, it is built upon our moments now. What gives us meaning is how we choose to make use of our moments, now.

Welcome.

Lloyd Bergson

I even signed it under a different name... shy times back then....

I never thought this 'humble' site would make it this far... I never once imagined I would have so much to say... glad I did; glad 'we' made it this far... thanks to BBW - more importantly, a BIG THANK YOU to anyone and everyone who has read this blog over the years... Cheers!

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