An Away Move Posted 17 March 2016 Posted 17 March 2016 Last year I completed a Masters degree in Traditions of Yoga & Meditation. A good chunk of that course was on Buddhism, so it's fair to say that some of the Buddhist practice at the club has been of interest to me.On either side of the home dressing room there appear to be two Buddhist mandalas. I'd be very interested to get a close up look at these (and share any points of interest here if that would be of interest?) Might anyone have an email of a contact at the club I could talk to about this? Incidentally, a colleague of mine who knows nothing about football contacted me last week as she had heard rumours that all of the playing staff and employees have been having weekly meditation sessions. She is into her meditation and was quite excited about the thought of it making a difference on the pitch.... Not sure if there's any truth in the weekly session thing though....
MPH Posted 17 March 2016 Posted 17 March 2016 Cant comment on the mandalas, but i did notice when i was in the home dressing room that all entrances to the dressing room had a yellow line just inside the door all except the door they use that leads to the pitch. The idea being that they 'lock in' the good luck into the dressing room and it then follows them onto the pitch... Not sure if that resonates with anything that you learnt? Indecently, they declined toi put these yellow lines at the entrances to the away dressing room
filbertstreet Posted 17 March 2016 Posted 17 March 2016 where was nelson mandala when we were shit, plastic
An Away Move Posted 17 March 2016 Author Posted 17 March 2016 Cant comment on the mandalas, but i did notice when i was in the home dressing room that all entrances to the dressing room had a yellow line just inside the door all except the door they use that leads to the pitch. The idea being that they 'lock in' the good luck into the dressing room and it then follows them onto the pitch... Not sure if that resonates with anything that you learnt? Indecently, they declined toi put these yellow lines at the entrances to the away dressing room Interesting! I think nobody, whether they believe in this stuff or not, can deny that there's certainly a lot of positive energy in and surrounding our club at present. Nationally and globally too. It's like a huge, magnified 12th man!
MrSpaM Posted 17 March 2016 Posted 17 March 2016 Only thing I've noticed is the gold flags on the top of the stands the whole way around the stadium. I take it that's got something to do with blessing the team too?
An Away Move Posted 17 March 2016 Author Posted 17 March 2016 Only thing I've noticed is the gold flags on the top of the stands the whole way around the stadium. I take it that's got something to do with blessing the team too? Next time I'm at the stadium I'll look out for those. Unless anyone has any pictures?
Livid Posted 17 March 2016 Posted 17 March 2016 Next time I'm at the stadium I'll look out for those. Unless anyone has any pictures? All the way round the ground blue and gold. The away corner is exempt for obvious reasons.
Spudulike Posted 17 March 2016 Posted 17 March 2016 Only thing I've noticed is the gold flags on the top of the stands the whole way around the stadium. I take it that's got something to do with blessing the team too? I think the prayer flags don't extend as far as the away section (not that I've been in there). http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/topic/104475-buddhist-prayer-flags/
MPH Posted 17 March 2016 Posted 17 March 2016 I think this photo explains why big nige got the boot..... He planted a Glaswegian kiss on one of the Buddhist monks....
Len Finsbury Posted 17 March 2016 Posted 17 March 2016 Well, it appears you can get a degree in anything nowadays
An Away Move Posted 17 March 2016 Author Posted 17 March 2016 Well, it appears you can get a degree in anything nowadays That's a postgrad degree to you My other degree is in dance True story!
Aus Fox Posted 18 March 2016 Posted 18 March 2016 That's a postgrad degree to you My other degree is in dance True story! Ahh the Old Dancing Monk, pretty sure I saw you live in a working men's club back in the early 90s
Out Foxed Posted 18 March 2016 Posted 18 March 2016 Somone posted a pic of one of them on here asking what it was
An Away Move Posted 18 March 2016 Author Posted 18 March 2016 Somone posted a pic of one of them on here asking what it was Really? Any one have a link to it?
An Away Move Posted 18 March 2016 Author Posted 18 March 2016 Ahh the Old Dancing Monk, pretty sure I saw you live in a working men's club back in the early 90s Yep. Scrappy Valley! Used to love it.
SpacedX Posted 18 March 2016 Posted 18 March 2016 Yep. Scrappy Valley! Used to love it. Oh Christ - you didn't know Dave Flowers did you?
An Away Move Posted 18 March 2016 Author Posted 18 March 2016 Oh Christ - you didn't know Dave Flowers did you? It doesn't ring a bell. Last time I was there I think I was 15 years old at a disco with some other kids from Hamilton Community College, pretending we were older than we were. Must have been 1987. I went up the bar and asked for a pint of 'base'. The barman said, "I don't know what the **** that is, but if you want a pint of Bass I can help you with that!"
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