House Update 9.11.05

Started up today around 8:30. Ken, Dad, Chris and myself work on second floor exposed beams and the wall tie beams. We stopped for lunch around 13:30 headed for the Bears Den. Lorraine, mom, dad, Linda, and Ken all went. Got back to work at 15:00 and worked until 20:00. We got the first wall tie in and all the floor beams.

"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."