This Monday the Dalai Lama launched his Twitter page - much to the amazement and excitement of the twitterverse. His holiness probably isn't rocking an iPhone 3GS (he has no pockets for a start) and tweeting himself as he goes. But the notion is quite fantastic.
Currently close to ten thousand followers (Twitter followers that is, I'm sure he has more actual followers) he follows no one himself, despite the best efforts of Geordie comic Ross Noble
'Dear @dalailama Please follow me. I know people normally follow you but go on, we wear similar shoes.'
It gives me great incentive to continue in the path of onlighntenment (you heard it here first), and perhaps some strength in those dark times when I turn to my Twitter feed for inspiration. It also strikes me as quite ironic in a roundabout way, that the Dalai Lama - banned from China, is at the forefront of a Twitter revolution, a website that is also completely forbidden by the Chinese government. Could this be provocation from the re-incarnated spiritual leader?
My Chinese friends, download a proxy server, access Twitter from a 'foreign' IP address and follow the Dalai, I personally can't imagine how liberating that five minutes could be.
SM
[Peace and love to obeythepurebreed.com for the image]
