Bhagavan Nityananda Samadhi Shrine, Ganeshpuri, India The village of Ganeshpuri is very quiet during this time…It’s quite lovely. I love Ganeshpuri during all her seasons but this incipient experience of pre-monsoon, has - so far - had its virtues! (Though it is quite warm!) Speaking of monsoon, it seems the water tables are quite low in certain parts of India, concerningly so…Thus, this monsoon time - with its thirst and ground-quenching rains - is greatly anticipated. I was

Unbidden Yesterday I attended a meditation, a guided one, that emphasized an awareness of what arises unbidden in our lives. The sun rising in the morning, for example, and how the light presents itself, not necessarily a dramatic and glorious scene, though this could be the case. But how the light filters through the leaves, for instance. And unbidden could be the unexpected kindness that have come our way. There are innumerable examples that could be cited. It was a journe

True leadership, real power, does not swagger and insist on domination and adulation. It is based on service. It serves the people and this earth. This is in direct contrast to the insane, ego-driven leadership at the top presently commandeering the ship of state in our country, in these United States; an inhumane and highly destructive force. May integrity, empathy and sanity once again hold the upper hand, not this capitulation to unfettered greed and lust for power. It is

In front of Kailas Nivas, Ganeshpuri, India (A look back to two years ago…) I have been in Ganeshpuri, India for a little over a month now and I look back in wonder at all that has happened… Firstly, there seems never a dull moment in Ganeshpuri. In terms of daily happenings, this spiritual powerhouse of a place is filled with events both large and small. Pujas (rituals of worship) and other spiritual ceremony abound offering yet another opportunity to remember the divine…E

An interesting memory arose on this day…I have practiced hatha yoga over many years, since the eighties. I was introduced to it in 1982 or thereabouts, I believe, the same year I was introduced to a certain spiritual path out of India. I moved to an ashram later that year - where I lived for most of the next thirteen years. (That included some time in an ashram in India, but majority was stateside.) So, here’s the memory…. I believe I was a teenager when this took place. My

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