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

Recently, I was invited to a very special birthday party! My friend’s father was turning 100. That is definitely a landmark birthday!...

A Children’s Story by Joseph Razon (Very gently) edited and illustrations by Annie Kiyonaga   Timmy was never really scared by the idea...

(Written September 10, 2021) Today is Ganesh Chaturthi, a day when the deity, Ganesh, is honored. And so I see it fit to acknowledge this...

(Photo - November, 2024, in front of the Bhagavan Nityananda Samadhi Shrine, Ganeshpuri, India) A Look Back on an International Life… I...

Nothing is for Naught I have found, as I proceed, that nothing is for naught. In other words, every bit of effort over time, over the...

Heather Cox Richardson is so astute politically and otherwise, as many know. Earlier in the day, I listened to some of her YouTubes and...

A recent contemplation I get the help I need…. On this journey to attain God, meaning awakening and living in that divine presence at...

Here I am, almost seventy years of age, and I am finally discovering-in a more full-throated manner- the joy of following one’s own...

Life can definitely, at times, put us through our paces…I sense that being incarnated on this earth is not the easiest of assignments....

Where ever you are in your life, accept it completely….It does not mean one is passive but rather in this very moment with whatever is...

Yesterday mid-morning I was sitting in the Bhagavan Nityananda Samadhi Shrine here in Ganeshpuri. It was a beautiful, sunny day. The...

Some thoughts that arose this morning… We all need this. Whether it is acknowledged to oneself or not, the need for some form of...

Poem I wrote this morning... resting in the mellow of early morning sounds though overcast and grey, steely skies greet this observer the...

hidden high hidden low hidden all around in the whisper of butterfly wings hush of slithering snake majesty of vast empty sky...

Photo - My Ganeshpuri Christmas Tree, 2023 My Christmas last year took place in the town of Ganeshpuri.  This was a first in that I would...

Funny story…While in India recently, I went on a great outing with some friends one fine Sunday…an afternoon (more like late afternoon by...