Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the Truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being ahead of your time. If you're right and you know it, speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the Truth is still the Truth.… Continue reading India’s Secret
Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels like a snake. ~Suzy Kassem~ Just when I thought I was finally going to settle down, the universe had other plans for me. I had been in Whangarei for only a couple of months and I had managed to set up my own yoga… Continue reading Returning to India
Love and compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion. Dalai Lama X1V We begun our 7 hour journey from Shimla, our longest car ride yet, to our final destination in the North. Daramshala is most famously known as the home of the… Continue reading Dharamshala to Amritsar
Quiet the mind and the soul will speak. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati We finally arrived in Rishikesh after a nightmare drive from Delhi, thanks to our taxi driver who was falling asleep at the wheel. I couldn’t wait to lie down and sleep, it was late and my legs were sore from being bunched up… Continue reading Into the Foothills of the Himalayas
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment. Eckhart Tolle We arrived in the historical land of forts and palaces, otherwise known as the Pink City, to… Continue reading A Test of Trust in Rajasthan
I love this world because it is imperfect. It is imperfect, and that's why it is growing; if it was perfect it would have been dead. Growth is possible only if there is imperfection. I would like you to remember again and again, I am imperfect, the whole universe is imperfect, and to love this… Continue reading The Taj at Dawn
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy? Mahatma Gandhi We hesitantly left the yoga village to find a taxi to take us North before flying back to Delhi, I… Continue reading Beneath the Goan Sun
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by… Continue reading Om Shanti
