Journal 2008-09-03
My last day in Rishikesh was nicer than I expected. In the morning I packed, then after breakfast at Ganga View (banana porridge and masala chai), I did a bit of last minute shopping. I went back to my hotel, … Continue reading →
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Journal 2008-09-02
Last day and a half in Rishikesh. Yesterday at the German Bakery I ordered a rice pudding, in search of the ultimate rice pudding. A mistake, since it had chewy fresh coconut bits, which apparantly aggravated a broken filling I … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-09-01
It seems that whenever I enter a restaurant, Israelis come and settle nearby. It is hard to get away from them. In general I am coming to prefer solitude to the company of others. Perhaps it’s a period in life … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-08-31
So Swami Chidananda has passed away while I was in Rishikesh. He died the day before yesterday. The irony is that I have often worried after his health and thought that I would probably miss his final moment. Now it … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-08-29
I am sitting in the German Bakery. Shortly after I came here a heavy rain shower began. Now it’s still raining off and on, and a wonderfully cool wind is blowing in through the open window at my side. The … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-08-28
Since writing the above, I haven’t enjoyed any other inspiration. Simply bided my time. Read a little from my two books, the one by Thich Nhat Hanh and the other by Tariq Ali (The Stone Woman), studied some Hindi, talked … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-08-25
I spent the morning walking around Rishikesh. I found a tailor and got her to shorten my white pyjama pants, as well as to make me a new natural cotton colour kurta, to match a pair of pants I had … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-08-24
When there is not enough time I feel pressured, and when there is too much time, I don’t know how to appreciate it or use it well. I mean I am doing a little Hindi and other reading. But I’m … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-08-24
Picked up a book by U.G.. Krishnamurti, a man who, in his life, knew both Sivananda and Krishnamurti, and rejected them both. He rejected them because he thought that they did not give him the enlightenment that he sought from … Continue reading →
Journal 2008-08-22
Maybe there isn’t a direct link between the cosmology and practice. Directly trying to connect these may not be the most efficient way to express a spiritual vision of the universe. But I started this discussion with the question of … Continue reading →