29.2.2008 Boom Boom! Its 10pm, I just got home and the tune is still playing in my head. It's been a great evening, I notice that when I let go and just follow the flow it takes me to amazing places. James, a boy from Yorkshire, who is studying Sanskrit in Mysore with Dr Jayashree has been leading kirtans every Friday at Sharon and Michael's house; and he just did his last session before heading to Hampi for the week. Kirtan is part of bhakti yoga, yoga of th...

28.2.2008 Gratitude A lot of people I have met this year are envious of my time out, the freedom I have created this year, with all its possibilities. They refer to it as their dream one day. And today I thought more about how that manifested itself, who I owe this to, what coincidences in my life to get here. At this moment we are all residual outcomes of what we thought and acted on, so for my journey to begin this year the source also goes back a very long t...

28.2.2008 Quote for the day: From the book I'm reading at the moment- Shantaram When we are young we think that suffering is something that's done to us. When we get older we know that real suffering is measured by what's taken away from us...

27.2.2008 We don't know what we have until it's gone! There is a truth in this saying; often it is so easy to take places and people for granted. As much as we notice their being and enjoy their company it is always when we have to say goodbye to them that we appreciate them so much more. I had lessons of this in the past from the loss of my brother, how closer we could have been and how much more time we could have spent, or perhaps it's the quality than the q...

25.2.2008 Is there ever a true escape from reality? I've had a weird day, all started well with the routine activities of yoga, long Sunday breakfast with Hindu Times paper, swimming pool with yogis in sizzling weather, doing yoga by the pool, having fun conversations, then heading out for some late lunch….This is how my life has been for a while, with no true worries; which is a worry on its own sometimes about returning home and facing the music. But an...