I find in my readings that many of the experiences I have had, many of the thoughts to which I have been exposed — to which I have exposed myself — along my seeking path, have been spoken before. Some of them in ancient texts, whose context and imagery demand a certain patience and quiet …
The pattern for everything in life exists — within everything that exists. The strength of modern scientific process which seeks to name all things, giving them genus, order and phylum, or physical properties which can be described by the arc of an equation, carries its own limitations: by disconnecting one object from another, we gain …
The weather having softened somewhat today, I fired up the R100 and took it out on the road to make sure my driving skills hadn't deteriorated. I pulled out into the correct lane — that would be the right one this side of Her Majesty's Commonwealth, I think. The shift from a 225cc buzzing insect …
It takes a lot of courage to stay in one’s job for many years, and it takes courage to begin relationships, more courage to try to make them work, and more courage yet to decide they have ended. It takes courage to face the challenges life brings to us.
How often are we fortunate enough to fly without clouds, to be up above the noise and jostling of the daily? How often is there nothing veiling the eyes?
What word to use to describe travel in India…? Imprecise? Is it a process of approximation? No, any word that scorns this travel is missing the heart of the matter, it is missing the syncopation that is dictated not by a metronome but by an emotional pulse that arrives precisely when it is supposed to, it is missing the …
A repeated word or phrase, spoken aloud or under one's breath, is a mantra — the thought and sounds made again and again, until the sound itself empties of sound, and the sense becomes empty of sense. The boundaries of the word are broken, and the meaning of it, revealed deep within the sound and beneath your …
I guess if a circle doesn't close, it is incomplete…? Does it lose strength? Does it deflate, or allow bad winds to invade its beautiful core? Still, you run a finger in the sand, tracing the outline of the sun, or the outline of the moon, you begin with a point at the tip of …
Having finished my early yoga, I come from the room and enter the hotel courtyard, and the senses, which have fed me quietly throughout the night, fill with the picture of a Goan morning: crickets still sing in the cool temperatures, while a wide variety of birds welcome the day in conversation… saying what? All …
Yesterday’s motorcycle tour of the closest beaches was such a success, I decided to hold onto the bike one more day, and take a morning trip further north, toward the ruins of the old Portuguese fort at Cabo-de-Rama, up past Agonda Beach. Manny had promised a phone call home at nine AM this morning, and …
Some of the things we thought would work well actually did… and others we learned on the way. Here are a few thoughts we'd like to remember next time around. If any are useful to you, bravo! There's some wisdom well won. Nail scissors Useful for trimming all kinds of things besides your nails… Flip-top toothpaste Small plastic jar fits …
Today we took to the roads of Goa; perhaps a risk to lives and limbs, except we promised ourselves to stick to the smaller roads. On "Main Street" — I had tongue-in-cheekily named it that after our first stroll among its multitude of vendors and restaurants, only to find that it is, in fact, …