Manny Muros: It is 4:30 am and I am at the Bangalore airport, tired, red-eyed, and feeling both completed and exhausted…. My heart is full of gratitude…. I had spent the previous night in a sleeper bus (12 hours) traveling from Goa to Bangalore….. I can feel my breath slow and calm, deep in my …
Manny Muros: I had been looking forward to my time alone but I've had quite a bit of apprehension about it. I have never spent this much time on my own. The four weeks journeying with Mark have been amazingly special. It was great to share the intensity of the travel and the constant humorous …
Manny Muros: I have always had a lot of faith and trust in the goodness of the Universe… A believe that things will always work out for the best. The desire to simply see clearly what is in front of me. Traveling thru India we have had lots of practice on moving toward a general certain …
Manny Muros: On our last morning with the Tibetan family Mark and I tried to express our appreciation for all their warmth and hospitality given to us. Deep emotion and tears came to Sonam's eyes as she wanted to express thru us the gratitude she has to the "American people" who have helped them so …
Manny Muros: I find myself at yet another internet cafe, grounding my energy as I connect with life back home…. Today, Mark and I are completely surrounded by Tibetan monks as we are within the monastery campus. With the pace of our travels, every few days we seem to enter totally different realities. From the …
Manny Muros: We are on the road again after a very wonderful week in Auroville…. We will travel all night by bus and arrive at Bangalore tomorrow morning. We will then take a 2nd bus for 3 more hours to Mysore. Hope to settle there by noon tomorrow. Lets see what gifts that part of …
Manny Muros: We find ourselves in this land inside of India but not of it… Not unlike the Vatican in Rome. It is the home of highly spiritual and idealistic humans from over 30 countries working to create a society based on higher consciousness. We arrived with monsoon rains making our entrance to this land …
Manny Muros: Today we climbed the mountain located behind the ashram. In 1900 a 16 year old local seeker climbed that mountain and stayed for 17 years in a cave. Then moved to a second cave for 6 more years. When he came down his followers created what is now the ashram where we are staying…. …
My body is adjusting to the time shift and my mind to the reality shift…. We are in the middle of a "village" where the ashram is located. The senses are maxed out interpreting this new/old world. Meals are served on the floor and the plates are made of sewn leaves, monkeys and peacocks roam …
Manny Muros: It's hard to believe that we have only been here 30 + hours…. It feels like we have had a week worth of experience already! The intensity of Bangalore was hard to digest with out taking short breaks in the sanctuary of our hotel…. This morning we boarded a bus to Tiru… It …
Manny Muros: Our journey is becoming real after many months of planning and preparations. Tickets bought, visas received, shots taken, and the empty back-pack is sitting in my room. My time has become measured as every minute here has increased in value. The time spent with my sons this weekend has had an extra sweetness …