Enjoying my first dinner in Goa. Kevin Nohr you were right, it's amazing here!! Lovely dinner of prawns and tandoori broccoli. Yes, broccoli - so good!! I would love to make it at home. Christina Brown enjoying a lovely bottle of pouilly-fuisse and thinking of you!

Back in Delhi after a month learning about the Divine and understanding why we "suffer". I am armed with insights and knowledge I am hopeful to make good use of. Landed at about 4:30pm, 46 degrees celcius and in the middle of a huge dust storm. The dust is so thick we couldn't land for a while. The winds are high and outside the airport looked a bit like a war zone. There was debris and various sheets of metal, road barriers and luggage carts blown all over ...

In telling about the animal kingdom I have been experiencing, I forgot to mention the RAT!!! For the first 2.5 weeks, any time it was quiet in the afternoon or at night we would here what at first was a scratching, then it progressed to a frantic clawing and wood chewing sound. We complained several times to both housekeeping and the office and finally after placing a few useless traps, we convinced them the rat was under the stand alone closet, not inside (which...

Down to the last few days in prison... I mean at the meditation retreat. Have learned a lot but honestly am so tired, I'm really looking forward to getting out! Its so hot now here it's impossible to get a good night's sleep. I'm looking forward also to seeing what has changed in me when I get back to real life. I know the processes we're doing here may take more time to manifest but I know I've made SOME progress at least!! :) Getting my regular monkey fix ...

Flower Malas The flower Malas are believed to have special properties. They have been blessed by Sri Amma Bhagawan and can be placed on the body to heal. The petals can be eaten or dried and put in Rose water to be used later. This is my second one. The first one I had is drying now for transport home. My back was killing me and I literally had a headache every day. I was taken muscle relaxants every day, often the first by noon. I laid down for a rest in ...