The anguish of not knowing has tormented me for a long time. I have felt too flawed, too alone, too mistaken, too lost, and all that multiplied by a thousand, for many years. It was only in India that I began to see that there are many “others” who have the same questions. That there are many others who have also stepped outside the parameters of what we interpret as “normality,” who have explored other paths, who have felt disillusioned, who have been frustrated too, and who

I didn’t want to leave this paradise. Sometimes it happens while traveling. When we feel comfortable, it’s hard to move on. “Comfort” in...

Learnings are curious things. The greatest lessons don’t come dressed as lessons. They usually disguise themselves as challenges,...

Look at the importance of the best of YOUR OWN VOICE coming from the outside, in the form of letters or images. For when, from within, we...

I love the mysteries of the Universe, they give me energy. Sometimes, what we search for so much arrives when we stop looking for it....

The art of appreciating beauty hides within the simplest atoms of everything around us.Close your eyes. Take 10 seconds to be...

- It's easy to find peace - Kaare told me. In the mountains, in the forest, in solitude. But that's not real, nor does it belong to you...

Today was a different day. I was able to meditate. I felt a bit of peace amidst my restless mind and the anxiety that had been torturing...

Letting go of control, jumping, trusting... Everything Anand was telling me now seemed like prophetic words for what was to come. That...

I had set up my meditation altar with a small statue of Ganesha, a Tibetan singing bowl, and some Santa Rita  flowers I had found in the...

After the chanting class, we would go together into the Ganga to purify ourselves and because we both loved the winter bath . The water...

By the fifth day—which felt like a month—I had almost emerged from the intense confusion with which I had arrived at the Ashram. I helped...

“When the modifications of the mind have weakened, the mind becomes like a crystal: transparent. When memories, past knowledge, and...

The only place I had planned not to set foot in India—besides Delhi—was Varanasi. I already had enough inner chaos; I didn’t need to add...

I came to India seeking to understand. But does our mind really want to escape the illusion we live in? To break free from the collective...

We were meditating just a few centimeters from the sacred fire, surrounded by smoke and drops of sweat."Everything is fine... look around...

"We are repeatedly told about transmigrating, about how our spirit moves from one body to another in countless lives, seeking experiences...

January 2023. Deep Winter. Bodh Gaya, India. The village where Buddha attained enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. Could...

The dry leaves covered the courtyard.I saw an ant carrying a feather that was 100 times bigger than its size. I also saw a woman braiding...

How well-crafted is the cage that we still love to paint our prison bars on!The greatest secrets of cages are that they never seem like...