Posts under ‘India’

Indian Diaries My Last Day

Today is my last day in India and it is off back west to what ever awaits me there. Looking back on a few weeks here I see many changes have taken place in my mind and beyond. Some of these I have written about and shared with you over this time. I come here every year [...]

Indian Diaries The Path is in the Mind

“Solve all your problems in meditation” said Lahiri Mahasaya. “Exchange unprofitable religion speculations for actual God contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life.”

The path is in the [...]

Indian Diaries Indian Wedding

I was invited to a wedding, which I reluctantly said yes to because I thought it was going to be a lot of noise, drinks, lots of talking and all the rest (you know, a big party). So I got there at 5.45pm and met my Dr friends who were part of the proceedings. Now I thought [...]

Indian Diaries Christmas Day

Happy Christmas to you all. Today is a day of mixed feelings as some of you sit around with all your family or friends eating drinking and chatting, and some like myself are away from everyone spending the time alone. As I am here in India and there is no one I know celebrating this [...]

Indian Diaries day 15

Again practicing Kriya Yoga today and being around others on the path of self - discovery and spiritual practice, questions appear in the mind at every interval or opening of the breath. Is God complicated or are we? When making the mind one pointed and steady where there are no thoughts, often I encounter one [...]

Indian Diaries day 13 Autobiography of a Yogi

I can’t put this book ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ down for more than a minute. I read or half read it a hundred years ago (or so) and understood a little and got distracted then left it behind somewhere. It has come to visit me once more about twenty years later as I was thinking [...]