In my travels I spent time with a great yogi.
Once he said to me.
“Become so still you hear he blood flowing 
through your veins.”
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One night as I sat in quiet,
I seemed on the verge of entering a world inside so vast 
I know it is the source of 
all of 
us. -
Mirabai .
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Remembering Rajasthan... .
One of the things I noticed and cherished while in India were the countless daily and nightly rituals. Little altars tucked here and there. Statues erected to this god and that. Candles, incense, flowers and more offerings strewn in reverence for the Divine. There was nothing overly precious or affected about these rituals. Some were utterly pedestrian. They were earthly and relaxed. The amount of conversations that circled around the gods were countless while I traveled through this country. Steeped in belief and tradition, I was captivated by it all. I understood it in my marrow. All the altars and the offerings throughout my own life made so much more sense to me. .
I wish we spoke of the unknown, the unknowable and the Beloved in its many aspects with more ease here. I wish we made offerings under cedar trees, and by river beds and lit candles in tucked away corners in this city. I wish that there was a little more colourful magic and moments of prayer and reverence to make the day that much more sacred. .
Do you make offerings in your own way? How do you create ritual? Who do you pray to or ask for guidance and protection when your heart needs a salve for the world’s muchness? .
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