Living Grace

Living Grace

Contemplating

Phone intervention

Deep contemplation

Anything is possible when the newspaper is up.

2016

More Grace

I couldn't help but post all of these knowing there are people around the globe who don't have the chance to visit Jaipur, but would love to have a current photo of Gurudev. Grace. Pranam. 

Language of Silence

Cooling off

What a beautiful concept--I am going to become a more focused student of the language of silence. While sitting in the ashram with the presence of Gurudev and everyone focused inwardly, the inner texture is exquisite and inebriating even with the distraction of traffic sounds, power saws, humans coming and going, and more.

Heading home--me too!

Unstacking Homework

Excited for the new homework assignment! In the West, it is always about mentally stacking and being good at it. Now to spend time where the mind doesn't stack! This is going to be like reverse or inside-out living. The place is familiar, but I haven't made a point to live from there. What an incredible journey! More grace! 

Walking Home From the Jaipur Airport

Only a three hour walk, but it was a nice reminder of the city and the architectural diversity.

Noticing that sitting in the ashram and walking outside are more similar in a strange way. A band of energy with different obstacles floating in their respective streams.

Visited a Baba on the hill who I walk by periodically. Still interesting to experience the different beings who live with orange clothes.

Fortification for the Disparity

Just finished a book on the current state of affairs for elephants.  Elephantoms

Reading a book on the current state of affairs for Muslim women.  Infidel

Liquid gold is the touchstone as I examine the current state of affairs. How different to read about both while living in direct contact. It helps to provide a mental construct for the felt sense I experiences daily. Ugh! Darker then expected. Agonizing reality.

Was asking Gurudev about reading the Quran, so I could better understand the religious differences and it resulted in a quiet stare and sigh! He talked about the state of humanity, religion, and how FEW can walk a true spiritual path.

The enormity of it is staggering. Feels like living as something to grind with a pestle at the bottom of a mortar. Nice to have this awareness opened after the visit to the homeopath in Mumbai.

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Liquid Gold

A new statue

To sit and experience something so intense that I can only refer to it as liquid gold. It takes over the entirety of my inner core. Motionless, minimal breathing, subtle exterior awareness, and held in a freeze frame of sorts by this inner state. The drill is familiar. The new states are often unfamiliar, but walking down the street afterwards is still possible.

Veil Construction

A view from the room. The new and the old side-by-side.

The mental fabric of the veil construction is more evident as layers shift. The outer differences hold us hostage from a shared inner peace. Each person opening to the awareness of this deep truth on a schedule only known to destiny. The challenges of a white, woman, walking are real and surreal. Discerning between the need for action or need to let go. Nothing new, just one of many to follow the inner path. What grace to sit with the current of this inner awareness.