All You Need is Within
“The sound of the rain needs no translation” Alan Watts Sitting in a cabin on a lake in Maine, listening to the rain falling on the metal roof, allowing the…
Let the Mud Settle
Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?Tao Te Ching, Chapter 15 A message arrived today, from a trusted source, "This guy…
Oct 27 – Beginning with Chakras
This week we're inspired by the opening verses of the Yoga Sutras, and also by a yoga retreat I attended last weekend at Song of the Morning Ranch. We'll talk…
Aigiri Nandini, by Gaeia Sanskrit
Aigiri Nandini, by Gaiea Sanskrit (Youtube). I just heard this again a few days ago, after first being introduced to it during Swami Sankaranananda's retreat this summer. It's a Sanskrit…
Nirvana Shatakam
Composed by Shankara 1300 years ago, this mantra is a masterpiece of negative expression of the divine nature of that which is within us. I am not this, I am…
How Lucky we Are
It is hard for any living creature to achieve birth in a human form. Strength of body and will are even harder to obtain; purity is harder still; harder even…