Ramana Alert

  I read a book that made mention of Ramana Maharishi (picture above) and I made note to myself to look him up when I had the chance.  Non-dualism is big part of my philosophical foundation and yet I’ve never deeply researched non-dualistic Vendantic thought.

A little while later I looked him up on Wikipedia and saw the picture here.  I felt really light looking at the picture and went out to the living room.  I realized that life is happening right now and I could simply lay down on the couch and experience enlightenment.

Great video.

Framed Art Print by Eliot Elisofon Interesting...

Liked this one.

An excellent introduction to Guru Vachaka Kovai through some selected verses is at the blog

Oh, did I mention it's full moon? Every month on the full moon hundreds of thousands of people pilgrimage here to walk around the base of the mountain which is about 9 miles. Michele and I set out for the adventure. We are DEEP in the culture here. There are very few Westerners.The people and the energy are a massive current and we simply step into it and go with the flow. This is the definition of Anusara. And we are in it tonight! Words and photographs just can't capture the experience. The paradox is that between the two of us, walking together for nearly 6 miles for 2 and a half hours in this river of Hindu men and women in a devotion to Shiva as an expression of Mt Arunachala, Michele an I have quite different impressions of the walk and we talk about it afterwards.

Arunachala Girivalam- here it is.

One of these days i expect it to be featured in National Geographic!

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A bookmark sort of post.

photos in an album as a slideshow- with a click or two.