"zindagi kai geet kee dhun badel kur dekh leh"...

listening to the words of this old Indian song, I am reminded of times in our life when we keep playing the same tune, and wonder, ?why am i still doing the “same dance” of life…

"what if you change the notes/tune of the song of life”...is how I would translate the words...

“in the simplicity of nature, it is so much easier”, is the comment I often hear...

I chose to change the tune of my life song, or did i choose? maybe this is just a brief stop in the life path...where to? i know the universe is to guide me.

Often we mistake a checkpoint, or a pointer for the destination... no matter how brief, the destination and the path is not the same. Sometimes we get off the path, and maybe that is just a resting place, for a time.

So is life a journey, or are there many destinations. I would choose to believe that in this journey of life there are many brief stops, it is when we get a chance to rest our head…to explore, to love, to grow and on continue….

Sturgeon full moon in Aquarius...

in Costa Rica the full moon is at 10:58 am on August 13th…

"The August full moon is often called the Sturgeon Moon in North America. The Sturgeon Moon harks back to the bygone centuries when this large fish roamed plentifully in the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay. The August full moon is also known as the Green Corn Moon or the Grain Moon"
http://earthsky.org/tonight/august-full-moon-named-for-fish-or-grain


The August full moon is also referred to as the "wort" moon, preserve what you have…


the effects of the upcoming full moon is beginnings to reveal itself in the emotions and the associated behaviours…

astronomically the moon is full when it is directly opposite the sun

we plan to channel the energies by performing 108 sun salutations…what is the significance of 108?

Here are some interesting insights on the number 108:

• diameter of the sun is 108 times the diameter of the earth
• average distance from the sun to the earth is 108 times the diameter of the sun
• average distance from the moon to the earth is 108 times the diameter of the moon
• silver represents the moon, atomic weight of the moon is 108
• 1 = higher truth, 0 = empty or complete, 8 = sign of infinity
• 108 is the Harshad number (a number that can be divided by the sum of its digits)
• in sanskrit Harshad means great joy
• there are 108 energy lines converging into the heart chakra

the mirror within the mirror

if conditioning creates perception

and perception is reality…

in the mirror of life i see my reflection, 

is perception like a mirror….reflecting the reality i perceive?

what if life is a collection of mirrors, all placed at different angles... 

how many mirrors am i seeing, reflecting a life within life…a perception embedded and reflected in another perception...

is it all an illusion, when i see others?

i look, at the mirror called life...yes that is me i see

but wait, who is there, i sense a movement behind me, 

its only another mirror in mirror...

i look, i dive deeper, revealing all the mirrors...

i laugh, is that all life is? is it that simple...

maybe….

an awareness that there is no-body, only  mirrors, within mirrors

Thoughts from the Ranch

experience, what is the meaning of experience and how it becomes a part of life, living and who we are.  

as a noun the dicitionary defines experiences as “an event or occurrence that leaves an impression on someone : for the younger players it has been a learning experience.”

as a verb: to feel, as an emotion

The usage in english comes via Old French from Latin experientia, from experiri, try;  Compare with EXPERIMENT  and EXPERT

of recent this word as associated with living, has come up many times.  frequently i hear “i want to experience everything in life”.

how do we “experience” life? where does learning reside? is it a big part of the answer that leads to the quest of finding “who am i?” or is it the realization that there is no one answer.  is it possible that all the learning that happens is very soon our past, the feeling and the emotions tied to those experiences are our past.  when does one, or rather how does one find that space to be in the moment, become the experiencer? is it through the seeking of other experiences? through replacing  one experience with another?   is life a reality “show?”

do i need answers? or only the questions?  the quest of the mind, giving rise to the questions, and where are the answers? going somewhere to find them, or seeing them in each encounter...when the encounter is not centered on oneself, but the other, how does the experience feel then?

there comes a point in life and living, an “aha” moment, when the search for experiencing life ends, and living and experiencing life in each moment itself becomes the Bliss, called Life.

basically my friend nothing is missing, a friend wrote these words for me when he gave me the book “Riding the Ox Home”...

7-20-2011...enroute to Costa Rica

Airports, flying, the transition time at the terminal where all you do is wait to board a plane is time, time for me to reflect.

I watch the planes, its summer in Toronto...the sun is shining with an intensity, inside the coolness of the air conditioning makes it all so "comfortable"...

I am recalling with gratitude the time spent in North America, the three plus weeks in Maryland, brought yoga of six practitioners to a different level, now they are comfortable leading their own sessions...teachers we never are, others do bestow this label but life itself is the Teacher...

The two months spent in Toronto, yes the family, they are adorable, and we are connected...meeting and reonnecting with old friends, is always energising...some new friends and some old connections renewed… and in yoga, I saw how this practise miraculously changes, rather allows people to emerge in their true form, many thanks and smiles were shared...

And, it was time to surrender, to release, to let go of any lingering expectations, and it happened....

Life revealed and I saw...