(Written from India on retreat in a Himalayan hill station) My first week I was alone on this mountain top in the Himalayan hills. The retreat house’s staff provided meals and other support but we didn’t speak the same language (literally) so I didn’t even need to wear my hearing aids! There was no one else here on retreat. But … Read More
Murali and I are deeply blessed to be together at this Himalayan retreat house offered to us by one of the Ananda members in Delhi. Murali is busy working on his “AY” project and I’ve had some seclusion time. Yesterday we explored the local area which is very hilly (we are about 6,400 ‘ up) but very beautiful. The good … Read More
I have just arrived at a mountain top retreat house in the lower Himalayan foothills of India. Between air travel and car travel into the hills, it’s been a 48-hour marathon. Well worth the challenges of modern travel which seem insignificant compared to ship and wagon travel of the past but intense, nonetheless. It’s often “hurry up and wait” versus … Read More