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Meditation Huts with Awe-Inspiring Graffiti: #WordlessWednesday

Meditation Huts with Awe-Inspiring Graffiti: #WordlessWednesday

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“When you look up at the sky and see a cloud, think of me” – John Lenon to Yoko Ono Meditation HUts with Awe-Inspiring Graffiti: #WordlessWednesday 1 October, 2018, 1:51 PM We are once again back to the Beatles Ashram, in Rishikesh, this #WordlessWednesday. Remember that post from two weeks back, captioned Hey Jude, where I tell you all about the  Beatles Ashram. Well, here’s another revelation of the lush, sprawling, serene ashram.  The Meditation Huts: The Beatles ashram houses eighty-four meditation…

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Mindfulness Over Mindlessness: #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs #MicroblogMondays

Mindfulness Over Mindlessness: #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs #MicroblogMondays

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Guess what’s top of my mind these days? No prizes for guessing it is indeed the simple act of mindfulness. Thanks to a wonderful blogger friend, Shinjini a.k.a Modern Gypsy’s forthright long challenge on Instagram called The Mindful Break , I’ve suddenly been awakened from my reverie of “mindless” living, to one of mindfulness. Having said that, I’ve not been living “mindlessly” forever.  The last few months have been a roller coaster ride and I have forgotten what it feels like to…

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Another Gem in the Wall: #WordlessWednesday

Another Gem in the Wall: #WordlessWednesday

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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton Another gem IN the wall: #WordlessWednesday 3:12 P.M., 1 October, 2018, The Beatles Ashram, Rishikesh, India Floored by the myriad wall art that adorned the crumbling, moss-covered walls of the Beatles Ashram, I went on a “capturing them” spree. These are a just few of those images that left me mesmerised and intrigued. The calmness of the Ashram was punctuated by the gushing Ganges…

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Hey Jude: #WordlessWednesday

Hey Jude: #WordlessWednesday

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“And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool By making his world a little colder.” – Hey Jude (lyrics), The Beatles     1st October, 2018, 2:20 P.M. Did you wonder why this post has been titled Hey Jude? Of course, it’s the Beatles song. But then why Hey Jude and why not Here Comes the Sun, Let it Be…

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Six Productive Ways to Slow Down: #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs #TheMindfulBreak

Six Productive Ways to Slow Down: #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs #TheMindfulBreak

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Are you caught up in the break-neck scramble of life? Is your life whizzing by in a jiffy, and your to-do list mounting, and cluttering your life further? Are there five different things you planned to do last week, but ended up doing just one or two, or none? Can’t slow down? Don’t worry, you ain’t alone in this. I’m in the same boat as you. And now as the month-long  festive season is upon us, it’s going to be…

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The Generous Book Lover: #WordlessWednesday

The Generous Book Lover: #WordlessWednesday

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“Some women have a weakness for shoes. I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.”   – Oprah Winfrey          The Generous Book Lover 6:14 A.M. , 10th October, 2018 Backstory: It’s Wednesday yet again, and I have begun to love my Wednesdays more than before. And why not? My #WordlessWednesday post goes live, I get to read some exclusive ones in the linky, and go for my early morning walks with my…

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Saffron Clad Sadhu: #WordlessWednesday

Saffron Clad Sadhu: #WordlessWednesday

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The Saffron Clad Sadhu   7:04 A.M., 2 October, 2018 I’ve always been intrigued by the Sadhus of India. Some Sadhus have a mystic charm, some a sly, scheming modus operandi and some just puff their souls to the twirling smoke of chillum***. In India there are different sects of Sadhus; the much in news; Naga** Sadhu  or the naked sadhu) and the Aghori Sadhus who actually feed on dead human flesh. Bizarre, don’t you think? On my recent short…

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