*
“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… Read More Meditation Huts with Awe-Inspiring Graffiti: #WordlessWednesday
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,… Read More Mindfulness Over Mindlessness: #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs #MicroblogMondays
“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.… Read More Another Gem in the Wall: #WordlessWednesday
“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… Read More Hey Jude: #WordlessWednesday
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… Read More Six Productive Ways to Slow Down: #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs #TheMindfulBreak
“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… Read More The Generous Book Lover: #WordlessWednesday
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;… Read More Saffron Clad Sadhu: #WordlessWednesday