Lifting the blinds, and curing PISD
My PISD – my Post-India Stress Disorder – has been cured!!! Well, at least for the most part, for now. This post concludes over a month’s worth …
My PISD – my Post-India Stress Disorder – has been cured!!! Well, at least for the most part, for now. This post concludes over a month’s worth …
“India’s chaos was bigger than your ego,” said Farhad Azad. “You have to remember we are but drops in the ocean.” He was right, …
Have you noticed the reoccurring pattern of almost hypocritical contradictions contained in my most recent entries? There seems to be a battle going on …
Does the value of life reside in a life form’s innate potential – the potential that their DNA allows one to have, or to the …
If the pursuit of peace is an attempt to rid the world of violence, we must ask ourselves – “violence” through the eyes …
“On the technical side there is no limit to population,” said a scholar after talking about solving world hunger. “We just need more …
I used to think we could all be less greedy – that if we wanted less “stuff” we would be happier, and some of that …
I am starting to understand what Buddha meant when he said all life is suffering. No matter which financial situation you are born …
Whoever we are, and whatever what we have accomplished in our life, we all eventually face the same fears: fears of being old, ill, of …
“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun? …
While in a recent entry I concluded that I simply need to accept the world as it is, today I wonder, does this mean accepting …
I knew my final peaceful week of yoga and relaxation in Pokhara was the calm before the storm, and boy I was right. …
Walking up in the mountains outside Kathmandu I contemplated the connection between the world’s inequalities today, the actions of one’s ancestors, and the idea of …
No animal was harmed and no blood was shed, in the making of this photo… looks can be deceiving. So can words. …
I knew I would leave India with a new perspective of life – but the upturning of my worldview has happened in a far different …
One day a prime minister, the next you’re not. A captain thrown overboard by his crew. Why? Was he really so bad? Was he leading …
We arrived to eat dinner and sip cocktails with a perfect view of this beautiful lake. I had no idea what I was expecting when I …
On the plane from Sydney to Bangkok, a some three weeks ago now, I met Bipeen – a Nepali who has been living in Australia …
Counting the days in Mumbai and the Golden Triangle I probably spent a total of one week in what most seasoned travelers would laugh at …
If you read my last entry you will probably remember it was written in an exhausted and over-it state of mind. But, as we all …
I have never felt so dirty and disgusted in my entire life. A thick layer of smog and filth covers my skin. My feet are …
I say another little prayer from my prime position laying down in the back seat with my eyes closed. It is raining and the same crazy driver …