Monthly Archives: October 2011
How to Make a Mountain
It’s that time of year again. Today is Govardhan Puja, when we remember Sri Krishna’s incredible lifting of a sacred mountain in Vrindavan. In the Vaishnava calendar there are so many festivals and as the years go by they stack … Continue reading
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Symphony.
I am writing without really knowing why. Sometimes writing is motivated by a new understanding, a ‘realisation’. But what realisation do I have? You can realise something, as in understand it, but surely to truly realise something means to ‘bring … Continue reading
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Got Soul?
I went to a talk today at the Lincoln Center called Soul Music – a discussion on the nature of the soul, and how it relates to the experience of music. What makes music soulful, and what transforms an ‘ordinary’ … Continue reading
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River Devi
Your broad face ribbed with waves silently watching absorbing we forget to bow to you O devi of the city jogging past your body admiring your beauty feeding you our daily remains. We forget to pray. No flowers sit atop … Continue reading
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Live in Love.
Sometimes I feel like such a classic preacher’s daughter. I saw this ad in the street and instantly started pontificating in my mind. ‘Be quiet!,’ the other, humbler side of me hissed. ‘You don’t have to give a running commentary … Continue reading
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Lady of the Lake
After the Kirtan festival ended I got to stay an extra day at Ananda ashram. I grabbed the opportunity for some extra lake time. To sit, to chant, to think, to play violin, to sail across – there’s nothing like … Continue reading
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Ananda in Autumn
Summer reappeared here at Ananda Ashram in upstate NY. I can smell fresh cut grass and the crickets are basking in the early evening sunshine. Scarlet and gold trees transform the forest and create incredible impressionist designs on the surface … Continue reading
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Cravings at midnight.
I’m getting the strangest cravings. Perhaps it is something to do with living in the city – it becomes normal to desire something intensely from moment to moment. Almost as if an MSG laden breeze gusted through the streets and … Continue reading
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India Calling
These manhole covers are everywhere, one more thing that reminds me of India here in New York city. Yesterday a friend wrote to me on her journey to Badrinath, and I closed my eyes and pictured her there beside the … Continue reading
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