The Taj Mahal was built 350 years ago by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a place to bury his deceased wife. In Agra, India, it is proudly hailed as a great monument to the power of love. However, my personal reaction was a little mixed… (more…)
Archive for March, 2006
Taj Mahal: Love, Guilt & Grandeur
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006Self service
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
Tantra says there are three roads to salvation: Bhakti (Devotion); Jinani (Knowledge); and Karma (Action/Work). It is said that Bhakti is the greatest of these, without which our ultimate spiritual goal is unreachable. Yet these are not separate roads, they represent different aspects of the same journey. This is an article about the spirit of Karma and what comes in return for sincere selflessness in our work. (more…)
some thoughts from my notebook
Saturday, March 4th, 2006
a poem, another poem and an affirmation…
pain befriends me
pain says, ‘listen,
I am here to help you
say goodbye to the past
and welcome the future’
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i must accept the death of seconds
i must die to be born in breath
to wake naked in this new world
discard my clothes on the shore
and plunge fearlessly into the future
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The pain of goodbye is good and right and proper
I honour what has been with my pain