| Lotus temple Delhi |
It was a circle of love when friends came into my space and showed me the pride of India. The kindness and hospitality shined within their eyes and the art of worship was breathing within their blood.
But I also met the challenges in the roots of existence, when the hunger in the eyes of a child caught my wandering awareness.
In an abundant world with seeds enough to make not only nature but all of us bloom, please … this should not happen. In our hearts we all know this. In our hearts we all know love. In the circle of life we are all One.
| Villages at Mussoorie |
| Mountain sky in Mussoorie |
With gratitude I attended a traditional wedding and all the sacred wedding ceremonies which prepared the beautiful bride for her future marriage. Love is sacred and the bond between a bride and a groom is considered as a divine unity of the feminine and masculine energy of the universe. Two souls merge in a kiss, the lovers become One and life opens a gate into heaven upon Earth.
Illuminated by love life transcends into bliss
My travel went further on to Rishikesh, the ”Yoga Capital of the World” where I spent precious days and deep moments of reflections. Ashrams and spiritual seekers on every corner; the fast flowing Ganges surrounded by the marvellous view of hills; temple bells and the ritual evening Ganga Aarti at Parmarth Niketan; which gathered so many local Indian people as well as tourists and travelling pilgrims.
Silently I walked, my steps became meditation and the voice within became a whisper of words I no longer could express.
| Ma Ganga at Rishikesh |
A little by destiny I came in touch with a humble yoga place and days of practice. The sound of mantras and the fire of temple rituals awoke me, as I moved deeper into my practice. Every pose became a meet with an opening as well as my tendency to pull myself back from life, and somewhere I found myself in between.
Maybe that is the most precious gift of yoga, it opens the heart and breaks down all the defenses we build around ourselves. It opens the gate of love and makes us merge into its presence. We come to the wisdom that love is the pure essence of what we are.
We are not separated from life, in the core of our breath we merge into life, it becomes what we are. Let us not be deluded by false identities, in the void of existence … on the edge of the abyss we all become a child who finds home.
| Sacred flow of Ma Ganga |
Deeply touched and behold by mercy and love, compassion and care I found myself deep rooted in the palms of life. And so silent I became. How could I express an experience beyond mind, how could any word reveal the gratitude I felt in this deep intimate love affair with life and the touch of God. I was the same and yet so new, I was carried and still my steps were mine.
I had tears in my eyes when I left India and the hours at my flight was with feelings which came from the depths of gratitude. My heart was overwhelmed by the touch of divinity and love.
“Come; be in me. Breathe the holy essence into my blood.
Come; be in me as I am in you.”
| Sunset at the banks of ma Ganga in Rishikesh |
Hello, thank you for these beautiful words. I am going to volunteer to India, so I wanted to extend my journey and come to Rishikesh for yoga, because I am doing it, and I would like to experience in their traditional way and to feel that energy, so I wanted to ask you for place where you ve been, and should I reserve my place in advance? Thank you,
kind regards.
Hi Anna as this was guest post so i can’t recommend you anything. But I can suggest you that you can look for place after you reach here because that will be cheaper and proper