21 Tips to Help You Ease Into the Indian Culture
Your first journey to India is the big unknown: what to expect? The Indian culture is different compared to the culture in the USA or any other place for that matter. With a little bit of preparation and understanding, you will have a journey of a lifetime. Here are 21 tips to help you ease […]
5 Steps To Reinvent Your Life By Traveling
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller Whenever I want to make a change in my life, I choose to travel. I’ve tried self-help books, Internet videos, and local programs – but nothing seems to work so effectively as the open road.When I engaged in meaningful […]
Secrets of Shilpis Sculptors Revealed
After I left the Arunachaleshwarar Temple I was surprised to learn a few secrets of the shilpis, the stone sculptors, that are often found near temples. They create beautiful stone images of gods and goddesses and sell them to devotees. That day I was looking at a small Nandi image, the bull vehicle of Lord […]
Darshan with Siva Sakthi Ammayair – The Silent One
Whenever Amma is at her ashram I go and sit for 45 minutes for meditation in the morning. During this time Amma comes downstairs to the meditation hall which by then is often filled with up to 150+ meditators and devotees during the tourist season. Many line up outside the hall looking through the windows […]
A Sacred Fire Ritual and Miracle at the Sheshadri Ashram
Sheshadri Swamigal Homa or Fire Ritual at Sheshadri Swamigal Ashram in Tiruvannamalai Sri Sheshadri Swamigal lived from 1870 to 1929. He came from Kanchipuram to live at Arunachala. At his passing a samadhi shrine was built at his ashram. Though nearly 90 years have passed since his passing, I can feel the energy present at […]
Rose and Sandal-Scented Holy Bath to Kalabhairava
Divine 911 Call You can call upon or pray to a few gods for emergencies like you dial 911 in the USA my guru HH Paramahamsa Nithyananda told. One is Lord Venkateshwara in Tirupati. I had already experienced his manifestation power in Phoenix. Another one is Sundareshwara, a form of Lord Shiva in Madurai. And […]
Visit the Magnificent Arunachaleshwara Shiva Temple
In ancient times kings built magnificent temples in gratitude to Lord Shiva or other gods. These days enlightened masters are the temple builders who also energize them with transforming cosmic energy to raise our consciousness. They use them to revive the ancient Vedic tradition and enlightenment science, for meditation, rituals, and blessing purposes, and to […]
The Original Function of Statues
The Original Function of Statues by Osho “Just watching Mahavira’s statue you may fall into a meditative state. That was their original function. They were not made to be worshipped, they were made to make you aware of a certain state. The statue is of a certain state, not of a certain man; that man […]
The Sacred Science of Puja
Do you know the science behind puja? In Vedic tradition, puja is the simplest and most authentic way you can connect and commune with the Divine. It awakens in one the Advaita Bhakti – the space of devotion rooted in Oneness with Cosmic Consciousness. For millennia, across all changing ages, the different puja rituals have been practiced […]
A 900-Years Old Connection to Hindu Temples & the Chola Dynasty
I love Hindu temples but I was not expecting a 900 years old connection. This makes for an interesting read of connecting the dots of my soul’s journey during several lifetimes. Let’s start with an akashic reading. Akashic Readings by a Child Saint A balasanth, child saint, of the Kailasa Order near Bengaluru, India, was […]