From North to South, From Outer to Inner

We have spent the past few days in Kerela in a quaint heritage home where our hosts not only cook for us but they sing, play guitar, entertain, and keep us good company. We have not ventured out into the back waters because the garden in this house is to gorgeous to depart. We met some amazing people both here and in Rishekesh. We found some wonderful travelers and trekked to a beautiful mountain temple. We were blessed and then made our way home 2.5 hours down the mountain with a local Baba (Rambo Baba) as our guide. We met some monkeys along the way. There has been much singing and playing. Daily morning meditation continues. My impression of Rishekesh is that it is indeed a very holy and healing place and that one could definelty spend years there and not realize that life elsewhere was happening. It is a very strong vortex and part of me is glad we were there short term. We met many people who had come and stayed. We met many people escaping their lives and altering their consciousness. We have had lots of opportunity to get high. I say no thanks. We get pretty high on our own. We met with an Indian astrologer who rocked our worlds. He was quite accurate with what the stars had indicated to him through our chart. The Ganges was bright and blue, the night time winds were powerful and cleansing. We met some travelers that may come to Thailand to play with us. Our places to stay have been clean and the beds firm. Not too many bugs sleeping with us. None that we can see or feel anyway. We are primed for our Vipassana. 10 days of silence. No reading, writing, talking, gesturing, eye contact. A complete inner exploration. I will say happy holidays to you now and see you next year. We continue to be blessed with meeting wonderful people, awesome places to stay, reasonable food, much laughter, good play. We are guided by a force far more gracious than I could have anticipated and the beauty we are taking in brings me peace about the beauty that resides within me. Much love to all of you. LOVE LOVE LOVE. Light ahead to each of us for our day to day adventures, be they grand or small. Perfect timing. Perfect lives.
XO Laurel