The brief layover in London last Tuesday went exceedingly well, and afforded Brigitte (Soma) and I the opportunity to take in a bit of this International city. By evening, we arrived at London-Heathrow Airport and settled in for another night flight to New Delhi, where we would connect to yet another flight, this time to Nepal.
Arriving in Delhi in the morning (Sept. 16) was like landing on Mars, except there were a LOT more people, odors and chaos. We had to quickly get our transit Visas and fly to Kathmandu , arriving two hours later.
The weather was like it was when we left Atlanta – cool and crisp – but that same Asian condition of what I call “controlled chaos” prevailed. Someone from the Osho Tapoban ashram was waiting for us, and in less than an hour we found ourselves in this veritable paradise just outside the city, founded and operated by an Osho disciple, Swami Arun (Osho passed away in 1990).
The past several days have been heavenly. Soma spent her days in Dynamic meditation with her Osho group, while I do my own (TM) meditation and wandered about like a curious child. The crisp air, beautiful surroundings and monkeys all add to the magic of the moment.
Nest stop: Monday (Sept 21) we fly further into the mountains to another Osho ashram, this one in Pokhara, and run by Osho disciple Swami Vedant.
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Looks like the experience of a lifetime. I hope your time there makes you feel more connected with life everywhere.
Ron
Thanks Ron, but if sweating in a long red robe, eating rice and potatoes every meal, and sle ping on a hard mattress every night makes me connected to everything, then yes, I have a very solid connections!
So beautiful. Thank your for sharing your amazing journey and I love the video clip! I’m thinking of you two and how exciting to be back in India … Love.
You would love it here!
Lovely…thanks for sharing.
Thank you much for sharing this and for blogging. It’s great to be with both of you in more than spirit ;>)
Yes, glad to be able to have Internet at the foot of the Himalayas! It’s been surprisingly hot and muggy… And will only get more so when we head to Srit Lanka on Saturday. The people are fantastic as usual, however. Soma and I just met a German from the same area of her birthplace here in this small ashram in Pokhara, Nepal…and we are the only guests here! Hope to get another view of the peaks so we can grab a picture or two for ya… Tomorrow we head back to Kathmandu where we will meet with Bruce Keenean and his orphan kids. More soon…
Sounds wonderful! Glad things are going so smoothly–look forward to hearing more when you return!
Wonderful, yes! We’re still working on “smoothly” 🙂