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My Amritapuri Experience: November 2005

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Random walks on the spiritual path with Amma - my God, Guru and Self. Thursday, November 10, 2005. Part 24: Never Mind Nirvana, Try Panchakarma. I am going to skip ahead a couple of days in my itinerary, to when my solitary stay was terminated by the entry of a flat mate. I had been warned when I took the room, that I could have it to myself for the first three days, but that I would have to share. But my dear critics. The Vedic-Indian counterpart of the Norse. Well, that was interesting. My life mus...

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My Amritapuri Experience: October 2005

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Random walks on the spiritual path with Amma - my God, Guru and Self. Tuesday, October 25, 2005. Part 23: There's A Green Light In Your Head! Did I suggest somewhere in the previous episode that X3 resembled a. Perhaps I ought to take back that characterization and replace it with. As my hapless protagonist can surely be milked for another story at least. I happened to quiz X3 on his. Spiritual practices) and he told me that he had been practicing. A breathing technique used in meditation, see 1. A spiri...

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My Amritapuri Experience: April 2003

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Random walks on the spiritual path with Amma - my God, Guru and Self. Friday, April 25, 2003. Part 12: Western Devotees, Indian Names. Done, I made my way off the dais where Amma was seated. I had to step gingerly over those still shuffling forward on their knees for their. I exited from the temple and walked towards the Western canteen, which is situated near the front gate of the ashram. Just before I got there, I met the same. In this context. But for the nonce, I was content to order two vegetari...

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My Amritapuri Experience: June 2003

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Random walks on the spiritual path with Amma - my God, Guru and Self. Saturday, June 07, 2003. Part 14: The Identity Project. In this regard, I have found Sister Premarupa’s account. It seems to me that what matters is not the particular practice one adopts or chooses not to adopt, but the investment one makes in the default practice For there is always a default practice, a default representation as long as one is bound by Maya. Cosmic Illusion). True Jnanis. Sri Girish Ghosh, a devotee of Sri Ramakrish...

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My Amritapuri Experience: March 2003

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Random walks on the spiritual path with Amma - my God, Guru and Self. Tuesday, March 18, 2003. Part 6: Rescued By Bombay Achan. More importantly, I was spared an attack by the. At specific times of day/night (6am, 6pm and midnight being the usual timings when attacks are launched). Oops! Did I make an inadvertent political comment there? Not me for sure; everytime life has walloped me, I have found my tail between my legs. Coming back to my. The Malayalam term for. Used in a general way by nearly all ash...

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My Amritapuri Experience: May 2003

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Random walks on the spiritual path with Amma - my God, Guru and Self. Thursday, May 15, 2003. Part 13: Damage Control And Sociology. After a hiatus of a few weeks, the pesky/friendly neighborhood insect (a glowworm, yours truly! Flits across your screen once again. The delay was a function of business (work and family chores) at some times and plain laziness at other times. I must also admit to being thrown off-track by Sister Premarupa’s request. Of how she came to acquire her Indian spiritual name, I r...

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My Amritapuri Experience: September 2003

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Random walks on the spiritual path with Amma - my God, Guru and Self. Sunday, September 28, 2003. Part 15: Meeting A Brahmachari. Many months ago in Part 14. So no matter how we proceed, chronologically or thematically, be warned that tedium is likely to be your companion as you hack your way through my thicket of words. In the next few episodes, I plan to profile some of the individuals I came across during my stay at Amritapuri. De Darshan Ma, Devi Ma. Ambe Ma, Bhavani Ma". I am listening to this bhajan.

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My Amritapuri Experience: February 2003

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Random walks on the spiritual path with Amma - my God, Guru and Self. Saturday, February 22, 2003. Part 1: Homeward Bound. I had been a 'local' years before, and now here I was, years later, returning as an 'expat' with dollars in my pocket and Hushpuppies under my soles. Nobody was going to take me for a ride, I thought to myself, least of all in Kerala. I was about to get my first taste of Amma as. Several months before I had even begun to think, in conscious terms, of Her ego-slaying aspect. Unless th...

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My Amritapuri Experience: October 2004

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Random walks on the spiritual path with Amma - my God, Guru and Self. Saturday, October 16, 2004. Part 20: Time Travel Can Be Painful. After a gap of almost a year, I return to continue my story. There is an element in my personality that craves structure and order. I hate to leave a job unfinished. It may be a pointless project, devoid of meaning but having once embarked on the mission of my own accord, I feel compelled to see it through. There is this story in the Puranas. Resident. This senior, le...