While I may be settling back into some degree of normality again in New York, backpack safely stowed away for the foreseeable future, I’ll be out of town celebrating a friend’s birthday when the Yoga Journal Live event swings by.
It also sounds like a great event. Running from Friday 8th April – Monday 11th April, there will be over thirty teachers in attendance, a number of special guests that include Dharma Mittra and free community classes thrown into the mix. (more…)
On Sunday, April 3rd National Geographic are screening the first part of a six-part documentary series called ‘The Story of God.’
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, it follows the actor to the lengths of the Earth as he explores the major religions to better understand God’s origin and how that image has evolved over the years.
No stranger to getting up close and personal with the Big Guy himself (playing God in Bruce Almighty), Freeman promises to present a new perspective on the age old question of ‘Who is God?’ which will prompt questions about our own faith. (more…)
Note: The public round of voting for the 92Y contest has ended. More information to come soon.
Please Like Me before Valentine’s day.
I’ve finished my book and am now in New York to publicize and publish it. I’d like to ask you, my friends, to lend a hand. The 92Y, a non-profit cultural and community center, has issued a challenge for their 7 Days of Genius program to create a new religion. Please click through and then click “Like” for my entry for a new religion. (Mom, don’t worry, I’m not relapsing into delusions of grandeur.) (more…)
(reposted with permission of The Myanmar Times, additional photos added)
Their weight in gold: How material wealth creates spiritual energy in some of the world’s costliest holy places (more…)
Yesterday, I experienced the first negative energy day I’ve had in a long time. It started with this policeman stealing my motorcycle at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. (more…)
The trip to Rishikesh from Srinegar was not a simple one. It involved a wooden Shakira or shikara, as they call them, then an auto rickshaw, and then an 8-hour taxi ride through the Himalayas with a driver who self-identified as — wait for it — Fuckery Zigzag. Okay, I think it was actually Fakira Zigzag, but the way he drove and acted certainly earned him the moniker. (more…)
How could someone not like a place called Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India? That’s the full name of a single place, which should tell you something about its complicated history.
I got a unique glimpse into this corner of the world when I joined a cardiac screening camp to check the cardiovascular health of the local population. (more…)
On August 27th, I arrived to the city of Santiago de Compostela, after 900 km and nearly 5 weeks of walking.
While my intention was to blog and update on a frequent basis, technical challenges kept me from sharing my thoughts in a caliber matching their gravity. Internet connections were spotty, Vodafone España limited me to 14.4k speeds, the WordPress iPhone app leaves much to be desired, iPhone video editing capabilities are inadequate, etcetera etcetera. (more…)
There are different levels of accommodation on the Camino, but the “albergues” or Pilgrim refuges often are far from luxury. (more…)
There are different levels of seriousness on the Camino. Some think it’s:
*how far you walk
*how many times you’ve walked the Camino
*whether you walk the trails or the highway
*if you ever take transportation
*if you walk every day or take any for rest (more…)
Actively Dying 
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