I have been working and living on an island in the middle of nowhere for the past seven months. As the space to reach out is limited, the only place to really go to is within. I think that’s why I love islands, they make you learn and grow at a very fast rate. Each…
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Om (AUM), Upanishads
“Nachiketas asked: ‘What lies beyond right and wrong, beyond cause and effect, beyond past and future?’ Death said: ‘The word the Vedas extol, austerities proclaim, sanctities approach – that word is Om. That word is eternal Spirit, eternal distance; who knows it attains to his desire. That word is the ultimate foundation. Who finds it…
Read MorePermanent Impermanence
“Death said: ‘God made sense turn outward, man therefore looks outward, not onto himself. Now and again a daring soul, desiring immortality, has looked back and found himself. The ignorant man runs after pleasure, sinks into the entanglements of death; but the wise man, seeking the undying, does not run among things that die.’” Katha-Upanishad…
Read MoreInitiation, Elisabeth Haich
Elisabeth Haich (1897-1994) was a hungarian born author and spiritual teacher. In 1941, with the help of Selvarajan Yusidan, she founded the first european Yoga school in Budapest. After World War II, they had to close it down and she fled to Switzerland where she founded another Yoga school there. Her books are an insight…
Read MoreWhere your heart may take you
There is a reason why we feel passion for certain things, people or places. When we are connected to our true desires, we are connected to the guiding voice of the Universe; we are connected to our purpose in this lifetime, in this moment. We then have two options; listen to our guiding intuition, or…
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