Thoughts

Suffering & Transformation

April 28, 2012

Some months ago, I began a new morning ritual, of drinking a small cappuccino after my shower, before beginning morning practice, using freshly ground coffee and a one-cup Bialettti to make it.  I enjoy it enormously.  For quite some time, I was reading the morning news online while drinking the coffee. Then, a couple of [...]

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Social Venture Network

April 27, 2012
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I was at an SVN conference over the weekend, with Rishi, my youngest son. “SVN” is the Social Venture Network, which I had belonged to from 1992 through 2003, during which time I was also on the board for several years.  SVN is an important organization in the worldwide scheme of things.  It was founded [...]

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Great Swan

April 18, 2012
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I was unhappy to see, when I woke up this morning, that the sciatic pain was back in my hip and down my left leg.  Not as terrible as it has been, but also not gone as it was for the last two days.  I still don’t know when or how I will be free [...]

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Ma Jaya – How I learned to open my heart

April 17, 2012
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After becoming aware that I needed to open my heart, I began to do various yogic practices and meditations that were purported to “open the heart center.” Then, shortly after the 1988 Congress of World Religions in Chicago, I received a call from one of Yogi Bhajan’s secretaries, that I was to receive and host [...]

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Website Update

August 29, 2011

As you can see my website has finally a new look. Thanks to Inderjot for that. studio grd did a great job. And this section here will be my personal blog called Thoughts, which will have regular posts and expcerpts from my upcoming book. Enjoy and please feel free to leave a comment or writing [...]

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