They tried to put us in boxes of every possible shape and size. From every century, with different names and different mottos, with...

4 flights, 3 days of traveling. All I wanted was to arrive, order something delicious to eat, and settle into the hostel to take in the view

Today was a different day. I was able to meditate. I felt a bit of peace amidst my restless mind and the anxiety that had been torturing...

I had set up my meditation altar with a small statue of Ganesha, a Tibetan singing bowl, and some Santa Rita  flowers I had found in the...

There is a beautiful India, one that is light, deep, and peaceful, the one that draws us like bees to honey. But there is another India...

January 2023. Deep Winter. Bodh Gaya, India. The village where Buddha attained enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. Could...

Hello mind, a lot has happened. You were on top of the mountain for a long time, watching everything from above, and that's okay, it was...

As I sat on my step  watching my neighbor do her daily laundry, I saw an ant carrying a feather almost 2.5 cm long.Thirty times her size? How many ants would fit in a feather? The floor was tiled with grooves. For the poor ant, they must have felt like hills, but that didn’t stop her—the ant kept going... The feather swayed wildly from side to side as if it were dancing. It seemed like it would fall at any moment and touch the ground... but it didn’t. And the ant—stubborn—co