The anguish of not knowing has tormented me for a long time. I have felt too flawed, too alone, too mistaken, too lost, and all that multiplied by a thousand, for many years. It was only in India that I began to see that there are many “others” who have the same questions. That there are many others who have also stepped outside the parameters of what we interpret as “normality,” who have explored other paths, who have felt disillusioned, who have been frustrated too, and who

Learnings are curious things. The greatest lessons don’t come dressed as lessons. They usually disguise themselves as challenges,...

I found myself thinking about you the other day. Actually, what I discovered was that I hadn't thought about you in a long time and that...

Look at the importance of the best of YOUR OWN VOICE coming from the outside, in the form of letters or images. For when, from within, we...

I love the mysteries of the Universe, they give me energy. Sometimes, what we search for so much arrives when we stop looking for it....

Letting go of control, jumping, trusting... Everything Anand was telling me now seemed like prophetic words for what was to come. That...

By the fifth day—which felt like a month—I had almost emerged from the intense confusion with which I had arrived at the Ashram. I helped...

I went through the strongest fear and loneliness of my life, but then someone started to emerge—someone I didn’t know that well. I...

I came to India seeking to understand. But does our mind really want to escape the illusion we live in? To break free from the collective...

What if you get that thing you wanted so badly? Your house in the mountains, the dog, the trees—and one day, the house catches fire. Then...

Only several months after arriving in India was I able to start feeling that "inner self,"  that "intuition"  they talked about. That...

We were meditating just a few centimeters from the sacred fire, surrounded by smoke and drops of sweat."Everything is fine... look around...

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...

I had gotten up at 4 a.m., fallen asleep during the meditation, and, on top of that, I hadn't turned into Jean from the X-Men, nor did I...

The dry leaves covered the courtyard.I saw an ant carrying a feather that was 100 times bigger than its size. I also saw a woman braiding...

Go inward, understood... How? — asked a voice inside me, notebook and pen in hand, as if the answer to “going inward” were less...

Be aware. Stay “awake.” Be equanimous. Each breath is a new opportunity to start again… What “things” make me happy? My mind kept thinking. Of course, that’s what we had come for. When I could, I went back to my list. My personal work. My self-discovery. What was there were not big things—or maybe they were—: they were wishes. Vipassana Experiencia. Day 8 What “things” make me happy? -Reading a good book -Drinking mate -Doing Yoga outdoors -Swimming in nature. Correction: