-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Ashley on Starting Over
- Patricia Sussberg on Starting Over
- Holly Rice on Starting Over
- Jan Lecklikner on Starting Over
- Patti Bess on The President is Coming!
Archives
Categories
Meta
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Author Archives: besspatti
Eighth Wonder of the World
On American highways we have signs that tell us when to stop, to go,to merge, to beware of a curve ahead, and how fast is acceptable. It’s all safely determined ahead of time. Everyone knows the rules and most … Continue reading
Storm Over the Ganges
“Just because we can’t see angels doesn’t mean they do not exist. You must realize that your realm of experience is just an infinitesimal part of creation. There is an invisible veil that separates us from a more subtle … Continue reading
Rishikesh to Jaipur
Before leaving Rishikesh we did catch an afternoon aarti on the Ganges. Aarati is devotional singing on the steps (ghats) that lead to the river. The Austrian Ambassador was visiting with a Chamber Orchestra that day. It was a symbolic … Continue reading
Night Train
Night Train Knowing I’m going to spend the night on a train fills me with anticipation. There is a certain intimacy of sharing a cabin with other passengers, and in India, usually great conversations. We stand on the platform waiting. … Continue reading
Noida to Rishikesh
In India I found a race of mortals living on the earth, but not adhering to it. Inhabiting cities but not being fixed to them. Possessing everything but possessed by nothing. Apollonius Tyaneus, Greek traveler of the 1st century … Continue reading
Two Hungers
There are places on earth where great souls have lived, not those that have run corporations, made huge sums of money or were world famous, but those that have lived an exemplary inner life. They leave footprints on the earth like the … Continue reading
Posted in Paramahansa Yogananda, Yogoda Satsanga Society
Tagged Delhi, India, Self Realization Fellowship
3 Comments
Photos
The house. Gardens in front are all pink and red geraniums and Monet’s Kitchen –blues and yellows and lots of copper. In the distance you can see the green Japanes bridge in Monet’s garden
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Last Days in Paris
The place we rented in Paris was a little far away from all the tourist activity, but it just happened to be right near the largest weekday market. It was more than four city blocks long with varieties of mushrooms … Continue reading
Miromesnil We’re Moving In!
We’re moving in! Actually, it started a year ago. I helped a friend, judy, with her garage sale when she was selling her house. She gave me a book called Gardens of France. I wrote down ones I’d like to … Continue reading
Afternoon in Giverny
Bleary eyed, the world is glossed over—I’m having a genuine Impressionist moment. Blues dissolve into yellows and greens reign. The truth is, tears blur my vision. I can’t believe I’m here. Giverny, a short drive north of Paris. Well, truth … Continue reading