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Some History: I Found My Heart at a Mountain. Two Spiritual Pilgrimages to the Mountain Arunachala in India
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December 20th 2007 by Elephant Dreamer
May we open our Hearts to What Is, and in this Presence, discover Ourselves
I'm returning to Asia again on Jan. 9th - Feb. 6th 2008: A growing passion to understand and explore the truth of our interconnection with animals has inspired this most recent pilgrimage to India and... [more]
Also please refer to my website @ www.animaldreamers.org to see where this travelblog lead me to...
The Sri Ramanasharam
The Ashram of Sri Ramana Maharshi offers a free meal daily to mostly Sadhus, many are featured here. It has a terrific meditation hall, shrine rooms, and peaceful grounds shared by colorful peacocks a... [more]
A Cute Boy and a Lucky Dog
This little dog has found a loving home. Unfortunately, the majority of dogs run as strays, searching constantly for food but resort to eating trash if they have to. Many go without medical care, so s... [more]
The Love for a Mountain
Walking the 8 mile loop around the Mountain is considered a spiritual practice, many walk without shoes as a sign of devotion. Sometimes, people even body roll the whole length of the trip, while a re... [more]
Morning glimpse of Arunachala
Sri Ramana Maharshi spent most of his life on or living on this Sacred Mountain. Since his death in 1950, he's popularity has only continued to grow as more and more students are drawn to his teaching... [more]
Shades of Light
Just as the changing light reflects a different image of the Holy Mountain, we are constantly being revealed aspects of ourselves through each of our experiences.
Sharing the silence with a Friend
Both trips I was fortunate that the Universe provided some company, even though I traveled alone. This next journey will be a solo one, however we never truly travel alone, do we?
What is a Sadhu?
Well... many can dress up as a sadhu as I discovered, and may not be serious about following a spiritual path (that is another story :) __ A true sadhu gives up worldly pleasures and selfish desires i... [more]
Photogenic Sadhus
I liked these guys, even though they were mostly interested in my money. I told them I wouldn't give them anything unless they smiled real pretty. They did! :)
The Flower Sadhu
The Real Thing. Incredible energy, and eyes that would look right into me. He would give flowers to those who would come past his hut and special flower adorned bolder. Rarely would he come off from t... [more]
Who is Sri Ramana Maharshi?
The short story is that Ramana awakened to his true nature at age 16. He followed a mysterious longing to spend the rest of his life in silence by the Holy Mountain Arunachala. He did spend years in s... [more]
A Beauty
This young girl was so beautiful, and the light danced on her face so sweetly. I only hope her life will be good, as is questionable with many girls who come from poor families in India.
The Forgotten Child
So sad was my heart to witness this little girl by the dog. She was in poor health, and had some type of open sores on her back that pained her. No one was there to comfort her, as she walked away fro... [more]
So little and already working
This little girl was helping to fetch water for her family at the community water pump.
Another cutie!
The parents were so proud to have me take a picture of their child, even though I was unable to give them a copy.
A street scene by the temple
I sometimes would just have to stop walking and watch as all sorts of people, animals, and vehicles zig zag to share the roads... the noise can only be imagined, or experienced: street vendors, yellin... [more]
A Market Scene by the nearby temple
So many colors, a contrast of beauty- along with trash and the not so pleasant smells. But... that's India, it is full of paradoxes and extremes.
The Life of an Ox
Such a mixture of past and modern, Ox are still often seen pulling carts of all sizes. The piercing in their noses serve as a quick way to control them. Sometimes they would be seen resting their larg... [more]
Pigs in Trash
They didn't look unhappy, not knowing anything else. Animals eating plastic causes digestive problems. While it is easy to judge the trash and believe it is easy to keep things clean, it is a difficul... [more]
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