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I had to go to prison. I knew it since some time and now the day has come. 10 days of imprisonment, hard work, no contact to the outer world, no leisure, only rationed vegetarian food. It all started on a sunny day in Goa when a good friend, who I don’t want to name or blame, told me about a 10 day meditation course she had attended recently. With the often heard expression in India “Yes sure why not” I signed in online for such a course 3 min. later When reading through the Code of Conduct and the daily schedule it occurred to me that once again the major mistake I did was, not having asked about the details in advance (tourists experience this in daily travel life in India at several occasions, one ... read more

There’s the time in every man’s life when the days of ultimate freedom start counting down. This time had arrived for my friend Deva, living in North India near Rishikesh with his family and working in Goa for the season.A typical Indian but yet controversial life…. 6 month living at a place of no meat, alcohol or smoking and 6 month the total contrary at Indians top tourist spots. Everything possible… Once again I made the mistake of interpretation but not asking ALL the details, the fact that he lives near Rishikesh, having me invited to his wedding, asking when I arrive in Rishikesh, having heard me confirming I would come to his wedding IN Rishikesh…of course doesn’t mean the wedding was actually in Rishikesh nor that he’d tell me in beforehand where it was held, ... read more

People may say different things about Surfers, either good or bad. In fact Surfers don’t necessarily equal lazy minded, long hair hippies with no goal in life spending the whole day at the beach praying for Surf as it has been long time compared to. Surfing moreover gets deeper and deeper in Society and in fact it is in an important ritual in many cultures since centuries. Not only Surfing at such, but the whole lifestyle around and especially the connection and awareness of the medium water and nature in general attracts an increasing number of people of different ages and nationalities around the globe. “God created the water, mankind shaped the first Surf board….and there was Surf!” Nevertheless, some craziness can’t be spoken off in the mind of a Surfer. By taking the short termed ... read more