VARANASI DASWAMDAMEDHA GHAT

May 4th 2007
October 2007 VARANASI, BENARES, KASHI CITY OF LIGHT. SHIVA'S HOLY CITY. IT GOES BY MANY NAMES BUT FEW THINGS IN THIS LIFE CAN EVER PREPARE YOU FOR THIS PLACE. SOME SAY IT IS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED CITY ON THE PLANET. CERTAINLY IT WAS ALREADY ANCIENT WHEN THE SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA GAVE HIS FIRST SERMON AT THE DEER PARK OF SARNATH NEARBY 2500 YEARS AGO. IT'S ONE OF THE FEW PLACES I'VE EVER BE ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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Erratus Spiritus

VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY We live almost completely immersed in a socially constructed reality that so fully absorbs our energy and attention that virtually none remains to experience the wonder of our existence. The tragedy of modern industrial societies is the superficiality that they project ( and that we accept) as the norm for human affairs. We unconsciously trivialize the human experiment with shallow pursuits of money and social status that mask the magnificence of what it means to be a human being. You start going downhill when you stop taking risks. Just follow your heart.... full info

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