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Skanda Ashramam, morning singing

Lately  walked up a few time before breakfast to Ashkandashram, for the morning singing. Remembered that there was a recording of this on youtube. And here it is, in two parts, the prayer singing begins at 1.45 minute. Enjoy.

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Dankjewel Diederik + Sita sings the blues, or: Meji and Ramji 1.

There is even a gift in fuzzy rhetoric. (In this is my totally subjective aversion against all this teachers that seem to need it to dethrone other teachers/teachings in order to situate theirs). So, again, there is a gift in … Continue reading

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Bunch of 1 liners

So, that was the transition from this two weeks retreat with Swami Suddhananda, back to Tiruvannamalai, happening kind of simultaneous with the passing over of the remnants of cyclone Thane that brought here a severe storm accompanied with a day … Continue reading

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Praamana (Means of Knowledge)

A few years ago I visited for a while a what I call ‘happy church’ in Amsterdam, one with pentecostal traits. My expectation, or better my hope, was that it would kind of help annihilate some of my bitter memories … Continue reading

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Associations

Friday, December 16 2011, 7.45. Decided to give the program a go from the very start: Alarm clock at 5.30, morning tea at 5.40. From 6.30 till 7.30 I just had my first yoga lesson in decades. There was this … Continue reading

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Leaving home for home.

The coming one and a half month I will be in Tiruvannamalai, India (!ndia). The first two weeks I’ll participate in a retreat with Swami Suddhananda in his ashram. Schiphol, Tuesday, December 16, 06.00 hours. So, here we are, checked … Continue reading

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Encontro

In response to a call for more public writing , I post my last yahoogroup post of the day also here: Hello etal, Coming week i will attend this: http://www.europeanencontro2011.nl Since July last year i have drunk ayahuasca once in … Continue reading

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In the beginning was the word, and the word was Lego.

Less than a week ago I wrote this somewhere: “When asked the obligate ‘how are you doing’, my answer lately is: kind of the usual, having a quarrel on the net, having a fight with my neighbour and have just … Continue reading

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Cura

The last time I was with the Santo Daime (July 9 2011), attending a Cura ritual, the first part of the ritual was again one of full mental clarity, me being the awake voyeur of what the mind had to … Continue reading

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Tea with Earl Grey

Amsterdam, 25-6-2011. Here I am, sitting in broad daylight in the early hours of a late June Sunday night. The sun is still out, I am in the shadow of the Unesco monument behind me, called the Grachtengordel. At my … Continue reading

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