I am never in church "on sundays" but I know I love the feeling going into one, when I was in Singapore, in litte india and I went by a place out of wich there came chanting I looked in and a older man wellcomed me into what I think was a smaller ramakrishna temple.
they were doing an evening Aarti there wich was very powerfull and filled me with positive feelings,
and when I was [just 1,5days] in Rishikesh, tired, jetlagged, mentally a bit off & not really in the mood of travelling and also the cold weather in the low himalays..
that evening the Parmart Ashram did their mighty aarti wich for me then felt almost like a sekt ting, almost scary actually ha ha, but! very powerful and spiritual feeling and many people there attending.. cool in a interesting way the way I felt right then.

also during my stay in the ashram this winter in Kerala I really liked the Aarti they did there, very simple but still with a lovely, passionate spiritual feeling, probably many felt it was boring and for sure not to many where attending them in the late evening after the late satsang..
I bought a CD with the different chantings they mostly used at the ashram, and I have realized that mainly I've been listening to the aarti,
and each time I daydream away and get this feeling of getting neregized but at the same time calm.. he he well I like it and it might sound strange but hey..
  

so what is my deal, is it the spirituality?
I actually wish I was religous, probably a quit nice feeling to be that..
but for me it is to strange "to be true" with gods & miracles etc.
maybe I am to westernized in that way so that things that cant really be proven and also when many things are disputed etc so I cant belive it then?
I mean somewhere all religions have the same foundation, and it is for sure not the way we live right now around the world..

quit strange maybe how I have a hard time with religions, and still doing yoga and believe in prana flow etc. but then maybe if I would practice some religion and feel things perhaps I would be a beliver? he he
maybe I am a beliver of the force/ cosmos/ brahman / universla energies etc. but not really realizing it..

jaya jaya aarti vighnavinayaka

1 - ..getting the new teas to our tea bar at buddha spa,
we decided to finally let go of our espresso machine [we served eco coffe beans though], and going for more tea variations instead, and it feels totally right..
I mean we are still a small place and it is not a café or anything, it is more of a service towards the lovely people that have found our small place.
I think when it arrives we are gonna have about 6 sorts of herbal teas and of course the great white tea wich the flowering teas are made of[wich is actually from the same plant as black tea but more like green tea, but at least no black tea at our place] that are all exclusive to us, our own blends/variations of tea. plus the 3 forms of Cretan [Greece] herbal teas we have some of aswell : )
sure probably someone else have the same or very similar since the world is huge ha ha but still very nice to be able to offer something different.

2 - hopefully getting an answer about this curse I am interesting to take later on this spring. gonna send them an e-mail again now I think since they are not the best in getting back ha ha.

3 - the "yoga holiday" I am arranging for the 3rd year in a row. it is the week after midsummer as usual, and already 4 out of 9 rooms are booked and paid a pre fee for, so if any one interested reading this, dont wait to long, last year i had to say no to some people sadly..

4 - getting started with my personal practice, I have not done anything since I came home since I became sick right away and still are not strong, but next week I will start to slowly build up and do light practice to get started, niiice!
I have some thoughts about doing a small meditation "corner" in my bedroom in the space I dont use at the moment.. reading/relax & meditation space or something..

5 - to go to bed since today was the first morning class this term, I went up early bird at 05.50am this morning, so a loooong day!

AUM tat sat