Tillitonse - A Transformational Journey Together

..this one is for you Debbie! Learnt this recently..... What are some ways to be happy? 1. Never find fault with others 2. When something bad happens, accept it. In fact, say that it was meant to happen and now that it has, it is over. 3. Whatever you doing, do it with complete conviction - no half measures; and finally the hardest 4. Reduce/eliminate the notion of 'me and mine.' Did this work for you? Phnom Penh, Cambodia...

So Ruby's mom passed away on Jan 3. We were together at the crematorium yesterday. She asked me to join her at one point. She point to the tall silver metallic chimney and said "see the smoke...it really seems like she is going straight to the heavens....I like it" A lovely thought...

As I look back over the past year, I realize that I was fortunate to travel to 15 countries plus an additional 10 trips across India. Yes, it has indeed been a period where I often unpacked and packed on the same day! Yet while travel dominated my calendar in 2011, there is no doubt that the most rewarding trip was not one which involved planes, trains and automobiles, but the journey within. For the past few years, I have been flirting with physical exercises associated with Yoga on one hand and the desire to learn more about the essence of Indian philosophy. In the last quarter of the year, I learnt first hand that these two pursuits were indeed intertwined and my nine-day trip in December to the two Ashrams of the Bihar School of Yoga have energized me like no other! Its early days yet since my trip ended, but the sense of peace and joy that I continue to experience ten days after the trip have given me strong pointers on how I can simplify my life, become calmer and fi...