Category Archives: Sri Kaleshwar Swami

Becca’s Indian Oddysey: More About Ashram Life

Hello Imaginary Readers and assorted voices in my head, I’m back.  Another busy day here in Boulder Creek, although after yesterday’s total blow-out—and prompted by today’s insane amounts of rain—I took it easy on the physical stuff and stuck to … Continue reading

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Becca’s Indian Oddysey: The Ashram Experience

Here’s Part 3 of my Indian Oddysey travelog. For Part 1, see "The Genesis."For Part 2, see "Welcome to B’Lore" By time we arrived in the village of Penukonda, it was full dark and we couldn’t see a thing.  There … Continue reading

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Becca’s Indian Oddysey: Welcome to B’lore

As promised, here’s the second installment of my India trip travelogue.  For the first part, see my previous post, "Becca’s Indian Oddysey: The Genesis," available HERE. Deposited by a friend at SFO (San Francisco International) midafternoon on Sunday, our check-in … Continue reading

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Poem: “Out of India”

A poem for you, my friends… I promise I will continue with the India story itself tomorrow. Out of India During his last public appearanceParamahansa Yogananda recited his poem"My India"He closed with these lines:     I love thee, O my India,   … Continue reading

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Becca’s Indian Oddysey: The Genesis

Good day, dear Imaginary Readers, I know I’ve been promising the story of my recent spiritual adventures in India for some time now, but haven’t delivered.  I offer today the first installment.  Each day after this, I hope/plan to post … Continue reading

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I’m here, not to worry (and a poem)

I apologize, those of my Imaginary Readers, who might still be haunting this place despite my long absence.  Before leaving, I was given all kinds of warnings about the dangers of drinking unfiltered water or eating certain foods. In India, … Continue reading

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And I’m back!

I know I was a little cagey about my recent time away from the blog — but that’s because I was just in India for the last month, attending an event known as ‘Shiva Rathri’ at the Shiva Sai Mandir … Continue reading

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Finding one’s Guru

Hello my dear Imaginary Readers, If you’ve been reading this blog over the last year, you might think that my primary focuses are: Political commentary, particularly from my own progressive/liberal point of view Creative writing and poetry Technology and gadget … Continue reading

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The Mystic JAMMS Band releases new single

Early last year, dear friends of mine, Alx Uttermann and Jonathan D. Rosen, returned from India.  Since then, they’ve embarked on a spiritual teaching venture, with healings and miracles and everything.  As I’ve said elsewhere about Sri Sai Kaleshwara, these … Continue reading

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Contemplations on a gemstone

When I saw Sri Kaleshwar Swami (SK for short) last November, he manifested a gemstone for me. (To ‘manifest’ means to summon or create out of seeming nothingness.) I won’t get into the deeper significance of what was actually a … Continue reading

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