This memorial day we decided to go experience the Zen/ Buddhist life - even if for a few hours that is - at the footsteps of Tinsel Town (LA) no less. Our journey included two spots that are known for its meditation inducing qualities and attract variety of stressed out citizenry mostly from the Los Angeles area and some from further away. We started on a Sat and returned on the following Monday traveling around 700 miles altogether but feeling refreshed, somewhat amused yet inspired by what we witnessed. Left the Bay Area on Sat morning and drove straight into a retreat for the erstwhile hippy crowd now a Yoga destination - in central California called Ojai (pron Oh Hi). Right! Even the once famous native of southern India, J Krishnamurthi (philosopher and writer) made his home and later expired in this tranquil valley. Ojai is a village in the valley at the foothill of the Santa Ynez mountains, and gets its cool mists from the Pacific only ...
Among human crayons I am Brown. Also, my thoughts bounce around and resemble the idea of Brownian motion. This blog is an interface for the reader into this unique jello I call my mind. A mind so fertile anything grows. An agnostic yet curious mind. A mind attempting the Horatian or Kabirism maxim of Carpe Diem or Aaj kareso aab. Rated W I L D for wilfully irritating to large demographic is sometimes the latter - graphic in its descriptions. Caveat Lector!