Maharishi Mahesh Ashram, Rishikesh Photos from 7 years ago

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snails and swirls

Layer upon layer and details within details. Swirls and patterns; chaos and order. Why do we have this drive to create?

Nothing is permanent; create away! Create your identity. Create your day. And then create your world. And be there (with an enigmatic, all-knowing smile) for your guaranteed front-row seat when it's all destroyed.

The subtle truth of the Universe exists in all things but it is utterly unspeakable.

Art is an expression of what we know but can't express through words.

funny things happen when they put their heads together

photos by Vaughn Evans

Kansas!

This blog is coming back to life soon...

china, here I am

wrong step

With one faulty step
An ankle can be shattered
And a wandering girl
Becomes a wandering cripple
- Zach (my poet of a brother)
























The meditation retreat ended on March 4th and much has happened since I last wrote. On the eighth day of the retreat I broke my ankle. Surgery was needed and I now have a metal pin in my ankle with five screws drilled into my bone to hold it in place. I stayed in the hospital for 9 days from December 18th through the 26th. I'm actually lucky I didn't break it during the three months prior: climbing Mt. Kinabalu, trekking in the jungle with no access to a phone or medical facilities or while learning to ride a motorbike in Thailand. It was a fairly good situation to break an ankle in. The temple and the doctor took good care of me and after 4 weeks in a cast and some limping I'm walking almost normal and the pain is almost entirely gone. In one year the pins need removed and I'm tentatively planning on Thailand for the surgery considering the staggering price of health care in America.

Korea again

After some problems at the Kuala Lumpur airport, which delayed my departure for almost 24 hours, I finally made it back to Korea at 6:45am yesterday. I made a hurried visit to Tom and Kaleigh's to get my winter coat and boots and we had pancakes and caught up while I repacked for the temple. Soon after I caught a train to Gyeryeong (standing room only) and now I'm here and in a mild state of shock brought on partially by the brutal weather change and also in anticipation of a drastic lifestyle change that begins tomorrow with the first day of kyol che or "tight meditation" at Musangsa temple in the Gyeryeong mountains. So here I am and here I will be for the next 90 days. I will be thinking of all my family and friends back home and abroad and hoping you all enjoy the holidays. Goodbye for now!