Sacred music has taken different forms throughout my life. First through the Christian church of my parents, I learned hymns that I was taught as a child in Sunday school–many of those ancient songs touching my heart more deeply as I grew older. But as a teenager, I made a different [...]
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The Lovelorn Peacock
In the summer of 1971, I moved from my hometown of Orlando down to Miami to help start an ashram there. A friend and I were part of an organization that taught yoga, meditation, vegetarian diet and a lifestyle of disciplined, spiritual practice. He had been dispatched from the main center in Orlando, some months [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on October 17, 2011
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/the-lovelorn-peacock-2/
Morning Ritual, Taking Hukams
During my Sikh dharma days, I learned about taking a “hukam” (pronounced “hook-um” and means “divine order”) from the “Siri Guru Granth Sahib” which is the compilation of writings that the Sikhs consider their living guru. I have expanded this practice to include any inspirational book. Many mornings I have started my day by taking a hukam as a [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on May 23, 2011
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/morning-ritual-taking-hukams/
Free! Take One
While living in Boston, MA we were out one day with the girls and happened to pass this empty newspaper holder. It said “Free! Take One” on the bottom. It seemed the perfect size, so we popped Mahan in there and took a photo. She was delighted and looked so cute in there. We’ve gotten [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on December 19, 2010
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/free-take-one/
You’re Under Arrest
About a year or so after moving to Miami and helping to start an ashram there, my husband and I relocated from Coconut Grove to a large, two story house situated close to Jackson Memorial Hospital in a lovely neighborhood not far from the Miami River. Our neighbor’s properties had enormous, lush mango [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on October 16, 2010
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/youre-under-arrest/
The Crashing Down the Mountain Story
While attending “ladies camp” in Espanola, New Mexico one summer, it was decided that we would all take a drive up a nearby mountain and have a picnic and outdoor fresh air. An old school bus had been chartered to take us up. I somehow missed the bus that morning though and ended up riding with a [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on September 13, 2010
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/the-crashing-down-the-mountain-story/
Safety Precautions…
When I lived in Boston, during my ashram days in the 70s, I started carrying a police whistle and a small billy club with me. While walking alone from my house to the main ashram (which was about two blocks away and around the corner) for our morning yoga and meditation sadhana, I had had a frightening [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on September 3, 2010
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/safety-precautions/
The Lovelorn Peacock
In the summer of 1971, I moved from my hometown of Orlando down to Miami to help start an ashram there. A friend and I were part of an organization that taught yoga, meditation, vegetarian diet and a lifestyle of disciplined, spiritual practice. He had been dispatched from the main center in Orlando, some months prior, [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on August 24, 2010
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/the-lovelorn-peacock/
Gayle Walters Rose
Poets United
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