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 [...]
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The Lovelorn Peacock
Posted by Bodhirose on October 17, 2011
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/the-lovelorn-peacock-2/
My Spiritual Guides
My first guide was Mother, who taught me to pray then I learned about Jesus and the Christian way. Years later, I discovered Yogananda and his teachings of grace, and many more mystical sages and saints. I embraced Mahavatar Babaji, the Kriya guru, who magically maintained his countenance of about age twenty-two. I’ve [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on October 16, 2010
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/my-spiritual-guides/
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/
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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