From the hustle and bustle of New Delhi to the remote regions of Ladakh, people living in these
areas have a sense of joy. They go through their
daily lives with a smile. In the ancient villages of
Ladakh and Nepal, the older folks are always with
prayer beads reciting their mantras.
I had an awareness that I was in places where
the great masters walked. And while I knew some
of the truths of life through my living guru
Elizabeth Clare Prophet and Ascended Master
Mark L. Prophet, I had a personal experiences with
Gautama Buddha, Mila Repa, Padma Sambhava
and Maitreya.
In Varanasi, I was up before dawn to go to the
Ganges River on a boat to see the sunrise.
Here I was participating in a morning ritual of
paying homage to the Mother of us all, the Ganga
River.
This river of life, whose spiritual ruling deity
is Lord Shiva, flows from the Himalayas through
northern India. It was with awe that I saw the sun
rise over a mystical mist on the east side of the
river over the mountains.
I symbolically cut a lock off my hair in the river
Phalgu where Siddhartha cut off his hair when
he gave up his ascetic life and found the "Middle
Way".