GALLERY
UNDERGROUND NEWS-Umā Inder ri Hita Karana in Bali, when it all lines up—the celestial, terrestrial and the human caretakers who navigate the in-betweens.. Shaivite moksha caves, 1000 years old and active. #extant @freethequest 🔱 ...
INCOMING-Umā Inder From this vantage, it becomes all the more clear how and why the ancient Shaivite adepts chose this east-facing forest along this particular river to carve meditation caves into the spring-soaked cliffs. They quested.#exploring#whatworks @freethequest 🔱 in #bali ...
Lurking below, those primordial creatures of thought-feeling, misrepresented for so long in the darkness of buried potential. From far underneath, looking back up into the source of light to see what was always there verging on the edges: The guardians of the path. #goingwithnature in #bali @freethequest...
MEERA BHAI-Umā Inder A living story of unending devotion to one’s chosen divinity of truth, never broken yet ever strengthened in the face of loss, humiliation and abuse. This illustrated teaching is gifted to Indian children. This, this being caught — at the moment of...
Day of Sacrifice-Umā Inder Raised up high, fluttering in the wind, is the primordial sound continuum: Om. Om in the experience of Hindus, and sadhakas is a vibratory singularity propagating the triune forces interactively powering all parts of the whole, AUM, from bottom through top, beginning...
"Thank you for bringing in Ayurveda Uma...
Even as light is promised to overcome, darkness exists to tell of its role in the tale. As I celebrate effulgence on this day, I honour its worthy backdrop as it falls away....
Arriving, my mind goes to the ones who were here first — the wild and dedicated reclaimers and caretakers of the land: Netherlands. In discussion with Willem Fonteijn my gracious host and co-teacher, I came to know more of the spirit of collaboration and tolerance...
Yad Bhaavam Tad Bhavathi As You Cultivate So You Become Yogi tends to the vital fire powers of metabolism within. Yogi reignites and substantiates the lights of higher intelligence. Yogi fans the flames of awareness to illuminate consciousness all-pervading. Yogi aligns word, thought and action with cosmic law as expressed...
ALCHEMY OF SELF-SACRIFICE By the time Phoenix builds the fires of sacrifice in the space that is central to its life, death and resurrection—it is the embodiment of self-reliant, conscious choice. The choices were made all along the way. Indeed the choices defined its way. From before...
HAVING IT ALL How many love this and hate that but still yearn for the All? —Are you feeling— A polarized attraction or aversion to any one stage of the spiritual journey? A polarized attraction or aversion to any one ingredient in the brew of quintessence? A polarized attraction or...
Om Gum Gurubhyo Namaha This Thursday's Puja—as I chanted the customary mantras offered for Guru—I spontaneously entered a long pause of reflection. I became more acutely aware of how the devotion poured into my worship was stemming directly from my own original sense of devotion to my...