The Box Of Earth and Sky
A: When I was six or seven, I would feel I was inside a box of earth and sky, and I would weep.Once I asked my mother: "Take me out of this box of earth and sky."
She said, "I can't."
Then I said, "I'm going."
Baba Hari Dass (Punjabi: ਬਾਬਾ ਹਰੀਦਾਸ) was born in 1923 near Almora, India. He is a silent monk and guru who was classically trained in the tradition of Ashtanga Yoga since the age of eight. He has maintained a continual vow of silence since 1952. He and his teachings have inspired the Mount Madonna Center and Mount Madonna Institute near Santa Cruz, California, The Salt Spring Centre in British Columbia and the Sri Ram Ashram in Haridwar, India. Baba Hari Dass was initiated into the Vairagi Vaishnava order in 1942 by Baba Raghubar Dassji Maharaj, a renunciate and Sanskrit scholar.
Baba Hari Dass first came to the attention of the West in the book by Baba Ram Dass, Be Here Now. Ram Dass' Guru, Maharaj-ji, AKA Neem Karoli Baba, instructed Ram Dass to receive teachings from Baba Hari Dass, who taught Ram Dass Ashtanga Yoga using only a chalkboard.n the wisdom of yoga. ntained a continual vow of silence since
1952. Residing in California since 1971, Babaji's life is dedicated
to passing on the wisdom of yoga.
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I loved the book Be Here Now. One of the things in it was when he said that he'd never have been able to get into Harvard but that it was remarkable that he was teaching there. (I think that was the book he said it in).
And you, dear lady, look with your soul-eyes.
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That's an amazing book and ironic how things turn out, and thank-you.
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You have no idea how often I think of that book. Need to re-read it.
oh, did you listen to CHOM? in Montreal? I forget what it was before it became CHOM? Maybe CFOX?
so long ago.
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Yes, loved CHOM. Wow, that brought back a lot of memories. That was where I first heard Ram Dass speak.
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Oh yeah, me too! I don't remember what he said. Because I might have been. Um.. sort of on the ceiling, shall we say? ...
In my first year in Montreal, I changed from being Kathy from Utah with a below-the-knee tunic who didn't say a word to anybody to a thigh-high tunic (still incredibly shy THAT year) to the day after the Grad -- no mascara, no foam hair rollers, just long, wavy hair, no makeup and a granny dress. It was not long after that that Ram Dass went on CHOM and such. I just 'picked up vibes' without understanding what I was doing. lol.
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Those were the days...
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...the best days.... ever.... and you and I are both on the computer at this hour! (I am nearly always here). Finally finished that article. Have no idea when I will hear back from them. They keep giving me more articles. Now YouTube.
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This is early for me! I get a late start.
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What a gorgeous photo! I love that the blossoms are bursting out of the frame.
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It's surreal given our current snow storm
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