The blue sky

The spiritual group that was established three years ago online is now well known in Germany and slowly getting attention in Europe. Due to the background of establishing and running the group, someone had approached me to check if Adhyatmavari group could host a lecture of Mr. Atul Dixit who is a disciple of Swami Madhavanand (Nath Sampraday) who was visiting Germany for a conference. I had offered to do an online session because we mainly meet online and there are not many group members in Karlsruhe to form a sizeable group to meet offline. So that lecture happened in Frankfurt where Marathi Katta arranged a session on a Sunday evening. I was not able to go but my dear friends Mr. Mahesh and Smita Parkhi had attended the session and they had loved it. I had missed the session unaware of what I had really missed until I heard Shri Dixit in person at my place on the occasion of Shivaratri at my place in Karlsruhe along with 15 other people.  It was a great experience to hear such a...

After shifting to a new locality and new home, with new neighbours and new surroundings, my Indian genes suddenly got into action and I wanted to say hello to the immediate neighbours, who share walls with us. I was under the impression that us being the new owners would make such a great difference to them that we would be hosting tea parties and hold meaningful conversations that would make an impact on each others lives. But I was grossly mistaken. Me and my fantastic ideas of world communities singing in harmony.  The neighbours to the left is a couple in their 60s who are on their own after kids have moved out of the house. They both are still working. I tried my best to engage into initial conversations with them, but it seemed very forced and awkward. Whenever I saw them working in the garden or while going out, I made it my ultimate motive in life to say hello to them, to be seen by them, to be recognised and to be accepted. But it was always one-sided, always initiated by ...