Visiting the Beatles Ashram

Today we decided to to some local tourism by foot. After a porridge and Yak-cheese- sandwich for breakfast Jan and I went to hear a lecture held by a quite famous Yogi. I want to share some quotes with you I heard there ;)


"Most of the things we worry about never happen"

"Don´t be afraid of love"

"The ego does not exist, it is an illusion invented by our mind, separating us from each other. Uniqueness exists, separation does not"


Together with Alex (UK) and Maxim (Swiss) we decided to visit the ruins of the Ashram where the "Beatles" used to meditate and do Yoga. Jan turned out to be a very good guide, we found the ruins after a long walk and entered through a hole in the wall somewhere at the beginning of the jungle. I had underestimated the size of this Ashram -- it is a huge complex with several buildings, like a resort -- and got a bit sad when I saw what had become of a once very shiny and special place after it closed. Jan told us, that the Indian army actually destroyed the infrastructures in there in order to make sure nobody would occupy this place and try to live there. Anyhow, we felt like "Indiana Jones" exploring the buildings and observing monkeys in the trees surrounding.

On our way back we were followed by 2 street dogs and a horse -- once you touch / carece a street dog it becomes your pet -- and passed by several cows hungry for intellectual food like news papers and posters. I was told, that in the jungle near by actually live tigers (sometimes killing a cow or a dog which went too far form the village), of course I would love to see one, but I guess I would not like it so much if he loved to see me too ;)