Yeah, actually Rita just nixed this idea anyway. Maybe we will just go to a bar and have a beer or visit the San Fernando Cathedral on Sunday and light a candle.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : That sounds like a long trip my friend. It all sounds so ... romantic. Two or three weeks is more than most people will want to spend in India, at least the first time. Get out of the big cities as quickly as you can. They are polluted and crowded beyond belief and filled with crime .When people look at you, they will see dollar signs in your eyes and wonder which arm they pull to win the jack pot.. Be careful of what you put in your mouth, even brushing your teeth. Chances are you're going to get sick. The holy places are places of pilgrimage. People go there in hopes of healing, from God only knows what diseases. Be careful of what you touch. Some times it takes a thorn to remove a thorn. Enjoy. From: "richard@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 8:11 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: I need some spiritual help P.S. My mother recently passed away (RIP) and left me and Rita a small fortune, so we are seriously considering a visit to Mt. Kailash in India to hunt for rare fungi, as part of our yoga sadhana. We want to visit the Connaught Circus, the Big Red Fort, the Braj, Puri, Sarnath, Bodhi Gaya, and as many holy spots, stupas, peeths and dhams, mutts, yogis, swamis, and fakirs as humanly possible, if they speak any English. If we see any short, fat, bald-headed guys in bed sheets, sitting cross-legged inside a tea stall in Kashi or at a funeral on the Ganges, we will get back to you. Do they have broadband up there yet? On the way over we will probably read "Following the Equator" by Mark Twain and the "Lonely Planet Guide to India." by Rama Chandra. Please send any comments or questions you might have to the address below - otherwise you can be leaving a message at Whole Foods in Austin - we'll get back to you. Thanks for all the spiritual help! TO: That Bright Fellow From Texas (Tejas Wallah) General Delivery The Valley of the Saints, Uttar Kashi, Garwhal, UP, Himalayas, India ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <richard@...> wrote : Yes, I need some spiritual help - I will admit it - I think maybe I've lost my soul. How do I contact the spirit of my dead mother? I really miss her - for 65 years I was able to call her up on the phone, any time day or night - and talk to her about anything. Being an only child this was very important to me. Now that she is gone I would really like to talk to her again. Will You please help me - I really need some spiritual help. If not, why not? Is it asking too much of you pundits to give me some spiritual help? If you don't know how, just tell me you don't know and I will seek help somewhere else, like on the internet at <alt.buddha.short.fat.guy>. I already meditate twice a day and do yoga at least once a week, and I respond to almost every message on spiritual discussion groups, but sometimes I still get mad as hell. I'm trying to figure this out. I get down on my hands and knees and pray every day - when I go to bed at night I pray that I will wake up in the morning; when I do wake up, I give thanks for being able to wake up. But, how can I pass through the gateless gate and travel to the other side, beyond the physical world to see my dear mother? I'm doing the work! So, please help me. Also, I would like some help with learning human levitation and human flying. If I knew that secret technique, I could be a billionaire in a few days and I would give away half of that to the homeless and the needy. I would like to learn how to rise up slowly off of a sofa and fly up to the side of a mountain or lift up at Denny's in downtown L.A. to impress my friends and look like a Zen Master. I would like to learn more about all the siddhis mentioned by Patanjali, such as how to become as light as cotton fiber; to be invisible; to be able to see into the future and the past; make predictions so as to avoid the danger that lies ahead; and how to pass through solid objects to save time. And, I would like to learn a few more secret phrases to repeat when I address the gods so that I could command them to do give me boons and to be able to cause change at will. Does anyone on this group know anything about "left-handed" tantra? Or even "right" handed tantra? How do I go about weaving a basket or making a yantra and how to please women? FOR GAWD'S SAKE, WOULD ONE OF YOU GUYS PLEASE HELP ME!