Heading towards sacred landFeet touching the groundDirt between my toesTentatively taking stepsTo places unknownTemples buzzing with activityCrowded with sincere devoteesRelaying nakshatras to priestsPlacing sacred ash on foreheadsGoing from one shrine to the nextGiving and receiving offeringsFlowers, milk and coconutsLighting diyas for blessingsPassing beggars as we goAnimals crossing pathsMind spinning in the chaosIt slowly dawned on … Continue reading Sacred Land
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Temple Experience
I will be sharing my India temple experience in relation to Levy Bruhl’s notion, the Law of Participation, where people or objects form part of a collective representation. It was evident in the temples we visited, that gods and goddesses represented a large part of Indian cosmology and mysticism. Although I am of North Indian … Continue reading Temple Experience