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Posted At : April 17, 2008 8:42 AM
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Do you have any idea who inspired India to rise above centuries of doubt and fear and to oust Socialism? If you’re thinking Gandhi and Nehru are India’s great heroes today, you’re wrong! More and more, they are regarded with doubt and suspicion because their political system and insistence on India being totally self-supporting isolated the huge subcontinent from the world economy.
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Wow! So many of you are really getting into Ecuador now and really wanting to know more about it. Yes, The Maya made it that far! Yes, the Andean shamans are like no others, but they are. Here is an excerpt from Gary and Merri Scott’s newsletter that clearly demonstrates how they got caught up in this amazing place and live there today.
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Ten years ago I met Meri and Gary Scott , and that brief time created the immediate need that arose this year to go to Ecuador at the equinox in June to celebrate life and make plans for the rest of my time here.
As you all know by now, Sharon is inspired to travel with me there and wants to take everyone with us, :) so they can learn from the amazing life-changing experience that awaits us all in Ecuador. I am including this fascinating letter from Gary Scott because it is another reminder that many Americans (in particular) are chucking the old life to move to Central and South America. “Portable Parents” is A MUST READ for anyone tired of the same-old, same-old!
Posted At : March 30, 2008 9:19 AM
| Posted By : Ruth Lee
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Ten years ago i met the Scotts in Naples (Florida) when they introduced Ecuador to this area. Meri Scott came to my home five or six times as a member of The Well, a group that came into being quickly and ended mysteriously when the number exceeded 30 members. I was then working with The Essenes and the work was completed, apparently, when i met Meri...believe it or not.
Meri tried many times to make arrangements for their friend, an Ecuadorean shaman, to visit me and possibly cook and explain certain mysteries. It never happened for reasons we could never figure out ,and The Well was disbanded then, too. ??? One never knows why you are called and subsequently told it is finished, by those who work on this world from places far removed from now.
Anyway, getting back to The Scotts....
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Posted At : March 5, 2008 6:51 AM
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Taking the easy way out again today, i am referring all who are interested in what i saw and experienced in my recent trip to India to read this article:
Again, i have video and still photos of Varanassi to revive within me the scene and the entire trip, if need be, but not really into sharing them with others at this time. It would take far more time than i can allow to it now to go over the thousands of pictures i took over three weeks in Bhutan and India.
Posted At : March 4, 2008 2:04 PM
| Posted By : Ruth Lee
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I sorta lost track of my count, so not sure if i have seen 12 or 13 of the 28 places, but sure would like to see a lot more! No desire to see one or two places mentioned, but otherwise i am game for all the rest i have yet to see. What about you?
Thanks to Cheryl for recommending this site, too.
Posted At : March 4, 2008 7:41 AM
| Posted By : Ruth Lee
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Since i do not have time set aside to write about my recent trip to Bhutan, The Smithsonian Institute put someone else on the detail. (Just kidding!) I am serious, though, when i say this is about as good an article as you will ever find about Bhutan and what you can expect if you visit today. You really need to see my photos to get a really great view of their country, but then again, who wants to look at literally hundreds of pictures now? :)
I highly recommend you review this piece and give it your full attention because it is really a history lesson about a country that is changing even as i write this to you now.
Thank you Cheryl for sharing this with all of us!
Posted At : February 26, 2008 12:38 PM
| Posted By : Ruth Lee
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While searching for news of a guru i once knew, i found the following videos and want to share them with you here because i have no idea when my own pictures and videos will be ready to share anywhere.
These two videos are quite different. The one i like best is not rated nearly as high as the other, which is a photographic travelogue and does not really impart the mysteries of India to me.
I have to say that the video i like is not totally to my satisfaction, either, since scenes in Varanassi were included that should never have been filmed by anyone. Please excuse her ignorance and lack of sense in including that. I really, really tried to visit the camel festival in Pushkar that took her 11 hours to reach by bus, but it could not be arranged. Doesn't look like i missed all that much.
If you just hate what you see here, do not think of going to my India now...wait, it is changing rapidly as one million new Indians join the country every other week. There prosperity is on the rise and may return them to the heights they enjoyed prior to the East India Company (British capitolists) enter the scene.
India and Beyond, Part 1
India-1 (Rated very, very highly, but not my favorite)
Posted At : February 20, 2008 1:11 PM
| Posted By : Ruth Lee
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Many have asked for a description of our recent travels. I asked Kathy if she could oblige you all now, and she rose to the challenge. I have added a few changes here and there…but it is primarily her view point and her work.
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Posted At : February 16, 2008 7:18 AM
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We leave New Delhi at 3:25 AM (notice AM) and fly to London Heathrow Airport and hopefully arrive on time at 7:25 AM…9-1/2 hours flight time.
Then we transfer at Heathrow to our next flight at 10:55 AM, arriving at JFK in New York at 1:35 PM...7 hrs. 40 min. later
Hopefully no problems with customs and immigration...so we can catch our planes easily!
Still same day on the calendar…we hot foot it to our connecting flights home. My flight leaves at 4:25 PM and arrives in Ft.Myers at 7:45 PM…3 hours and 20 mins…1,076 miles and the shortest leg of my journey home!
Posted At : February 15, 2008 7:16 AM
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This morning we have the chance to begin the day with a relaxing yoga and meditation class before breakfast at our hotel where we will go over basic yoga exercises and breathing techniques with a local master.
After breakfast we’ll visit the unique Bharat Mata (Mother India) temple…dedicated not to gods and goddesses…but to Mother India herself. Inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936, this relatively modern temple houses an intricate bas relief map of the Indian subcontinent carved entirely from white marble.
After lunch on our own we’re going to transfer to the airport to board a flight to Delhi and arrive there in the late afternoon. We’ll stay the night in the township of Gurgaon and fly home tomorrow and tomorrow…
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