Articles tagged with: Shiva
An Aghori’s Path to Enlightenment
The 1000-year old Hindu sect that challenges traditional religious beliefs and follows an unconventional, radical path to enlightenment, the Aghoris. Death, their spiritual teacher; the cremation grounds their home and Shiva, their God, the destroyer and the embodiment of death.
Aghoris believe that Shiva induced the …
The Relation Between Long Hair & Consciousness
We are conditioned to think that hair styling is important and how it makes a cool fashion statement. But in olden times it was a different story. An interesting find revealed that long hair in men was actually related to consciousness or the sixth sense. …
Rediscovering the Goa Magic
People often remark in despair that Goa has lost its magic, even we did on our trip in 2007. Like a writer once said, “Its sold its soul to charter flights and overdevelopment.”
But this time on our holiday to Goa we discovered parts …
The Bizarre Fertility Festival of Japan
A festival to fight AIDS and raise money for HIV research, it also draws couples looking for good fertility luck, a large gay/lesbian crowd and people who worship the Phallus. A group of men carrying on their shoulders a large, pink phallus and it bobs …
Mauritius: A Jewel in Indian Ocean
Last week my colleague, Zubin, traveled to Mauritius, the little jewel of an island in the Indian Ocean. The turquoise blue and green water, covered all around by coral reefs, the palm-fringed beaches and sun-kissed sands, Mauritius has always been a popular destination for many. …
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