"Beatles Ashram"

There is a place in Rishikesh, India that the Beatles made famous, by their time and journey there studying meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
I made a visit there in 2016, to wander through the meditation huts and abandoned buildings that were overgrown with vines and graffiti.

For me, it was really nothing to do with the Beatles, and the ground had an air to it that lended itself richly to falling into a deep union with ultimate reality. I sat with a friend and meditated and it was perhaps one of the best meditations i have had to date.
Why?

it was effortless
sheer absorption done unto me...
through me and beyond, years of experiences passed through and "i" was no longer there
Why did it happen then and there?

i could say it was that the place was full of the most conducive meditation vibes, or that i had spent many years practicing Transcendental Meditation that were coming to a culmination in that place
at that moment
or that my devotion was rewarded at last

my willingness to merge
was received in the holy land from where these practices were born
or...?
i had surrendered enough to be fertile
a mind that has analyzed all the alternatives
and found them wanting
becomes very ripe to
merging with infinity

Remember dear friends,
it's not as far away as we might be led to believe
looking at mainstream society values
or getting caught up in the hustle for satisfaction
in temporal things

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In the Upanishad's, one of India's most ancient wisdom records, it is said:

"Just as people may cross a field, day after day, unaware that a treasure lies buried there, so too do people, day after day, wake up, go about their duties and then go back to sleep, unaware of that immortal Self buried deep within themselves."

It's all there
liberation
within
for the one who is willing
to simply
begin
to be
aware

you may want to check it out one day...