The ritual is peace

The ritual is peace

Day 60 of my tree puja.

New insights into the ritual are revealed to me. I develop an understanding of esoteric ideas in the yoga tradition associated with Hindu deities.

It’s like a mudra, an energy conductor. It is the energy of shelter, and protection, and compassion, which is also in the whole ritual…

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I am back from India

I am back from India

Day 53 of my tree puja.

I return after more than a month. It’s midsummer and the tree is coping with midsummer heat.

While I was away, all the long grasses and undergrowth were cleared from the front garden, so that there is open space through to the road. I gather that this disturbed the tree at the time and still does. I apologised. But where are the devas to live?

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