Author: Mary Anne Erickson

Solitude

In a land so packed with people what a joyous moment to sit in solitude and take in the magnitude of this architectural...

29 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Sacred Water of the Ganges

Pilgrims come from all over India to touch the sacred waters of the Ganges. Many bring it home to use as a blessing or...

28 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Passage to Eternity

Profound sacredness. I am increasingly present to the millions of souls who have shared this river, Mother Ganges. Formless source of life, death and...

27 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Funeral Pyres on the Ganges

As our boat glides slowly through the rising mist of the Ganges I feel the weight of millions of departed souls. Fire, the...

25 January, 2015 / 1 Comment

Blue Mist on the Ganges

You know this place. You’ve been here before. Be present, in honoring this moment. Your eternal beingness is calling. Rumi...

24 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Bathers at Dawn on the Ganges

Approaching the river through the fog we descended a long series of steps to the water’s edge where we encountered a small group...

23 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Approaching the Ganges, Varanasi

We awakened before dawn, walking through dense fog, lingering smoke and cold air as daylight broke. The Ganges awaited us. My excitement and...

22 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Life on the Ganges, Varanasi

Buildings of riotous color! Life moving in all directions. We are witness to chanting, praying, longing, living, dying as we glide along the water preparing ourselves...

21 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Celebration to Lord Shiva

Come raise a joyful noise, for we have discovered the friend, beloved and guide. What else is there in the world like...

21 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Destination Unknown

On the Ganges, reality was in flux, a moving world of mysterious shapes emerging in and out of fog and smoke. Colorful boats,...

20 January, 2015 / 0 Comments