Summertime and the living is easy

The day, I was "enlightened" ;)

philosophical talks...

Last Sunday I had 3 Devotee friends from Berlin over to my place and I invited friends from Uni also. One of them is a Jehova's Witness and we had a very interesting discussion on "violence". What it is and when and how it can/ should be applied... We agreed that violence is if you neglect to help somebody who is in need of help and generally nothing should be considered violence what elevates the soul. Sometimes deliberate use of violence to the body is crucial like in a surgery where the doctor may use a scalpel. In that way the Bhagavad-Gita describes the most extreme situation of course, but also concludes beautifully how real morality always considers the soul's well-being and not temporary enjoyment.
Generally, it should be said that physical violence is always the "plan B" and not the prefered solution. However, it is common experience that in this material world violence is part of the free will of the living entity and even if we are peaceful people we may be confronted with it and that is where you have to consider. Otherwise of course a peaceful, tolerant way of life is always the first choice...

This is the Prasad everyone who couldn't come missed out on :P

and that is late evening atmosphere from my window...

birthday of my friend Anna

sunrise from my window: linden flair!!

Laura and Dorothea

looks like Diemut grows a second head on her shoulder... freaky! ;)

nice colors! and anna in the corner

blessing the food :D

sunshine girl

one more time...

jakob is contemplating on the wilderness :)

we are the picknick-guys

verschmitzt!

devilish! *muahaha

Germany can be pretty cold, ay!

Little bit of a contrast with all the other pics, isn't it?!
So this is my belated New Years Greeting for everybody out there who might eventually bump into this orphaned blog :)
All the best to you and don't try this at home...

Agama Yoga and sunset

a few of my favorites... :)





well in shape these yogis... :D



totally wasted after 3 hours of "free"-climbing...

more beautiful sunset pics to come!

Thailand

falling coconuts is the number 2 cause of death on Koh Phangan... this picture shows me, proudly holding a specimen of these deadly objects! of course you can also eat them... :D

I found it: the yellow submarine ;)

I love boats! Obviously not the ones people would work their a** off for to impress though ;)

my friend stephan whom I know from the Melbourne Asrama!



Finally, I'm on my way back home... But not yet! here a few impression straight from paradise :)
I was in Bangkok for a few days and now headed down to Koh Phangan, an island in the south. I made it after our bus hit the back of a truck and it took us 16 hours to get to the ferry... All in all still a good deal since I payed ten bucks for the whole trip =) Now I'm doing a Yoga workshop here, lots of reading, meditation, swimming, fresh fruit juices and of course the ridiculously cheap massages ;))

Diving the Great Barrier Reef

A day out in the Great Barrier Reef!! It was awesome to see this world. That's the place where it is actually happening, not on land!


I found him :)


No, I didn't take these pictures =) but I've seen it all


...especially this sympathetic fellow :D he was just hanging out, digesting something or somebody...