Saints and mystics come into this world to help us discover this inner garden of love. They do so by teaching us the technique of meditation, which allows us to embark on the journey to experience this garden. By focusing our attention on the inner eye, the gateway to this inner garden, we can embark on the journey to experience the love and Light of God. This connection with Divine's love removes the layers of mind, matter and illusion shrouding our soul.
Watching dusk from the balcony offers a front-row seat to nature's daily spectacle. Tranquility settles in as the sun sets, casting a warm glow. Lights flicker, and the city twinkles. There's a subtle change in temperature and scent, and you can smell the aroma of dinners being cooked.
Japa also takes three forms: chanted aloud, whispered in a low voice, or uttered in the silence the heart within. Whichever form of jap we practise, the benefits we reap will be many: peace of mind, tranquillity, increased concentration, positive energy levels and freedom from fear and anxiety.
This post-Diwali quietude provides a much-needed respite. The air, once thick with the acrid scent of smoke, now becomes breathable - and if you're lucky, crisp and pure. The sky, which moments ago was a riot of light and colours, transforms into a canvas of deep, velvety darkness.
Like Steven Spielberg who forever ruined a nice day’s swimming at the beach after releasing Jaws, Tom Sainsbury has just ruined Aotearoa’s world-renowned...
to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, this passion for ballooning. what is it that you love about ballooning? very much so. i mean, it's the tranquillity, as well, up here. you know, aside from the helicopter, it's peaceful. there's nothing. and you know, the views — you don't get this out of a aeroplane window. no. and there's a really big sense of community around ballooning. you know, it is a niche sport, i suppose, and we're all of a similar ilk, i suppose. this word gets used a lot, so bear with me, but there's something quite magical about being up here. usually, when you're at this height, you're either on a parasail with the wind, you know, in yourface
to keep the buoyancy up. uh-huh. so, tell me a little bit about the specific challenges of a landscape like this. so, obviously, up on the side of the mountains, there's a lot of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, you're having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, this passion for ballooning. what is it that you love about ballooning? very much so. i mean, it's the tranquillity, as well, up here. you know, aside from the helicopter, it's peaceful. there's nothing. and you know, the views — you don't get this out of a aeroplane window. no. and there's a really big sense of community around ballooning. you know, it is a niche sport, i suppose, and we're all of a similar ilk,
yeah, so at the moment, all we're doing is keeping the balloon nice and level, so we're putting in little bits of heat every now and again to keep the buoyancy up. uh-huh. so, tell me a little bit about the specific challenges of a landscape like this. so, obviously, up on the side of the mountains, there's a lot of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, you're having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, this passion for ballooning. what is it that you love about ballooning? very much so. i mean, it's the tranquillity, as well, up here. you know, aside from the helicopter, it's peaceful. there's nothing. and you know, the views — you don't get this out of a aeroplane window. no. and there's a really big sense of community around ballooning. you know, it is a niche sport,
so we're putting in little bits of heat every now and again to keep the buoyancy up. uh-huh. so, tell me a little bit about the specific challenges of a landscape like this. so, obviously, up on the side of the mountains, there's a lot of snow, a lot of trees but not a lot of roads. so, you're having to land as close to a road as possible to make the retrieval of all the kit easy. the mountains also produce a different climate, so there can be a lot of different wind patterns and things that develop around the mountains. it seems to be almost a lifestyle, this passion for ballooning. what is it that you love about ballooning? very much so. i mean, it's the tranquillity, as well, up here. you know, aside from the helicopter, it's peaceful. there's nothing. and you know, the views — you don't get this out of a aeroplane window. no. and there's a really big sense of community around ballooning. you know, it is a niche sport, i suppose, and we're