When I woke up the next morning, I knew the feeling. A Coke overdose. And we are not talking harddrugs here, but coca cola. Late to bed is late to raise, and too much coke is dehydration and too much sugar.
Although I like talking to people and exchanging views, I always have trouble doing this [...]

is definitely not under our control.

What follows is a piece I wrote last year after visiting my Hindu teacher’s monastery in California. It was meant to be published as a little booklet, but I never got around finishing it. Warning! It’s unedited;

This is Audarya, not the World

It’s 4.20 am and my alarm goes off. It’s time to wake up. I [...]

Sometimes you wake up from a delusion and this one happened a long time ago, but I was reminded of it recently. I always chose harmony above disharmony. But that meant I chose to be quiet at times and not voice my opinion. Not to disrupt the hegemony in a scene.
When you get stabbed in [...]

my friends just released this book called the little book of bhakti yoga. I’m linking to it in case you’re interested in bhakti yoga. (I also have a few copies lying around here) Have a look at their website for more information. Good night!

instead of have all you can have. We explore the world with eyes to acquire while forgetting to look inside. Sure sometimes the dam breaks and we feel the water rise within. And then there’s no escape, we have to look at who we are. We misidentify. Thinking we are temporary. And the second we [...]

If you are into poppy music with a hardcore music background, you probably like this South American band called Sudarshana. They seem to have a krishna conscious background, which makes me always appreciate a band more, because I can understand where they are coming from. Have a look!

constant is the change around me. Does it agitate me? Yes I want to be in flux too. To keep on moving. Like a river seeking its sea. But I’m not that. Find peace within as the Buddhist would say. Not only that. Find joy within. While I’m driving my car, which I’m doing a [...]

Sometimes it takes two steps back to oversee where you are going. Fast paced driving through the Dutch polderlands doesn’t take me anywhere. Seeing my collegues jumping on new job opportunities makes me jealous to some degree while at the same time I know that not all these paths are for me. I can only [...]

I had some requests from english speaking friends to make this blog english as well. So from now on this weblog will be in english. I assume most of my dutch friends will be able to read this anyway.