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here’s alexandra, the berlin concert organiser, backstage with the johnny depp of the bansuri, and mataji
the concert was a blast – some good laughter... (it was really hot!)
..and some deep and silent, precious moments
manose takes a bow!
deva meeting friends after the concert
a berlin moment
and on to hamburg, legendary second home to the beatles.
yeah yeah yeah...
you know that leonard cohen song – first we take manhattan then we take berlin...?
it’s a good song to sing on the road.
berlin was special for us because we have friends there.
we took a bike ride to the brandenburg gate where we met ali and michaele.
ali schmidt and michaele hustedt were long time members of the german green party.
they must have been the only members of the german parliament who were into singing mantras!
here they are in the houses of parliament in berlin, where they showed us around.
i can’t say that i ever expected to be dancing in the house of parliament in germany, but hey, life is full of surprises...
..especially with ali and michaele around!
an uplifting experience which gave us hope for a brighter future
meanwhile, back at the theatre, things were loosening up
by the time we reached hamburg, some of us were beginning to feel the strain..
maybe it was all that partying in hamburg...
but the good people of hamburg came to our rescue!
manose wakes up, comes back to life, and blesses the congregation!
by the end of the concert we were all feeling the blessing!
and to make for a happy ending to the story, maya, manose’s long time girlfriend from san francisco joined the tour
surprise surprise - we ran into kamal in hamburg – over from australia to visit family
...from the hustle of the concert to the silence of the workshop, next morning
...and on to belgium...
it was in belgium where jalal put his camera away.
so, this is our only record of our stay there – the beautiful church,
where the light of the evening sun turned everything into a mysterious and magical hue
personally, I’d forgotten how the belgian people sing – they brought such a warmth to the gathering.
we were having such a good time we played for well over three hours...!
and before we knew it, we were in another town, this time, cologne - the osho capitol of europe, where we were bathed in the precious fragrance of our beloved master.
it felt like falling into a bed of rose petals.
many old friends visited us in the dressing room...here’s a sweet line-up.
nadja, jalal, miten, manose, rafia, deva, rani, and rainer
the woman on the right is sitara, a one-time pupil of mine from the rajneesh school.
the last time I saw here she was about 13 years old.
one of the joys of being on the road is that you constantly meet old friends, and it was a real joy to meet sitara again.
she runs a high end recording studio in the heart of cologne with her boyfriend henning, who is a member of the legendary kraftwerk.
we stopped by for a tea and a tour of the studio
here’s sitara showing deva her on-road-friendly-tanpura and swarmandel.
it really sounded great
flowers and hugs after the concert
so many magical moments in cologne.
we’ll take a couple of pages to give you the taste of the celebration we experienced there.
