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saying goodbye to australia part two

being in byron gives us the chance to catch up with our good friend brandon bays
brandon is a gourmet chef in disguise – the tastiest meals you’ll ever savour.
this was no exception.

we had the pleasure of meeting author catherine ingram at brandons.
catherine is an inspired and beautiful human being.
i recommend you seek out her book, ‘passionate presence’.
here she is at the river house, along with baba and satya (far right), after a feast prepared in baba’s new rice cooker.

it’s been a snaky time up here.
last week rafia saw a huge guy among the firewood

a closer look

they call them carpet snakes here.
they’re harmless.
in fact people like them around their houses because they keep the mice away.
cute, huh?
here’s his mate, spotted above the river.
we watched him for four days – he hardly moved at all, just laid in the sun and slept (he’s still here!).

when I take my daily dip i like to float on my back, look up at the big blue sky, the palm trees, the jungle all around me and wonder, how did i get here?
the garden of eden – where you can eat the apples.

see y’all down the road.
love
miten

saying goodbye to australia part one

hi friends
our time down under is coming to an end.
soon we’ll be in europe, preparing for another year of travelling (last year we played in 22 countries, this year will be a few less!).
can’t wait to see you all again.
the economic crisis is here, but it will only help us focus our priorities – I hope to be together in community and share our voices, bliss, and silence will be high up on your list.

our first stop is munich (may 2), and then we fly immediately to moscow for our first concert in russia.
as you might imagine, we’re looking forward to this, very much.
the following day we travel to st. petersburg.
stay tuned!

as for australia, well, as usual, it has been good to us.
we worked hard here to complete the ‘in concert’ dvd and cd package.
it captures something of the magic that happens when we all come together.
i hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
here’s a shot of the cover.

we wanted to put on record our time with manose because it has been so special to play together with him for so long (4 years now).

no time for an australian tour this time, but we did play for ekhart tolle’s talks in sydney and brisbane.
eckhart and his wife kim visited us at the river house, which was great.

check out the golden ball!

trying to figure out what the hell that ball is doing in the pic!

couldn’t resist posting this pic.
there is a monastery close by, where some gyuto tibetan monks live.
they also visited us, as you will know if you read our last blog.
...but this pic didn’t get included in the last posting.
i love the peace and serenity this beautiful man exudes.