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UFO Thailand trip #3

June 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
It’s perfectly reasonable if you think I’m nuts when you read this. I don’t really care. It’s also perfectly reasonable if you get done reading this and get jealous… almost everyone does when I tell them the story of my last trip visiting aliens. As some derive from my writing already- I’m somewhat skeptical of […]

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Tags: aliens

Has yoga peaked?

May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

(it’s gotten ridiculous)
Although we cringed when that one American model coined the term yoga butt, it probably did more good than bad in that it probably was good marketing to get people in the door to yoga studios. I’ve heard Bikram yoga aficionados declare similarly when confronted with the facts that it’s a fairly soulless […]

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Tags: advertising · bangkok · chicken · kfc · marketing · skytrain

Meeting aliens and UFOs in Thailand

March 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments

 I got a few requests re: my last post about aliens and the year 2012 and our imminent destruction.
The following is a piece out of a blog post I made on myspace a while back… it is %100 true, and has little or nothing to do with yoga, the normal theme of the blog. Hope […]

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Tags: UFO · aliens · chiang mai · thailand

Magickal thinking- Jatukam amulets and Lord Shiva in Bangkok

March 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Win a new car from Lord Shiva! 
So my night of Shiva ended at approximately 11pm, AND with a serving of chocolate almond ice cream in my belly. I rank among the non-pious who ate past six pm and did not stay up all night with mantra in my mind. I really did set out with […]

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Tags: events · festivals · visualization/magick

The use of Brahma

December 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Most visitors to Bangkok will likely notice the Brahma shrine at the Erawan hotel. If you’re on the skytrain as it passes by on it’s way to Siam station, there are always a few near the window who raise their hands into a prayer and tilt their chins downwards in respect.

I remember my first trip […]

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Tags: visualization/magick · yoga about the world