Category Archives: Big Sur

Bach and Indian music

Posted on January 25, 2016 by ashramdiary

“The Hindu musician does not read set notes; he clothes anew at each playing the bare skeleton of the raga, often confining himself to a single melodic sequence, stressing by repetition all its subtle microtonal and rhythmic variations. Bach, among … Continue reading →

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Incubus 1966 [Movie Script in Esperanto]

Posted on September 15, 2014 by ashramdiary

Part of human ageing is the rediscovery of youthful passions, but without the passion. One of my passions was Esperanto, an “art-language” (Eo: artlingvo) composed and published in 1887 by Ludoviko Zamenhof, a Jewish-Polish physician. In 1957, at age 17, … Continue reading →

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Spending more time at New Camaldoli Hermitage

Posted on September 1, 2014 by ashramdiary

I have been feeling more strongly drawn back to the Hermitage in Big Sur, where I originally made monastic vows. I have continued with the Order, by God’s grace, and on June 19, 2014, I celebrated there, together with fellow … Continue reading →

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A dream of Debussy / India and other passions

Posted on December 19, 2013 by ashramdiary

I seem to remember: in the past few days I briefly dreamed of meeting Claude Debussy. India is a great passion, in the best sense: that is, as an energy that brings forth an appetite deep in the soul. There … Continue reading →

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Yoga and the Jesus Prayer

Posted on July 6, 2010 by ashramdiary

A week ago I returned here to Incarnation Monastery in Berkeley, and the next day received the author’s copies of Yoga and the Jesus Prayer (O Books). This is my latest book, but not entirely new. Although totally rewritten, it … Continue reading →

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Yoga and Sacrifice (Big Sur retreat)

Posted on June 23, 2010 by ashramdiary

The Hermitage known as “New Camaldoli” is on the Big Sur coast just south of Lucia, on the way to Hearst Castle. The Hermitage is very different from the Castle, which is a tourist attraction that exhibits fragments of Medieval … Continue reading →

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