Inside The Tent Inside the tent, before the sirenof seagulls and crows,the world loses a little bitof its sovereignty. If only for a minute or two,rolled like a napkin in a Frenchbistro and zoned out to the blithe,unconditioned air, measuringtime by the breaths of a caving flyand the meditations of dripping rain. Beauty above. Beauty […] The post POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Sound of God, What the Greeks Did Not Leave and more appeared first on The Mindful Word. POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Sound of God, What the Greeks Did Not Leave and more published first on https://unifycosmos.tumblr.com/ via Tumblr POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Sound of God, What the Greeks Did Not Leave and more
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By Denise Gorss My mother has a figurine of Mary joyfully holding the baby Jesus. She raises him up playfully, and we see their eye contact and the happiness of a young mother spending time with her child. Mary’s flowing hair and dress convey a sense of motion. It’s an image that appeals to me. This is not the dressed all in blue, beautiful yet motionless Mary conveyed in some Marian imagery. This is the human Mary, the […] IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. In Ignatian Spirituality A to Z, Jim Manney provides a brief, informative, and entertaining guide to key concepts of Ignatian spirituality and essential characters and events in Jesuit history. Click through to read the full article The Joyful Mary and St. Ignatius, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. The Joyful Mary and St. Ignatius published first on https://unifycosmos.tumblr.com/ via Tumblr The Joyful Mary and St. Ignatius By Rebecca Ruiz Editor’s note: Celebrate the 10th anniversary of IgnatianSpirituality.com with us. For the next 10 weeks, we’ll be “Counting the Gifts of Ignatian Spirituality” by bringing you special content on our website and special offers from our sponsor, Loyola Press. Learn more here. Here are 10 things I love about Ignatian spirituality. 1. It promotes lasting happiness. One of my friends gave me a coffee mug that reads “Do more of what makes you happy.” Every […] IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Discover 10 habits for a better life (and world) with Chris Lowney’s Make Today Matter. Click through to read the full article 10 Things to Love About Ignatian Spirituality, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. 10 Things to Love About Ignatian Spirituality published first on https://unifycosmos.tumblr.com/ via Tumblr 10 Things to Love About Ignatian Spirituality
Summer is blazing in full throttle! For parents like me, this is also a time of getting children ready for a new school session. Loads to do, yes! [READ: 5 Powerful to Teach Your Child to Care and Transform the World]
Preparing for the new school session isn’t as easy as it sounds. It involves buying the new text books, school supplies, stationery and even a brand new bag to kick start the academic year. A textbook may not be available in the market, which leads to discussions with other parents on where to procure it from and so on. For kids, summers are a terrific start to reckon with just before the school closes for vacations. Somehow there is a sense of excitement and anticipation in the air.
As a child growing up in the 80s, I used to look forward to summer vacations with my parents. [READ: Learn to behave: The Wisest Lesson I learned in 2018]
From Africa, we would plan our vacation to India months ahead. A direct flight was next to impossible, which meant that we had at least two stop overs before we arrived in India. One stopover was either in Nairobi in Kenya or Kampala in Uganda.
Our second stopover was always Dubai, where we stayed our favourite place - Hotel Palm Beach. A two day shopping spree followed in Dubai and Bombay.
In Africa, at the time, we had very limited supplies of clothes and basic accessories that I could comfortably wear. So, we used to get everything from India but it also meant anticipating everything required for an entire year!
Our summer vacations were planned in a way that we did most of our shopping for the entire year from Dubai, Bombay and Kochi. We made individual shopping lists ready, showed it our parents. Simple things like saree safety pins, bindis and so on were also listed because we didn’t get it easily in Africa.
The advantage of making lists was that we knew exactly what we intended to buy when we went shopping and we didn’t overshoot the budget.
The thrill of planning the itinerary itself is just something to look back fondly now. Landing in Bombay used to be the most exciting experience, the first experience of landing on Indian soil, having traveled from another continent.
Once, I remember hearing the popular Bollywood song, ‘Ek, do teen’ when we landed in Bombay and I asked my cousin about it. For the first time, I saw posters of Pooja Bhatt and Aamir Khan everywhere 'Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin’ posters and I asked, 'Who’s that girl?’.
Everything felt so new to me every time we came to Bombay. My father’s brother-in-law Ravindranath and his sister Vinodini made our stay in Mumbai most memorable, so did my cousins Sajiv and Sanjay. Without their loving welcome and warm hospitality, we would have felt utterly lost in Mumbai.
My aunt Vinodini was working yet she would take leave from work to show us around Mumbai and to take us shopping. Today, I value her sacrifice simply because I know how tough it is to do this for loved ones and family members.
As I grow older, I have increasingly felt that the sacrifices of the elders in a family remain unspoken and unappreciated most of the time. We can change this by recalling and telling the next generation about them.
The biggest highlight of our summer vacations used to be going to Kodaikanal to see Swami, who is usually in the ashram overlooking the famous Kodai lake. Those were our happiest memories of Swami, who looked effulgent and radiant, ever smiling at every one.
We used to spend at least a week at the Kodai ashram. After darshan, we used to go sight-seeing around Kodaikanal and then rush back for the afternoon darshan.
What makes Kodaikanal more special to us is that we could get closer to Swami than in any other place. Swami used to spend more time for the darshan, speak to more people and sometimes take morning walks in the beautiful gardens.
Famous singers like Vani Jayaram used to see Swami in Kodaikanal and the festival of Vishu used to be beautifully celebrated in Swami’s presence here.
From Kodaikanal, we used to head back to Kochi, where we spent the rest of our summer vacations, enjoying with family members and cousins. We loved our family meals when everyone got together to chat and we had never raised a fuss about eating food. We were so content and happy with what is.
The reason I mention this is that we belonged to a fuss-free generation that valued the warmth of relationships for what it meant to us.
As children, we looked forward to the simple joys of life during our summer vacations. These were the simple highlights of our summer vacations.
Best part of enjoying summer vacations in the 80s? We had no gadgets and we were never bored!
What do summer vacations remind you of? What are your happiest memories of your summer vacations?
I’d love to hear from you! [Do READ: Lost someone you loved? Powerful lessons I learned in 2018]
Summer vacations in India: Remembering the 80s with nostalgia published first on https://unifycosmos.tumblr.com/ via Tumblr Summer vacations in India: Remembering the 80s with nostalgia According to trauma therapist and researcher Bessel van der Kolk, secure kids “learn to trust both what they feel and how they understand the world.” On the other hand, insecure children find the world disorganized and distressing. “If the distress is overwhelming, or when the caregivers themselves are the sources of the distress, children are […] The post SECURITY VS. INSECURITY: How an adult’s early years may affect their level of anxiety appeared first on The Mindful Word. SECURITY VS. INSECURITY: How an adult’s early years may affect their level of anxiety published first on https://unifycosmos.tumblr.com/ via Tumblr SECURITY VS. INSECURITY: How an adult’s early years may affect their level of anxiety Have you ever had a moment when desolation hit you so hard you felt like you were stuck in the mud? Just a few weeks ago, I rode the wave of creative energy for several days in a row. Words poured out of me as I wrote talks for a retreat. More words came as I dug into another writing project. I can remember feeling the lightness and joy of living a call and thanking […] IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Discover 10 habits for a better life (and world) with Chris Lowney’s Make Today Matter. Click through to read the full article Listening for God When We’re Stuck, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. Listening for God When We’re Stuck published first on https://unifycosmos.tumblr.com/ via Tumblr Listening for God When We’re Stuck By Fiona Basile This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Dear Jesus, For the past eight weeks, we’ve been walking together in a special way. We’ve been taking the time to get to know one another more deeply, delving into the heart and soul of who I am and who you are. In my desire to get to know you better and to draw closer to God, I have been reminded of how […] IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Go on a personal at-home prayer retreat with An Invitation to Love by William A. Barry, SJ. Click through to read the full article A Letter to Jesus, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. A Letter to Jesus published first on https://unifycosmos.tumblr.com/ via Tumblr A Letter to Jesus YOUR FITTEST FUTURE SELF: Making Choices Today for a Happier, Healthier, Fitter Future You Kathleen Trotter [Dundurn Press, 240 pages] Your Fittest Future Self: Making Choices Today for a Happier, Healthier, Fitter Future You, by Kathleen Trotter, is a self-help book geared towards helping people find an approach to diet, physical fitness and their mindset […] The post YOUR FITTEST FUTURE SELF: Making Choices Today for a Happier, Healthier, Fitter Future You [book review] appeared first on The Mindful Word. YOUR FITTEST FUTURE SELF: Making Choices Today for a Happier, Healthier, Fitter Future You [book review] published first on https://unifycosmos.tumblr.com/ via Tumblr YOUR FITTEST FUTURE SELF: Making Choices Today for a Happier, Healthier, Fitter Future You [book review]
Be it scorching summers or beautiful monsoons, there is no place as enchanting as Kochi, which offers culinary delights to suit every palate. You can be a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian. The vibrant cosmopolitan culture has something for every type of foodie. I have just got back from God’s own country and I am missing the delicious Kerala food already, especially sea food.
Not sure where where to eat a delicious lunch in Kochi? The city offers plenty of options but a clear favourite with foreigners and Kochiites turns out to be ‘The Rice Boat’. For delectable Kochi seafood, the Rice Boat restaurant at Taj Malabar in Wellingdon Island offers a culinary delight like no other.
Just sitting by the 'boat-like’ restaurant and watching the waves and the spectacular water front view and occasionally spotting dolphins adds to the joy of simply savoring every moment and basking by the Queen of the Arabian sea.
The Rice Boat restaurant is the perfect setting for any occasion that you want to cherish. It can be a romantic date or a meeting of friends who are catching up after a long time. Better still, it can be a lunch outdoors with parents and relatives.
You can opt for their Seafood platter which is an elaborate course of seafood dishes, served one after the other. It starts off with a signature starter dish that comes with a starter comprising of tiger prawns (delicious!) and squid. The crab soup is sure to soothe you with its soft-as-cream mushroom-like texture.
Foodies will find it hard to resist the main platter once it comes in, with fish cooked in three distinct yet local style. The spices, the aroma and the textures are just out of this world.
Wait, you are not done yet! The dessert is special and unlike anything you may have tasted in any other restaurant in Kerala.
A burst of eye-popping caramel colours spring to lace its route through the white landscape of karikku souffle and coconut ice cream. While the karikku souffle is a soft and sober in presentation and taste, the coconut ice cream bursts with flavours that tantalise your senses.
You have to spoon in the coconut ice cream with a dash of the caramel sauce to let your taste buds experience a burst of sweet explosion of sugary notes.
Whatever the occasion, the Rice Boat restaurant at Taj Malabar offers a culinary and visual experience that is local in flavours and global in luxury, ambiance and hospitality.
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