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Atlantis

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," as Keats put it and to be boldly truthful, the resort casino down the beach from the ashram was a daily draw. Great pools and aquariums abounding with local sea life, the overly-manicured landscaping and the immense hotel structures towering over the gentle Paradise Island beaches testified to the human will to tame nature and erect monuments to the gods of engineering and ingenuity.

It was very worthwhile to saunter over for immersion in American family-vacation reality, a big reminder that while daily silence, yoga and meditation are a way of life, humanity in all it's baseness and glory doesn't disappear in the meantime, and that we're all in this life thing together. In other words, those little trips (along with forays into urban, decaying Nassau) proved that Oneness, Service and Compassion are always the order of the day.

All that, and a daily double latte to boot.

5 comments:

Mekkin said...

I hope you're having a wonderful time, you certainly deserve it!

Love,
Mecks

Ivo Serenthà said...

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Greetings from Italy, good luck

Hello, Marlow

Anonymous said...

There is something impressionistic about the picture. Monet, Caillebotte?

Btw, Maria, you know that you can pipe your updates to Twitter and reach out to more readers that way.

Bästa hälsningar från Silicon Valley.

Lennart

www.usablogg.org

Iceland Eyes said...

Thanks, Lennart, for the cool comment. I've been staying away from the social networking stuff recently, but thanks for the heads up. Kveðja, Maria...

Anait said...

What a beautiful photo!! I've been reading your blog for a while now and its definitely sparked a desire to travel to Iceland!! Hopefully one day soon :)

Take care