Faith in the Early Days
Pioneers, by definition, do not have the luxury of precedence. So in the earliest days of 3HO, the late 60’s and early 70’s of the last century, those of us who studied with YogiJi were featherless...
View ArticleDestiny of an Orange
For a few years, from 1971 to 1974, I had the blessing to serve as Yogiji’s personal cook at Guru Ram Das Ashram in Los Angeles. This is a short story of an encounter with him one morning while...
View ArticleWelcome to Bakersfield
Gurujodha and I have moved to Bakersfield, which is about 120 miles north of L.A. in California’s vast Central Valley. We’ve got a lovely condo in the southwest part of town and have been here now for...
View ArticleWhere are we all anyway…?
Tell us a tale of a day or a moment when you fell apart, didn’t know what to do when you crashed and burned or fell into torment then felt the Grace of God come through Or you can write a story about...
View ArticleIn the Spring of ‘72
It was the spring of ’72. I had just come from a yoga class in the park in Tucson, Arizona. Maha Deva Ashram always had a 5pm class in the park and after work it was so wonderful to just zone out and...
View ArticleLate Night Reader…
One summer I was in charge of the Kitchen at KWTC. It was the first week so we were really busy organizing the kitchen. One night, I finally had some free time so I walked down to Ladies Camp. It was...
View ArticleHow I Became a Sikh
I guess you could "classify me" as an "old timer" in 3HO. I first began to discover who I really was in the 1960’s. Like most of my generation in the West, I grew up singing the anthems of our time;...
View ArticleOn a different note…
I invite True Tales readers to check out my new personal blog Breath by Breath in addition to True Tales. I hope you enjoy the writings on both blogs. As always, your comments and feedback are very...
View ArticlePleasures, Treasures, and Letting Go
Sat Nam. It has been a really long time since I have posted here. I hope you enjoy this post…. about discovering some "treasures" from Yogi Bhajan while cleaning out my file cabinet. — SVK My...
View ArticleThe First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
Espanola, NM August 19, 2011 Today is my 58th birthday. Honestly, the numbers are getting scary. I started writing this soon after the Siri Singh Sahib died. Finally, I have found the inspiration to...
View ArticleTrue Tales Alive and Well…
We reformed the True Tales writing group in L.A. early this year, after about a seven-year hiatus, and have been meeting up almost every month. I’ve been making the 100+ mile drive down to L.A., and...
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