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Larchfire: Photography from India, Nepal and Tibet, plus quotations primarily from traditions in Yoga and Buddhism

If enlightened consciousness is what one is aspiring to, then “daily spiritual practice” alone will never be enough. If we want to be truly free, only total surrender, unconditional surrender, is the way, the path and the goal. In the end there is literally nothing else to do but give up. Give up completely. Surrender your personal will to the always unknown, ever-inconceivable will of that which has created this universe and everything in it, and then just see what happens… —Andrew Cohen, <i> Living Enlightenment </i>
<i> L2885 Double Dandi Swami initiation by Swami Rama, Rishikesh</i>

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If enlightened consciousness is what one is aspiring to, then “daily spiritual practice” alone will never be enough. If we want to be truly free, only total surrender, unconditional surrender, is the way, the path and the goal. In the end there is literally nothing else to do but give up. Give up completely. Surrender your personal will to the always unknown, ever-inconceivable will of that which has created this universe and everything in it, and then just see what happens… —Andrew Cohen, Living Enlightenment L2885 Double Dandi Swami initiation by Swami Rama, Rishikesh

Swami Rama Dandi Ganges initiation Andrew Cohen Living Enlightenment