Life in the embrace of Arunachala

[Guest guest]

There is so much that I could say.

 

Two days ago we sat on the roof of Brindavanam with binoculars

looking at the birdlife that sourrounds us. We do not have any bird

books, so cannot identify any of them. A number were striking. There

are parrots, bright lime-green, with orange beaks and long yellow

tails. There are two binds with bright blue color, one with a blue

back, black body and white wing spots. There is another, tanish

brown, blue-green head and body, and when it flys, the most amazing

blue under wing and tail colors. We saw a woorpecker working his way

up a palm trunk, and many more.

 

This morning we walked from our hose to Arunachala. We are on the SW

side, which has a forest surrounding the hill. We wlked up to the

tank where the Sadhu's bathe in the morning.

 

T5he tree-planting that has been done in the last four years is a

significant effort. Much much work has been done. In a few years

this will be visable to all, with mature trees, and shade where

there is none today. This seems like a great puja that is offered to

the hill.

 

Each morning starts with meditation with Arunachala. The day ends

with another meditation, and reading from Ribhu Gita.

 

Feel feel happy here, and very much like this is our home, home in

Arunachala's embrace. Who could have more grace?

 

Not two,

Richard

[Guest guest]

Dear Richard,

Greetings. India is blessed with a large

variety of flora and fauna. Dr.Salim Ali is a renowned

ornithologist and has written a book 'Indian Birds',

which contains 200 colour plates.

A young couple once used this book to

teach their three year old girl and in no time she

mastered the names of all the 200 birds. !!

The following two web sites will be useful

for you. First site contain galleries with photos and

recordeD sounds of hundreds of Indian birds. The

second site is more scientific managed by scientists.

 

www.indianbirds.com

www.indianbirds.in

I will also humbly suggest that you plant

some herbs in your garden like margosa (neem), Indian

curry leaves, tulsi (basil) etc. Shri Ramana Maharishi

had knowledge of herbal medicine. I am attaching a

file which contains some of his recipes of herbal

medicine. " Ramana Maharishi and Herbal Medicine " by

Dr.Manickam in PDF format is attached.

With love and regards

Venugopal

--- Richard Clarke <richard wrote:

 

> There is so much that I could say.

>

> Two days ago we sat on the roof of Brindavanam with

> binoculars

> looking at the birdlife that sourrounds us. We do

> not have any bird

> books, so cannot identify any of them. A number were

> striking. There

> are parrots, bright lime-green, with orange beaks

> and long yellow

> tails. There are two binds with bright blue color,

> one with a blue

> back, black body and white wing spots. There is

> another, tanish

> brown, blue-green head and body, and when it flys,

> the most amazing

> blue under wing and tail colors. We saw a woorpecker

> working his way

> up a palm trunk, and many more.

>

> This morning we walked from our hose to Arunachala.

> We are on the SW

> side, which has a forest surrounding the hill. We

> wlked up to the

> tank where the Sadhu's bathe in the morning.

>

> T5he tree-planting that has been done in the last

> four years is a

> significant effort. Much much work has been done. In

> a few years

> this will be visable to all, with mature trees, and

> shade where

> there is none today. This seems like a great puja

> that is offered to

> the hill.

>

> Each morning starts with meditation with Arunachala.

> The day ends

> with another meditation, and reading from Ribhu

> Gita.

>

> Feel feel happy here, and very much like this is our

> home, home in

> Arunachala's embrace. Who could have more grace?

>

> Not two,

> Richard

>

>

 

 

 

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