Ayurvedic herbs

SHATAVARI

SUPER HIGH POTENCY 5:1 COLD EXTRACT

SHATAVARI OR ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS IS A
SUPERIOR REJUVENATION TONIC FOR OVERALL
HEALTH AND VITALITY. IT IS FAMOUS IN AYURVEDA
AND CHINESE MEDICINE AS A SUPERIOR TONIC
FOR WOMEN AS IT SUPPORTS AND NOURISHES
YIN PARTICULARLY THE LUNGS.
SHATAVARI SUPPORTS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BY
TONING AND NOURISHING THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE
ORGANS. SHATAVARI TREATS PMS SYMPTOMS BY
RELIEVING PAIN AND CONTROLLING BLOOD LOSS
DURING MENSTRUATION. IT MAINTAINS HEALTHY
HORMONAL BALANCE AND SUPPORTS NORMAL
PRODUCTION OF BREAST MILK FOR NURSING MOTHERS.
SHATAVARI RELIEVES MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS SUCH
AS HOT FLASHES. BY PRODUCING ESTROGENS IT
MAKES UP FOR LOW ESTROGEN LEVELS IN WOMEN WHO
ARE MENOPAUSAL OR HAVE HAD HYSTERECTOMIES.
SHATAVARI SUPPORTS NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE
IMMUNE AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, ALSO INCREASES
LIBIDO. IT IS USEFUL FOR LEUCORRHEA, IRRITABLE
BOWEL SYNDROME, HYPERACIDITY, HEARTBURN,
ULCERS AND IT STRENGTHENS THE EYES.
TAKE 1/2 TO 1 GRAM OR 1/4 TEASPOON IN WARM OR
HOT WATER 1 OR 2 TIMES PER DAY BETWEEN MEALS


BRAHMI

HIGH POTENCY 10:1 COLD EXTRACT

BRAHMI IS A SUPREME ANTI-AGING TONIC THAT
RESTORING VITALITY AND CLARITY WITH STRONG
ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES. A NOOTROPIC, IT
ENHANCES COGNITIVE ABILITY AND IS USED IN
INDIA TO CONSECRATE NEWBORN BABIES TO OPEN
THE GATEWAY OF INTELLIGENCE. BRAHMI IMPROVES
MEMORY CAPACITY AND MOTOR LEARNING ABILITY.
IT SUPPORTS THE ADRENALS, DETOXIFIES THE BRAIN
AND NERVE CELLS FROM HEAVY METALS. IT IS A
POWERFUL BLOOD CLEANSER, USED TO TREAT SKIN
DISEASES, INFLAMATION AND JOINT PAIN.

BRAHMI IS USED TO TREAT ASTHMA, INSANITY,
EPILEPSY, ADD, INSOMNIA AND NERVOUS
EXHAUSTION. IT IS A POTENT NERVE TONIC,
CARDIO TONIC AND DIURETIC, REKNOWNED FOR ITS
TRANQUILIZING, SEDATIVE, COGNITIVE ENHANCING,
HEPATO-PROTECTIVE AND ANTI-ANXIETY ACTION.
IN REBIRTHING THERAPY IT ACCELERATES TRAUMA
RELEASE THROUGH BREATH. IT DECREASES
FATIGUE AND DEPRESSION, AND INCREASES SEX
DRIVE, STIMILATES HAIR, SKIN AND NAIL GROWTH.
BRAHMI ENERGIZES THE CENTRAL NERVOUS AND
CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS, MINIMIZES VARICOSE VEINS,
REPAIRS SKIN, SCARRING, CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND
REMOVES CELLULITE.

TAKE 1/4 TO 1/2 GRAM OR 1/8 TO 1/4 TEASPOON
IN WARM WATER 2 TIMES PER DAY BEFORE MEALS


NEEM

SUPER HIGH POTENCY 10:1 COLD EXTRACT

INDIANS CALL THE SACRED NEEM TREE “THE VILLAGE
PHARMACY”. IT IS THE MOST HEAVILY RESEARCHED
HERBAL REMEDY IN INDIA. SCIENTISTS HAVE
DOCUMENTED NEEM’S DIVERSE BENEFITS IN DISORDERS
RANGING FROM AIDS AND ARTHRITIS TO CANCER,
ULCERS, SKIN DISEASES, LIVER DISEASE, PARASITES
AND MUCH MORE. 500 REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

NEEM IS USED AS AN IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOSTER WITH
MULTIPLE ACTIONS, IT INCREASES PRODUCTION OF
IMPORTANT WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND BOOSTS LEVELS
OF BOTH ANTIBODIES AND MACROPHAGES. IT REDUCES
STOMACH ACID AND IMPROVES DIGESTION. NEEM
CONTAINS LIVER-PROTECTING COMPOUNDS INCLUDING
PRECURSORS TO GLUTATHIONE. NEEM IS REPLETE
WITH CONCENTRATED EXTREMELY BIO-AVAILABLE
ANTIOXIDANTS INCLUDING QUERCETIN AND RUTIN.

NEEM TREATS SKIN DISEASES INCLUDING PSORIASIS,
ECZEMA AND BOILS WITH BOTH INTERNAL AND TOPICAL
USE. NEEM IS SUCCESSFUL IN PREVENTING MALARIA.
BRUSHING WITH NEEM HEALS TOOTH AND GUM
DISEASE. NEEM DETOXES THE BODY AND NEUTRALIZES
HUNDREDS OF PARASITES, YEAST AND FUNGUS.

TAKE 1/4 TO 1/2 GRAM OR 1/8 TO 1/4 TEASPOON
IN WARM WATER 2 TIMES PER DAY BEFORE MEALS


GOKSHURA - TRIBULUS

SUPER HIGH POTENCY 7:1 COLD EXTRACT

GOKSHURA, TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS OR PUNCTURE
VINE IS AN APHRODISIAC, DIURETIC AND NERVINE
IN AYURVEDA AND NATUROPATHY. TRIBULUS TREATS
INFERTILITY, ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, AND LOW LIBIDO
IMPROVING STAMINA AND SPORTS PERFORMANCE.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT TRIBULUS INCREASES
TESTOSTERONE, DHEA, AND ESTROGEN LEVELS.

GOKSHURA IS COOLING, NOURISHING AND
BALANCING. IT IS A SPERM PURIFIER, ANTI-DIABETIC,
ANTI-GOUT. IT QUICKLY RELIEVES PAINFUL URINATION,
AND URINARY TRACT DISORDERS, IT PROMOTES
THE FLOW OF URINE, COOLS AND SOOTHES THE
MEMBRANES OF THE URINARY TRACT, AND AIDS IN
THE EXPULSION OF URINARY STONES. IT ALSO STOPS
BLEEDING FROM THE TRACT AND REJUVENATES THE
UROGENITAL SYSTEM, BOTH IN MEN AND WOMEN.

GOKSHURA REGULATES BLOOD PRESSURE AND
CHOLESTEROL LEVELS. FOR WOMEN IT BOOSTS THE
GROWTH OF THE UTERUS BY ITS ANABOLIC AND
REJUVENATIVE PROPERTIES. IT HELPS TO PREVENT
ABORTION BY CHECKING BLEEDING AND NOURISHING
THE GENITAL SYSTEM.

TAKE 1/2 TO 1 GRAM OR UP TO 1/4 TEASPOON IN WARM
OR HOT WATER 1 OR 2 TIMES PER DAY BETWEEN MEALS


ASHWAGANDHA

SUPER HIGH POTENCY 5:1 COLD EXTRACT

ASHWAGANDHA, ALSO KNOWN AS WITHANIA SOMNIFERA
AND INDIAN WINTER CHERRY, HAS BEEN USED FOR
THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN AYURVEDIC, AS WELL AS BY
NATIVE AMERICANS AND AFRICANS.

ASHWAGANDHA CONTAINS HIGH AMOUNTS OF THREE
NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS: SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE,
CATALASE AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE. THE
EXTRACTS HAVE ACTIVITY SIMILAR TO GABA INCREASING
NEUROTRANSMITTER ACTIVITY IN THE BRAIN GIVING
STRONG ANXIETY REDUCING CAPABILITY.

ASHWAGANDHA. IT IS A STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
AND POWERFUL ANTI-AGING TONIC USEFUL FOR MENTAL
DISORDERS, ARTHRITIS, FEVERS, HYPERTENSION, DIABETES,
GENERAL DEBILITY AND TO PROTECT AGAINST INFECTION
OR ILLNESS. ASHWAGANDHA POWERFULLY BOOSTS THE
REPRODUCTIVE AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS, IT IMPROVES MEMORY
AND PROMOTES SOUND SLEEP.

ASHWAGANDHA IS A SUPERIOR REJUVENATION TONIC AND
ADAPTOGEN, THAT INCREASES THE BODY’S ABILITY TO
MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS AND RESIST STRESS WHETHER
FROM POOR DIET, LACK OF SLEEP, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL
STRAIN, OR CHEMICAL TOXINS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

TAKE 1/2 TO 1 GRAM OR 1/4 TEASPOON IN WARM OR
HOT WATER 1 OR 2 TIMES PER DAY BETWEEN MEALS

Ayurvedic Medicine

First of all, sorry for keeping you in the dark for so long, I have been too busy absorbing what was happening inside and around me to get the wits about me to make any entry here, hope you will forgive me when you see what tasty things that is coming up.

Two days ago my detox supervisor Elicia informed me that an Ayurvedic Doctor, William was coming to the healing island of Koh Samui. William runs an organic Ayurvedic herb farm in India and grows, harvest and process the herbs himself. I met him and bought 100 grams each of Brahmi, Neem, Ashwagandha, Shatavari & Goksura. I will try 3 of the herbs starting from today and journal about the effects here. I might bring some of these herbs with me to Norway if there is any interest from people back home. I will start by listing the healing properties of each herb, it is breathtaking! First a little introduction to Ayurvedic medicine.

Ayurvedic medicine (also called Ayurveda) is one of the world's oldest medical systems. It originated in India and has evolved there over thousands of years. The term "Ayurveda" combines the Sanskrit words ayur (life) and veda (science or knowledge). Thus, Ayurveda means "the science of life."
Ayurvedic medicine aims to integrate and balance the body, mind, and spirit; thus, some view it as "holistic." This balance is believed to lead to happiness and health, and to help prevent illness. Ayurvedic medicine also treats specific physical and mental health problems. A chief aim of Ayurvedic practices is to cleanse the body of substances that can cause disease, thus helping to reestablish harmony and balance.

Ayurvedic medicine continues to be practiced in India, where nearly 80 percent of the population uses it exclusively or combined with conventional (Western) medicine. It is also practiced in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Pakistan.

Next up is a detailed description of each herb's healing powers.

The four agreements

These are the four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, a world famous author. Strive to live by these to slowly transform your life into one of truth, love and happiness. Enjoy!

agreement 1

Be impeccable with your word - Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

agreement 2

Don’t take anything personally - Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

agreement 3

Don’t make assumptions - Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

agreement 4

Always do your best - Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

Premonition and Manifestation part II

In the spirit of keeping my body, spirit and soul healthy, abstaining from empty sugars, meat, processed food, alcohol and cigarettes along with practicing regular meditation and yoga, I was once again rewarded with an remarkable experience. Me, Karin, Hajjar and Lamjay was going through some rubber tree woods searching for some promised land, Karin drew her camera and started taking pictures. When I was walking down the path I suddenly got an exact vision of a picture of me from behind, walking. I stopped further down the path, turned around to Karin and asked her if she wanted me to take her picture, then she looked at her camera in disbelief, looked back at me, and told me that she took a picture of the path without me on it and now I suddenly appeared on the photo. I told her "I know" but couldn't explain her what just happened, just know that this was one of these moments of synchronicity.

Inner/outer world, time and conditioned mind

You have to solve it in your inner world before you can solve it in your outer world, was the words that was ringing through my ears even three (man made) years after my spiritual guide, Hajjar Gibran, told me in person.My revelation is that the past, the present and the future is connected together in a way I before thought unimaginable. Time is a concept developed by mankind to separate us from the now. It all make logical sense, but is it the ultimate truth? I feel not! Yes we grow older and the days turns to nights but why have we separated us from the truth that time doesn’t really exist even if it does as a human made concept. How can we be present in this moment when our minds continuously reflect on the illusions of past and future, they are only stories. Stories to be or stories that was, but altogether a truth in this present moment. When we feel we need something from the outer world, it is merely a reflection of a disturbance in the inner world, we are not satisfied so we seek salvation in nourishing our greed which can manifest itself in excessive drinking, buying, cigarette smoking, sex, work, victimizing and other addictions. When you forget all that you have learned about how the world works, you step into the realm of the unknown. In this place miracles happen simply because you allow them to, and because you don’t believe anymore in your old thought patterns, which are governed by rules and limitations. The gateway to this realm of wonder is through death, not physical death, but the death of the conditioned mind. The passing through this gateway can be a tough one because your conditioned mind will resist dying as all other living entities would. This resistance can manifest itself as a depression or other mental disturbance and lasts until you are ready to finally let go and surrender to what is. The discord of the conditioned mind is a choice that you can make for yourself, if you are ready to see the truth. When passing through you may feel a deep sense of unconditional love and a feeling that you are connected and in tune with the flow of the universe and the life within. Then you can stop controlling the world around you, sit back and enjoy what life provides you in this moment, let it exite you. You can choose not to let daily activities stress you or put you off balance. You may develop inherent psychic powers like premonition or the ability to manifest intentions. Welcome to the spiritual path, now you are free to explore the magnificence of imagination with the same eyes as a child, enjoy!

Premonition and Manifestation part I

For the last 6 months or so a series of small miracles have been appearing in my life, I really don’t care if you belive them or not, but for me this has integrated a deeper kind of faith in my being. It seems to me that these “coincidences” started happening when I started to let go of my conditioned mind and stopped trying to control everything around me. The incident I want to start with happened on my day 4 or 5, fasting in Koh Samui. On this once and still in some parts, idyllic island they have gotten a Tesco center with modern technology shops, Kentucky fried chicken amongst other typical western outlets. When I was walking out of this center I looked up to the left and saw a really magical crescent moon lying with it’s edges pointing upwards, with a star shining bright beside it. I couldn’t get enough of this view and cursed my recent lack of success to buy a decent system camera to store this special moment forever. Later that day I was having a skype conversation with my special heart-friend. She told me she took a picture earlier that night and she wanted to send it to me over skype, just when she told me I visualized the image I saw earlier that night and was about to tell her about that special moment outside the shopping center. My words got stuck in my throat as skype finished downloading the file she sent me and I saw the same image of the same moon except the star was on the other side. I don’t know if this is due to me being in Thailand and she being in Mexico that the star appeared to be on the other side because these countries is almost exactly on the opposite side of the world from eachother, or it was just another star?

Moving on

I’ve really had a magnificent time at The Spa, this is my fourth visit and the same number of cleansing fasts have been completed. This one was different though, this seems like the start of an adventure where each day is a fantastic gift. Everything is possible and I have no concern for either future or past, I am present and enlightened! At least temporary. I have submerged my ego and all that is left is pure being, it has been a terrifying process although 100% worth it. The ego will always in a way be there but it will not be in control as it used to be. Also today I spent 5 hours training to become a Reiki healer, there were four attunement processes and I am now a Reiki I practitioner. The beautiful Gila my Reiki master was the perfect teacher. Her partner, the Zen Buddhist San Bao came home and made us some delicious tea and they both gave me some presents to bring with me to Hajjar, which brings me to my next destination, Urud Thani, north, near the border of Laos. My plane leaves at 06.00 this morning and I need to go to Bangkok first, then another flight to Urud Thani. I’m there 10.50 and will be picked up by some locals at the airport. I always wanted one of these nameplates at an airport, well tomorrow is the time for that fulfillment. I have bought Hajjar a nice present for his retreat center. A juicer that can make juice out of almost everything, fruits, vegetables, berries and leaves. Can't wait to meet him again, my spiritual guide and friend Hajjar Gibran.

The flower of life, magic number 8.

One of the first days I came here I met this really sweet Vancouvian, Canadian woman called Koreanne, she taught me about the magic numbers 1-9 and the cycle of the flower of life. First of all this theory and way of life is based on that everything in the universe as we know it is connected together and that every individual's life can be compared to the development of a "seemingly insignificant" beautiful flower. The phases are as follow: 1. Seed, 2. Water, 3. Sprout, 4. Root, 5. Grow, 6. Bulb, 7. Flower, 8. Fruit, 9. Reseed. It's also divided into 3 main periods: 1. Seeding, 2. Growing, 3. Harvesting. What is interesting with this system is that every cycle repeats itself after 9 years where the cycle is started again using the seeds from your last one. This method describes Karma just perfectly and it just made naturally very good sense to me and I will study it more closely. To figure out your number it's almost like numerology, f.eks. me who is born 08.04.1976 is 8 + 4 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 6 = 35, 3 + 5 = 8, which is my number, 8! So I am in Harvest by nature and more specifically a fruit personality, mmm juicy! that doesn't sound too bad at all ;) What makes this even more interesting is that when she asked me my birthdate and I said 8 of April she told me she was born at the exact same date, 8. April. When I also found out that the whole Spa and also the road to the ATM outside was paved with the number 8 I decided that there has to be something to this. More about this later when I have done some more research.

The path to enlightenment

I'll let you in on a little secret now, it is time. As some of you already know I sold my houses back in Norway, paid all my debt and have no ties anymore. The reason why I went to Thailand was to get in touch with what is and has been natural in all of us since we were born, but that most of us have forgotten; To be, here and now, in this present moment! This is a place that don't exist if we are busy planning ahead, stuck in the past or maybe both. The only one who can remind us is luckily our children and some rare adult who have developed the skills needed. It's also extremely hard to grasp when living in the daily routines of society, although, in my speculations, not impossible with the right tools available and some heavy doses of self-dicipline. So the wisdom I'm hoping to attain on this journey is to learn the skills needed to call upon the present moment wherever I am. I am also prepared to stay here longer or return here if this way of life needs more research. Who knows, maybe I bring the secrets I find with me home and make a living passing them on there.

Coconut seeding

I’m sitting on the beach in the Samui Sundown and reflect upon the first 6 days of fasting. It’s been a weird although utterly fantastic journey through space and time. I’ve had some awake nights with a spinning mind and some wonderful days fully alive, fully aware and present. To reach this place of temporary enlightenment gives me hope that it is attainable over even longer periods of time. As commented earlier this program really gets you in touch with yourself on a deeper level. Since last time I’ve been planting coconut trees, my contribution to Samui’s continous prosperity. Also I did some nice meditation and yoga along with some trips to the steam bath. Today I’m starting my Reiki Healing Practitioner stage I, there are III in total. My teacher Gila is really something special. At day 6 I can feel my energy levels are a bit lower than usual, my special fasting diet don't allow me any carbohydrates, there is only 1,5 days until I can eat proper food again. After that I’m heading for new adventure north in Udon Thani, near the border of Laos. I will do a second fast there with my dear friend and spiritual guide Hajjar Gibran. We will be accompanied by his literary agent Greg and Karin a remerkable spiritual healer from Switzerland.

Yesterday was Toi's birthday and some hungry monks were holding the meditation. They even threw water on us, it felt a little bit like salvation to be honest and for some reason something was released inside me and expressed itself in a tear from each of my eyes. This fasting, cleansing and detoxification process works for the mind and soul as well for the physical body. Anyway, I've never seen anything like Toi's birthday party, Toi is by the way Guy's wife, the owner of this spa and 2 more. In one day, as by magic they made beautiful flower bouquets, the 9 monks above came to bless the whole thing and to eat of course, they made a HUGE stage down at the beach (which in the morning also magically disappeared again...) where ladyboys from Chaweng put on a show together with a bunch of other entertainers. There were probably 500 people here and everything was for free, all kinds of delicious thai dishes and fruits, beer, whiskey whatever you could ask for..The local police was here also in uniforms drinking at a special police table :) I highly recommend anybody who is thinking about visiting this place to book a bungalow well in advance (at least 6 months) at Toi's birthday which is 17.February, before you start the fasting program. Since I was fasting I could only look at all that delicious food. I was tired too so I went to bed early and were awoken every 5 minutes by the high bass that made my bungalow shake and my heart to jump in my chest. Surprisingly they stopped the music around 02.00 in the morning.

Spa Samui detox

I will be here for a week more while doing my fasting, cleansing and detox program. Fasting have been a tradition in Eastern culture and many of the worlds religions for thousands of years. The concept is based on activating the body's natural healing processes, at least in Eastern tradition that is the purpose. What happens when you stop to eat is that all of the cells in the body starts to clean themselves out and brings previously stored toxic waste through the bloodstream to the Colon, to make sure the colon don't re-uptake these toxins I literally flush my ass with coffee and garlic water in the morning and evening. The reason why I do garlic also is that it is really good for reducing yeast overgrowth and killing any possible parasites. Does it sound extreme? maybe, the first time I was here I was saying; no way I'm going through with this thing, are you people out of your minds? Now it's the fourth time I'm here and I can really feel the wonders it does to my body. In seven days all the major organs and the bloodstream have gotten a proper cleanup. You can compare it with having your car on service which seems to be far more important for people than giving themselves some service. If you ask me it's stupid not to do this if you have the chance, it will make you feel and look younger, boost your immune system and prevent future chronic disease. I can't remember the last time I was sick, I worked in a kindergarten for 4 months without getting even a cough.. Well try it out if you want people, here is a link to The Spa so you can have a look for yourself. And don't worry about starving, usually I lose about 5kg of fat during a week but you'll get all the nutrition you need through soups and juices so the hunger is not as bad as you would think. I'll be more than happy to answer any questions concerning fasting and detoxing, so don't be afraid to ask. And please, stay tuned for more happy days..

Daily meditation

San Bao, the travelling, Zen Buddism practitioner was having the meditation yesterday and said some words that I will take with me and share with you: "There is a time to be vigourous and there is a time to be exhausted" what he ment by this was; Don't judge yourself for not being at your best always, lean into the world in your own pace and acknowledge that some days we can allow ourself not to be at our best. These are very simple, but wise words that filled me with peace.

Spa Samui

My new, sexy home.....why am I doing here? coming up next..

Flagburning

At last they burned the norwegian flag also! Viva la Noruega!

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/artikkel.php?artid=593436

5 nights in Bangkok

Well my fingers are ithcing to start, so that language thingy needs to come second :)

Ah let's start with Bangkok, it's the fourth time I was there and that place really can suck you in, chew you and spit you out again, if you're not careful. Well, since careful is not my middle name I got to have some interesting experiences. One involving meeting a lady boy (Katoy) called Benz and the other having a party on the street with the tuc-tuc drivers (3 wheel mororcycle with a 2-3 person big backseat) just outside Pantip Palaze (Bangkok's biggest electromarket along with MBK). When I first met Benz I knew from the start that she had been a he once. She actually forced my hand down there to feel for myself. Although Katoy's are not my cup of tea sexually, along with thai people in general, she turned out to be very kind. She peeled the best mango ever at her place and she bought breakfast for me, she went off to Singapore on "business" before I left Bangkok.

Meeting and befriending tuc-tuc drivers in the street was the most "cultural" experience I've had in Bangkok and for the second time, I was the one who was wined and dined. The snacks was cashewnuts with salt, small shrimps (kung) with basil and chili and squid in a sour sauce. Perfect drinking food! Along with Thai whiskey (which is kind of dodgy) and loads of beer we had a blast! The guy I got in contact with from the start bought his tuc-tuc for 300.000 bath (appx nkr. 60.000) and lived in an apartment without aircon for 4000 bath a month (appx nkr. 800). He was supposed to go home to his wife and gave the telephone to me when she called :) In the end she came to pick him up and was furious...

As usual when I'm catching airplanes the time seem to run faster than normal. I gave the taxi driver 3 times the amount he should have had, up front! 1000 bath(nkr.180), get me to the airport fast as hell! Thai drivers usually drives dirty without getting asked and this fellow really proved to be worth the money. He saved me 10 minutes on the ride and when I checked in it was 35 minutes before the plane left. At last safe, out of that hellhole which makes hard men humble after only 1 night. I stayed there 5 and imagine how humble my heart is now ;)

Stay tuned..

Separated in fear oneness in love.

We are all different facets of the same diamond, separation and isolation is the work of fear, although sharing our being with others is letting go of the fear and trusting love. Therefore we are one in love and light and alone in fear and darkness.