by Hiro Boga | Energy Alchemy, Inner Journeys
Today’s practice: Pick a word — any word. Explore it with a receptive heart and enquiring mind today. Remember, you are a guest in its world. Meet it with gratitude for its hospitality, and a sincere desire to get to know it — its heart and mind, its...
by Hiro Boga | Inner Journeys, Soul Business
Last fall, my son James launched his brand-new business, a comics and classic games shop in the university district of our hometown. He has been dreaming this business into being since he was in his mid-teens. And now, his dream has landed: An airy, light-filled,...
by Hiro Boga | Inner Journeys
I grew up in Bombay, which, in the 1950’s, was a vibrant mercantile city of about 3 million people. It was a city of neighborhoods. The one in which we lived was a mish-mash of old Colonial bungalows, crumbling plaster houses, low concrete buildings and...
by Hiro Boga | Inner Journeys, Soul Business
I love roses. I love their labyrinthine petals, their careless beauty, their mysterious, glowing hearts. I love their generous perfume, the sovereign power of their thorny stems. The very first rose bush I planted was a variety called Fragrant Cloud. A gorgeously...
by Hiro Boga | Inner Journeys
Growing up in India, poverty, hunger, disease, death and suffering were all around me. You can smell it, see it, taste it there. It’s in your face, in ways that it isn’t, here, most of the time. It’s also a culture in which the concept of karma leads...
by Hiro Boga | Community, Inner Journeys
I spent this weekend at a beloved friend’s wedding. Her community, and that of her new husband, gathered to celebrate their joy, their love, and the birth of their new family. There are primal forces that lend their power and blessing to any birth. Devas of...