tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:11:57 +0000My journey in India starts with a lot of noise, love, comfort, family but I venture on to Osho where I plan to take a journey inside and be still and at peace :)http://riasikka.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)Blogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-4778405246116117309Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:08:00 +00002008-03-27T01:26:56.857-07:00I am amazed at this experience of life I'm living right now....and right now is all that matters(although when I think of the future, it only excites me and takes me away from my center). After the filth I witnessed in Varanasi and after spending 4 longest hours of my life on the train station in Varanasi waiting for the ever elusive train to take me to Delhi, I was ready to right India off http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-am-amazed-at-this-experience-of-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-7763763818949686Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:16:00 +00002008-03-02T22:04:33.617-08:00WOW! My last post was almost 5 months ago. A lot has happened in the last 5 months, both in the spiritual world and my physical world. I am not much into sharing my inner journey any more. It's becoming more and more personal and intense and I feel that sharing such experiences tend to leak my energy. Just want you guys to know that i am happier and stronger than I've ever been before. I still http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2008/03/wow-my-last-post-was-almost-5-months.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-1789808496592563282Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:02:00 +00002007-10-11T06:05:07.361-07:00Well, I was going to write about the adventures of Crazy, Guava and Sponge in London but I couldn't do it justice like Crazy did. So if you wanna know what happened to me in London, please click on the link below.http://crazyschronicles.blogspot.com/2007/09/well-it-looks-as-though-i-left-off-on.htmlhttp://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/10/well-i-was-going-to-write-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-6453936032716776509Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:20:00 +00002007-09-27T05:39:51.915-07:00With a very very very heavy heart I bid goodbye to Israel.What a lovely 5 weeks I've had. All my life I had so many illusions about Israel...not a country I wanted to visit. I have collected so many beautiful memories of so many beautiful places and lovely people with open hearts and not such "jewish" habits!Highlights of my trip:Watching the sunset over the desert and the color of the red Jordanhttp://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/09/with-very-very-very-heavy-heart-i-bid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-2796271335599460504Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:19:00 +00002007-09-09T08:08:49.223-07:00Med sea to Dead sea to Red SeaAfter a lovely breakfast with Nir and Dana (Eran's lovely friends) we left our apartment on the banks of med(iterranean) sea enroute to Dead sea. Dead sea is so crazy. It is lower than sea level -400 meters. How strange is that. Also, it is the saltiest sea in the world. So, we arrived at the there at around 6 pm. Spent the evening hanging out with one of Eran's http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/09/med-sea-to-dead-sea-to-red-sea-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-4793056835460395729Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:37:00 +00002007-09-09T07:19:40.839-07:00The Big Fat Jewish WeddingMe and Eran got up early on thursday and started our long journey (2 hours) to Eran's parent's house in the North. Apparently 2 hours is considered a very long drive according to Israeli standards. I understand that now having travelled from the northern most point to the southern most tip of Israel. It takes 6 hours to go across the country. Considering what a small http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/09/big-fat-jewish-wedding-me-and-eran-got.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-8848020490192203955Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:56:00 +00002007-08-24T04:31:06.440-07:00Happy Birthday to me :)Thanks a lot for the lovely wishes from all of you lovely people. It was so wonderful to open my email account and have it flooded with love from you all. I feel very loved...both on hotmail and facebook :) So, here is my story now...I arrived in Italy in the most roundabout way as possible. 5 countries and 24 hours later, I arrived in Florence to find myself in a rainy andhttp://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/08/happy-birthday-to-me-thanks-lot-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-1020263586240637825Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:32:00 +00002007-08-09T09:17:44.833-07:00And let the next adventure begin…..The time has come to bid farewell to the beautiful city of Vancouver. I arrived here, with much reservations, on July 3rd. I had very good reasons to be a little hesitant about coming to Vancouver. The city had been the source of a lot of pain and heartache over the last 7 years. I felt like I was ready to take my new tools that I had learned for a test drive. http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/08/and-let-next-adventure-begin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-7843341808883077531Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:10:00 +00002007-07-14T12:11:19.183-07:00Guess who is back in VanCity. Yes, after having fallen off the face of the earth for the month of June, I decided to drop by and say hey. I was in Tuscany, Italy for a month in a little village with one computer for internet access. Even that computer was very moody and lethargic. So after going through some withdrawal for the first week, I actually quite enjoyed not having any connection to the http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/07/guess-who-is-back-in-vancity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-7473049771821561266Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:07:00 +00002007-06-03T02:58:14.522-07:00Prego! MamaMia! Cappuccino! The land of Gelato...that's where I am now.No more cows, no more shit, no more bumpy roads that make your bones and your teeth rattle, no more garbage that smells so intense that you can literally taste it, no more signs advertising yoga, reiki, meditation. I arrived in Frankfurt and was to meet my lovely friend Evi there. I got out of the plane and was amazed at the http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/06/prego-mamamia-cappuccino-land-of-gelato.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-935753624412371291Tue, 15 May 2007 07:31:00 +00002007-05-15T01:39:03.048-07:00Real India travelling....Can I say how happy I am to be out of Nepal...finally!!!! Kathmandu tried real hard not to let us go but we fought a tough battle and made our way out...and that too in style! To make a long story short, we arrived at the airport in Kathmandu to take our flight and were informed that there were not enough people on the flight so they decided to cancel it. We were promptlyhttp://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/05/real-india-travelling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-2396978729464342897Sat, 05 May 2007 09:30:00 +00002007-05-05T03:34:54.735-07:00 Goodbye Nepal, Namaste India all over again...Said our goodbye to Arun, tatoo boy, and now it' s just me and Eran making our way to the Himalayas in India. Should be fun...I like how chilled travelling is with him. We have a lot of fun together and since he's so young, he can keep up with me. LOL! I did tire out both the boys when we went trekking last week. We completed our circuit which was http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/05/goodbye-nepal-namaste-india-all-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-665604083309336682Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:08:00 +00002007-04-23T03:30:26.592-07:00In Nepal at the moment with Shrek and the Cat…obviously that makes me donkey!! That's what we are calling ourselves….Arun is Shrek, me donkey and Eran is the Cat. We left Pune on Friday the 13 th for Delhi. In Delhi, we treated ourselves to a five star hotel for one night. It was absolutely lovely to take a break from all the meditation and enjoy the luxuries this beautiful world has to offer. I http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/04/in-nepal-at-moment-with-shrek-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-3704125142589670422Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:37:00 +00002007-03-31T23:23:30.394-07:00Just call me Rose, Mystic Rose!3 weeks of laughter, crying and unbelievable silence and it's all over now. Now we just sit back and let the rose bloom. They say it keeps blooming for months ....lets see what happens. In the meantime, its getting bloody hot in this city. So hot that you take a shower, and by the time you step out and dry yourself, you are wet again....with sweat!! It's horrible. Ihttp://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/03/just-call-me-rose-mystic-rose-3-weeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-4715067080265948858Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:07:00 +00002007-03-24T03:20:42.712-07:00On a lovely starlit night, soft breeze flowing thorough my hair, surrounded with people from all parts of the world esp Israeli Jews, I watched Borat! Wow, what an experience that was! We had a great laugh all together at the stupid Americans. Infact, on the next variety show nite, one of the funniest guys I've ever met, also a jew, is gonna perform a skit as Borat! Can't wait....Wawawewa!!!!http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/03/on-lovely-starlit-night-soft-breeze.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-8925631337103303287Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:06:00 +00002007-03-20T00:07:36.539-07:00Lemme start with a real funny joke Osho told yesterday: One day the pope is doing a crossword puzzle and he comes across a clue that stumps him. He asks his pastor, "do you know a four letter word used to describe a woman that ends in unt?" The pastor says "aunt". And the pope says, "yeah, that's it. can i please have an eraser?" LOL! Every evening we go to the meditation auditorium to listen to http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/03/lemme-start-with-real-funny-joke-osho.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-7135094280419587190Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:19:00 +00002007-03-08T09:30:47.318-08:00I am still flying high and loving every minute of what I now know life is all about. Finally, I am totally and utterly free. I am soooooo lucky, so blessed that God gave me so much. I think every good deed that I’ve ever done in my life has paid off for now I have found this beautiful place. To have financial freedom, to have freedom from society, from work and finally to have freedom from the http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-am-still-flying-high-and-loving-every.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-4628400871462571539Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:02:00 +00002007-02-19T23:07:34.755-08:00I finally found my G-spot!Lol! Yes, once you find your G-spot, you cannot stop the convulsions that spread all over your body. No, I am not talking about my sexual G-spot. Osho calls your G-spot your Giggling Spot. I swear when that gets activated, you just giggle until you have tears in your eyes and your body just goes into convulsions. What can I say about this place. Sometimes I feel so http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-finally-found-my-g-spot-lol-yes-once.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-4126417853498855087Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:39:00 +00002007-02-12T23:25:29.255-08:00Ahhh.....the world of Maroon!!!!So, i've arrived in the land of maroon. The first day in Pune I had to stay in a hotel, so I treated myself to 5 star! Love 5 star after 4 long months of hostels...some too shity to even get one star (I feel your pain Brett). So at this lovely 5 star hotel, I met a man within the first hour of being there. Nice English dude living and working in Pune. We decided tohttp://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/02/ahhh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-2193975950137545387Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:31:00 +00002007-02-08T21:51:50.015-08:00One more sleep...How long have I waited to go to Osho now? I think it's been atleast 2 years. Finally, set out tomorrow morning....early at 6 am. Train to Delhi and then flight to Pune and a rickshaw to the ashram. To the land of maroon! Apparently you can only wear the color maroon while you are on campus...even your bathing suit and work out clothes have to be maroon. Sounds a bit gay...but http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/02/one-more-sleep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-5419160473559336091Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:23:00 +00002007-02-06T04:34:59.023-08:00Still in shock....Spent the entire day yesterday walking around like a zombie. A day full of tears, restlessness, pain, anxiety and fear! Everytime I close my eyes I see Karam's face! A question that begs to be answered is what is this life for? We live our lives planning so many things, collecting material goods, forming relationships, getting married, having kids and then we all die. We all diehttp://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/02/still-in-shock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-2074872220158054412Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:47:00 +00002007-02-04T23:17:39.842-08:00The phone call...How many more times would I have to receive a phone call like this in my life...I wonder. I went to Ludhiana the other day to hang out with my friends Gini and Vineet and a couple of other friends, Loveleen and Karam, visiting from Vancouver. We all decided to meet up in Ludhiana, a city half way between where I live and where Loveleen and Karam were staying. It was so lovely to http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/02/phone-call.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-7965177669290414813Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:49:00 +00002007-02-03T01:38:47.230-08:00Peace....has always seemed fleeting, short lived, something I've chased after, something I've yearned...an enigma. Now, this picture speaks to me of peace. Looking at the face of a sleeping baby is pure peace. It is mesmerizing, the look on a baby's face when they are sleeping and the emotion it evokes in your heart. Nothing compares to it.Had another lovely day with the fam! Spent the entire dayhttp://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/02/peace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-7998638560524253262Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:38:00 +00002007-02-03T00:49:07.875-08:00Spent the entire first day in bed…eating, talking, reading, sleeping, just chillin’!!! Next day, it was off to Ludhiana, a city about 1 hour away to see my friend Ginni pig and Vineet. It was so nice to spend the day with them, catching up on old times. After Vineet left us to go play badminton, me and Ginni went to the spa to get some pampering. After an hour long facial, my grandma can proudly http://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/02/spent-first-entire-day-in-bedeating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35352683.post-8549314264243777342Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:39:00 +00002007-01-30T05:44:56.602-08:00CAIO SUD AMERICA, NAMASTE INDIA !!!!So, after a long 17 hours in transit for a flight that should have taken me from Quito to Caracas in 3 hours, I arrived in Caracas at 11:00 pm. Got to my hotel, which was pure luxury compared to some of the shit holes we stayed in. This was to be my last nite in South America. I left the MTV channel on all nite so I could absorb every bit of Spanish music whilehttp://riasikka.blogspot.com/2007/01/caio-sud-america-namaste-india-so-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ria Sikka)1