I never thought that I would be able to fall in love with anyone. Long time ago I thought that there just isn’t any person that is meant to be with me. Then I went through the stage where I thought that it’s possible to love anyone if you become lovable enough. This, in fact, I [...]
I never told this to anyone but here it goes… I didn’t pray sincerely until 2 months ago. Yes, I meditated a long time now and I thought that that’s enough to know the Creator of this world. But what I experienced after sincere prayer was more powerful than many of the months of my [...]
On the train from Igatpuri to Goa throughout the whole 13 hour journey me and my Australian friend slept for only under an hour. We had so much to talk about after the ashram. It was a big relief for Justine to talk again after 10 days of silence. She talked so much that even [...]
Read Vipassana Course Part One here. Vipassana Course Day Six Yesterday I went to bed deeply thinking about whether there is a real earthly love or not and I came to the conclusion that any person could love anyone if you look deep into one’s heart. And then I got this dream when I fell [...]
My arrival to the Vipassana meditation centre I arrived to the town of the Vipassana meditation centre from Mumbai by train. The town where my meditation centre was located was called Igatpuri. This town had one of the biggest Vipassana meditation centres in India. Me and Justine (whom I mentioned in the previous post) arrived [...]
The train journey from Surat to Mumbai took just a few hours, but it was very hot and I didn’t buy enough water because I thought that the water will be sold on the train. But the sellers only sold “Garam chai”, which is hot tea. To my surprise they didn’t sell water throughout [...]
Read the previous post about my adventures on the train here. When we came to Surat station we decided to stay in the waiting room for a few hours since it was still dark. After a few hours we caught a rickshaw to the ashram. It was still dark in the city when we caught [...]
Second Day in Delhi Read about my first day in Delhi here. In the morning of my second day in Delhi I wrote a blog post and then chilled out at home for a while. At around 1pm I dressed in my Punjabi dress and went out to see the president’s residence. I used the [...]
I don’t often write about my personal relationships but this story would benefit too many people to not talk about it. So here it goes… (and I hope the people who are in the story either won’t read it or won’t get offended for being mentioned:)) When I came to the UK (in 2006 I [...]
I remember when I was a teenager at school I used to have a best friend in my class. When we were together, we would always think of something exciting and unusual to do. We would as though become an unstoppable force seamlessly going through all the barriers and achieving all our dreams. I especially [...]
My name is Simona Rich and I help people improve themselves through the articles and products of this website. Although I have found my life's purpose and now I spend my time traveling throughout India and sharing my knowledge, my life used to be completely different. Read more about me.
