Why Spiti is good for you
This is my friend Karan Bedi’s wonderful blog – explaining why Spiti is a terrific place to unwind. I traveled up to Spiti myself years ago, for the Kalachakra Initiation conducted by the Dalai Lama. The experience is indelibly imprinted on my consciousness – to the point that I made Spiti one of the major settings for my soon-to-be published novel, KRISHNA’S COUNSEL…Karan spent some time here in Tiru recently and was blown away by the fact that I had woven the magic and beauty of Spiti into my novel – why? Because he says the folks who live there are so simple they don’t have a clue how attractive they, and their region, are to the rest of the world. Bravo Karan, for daring to love what so many of our youth shy away from – the path less traveled…
Spiti reminds you to step back. Tells you to slow down. To hear your heart, feel the wind. So caught up are we with our daily routine that we are either dwelling about the past, anxious about the future or our agitated mind is trying to find excitement in new things.
In Spiti you won’t be stuck in traffic and there won’t be internet to waste time on Whats app. Like it or not you will be forced to slow down.
My travels in India and outside have convinced me that our core nature is to help others and be kind. In South America, South East Asia, East Africa and more recently in Iran, generosity was shown to me by complete strangers with nothing expected in return. In Spiti you’ll experience the same. Give yourself time, talk to strangers and you will see how people who have much less than…
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