a week later we were in los angeles for the international agape church services, here, with music director, rickie byars beckwith



in our concert, later in the week, we had a great time with new friend
guitarist greg douglass (steve miller, van morrison, link wray), and sarod
maestro montino bourbon



in austin texas - feeling a little travel weary (me at least) we meet up
with our dear friend paritosho, who was instrumental in bringing us to the
states, many, many years ago



and after the last concert of the us tour - in houston - manose finally crashes out!



but wait - there's one more stop - meeting up with our tantra-mantra partner, rafia



and the group - in mexico!



a week later, saying good bye to the tantra-mantra participants, we headed
for australia, via los angeles,
where we spent a quiet evening in malibu with our precious friends bruce
martin and carolyn costin



and then, completing the circle, we arrived back at the river house - the
monks were gone, but the river, thankfully, remains!



thank you all, for sharing these amazing times with us.

here's a quote from osho that kind of sums it all up:

When thousands and thousands of people around the earth are celebrating,
singing, dancing, ecstatic, drunk with the divine, there is no possibility
of any global suicide.
With such festivity and with such laughter, with such sanity and health,
with such naturalness and spontaneity, how can there be a war?...
Life has been given to you to create, and to rejoice, and to celebrate.
When you cry and weep, when you are miserable, you are alone.
When you celebrate, the whole existence participates with you.
Only in celebration do we meet the ultimate, the eternal.
Only in celebration do we go beyond the circle of birth and death.