---Ellaeenah JadeFire For me, Krishna Consciousness is not something distant, difficult, or wrapped in complicated spiritual language. It is something very alive. Very intimate. Very human. When I think of Krishna, I do not first think of philosophy. I think of life. I think of colour, laughter, music, love, mischief, beauty, play, tenderness, wisdom, courage, friendship, and that mysterious sparkle that sometimes makes being alive feel like a miracle. Krishna is the child within me. The part...

....Ellaeenah JadeFire You make plans. Everything seems sorted. Then, almost at the last minute, something gets cancelled. Something you have been working towards finally seems within reach, but somehow it does not completely fructify. Money starts going out in strange ways. One expense comes up, then another, and suddenly several things need to be paid for at the same time. Relationships that were moving along normally begin to feel more challenging. Conversations become frustrating because...

---Ellaeenah JadeFire For me, the best way to understand Shiva, Ganesha, Hanuman, Durga, Kali, Saraswati and Lakshmi is not as deities that remain “somewhere outside us,” but as fundamental movements of inner consciousness and human life. Though they are powerful deities of Hindu tradition, and worshipped as divine beings, for me they carry profound inner meanings. Each one represents a particular force that I can recognise in life and within ourselves. Shiva, Ganesha, Lakshmi, Durga,...