Crime and Sin

I'm reading a book, "Shantaram" by David Gregory Roberts.
It's the story of David's life as an escaped convict who exiled himself to Bombay, India.
India has always been a country that has fascinated me, and I have dreams of living in an Ashram and spending my days in meditation and asana. There's a quote from the book that has really struck a chord with me and I wanted simply to share it.

"Wherever you go in the world, in any society, it is always the same when it comes to questions of justice. We concentrate our laws, investigations, prosecutions, and punishments on how much crime is in the sin, rather than how much sin is in the crime." ~ Gregory David Roberts

Take it all into you

standing in the water ankle deep
the waves were brushing up past my knees
I held my skirt in my hands
my camera dangled around my neck

looking out to the horizon
ocean blues blurred together until they reached the sky
where the colors danced their way to infinity

I opened my arms
and breathed in a long slow breath of salt laden air.

'close your eyes.' he said

the wind softly whispered in my ears and combed the hair around my face
the sun's fingertips touched my skin and reflected life onto my eyes
the water kissed at my legs as the salt stung against my skin

'When I stand like this - it's like I can feel the entire ocean moving into me.' he said.

the yoga of life