{"id":745,"date":"2026-08-04T05:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/?p=745"},"modified":"2026-08-04T05:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:13:10","slug":"now-and-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/04\/now-and-then\/","title":{"rendered":"Now and Then"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new batch of students are all here.  As we in 2029 will celebrate our 40th year, some of them will move on to become our Alumina !!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So also the book by our Founder, &#8216;Living with Himalayan Masters&#8217;, which will soon get to be five decades old &#8211; even today catching the attention of young and old alike !!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bk.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-746\" style=\"width:164px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bk.png 378w, https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bk-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swami Rama sharing as to why this was written said, <em>&#8220;I feel this need in my heart to honor my master and the sages; everything I have done, I owe to their wisdom&#8230;many  don&#8217;t understand that  path of spirituality is not the same as professing a religion.  One is built on experience, the other is accepted on faith.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/theresa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-747\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8689618361355751;width:195px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/theresa.jpg 431w, https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/theresa-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many were those who were instrumental in making it happen.  To Theresa (Ma Devi) who assisted in typesetting the final edit of the book and whose anniversary of transition is today, our love and respects.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new batch of students are all here. As we in 2029 will celebrate our 40th year, some of them will move on to become our Alumina !! So also the book by our Founder, &#8216;Living with Himalayan Masters&#8217;, which will soon get to be five decades old &#8211; even today catching the attention of <a href=\"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/04\/now-and-then\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Now and Then<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":748,"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hihtindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}