Tejaswini Shankara, who goes by Teja (pronounced “Tay-juh”), is a yogini-mystic of the Shakahara StarFire Tribe, a Ramayana scholar, a Mama of two amazing young men, and a barefoot nature lover who loves the Sun, orange marigolds, sunflowers, red roses, trees, birds, stars, red rocks, hot black coffee (organic, fair trade, dark roast!), pinecones, amethyst crystals, sacred science fiction/fantasy realms, and the vision of Hanuman in the pine tree forests, ever ringing his bells and singing "Rama, Rama, Rama!”
As a blended Hindu-Buddhist-Taoist-Jedi (who also bows to Christ Consciousness, Nature-Loving Science, and nature-based traditions like Tibetan Buddhist and Native American), Shakaharini StarFire Teja Ray aspires to send nourishing spiritual energies and love energies out to all beings each day. She is a vegan visionary with various ever-evolving ministries.
At the heart of the Star Wars saga is the Jedi understanding that the Force is in everything and everyone, so the Jedi feel compassion for all living beings. Thus Jedi = Vegan Ahimsa = Shakahara. As a Jedi wannabe, Teja Ray seeks to cultivate that level of superhero compassion in her daily vegan life. And, she visualizes a world in which all the good peaceful people turn the darksiders (like Ravana) back to the Light!
Teja Ray writes for the animals in her tree-house temple over a small green urban forest.
