Bliss! 11-11-08

I love it here. I mean, I LOVE it here. I've just been here one afternoon and I think I could stay forever! This makes the bliss I felt with Ganga Ma pale in comparison. Oy. *giggle*

It makes the last few hellish days totally worth it!

Tomorrow is Arunachala Full Moon Pradakshina, circumambulating the mountain. It's 14km or around 8 miles and traditionally done barefoot. Thousands of people do it on the full moon and it usually takes around 4 hours. I don't know if I'm doing it barefoot or not.

Things I love here, at the moment, in no particular order:

• Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharshi's energy!!!
• The daughter of the Internet cafe owners, who looks to be 2 or 3 years old is adorable and flirts with me often.I'm staying right beside the Internet cafe, a chai stall and Sri Ramanasramam.
• There seem to be an equal amount of Westerners and Indians here. A large percentage of the Westerners seem to live here, they drive scooters and bikes and look like they ensconced. I've only heard 2 or 3 American accents, the rest sound European.
• There's wi fi everywhere!
• I get to stay at Sri Ramanasramam for three days starting 25 November, if I choose to.
• People have these white chalk-looking mandalas or yantras outside every entrance to their homes and shops.
• The side lanes are wide and quiet!

I'm sure there's more, but that's enough for now. I only slept catnaps in the airport last night, the flight today, and in the taxi coming here, so I'm going to get offline and get a full night's sleep. I'm glad I got here a day earlier than I originally planned, tomorrow night is the walk. I thought it would be the 13th, but no.

Thinking of you all often. Thanks for reading! Please consider commenting to let me know you're there.

Love and Blessings!