Yay! I found a 'net cafe out of the Ashram in the village. 'Net access in the ashram is expensive, slow, and highly sought after, so I haven't been able to be online much at all. I've been sick with a digestive thing, too, so I haven't been venturing far afield.
This trip has been one of amazing growth and awakening. There's no way to blog it all and I'm losing a lot of the details. No matter, none of the details are really that important. Who I Am is what's important. There's a sense of rapid change and a steady continuity, both at the same time. It's interesting to experience, though I have to admit I'm exhausted.
I arrived at Amritapuri, Amma's ashram in Kerala, yesterday morning after an overnight train ride. OMG, that train!!! I rode in first class sleeper class for the first time, which is not what it sounds like. It's filthy because it's open to the air unless the windows are closed, which is not often. It's a sleeper though, and it's huge and the door to the compartment locks. I had it to myself for about an hour and felt like a queen! A dusty queen, but a queen nonetheless :)
It was like sleeping outside and on a speeding train at the same time, two of my most favourite things combined into one. I totally loved the wind in my hair and face. It was awesome!!!
I felt like I'd come home when I saw Amma giving darshan yesterday morning. I wept in her arms when it was my turn. It's home to me in a spiritual sense, but not in a physical sense. I have everything I need here and I get that it's exactly where I need to be right now, but it's not long term. Once again, an interesting paradox.
I got antibiotics today for my gut at the onsite hospital. This bug is hanging on too long and my body needs some assistance to knock it out. Medical care is free here and the meds cost $4 for three prescriptions. That's better than any copay I've ever had.
Travel days (or nights) are tiring under the best of circumsances and then checking into a room with three roommates and acclimating to a totally new environment has been quite intense. I'm just taking things as they come and got the first good night's sleep in a long time last night, so today I feel a lot better. I've been thinking of home a lot the last few days, where ever that is. I gotta say, this roughing it is losing it's appeal and I'm looking forward to some creature comforts.
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