miscellaneous writings and musings....

...food heaven, sooo many kinds of bananas..

...I learn a lot about myself in this land that is so different from what is familiar.

...there are rice fields everywhere here, along with coconut palms and banana trees. It is hard to imagine doing the work of growing and harvesting rice..Seeing it in real life makes me appreciate rice more when I eat it....

...I know that all of life is changing every moment...and that clinging to what was, doesn't change anything..just makes it hard to be in this present moment...

...Many things here seem universal and I find that very comforting...

So many people , so crowded, so much trash to deal with, so many people need to get from here to there. And it is possible to create space for oneself in the middle of it all...to think...to feel...to notice.

... the cows symbolize some major lesson in acceptance...they just sit down wherever they are...and just be there. It's amazing to see. The busses, bicycles, pedestrians and motorcycles all just go around them, and they just be there.....

...I'm sitting here writing to you ...and missing mommy...I want to tell her about all of this...where is she now?

...Being in India is many things...it is all things together...just like anywhere else...all together all exists in the same moment....here and at home...

...the crowds and noise would probably be overwhelming to some, yet every moment I have the chance to be with myself, and with my breadth, and with my experience, in my body, and in this place. this is good....I'm glad to be here...

...I ;feel the challenge of population and I know mommy would just not understand why they don't DO something. Life is so full of condtrdictions..oppportunities for new understandings in a big way...Why don't I just do something?

...Amey, my niece, gave me a challenge for my personal amazing race...I had to go to the allies near the Ganesh Temple in Pondicherry, and get a blessing on the head by a baby elephant... Great task....do you think I did it? check my blog....

..the Gandhi Museaum was so inspiring...I forget how much difference one person can make when they are so focused on an inner truth...Gandhi's creativity in reponding to the changing conditions was fascinating...I want to read more about him.

...the customs and images are often unfamiliar, but the desire to be thankful for what we have is all around me...

...it is interesting to learn about and try to understand how people think about life and death...and to make sense of my own thoughts and ideas and feelings..

...Gandhi decided to live a very simple life, to cshow his compassion for poor people, and he fought for truth and justice using tools of non-violence...

..Technology makes the world seem smaller...I can call or email anywhere quite easily..relatively speaking...40 years ago I did not call home even once...just letters...and audio tapes..

...Poverty, homelessness and hunger exist both here and there...together with wealth , oppulance and over-consumption...What a strange world we live in...

That's it for now...I love you all....Sara