Gentle focus and study facilitated by this place has quenched my mental thirst. When not meditating, mopping with a bamboo and old rag, sweeping with a bunch of twigs or washing up with wood ash and coconut fibre,I have spent several hours a day in my room under the fan with spiritual books I have gathered from Ashrams and Amazon (they weigh less on the kindle!). I have now created a higgledy-piggledy manual on how I want to lead my life when I get home. There are scribbled pages in my notebook which now contain (in no particular order)…
- Wonderful quotes from all of the books I have read.
- Big things to ponder/consider …like ongoing vegetarianism
- Ways I can immediately start to serve others
- Ideas about the right kind of work to facilitate happiness
- Notes and suggestions as to how to simplify my UK life
- Situations that I have found hard to deal with and how to accomplish them better
- Things to look up when I get back
- Lists of what is important now …and what isn’t
- A page or so on the meditation space I am going to create
- Techniques for starting/coping with/ending the day properly
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| Earthenware ...unbelievably cool! |
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