So.. since last time a lot has happened.. and not much at the same time. For one, the Brahma temple is quite powerful.. He stares at you with these eyes, these deep reflecting eyes.. Maybe i'll go back to see him tonight actually before we go.. Lea left for Delhi and soon for France.. Now Batiste and I are off to Udaipur tonight at midnight, and two days later i need to be on a bus to Mumbai with tickets for Goa in my hand, because...
getting out of India might be a bit of a problem.. (for some reason, flying standby, I seem to have no trouble getting there and all the trouble leaving...) Danielle tells me the 15th (which is a Sat. is pretty full so she's going to check before and after and let me know, although after is closer to Christmas so it may end up before). Unfortunately, I need to know cuz i want to book my train from Goa to Mumbai a week ahead of time so I positively have a ticket.. anyways we'll leave all that up to the universe to decide..
Anyways, I dont know if i mentioned this before, but after all that shopping in Delhi and sending 11kg home, and saying that was it, i'm done shopping for good. What do I do? I go and buy a 2 or 3kg statue of Siva that's huge and takes up a good deal of my backpack (my backpack which was so light and small and efficient for all of what, two days..). But oh well, I'll be carrying Siva on my back like a cross for the next week or two ;op
It's been difficult for me to be here in India.. to be present to what's going on here.. some of you know the reason why.. so maybe it's better that i come home sooner, and next time I come (and there will be a next time..) I'll have to stay for longer, and with fewer attachments to the past.. Found a good book with conversations between Krishnamurti and David Bohm (a physicist whose works i have been known to quote in academic papers) which I have decided to take with me from the hotel where we are staying.. I figure I've donated more than enough books to various guest houses throughout india to compensate for that..
Anyways I'm checking now for my train to Goa and there are 4 seats available as of right now so as soon as we get to Udaipur (after checking into a hotel, of course) I need to go book those tickets.. and preferably also the return ticket although that can be done in Mumbai itself without paying an extra commission for the travel agent.. but wow it's so strange to have so little time and to be pressed for time for that matter..
oh well i have much to do back in the US of A before I come back to India again so ... i'm just blathering on now so i'm going to take my leave..
