The course deepens... as does our need for the constipation to STOP!
On Wednesday we practiced kriyas, or cleansing techniques. It was all very comical, actually, and I too would have been laughing had it not been for the fact that I too was in line with everyone else throwing up. (That's therapeutic vomiting you non-kriya people!)
No wonder all the flowers surrounding the pool area are all so pretty, they're constantly getting "watered." Apparently this is where all the kriya lessons take place, so this area has a rich history of being used as the main spot for the purgation of one's insides.
Well, no one will ever go barefoot in the pool area ever again, that's for sure!
I never thought I'd say this, but it turns out that diarrhea is your friend. There are two reasons for this;
1. after a strict change in diet, most people in the program had severe (and I mean SEVERE *ahem*) constipation for over a week. Any one of those poor folks would have welcomed the "urge" to go. You know, the funny thing was that pretty much every one finally felt like going about 8-10 days into the program, but unfortunately, the ashram had run low on toilet paper at about the same time....man, you never saw so many people hoarding tissue in your life! Sneaking off in the middle of the night....taking the car into town to buy tissue and toilet paper...half the ashram was in town on "reconnaissance missions..."
2. One of only three possible and viable excuses to get you out of a class if you desperately need the rest. The other two things being illness and death - yours, of course! - And they do check.
In the morning it turned out that the parking lot was looted and my roomies' car stolen. They found it later that day, luckily it was in ok shape, but they stole her two mantra chanting CD's. Now here is the interesting part of that story;
My three roommates and I decide to go to town for some "provisions" - now this is the first time Debbie is driving her car since it was stolen a few days earlier....It is a beautiful sunny day...we role down all four windows and Debbie remarks how it is too bad the thieves took her CD's. She is about to turn on the radio when she notices there is a CD in the player...looks like the thieves left her a "gift." What the heck, she turns it on and blaring out of the four opened windows come intense, hardcore french rap! And it was sooooooo good.....all four of us were completely into it....except for the fact that right at that moment the swami walks by and stares at us in surprise! Well, it was good while it lasted anyhow!
Tonight we are observing silence. Also known as mouna. What bliss. Too bad it is only for a night. While at the Yasodhara ashram in British Columbia several years ago, I would do a week of silence at a time, it is SUCH a beautiful experience. I highly recommend you try it at some point.
peace and light,
Yvette
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