like after two months of writing abstinence I bring back a few Erlebnnisse on paper and lack of time, comfort and love for you I try to take as short as possible.
PONDICHERRY
began here on April 8, the summer holidays and the students left our home about two months with their parents spend. So it was no more work for us and the very next day I packed my things and in a roundabout way and with much effort to Pondicherry (see google maps). The city on the southeast coast India is known for its beautiful beach promenade, the romantic streets of the French colonial period, and the alleged French-speaking Indians. With these ideas and I'm this, and after about 16 hard-hour bus ride with three transfers as I arrived at a crowded bus station and saw over 30 degree heat in a man right in the throng of empty buses. The first impression was bad: hot, loud, ugly and dirty. The disappointment was, however, limited as I do with great difficulty reached the beach promenade. It was a kind of redemption after this when I really tiring journey finally at the finish was and finally found the beautiful wide beach in front of me.
Since the whole time I was surrounded by other people, I found my first night completely alone in a hotel a bit strange but very beautiful. It was great to be alone for myself and pursue my own rhythm. A whole room just for me, with a bed, even (-: Noise The sea I could hear it and have breakfast overlooking the sea is simply beautiful
AUROVILLE
The Tobi, our times in the project. had visited was in the nearby neighboring city of Auroville and I visited him once briefly at an iced coffee in a bar where you could mix the drinks themselves and the money simply throw a box inside. The city is very small and that it really is a global village and a real community with an ideology behind it is already can feel the atmosphere and the way people interact with each other.
I were hippie enough I'd even live there.
CHENNAI:
wanted after few days in Pondicherry I really non-stop about Chennai to Hyderabad, but
have stupidly I missed the bus map and sat 7am at the bus station, because I just too tired it out to see hot and Chennai was too ugly for me to bother to do anything yet. Have me how many Indians simply laid on the floor and waited. Patience is a virtue Beneficial ...
HYDERABAD
arrived in Hyderabad, I met the friendliest people in general so far ... maybe it is because that many Muslims live in Hyderabad relative (-: In any case, I helped several gentlemen the way to the meditation center to find and I was happy as huge as a small group of colorfully dressed ladies, so are actually very reluctant Europeans over the Rikshawfahrer let me rip off from me as non-Indians, of course, wanted to double the price, we were right with the sow. He should be ashamed of himself and what he thinks of me so want to cheat and in the end he took me for half price to your destination. Great!
My inspiration: My
meditation course was tough as expected, but have not as pronounced as some might think. Every morning at 4 clock is a nice gentleman with a cowbell around and hurled all woken up. To my surprise I was not very serious. The rules were clear: participants do not speak to each other, eye contact and nonverbal communication is not just desirable, walking all by yourself, talking with the teachers to be reduced to a minimum, write no books, no books for, no music, no phones, no contact with the outside world and the worst: No Dinner!
So I lay in bed every night tired and could not sleep because I was tired just bad. The silence is somehow slow, of course, but still remains funny. On the first day shortly before the course has to be normal with each other and when it will really get going bye with the words "See you in ten days, good luck," and I know was how strange the feeling when I then really what could say. Since the "Office" voluntarily with the Grand Master at the end of the evening was and I was just too tired to even be able to start something, I'll be right after the debate (the great grand master and guru speaks on DVD) to bed. Once a day it was called in small groups by teachers to the front and was asked how one with the technology shall be given. Therefore, per day were not one or two short sentences, not in it.
was meditating in a large, beautiful hall and at certain times you could also use the meditation cells. These were exactly like an isolation cell, dark, very small, windowless and just restrictive, with the difference that a meditation pillow, a mosquito net over it and a small red light had ... well, and was that the door is not closed, hihi.
I'm trying to integrate the learned techniques even in my normal daily routine, but so far it is unfortunately in spontaneous Sessions still there, but let's see. The experience was certainly influential and quite interesting. You notice also that one can do without many things in everyday life safely. Enlightenment is access to close to (-: Here
our daily schedule:
4-clock rising
4:30 to 6:30 - Meditation
6:30 to 7:00 - Breakfast 7:00 to 8:00
- Pause
8:00 to 11:00 - Meditation
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 - Lunch
11:30 to 13:00 - Break
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Meditation
17:00 to 17:30 - Tea and light snack
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. break
- Discourse
20:30 to 21:00 - time for questions
MUMBAI
From the silence in the beautiful meditation center am I train in the big city Mumbai. The city was completely crowded, huge, extremely loud, as each car honks fool around and just hot. To my bad luck I came two days before the elections there and all the hotels were full or were only Hindus. When I sought refuge in the Muslim quarter, I realized that Afghanistan still belongs to the axis of evil. So I took a room as a Turk and was glad to be a Pakistani (-:.
was where I hit myself with a good friend from the neighboring city with which I traveled to the end, we allowed us the taxi drivers rip off, bitten by mosquitoes and enveloped in smog. Our feet poisoned, according to guide us in the "highly contaminated" beach and swarmed from every dealer who wanted to sell us very friendly hash or grass. As a full-blooded tourists we have including the Taj hotel where the terrorist attack occurred late last year visited. Just looks gorgeous and is huge.
Mumbai is indeed a real world city, and fascinating in its size and life yet, but the first impression was and still is not very positive. I like rather small, quiet and beautiful places. Therefore, we are then to Goa!
GOA
It is not a single city I had previously thought, but a small province with a few small towns on the coast, which was in the 68ers the great goal of the hippies, who sought a place of peace and harmony and Turkey, Persia and Pakistan were in the area. Therefore Goa is still the hippie capital par excellence (not to be confused with its epicenter, höhö).
We are from the north along the coast in the south of the country and enjoyed the charm and character, which gives each site a certain recognition. India has over a billion inhabitants and is nine times as large as Germany. Even greater was my astonishment when I two taken hours after our arrival on the way to eat all at once on the road to Manuel and Tobi did! This must be thought of again. I find so brilliant! There's stuff ...
The state basically lives on tourism, but since we were in the low season there, we had a lot of noise and crowd spared. There is nothing better than a nice cozy café and relax on the beach to have breakfast with their feet in the sand and gaze out to sea! The western Touri gets offered everything that he craves and finally I could eat my first granola here in India, with yogurt and lots of fresh fruit, yummy!
The beaches were in contrast to the rest of India quite clean and empty. It was so nice to walk along the beach to look at the wide sea, or simply enjoying a delicious iced coffee weather. The palm trees make the picture are still picturesque sunsets and the pure romance!
addition to a not very nice, after running ship, felt a thousand dogs and even a pair of cows on the beach (a very unusual picture) Thats has many aging hippy stoned or younger nick name, it would be like. Even Russians gabs (-:
was Many Indian tourists there and they stared as white is not only but also - in demand or not, simply reacts to any interest group photos and each wanted a picture with us because we're white. The West means to them immediately, so wealth and a better world, really interesting ... and funny. I was once in the water as two guys came to me and asked me if they can take a picture with me. I agreed, amused and sometimes when the photographer was on it went back to their path. Real funny.
On the whole I find Goa just super! It's totally beautiful, quiet and relaxed there. A dream!
KERALA
From there, we then have a flight to Cochin, the capital of the State of Kerala indulged to sit not 20 hours on the train and after two nights in a beautiful green Guest House in Fort Cochin we went on to Allepey to do that what every tourist comes to Kerala: A house boat tour! For about 50 € we rented for a full day tour including accommodation and super tasty food a really nice house boat with a driver and personal chef!
That was really the best thing you could possibly imagine. You sit there relaxed, see the beautiful scenery go by, gets some more tea and biscuits served and just enjoy the beautiful view. Our houseboat had a super cozy seating area in the front, a bedroom with bathroom and toilet, a kitchen and best of all: a balcony! Simply a dream!
You drive through the beautiful waters, sometimes by smaller canals adorned by palm trees and all surrounded by beautiful houses and wash watching the locals at the laundry on the water or how they made in their small wooden boats as Pocahontas its Paddling baskets full of vegetables through the channels. Against this natural and unspoilt beauty of Venice is ne puddle. It is simply fantastic!
Since by law the boats - I think because of sleep, for humans and animals between 6 o'clock in the evening and 6 clock not ride in the morning, may we had docked at a palm tree and the driver drove home because it is equal lived around the corner. We are only just into the water and then an evening stroll to the mainland and through the village. It was really incredibly beautiful and totally peaceful.
We walked along the canal past the houses and it was quite warm, had their doors open and many saw it as they sat there, ate, conversed, or just watched TV. This actually quite normal life was something very beautiful and pleasant in itself. I was somehow fascinated.
After a night on the water and a delicious breakfast the next morning we drove back. As we climbed straight out of the boat, a young man comes to me, smiling at me, gives me the hand and is photographed in this pose from his friend. Absolutely and without comment, without explanation, let alone permission, he takes turns with the photographer and can both now say at home, they had a white friend. That's really gross. Until I have ever realized what's going on, the show was already over and they were gone. About something you can still just laugh, right?
Coonoor
To close the circle we are from Kerala to Coonoor, now I packed all my things, said goodbye with a heavy heart of my beautiful little town in my home, by some people and went to Bangalore where I stayed for two days to my project, where I am now, after Kalkeri Village near Dharwad in Karnataka state.
CONCLUSION:
Coonoor with its breathtaking tea plantations, the clean mountain air, delicious food and nice people to Osnabrück and New York is the coolest city ever! (-:
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