Christmas greetings from India, from 25 degree sun. Last night was here in our Guest House is a small Christmas Devotional instead, actually a little concert. Very beautiful music with instruments that I do not know, but have angehoert very beautiful, has a beruerht. Then there was tea, cakes and small wrapped gifts, all managed by the Guest House and found.
You have to know this is in some ways a special Guest House. It belongs to the famous ashram of Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry here. Actually, I am by chance come to this address, her on a recommendation from a friend.
am So I ended up in Pondicherry, a city of about 1 million inhabitants, but absolutely not a typical Indian city, will be called relatively clean and quiet, yes, and not so much misery on the streets as in other cities.
I do not like many others, am here in the Guest House because of the teachings of Sri Aurobindo here, the decisive factors were the German line and a nice clean room to keep an absolutely fair price, so I would like this room as a base for other companies, Building the foundation.
But despite this gentle introduction here in Pondi, light or India, I am currently looking for more than 2 weeks but at a critical point, one could even say a kind of culture shock, nachwievor!
an experience today was the trigger. I made a Christmas call to Germany from such a Telefonhuette on the road, there are everywhere, and was cheated once again properly, so the familiarity with the white pay more numbers. Although I had previously asked for the price per minute. I've written it, you pay here than Indienanfaenger always learn the hard way that I have to meet, but something bothers me, especially this audacity, and thought that obviously everyone knows is one of rumlaueft a millionaire. Yes a few days ago one of my running around Strassenverkauefer said smooth face, if you can not afford to fly to India, you are rich. Yes they think, here! This has perhaps gesparrt for months, and want to stay here even longer, and thus no 3-weeks-leisure travelers with a few euros more not hurt that can think of no, yes, none required. Perhaps this young fellow could with his drums which he sold to stupid overpriced tourist, also make a flight to Europe when he spoke of his hard erschwaetzten money that sets aside, and sometimes begrudge ne week in Berlin! This is of course a little ironic, but certainly with a dose of seriousness.
Now this is the event today which concerns me and makes me think that the people whom I have told it to call it a good practice, ok let me be then another.
That does not mean that I must fight every day with any Indians about money. No, here in the Guest House I have established good and friendly contacts with other Germans. 3 days ago we shared a taxi to and are fourth after Chidambaram, 70 km south of Pondi, went to one of the largest Shiva temple of South India. We are already going on early morning when the temple closes clock by 12. A huge complex, with several small temples, a pool with a Gloacke which is considered sacred and thus wash the Indians in it, overpowering Kinderhaende the tug at one to beg for money, a priest with shaven head and a lot of Indians finished bed. Thank God we are at 11.30 out of the temple, it filled more and more, in the afternoon a large procession with thousands freaking Indians, the wagons was carry large steel wheels, under the well came about at other festivals of this kind of people, what is can be introduced to these masses and bustle very easily.
From Pondicherry about 10 km away is the city of the future, the Auroville. An interesting idea, and almost a living utopia, many different nations live in an area the size of a big city, spread over villages, communities, Guest Houses. In the middle lies the quasi-spiritual center, the heart of this whole town right now with about 2,000 inhabitants, Matrimandir. I had the time and opportunity for me to look in detail both the Auroville as well as the Matrimandir, an impressive structure in the shape of a giant golden ball, surrounded by 12 Betonblaetter in the form of a Lotusbluete. The inner chamber, in this sphere, a meditation chamber, with the most impressive thing I've seen so Sauels 12 white, all maintained in Weiss, in the middle of a huge crystal ball, the concentrated sunlight is irradiated, very quiet and focused atmosphere.
Next Sunday it's for 10 days in a Vipassana retreat to Chennai, silence, silence, meditation, brought low by the continuous noise, it can only be a recovery and an intense self-awareness.
So again from me, Merry Christmas to all and celebrations!
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