Time is up here at Kali yoga....I have been feeling lately like a change was coming, the original plan was to stay here until the end of October but after lots of thinking, research, and discovery, I have come to the conclusion that the time is up. The main reason I am leaving early is due to the fact that my time allowed in Europe officially ended 2 days ago. Yep I am....illegal. I thought I could tough it out, be hard core and stay under the radar. I am making pretty good money here and since I am doing work trade for my food and lodging I have been able to save a fair chunk of change. Well I have decided that money can't buy my freedom and if I was to get caught I have too much to risk. I am not the little shit head rule breaker I once was...growing up.
Change is the only constant in life and to be adaptable to these unexpected changes is probably one of the most important qualities one can learn. The more I see and the more places I go the more I learn that everything will be ok, there is family everywhere I look, I am never truly alone, and that every moment is fleeting. I inhale the ones I enjoy and I exhale the ones that try to tempt me to be unhappy.
The plan is rough now....I am using a website called work away to try to find a work trade job similar to what I am doing now somewhere in Africa. I hope to be out of Spain in less than 2 weeks. I will post next time I know what the plan is.....
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Watermelon lessons
How delicious is watermelon. Taking my time I feel the little bits of water explode and tickle my tonge with the crisp taste, to really eat a watermelon I don't know if I have every really eaten one like I eat them now.
Life is teaching me a new lesson every moment over and over again. Can I be present enough to see the lesson? and remember what I am learning?
From Roman (who went back to Florida the past weekend) I learned that life is absolutely hilarious pretty much all the time and in almost every situation I seem to encounter, especially here at Kali Yoga, I just want to laugh my face off. and I do.
From the Buddha I have learned to realize and actually know that I am a collection of subatomic particles dancing and flashing in and out of existance trillions of times each second. If I sit still enough I can feel it happening.
From The China Study- I learned that as Americans we spend far more, per capita, on health care than any other society in the world, and yet 2/3 of Americans are overweight, and more than 15 million Americans have diabetes. Half of all Americans have a health problem that "requires" taking a prescription every week, and more than 100 million Americans have high cholesterol. 1/3 of the children in America are overweight or at risk of becoming...Children are now taking more prescription drugs than ever before. -T Colin Campbell. I love hard scientific proof from a big western scientics showing that the vegan diet is the healthiest.
Another of Buddhas teaching brings the word Tanha- literally thirst- the insatiable longing for what is not, which implies an equal and irremediable dissatisfaction for what is.
I am thinking about going to Plum Village in France to visit Thich Nhat Hanh.
Life is teaching me a new lesson every moment over and over again. Can I be present enough to see the lesson? and remember what I am learning?
From Roman (who went back to Florida the past weekend) I learned that life is absolutely hilarious pretty much all the time and in almost every situation I seem to encounter, especially here at Kali Yoga, I just want to laugh my face off. and I do.
From the Buddha I have learned to realize and actually know that I am a collection of subatomic particles dancing and flashing in and out of existance trillions of times each second. If I sit still enough I can feel it happening.
From The China Study- I learned that as Americans we spend far more, per capita, on health care than any other society in the world, and yet 2/3 of Americans are overweight, and more than 15 million Americans have diabetes. Half of all Americans have a health problem that "requires" taking a prescription every week, and more than 100 million Americans have high cholesterol. 1/3 of the children in America are overweight or at risk of becoming...Children are now taking more prescription drugs than ever before. -T Colin Campbell. I love hard scientific proof from a big western scientics showing that the vegan diet is the healthiest.
Another of Buddhas teaching brings the word Tanha- literally thirst- the insatiable longing for what is not, which implies an equal and irremediable dissatisfaction for what is.
I am thinking about going to Plum Village in France to visit Thich Nhat Hanh.
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