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Alpana didi took us out and we went to a drive, it was good did some shopping at Macy’s
Sw Murali came a bit late at around 2, had lunch and then we headed for Chicago. We had to pick up Ganesh and Deepti at BG so we had to drive to US23 to BG.Sw ji wanted to go to my house for a tea. Deepti made a good cup of tea. And then started a long drive from BG to Chicago. It took us about 5 hours from BG.
Stayed at Murali’s house and it was a late night sleep/ We have to go to the camp spot tomorrow.
Around Columbus
We went out to downtown, and drove via beautiful drive to A hindu temple (but it was closed) then we went to see a lake and around town. Sw ji enjoyed the greenery and water.
We had a dinner at an Indian restaurant. I slept at 3:45am. Had a talk with Conrad and it was a lot of work to do in the night.
Anand took us to Fry’s Electronics. Gazed at some electronics. Bought skype phone and other stuffs. Came back and had some lunch. Did packing and Chetna and Teertha and Maya came to see us off at Atlanta Airport. Those were touching moments to depart. I wonder why we have so good connection with some people. There must be some magic behind that or may be Osho is the connecting bond between us. It does not feel that we are guests at their place. It was like coming home. I’ll miss all the love and warmth.
The flight starting from Atlanta was a bit late and a bumpy ride. Small regional jet might be the cause. Will reach St. Louis and catch another flight to Columbus.
Reached Columbus at 10:15pm. Rakesh ji, Alpana didi and Reha came to receive us. Had dinner and talked for a while and slept late.
July 7.
I wake up late. But did fast and did a bit of dynamic, Sw ji also woke up . Made some lemon tea and started packing. We left for Teertha’s house at around 9:15am. It was an hour trip. The house was really great. Nicely furnished and good vibe.
We made some breakfast and tried some south delicacies.
Had a chance to talk about camp with Murali. He has sent me a brochure for the camp and it looks nice. We will be picking up Ganesh and Deepti up from BGSU to Chicago.
Joie and Goran were willing to take us to Swami Gyan Keerti’s place in South Carolina.
Sw ji had a chance to talk to him on phone.
We went to the Swami Narayan (BAPS) temple. Goran and his wife, Joie, Abha, Sudi and me went. The temple was huge and artistic.
We tried to go to the Botanical Gardens but it was closed for Sundays, bad luck for us. We then tried to go to an Indian Restaurant and it was closed too! So Finally we cam back home and Chetna prepared a wonderful meal. After that Sw ji slept and we talked.
Friends were to arrive in the evening for satsang. We had good satsang here. It was energetic. A lot of talk about Osho and his ways went on for hours. Sw ji talked about the meaning of Sannyas and answered some queries put forward by friends.
(Me and Anand) We did some recording and transfers. Slept at 4:30am, too late!. Chatted with Sudi and saw his basement, it was huge and good for meditation center and a meditation hall. Tomorrow we are going to Fry’s to get some stuffs for Tapoban and something for Sw ji.
Today, a friend again joined Osho Neo sannyas. The celebration was great. I really liked it. Sw ji and all talked till late night. The feeling of Gratitude was so overwhelming. We are going to Sudi’s place (Teertha and Chetna). We slept at 2am and then we plan to do dynamic meditation at 7 am. Friends in Atlanta have agreed to meet every weekend on Sundays (which was previously once a month) Sw Paritosh was very happy to welcome people for meditations.
Talked with Parimal Sw ji. It seems that Sw Narinder was ready to give the basement to him for a center. He was excited about the developments.
Things are going great.
Day began with Dynamic. then sw ji talked about Osho and his days with Osho. We loved that. I am trying to record everything in Audio. Then we did Natraj meditation. and then came back for Kundalini. Today there was sannyas. Sudi and Nimmi, Sankalpa and maa ji took sannyas. It was a great celebration. Osho’s evergy was so wonderful. Everybody could feel that. Even the dumb ass like me could feel something.
Things are happening wonderfully.
camp started with about 15 people. We started with Dynamic (a bit late), Stop meditation, Kundalini and then the evening satsang. I did Dynamic after 10 months and sw ji after 10 days. It was so great. Sw ji was happy too. Celebration and meditation day long. Everything was relaxing.
The sleep was deep and wonderful yesterday. Paritosh and maa ji are really great. Food is good too.
Sw ji is happy above all. The camp is going wonderful for me 🙂 , unbelievable.
Narinder came to pick us up for the Airport. We had big luggages, had some small problem in the Airport but the flight arrived before time. Paritosh/Rohit and Vedika came to pick us up at Atlanta international airport (Huge airport)
We arrived home in an hour, house was wonderful. Wonderful people. Sudi and Nimmi also came and we talked for a while. Camp starts from tomorrow.
Narinder took us to drive and to east west book store in 78 5th Avenue. A wonderful meditative space/bookstore. We talked with the store keeper for a while and then we met the owner of the bookstore, a lady named —- , She was the disciple of Swami Rama. We tralked about Sw Rama and sw ji had some good stories to share with her. She showed us around the bookstore, the yoga studio. It was a wonderful space. Sw ji bought a book on Yogananda.
We went back to Narinder’s place hand late lunch and then in the night maa ji of Narinder came to house for sannyas. It was nice celebration. We are going to atlanta tomorrow.
Narinder decided to take sannyas, again the temple authority made it late. The sannyas was beautiful. Bharati di was also there. We thenw ent to Narinder ji’s house and then had dinner there. He drove us to house and then around Manhattan and Brooklyn bridge It was beautiful. Programs are finished in NY. Tomorrow we plann to go to EastWest Book store and see if we have luck with something.
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