Today I woke up after a fantastic sound sleep. I have not slept this well in the last month, so nice to wake up refreshed. Then the beauty of the place we were staying at hit me... I had to fetch water from the well in the middle of the yard. It was just such a sight.. The cock was welcoming me and the sun. The boys were laughing, farting, fighting, slapping each other and everything else one does in the morning, so my meditation session was sort of out of the question... All the kids in the neighborhood came out wondering what that noise was, only to find lots of new playmates and friends. I joined the girls who drew a square on the ground and jumped around kicking the stone around, then I drew a "pardis" and they off course knew that one so a success. Then we ran, yes the joy if running the fastest you could (without shoes) was exciting and made all of us bubble... I obviously was a bit out of breath (and my clogged nose did not help much) after the fourth round, the kids went on whilst I counted in their language, Kannada.
We visited the mid reach of the mid reach today. The situation there was a bit different...There was in one village no canal water. This meant that they had to get water from the ground using bore wells, and this again meant that we could not conduct our survey in this village as we are interested mostly in canal water, the prices the farmers pay for this particular water (you don't pay for the water you withdraw from your own ground) or a combo of both canal and borewells. We moved on to the next village, as it was far away one of the farmers offered us a ride on his motorcycle - so we drove off in style.. A tremendous amount of warmth and smiles and lots of tea and food were offered wherever we went... So hartwarming... (I do get funny looks and remarks but hey I probably look at people funnily as well..Its only human...)
The day was a great success. This went faster then we thought, meaning we could be done tomorrow. As the sky turned black and the sparkling sea of stars emerged (we are talking billions of them - so incredible) I searched for star signs. Realizing that the Big Dipper was upside down, got me thinking. I think i might have mentioned that the moon grows from down to top and top to down rather than from side to side like in Norway..??? Anyway, it is a reminder of were in the world I am, and that you have to look at the world with a different set of attitudes in order to get the context. The visible world is different... How amazing!!!! Good night to all of you out there...
Klem mai
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