Well its been quite a few days since my last post, and now flow begins to form again. So in my last few days in Russia, I spent camping in a beautiful village along the Volga River. The village was also in the form and creation of many of the principles shared within the Anastasia book series I mentioned before. It was a fascinating experience to live with these individuals for four days with a strong language barrier. My good friend Katya was the translator for me, allowing me to gain some insight into the beautiful souls within this village. She and her sister had lived in this village while her sister was pregnant. The village is known for its way in natural child birth, each individual who comes there desiring their own special way, completely created by the loving hands of the village folks. Upon entering this space, I could feel the child-like atmosphere and ambience of so many individuals embodying the beauty and essence of their inner child, but living and creating as adults. The food was incredibly delicious, all vegiterian, with a strong ounce or two of love in every bite :)
The experience was once again profound for me, as I struggled through the challenge of remaining in a bit of silence, with many people whom I would have loved to get into very deep conversations. But in this experience, spirit created for me a way to understand, appreciate and love the souls of this village, even without fully understanding the words from their mouth.
And I realize now for myself, my addiction and appetite for travel more and more, especially when I am simply understanding and seeing people simply by the essence which pours out of their being, so even though without conversation can be challenging, it creates another way to honor and love the beauty of humanity.
I had some insightful poetry I wrote in the village, but I am without my journal in this moment and taking advantage of the 5 star free computer access Sheraton hotel in the sea side village of Batumi, Georgia.
My original plans was traveling to the sea side city of Sochi in Russia, to get another taste of the Black Sea life, but my intuition was leading me to Georgia instead (and only a 30 day visa in russia, was not nearly enough time to see very much, so I will return again sometime soon, to dive deeper into the forests of Siberia.)
So, now here in Georgia, I am overwhelmed by the hospitality that rings strongly into the heart of every Georgia individual I meet. There is this intoxicating smile that each person from this country possesses.
I decided to give some more hitch-hiking a possibility in Georgia and it has been brilliant. While in the small wine country town of Telavi, I was picked up by this middle aged man, who barely spoke a word of English, however in his deep desire to show me his nearby villages, I spent the entire afternoon being escorted around to every beautiful cathedral nearby!
This particular adventure also included eating some of his mother's delicious Georgia cuisine and then being gifted a hand-knit sweater, that still had the smell of sheep permeating through its threads.
So, as my days continue here in Georgia, I continue to see and experience this profound level of generosity and inherent goodness within the people of this small country.
Just today, I was walking through Batumia, saw a small farmers market and decided it was time to have a couple of home grown tomatoes and some yummy green lettuce, that I do not know the name of in English. After buying the tomatoes and lettuce for about 35 cents, I sat inside this farmer to stay dry from the rain. As I began to eat my light snack, I was soon being brought a single vegetable from almost every babuskah in the market. With a warm hearted smile across their face, they turned my small snack into a full course meal, simply out of the goodness of their heart. The veggies were delicious, the bread fresh out of the oven and the spicy peppers full of flavor... so without too many more words, I think you are beginning to breathe in the culture and flavor of this country.
I will be heading north shortly up the mountains, to live with the mountain people, have some meditation time, and go for a 3-4 day trek with my new buddy from the states.
I will try to be more effective in my posts and next time include some beautiful photography, but simply let your mind run wild to the possibilities of spirit that fly within this world...
For as the game of life muttles on
All possibilities of creation,
run purely from heart to heart
from city to city
Allowing the true transcendence of time
to be the captivity of our new born religion
a religion beyond the borders of restriction
a birth of a way of being
which simply only speaks from the heart
allowing the pure creation of our greatest inspirations
be the shining moment of our greatest sun
for across the earth,
across the globe
beauty speaks itself wisely amongst us all
For the possibilities of adventure and insight
Are all just a mere "lurk" or two around the corner
so unwind your spirit
let yourself take that moment to dream
to fall asleep amongst the stars
to speak into the soul thats desires to play like a child
to breathe for the first time
to see the same sight as though it was your first
for even though I have the opportunity to travel
the same adventure works for anyone
at any time
its just waiting for the inner child in you
to come alive and breathe deeply into the
beauty of this glorious humanity!
until next time my beautiful loves :)
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