As told by Anjana Trumbo
I think for the first time in my life I woke up sea sick today. I rolled out of Jeremy�s water bed feeling surprising rested for having rolled around all night long. The girls and I walked groggily down to breakfast but we immediately woke up when we saw the tremendous breakfast laid down before us. There were mounds of scrambled eggs along with stacks of toast. I think there was every type of cereal imaginable on that single table. Along with other amazing treats there was a mango strawberry pie too. A single bite of the delicious pie was all that I need for an excellent start to the day. But, there was one thing that was missing for a great morning was meditation. As if to answer my prayers Aunty Tracy came to the table and told the gobbling yuvas that we were going to have a short puja this morning. We finished off our food and then hurried over to the mediation room.
Shreya lead all of us in a beautiful puja. Not only did we have a lovely puja, all the yuvas got to participate in the puja. We passed around the mantra book and almost every one got to read a snippet of the “Kavach of the Devi.” After finishing the puja we still felt like the vibrations of the left side were a bit off. After lay out in the sun for a bit we re-treated back into the house for a string burn. For those of you reading who don�t know a string burn is a very useful technique that can be used for clearing out the left side of the subtle system. Basically, all the people participating in the string burn take a 10 inch cotton string and, through out the course of the treatment, they tie 7 knots that correspond with each of the chakras. When all the negativity for each chakra has been trapped in the 7 knots, the participants put mustard oil on the string. Then one person goes outside and burns all of the strings together.
I lead the string burn. A lot of the yuvas had never participated in a string burn before so it was a great experience to be able to show other people how to do such a productive and full- filling technique. After we completed the string burn we all felt a lot more energetic then we ate a scrumptious lunch. Some how, interestingly enough, we didn�t hit the road to Detroit until 6 p.m. I guess packing just took a really long time.
However, the car ride passed by amicably with exploding chip packets strange stories about lemon flavored chickens with Brazilian goats. Later, rather then sooner, we arrived in Detroit around 11 p.m. We were warmly welcomed by the Michigan collectivity in Dennis�s house. Aunty Adrianne, Uncle Tino, Giselle, and Ruthvick cooked us delicious food. We feasted on Brazilian Lasagna, Indian Soup, Bulgarian Beet salad, and strawberry cake. After being well fed, everyone retired to bed. I drifted off the sleep easily after having such a vibrationally calming and relaxing day.
July 19th, 2007
Today we gave self realization in Findley market in Cincinnati. We had a good amount of room for self realization at the market. The market was full of people, and many people came over to get their self realization. While some of the yuvas were giving self realization, others were back at Michael�s house packing up for our next destination. When I arrived there I was surprised to see a street musician performing in front of our booth that I had seen yesterday at the other self realization site. I had asked him yesterday if he wanted to meditate, but he said that he already meditates. I kept talking to him though, and we had a nice conversation about music and other things. It was a nice coincidence to see him at our booth again. Since we were planning to play bhajans I asked if he wanted to play along. He played the western flute along with our bhajans. Another amazing thing is that the other day at the self realization site we saw a policeman riding on a horse. The horse seemed attracted to the booth and even ran into the chairs which were setup for meditation. A saw this same horse strolling in front of our booth the next day at this market. It had stopped near our booth and people were petting it.
The people at the market were very interested in the meditation as they walked by and there was a flow of people at the booth. Some of the yuvas and adults played bhajans for most of the time at the market.
One time I wanted to take a break from the music and saw a young girl sitting at the booth and no one was working on her or talking to her.
She already had her hands out, and her parents were video taping her sitting there. I decided to work on her. I had her ask for her self realization from the divine and I worked on her. Her vibrations were very good and she was very quiet. It is always nice when people have such a strong pure desire at a young age.
After the fair all the yogis met up to go to Eden Park where Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi had visited when coming to Cincinnati. We had a footsoak there in a man made lake with a water fountain in the center. We also had a delicious lunch on the park�s grass. On this day a few new people came to join the tour; Pragya, Chetna, aunty Prerna from Texas and Matthew from Ohio. After lunch we head over to Uncle Armin’s and Aunty Melanie’s bakery.The bakery had beautifully designed desserts which tasted as good they looked. Uncle Armin let the yogis treat themselves to a tray full of professional grade desserts. After eating these desserts we were very satisfied.
After eating at the bakery we head off to Aunty Tracy�s place in Pittsburgh. When we arrived at Aunty Tracy�s place, we were greeted by some of the local yogis who were preparing a meal for us. Many of the yogis were enjoying reading the many Amir Chitra Katha comic books there, and others were enjoying playing the piano and singing musicals. After a great meal, Aunty Tracy showed us some miracle photos taken of the city and the rivers. The day ended with a nice meditation with an early talk from Shri Mataji.
July 19th, 2007
