Have not written for a few months, but after popular demand i am trying to get this blog back in action! Sooo the question looms, did i become Jamila? the answers is...NO. I learned that i still have so much to learn! which is great because isnt that what life is about: learning, growing, and serving others :) I have found SOME direction from my travels in Tanzania. I say some because, if you know me, i try to go with the flow, which inevitably means making many changes on my path. But after learning about the education system in Tanzania i realized that i could use my swahili skills to teach overseas. This seems like a great way to utilize what i have learned in order to serve others. I am currently looking for volunteer programs in Kenya and Tanzania. Peace corps is still an option but i have been drawn toward the World Teach program as well. If any one has any suggestions i would LOVE to hear them.
This fall quarter in athens was beautiful. I think it has been one of my favorite so far ( i only have 2 more left!). There is Vegan cooking Workshops, Yoga, Reflections, Kirtan, Starving Artist Lunch, Gita discussions, a visit to New Vrindavan, and my first Govardhan Puja! I have been blessed with the overwhelming need to grow spiritually and thus i have stopped drinking, among other things. I have sought internal purification through the master cleanse (10 day lemonade/ maple syrup fast), a liver flush, and a more serious asana-yoga practice. I also began a more serious immersion into learning about the ancient Vedic philosophies as taught by Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, which has opened my mind, and has actually revived me to START living. Being surrounded by beautiful people makes this journey possible and rewarding. I have been invited on a trip to India this winter, i leave Tuesday Dec. 2 and will travel around India until January 9th. I was surprised to hear so much worry expressed about my leaving, due to the violence in Mumbai. Please do not worry, i am not worried- what will be will be and i hope that this is a trip that expands my spiritual knowledge and allows me to grow in order to serve other people better. this is an amazing opportunity and i am so thankful for my parents who have made it possible for me to go.
the plan is to write while i am there so look out!
Hare Krsna!
Samadhi (this is the new nickname- like Jamila- duhhh i needed a Hindu one too!)
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