since I stayed for 8 days, this the 8th part of this blog about my days in the ashram will be the last I think..

some things then to summarize my stay in southern India.

I am sure I will go again, perhaps I will go to one of their other ashrmas since this one is suppose to be the most "easy" one.
if or when I go again it will be for a longer period, but it is allways good to try first and feel like longing back then going for to long and dont wanna go back again I think.

I was expecting it to be more strict actually, but at the same time I really liked the way it was, and it is allways your choice what you do with your time when at the ashram.
a hard thing actually is all the hello's & good byes, when you get more used to that I think it is a chance to meet a lot of interesting people there. but actually I think they should make the minimum stay longer, or perhaps divide the dorms to 1 "long stay dorm" and one "short stay dorm", so that when you are stying for a bit longer you have a chance to get to know people more.. but at the same time, might be nice to be able to be kind of anonymous. I think the first time as with all first times in new places, there is a lot to take in, the next time you come it is not equally exciting and perhaps easier to quicker get into a more relaxed mood and get more out of the whole spiritual experience.

I actually in the end started to enjoy the long Satsangs more, I think for many reasons.
- the actual feeling of all chanting and the vibrations from so many people doing it simultaniously.
- you start to remember the chants and can easier follow without looking in the papers you get.
- physically you are more open and strong so sitting down on the floor is not as much of an issue anymore and you can enjoy everything else more, as with the meditation part before the chanting.
- you are more mentally calm also after a few days, and more ope to just join in with your singin, in the beginning it felt almost embarrasing ha ha.. someone told me that a real good statsang chanting becomes best when many not to good people chant/sing, then the all together sound becomes better and vibrations better aswell. and it is true, so many bad voices in there ended up in one collected beautiful chanting..

and actually chanting is consithered to be a spiritual devotional practice within the path of Bhakti Yoga.
and even if not relogoius you feel good after satsang.

one thing they talk about the really true yogis are that you should actually try to practice some of all paths of yoga, so you dont get fanatic about just one path wich is most common in our world, we have all or focus on Raja Yoga mostly..

ooh and I am not sure why bu I loved the Aarti we did every night wich ended each and everyday. and after Aarti you got some kind of sweets.
I loved the "Halwa" wich we also got often with our meals in the dinning hall.
Hawla can be many things and variations but we got somekind of sweet cardemum, coconut & rice version. sooo tasty!

the last day I saw them preparing for the new years puja, that I missed out on.
amazing what they do thieese patterns using their hands and powders etc.
cool!

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