Finally! After a morning ride of ~1 hr (started at 5:55 am) I am here and the day starts with...
Gau Seva : Poop collection, hay refill, water refills for rescued cows, brushing the cows... offcourse after getting to know them and only with their concent..
Mine was Vishnu 💕🐄 and it let me be friends with it.
It was humbling to land into these activities even before any orientation etc as a visitor...and made me think how limited we get with the social status quo, the salaries we get, the things that this money can buy us...and the rat race to win, get more, seek a promotion and what not.
I don't know how and what led me to this but I arrived not just physically but in my deeper core and truth and ease.
Life felt more alive and accepting.
And then the...Yummy breakfast, serving food before consuming,
Orientation, dry compost demo, mounting way of tree plantation...
Some cleaning Seva, brooming, peeling cardamom for the upcoming vegan festival of three days...
Meeting and speaking to load of strangers, kids and the founder. Seeking his blessings so that I can start something similar....
And the conversations were rich in life! In the language we speak, the awareness we held, the joy in simplest of things like the kids teasing eachother, and making funny faces, completely being themselves. Someone thinking of her friend who could probably be a single mom if she chooses to have a baby...
Parents who were also visitors like me trying to see if they can get atleast one drop of this side of life,
Volunteers staying away from family for years to be in this ecosystem, shared love and deep belonging...
Then was the Lunch seva, yum lunch,
Then a free ride seva to one of the volunteer and back to pondy.
My heart was full. 🌝
The morning ride was adventurous and chilling for the weather I was used too in TN....
A day well lived...
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