Something else

Today is Auroville's birthday and a day when I felt the wind of changes coming to Buddha Garden.  With the consultancy that Vivek is doing with an Indian company there was always the feeling that change would come, but now I think it is really starting.  

 I feel there are some very exciting things coming but I can't see exactly what they are.  This is what I tried to show in the picture.  The sense of something coming as I get on with what I have to do, but not quite sure what it is.

Meeting point

I was doodling around and this picture emerged which is what I see as the ocean meeting the land.

It seems to be relevant for what has been happening today.  I had a long chat with Vivek and it seems that the work he is doing in setting up a farm for a company will have considerable repercussions on Buddha Garden.  For one thing we will have enough money to cover our costs and we will become more of a model farm.  This means that we have to be a lot more conscious about how we grow things here as well as making sure that we don't lose our integrity or our very special way of being.

I think it will have considerable repercussions for me as well.  It looks like it could lead to me going to more conferences and doing other things to spread the word about what we are doing.  Like writing more books and information sheets and probably doing more on the website.

Its funny because today I was considering whether it is time for me to leave Buddha Garden............

A shower from a tree

I was doodling around trying to find an image for today and then I remembered that this morning I got a shower from a tree.  The sky was very blue and the sun was very bright and it was just starting to get hot.  I was standing under a teak tree and there was a little puff of wind which brought down all the dew on the leaves into a cooling shower onto me.

This happened while I was trying to organise the weeding, composting, mulching and planting of a bed.  There were quite a few volunteers but most of them didn't seem to have a clue about working together even although I tried to explain everything and get them to understand how the sequence of jobs and how they were meant to be done.  Many of them were very slow and kept doing jobs in the wrong order.  There was a good energy there but it felt like really hard work as I ran around trying to make sure that everything got done properly. 

The little shower was lovely and felt like the tree was trying to help. 

Yawningly tired

Ended up feeling very tired today with an achey body.  Can't stop yawning while I feel spikes and grey mist around me.

I need a break!

Remembering Dianna

Went to a lovely remembering ritual today, organised by Norman and held in the house where he and Dianna used to live together.  It was really lovely and while I was there I had this really strong sense of Dianna and the freedom she is feeling now.

The picture is what I saw with my inner and outer eye.

Painting

I got my paints out after several months of not using them.  Although I have been really good about doing a picture every day it has been on my iPad and I haven't done any painting or drawing on paper at all.

So today it was really good to take out the paints and make some house signs for the new cabins.  They are made with off cuts of wood and I varnish them first, paint the sign with my acrylic paint and then varnish them again as some protection against the weather.

The physicality of the work was really nice.  Handling the paint brush, smelling the paint with the challenge of painting on something that is quite rough.  Something I don't get on my iPad although I do use my fingers sometimes to make the images.

This is a picture of all my stuff as it actually was.  I'm not sure which is the better picture as although the top one is better arranged this gives a much better appreciation of my work space.

Glowing

I went to yin yoga today and once again came back feeling very stretched.  Ever since I have felt rather sleepy and now I feel as if I am glowing both within and all over my skin.

It is not at all unpleasant as I feel very calm if a little hot.  I hope I will be able to sleep OK although usually I sleep very well after these classes.