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Permaculture Update

I was so glad to see the ponnakanni keerai and pasala keerai sporting new budding leaves this morning. Smart plants. :-) Even cows walking all over them, didn't deter them from fighting back. I watered them in sheer glee. Had a hearty breakfast of ghee dosas, moong dal sambar and coconut chutney flavoured with fresh curry leaves from backyard.

Today’s Lessons

Today Swamy came home again. I offered him sweet lassi and chopped watermelons. When you know only a little you go yap yap, else you just keep your trap shut in sheer silent ecstasy. When you realize this simple truth – as in Gita, you can’t help rejoicing again and again in pristine joy. Am still the blind girl exploring by feeling, bits and pieces of this big elephant universe. And hence this blogging.



Today’s Lessons:

Few boys were eating cucumber slices after applying red chilli powder and salt to it. An old man close to 80 years old asked them – why are you eating cucumber? The guys replied for cooling the body, for quenching thirst. The old man then retorted – why are you then adding chilli powder and salt to the cucumber slices. If you apply salt and chilli to your eyes, how does it feel? The sliced cucumber pieces feel the same pain, but they bear it in silence to quench your thirst.


After this gyan, I was so scared of cooking with fire – cutting vegetables. Oh man, I recollected the Zen thought that you can’t pluck a flower without disturbing a star above. Whatever, the sea is unaware of its own waves. Sarvam God or good force arpanamastu.

These people might not have the physical traits of a true guru. But these are practical people with vaaksiddhi. They stood by me and took care of me, even when all my friends and my whole family forsake me during my toughest period.

For years, they feed anyone rich or poor beggar, any creature whoever comes to their home with all they have for any number of days, their guests choose to stay. Christians, muslims, hindu devotees come there and get healed. Mini church and mosque is set up there. He prays in a temple under construction, which was a famous temple hundreds of centuries earlier. That soil SithuOonaVayal (Gyaan Vayal) has such healing powers. Incidentally, the new IIM Trichy is going to be set up around its periphery.