Eat, Pray, Love PT.3

Chapter 37

Eliz is make a parable about her visit to India with a hen and rooster that her Dad used to kept when She was child. Elizabeth says that, a newcomer of chicken should be slip in the middle of the night to its place while the others are already asleep to prevent chaos. So when the chickens wake up, they don’t notice the newcomer, thinking only, “She must have been here all the time since I didn’t see her arrive.” And that’s how She arrive in India.

After She arrive in India She went on Ashram at 3:30 AM. In there She saw a lot of people are gather to do morning prayer. She went inside, kneeled and touch her forehead to the temple step and then ease herself inside, and joining the small gathering and singing a hymn called, “The Amazing Grace of Sanskrit”. Eliz is already know this song, she even already memorized it.

Chapter 38

Eliz is interested in Yoga. Back in New York she take a Yoga class. In this chapter Eliz write a really long paragraph about Yogar  and why she really interested in it. This chapter is also conveyed the reason why Eliz want to visit India.

Chapter 39

In Ashram, Eliz share a room with a lot of people races. From asian, and Caucasian. The ashram is located far far far away from the downtown area of Mumbai. In fact, the ashram is located on a dirt road in a rural river valley near a pretty and scrappy litte village. Ashram is stands as the town’s pride though Ashram is all about poverty and dust.

There are some long-term paid staffers at the Ashram, but most of the work here is done by the students themselves. Some of the local villagers also work here on salary.

Chapter 40

Eliz is celebrating a new year in Ashram. So different from the new years she used to celebrate in New York. People in Ashram are celebrating new years by sit on the ground and chanting, and singing. They are singing in sanskirt. Eliz is so tired but she kept on chanting and singing.

Celebating new year in Ashram is the moment when she doesn’t even known any people she was celebrating with. There is no body she knows and she could embrace at midnight. This night was lonely for Eliz.

Chapter 41

In Ashram everyone is received their own work. Eliz is in charge to scrub the temple floors. Her fellow floor-scrubber are mainly an Indian teenagers. This job is given to teenagers, because their physical energy is required in this job.

Nobody’s is allowed to talks in the temples, but not with a bunch of those teenagers. They are chattering going on all the time as they’re working.

Chapter 42

In the following morning, Eliz is going to do meditation session at 4:00 AM. Eliz is supposed to sit for an hour in silence.

When She’s going to meditate,she facing some problems that often occurred when She’s about to start for meditating. Yes, She can not control her imagination during the meditation. She repeat the mantra over and over again, Om Namah Shivaya.. Om namah Shivaya. She’s doing her best to focus on the mantra and meditating. But, too bad her imagination keep on betraying her. Like a labirin, everytime she trying to focus, there’s like a constant questions ask her.

When Eliz is about to start meditate, she said “Let’s draw our attention to our breath and focus on the mantra.”

Her mind answered, “I can help you out with this, you know!”

Guys, you know this, we muslim, when we’re about to focus during salaat, this dialog is like what happened to Eliz.

Eliz:”OK good, because I need your help. Let’s go. Om Namah Shivaya. Om Namah Shi—“

Mind: I can help you think of nice meditative images. Like—hey. Here’s a good one. Imagine you are a temple. A temple on an island! And the island is in the ocean!”

Eliz: “Oh that is a nice image.”

Mind: “Thanks. I thought of it myself.”

Me: “But what ocean are we picturing here?

Mind: “The Mediterranean. Imagine you’re one of those Greek islands, with an old Greek temple on it. No, never mind, that’s too touristy. You know what? Forget the ocean. Oceans are too dangerous. Here’s a better idea—imagine you’re an island in a lake, instead.”

Me: “Can we meditate now, please? Om Namah Shiv.”

Seriously, I can relate to this dialog so much. During salaah this case is also happened to me.

This chapter, is show how it is so hard for Eliz to focus on meditating.

Chapter 43

In this chapter Eliz show the readers about how it it so hard to eat moderately like her teacher encourage they to do it. Her teacher said that it is important, they should not dumping too much food into their digestive tracts too fast. They teacher said that, keep a healthy digestion is important to be able to meditating.

Eliz is trying her best to practice eat while some big man is sitting in front of her and say, “Man, they got mosquitoes round this place big enough to rape a chicken” And He is Richard from Texas has arrived.

Chapter 44

This chapter talks about Richard a man from Texas. Richard is giving an interesting impression to Eliz. Eliz is feel safe beside Richard in some way. Richard even give Eliz an nickname. He called Eliz, groceries.

Richard told Eliz about how can he be end up in Ashram. Richard know Ashram from his ex-girlfriend. After visit Ashram, Richard will found himself constantly praying to God, for open his heart. Just like what he wanted, after a few months of praying, Richard got his chest open, yes literally. That’s why Richards give an advice for Eliz to be careful with what she pray, cause she might get it one day.

Chapter 45

Eliz is trying to do meditating again but this time she use a different style. She already prepare herself, speak to her mind, use a different mantra.

Ham-sa which in Sanskrit itmeans, “I am That.”

And there, Eliz is finally focus and done her meditating greatly.

Chapter 46

This chapter, Eliz talk about the yogic topic Kundalini Shakti which is a powerful experience, and people need to be guided through it by a guru, who helps to release the initial energy. This happened to for Eliz when she met her guru in person. During meditation she had a powerful vision of Swamiji, who is her guru’s guru.

Chapter 47

After several weeks spent in Ashram and do an intense meditation, Eliz has dreams two nights in a row. She dreamt about a snake entering her room. She awakens in a panic, and her mind goes to her failed relationship. Eliz try to think again if her decision to break up with David is a good decision or not. She gets back to sleep, but then she start to have another bad dream. She dreams about a dog chasir after her and threatening to kill her. She goes into the bathroom to cry on the floor so she doesn’t bother her roommate.

Chapter 48

After had a bad dream, Eliz is try to avoid everyone at the Ashram. But Richard won’t allow it. He pushes Eliz to tell him what is going on, and try to give her an advice. Richards identifies David’s role to “shake you up, drive your out of that marriage tear apart your ego show you your obstacles… and even break your heart open.”

Richard tells Eliz that this is her time to move on from David.

Chapter 49

Eliz share her memory of “a true metaphysical crisis” that she went through at age nine. Suddenly she felt life “passing her by so fast” Eliz became scarily aware of her own mortality. Which somehow makes her felt so helpless. How could she at age nine thinks, how to force the entire universe to stop in its tracks?

Eliz is linking this string of memories to the Ashram to a friend, Sean.

Chapter 50

Eliz continues to feel agitates during the meditation, and she is now able to identify the source. Its because she stills want David to love her.

Eliz tries another new tactic during meditation to help her more focus on it. She starts by asking her heart not to judge her for the shortcomings she experiences during meditation. She asks her heart to take over her mind.

See you guys in the last part next week.