Finally, four months has past and Liz is on her way to India. At 3:30 am she arrives in Ashram in front of a temple. There she meets Arturo, he is there to welcome her to india. Right away she hears her favorite Sanskrit hymn from inside and joins in. She ends up meditating for the rest of the morning.
Later she thinks back to her old yoga classes in New York. Yoga is suppose to unite your body and mind into one while you find god. Yogis believe that everyone has a supreme self who is at peace. But all of the stresses in life prevent you from finding it. A Guru is basically a basically a greater yogis who can teach their ways. Liz is determined to find one during her stay in India.
The days in Ashram are hard work and long. They being at 3am and end around 9pm. Thats why it is not recomended someone going through hard times visit. The Indian women are dressed in silk saris and gold bracelets. On New Years they chant together and celebrate. Everyone is given work and Liz's job is to scrub the floors. Most of the people working with her are Indian teenagers. But Liz does end up meeting someone her age, Richard from Texas.
Everyday starts off with meditation at 4am. At first Liz cannot get the hang of it and frustrates herself. She lets her mind wonder to negitive things. However, finally she is able to expirience real meditation. She describes it as a blue electrical energy waving through her body. She thinks it is an amazing expierence. India is very different from Italy in the fact that they eat less. All the food given to them is vegetarian and they are instructed to eat lightly. Richard actually gives her the nickname Groceries because of how much she can eat.
One night Liz begins to think of her ex husband again and we are back to square one. She goes to the bathroom to cry by herself. The next morning she cannot meditate again. Her texas friend gives her a long lecture about how it will take time to get over her divorce. He makes her realize that she is controlling and doesn't like when things go her way.
I've decided I don't particularly like this book. It's just not fun reading about a recently divorced, depressed women. You think that things are going well, then all of the sudden she's depressed again. And it's about the same exact things as before. There is not really one story, it kind of draws on and on about facts and pointless conversations, so it is hard to summerize. She also asks herself questions alot, then answers them, which is weird. But, I guess if I wrote a biography about myself it wouldnt be very interesting either.
I'm starting to think that Liz and her friend Richard have a thing for each other. But it would probably be bad for her to act on it considering she came to India to find out who she is. I also hope she starts thinking positive again and stops crying about her ex husband.
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