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ia march 31 2020 nickirising covid 19 dogs are heaven khajuraho lock down india self isolation the virus yogi lodge 11 comments my hotel prison pad i am writing from my hotel prison as i like to call it there are worse places to be locked in i have a private room and bathroom table and chair to work at my computer comfortable enough bed space to do yoga in my room deliveries of essentials when needed from hotel staff and local friends and there is an inexpensively priced restaurant upstairs moreover my first floor room stays fairly cool despite the intensifying heat in khajuraho madhya pradesh that said the front door is essentially locked for hotel guests of which there are seven and mayhem sure to ensue if i try to go out as i learned about a week ago when i could not believe that going out was completely banned by the government for foreigners in khajuraho yogi lodge restaurant with my two french friends elaine and alexandra yogi lodge hotel was meant to be temporary sleeping place after self isolation was instituted about two weeks ago back when going out for essentials and walking to and from the family house where i semi lived was still possible and a few shops were open all day much has changed now the whole world is in stasis waiting for the covid 19 virus to die out i admit i was freaked out at first particularly when a large gang of police showed up at yogi lodge after my ill advised excursion to buy water fruit almonds and potato chips a few were carrying long sticks which are better than guns as far as i am concerned online videos have shown indian police using them on people in the streets who i assume were not getting essentials much in the way vegetable sellers use them on cows to keep them away from their produce strange times i had a few stressful days as i realized the extent of my prison like situation during which time i informed the u s embassy in india and consulate services for citizens abroad about it and regained my balance in the process i learned that the united states was organizing evacuation flights for citizens to return home excited about the prospect of returning home i decided i would pay any price which was good seeing the flight turned out to cost 2 000 getting check for covid 19 at local hospital they just took our temperatures then i decided to stay it still sits in my stomach like a lead weight particularly when i read embassy emails about the flights slated for this week not because i am afraid but because it feels hard to not be in my home country with friends and family at such a time nevertheless i am pretty certain it s the best decision for me usually i listen to the flow it s pulls and pushes it s demands and offers and at times also consult with my spirit guides yes that s right i m talking to unseen divine beings who happen to be all around us usually they confirm my flow feelings but at the moment my heart is calling me home while my spiritual guidance is advising me to stay put it is an unusual situation and reminds me of events that transpired eight years ago i was running my dog walking and pet care business dogs are heaven in boston a business that richly fed my heart soul and bank account so called work days were walks on wooded trails in the company of pack of dogs i adored and visiting sweet cats while their owners were away concurrently i was extricating myself from decades of catastrophic physical and emotional health challenges and doing a lot of personal healing including working with ben oofana a shaman healer stony brook reservation with mimi full car on the way to the trail winter dog walking boston in franklin park tiny to giant i think you will need to leave boston to fully heal he said to me one day while we were discussing the challenges of living in boston as soon as he said it i knew it was true i didn t even like boston was totally sick of the urban stress high cost of living congestion traffic and hostile what you looking at mentality of many bostonians i began to scout different cities around the country and became charmed by the slow pace friendly people beautiful ocean shoreline and promising prospects for restarting a pet care business in charleston south carolina still i didn t want to leave my dogs and cats as i thought of them nor their awesome human keepers unable to face leaving the business i procrastinated and in short order my life unraveled first the apartment i was living in was sold and i spent two months looking for a new place i moved into a client s house to help with her dogs but the arrangement fell apart in two months a month later i moved into another apartment but one of my apartment mates had an addiction problem and it was impossible to continue there i found myself essentially homeless and living on a friend s couch it felt like my life had digressed overnight from a wonderful dream to a total nightmare finally i listed my business for sale on craigslist within two weeks of doing so i found a suitable apartment where the landlords agreed to issue me a six month rather than a year lease which was unheard of in boston moreover a couple of months later i sold my business another miracle given it was a service based business in a part of town where many pet care providers were so busy they weren t taking new customers the lesson was loud and clear i had to trust and follow my inner knowing even if my heart was saying something different pre lock down in khajuraho mahashivarti festival chariots with children dressed as lord shiva and his consort the goddess parvati although a part of my heart may always be in boston on those tree and babbling brook lined paths with the dogs life rushes on time stands still for no one the day i drove off for charleston i thought i must be crazy going to a city where i didn t know a sole and leaving behind the security of everything i knew a feeling not unlike today where every passing hour makes it less likely i will be able to return home anytime soon charleston or bust has turned into india or bust life is a big mystery which is more apparent than ever these days all i can do is lean into the minutes as they sometimes scrape by grieve for home the same as i grieved for my dog business and remind myself that i am here now tapping on my keyboard sending smoke signals to friends and loved one s far away and i am fine we are all fine as per the definition of very high quality and life too is fine as per the other definition of a very thin or narrow road given that gymnasts dance spin and flip along four inch balance beams the possibilities are vast even as our very fine selves spin into the perpetual mysteries unfolding if you fall down get mired in fear don t worry just get up up up dive into each very fine new day as it arrives and goes arrives and goes alas the time has come to snuff out the ringlets of smoke rising from my keyboard my restaurant prepared breakfast awaits prison indeed yogi lodge hotel food ahead in front of yogi lodge deserted like all the streets lobby of my low budget hotel yogi lodge cows hanging out in the middle of the street lol before lock down monkeys came to khajuraho last week pic taken my yogi lodge cafe cool cow hanging out by the lake khajuraho pre lock down neon lit chariots cows and the virus march 21 2020 nickirising covid 19 cows india dancing horses groom weeding procession india indian weddings khajuraho western temples khajuraho 13 comments until three days ago i thought i was going totally bypass the virus mayhem because madhya pradesh state where i have been staying has no reported cases of covid 19 and life has been going on comparatively normally with the exception of drastically reduced numbers of tourists but last week ago my host s relative arrived from delhi bringing warnings about foreign tourists being sent home long story short i am now sleeping in a hotel and not the family house i have been comfortably ensconced in for six weeks moreover as of tomorrow the whole country is going on quarantine ah well at least the hotel is around the corner from the family house and i continue to pass the mornings until evenings there eating meals made by the two wives working on my computer and whatever else i feel like doing until 8 or 9 pm time will tell if i will be able to continue in this routine bride and groom with flower wreaths i am back in india after forays to nepal malaysia and singapore a country i find maddening absurd chaotic extraordinary disappointing and charming sometimes all at the same time it is marriage season here in khajuraho and a few weeks ago and i was invited to one noisy pomp spiritual beauty and general hilarity ensued i arrived on a dark road around 9 30 pm to find a chariot covered in blinking neon lights being pulled by two white horses bedecked with bells and colorful fluffy balls inside which the groom sat with a feathered turban on his head in front the chariot were a gaggle of people and a wedding band dressed in matching silky purple outfits among whom five or six men were dancing energetically to the horns and drums as well as the music blaring out of speakers in a neon lit truck like thing which was on wheels but needed to be manually pushed in front of this contraption was another truck blasting techno dance music behind which a group men and boys danced in the blinking strobe lights a few strays cow lolled around looking unimpressed with the noisy spectacle a carriage on another night man with rifle morning marriage ceremony the whole procession was moving and stopping moving and stopping for what reason i couldn t say i hung around for about 30 minutes during which time we made it about 100 yards down the street meanwhile cars were sometimes getting backed up behind the procession and needed to pass in the opposing lane where people from the procession were also straying in addition around eight people lined the procession each carrying giant umbrellas composed of white neon lights just another normal night during indian marriage season back at the house there were fireworks naturally a large spread of food that included women and i at wedding with the bride dosa curries butter roti and sliced vegetables and around midnight a ceremony took place where the groom and bride hung flowered wreathes around each other s necks for some reason an older man was carrying a rifle he didn t speak english so i asked someone why he had a gun all they said was that he must have a permit for it lol i was dressed in a white t shirt black leggings and fleece jacket which contrasted rather shabbily with the young women decked out in brightly colored saris heavily laced with gold and silver designs and wearing plenty of makeup and jewelry vegetable market vendor then there are the ubiquitous cows who wander around wherever they please the twice weekly vegetable market is a luscious cow banquet the farmers colorful assortment of red carrots sugar snap peas cabbages little red onions daikon radishes and various mystery vegetables piled on blankets they keep sticks on hand to shoo the cows away but the cows are not easily deterred inevitably one of them manages to gobble down a small pile of eggplant or whatever before the farmer notices whenever i see this i start laughing and a few others join in with me whether because they also think it s funny or they think it s funny that i think it s funny i couldn t say no one talks about solutions to keep the cows out of the market it just is india vegetable market vendors cow roaming the market people from all over the world come to khajuraho to see the 1 100 year old tantric temples in the center of town the western temples a unesco world heritage site are adorned with most exquisite well preserved sculptures i have ever seen and depict all aspects of human life including people harvesting fields attending school eating meals together and fighting in wars what makes these temples especially unique are the erotic sculptures there are couples engaged in tantric sex which is considered a way to connect with high spiritual energies as well as couples having procreative sex and even people having sex with animals when i asked about the meaning of the latter i was told that the temples represent all aspects of human life high and base procreative sex not kidding arriving for evening aarti ceremony at the shiva temple khajuraho i suppose it s true that the high and base are always with us it is especially visible these days as some people panic and others appreciate the rich unfurling of unscheduled time and opportunities to connect and help one another in venice dolphins have returned to the canals and the pollution levels have decreased dramatically in many cities life is ushering us into a new chapter taking us in unseen directions a few nights ago as i was leaving the evening aarti ceremony at the shiva temple i saw a big bat fly overhead i smiled because it occurred to me that bats are creatures of the night and play an important role in our ecology and here we are all of humanity soaring in our our night the future uncertain unseen moreover bats can eat up to 500 mosquitoes an hour a sign and reminder i thought that good things happen in the dark because even as we are whipped around by what may feel like gale force winds i am certain there is something positive brewing somewhere out there over the lights and flags of the shiva temple overhead across dark skies a blazing sun is awaiting the new day that is sure to come i appear to be here for the duration because as of tomorrow all flights into the united states will cease for an indeterminate period according to the state department i am in it now india or bust maybe it s good i find myself forced to forget about the future and my plans to return home for a visit the future is unknown anyway it is never known the future is mystery so i settle into the moment more and more maybe that is the whole point to be here now what else is there after all friendly young cow friendly young cow my host s cow who comes inside to eat every morning a khajuraho cow awaiting her meal on the door step lol the beautiful bride classical indian dance festival with khajuraho temple in background shiva temple lit up for mahashivarti festival western temples khajuraho shiva temple khajuraho arriving for evening aarti dancing horses at a party for a new baby temple sculpture western temples temple meditation sculpture classroom sculpture khajuraho western temples spice seller at market my favorite cow and street puppy holi festival of color with two of my hosts chunni and geeyan chunni doing holi ceremony at home khajuraho field khajuraho field day time groom wedding procession through downtown khajuraho wedding processing women dancing old temple khajuraho with my little parrot friend the strange and wondrous place called singapore february 13 2020 nickirising chinese new year cloud forest dome gardens by the bay human rights singapore marina bay 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