Dear Vimal ,

It's so wonderful you are Woofing ! Such a wonderful way to see more of our beautiful country . And in such a grounded ,loving way too . I sense it is also a much grittier lifestyle to what you are used to ( I'm a pukka city gal so I know it may be hard to get used to rural community ) .

I live in a comparitively linear environment with a very linear job . Medicine is awash with protocol and there is a strident effort to take out spontaneity and innovation( because of course babies are just pieces of flesh - don't even get me started !).Here too ,I have had to learn( to unlearn ) to innovate . I look at it as my own quiet rebellion within the system that would rather I not walk on the edge. So I regularly ' feel' into what my babies need from me rather than what the books say I must do. In that way I have managed to reduce infection rates ,intervention and a dozen such things that are concerned par in other units. Because the little ones are much less stressed ,I get the mom's in much more . Being a mom myself ,it's such a joy to see them bonding with their babies no matter how wee.

What I am trying to say is that try to break free from our own minds tendency to be owned by what appears to be Rock solid truth in circumstances. To quote Neo in the Matrix- " Some rules can be bent ,others broken " Keep looking at better ,more innovative ,whackier ways to do things and suddenly the Universe responds with more opportunities to exercise that innovation not to mention the joy and purpose in living that reality entails.

What Open talks about ,though, is taking that Beingness to the next level . Infusing every moment with Openness ( pun unintended but apt 😀) . Which means allowing one moment to allow for the birthing of the next . I do manage to do this in some aspects of my life . I bought the apartment I am staying in ,in just that way. Hoped for something and then kept following the bread crumbs until I found both a friend ,a community and a home all in one fell swoop.Its within stones 's throw of my kids school and my workplace ,so my commute is zero. And being of a simar bent of mind as the owner ,it felt like home from day 1 . Don't do it as much or as often as Open describes though. Also like you I am learning to read Signs and synchronicities ( similar to where you are with that one ,mate ) .

It's a playful ,curious ,open way to Be that he describes 😀 . And so fulfilling !

lots of love as we both explore !

Megha

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