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Day 4: Clearing My Mind in Sarnath, Sending Metta and Donations to Nepal

 
ThisAmericanSadhu
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04/27/2015 04:23 AM
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Day 4: Clearing My Mind in Sarnath, Sending Metta and Donations to Nepal
It is still hard for me to think about what happened a few days ago in Nepal. The death toll has climbed to over 3,200. I ask God why He put me so close to the catastrophe and yet removed me from being apart of it at the last moment. He knows that I am looking for this kind of work and danger. I have asked for it. And yet I don’t know whether to go back or to stay in India. I am trying to view it from the perspective there is a reason that I was not there. Maybe I can do better work where I am now than if I were still in Nepal or dead for that matter.

I am very torn at the moment and I just don’t know what to do. I am not used to indecision, but I guess this is just a time for me to be patient and to wait for God to guide me in the right direction. I don’t know if they are even letting people into the country at the moment unless they are with a specific relief organization. Without a doubt, I will be back there when the time is right.

If I were to return, I would perhaps be of some help as I speak Nepali, I am good at construction or deconstruction and “getting my hands dirty”, and I could provide much needed moral support, but I would also be another mouth to feed and would take up another much needed bed or tent, which are in high demand at the moment. They can’t even find enough food or water for those that are there at the moment and it has been less than 48 hours.

When I think about Nepal, I don’t think of it in terms of a few singular friends, or singular places, or experiences. I see Nepal as an image in itself. It is hard to explain. I consider every single Nepali, even those that I have never met, as friends. I see all of their faces as one. It has been a rock of support for me the past five years as I mentioned in my previous posts.

The image I have of Nepal is characterized by pristine-ness, purity, and perfection. It truly takes an “act of God” to shake an image such as this and yet this is what has happened. I know they won’t lose these characteristics, it is just the “image” has been shaken in my own mind and it is difficult to accept at the moment. I just keep telling myself there has to be a reason that I am not there and a reason for it to happen altogether; that Nepal will be a better place in the long-term because of this event.



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04/27/2015 06:00 AM
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Re: Day 4: Clearing My Mind in Sarnath, Sending Metta and Donations to Nepal
Perhaps you can help comfort the families/friends in India who can't get to their loved ones right now. I'm sure they (Nepal) will still be in need of help for many days/months to come and you will have ample opportunity to lend a hand. Humanity is not lost so long as there is people like yourself who are willing and able to care for others. hf





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