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At the moment we have three
very nice women from Austria here as guests, who got
to know me last year when I was in Salzburg. They
went to the bazaar today to buy some gifts and nice
things and when they came back they told that a
monkey had stolen the glasses of one of her.
Actually this happens often here and we warn people
about it but if you need glasses to see something
you will still wear them. But the people around are
normally very helpful and know what to do: they
brought some biscuits and threw them to the monkey
who, knowing that this would taste better than the
glasses, let them go to catch the biscuits. It is a
trick that makes both happy, the monkey and the one
who needs his glasses! She got her glasses back and
says that it was a special experience.
One
subject is still going on in my mind and I want to
tell about my feelings here. I like to give my
friendship with Govind again as an example for a
perfect relationship if something like this exists.
Since he has left Vrindavan on the 24th
February we did not have any contact. I do not
expect him to call and he doesn't expect me to call.
I do not want anyone to have expectations on me.
This would create a pressure that I don't want to
have and that I cannot afford. I do not want to
create any pressure on anyone but I also do not want
to have pressure from anyone. And expectations like
on how often I need to call or that I have to spend
a certain amount of time with someone create
pressure. If I do not do that what will happen? Will
I loose a friend? No, I do not want to live with
this fear! I carry so much love in my heart, for
everyone and of course especially for my loved ones,
my friends and my family. They have a place in my
heart and I am always thinking of them with all my
love. I think in the West friendships do not have
this trust as a base. I trust that my friend will
stay my friend even if I do not call him because I
trust on his love and I trust that he knows that I
love him. Even in families it is very different in
the countries where I usually work. People tell me
of fights with family members, times in which
siblings do not have contact with each other and
that they do not really know their own blood-related
family. It just couldn't happen in my family and
this is where I see that the trust is missing
already in the family. The love is missing. I want
to bring this back and with my friendships all over
the world I want to give an example for the love
that can be between two beings without expectations,
without conditions. Only love.
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