just went to get an acupuncture treatment here for my back and foot in the small village where i have been staying outside of katapana. it turns out he is a proponent of organic agriculture and lives in a village about 50 kgm from here over into the state of tamil nadu. he says that the grapes and most of the vegetables we are eating here come from there. he is very connected and would very much like to share with me, his connections to the organic community. so i am going off there on the 10th to stay there for a couple of days
wanted to share some of my process here. i was reading a book called The Alchemist by pavlo Caelo (or something like that). one thing he repeats over and over in his book is that if you are on the right path, the whole universe will support you. so here i was several days ago up here with a hurt back, my nose running like a sieve, my foot hurting (but only when i walk), walking 3 hours to find a place to sleep, wondering how i can possibly learn about the wonderful food forests all around me. of course he also says how you will be tested to see if your vision is true.
so my english speaking internet cafe operator tells me about a restaurant up here along a side road i had not seen, and i finally go to it. the restaurant is hot and no one speaks english and i want to know what i am eating, so that did not work out. but right next door was an acupuncturist. not that day but the next i finally went in to see the acupuncturist and voila, see the above paragraph. it was finding a long lost brother, who will help me with all of my wishes, dreams and needs for people to connect with.
then today i got out in this small village and started walking down the road. several km into it, i had to use a bathroom badly. just around the bend was some sort of dam project. i went up to the security person and asked for a toilet and voila, a clean toilet. you have to understand that i am a little hung up on toilets. everywhere in the “woods” i go, i see people and many of the toilets are filthy, so wanting clean toilets is a big need and when i needed it it was there.
so again if i do not clutch, things are working.