Sat 8 December 2012
I have just read that Nelson Mandela has been admitted into hospital for tests, and it makes me think of how that one of the biggest resistances I had when embarking on my adventure was to not be here in my beloved South Africa if he died. Well he didn't and here I am at home again, and I know that he is tired and will get called to return to his ancestors one of these days. But each time I read that he is not well, or in hospital, there is a pain that creeps into my heart, this man is a master and an icon in these time. He is the one of the significant features in my travels where whomever I met in 10 countries, over 8 months, referred to this wonderful human being with so much love and so much reverence. And he is an anchor that we owe so much gratitude to for teaching us all about forgiveness and reconciliation.
I can't quite believe that its over a month since I returned home, and here I am in my new home in Cape Town and my life has completely changed and shifted. I haven't been on line much over this past month and a bit, and have tried on 2 occasions to write my next blog post, and both times, wrote but was not able to complete the task for various reasons. Well, I am determined to complete it tonight as I have been feeling disconnected and distant from all the extraordinary people I met in the world, and feel a real need to connect and share a little of what its like to be home on African soil and how amazing this country really is.
I said that I had started writing on 2 different occasions and want to share these writings as they came from a space that was freshly returned and capture what I was feeling and experiencing at the time.
Tuesday 13 November :
Its from Claremont in Cape Town that I am writing after registering at my college for a Bachelor of Applied Psychology which I begin on 4 February 2013 and its wonderful to have the opportunity to just sit here, in a very funky tea shop, and catch up with my blog. I haven't really landed as yet and I think the thing that is overwhelming me is making so many arrangements after having very few over the past 8 months. How different my life is about to become and I am working on just grounding myself and keeping the inner divinity in tact. Its been 12 days since I landed back in SA and I still wake up each morning and have to take a moment to ascertain where I am in the world. And I am still living out of my suitcase wearing the same clothes, which although I have unpacked temporarily into a cupboard - wow amazing - still will have to be regathered when I move at the end of this month to Cape Town.
I have just read that Nelson Mandela has been admitted into hospital for tests, and it makes me think of how that one of the biggest resistances I had when embarking on my adventure was to not be here in my beloved South Africa if he died. Well he didn't and here I am at home again, and I know that he is tired and will get called to return to his ancestors one of these days. But each time I read that he is not well, or in hospital, there is a pain that creeps into my heart, this man is a master and an icon in these time. He is the one of the significant features in my travels where whomever I met in 10 countries, over 8 months, referred to this wonderful human being with so much love and so much reverence. And he is an anchor that we owe so much gratitude to for teaching us all about forgiveness and reconciliation.
I can't quite believe that its over a month since I returned home, and here I am in my new home in Cape Town and my life has completely changed and shifted. I haven't been on line much over this past month and a bit, and have tried on 2 occasions to write my next blog post, and both times, wrote but was not able to complete the task for various reasons. Well, I am determined to complete it tonight as I have been feeling disconnected and distant from all the extraordinary people I met in the world, and feel a real need to connect and share a little of what its like to be home on African soil and how amazing this country really is.
I said that I had started writing on 2 different occasions and want to share these writings as they came from a space that was freshly returned and capture what I was feeling and experiencing at the time.
Tuesday 13 November :
Its from Claremont in Cape Town that I am writing after registering at my college for a Bachelor of Applied Psychology which I begin on 4 February 2013 and its wonderful to have the opportunity to just sit here, in a very funky tea shop, and catch up with my blog. I haven't really landed as yet and I think the thing that is overwhelming me is making so many arrangements after having very few over the past 8 months. How different my life is about to become and I am working on just grounding myself and keeping the inner divinity in tact. Its been 12 days since I landed back in SA and I still wake up each morning and have to take a moment to ascertain where I am in the world. And I am still living out of my suitcase wearing the same clothes, which although I have unpacked temporarily into a cupboard - wow amazing - still will have to be regathered when I move at the end of this month to Cape Town.
And then I will unpack and start making my nest again - its going to be amazing ! So how is it being back I am asked ? And my replies vary from amazing, wonderful, not sure yet, still grounding .....but what is the most amazing of all is how familiar everything is and although I feel completely different within, everything around me is the same as before and sometimes I have remind myself that I have been away from the Garden Route for 8 months.
I have decided 2 things about my blog - one is that Nidhi's Sacred Adventure will continue and although it may not be the same in the way of me visiting so many amazing countries and places, my journey of growth, adventure and experiences will continue and the journey of my amazing work with diverse groups using drumming, rhythm, life awareness and sacred divinity will create wonderful stories and sharing and I am sure will continue to inspire. And two is that I am looking into turning my blog into a book and growing the stories of my travels. As soon as I have settled into my new life, this will be a new part of my sacred divine adventure,exciting timesahead.
Monday 19 November
So how is home for me ? its such an interesting concept suddenly, as home for the past nearly 10 months has been exactly where I am in each moment. And there has been little attachment to any specific abode at all as its been quite temporary. In my visions and dreams I wish for a settled space somewhere in the world where I can potter in mygarden, cook delicious and nutritious food and create a sacred divine space to be in ! and I will create this wherever I choose to live or be,but I keep feeling that home is deeply where my connection with spirit is and in so many moments of my days when I am swimming in the sacred river, or walking in the forest, drumming and playing rhythms and connecting with others and sitting around a table communing with my loved ones, and many, many more moments like these that I am connected and I am at home. Its such a beautiful awareness to come to this place within myself. Home is my connection with God, with All that Is and that includes the all aspects of life.
South Africa is the most magnificent country, the spaces, the weather, the sunrises and
the sunsets, the abundant nature and the rich diversity of its beautiful people. And
seeing the stories around me of poverty, of lack, of sadness, of opulence, of joy, of music and colour and creativity and of everything that makes up life here, I am looking and feeling connected to it all and grateful once again that my connection and my spirit hasvastness and depth of light, joy, peace and an acceptance of all that is.
South Africa is ALL THAT IS and how amazing it is to come home to this place of learning,acceptance, tolerance, forgiveness, joy, rhythm, beauty, connections, music, and natureand to just Love it all. I am looking through different eyes and the eyes of my soul are shifted too and I know that it is exactly where I need to be right now.
And back to Sat 8 December, and where I am right now. I have just moved into my new home in Hout Bay which is in Cape Town. I have spend the past week unpacking my lovely things and touching base with a life that I placed in a storage garage for much of this past year and its been amazing to re-create my home and find a special place for all the parts of myself in a relaxed and quite different way. And to keep witnessing myself quite shifted and different and needing different things to keep me balanced and connected to my centre and my core.
I am off tomorrow on another adventure, which is exciting and will give me the opportunity to Be in nature, under the incredible African skies, writing and creating in a retreat space in Standton which is close to Hermanus on the east coast.
6 days in a special place in Africa, working with ancient story, observing the end of the year and exploring a new cycle.
Monday 19 November
So how is home for me ? its such an interesting concept suddenly, as home for the past nearly 10 months has been exactly where I am in each moment. And there has been little attachment to any specific abode at all as its been quite temporary. In my visions and dreams I wish for a settled space somewhere in the world where I can potter in mygarden, cook delicious and nutritious food and create a sacred divine space to be in ! and I will create this wherever I choose to live or be,but I keep feeling that home is deeply where my connection with spirit is and in so many moments of my days when I am swimming in the sacred river, or walking in the forest, drumming and playing rhythms and connecting with others and sitting around a table communing with my loved ones, and many, many more moments like these that I am connected and I am at home. Its such a beautiful awareness to come to this place within myself. Home is my connection with God, with All that Is and that includes the all aspects of life.
South Africa is the most magnificent country, the spaces, the weather, the sunrises and
the sunsets, the abundant nature and the rich diversity of its beautiful people. And
seeing the stories around me of poverty, of lack, of sadness, of opulence, of joy, of music and colour and creativity and of everything that makes up life here, I am looking and feeling connected to it all and grateful once again that my connection and my spirit hasvastness and depth of light, joy, peace and an acceptance of all that is.
South Africa is ALL THAT IS and how amazing it is to come home to this place of learning,acceptance, tolerance, forgiveness, joy, rhythm, beauty, connections, music, and natureand to just Love it all. I am looking through different eyes and the eyes of my soul are shifted too and I know that it is exactly where I need to be right now.
And back to Sat 8 December, and where I am right now. I have just moved into my new home in Hout Bay which is in Cape Town. I have spend the past week unpacking my lovely things and touching base with a life that I placed in a storage garage for much of this past year and its been amazing to re-create my home and find a special place for all the parts of myself in a relaxed and quite different way. And to keep witnessing myself quite shifted and different and needing different things to keep me balanced and connected to my centre and my core.
I am off tomorrow on another adventure, which is exciting and will give me the opportunity to Be in nature, under the incredible African skies, writing and creating in a retreat space in Standton which is close to Hermanus on the east coast.
6 days in a special place in Africa, working with ancient story, observing the end of the year and exploring a new cycle.
This is perfect way for me to end off my year and prepare for the steps that I have taken in creating a new life and a new way of being. I am looking forward to writing and learning and experiencing so much more in the new year and sharing my adventures.
Until I write again in 2013, I would like to say thank you to you all for sharing my journey with me this year, for your encouragement, feedback, inspiration, friendship and just for being there and making it so exciting for me to write and share with you.
I wish you peace, light and love for the new year and new cycles. We are the people we have been waiting for and we hold so much love and so much light to shift and expand this incredible world into new beginnings.
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
Nidhi xxxx
