Sept 16, 2003 My Music is Stolen!!
Dear All,
September 16th...afternoon
Just a quick run down of yesterday and today....quite traumatic to begin with but now just becoming thought provoking and adventurous.
Yesterday morning I woke up as usual and did my morning stuff and then went out to ask to have the hot water turned on and to put my laundry up on the roof to dry. Of course, as usual, for a couple of minutes out of the room I did not lock the door, and when I came back, my MP3 player and ALL MY MUSIC was gone!!(These were not regular CD's that I bought, but 10, MP3 discs which I had made myself from music I hand picked and downloaded from the Internet-and enormous task and very time consuming-but giving me a wonderful collection of hand-picked music of all genres which I particularly like-quite a loss and not easy to replace)...Well, at first I couldn't believe it, since up to now, every time I left my room I had been locking the player into my bag and locking it....but I never thought to do that for just a couple of minutes to hang laundry...this guest house is considered to be very safe ...but it happend...I was devastated yesterday as my music is what keeps me going when I am alone...it is bascially like a drug for me, an addiction I guess...well, of course I told Ashish about it, and I had my definite suspicions but not good to blame someone if you are not sure...Anyway, he immediately called Kokila, the owner and she came right up from the place she was at that night and arrived in 15 minutes, quite disturbed....to make a very long story short...she decided to go to her pyschic (a hindu priest) and also her astrologer, and bring them items of clothing from me and the suspected perpetrators...she was away for the entire day, traveling around in the rain by busses and in the meantime, I kind of just roamed around in a state of mild shock, trying to imaigne myself totally without music for the next 2months...it seemed an impossible mission yesterday...and I thought of actually cutting my trip short!!...spoke with other people here who were all very nice, and some girls made up signs for me to hang, but bascially there was nothing to be done....in the end, 2 girls decided they wanted me to attune them to Reiki I and we actually started yesterday evening and both had very powerful attunements...they had taken the one copy of the workbook I had brought along in English, although they are Israelis, and photo copied it for themselves to use....and we had a wonderful first session yesterday. While doing this, Kokila came back and reported that both agreed that more than one person was invovled, that it was still in the area, and that I would definitely get it back, but one asked to see me in person, so we arranged to go together back today...
I slept poorly last night, dreamed that I got back the music (on the notes I wrote that I don't care about the player, it is replaceable, but would even pay a reward for anyone returning the CD's)....I also rmemembered the tarot card of 2 nights earlier "silence" and began to understand that there is some very powerful lesson here.....I use my music to keep me from being in silence...I seem to need it...I seem to be afraid of the silence when I am alone in my room...but perhaps this is precisely what I need and the Universe has conspired to make this happen....so I even made a "deal" with God telling him that if he just arranges to have the music returned, I will lock it in my bag and not listen to it the entire time I am here....Also realized that most of my lessons I seem to learn only the hard way, by being hit over the head, and although I have not yet come to terms with the whole thing, I DO believe that it truly is what was meant to be...
Then I had the wonderful adventure of spending the day with Kokila...we travelled to Dharamsala by bus, and switched to another bus down to wherever she took me on the road to this hindu guy who insisted on seeing me personally...Just the ride down was an adventure, and then when our turn came, he told me many things, including reaing my palm (all for the price of 50 rupees)...he said I will DEFINITELY get the Cd's back but not the player, and that because I am under the influence of Saturn which deals with metal, it is a blessing that this metal object was taken from me since it prevented a much more serious catastrophe having to do with me and metal, probablay some kind of accident with a car or something ...so I should thank the gods for taking care of me and know I am very lucky and will get the music back. He also told me from looking at my palm, that I should always be careful when driving (again something to do with me and metal mechanical things)that I will find my next partner very soon, not here in India, that I will be living someplace other than Israel in about 1 1/2 years but will always come home to Israel....and that I will not have to worry about money,,,,my partner will be some sort of business man and will provide well...(Note-2006 - I guess the part about the metal and the accident and Saturn was right, but he didn't hit one other thing on the head!- so much for Hindu priest psychics)
Then we headed back to Dharamsala where we walked around a bit, had a nice meal of Biryani and then headed back home by shared jeep...which Kokila, knowing the ropes, paid for 3 seats instead of 2 so we wouldn't be squashed to death (in my opinion, the bus was more comfortable and the same price...7 rupees)...Kokila and I had a real ladies day out finding out about each others families (hers is originally from Nepal and she still has 1 sister and 3 brothers in Katmandu)...she also recognized Shlomit and Chanale Yaniv and Yali from the pictures I showed her, and wants to know when she will meet the rest of my family....She promised to take me down to Kalgra one day where they are building another house (their 4th) and take me shopping for clothing etc....and when I get to Delhi, where she also lives, she promised to take me to the best shops for good quality clothing and good prices...(she says she owns 10's of saris and over 50 shalwar kameezes so she must know what she is doing!).
all in all, it was another adventure...I will have to do my best when I get home to recreate the CD's from the music I put on my parents computer (and some is also on Ravin's, perhaps he can get it to me some way)...and just discover what true silence will now hold in store for me....I know it will be hard....but there has got to be something waiting for me in the silence and I must overcome my fear and find out what it is! (My only problem now is traveling the long train distances without music!!!).
So, that's it for today....will keep you all up to date if anything else happens...
Love...
September 16th...afternoon
Just a quick run down of yesterday and today....quite traumatic to begin with but now just becoming thought provoking and adventurous.
Yesterday morning I woke up as usual and did my morning stuff and then went out to ask to have the hot water turned on and to put my laundry up on the roof to dry. Of course, as usual, for a couple of minutes out of the room I did not lock the door, and when I came back, my MP3 player and ALL MY MUSIC was gone!!(These were not regular CD's that I bought, but 10, MP3 discs which I had made myself from music I hand picked and downloaded from the Internet-and enormous task and very time consuming-but giving me a wonderful collection of hand-picked music of all genres which I particularly like-quite a loss and not easy to replace)...Well, at first I couldn't believe it, since up to now, every time I left my room I had been locking the player into my bag and locking it....but I never thought to do that for just a couple of minutes to hang laundry...this guest house is considered to be very safe ...but it happend...I was devastated yesterday as my music is what keeps me going when I am alone...it is bascially like a drug for me, an addiction I guess...well, of course I told Ashish about it, and I had my definite suspicions but not good to blame someone if you are not sure...Anyway, he immediately called Kokila, the owner and she came right up from the place she was at that night and arrived in 15 minutes, quite disturbed....to make a very long story short...she decided to go to her pyschic (a hindu priest) and also her astrologer, and bring them items of clothing from me and the suspected perpetrators...she was away for the entire day, traveling around in the rain by busses and in the meantime, I kind of just roamed around in a state of mild shock, trying to imaigne myself totally without music for the next 2months...it seemed an impossible mission yesterday...and I thought of actually cutting my trip short!!...spoke with other people here who were all very nice, and some girls made up signs for me to hang, but bascially there was nothing to be done....in the end, 2 girls decided they wanted me to attune them to Reiki I and we actually started yesterday evening and both had very powerful attunements...they had taken the one copy of the workbook I had brought along in English, although they are Israelis, and photo copied it for themselves to use....and we had a wonderful first session yesterday. While doing this, Kokila came back and reported that both agreed that more than one person was invovled, that it was still in the area, and that I would definitely get it back, but one asked to see me in person, so we arranged to go together back today...
I slept poorly last night, dreamed that I got back the music (on the notes I wrote that I don't care about the player, it is replaceable, but would even pay a reward for anyone returning the CD's)....I also rmemembered the tarot card of 2 nights earlier "silence" and began to understand that there is some very powerful lesson here.....I use my music to keep me from being in silence...I seem to need it...I seem to be afraid of the silence when I am alone in my room...but perhaps this is precisely what I need and the Universe has conspired to make this happen....so I even made a "deal" with God telling him that if he just arranges to have the music returned, I will lock it in my bag and not listen to it the entire time I am here....Also realized that most of my lessons I seem to learn only the hard way, by being hit over the head, and although I have not yet come to terms with the whole thing, I DO believe that it truly is what was meant to be...
Then I had the wonderful adventure of spending the day with Kokila...we travelled to Dharamsala by bus, and switched to another bus down to wherever she took me on the road to this hindu guy who insisted on seeing me personally...Just the ride down was an adventure, and then when our turn came, he told me many things, including reaing my palm (all for the price of 50 rupees)...he said I will DEFINITELY get the Cd's back but not the player, and that because I am under the influence of Saturn which deals with metal, it is a blessing that this metal object was taken from me since it prevented a much more serious catastrophe having to do with me and metal, probablay some kind of accident with a car or something ...so I should thank the gods for taking care of me and know I am very lucky and will get the music back. He also told me from looking at my palm, that I should always be careful when driving (again something to do with me and metal mechanical things)that I will find my next partner very soon, not here in India, that I will be living someplace other than Israel in about 1 1/2 years but will always come home to Israel....and that I will not have to worry about money,,,,my partner will be some sort of business man and will provide well...(Note-2006 - I guess the part about the metal and the accident and Saturn was right, but he didn't hit one other thing on the head!- so much for Hindu priest psychics)
Then we headed back to Dharamsala where we walked around a bit, had a nice meal of Biryani and then headed back home by shared jeep...which Kokila, knowing the ropes, paid for 3 seats instead of 2 so we wouldn't be squashed to death (in my opinion, the bus was more comfortable and the same price...7 rupees)...Kokila and I had a real ladies day out finding out about each others families (hers is originally from Nepal and she still has 1 sister and 3 brothers in Katmandu)...she also recognized Shlomit and Chanale Yaniv and Yali from the pictures I showed her, and wants to know when she will meet the rest of my family....She promised to take me down to Kalgra one day where they are building another house (their 4th) and take me shopping for clothing etc....and when I get to Delhi, where she also lives, she promised to take me to the best shops for good quality clothing and good prices...(she says she owns 10's of saris and over 50 shalwar kameezes so she must know what she is doing!).
all in all, it was another adventure...I will have to do my best when I get home to recreate the CD's from the music I put on my parents computer (and some is also on Ravin's, perhaps he can get it to me some way)...and just discover what true silence will now hold in store for me....I know it will be hard....but there has got to be something waiting for me in the silence and I must overcome my fear and find out what it is! (My only problem now is traveling the long train distances without music!!!).
So, that's it for today....will keep you all up to date if anything else happens...
Love...
posted by Jane @ 2:55 PM
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