17. Report - 23/11/21 - Lotus flower rock lake & screaming women

 Around noon I arrive at the "Holy Mountain" with the venerable temple and the lotus flower rock lake, which the host had shown me yesterday morning.

The mountain is enveloped in a beautiful silence. It invites one to experience deeper stillness while meditating. For hours. In between, however, one can also bathe, secretly, I don't know whether it is allowed, because the pond belongs to a historical temple school where the Siddharths were instructed.

I drip water on the leaves of the lotus flowers; when the leaves are held up, the water runs off completely - it apparently hasn't gotten wet at all. A beautiful symbol for a person who has been cleansed inside - he can no longer be wetted or soiled from the outside.

In the evening I visit the priest and ask for a shelter for the night. But he refuses. Nobody in the neighborhood is open to me either - on the contrary: the women get very loud right away, some even screeching, some don't even let me finish the matter.

A ruse comes to me. Before I speak to people at the next house, I take a 100 rupee note in my hands and hold it so that others can see it directly. - It doesn't work at the next house yet, but at least a friendly younger woman fills my water bottle. A little further on I can move into a shed of simple farmers for the night; They don't want the 100 rupee note. But the farmer watches suspiciously that I'll turn off the light early and be gone early the next morning.