13. Report - Loud life in the Sarguru temple

The pujas in the temple are loud. I like the many bells and shell horns and, on special occasions, drums. For a few days now, I've been ringing the hand bell alternately with Maghesh.

There is actually enough time to meditate in relative calm in the temple, but some noise is constant and I miss the silence a little.

Children are here every day. There is a magic demonstration at the weekend.

Soorya translates during

    the magic presentation  

The food is simple but sufficient. I haven't seen showers and western toilets for over 10 days. But it is also easy: right hand to eat - left hand to clean. As soon as you get used to it, you even discover advantages.

Sleep is on the floor. I got used to it quickly. But something else is tough here: Indians apparently have no problem speaking out loud when people are sleeping around them.

Maghesh recommends that I move to the building that used to be the dining room. There it is noticeably quieter and it is pleasant to lie on the natural ground.

The next night, however, I get loud: I scream muffled because something has bitten my ear. It is very painful and persistent. About two hours later, I feel something between my fingers. I don't scream, but the man next to me wakes up anyway and turns on the light. I can still see an animal, like a caterpillar, crawling quickly over my sweater. When it pinches my leg again later, I pack all my sleeping clothes and go out. I shake out all things. Then the animal falls down, but immediately disappears under the mat. It's about two-thirty.

The following night I was bitten next to the rump. But it's not as painful as the first time. Apparently the animal is running out of poison

I spend the next night in the hall again - and sleep well. When the alarm sounds at five, it bites again.

In the toilet, the animal falls out of my sleep pants.

I show the self-made photo of the animal around. Those who know say it is a dangerous animal and one bite can cause temporary paralysis. - The priest says that Sarguru wants to tell me something.

Yes but what!? Unusual. I now also believe in karma - that the good and bad things you did in the past catch up with you. Maybe I used to kill or annoy animals unnecessarily - not just as a child ?!

I will treat animals more respectfully - also or especially the unloved ones.

Scolopendra