I Just Lost My Head!

Today, I was a bookworm. Also, I wrote, I cooked, I ate, I went for a walk, I weeded in my garden, I meditated. A simple and beautiful day!

I started to read Eat Pray Love for the second time.

Here is the question that Elizabeth Gilbert, in her book, poses to the Indonesian medicine man named Ketut. Mind you, she is only allowed to ask one question.

Liz: "...I guess what I want to learn is how to live in the world and enjoy it's delights, but also devote my life to God?"

He showed her a sketch, 'It was an androgynous human figure, standing up, hands clasped in prayer. But the figure had four legs, and no head. Where the head should have been, there was a foliage of ferns and flowers. There was a small smiling face over the heart.'

Ketut: "To find the balance you want, this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the Earth that it's like you had four legs instead of two. That way you can stay in the world. But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way you will know God."

I just love this book. Liz is, as she herself admits, transparent. She hides nothing. Sometimes I feel a little embarrassed to know so much about her, but at the same time thankful that she lets us in, up close and personal, to her process of transformation. Not to mention that she is a gifted and talented writer.

I am now going to walk these tired four legs and happy heart to bed.