Humpday News & PHOTOS!! YAY!!

(Above) This is my "home" (for now). The office is the building in the bottom left corner. My building is behind the tree in the upper, right hand corner.
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Finally! Photos!
These took a fairly long time to upload...so I'm not going to put all of the ones I have up- better than nothing!
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(Below) Stupas & prayer flags behind HH Dalai Lama's monastery. It's even more amazing in person.
(Below) Taken on the infamous "leach walk." A cloudy, but beautiful day in Bir. This is down the mountain a bit from Deer Park.
(Below) Everam, Mary and I just before setting off to see Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. We're standing in the courtyard of Deer Park, the library is behind us.

(Below) Here is sunset from 2 nights ago...the view from the top of the stairs at Deer Park. The rooms across the courtyard are the "fancy" ones (with their own bathrooms, I'm not staying there). Kalu (dog) is on the steps.
Mid-week update:

Sunday after lunch Robbie and I went on our "outing." I somehow decided it was due time for me to ride on a motorcycle (the back of Lucky's scooter in a parking lot didn't really count...). Robbie has been riding for many years, so he was the man to "break me in."
I used this opportunity to practice "meditation in action" and letting go of fear and anxiety of the unknown in the dreaded of "out of my control" zone.
My dear friend, Beaux, read a book that said, if it scares you, do it- so there I was! It was almost surreal at first, so "un-Caroline."

I loved it.

We wound our way down the VERY bumpy road from Deer Park, onto the newly paved road through town...then up the windy, steep, guardrail-less, sometimes bumpy, narrow mountain road towards the top! We made it almost all the way and decided to park and hike for a bit...then we felt a little rain so we headed back down.
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I've been researching where I'm going next and it looks like I'll be leaving Bir sooner than expected. There is a Tibetan language course scheduled to begin Nov.18th in Dehra Dun, which was already my next destination. It's almost as if I knew the class existed, except for the fact that I had no idea! My karma is coming to fruition so beautifully! I am so so grateful.
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I sat in the temple last night for an hour, alone, in the dark, in meditation. It was Diwali and there were candles all over the steps of the temple. The sounds of fireworks randomly bursting, laughter, cheering, music...the electricity was going on and off (a common occurrence) so the lights around the statue of Buddha were flashing. I cried. I have these moments of openness that are beautiful.

LOVE.