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  1. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    After nearly two years of traveling India's spiritual supermarket I'm still a self-occupied, selfish, pathetic, pessimistic bitch who's dropped any faith at first sign that things aren't going well.
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  2. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    I am worried self analysis will lead to spiritual paralysis
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  3. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    Do you have deep feelings for nature or do you year detachment? Do you prefer sex or self-control?
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  4. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    The Sikhs have shown me how to be strong, the Vipassana course taught me how to calm my mind, India's Muslims have shown me the meaning of surrender and sacrifice, and the Hindus have illustrated an infinite number of ways to the divine. But right now the Buddhist way of living attracts me the most. It complements my society's psychological approach to individual growth and development, my desire to take control and take responsibility for my own happiness and it advocates a way of living that encourages compassion and care.
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  5. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    I figure that if I can find peace in death, then perhaps I can find peace and a sense of grace in life.
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  6. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    I can look to Hanuman for energy, Varuna {the God of water} if I want rain, Lakshmi {Vishnu's consort, the goddess of wealth} if I need money and Saraswathi {Brahma's consort, the goddess of knowledge} ifI have an exam coming up. Ganesh the elephant god and the child of Shiva and Parvati} can be called on when starting a new journey or venture and Vishnu, Ram or Krishna if I want purity of spirit.
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  7. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    God is not a judgemental giant sitting up in heaven, it's a force within us all - we are light bulbs in the electrical system of the universe.
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  8. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    Mehmooda's faith and fatalism makes me realize how much I still cling to the belief that I have power over my destiny. Perhaps it's time to let that go. Back at the boat on the lake of lotuses I shiver with thoughts of surrender, for it seems such surrender requires sacrifices I could never make. I'm not sure I want that depth of faith and I can't imagine being capable of it.
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  9. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    I must find peace in the only place possible in India. Within.
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  10. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    I've crashed into another bad wall of karma and in the process lost my lightness of being."
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  11. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    I realize I don't have to be a Christian who follows the church, or a Buddhist nun in robes, or a convert to Judaism
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  12. Sarah Macdonald _ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

    Judaism or Islam or Sikhism. I can be a believer in something bigger than what I can touch. I can make a leap of faith to a higher power in a way that's appropriate to my culture but not be imprisoned by it.
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