The Ganga Touch

(The India experience)

The first time i saw pictures from the Ganga river i thought to myself "i will never go in.... Can water be clean with all the laundry and people washing in it? ... NEVER go in..."

And I adore the fact of purifying water, only that.... i really wondered....

The first day i was near the Ganga water i slightly touched it while watching and participating in the "puja", fire and water ceremony, and god.... it was hell cold!!!

When i say "the sense of touch" in Hebrew it relates more to the act of touching with hands. But i relate to touch as a whole sensuality .... and entering water, whether in a bath, a sea or a river has a very deep memory in our brain.

There are actually cultural phrases for an event such as "jumping into cold water" and still, when we try to imagine "the sense of touch" we think: "what have i touched today besides the computer mouse or my touch phone"....

So when my friend took me up the holy river, clear water with sparkling sand and amazing stones, I couldn't resist experiencing it all, with every cell of my white skin.

And I was all prepared when suddenly a group of old men, Indian, asked us to go away and give them privacy to do their ceremony and deep in. So we agreed to wait.

While waiting for them, we set by the boulders, enormous and colorful grayish green and white stones with all different so-called capillaries drawings....

Exposed to the strong sun, my white skin was becoming red as usual although i was covered all over. My body water started feeling as boiling and evaporating.

Heat!!!

The group of men was heading back to the road they came from and i was relieved... as fast as i could i went in. Walking with bare feet on fire stones and suddenly it felt like a blood glacier, my whole blood stream was in a shock the moment i put my feet in....The contrast was the stronger ever.

My mind was shutting down.

No matter what!

I am going in!

And the sound of coolness on a boiling skin replaced the feeling of impossible.

Purifying is not always a pleasant process. Sometimes it needs some determination with no thoughts. The same as meditation.

Touch my ora now... can you feel it?

Well- "untouchable" is a new sense after sensing the highest moment.

I am free.