Fiji One, ha ha ha & Oneness

Hello Everyone,

Well, here we go for another adventure. This time to Fiji for learning how to do the Oneness Blessing. I need to start on Monday of the week that I left. I had just returned from India and the Temple Opening if you remember.

On Monday evening I was talking with Lisa Cassetta our Australian liason for Oneness, when I discovered that my ticket to go to Sydney was for the wrong day. Seems that Flight Centre (read that &*^&%*%^) had rescheduled the trip and not told me specifically after specifically telling me when I could buy that ticket. Additional cost to reschedule the ticket: $204.

I was devastated, floored, flumaxed. i had a session with my friend Isha just after I got my ticket arranged. I think having been hit by a car would hurt less. Hmmmmm come to think of it I have been hit by a car. It was different and though the suffering from that lasted longer, this hurt more in many ways.

Tuesday Morning, I was talking with Jenny Bertram who was also going to Fiji with me only to learn that the return ticket also needed to be changed. Floored again only deeper as I was quickly running out of any funds that I had anywhere. Cost: $254. Now I knew that I could not eat any extra on the way to Savu Savu until I got there, and be extremely limited on being able to buy anything for anyone back here.

NOW, I need to jump to my return on Sunday 11 May for a few seconds only to take all of you to Monday Morning as I get ready to go to work. Rode to work like always. Clocked in, went hunting my work cart and it was moved. Finally found it. Then off with my water bottle to get water for the day. Met the boss along the way and he informed me, "Oh, Gene, we decided while you were gone that we no longer needed your services. So, you can leave NOW!" I got fired, ha ha ha, ain't it great.

Now, if that information would have been given to me before I left I would have probably gone over the edge. I found work that arvo with Friend Gavin who is a GRAND supporter of me. And ReadyWorkforce had a 2 day job starting on Tuesday.

OK Back to going to Fiji.

I was stressing quite a bit and feeling very unsure about the flights actually working as once I got to Sydney, I would be onto the Flight Centres program. And it just sucked so far! I took my thermarest with me and since I had a 7 hour lay over in Sydney went to sleep for 3 hours. then up and found the correct arrival desk and got myself on track again. The flight was good. Well fed we all arrived into Fiji in the arvo and were met and whisked off to the hotel. One of the Perth Ladies insisted that I eat and purchased supper for me. I am every thankful and am open to receiving, ha ha ha. My room mate took pity on me and left money behind for me to use for breakky. Thanks Terry.

Next Morning we are back at the airport and finally able to board our plane. It was a 9 seater and there were 10 of us. One got to sit in the co-piolets seat. The seat beside me the buckle to the seat belt would not latch and the plane was a float plane. We were going to land on the airport though. One hour flight got us into Savu Savu. The airport was smaller than my 2 car garage, ha ha ha. We were met by Staff from the Oneness University. Off we go. Our luggage was in the back of a ute. One interesting thing of note right off I noticed that painted in the middle of the highway was a huge car length arrow pointed out a curve ahead going to the left and sure enough 200 meters up the road here is a turn. I thought that this is much better placement than signs along the road.

Oneness U is on a fairly tall hill over looking the Pacific Ocean. Everything is brand spanking new. We were to be the first class through this resort. The meditation hall was pure Fijian tall and covered with Palm fronds. Anyone wishing pictures I will either send them or find a way to post them to a web site. The food hall was built along similar lines and though there were screens on the windows, the doors were always left open even when it rained. but, then again the buses here don't have side windows, just rolled up shade cloth. If it rains you get wet, then you dry and keep on going.

The dorm room were 2 twin beds to a room, with shower and toilet all nicely done. Porch out the back too. Everything was so fresh and new it was just awesome. There is a double swimming pool with the top pool cascading into the lower over a full length water fall.

Well, that is the campus. And though this is my first opportunity to write any information about the trip, tonight is Deeksha giving night and I have been up since 4:15 AM. I am off to take a nap for a bit.

Next will be bits and pieces of info about the workshop.

peace to all

gene