My new friend (I met a mate) and I decided to climb Mount Warning – I love her energy. We stayed in the most amazing Yurt for the weekend, and made love, ate and climbed the mountain.
It was wet, misty and mystical – a perfect day for me. We had just started the climb, when a young woman, alone, passed us heading down. I felt her pass. It was like a calm breeze swept through me. I stopped and looked back. Wanting to identify what made me feel this way. Shrugged, and continued on.
The mountain was both difficult and amazing.
On our return we stopped at a river-side cafe, set in the forest. The woman at the table nearest was the same person I had felt on the track. She was alone and a little concerned about a tick bite she had from the walk. We chatted, and the same warmth and calm came over me.
Mayke is Dutch, 31, and ex model and business owner, who after nursing her mother to her grave, decided there was more than this, and went looking. She found it in Bali. I found her in the mountains.
I reached out to her through her website, and yesterday we met for lunch in a famous village called Mullumbimby – known around the world for its spirituality. We talked for nearly three hours. About ourselves, life forming moments, and most importantly, about what I wanted from her. I need that calm, that insight into the soul, that contentedness, that surety of who I am, and where I belong.
We agreed; in just over two weeks from now, Mayke will come and stay with me for three days and nights. It is a business transaction, although she did say if i could not afford her, she would be happy to defer payment until whenever I could afford it. She wants to give, and I need her teachings.
It will be intense. Fasting. Enemas, Meditation. Yoga. Healing. Chakra. Cooking. Connecting with myself in this universe. I think I have found my path.
I believe I am on my way to the next stage of my life, and I am jumping out of my skin with excitement. I am concerned whether I still have the strength of mind, and about what I will leave behind. I am however more excited than worried.