August 22, 2003

day one @ vajrapani

No formal teachings, several informal teachings.

We arrived at 3 o’clock to unload our huge Ryder truck full of mostly useless things. They seemed perfectly necessary when we left Kalispell and only had to carry them a matter of feet to the back of the truck. We both grabbed a box and headed for the shack (it’s formally called the Old Bath House, for reasons unknown, but we call it the Shack for other reasons I’m sure I’ll mention latter). About a quarter of the way their we realized it was going to be a very long day. The trail from the road to our house is about (just a guess) a quarter of a mile. We remembered it to be only about 500 feet. Fortunately we were able to get some wheelbarrows and load them full of things which made life much easier. Lesson learned: non-attachment to material goods.

In the end we moved everything to our place by 10 pm and we are calling it a sucsess. Tom and Christina: 1 ; Vajrapani: 0.

[This was written on 8/22/03 — as the post date reflects — however, not posted until 9/11/03]

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