Jan 15, 2024
I’m at the hostel in Christchurch. I have one more night here. The first two nights were great, the next two were a bit rough, but the fifth was horrible. There was a girl who kept coming and going from midnight until 5 am. She was slamming the door. It woke me up every time she came in. It was horrible. The room was also boiling hot because it faces the sun all day.
Today I went to the reception and asked if they allow people to change rooms. I was expecting her to say no, but she checked for me. She said she could put me into a different room! I couldn’t believe it. I was so grateful. I slept amazingly. The other two people in the room are gone so now I’ve got the whole place to myself!
Douma was in town. A couple days ago we met up and went to the park. As we were walking I started telling her about the book ‘Initiation’.
I was mainly telling her the story of how I got it. I had noticed it on a shelf at the hostel in Auckland. I immediately got excited and gave it to Pierre. He had told me that last year he went to a psychic reader and she said something about him coming to New Zealand and getting initiated. I told him that here was his sign! I tried giving it to him but he said I should keep it. He already had a book he was reading. I agreed.
I flipped through it. Someone had underlined and circled passages and there was writing in the margins. It looked really cool. It ended up being a really amazing book.
So anyways, I was telling Douma about all this, when suddenly we came upon a big gathering in the park. All these people were eating from a table. I made a joke that we should join the lineup for food. Suddenly a lady appeared and asked if we wanted food. We said yes! She pulled out the Bhagavad Gita and started talking about it. She offered it to Douma, but she didn’t want it. I said that I’d take it. The whole situation was reminding of how I’d received Initiation, which I’d just been telling Douma about!
So we sat with the lady and had some food. It was all very nice. Somehow we got to talking about Yoga and Pablo. Suddenly the ladies expression turned to surprise. She asked for details about Yoga. We realized that they’d met! Yoga had been to New Zealand for a week while I was staying with them. She must’ve gone to one of the Hare Krishna temples and met this same lady. I couldn’t believe it. It was insane.
Douma and I hung out in the park and played guitar for a while.
The next day we went for a hike. We took the bus through the mountain to Lyttelton.
We needed to hitchhike to the top of the mountain where the hike began. We walked part of the way. No one was coming. We stood there and stuck out our thumbs. No one stopped!
At one point we were chatting when suddenly a car driving the other direction pulled over. The driver asked if we needed a lift to the top. We said yes and hopped in. She immediately started talking about how she was a healer and how she’s into all the spiritual stuff I’m interested in! It was so weird. She started talking about The Arcturians. They’re the channel that I listen to the most. It was so crazy. My head was spinning. She drove us up and then did some energy stuff to us.
Douma and I hiked for about 3 hours. It was good. We finished at a little beach. We got a lift back into town with a friendly driver. Douma and I got a sorbet and then took the bus.
Today I met up with Douma and her friend from Taiwan. We went for coffee. Afterwards we went to the art museum and the library. The Taiwanese girl was heading to work after. I asked if they are hiring. She said they were. I went with her and spoke to the manager. We’ll see if anything comes from that.
I’m moving into my new place tomorrow. I really need work. I haven’t heard back from the labour agencies. I thought that one of them would have had me working by now.
Everything will work out, though. It’s gonna be ok.