Yogaville

           I went to Yogaville on Sunday with my mother, and as soon as I got there I was asked to join in the May Pole ceremony. It was really great because it brought back memories from my childhood when I went to the Waldorf School and we did May Pole ceremonies all the time. After the maypole we went down to the Lotus Temple and joined in the twelve o’clock meditation. The Lotus Temple was a great experience; it felt like I was walking into a kingdom. It was really amazing to walk up the stairs and walk into the room and see all of the different religions and the plaques with a saying from each religions holy book. I then did a Thirty-minute meditation of complete silence, I was looking forward to it from what we learned and talked about in class. I did my best to let my thoughts wonder in and out of my head, and see if I could pick anything out. I do not have a lot of familiarity with meditation and it did not help that both of my legs went completely numb.  I felt really relaxed after the meditation, and I could definitely relate to what we learned in class and how anyone must have felt after a meditation. I guess I was looking for an enlightening moment but it never came.

            I then went downstairs and on the first floor and they had a showcase of each spiritual leader and pictures from each culture.  After the meditation my mother and I went up to the top tower and visited the statue of Shiva, which was in a glass room, and priest were the only ones allowed in the room to pray to him. I enjoyed every moment of it and how peaceful it was there. After we left there we went to check out the medicine wheel that my mother helped build out of stone, which is considered the third temple in Yogaville. The only real question raised for me was if all the religions can coincide at Yogaville and they are so open to anyone to come there then why can’t that happen in the world. I was so amazed that Yogaville could be filled with so much love and respect for each other and for all religions.