Yes, I am reading Eat Pray Love. And I am taking my time with it. So far I have read the first book, Eat, twice. Last night I finished my first read through of Pray. I want to read each section twice, the first through for understanding and the second through for details (with my highlighter and pen). At this point of the book I am extremely jealous of Elizabeth Gilbert. How silly of me to be jealous of this woman's experience of enlightenment. Why do I take everything so personally?
I mean... of course you can become enlightened at an Ashram in India. How much closer to God could you get without the distractions of every day life in your face at a constant pace of crazy? Not to say that her journey was easy... but, YEAH. It was! Who gets to take a year off work and travel the world ALL EXPENSES PAID??? It's like a flippin fairy tale and the Divine is her knight in shining armor.
The book is good. Her journey is astonishing. She is a talented writer. Her experience is inspiring. Thank you, Elizabeth Gilbert, for sharing your story with the world.
What I want to know is, could any of this happen to me?... a wife, mother and inhabitor of society? Or has my choice to take my place in the "comforting cycle of family and continuity" caused me to live on the side of convention and tradition that doesn't get to experience such things?
I better read Love in Indonesia soon. Hopefully it will tie things together and there will truly be some balance in there... she hasn't let me down yet.
