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Yesterday we went to visit the Castle of Van Kalesi, a very ancient place (3rd century B.C. Ugartée) where we saw a great cunca in the old walls that seemed to us could have been a very sacred place anciently. Close to the cunca was a stone tablet with vestiges of cuneiform writing.
When we went back to the hotel we met with another five Italian friends who had just arrived. At 17h after our daily visit to the cafe, we went to the bookstore.
We don't know if it was due to accumulation of energy put in our askings in this place or because we were many Europeans converging at the same time in this city but what happened was extraordinary: the table where we had the materials never emptied, we sold all the books we had brought to Van (during the days we were here we sold a total of 27 copies of Silo's Message) who, again, became the bestseller of the week. Clearly we invited everyone we could reach to join us for the afternoon ceremonies.
When the bookstore closed, we went to eat in a place the town council had arranged to give food to poor people and there we met our friend Oktay. We started, since the beginning of the conversation, to show our interest on the issue of the Park to know more about the possibilities and he offered to go with us to visit places close to Van which can be good for our project. He offered to go with us the next morning. Alain, Balasz and Ana decided to stay in Van one more day to give a first look to the place and to try to understand more about the price of land and the opportunity of building.
At 21h we went back to the bookstore and met 8 friends who introduced themselves to join in the ceremonies. They offered us chai and since the beginning that light atmosphere was created when we meet and feel close to one another.
When we went to the hotel salon we realized we were many and this was very good for us!
After solving the issue we had with languages, we did the Service in Spanish and Turkish. Some commented they experienced the Passing of the Force, others less yet they tried to understand mentally the meaning of the ceremonies, asking thousands of questions that could not be answered without experience. We decided to pause before proposing the Ceremony of Well Being. This ceremony managed to break through the last communication walls we had because all those who were there could have the experience and they were all happy comenting on how pleasant it had been for them.
They invited us for chai and left their emails and facebook contacts. They greeted us warmly showing the wished to stay in contact.
Next day we said good-bye to Alain, Ana and Balasz who went with Oktay to visit place for a future Park and we took the bus to Varto, the birthplace of our friend Yuksel. The first part of the trip was beautiful and pleasant because our bus was air conditioned. The second part of the trip was slightly quainter because we had a more "Turkish" experience... most of us was sitting on the floor with bags above and below...
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