MENA Salam III Fellowship: Amazing Chapter in my life.
Congratulations,
Wow yes I got accepted at MENA
Salam at Turkey, wohoo.
That was my first reaction when I
got the acceptance Email, however I knew that I have a lot of paper issues to
be covered due to some unrest between the governments of Egypt and Turkey.
I applied for the visa, and got it
in a couple of days in a very easy process.
But to be able to travel I had to
get two travel allowance, from two different places and each one of them is
located away of the other.
Successfully, I got the first
allowance in one day and applied for the other to get it within 3 days.
While I am on my way to get the
allowance, I were riding with my friend, and had an accident that my friend got
a shallow injury in the head and a bruise in the back, and I got a bruise in my
right Rips, after checking that we were fine without any serious thing, I were
ok and able to continue my way to the place to get my allowance from.
One hour of slow waiting, nothing
in my head except the accident, the frustration and the ability of not getting
this, at some point I let everything goes and flow.
Yes, I got it I got it, and yes I
am ready to travel, and confirming my flight and the attendance day.
Two days before the fellowship starting day, I
were not sure if I could make it or not due to this paper struggle, but there
was something, something that keeps pushing me forward and giving me this
passion and this power to continue, rise and do my more than the best to go to
turkey.
One day before the flight, went
for a crazy shopping to pack my things in a no time and without dropping or
forgetting anything.
I had a strange mixture of
feelings while I am getting on the plane, I were so proud of myself, I have
been in the Center, watching, observing and reacting without overrated actions
or deeds, isn't it Peace? :)
With every mile closer to Dalaman
airport (pick up point) I could feel nothing, I had no expectations, even when
I try to expect something, the Body exhaustion was preventing me from doing any
mental activity except focus and being ready for any other plans.
I made it to dalaman and waited
for the pickup, during this period I didn't say a single word, I were only
hearing music from my IPOD and read a couple of pages at random books without
any focus, it might be a new kind of sabai :)
The Journey Starts, I were amazed
by the amazing view of fethiye and the awesome Pastoral Vadi (the Fellowship
Venue), and this happiness continued with the amazing peaceful souls I had met
there, every person was the best reflection of own country, we were connecting
in a very unique way, we all had peace and had this amazing energy flowing
around.
From the first moment I got the
acceptance letter, I knew that the retreat will bring something is really
awesome, something that is going to change my mind and a lot of things around.
"I am Good Enough – Bein
Yeterince iyim "
What !! in the beginning I thought
It might be a random message from the crew to the participants, but after
asking the other mates, it wasn't. it was a message.
Someone before me was in the room
dropped / forgot – not pretty sure -
this message in the console and I found it, that person I found her name
tag lately and she is "DELIKE".
On my way to turkey I were holding
extra negative stuff to my pack such as frustrations or disappointments from
people, from situations I were not so good at it or regrets which has affected
my confidence, then I see the message "I am good Enough".
At this point I thrown everything
off my shoulders, every single pain was pulling me down has gone, I could hear
my mantra "Clear and Bright" but this time the center was singing
"I am good Enough" – I liked it in Turkish J - and then the whole days was so inspiring and
I could let everything go and flows and surprisingly the solution was there,
the solution and the answer were in my mind.
I had an amazing experiences and
very interesting conversations with a lot of amazing persons from different
Backgrounds, which was a great chance to share and reflect this rich flow of
thoughts and energy.
With every meditation, yoga, ice
breaking session and free time, I could learn a new lesson about life, myself
or the world, I seen a strange kind of unity, a unity in feelings, minds,
ideas, everything was so perfect, UTOPIA was there.
Although the different cultural,
religious and ideological backgrounds, we were so connected and accepting for
each other, there was this kind of energy that is full of light and purity.
We Were Good Enough – Biz
Yeterince iyim
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