As this part of her life begins she starts by remembering how when she was little she was raised in a chicken farm, and every time a chicken died her dad would sneak in a chicken to replace the chicken. So when the other chickens would wake up they would think it had always been there. She compared this to when she arrived in India. She arrived in the middle of the night. As she arrived to the Ashram (the temple) she was not noticed because everyone was occupied in their praying sections. As the days when on she found it hard to concentrate in the praying sections specially since she had not prayed in the last four months. She kept on remembering what one time one of her yoga teacher's had asked her why did she practice yoga? She found the answer she knew she practiced it because was able to experience her divinity and be able to hold that experience forever. She then goes on to explain why it’s important to have your own guru; how without one you really do not reach what the doctrine really wants you to reach. A guru as she explains it is able to pass their enlightenment to others. What they are actually passing on is mantravirya. Liz also talks about some of the Indian beliefs how they think there are three main factors that indicate when the soul of a person has been blessed. When Liz arrived there it was close to the New Year's, on New Year's Eve it is traditional for everyone to stay up and chant songs. At first the songs began in a slow beat, but as the night progresses and it gets closer to the New Years the beat goes up beat. Even though Liz was surrounded by people she didn't know, she felt like she was welcomed, and never alone. As her time grew in India it was still hard for her to pray. She felt like she had to concentrate for it, and it just would not come to her. While being there Liz mets Richard someone that becomes close to her, he is even able to help her with her meditation telling her that its not her that its her ego thats not letting her acomplish what she wants to do. Later on Liz discovered that she is also having trouble with the daily morning chant. The chant comes the old holy script of yoga.Liz also talks about faith and how it relates. She talks about how most of us pray to God when we are in need or in hopes of reciving something. But just like we are not one hundred percent sure we are going to recieve we still keep on doing it, and we do it jsut cause that what we want, and we have faith that we will recieve it.She later learns that she has to relate prayer and destiny.s She learns that when she prays that thats the only thing she should worry at that time, and responde better do the things that happen in life and maintain a positive look into it. As the time passes in the Ashram her meditations goes from being a big whirl to turning into being a big peaceful time. She also discovered her own “GOD" in her meditations because she still was not sure what religion she was. But she did find "GOD" in herself, and when she did this she discovered that to find peace she had to return to herself. As her time in India comes to an end she described it as something beautiful, honest, and self discovering.
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