With Lola we wake up to watch the sun rising. It was an amazing experience that words can’d describe. Even when the clouds cover a great part of the sunshine the lake was nice with us and gave us some fantastic reflections on its surface. It was a festival of color and shape. And honestly it was worthy the climb to the mirador on the mountain.
The working day began with our morning meeting and we discussed the “food issue” which was settled and we agreed that coming back to Guate we should talk some of the underlying subjects under that issue such as: honoring our commitments and be aware of our decisions on others. The day unfold and we keep working on our questions. I got a lot of help from my peers (too many to name :D)
Then at lunch an announce we were going to San Juan la Laguna!!! This little community had so much to offer since it is different from all the others at Ati. They organized and banned delinquents and looked to have a clean town. The become really tourist friendly and it worked. So we visit the city. During our boat ride we appreciate how astonishingly gorgeous the lake is. At our arrival we witness better the problem that the water rise had how it has covered many houses. I partnered with Gaby and Isa to visit the places... ohhh how much fun we had discovering the little art shops and the textiles workshops. Amazing!
With Gaby and Isa and latter both Javieres we were introduce to the art of dyeing fabrics with natural colorants such as Té de Pericón, Añil, Xilca and others. Btw, Gaby bought a lot! hehehehe Then with Isa we went to visit this lady 87 years old ohhh amazing to witness her willingness to share her stories and keep working at the same time. She told us about the change on the town and how tourist visit more.
Then we went to the announced Artesanos Restaurant where they sell wine and artisan cheese made all over the guatemalan highlands. We arrived first with Isa and the lady owner told us that they would take their time to make the food (a lot we discover after). Then we seated with Diego, Gaby, Marcela, Isa and me. We ordered a cheese table and a sangría. We waited A LOT! But this gave us the chance to find a copy of ATLAS SHRUGGED in the little library, how amazing!!!! All the people in the restaurant were chatting and being loud but believe me when the cheeses arrived OMG you could hear the flying of a mockingbird blocks away. (well not that much but the only thing that you could hear it was the amazing classical music background). So we started trying the cheeses and their flavor paired with Mozart, Handel, Bach and many others made of it an unique experience. I cannot describe you in words the thrill that those cheeses made me had. But now thinking back I believe it was the fantastic company for example Diego paired me when praising the beauty of gourmet food. Then Isa and Gaby also were enthusiastic about this experience. Marcela even suggested that we shall closed our eyes to experience it. And I’m not afraid to tell you that at some point (when we were on the blue cheeses) I was about to cry with the thinking of how amazing it was to be there enjoying life on a Tuesday (Actually was wednesday hehehehe but I thought that all day lol). Then we finished and departed. No cheese survided. Some of the guys missed this experience and I regret a lot because at least for my group was incredible in many levels we went back to Santa Cruz and something great was about to happen.
When we came back we had individual work time. I answered the sub-questions that I made in order to answer my great question. I got my answers and then I decided that since I didn’t finished a reading on reason to have a Liberal Education I must read that. So then I took my pages and decided that I was going to the dock where we swimmed the day before to read.
I arrived to the dock and start reading about “The Role of the Liberal Arts in a College Education”. The first article titled “The Earthly use of a liberal education” striked me and the following also moved a lot on me. They were talking about the joy of discovery and how education instead of being a monotonous process of acquiring knowledge must be a widening experience that allows you to view the world in a more profound way. One quote of the “Purpuse of liberal education” says: ‘But it seems clear to me that a crucial difference between the educated and the uneducated is the extent to which one’s life experience is viewed in wider context’. And being that the last reading I start watching the lake, the volcanoes the sunset. I thinked about Sam Bonis, about the Cheese experience that I just had, about Baruch Spinoza, about how amazing is the world and then I realized how much I loved to be alive. It was a feeling weird to describe, moreover indescribable! It was pure joy to be there in a dock, thinking about the caldera explosion, thinking about the college education, thinking about thinking, thinking about being, thinking about the universe! Wow it was a magnificent experience for a moment, just for a moment, I thinked about everything! Yes about the infinite greatness of the universe, of the spirit! I start laughing like crazy I start sobbing! I’m not afraid to say so. I was happy to think to be there (honestly to be here) to be thinking about my existence! OMG I got thrilled again to think about it! I was absolutely delighted to be sharing my life with wonderful amazing human beings at the MPC! With being ready to think about the universe, not afraid to be called weirdos! I start thinking that I was surrounded with unique people that believe that this are important matters to talk! I missed at that moment Franz since I know he is really interested in this kind of talk! I also thinked about how I was living as a person and that the responsibility is upon me! I wanted to kiss someone in that moment! I decided that I was going to approach the person that I liked the day before and tell all what I thinked. Wow, after that moment I start walking again to the Hotel and I was so happy that I stopped again at a dock to see the lake. When back I shared this with Bert who told me to write this and I did. :) Well it was nonsense but it was what was happening in my head.
Then I shared the experience with Diego and Majo, they were really happy to hear and I’m grateful because they confirmed my belief that they are amazing unique people. I later found out that Chacho was hearing too and was paying attention to what I was saying. He is such a good observer!
Well thinking back I think that in that moment I saw my life in other context. I saw my self sub specie aeternitatis as Spinoza would call. Trying to find out a good explanation to the concept found a Michael Martin quote: “Unlike animals and inanimate things we can transcend our own limited perspective and see our lives sub specie aeternitatis.” and I can describe this as watching the world not in the realm of now but with an eternity view with the view of God. This is to think about the universe in all possible moments. Like if in a second you could contemplate the whole existence. I felt in that moment that I was watching the whole universe. I know it might sound weird and when I read some of this things I could say yeah they sound cool but until you had that experience you cannot feel what it really is.
As I was saying to Bert this experience it was like knowing by heart what I already knew by word. Amazing day this was!
Ahh and we also saw the stars in the night and swim in the lake at midnight but that must remain lost for the future generations. ;)
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