Tomis - Constanta (Romania) and Kundalini

This city was founded in 600 B C, the city of Tomis went along history under Goth, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian, Romanian and Ottoman rule. Each of these culture left marks in the developing of the city, known nowadays as a major harbour to the Black Sea. More about Constanta here

We visited the city and some of the museums this summer. We started with the mosque, since it is the only local cultural element which reminds us of Asia and, why not, India. On the wall in the right side there was a strange thing happening. Due to humidity, the dampness of the wall created there a face. a portrait. we could identify it with the one of socrates, as it appears in sculptures.

                                                                  The "portrait"

Now it really reminded us of Istanbul!

 We visited also the Catholic church, which had a swastika on the tower. 

Just as this city should look like, generally

We loved the mosaics from the museum that seem to be an ancient Roman bath. It reminded me of the Mosaic Museum in Istanbul. 

The Hamangia Thinker, 5th millennium BC

We also visited the History museum and his temporary exhibition. We met the Thracian Cavalier, Cybele goddess (Greek-Roman Durga), or Greek Hecate triformis, which reminded us more about Hindu deities, with the 6 hands full of weapons.

Hecate triformisCybele goddess                                                                                

The Thracian rider     

 The most impressive meeting was with the Glycon Snake, deity of Macedonian origin which represents the Kundalini energy.

 More about it here. 

Also, we could visit the temporary exhibition, with gold pieces from the ancient times. 

    

                      

 The statue of Ovidius in the market was waiting for us.  

So, you are most welcome to Romania to visit these treasures, and also take a bath in the wonderful Black Sea.

In Vaasa, Finland

This summer I visited Vaasa, a town located in the Ostrobothnian Gulf in West Finland. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa. 

This area, at least has two official languages: Finnish and Swedish. It has only 58000 inhabitants and it is surrounded by many islands, which every year come out of the sea. It is an archipelago with a particular charm and beauty. Here the local people spend the summers in their cottages, located near the sea, perhaps on islands. As in all Northern countries, summers here are very bright and are blessed by the day light longer than anywhere else. I had many surprises, started from the very first day. The autistic hotel I lived, with everything online and electronic and no reception and person to talk to, the flowers I haven’t seen anywhere else, the gees and the rabbits that you could find just everywhere. In those days I was staying there, I met wonderful people, I experienced the local tradition of daily sauna and cold bath in sea after, I tasted various types of food, from home cooked to Egyptian and Thai. Of course, the greatest joy is to meet your sahaji brothers and sisters. I just felt home in the beautiful sahaj center, together with my family and we celebrated together Shri Krishna puja.  But, besides being pampered by my new friends there, also the nature fulfilled my dreams and wishes. Who doesn’t want to experiment seeing the Polar lights? Well, I saw them! It was a wonderful light show created by nature. And also, when I was playing myself with the angle, a caught a pike fish. To these I add the tour and the nice dinner offered by Kalle and Lena, their wonderful stories and jokes and the walks in the woods, searching for berries, mushrooms and rabbits. The only unfulfilled dream was to see a reindeer. Ok. Next time maybe!

The music is Toivo Kuula, Piano Trio Op. 7, 1st part. Toivo Kuula was born in Vaasa in 1883.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toivo_Kuula