Lately, Elizabeth Gilbert is my new favorite author. Her
book, Eat Pray Love, chronicles her journey
out of an unhappy marriage, as well as her inward journey through meditation as
she travels Italy, India, and Indonesia. Eat Pray Love unfolds with an assortment of truly interesting characters, amid
the author's personal revelations and tidbits of information on each country.
Gilbert experiences eating-bliss in Italy with delectable
pasta and pizza; devotion through meditation at her guru’s ashram in India;
and true love in Indonesia.
Two characters emerge, both in Bali. First, Ketut Liyer, a medicine man who exudes mystery,wisdom, surprising us most when he reveals that he "shares" his wife Nyomo with his brother.
Two characters emerge, both in Bali. First, Ketut Liyer, a medicine man who exudes mystery,wisdom, surprising us most when he reveals that he "shares" his wife Nyomo with his brother.
In
their first encounter, Ketut reads the author’s palm. He sums up her
past, present, and
future—then adds, “Someday soon you will come back here to Bali.” So she sets out to help fulfill the prophecy by planning
a return trip to Bali.
Upon Gilbert’s return, Ketut assigns her the "smile
from liver" meditation. Gilbert
was a good student: the book's cover photo features her smiling a deep sentient
smile--from the heart.
The second character is Wayan, an herbal doctor in her thirties. Like Gilbert, she is a divorcee; unlike Gilbert, she was once a battered wife. Wayan said, "To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life."
Finally, what I love about Eat Pray Love is exemplified when the author writes, "I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue."
The second character is Wayan, an herbal doctor in her thirties. Like Gilbert, she is a divorcee; unlike Gilbert, she was once a battered wife. Wayan said, "To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life."
Finally, what I love about Eat Pray Love is exemplified when the author writes, "I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue."
—Yolanda A. Reid
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© 2013 by Y.A. Reid
Note:
This article first appeared on my other blog a couple years ago. Eat Pray Love is such an
inspirational story and book, however, that I am publishing it here as well. This is a book I read at least once a year.
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