I went to the post office this afternoon to mail some stickers to my mum (you should get them in five days mum) and the postie picked up on my accent and started asking about it.
Now he was a soft-spoken, very gentle man. The sort that on first impression seemed like a genuinely nice person.
Anyway he seemed legitimately interested in Australia and asked a bunch of questions before disclosing that a few years ago he’d had the privilege of taking a ‘spiritual journey’ to Ulluru (aka Ayer’s Rock).
In case you don’t know, Ulluru is a large mountain in the centre of Australia, sacred to native aboriginals. It looks like this:
< Ulluru
Anyway, he went on to tell me he'd been to many areas of 'spiritual significance' on our planet but the 'energy from Ayer's Rock, especially at sunrise' was like nothing else he'd ever experienced.
I was bemused, of course. But I also respect people like this, for at least some faith is better than being a soul-less bastard isn't it?
Reminded me also of the woman in Hawaii who tried to sell me amethyst on account of it's healing powers. When I mentioned my interest in the gem was purely scientific because I am a physicist (I am!), she literally ran away from me in embarrassment 🙂