Below is a journal entry. I wrote it on my way back from the monastery. On the train from Burlington, VT, to New York City. I had to edit the language and grammar as when I was writing it, I was in such a deep emotional state that often, the sentences would make little sense to anyone else. Though the things I tried to communicate in both cases are the same. I left in some of the rambling sentence structures to preserve the authenticity of my initial emotional reaction. I loved the experience...