Reports from Contacts
Turkey
Sal-Om,
This has been a quiet month as far as Mission
outreach goes. The city I live in is half vacant because
many families are on vacation in the close by coastal
towns. In Turkey most of the families, even if they are
not so well off, have a summer house that they can spend
the summer either in coastal towns, in their hometown
villages, or up on the plateaus. So when summer comes the
cities are not too densely populated. As a result the
business slows down a little as well. Therefore the
business activities in the yoga center I run also have
declined and almost stopped for a while this month.
I spent most of my time this month being the mediator
between my office neighbors and the contractor of our
building. The contractor did not do a good job in
building and failed many of the promises that are in the
agreement as well as some legally required details. But
the contractor is blaming the other parties for not
paying the required fees on time for him to do a good
job, etc. So it seems there are faults on both sides, but
rather than coming to an agreement and finding a viable
solution to the current problems which brings many other
complications and have undesired consequences for
everybody involved in this situation, both parties just
argue, yell and blame each other. I tried to bring some
sense to the situation as much as I can but I am still
not sure how this will all resolve. At the end, it might
be a long legal process which might not benefit either
party. Even in this small matter, the painful mental
tribulation humanity is going through is apparent. They
are lost and not willing to let the false egos go. Hence, the confusion and chaos.
So financial difficulties and the complications, as a
result of running a business in the middle of a
confused, lost and not so orderly environment, were the
highlights of this month. This caused me to contemplate
and meditate on these experiences more deeply and see
what lessons are in these for me to realize both
personally and business-wise. At the end I am grateful
to God that He has sent Maitreya and the Teachings of
the Eternal Divine Path and blessed all of us with His Grace,
but unfortunately not all of us are aware of His Grace
yet.
Hopefully, as the lessons are learned and realized, all
these illusional situations pass and there will be more
good news to report for the Mission from Turkey.
All thanks to God
Unus
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