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1、Eat,Pray,Love IntroductionorHowThisBookWorksorThe109thBead Whenyou'retravelinginIndia--especiallythroughholysitesandAshrams--youseealotofpeoplewearingbeadsaroundtheirnecks.Youalsoseealotofoldphotographsofnaked,skinnyandintimidatingYogis(orsometimesevenplump,kindlyandradiantYogis)wearingb
2、eads,too.Thesestringsofbeadsarecalledjapamalas.TheyhavebeenusedinIndiaforcenturiestoassistdevoutHindusandBuddhistsinstayingfocusedduringprayerfulmeditation.Thenecklaceisheldinonehandandfingeredinacircle--onebeadtouchedforeveryrepetitionofmantra.WhenthemedievalCrusadersdroveEastfortheholywars,theyw
3、itnessedworshippersprayingwiththesejapamalas,admiredthetechnique,andbroughttheideahometoEuropeasrosary. Thetraditionaljapamalaisstrungwith108beads.AmidthemoreesotericcirclesofEasternphilosophers,thenumber108isheldtobemostauspicious,aperfectthree-digitmultipleofthree,itscomponentsaddinguptonin
4、e,whichisthreethrees.Andthree,ofcourse,isthenumberrepresentingsupremebalance,asanyonewhohaseverstudiedeithertheHolyTrinityorasimplebarstoolcanplainlysee.Beingasthiswholebookisaboutmyeffortstofindbalance,Ihavedecidedtostructureitlikeajapamala,dividingmystoryinto108tales,orbeads.Thisstringof108tales
5、isfurtherdividedintothreesectionsaboutItaly,IndiaandIndonesia--thethreecountriesIvisitedduringthisyearofself-inquiry.Thisdivisionmeansthatthereare36talesineachsection,whichappealstomeonapersonallevelbecauseIamwritingallthisduringmythirty-sixthyear. NowbeforeIgettooLouisFarrakhanherewiththisnu
6、merologybusiness,letmeconcludebysayingthatIalsoliketheideaofstringingthesestoriesalongthestructureofajapamalabecauseitisso...structured.Sincerespiritualinvestigationis,andalwayshasbeen,anendeavorofmethodicaldiscipline.LookingforTruthisnotsomekindofspazzyfree-for-all,notevenduringthis,thegreatageof
7、thespazzyfree-for-all.Asbothaseekerandawriter,Ifindithelpfultohangontothebeadsasmuchaspossible,thebettertokeepmyattentionfocusedonwhatitisI'mtryingtoaccomplish. Inanycase,everyjapamalahasaspecial,extrabead--
