His voice fluctuates with wisdom

Straight to the point of reality

Living and breathing in the air

of this botanical vista

Does some sort of justice

for the quality of mind, body, and soul.

Not a sorry bone in his body

His tongue translates his thoughts

spiritually and directly

Being of both a

Sanctuary and vulnerability

Together, we followed his words

Recorded his teachings

We became a small following

What he was perceiving as reality

Resonated

Not because of his words only

Only because of his presence.

Dr. D Seresh Baburaj spoke to us upon entering The Center Council for Research & Homeopathy before seeing Dr. Rajan. The moment we entered the room, the words quickly escalated out of small talk into reality. Spirituality. This, you could tell was his life. The way he so casually and openly spoke about the creator reminded me of the way my mom and I speak with each other. It is a gift. My favorite conversation that we had with Dr. D Seresh Baburaj was one that crosses my mind often and that is the gratitude towards living here in this life on this earth. He took it to even greater lengths in stating that we could be born into any medium and in any state of being. Therefore,

1: we are fortunate to be born as humans with cognitive values such as we do.

2: we are fortunate to be functioning and healthy.

3: we are fortunate to be born onto this beautiful earth surrounded by all of these other beautiful creations.

4: we are fortunate to feel love and have the capability to sense.

5: we are fortunate to know our creator and be able to give praise for this. Giving praise to our creator, in itself is a fortunate state of being.

At some point during the conversation, I excused myself to the shine of the sun. Looking for further photo opportunities. I took a long stare at the valley before me before making my way to the bottom steps of the lime green building. Just as I began to become curious about the rows of plants, a man walked over and began to tell me what everything was and its homeopathic uses. I am so thirsty for knowledge of this that I savored every word. This bright man turned out to be the man that we were in Emerald to see, Dr. S Rajan. Of course, I soon found this out as he took over Dr. D Suresh Baburaj's roll in entertaining us. Straight to the herbarium we scuttled. The IPC was where we first saw Mucuna on an herbarium sheet. This would be the second from the same source. After the herbarium sheets we walked up and down the rows of herbs upon the terraces.

Tanya and Dr. S Rajan discussing the Mucuna herbarium sheets

Beautiful herbs

Terraced Herbs

Dear, Mother Earth

You have me captivated

in your life

your fruitful and undeniable life

I am of your grounds

maybe I began as a plant in this world

maybe a cow

maybe a bird

Whatever I may have been

I have always been

and always will be

of you

You ground me

You enlighten me

You free me to infinity

I smell you when you breathe on me

I taste you when you share with me

Your unselfish ways will forever

inspire me to strive for the same

I see you even when I close my eyes

I hear you when the dogs bark

when the birds sing

when the wind whistles through the grass

when the ocean washes my feet

You are always with me and I with you

All of

Our riches are entirely endowed to you

Child of yours I stand here free

I yearn to love you

because the quality of that you have loved me.

View through the homeopathy into the valley

During our exploration of the homeopathic herbs, we got to taste and smell all of them! During that sort time, I smelled the best smells and tasted the worst taste. Rosemary is most definitely one of my favorites! The perfect balance between earthy and sweet. Lemon grass is another favorite. Many of the herbs are herbs that we have in America that we do not even use to the full benefit. The center is where a wide variety of mother tinctures are manufactured from. There were workers dressed in vibrant colors, as usual. Beautiful melanin skin soaked in days under the sun and hands rolled in the dirt of the earth. How magnificent. How spirit related and how enthusing to be surrounded by all of this, even if for only a brief half day. How grateful I am to not only be human, but to experience these surroundings and these individuals in my short lifetime of twenty two years and to think that this is only the beginning. Thank you!