Indonesia compares to India because she finally starts to let go of everything that was tying her down from being "free". Spiritually she is in a more stable place from learning different forms of meditation from India and Indonesia. On page 314 Liz has a conversation with Ketut and he asks her:
"You still meditate with your four brothers like I teach you?"
"Yes"
"You still meditate like your Guru in India teach you?"
"Yes"
"You have bad dreams anymore?"
"No"
"You happy now with God"..."Yes". This finally shows that she learned something and took long strides from her first, long tedious days of meditating. Emotionally I think that Felipe helps her find love again. After having two bad relationships it was a breath of fresh air for her to find a man that wont leave her and has a different kind of vision of love. He compares it to the love for his kids. Psychologically she has taken leaps and bounds because she is able to keep her head centered in one place. There are not as many conversations that Liz has between herself and her mind which was one of the examples of her literary techniques that she uses when trying to show instability. The writing is more positive I feel like, and she doesn't complain half as much as she did in India and Italy. There is never a point in time where you can't grow more. "Yes- Grow! Change! Evolve!" says Felipe.
I really liked the "Indonesia" section and the quote you used is one of the reasons why. I liked the section because I felt like she wasn't complaining as much as she did in the "India" section. I love the part you said, "There are not many conversations that Liz has between herself and her mind which was one of the examples of her literary techniques that she uses when trying to show instability." I think Gilbert struggled with that a lot, especially in the "India" section and in "Indonesia," she finally grew out of that. And I love the way you ended it with that quote, good job!
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