Understanding Veils

Veils can be light weight, medium weight, heavy weight and so on.  Until one is removed it is difficult to determine the personal effect of the veil's weight.   The person who lives on the other side of the wall from me has been away for a few days.  The veil of violence and abuse has been removed from this small corner of existence.  I don't have to sense or be on alert about what he is doing, so I can avoid any unnecessary interactions.   I had almost forgot about that veil, since it has become a coping mechanism that I just need to deal with.  It triggered my thinking about other veils and lists.

What I will miss:

Gurudev and his wisdom, love, and teachings 

new friends

extensive time for meditation and contemplation

historical buildings

the marvel of the unexpected

What I won't miss:

Traffic

pedestrians not having the right of way

honking horns

loud music

screaming/crying children

blaring television

routine power outages

running out of water (but that has improved)

open sewer canals

urine saturated walls

undrinkable water

mentally assaulted multiple times a day

spitting, ball scratching, farting, burping, staring men

(women could have part of this list too)

cheated

harassed

aggressive begging

periodic violent sickness

seeing severely infested or injured animals

feces et al awareness while walking

high dust/pollution levels

open garbage piles (everywhere)

litter (everywhere)

washing myself and clothes out of a bucket

acute food awareness