A recent sojourn to the foothills
of Himalayas, I sat alone in a meditative stance , contemplating the life I
have lived – with all calmness and serenity being bestowed on me, I was ‘Just
Myself’ nothing else. There were no horns or screeching sounds, no humdrum of
life as we see in our daily living in big cities, just me and my soul and believe
me throughout my life I have been a reading buff and have read many books telling
me that there is something inside you which is your true self – I faintly admit
that I found “HIM” may be for a minutest of seconds but I certainly had the
tinge of who he really is….
It is you and solely you who has
to experience that magnificence where there is no thought and you are just in a
vegetative state of composure – no disturbance, no future , no past …just the
present , just the you – I met someone special who could guide me to this
state, he surely was an evolved soul who himself had come from
Mumbai and was
looking for that great experience. We met at the local
ashram and believe me,
his first glance was nothing more than of a puritan soul who was surely not of
this world – his composure and his talking sense was so submissive, calm and
composed. As we exchanged few Hi’s and Hello’s, the bond started to build up –
starting from what we do to earn and living to what we are looking for from
life – the talks got synonymous. Our common ground was our interest in few
things – to find the real self, to take a break from life’s daily humdrum and
also to try to be different from people around us.
As he slowly opened up, I got
to know that he was from film industry and he has been assisted directors for
some of the few branded films of
Bollywood – certainly that was no mean
achievement but the flashiness and unevenness of Bollywood had taken a big toll
on his composure and mental health – he surely wanted an escape for some time
and went hunting for such a retreat.
As it was my turn of the story
which was no different but with the only twist that I came from a corporate
background and wanted a sought-after break from daily haphazardness. Though our
paths were different but the common ground stuck a great chord between us and
we bonded like good old pals. Two days just went passed as quickly as next
breadth – we exchanged our phone number and now that we have started to
whatsapp each other we are surely looking for another meeting soon in the reigns
of the Himalayas – same old retreat – an ashram as raw as a jungle with almost
negligible human touch or interference – the morning alarm is the twitter of
the birds ( not the other twitter 😊) – the daily chores are as natural as
animals living therein – there is no targets to be met – just be your real
self – have satvik food – with loads of raw intake – natural Ganga water – what
a life it is….Man surely has steered away from his destiny and has started to
tread a path where there is no end…only falsifying hopes and peer expectations….till
the time a knock of destiny corrects him… he would keep on running to no infinity….
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