Thursday, April 18, 2013

On the Road Trip



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Day Ten: 4 pm

Today we were returning from our trip…Many incidents happened on day 7th, 8th and 9th.  Lots of emotions were experienced by all…I noticed everything – yet I felt nothing.  I had been a mere witness. From that day till today, I was lost to myself.  I had been a living state of ecstasy all though.  I once had asked her “It seems next to impossible to experience Being-ness.  Is there a easier way?”

My guru smiled and said “Just let your ego take a back-seat and just sit in your Guru’s presence, you’ll experience ‘Blissfulness” and experience “Being-ness”.  She was so right….

I experienced that in this trip for the last 2-3 days.  I did nothing to experience that.  She did nothing much.  But, her mere presence gave me that experience I looked at others.  They were still in the world of good and bad, right and wrong.  They didn’t receive this grace.  I pitied them.  They lost out on a wonderful opportunity.  Rahul and Aziz had often talked about it hinting “Just be with her, you’ll have such wonderful experiences.”  Today, I know what they meant.

She was available to all in the trip, yet they didn’t receive her.

I was thankful to her for this experience.  I went and sat beside her and asked “Did you enjoy the travel?”

“No, I didn’t travel.  I thoroughly enjoyed this journey” she replied.

“But, what’s the difference?” I asked a bit surprised.

“A restless person and an empty mind and heart travel.  It’s like trying to run away from emptiness. One comes back exhausted and feels just the same miserable way one feels at the start of the travel. But, a person who is already happy doesn’t go searching for it elsewhere.  Whether one travels or not, he is either way happy.  This person when goes visiting places journeys within and becomes richer with experiences. Such a trip is called a journey.

Our bus came to a halt and it was time to go back to our emptiness and who experienced the travel was the question I need to ask and find from others. But that would be another day.  Now, all I needed was a hot bath and to feel the softness of my bed………


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2 comments:

Kshitija said...

Mam Please write the next blog article waiting for it very eagerly please.
Kshitija

Madhumita said...

Was great reading about your journey. If only we think of journeys and not ravel, every trip to work and back would also be a lot more enriching.

Have a question for you - Is there something called the last birth? After which a person is not born anymore?