Me, My guru

Me, My Guru

She was standing on the terrace with her back towards me when I went to meet her. I walked slowly, silently not wanting to frighten her.  She seemed lost in some thoughts.  As I neared her even without turning her head she said ‘ which question is weighing so heavily on you today?”  I smiled at myself and replied ‘why can’t I trust?’ 

She turned suddenly with a twinkle in her eyes and a chuckle that was so sweet when she asked “Trust on whom?”

“On Reiki, God – why, I don’t even trust you completely” I replied sheepishly.

She nodded her head and turned her face.  It was as if it meant nothing.  I just now said ‘I don’t ‘trust you’ and yet here she was – her unfazelled self as ever.

Having nothing else to do, I went and stood beside her and started staring where I supposed she was looking at.  I didn’t see anything there.  Few minutes passed.  Sometimes, silence in her company took me to a different level of experience.  I couldn’t word it many times – yet it was so fulfilling and on other times it was terrifying.  Today was one such moment.  I just promised myself – 5 minutes and I would leave her.  But it was not to be so.

‘you see that Banyan tree?’  her voice cut through the silence.

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