Dasvidaniya

Things to do before I leave Earth

• Knowing myself
• Trip to Himalaya, Leh, Mansarovar
• African National Parks
• Road Trip in my SUV
• Private Home Theatre
• Cast Away experience
• Para Jumping
• Exploring India
• Journey by Ship

Happy New Year

The New Year started with very warm moments. I went to meet one old (read eternally old) companion. Spent some quality time there. Delhi’s chilling weather is giving new warmth. The foggy morning, a walk on the lanes of Jungle gives a thrilling start of the day. One fine morning, when we were in the rose garden having a session of jogging cum walk, attracted by the dense rows of trees, I left the usual track and followed the peace of the forest. I found myself surrounded by the calmness n beauty of nature. Peacocks were wandering here and there. I got a bench with trees around without any sign of human. I sat there for a couple of minutes watching the beauty, listening to the tune of silence. Those moments energized me completely. May I get to stay close to nature.

Are you ready to die now?

I still remember that night at Jabalpur, when I was coming back to my flat from towards my college. I was riding alone, enjoying the beauty, calmness and cold breeze of night. As soon as I crossed the GCF gate and the speed breaker at Pat Baba turning, I had a realization, “What if I meet an accident and die”. That could happen to me anytime but I realized that moment that I was not at all prepared to die at that time. By preparedness, I mean I never hesitated on the thought of becoming dead, but I had lots of pending jobs to do like talking to many people, talking to them about various things, lots of places to visit, meeting some people and so on. Lots of such activities would have remained undone had I died at that moment.

Immediately, a new energy came to me and I continued my ride back home quite worried but planning to do all such pending tasks. Within a few days, I was satisfied upon my position of being up-to-date with my activities. I didn’t have to think at that time before leaving this mortal world. Happiness showered upon me after that.

That incident taught me a very practical and beautiful lesson, which later on Swamiji told us, about being up-to-date always. The best example he gave was of Mulla Nasiruddin. After that I tried my best to keep myself without any pending jobs.

Recently, while going back to Singrauli, many times I felt of dying by some possible accidents. That time I was too much disturbed upon thinking that I had lots of pending tasks (even after that incident). Even now, I have been feeling of my death coming, but my pending tasks keep me here. I’ll try my best being with time, here and now.

Detach from outside

At one side we say that life is illusion. And at the same time we get involved in our surrounding so deeply that we feel ourselves as a part of that surrounding itself. It’s like being aware of the fact while watching a movie in a theatre or a drama that whatever is happening in screen is not real and that those events can’t affect us at all. But many times we get attached with the happenings in the screen so much that we feel ourselves being a part of it. And the goodness or badness of the events, as per our perception, affects us directly as if we actually are facing those situations. But such awareness is necessary to get entertained by the movie. In a similar fashion, we need to be aware of the happenings of our life too as to not get attached with the surroundings which might affect us. The point is to learn keeping ourselves separate from the happenings around with a feeling of being part of the vast and eternal universe, and the outside matters should not be a cause of turbulence in our inner peace. Keeping our consciousness detached from ourselves and outside is the key to happiness. Life indeed is beautiful.