The endless journey (Walk towards the peak - 11)

Dear All

I look at the various points that I had scribbled down during the journey to be covered in this series....and can see that I have covered just 50 % of what I intended to write...but still I feel fully satisfied and feel like closing this series of postings.....

Specifically, I have dropped out the points that I had noted down about the co-travellers - on their appetite for talking and the helpless temptations that they had to make a "yatra" into a "excursion"....Inspite of Sadhguru's appeal to remain silent, many of them were not able to keep quiet during the onward journey to Kedar...Some of them were so involved in silly jokes and expressing their dissatifaction about the food that was served....!! Inspite of keeping out of such entanglements, my mind was corrupt enough to keep recording them silently and I had scribbled them in my diary during the night before going to sleep....

When I read these points made about "others", I feel bit fed up with my own perversion on making a point of such trivial things... & sincerely feel it would be quite mean & disgusting to prolong this series trying to write about them.....particularly after writing the wonderful moments at Kedar and the view of mountains....!!

This Yatra had been of profound importance to me and I had longed to be a part of this tour for more than a year which got materialised all of a sudden....I wish to thank my circumstances which allowed me a two week long leave from office.....which was considered by me impossible until now...

The whole journey was a process of self discovery - how much I need to go farther in life...!! The process is still continuing once a while - when I get reminded about the majesty of mountains once a while & the memory of the little Kedar Temple comes to me once a while - even after so many days.... !! Even the pains during those long walks appear to be quite bearable now with the space of time....!!

I am approximately half way through the journey of life & when I watch the couple of grey hairs in the head while combing the hair - these days, I have a wry smile in my lips reminding myself to "step up" !! This innings of life is not going to be endless journey & its important that I learn the art of closing the gap between the things that I want to do and what I am doing.....!! Either I learn to close it by "stepping up" on few things OR learn to accept few things that is impossible for me to do by "being graceful enough" on me....It will be nice to die without the face becoming long and serious.....without cursing and complaining the world around.....

I wish the whole of the balance living years become a "dhyana yatra" for me and wish I am humble enough to learn from pains and sufferings also - if they are destined to happen....!!

suchoo