During my trip to India last year, I had stopped over at Tiruvannamalai – home of the sacred Arunachala Hill. I had always wanted to walk up Arunchala and I got to do exactly that during this trip.
I had made enquiries at the foot-hill and someone told me that it would take only between 20 to 30 minutes to reach my destination. So, there I was walking up rough terrains, all by myself without any shoes. I thought, after all it’s only 30 minutes away and if I do brisk walk, I’ll arrive in ten. After the first 10 or 20 minutes, I was absolutely convinced that I was lost. Contemplated turning back at one point. However, I stuck on which was a good thing because I met a couple of people who were returning from where I wanted to go and they gave me directions.
Anyway, I arrived there after a good one hour of brisk walk. Having reached up there, I realised that it was worth my every breathless gasp and every bruise on my feet. The peace and quietness of that place embraced me so completely, permeating the inner reaches of my being. Ah! Such bliss. Why am I telling you all this? Even for a simple journey of one hour I needed to be guided………how much more guidance would I require for an inner journey. I’m quite convinced that a solo trip up Mount Everest would have been a walk in the park compared to this inner journey that I’ve embarked on.
As my journey within continues, I will now walk holding on firmly to my Guide, my Guru……walk with me.
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Thank you for all those thought provoking comments, people. Brindha, on whether atoms can disintegrate completely, I honestly don’t know but Heisenberg apparently thought so and that guy did win a Nobel Prize.
VVV, my speck of light….hmm, uh, umm....... your promise of more scary stuffs in the future…….uh-oh! More scary then your white light, can’t imagine-da.
Suguna, will try not to get snarled by big bad Maya. I see your point but please bear with me. Travelling within and hoping to arrive.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Seeking Guidance
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Yes lah the journey within is hard. I (nowadays young people don't use the capital 'I' so i guess i'll follow suit) know when i realised i needed to do this, I had to hear the swamiji's voice over, over and over again. Everytime i heard it there i heard a new message. It took me several months before i didn't have to listen to his talk. There was one talk of the swamiji on meditation that i listened to for months, even had converted it from tape record mode to ipod mode. Anyway the struggle continues. Now i'm reading 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle - its very revealing. I've followed some of his suggestions and it has helped. Like to know what was your spiritual journey like?
Cheers.
with peace,
suguna
Hi jivan,
ur journey seems to be getting more and more interesting as u go by. i have never been one to question my existence or even ponder over the infamous 'who m i'.
but over the last couple of months i have been in contact with some really enlightened souls and one young n trendy among them told me to read Ramana Maharishi's books. For the uninitiated, Bhagawan Ramana Maharishi is known for his 'WHO AM I' quest.
at that point of time i really never gave it much thot. but off late i have been reading on the subject and the findings are more and more mind boggling.
the mega one being, this 'I' is not the body. and that this 'I' that is in me is also the 'I' in you.
Jivan, looks like you n i are connected somewhere. u are jivan while i m shakt_i.
awaiting more about ur journey inward. please allow me to walk with you too!
hi there, am back with my white speck of light. A bit more on this speck...my speck is similar to a sponge. I am a white spongeblob-speck of experience. My speck sponges on the 5 senses lah. These experiences remain in this spongeblob-speck. It never dries out, it just absorbs to eternity. It refuses to do away from its duty of sponging. That is why, though I want to keep a low profile (for reasons i myself know why), the spongeblob refuses to deactivate it's function. I hope your Tiruvannamalai experience will be kept close to your heart. Sponge on it! Take care. P/s pls write more on yr Arunachala experience. I feel you did not share enough. Haloo, no holds barred!
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