A grand symphony orchestra is changing the rhythm of your beats. Can you feel it?
It all starts with untimely sounds, tuned to de-tune your rhythmic world. And you are there wondering 'what is happening??' Questioning others about 'what's your role in your own life??'.
Wait before we jump on to the conclusion of this confusion, let's find out with the very first question right on the top!
Can you feel it??
Ahh!! Nope?
Okay wait!! Before you start thinking 'what the crap is this!!'....take a deep breathe and hold on until you can.
Most probably some of you didn't even try and few who did it, i must say you did a good job!
Alarm bell! The most annoying sound in anyone's life. Maybe a wake-up call set by us in the past to get up, rise and shine in the future.
Now that you don't know what's happening? Surviving the days of your life in some memories. You look around, where you are? As if you are walking towards a destination, which haven't arrived yet! Still you keep walking. Asking others where are you? With the belief that others know where you are. Though it doesn't matter where you are, if you know who you are!
We are experiencing a circus life of a clown. Remember, during childhood there were support wheels attached to our dream cycle in order to learn how to ride without it. Slowly when we learned to balance, those support wheels were no more required.
We started feeling the adventure while riding it. Soon that dream cycle turned into a single wheel balancing act of a clown. Always wearing a smile on face but no support wheels to help during the act.
A wanderer by choice, working with a touring company, was seeking a permanent company of his life.
Suddenly he wakes up early morning after a day long journey to the center of......no not earth.
To the center jungle of Jim Corbett National park.
It happens sometimes that you wake up right before your alarm bell rings.
It was a camping site in the midst of jungle, surrounded by tall trees touching sky. Where sunlight is merely reaching the surface. Tree house constructed with a fortified walls of bamboo. He woke up not because of nature's call but, it was his dream within a dream. That changed the rhythm of his beats. No there was no wild animal howling around, which affected his dream.
We usually speak to ourselves...right? when we are alone. Many a times people walking besides you are seen murmuring something. There are no earphones on. It's the music inside, making them hum to the tunes.
While recollecting his dream he sat we a cup of coffee and started murmuring:
'frankly speaking, all i could remember was that someone walking besides me. We were at some seashore. She looked at me but i couldn't see her face, maybe it was during sunset. I don't know! The best part about the dream was the.....peace.'
This conversation with himself brought a sweet smile on his face.😊
Confused?? You might have many questions like... Which was the dream within a dream? Who is he? And who was the person he was looking at? Why everything is so confusing?
Questions are good when asked. Asked not to others but to one's own self. As on this planet blue, the question starts within you and ends with you. The journey of questions which are searched for answers everywhere outside, though it was all there inside.
A financial analyst by grades. Surrounded by jungle of cubicles, dual screen monitors, intense deadlines for client deliverables. Where people are there around her but, they merely existed. Working and working and...... working!! Like bots.
In search of a guide to rescue her from this jungle. She had these thoughts churning inside:
'Diamonds, pearls, or jewelry aren't the things I'm looking for. No words. No distance. Maybe a piece of peace shared with me. Where can I find you?'
Now comes the dream within the dream of the guy we read few para above.
'sunset time. I was again walking with her. Her voice was enchanting. She said slow down a bit. Sense each and every thing around you. The sand, water, wind, sunlight. Everything. Can you feel it??'
There he was back into the jungle with his own company, distant apart from his dreams and ofcourse a cup of coffee.
Soon after completing his camping trip he was now in the concrete jungle. Though he loved to be out there in real jungle but he always felt like missing someone.
She used walk at the seashore. Mostly on weekends, as on weekdays her life was surrendered to her work, client deliverables, conference meetings, waste of gym membership, the local train rush, daily chores, tiffin, getting ready for office, the most important was waking up no matter what time she slept for the great Indian problem of water management every morning at 7 am!
Hectic? No...not at all! Guess that's your stand. It's the same story on any side of the shore.
Running is good for health.
Yes we are running.
Running here and there but for what?
In search of something?
What is the meaning of something?
This something has numerous meaning in everyone's personal dictionary.
It has to be, as we are just running, nowhere! Living in dreams has become a reality, and reality has turned out to be very rude, ruthless and tough against you, me and everyone!!
So when she used to walk barefooted right where the waves could touch her feet, a trail of her footsteps were left behind. Waves kept erasing trail of her footsteps. Thinking about the sunset, cool breeze and sand, she turned back to check her footsteps. Guess what???
No...no way the guy wasn't there!!
Those footsteps were gone. Though this gave a blink in her eyes.
'Where am I? Am I supposed to do all that I'm doing so far and just exist? Or do I need to take a pause and ask someone? Where am I??'
The camping guy passing by heard her. Saw her. She appeared confused. She again took a step forward, again a wave came in and erased her footsteps. She again had a question mark
'Where am I?'
Responding to her query the guy asked her to follow him to the dry part of the beach and asked her to take few steps and see. Accordingly she did.
He said, 'Here you are! Alive and awesome 😉.'
Those footsteps were there for longer time compared to those near waves.
Ting!!! The peace was found and the piece of peace was well received.
Distractions have become huge component of modern life. We are constantly bombarded by numerous notifications and updates. Going through which we feel like we accomplished something but, that was all illusion. In reality we are there where we were before. Stagnant. Still. Stumbled.
Even the cursor while typing takes a pause for few milliseconds. Why not us?
Keep this smart device aside.
To shun the chaos going on inside,
Go out.
Take a pause!
Breathe in.
Find yourself,
In your-self!
