Saturday, 23 January 2016

Rati: A Spiritual Journey: A Story

                    
          I have been walking for long, but there had been no respite. I was shattered, shattered to see pain, negativity and hopelessness around. People have doubted me; have been skeptical of my intention when it had been pure spring water inside. I might have observed some, while trying to spread my positivity and smile around. Why did I ever do that, give away my smile and positivity to people who were sorrowful and in pain! Why does it move my heart to see a sad face? Filled with question and lost in retrospection, I didn’t realize when I had crossed the threshold of materialistic world and have walked into the heart of the woods. My heart gave a jump, when I heard someone, calling out; “Rati!” I noticed a sparrow in the bush, which spoke to my heart. “Follow me, Rati!” Rati? But, I have been known as Arati, why did it call me with that name! Mesmerized and surged with some kind of energy I followed…

          On my way, I can feel the birds of different kinds in deep conversation, and I was surprised to hear them. I never knew that my heart can follow their conversation. They were talking about their populace and their concern on people delving more into technology, then looking around and being with them. The most interesting topic being: their conversation on the Guardians of Nature, which thrilled me on hearing! A Group of Nature Lovers, who were doing their bit to protect and help them in their survival! What an initiative! I felt a surge of energy and enthusiasm filling me… I was startled when a Barbet in the group asked as to what was I doing here, and the Dove replied, she has a pure heart and soul! Thus, she is not only able to hear us, but make a trip through the wilderness of love. I looked puzzled and felt the heart of sparrow extend in smile! How I was able to feel it was it because we shared the same soul! Saw flowers of different forms and design: a pattern! We never see such design in our world, what kind of wood it was, and what kind of flowers were they! Flowers of Life! No, sparrow didn’t say that. It was my heart saying that. How did I know it was the flower of life… was I walking in some kind of enchanted world where all my senses of being one with nature has come alive?

      We stopped near a banyan tree; and was amazed to see uniform leaves, all love shaped! I looked at the sparrow and it looked deep into my eyes, and I followed it. I understood what it wanted to say, without ever having to say anything. I saw a cave, love shaped just behind the tree. Love-shaped! Nature’s bliss to be in love always, has probably found a way in finding a cave which had a love shaped doorway. Doorway, why did it ring a bell! Maybe, I will find an answer to all my questions here. As soon as I entered the door way, my heart sunk on finding it dark, and a voice came from within. “Enlighten your heart, and thou shall see the light!” Whose voice it was? Such syrupy sweetness, never have I heard in my entire life! And, I did as I was told. I saw light, light which fills you up with such divineness as if you were meant for the world you are in. Oh! What’s that smell, smell of sandalwood! This cave was not made of sandalwood, or was it! I saw geometrical patterns: patterns scattered all over. I was able to decipher them, see what amazing facts they were revealing to me. It was the point of axis mundi from which the symbols and geometrical pattern have emitted and spread throughout the world. It had begun almost the same time, but with different names, beginning with nature! I followed one pattern after another which spoke of regeneration of life and love in all possible things living and breathing in this Universe. Ah! I was probably in some kind of trance and bliss. The patterns took me to seven different enlightened seers working with their mind. Their working reflected in a HD screen… Is it possible, that what our mind registers could be monitored by our mind! One of them spoke, “Yes!” I was dumbstruck and was not able to look at him at one go, as his smile emitted divineness which I wasn’t aware of. He smiled more, which got my heart upside down, suspended when you have a kind of joy ride. His eyes smiling, he took me through a passage. All doorways were love shaped, but with different geometrical patterns on it. He stopped in one of those doorways, and I followed his eyes to see myself sitting there, in a meditative state with an echo which touched me and took me in another trance. A halo of love forming at the crown, as I chanted, “Om” rhythmically in its seven forms! I never knew I was doing that, yet the echo of it had made me feel complete and one with the divineness that resided in me. I looked at the seer, and he smiled! But, he spoke with his heart this time! You are in meditation and you are here to see your true self in order to go back from where you have come and complete the task which has been assigned to you. Task? What task? He smiled again… Every time the seer smiled at me, I felt myself one with him. Yet apart! I looked at myself again, and was jolted back by what I saw! Snakes crawling, near my spine! What were they doing there? One look at those snakes and I understood that they were healing me, healing me from the pain I have undergone of having observed negative energy! Transcendentalism!

     I looked at the seer and his eyes told me to follow him! So, I did. We walked, and walked in complete silence, as if an understanding had passed between us! As we walked I was happy to feel the geometry and read it through my minds eyes. I have observed the technique from the seer. Was it then natural, that I was as good as observing positive energy as I was with negative? I saw seer smiling at me, and I never wanted the passage to end. Such feelings of completeness and happiness, of walking next to him have never been felt by me before. A roar- roar of a tiger brought me back to what I saw in front of me. Ardhanareswar! I bowed and they smiled at me, blessing me that filled me with such tranquility that it filled my eyes with tears which rolled through my cheeks, like pearl drops. I looked at them and understood that the time to convey the message, was nearing, and the seer standing next to me was going to help me, in doing so! As I closed my eyes to bow down to Ardhanareswaraya again, I saw myself back into the world but with more tranquility and peace within, with the seer standing next to me. Still smiling to dawn me with the knowledge that we both were supposed to pass on to mankind! Message of axis mundi and geometry of existence of being one with the Universe: the religion being one that of Humanity, while all others deciphered as different to replace hatred, war and different negative emotions with Love and peace. Message of Tikunn Olam: Repair, mend, give and to restore what had been lost!

        Aum Arndhanariswaraya Namoh Namah

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