We are all on the journey towards enlightenment. It is up to us how soon we reach it. Even I am

Stumbling towards Enlightenment

INDIA | Tuesday, 2 July 2013 | Views [346] | View Larger Image

I walked forward, in search of that path and it started healing. I kept searching for that truth everywhere. This is a museum of Buddhist excavated artifacts and antiquities. At this moment I felt like underneath those stairs I might discover the truth, both to utter it and to understand it.

Because I decided to break this cycle of suffering, I began this journey as a wanderer, alone, discovering and rediscovering the reason behind my existence. Being a human I was always caught up with hopes, fears, anger, expectations and disappointment, when one day I decided to break this cage. I wanted to come out of this ignorance which has caught up my soul for years and willed to taste freedom, “freedom from own self”. I set off for a trip to a place called Dharamshala in western India. It is known for being a spiritual epicenter and Dalai Lama’s residence and headquarters. Yet I was scared and stumbled to walk ahead. And then those lines of Rumi flashed, “On this path let the heart be your guide for the body is hesitant and full of fear”.

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Still feeling heavy at heart, I kept capturing the lifelessness and barrenness. Jittering and shivering with that fear of losing myself in this recurring cycle of pain. My heart belonged to autumn and yet kept longing for the spring.

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We are all on the journey towards enlightenment. It is up to us how soon we reach it. Even I am

Stumbling towards Enlightenment

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