"The Home"

It was one of those early morning hours when I sat in my “Little Heaven”, made myself comfortable and started the inward journey to enter “The Home”. Soon after I closed my eyes and started the journey, I saw an old man in front of me, smiling and nodding his head as if he is welcoming me. When I looked at him enquiringly, he said “what took you so long to come back? You are not to be seen on this path as often as you used to be earlier”.

The above words struck me hard and I speeded up my inward journey to find answers. The old man followed and kept looking at me as if he expected an answer then and there.  I was just about to reach “The Home”; a place where I find solace; a place to contemplate; a place to connect with self and the almighty. Then he stopped me and demanded an answer.

“I think I lost my way for a while”. I was surprised by my own answer. “Did I really lose the way? Is it possible that I could not find the way to my own inner self? If yes, where was I going?” The old man kept smiling at me when the above questions were gushing out of my mind like an unstoppable current.  He seemed to know my mind and even the answers.

His countenance shining brightly, he patted my back and said “You were lost in things external; were so much preoccupied with mundane day-to-day happenings that you forgot to rise yourself above your own self. That is why the inward path upon which you used to travel everyday seems to be new today”

The old man’s words struck a chord in me and I folded my hands in reverence. His smile grew broader and he said “once you start travelling on the inward path and visit “The Home”, you need to develop the resolve to be away from all distractions; let  the journey become your  second nature till you become the journey itself”.

So saying, the old man vanished and I found myself at “The Home”; a home which is very close to my heart and mind; a home which I need to be connected to throughout my waking and sleeping hours. With the above firmly resolved, my joy found no bounds and I could see myself going up and down the path with renewed energy and child like happiness.