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OUR BODIES ARE NOT BUILT TO MOVE MOUNTAINS . MAY BE WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE MOUNTAINS . LET ' S KEEP THE SUPERMEN SAFE IN THE MYTHOLOGIES . LET ' S RESPECT THE LAWS OF NATURE AND AT THE SAME TIME TRY TO BECOME SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT SHOW DISRESPECT TO ANYONE OR ANYTHING - SOULMAN .
Time has flown . Years have passed by . And have I just been a bystander waiting for my stars to garland me in life , I wonder . And then more years have passed by with me watching the clock tick . It has been years since I used to be a little bloke full of passion for the books in the library , for the equipments in my sports kit , and for the microphone box of course . The ever ticking clock has changed almost everything though . The teenager who could cook himself under the beating sun for 9 long hours and get back to his bowling mark after 60 overs of bashing and bruising will take to profuse sweating and exhaustion after dishing out a couple of overs today . It ' s not just depletion in physical stamina but also heavy depletion in passion and love for the game . Unfortunately , active sports are not the only field in which things have hit the bottom . The microphone box that has been my bread and butter , I have completely lost the passion to explode upon it and fill the minds of the people with colors . I used to be a proficient sports feature writer but that passion too has disappeared with the ever ticking clock . I hardly write now . I remember how I compromised my
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studies and valuable friendships for the sake of my passions . And when my passions were paying me back with all their heart , I completely lost interest in them . I still wonder if overwork for more money , and the wild fire of rising up the career escalator had burnt me down . Unfortunately , I was never able to sense it in my aggression , in my penchant for targets , or in my hunger to brush shoulders with the best in the business . I remember that when I was a little child , I used to dream a lot . As a young professional , I stopped dreaming and believed strictly in doing . The mantras of ' do it now or die ', ' make it big ASAP ', led to long strenuous working hours . Mornings were meant for sleep followed by American breakfast whereas days and nights were all work . The result - In a few years , I found myself exhausted , bored , and annoyed . I found that what I got as a result of my hard work was not what I wanted . The facilities , the luxury , the work culture , the targets , the increased expectations from me , the luxurious vacations , the glamorous companions , nothing appealed to me anymore . I had taken to this world like a child takes to a pie but it all lost appeal so quickly . My mind had hit point zero and I wanted to know what did I want ? There were questions now , some very deep questions that I had to solve , spiritual ones . And so I went seeking out . It ’ s tough to find answers to such questions but if you do your life becomes meaningful again . If you don ’ t , then your descension will be rapid . In every aspect , you ’ ll be hurt – body , mind , wealth , relationships and spirit . However , I believe that the coming of this state of mind is good because it makes you watch over your deeds and thoughts with observing eyes . It is the call of your heart and as they say , the heart never lies .
“ It ' s all in the mind .” I once heard these lines from a close associate of mine . And each time I contemplate upon the actions that happened at the end of a day , I find these lines reverberating in my ears . It ' s almost
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as if that associate of mine is repeating those words again and again . And all this because it ' s true . It ' s so , so true .
I may not be a wise man but I believe that like all other humans , I am an intelligent being . I have powers - power of the mind , the intellect , the memory , the body , and the spirit . With these finite powers , I may not be able to move a mountain but I can certainly build one . My ancestors have proved that time and again . But there are times when I feel powerless as if everything has been taken away from me , as if I have forgotten everything . In such times , I draw a blank . In such times , I fail miserably . Without power , life becomes as good as hell . Nothing seems to be a rescuable force or tool during such times . Even meditation can draw a blank . The best thing to do at such times is to wait . Bad times always pass away just like good times . Perhaps that is why the saying - " Life has its ups and downs " exists .
But for some people at certain or many times , meditation works . Just pull the blanks down and thy may rediscover yourself . We are a bundle of amazing conscious energy . If we shut the outside world down for some time and divert the focus back towards our own inner self , peace would perhaps reign . It has worked for many people . May be it can help I , You , anybody or everybody as well . It is called meditation . May be it ' s the solution to our agony during the bad times . May be it ' s the key to discovering our greatest power - the power of the soul .
Our bodies are not built to move mountains . May be we are not supposed to move mountains . Let ' s keep the Supermen safe in the mythologies . Let ' s respect the laws of nature and at the same time try to become something that does not show disrespect to anyone or anything - Soulman .
A human being is a soul , we all are souls . But have we really accepted , embraced and realized this fact ? Are
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Apr - May 2017 yogicherald . com
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