What is in it for me ?

The destination always seems to be so important to us not so much- the journey. Why ? I suppose our mind is trained to be so goal oriented -taking us towards our destination. We all are that way since the time we were young we. We tend to be so preoccupied by manifesting that destination in the reality -to the extent we stop enjoying walking the path & ending essence of our life . Like that egg broken by some outside force ending the life within forgetting that life only begins only if we allow inner force to break the egg shell and life within to begin . We seldom trust that force & do not allow things, people and circumstances to be as they are. Instead we try manipulating them in order to reach our destination. Why can we not do our karma to best of our abilities and start flowing again — for flowing sake like a river. And as you flow allowing willingly to quench the thirst of the thirsty on the way .

In our desire to reach our destination, the “means” we adopt to deal with life situations and relationship we tend to kill the essence of it . It is like plucking that of joyful fresh flower in rose garden just so that you can own it .From the moment you own it , the essence of rose you pluck starts decaying .So without owning the rose, allow it to remain in its natural self . You don’t be responsible for it’s unnatural decay & death. Just sit back and pay attention to anything that life want you to learn . Fully accept- not every situation in path to destination needs your response. Let destiny itself take care of the destinations guided by the higher divine .

But in today’s era of “making it happen anyhow “ guided by our restless mind and cascade of reckless responses to hurdles we face as we walk & run towards our destination . This brings us complex set of miseries I call it “Self Acquired Syndrome “ (SAS). This takes us further away from our destination by diverting our path , consuming our time & energies . This makes our life journey long and miserable . Even if we reach desired destination, we get to spend very little time at that mountain peak. So does one not make it a point to enjoy the ride to destinations as you end up spending most of your life time there ?

Before, during and after reaching your mark, your relationship with your destination keeps on changing too. As a rule of nature, as soon as things are manifested , it’s time to vanish starts there and then . So better be not too much destination oriented and losing too much of your life time in creations of mindless manifestations. Instead, be selective & aware about time each of those manifestation is consuming as your time is limited here. Some day it will end too. If you wish to live beyond & after your time here , make sure while lighting your own path to your destination, it also lights path for others walking their own path in the dark around you. Rabindranathji Tagore had gone even beyond this , when he said, ”The one who plant trees knowing that he will never sit in their shed has at least started to understand the meaning of life …..”

Krantikumar R Rathod .