Sunday, July 12, 2009

Back in Action after a Roadtrip of Roadtrips....

Wow, what a ride it has been. 7000 miles, 17 states, countless cities, 5 sometimes 6 people in a little Dodge mini-van, Georgia the GPS and memories that will last a life time. That pretty much sums up the month of June for me. We started on June 4th in Edison, NJ and ended just a dew days ago in Los Angeles, California. Four of us met in India and the fifth we picked up on the way in Atlanta. We were following a teacher named Deepak Bhai from city to city on his tour. I know it sounds a bit crazy and believe me it was, but when you experience a certain level of truth it's human nature to hold on tight. This is the kind of truth that hits you deep inside and touches something inside that rarely gets touched. When the words come out of his mouth, it's as if you have known it all before, but just didn't want to accept that fact. His teachings are on how to find permanent happiness in this life. We are all looking for happiness and we achieve that happiness through various ways. However, is that happiness permanent or temporary? It is all temporary of course and if you really examine it closely you will be shocked to find that most things that bring happiness, often lead to unhappiness. Look back on all the things that brought you pleasure, whether it be food, relationships, sex, money etc... Eventually once the pleasure of the moment is gone, it turns into stomach aches, extra weight, break-ups, divorces, over attachment, unwanted pregnancy, loss of that money, greed, wanting more and more.....
That is the nature of a dualistic world, pleasure and pain are the ends of the same stick. Our teacher talks about going beyond it all which leads to an inner peace that is out of this world. The five of us, plus many others that joined our travels across the country feel like we have discovered a true diamond that is actually priceless in these times. The fact that it really is priceless is one of the reasons that everything with the organization is free. That is a rarity in these times for sure. Many people think that if it is free it has no value. I assure you that this is not one of those cases. The value is beyond words.....more on this topic to come. For now, you can see the web-site www.self-realization.in.I am off to enjoy the Colorado sunshine ; )