The obstacles we can face during this path, the thoughts that run through minds, the ups and downs, the inspirational thoughts that can encourage us to keep going and choose what is right. I do not want this to be just my thoughts penned down but want it to be a community where everyone is part of each other's journey. It all started with pain. I am pretty content with my own life, but I can't hel
p but notice the pain all around me. For the longest time I avoided reading news. Yes, completely, tuned off.. for I always thought news makes us sad and pulls us down. I wanted to believe that this world is a beautiful place and if heaven exists, it is right here on earth. I loved life along with its ups and downs. However, this is the information age and you can never stand next to the huge waterfall of pouring information/news without getting some drops on you. Murders, Rapes of children, inhuman animal abuse and humiliation before death... My heart cries when innocents suffer, when their trust is broken. What must have gone through their minds when they faced brutal abuse and death? Did they hold on to hope till the last moment? If they did, how would have they felt when nobody answered their cries? Where was I when all this happened? Why wasn't I there to help them? Is it so hard for people to love our fellow beings? Didn't they hesitate even once before continuing the cruel act? so many questions.. list goes on! I cried for days.. and every time I had a reason to smile, I felt like it wasn't a fair thing to do. How can I smile when there are so many suffering in the world? I was very disturbed. I had lost the peace of my mind. I needed help and somehow it did come to me. Through books, online articles and links that followed each other, I realized the only way to achieve this peace of mind is to meditate, walk on a spiritual path. I started visiting local meditation centers, attending group meditation sessions, came across some really kind souls and felt warm. Spiritual path helps realize that purity, love and peace are the true essence of each soul wrapped by bodily ego. Clinging on to these divine values takes us closer to our real selves and helps us make the right decision every time we need to make one. It not only uplifts the person walking the spiritual path, but also people around him/her and as this circle grows wider and wider, the entire world would be a happy place, just as I believed it to be when I was a child. You cannot ask a person to be good. He needs to feel the desire for it from within. If one walks on spiritual path, it comes to him naturally. And there, lie all the answers! There, lie all the solutions to all the sorrows of this world. If only, all of us take this path. I have decided to do my part, walk my path and take as many along with me as possible. Together, we can turn this world into a happy family. Will you come along with me?
