My Saturday was filled with video calls. Talking with families, relatives, friends, and some more friends. Usually, that’s how my weekends are, and I certainly love it. At the end of the day, when I looked back I felt I wanted to spend some time with myself. Some time where I don’t speak anything and I just listen. I just want to be…. Just be in the moment, experience the moment, feel what I am feeling, and again just be.
So, on Sunday morning, when I held my cup of Chai, I decided not to be on a call with anyone. Instead, I sat, took that first sip…and felt Aaahaa!! I experienced the wind flowing, the curtains flying, those birds chatting, and the greens waving. I thought to myself - the chai would go to another level if I had some old music playing in the background. I picked my iPad, started playing some old unplugged songs….and there I was with chai and music, and most importantly – in the moment. I think the taste of my chai got elevated because I was enjoying that moment so much.
Song after song kept playing, I was able to feel the words and enjoy my company. Each line from the song was reminding me of something very beautiful. I travelled all the way from the US to India, from one home to another, from one trip to the next one, from the usual city life to those days at my spiritual retreat HDB….it was pure Bliss. I time travelled, I crossed oceans and crossed continents…... I don’t think stay at home order was applicable to me in that moment.
My Guru Mahatria has taught me something very beautiful – “Be a good news broadcaster. Whether it’s a great restaurant, or a full moon, or you are thinking about someone – ensure that you spread the good to anyone or everyone around.” While I was on this trip of mine, I was able to relive the moments I have spent with my loved ones from another continent, listening to those same old songs. Immediately I video call them, the only words we exchange are – “I just thought of sharing my chai with you guys, listening to these songs and just be!” The next hour was just spent without uttering a single word, only listening to the songs one after the other. I think all of us were in a beautiful zone, we were able to feel those words and just be.
Here I am again with myself, being grateful to have had such an amazing morning. I was with many but somewhere I was with myself. I spoke with none, yet we exchanged so much. I experienced that moment again where I don’t need words to express anything, nature is playing its part. Everything around me was aligning itself perfectly to let me be in the moment.
Want to try and experience this bliss yourself? Your next cup of chai or coffee, sit with your loved ones, play some music in the background, don’t utter a word…. let the moment do its magic.
