The Pathless Path

Dear One,

It's time for me to take the journey...A journey inward. A journey transcending all limitations of time and space; diving headlong into the deepest recesses of my very being. I very well know, it's not going to be an easy journey. It is going to be strewn with unknown peril at every turn and it shall make me sway between the past, present and future; yet I hesitate no more.

My mind is made up and I shall walk the path alone. The ground below my feet shall be broken deliberately, in an attempt to teach me to fly. In the end, either I shall take to the skies or crash land with heavy remorse. There are no other options. For, it is, what it is. The journey has to be made by all someday.

This is a journey I fear the most; the journey of self-discovery. You can face the whole world, single handedly with a lie, but to face your own self with the truth is indeed a difficult game. The road to self-discovery is not a pleasant one, as it is like a clean polished mirror, showing you, who you really are. Years of effort to hide behind your favorite mask is cut asunder in a jiffy, leaving you stark naked. It is a journey of self-acceptance and self-denial, where contradictions meet on a common ground. There is no escape from it - for you, as well as for me.

In order to become new, you have to exterminate the old. To let go of the old, is as difficult as it is to embrace the new. You can bury it deep inside your heart's darkest corners, but it shall seldom die or leave you alone. It will show it's ugly face when you least want to see it; for it has become an unquestionable part of you. To forget something is not deliverance, it is just a form of self-denial. Peace of mind is not in forgetting; but in accepting.

The quest for happiness takes us everywhere, except inside our very soul. To look within, is to look for answers to all the questions you have ever asked. Few answers will take you to higher planes of understanding and a few questions will suck you deeper into the darkest abyss of your own soul. Nonetheless, the questions have to be asked and the answers, listened to. The first step in self-discovery is in asking the questions you always wanted to ask and listening to the answers you never wanted to know.

My quest for answers has begun and I am ready to ask the questions too. I have to walk the path, no matter how hard it turns out to be. Sooner or later, one realizes that  you have to walk your own path and no one gives you company till the end. Everything you hold dear shall drop off one day, like lotus dew, leaving you bare and dry. That's when you will have to make a choice - drown in the murky waters of life or rise above it to attain salvation. You can ignore the path for now, but you will have to walk it someday. Be prepared.

My bags are packed and I am ready to walk the path. What about you?

Peace in oneself. Peace in the world.