THE REAL ME

 

THE REAL ME

At first, we go along with it all.

School

Society

Norms

Rules

Market

Competition

Targets

Diligence

Achievement

And at home

Parents

Children

Cousins

Uncles and aunts

Traditions

Duties

Responsibilities

Systems

Standards

And we do this 24/7, because that is what everyone does, and we are in a race against everyone else, against time , against all odds. And through great hard work, we begin to excel, stand on top of the office, get awards, and are praised by all at home.

And then, invariably comes a time when we tire, and realise that all this while, we have actually been racing against relaxation, against contentment, and therefore against ourselves. Because we have become great businessmen, doctors, engineers, CEO'S, actors, musicians, artists and what not, but we have always pandered to expectations, profits, life styles, goals, fame, awards, achievements, and recognition.

And then the time comes when, before we even know it, all of a sudden, the day is done, the show is over, and it is time to go. And we realise:

We have never really lived the life we wanted; Never invested our time in our Self.

We want to be free.

Free of convention and routine and repetition and artificiality.

We want to know the real me.

We want to get back to the innocence

when we were kids, and lived in our own world.

In that world, we knew the "Me".

And now, it is time to reclaim that innocent, free, me, once again, within.

Aum Namah Shivaye.

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.