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didn’t need to see this mountain to feel its than life - I suddenly felt how small
presence - you just had to be there, and
the moment was everything. Suddenly,
there was nothing I had, and at the same
time I felt I had everything - it was just
indescribable. No photograph (though
we did take some), or video can describe
what you experience there - you have to
experience it.
Sadhguru, though not physically with us,
seemed to be there with us nevertheless - I
recollected the story on Adiyogi when the
seven saptarishis asked him what they
should do if they fell into trouble while
traveling across the world to impart the
knowledge they had learnt from him - he
just said, “I will sleep” - what he meant
was that he would always be there, all
encompassing. You can’t pray to Kailash,
you don’t ask for anything, you just be with
Kailash - and that is all it takes. We had
an initiation pooja while at Lapcha in the
presence of Kailash.
I was in a bit of trance on the way back -
if you can take a little bit of Kailash away
with you, I think you are transformed
significantly. It’s an overwhelming
experience. Though mountains have
always fascinated me since childhood, this
was a different mountain - it’s almost as if
it spoke and poured out knowledge in front
of you. Just being with it was all that was
needed, even if it was for a little over an
hour.
Day 8 and Day 9
Though I spent the next two nights at
Dakchi (without helicopters to get us
back to Simikot), there was a different
energy that stayed with me those nights
- it didn’t matter whether I was stuck
here or anywhere for that matter - I had
experienced something much larger
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and insignificant I was, and how the
vast knowledge of this universe was
manifesting if I chose to access it. That is
Kailash in its true perspective, I believe,
and what I experienced. There is no need
to differentiate between what is sacred
and not sacred, and no need to pray. The
Creator is far larger than all this nonsense
- and He certainly isn’t going to take
instructions from you! We haven’t even
understood what the atom is all about,
and we are going to give instructions and
requests to him? Just be with him, wherever
you are.
Day 10 and Day 11
On Sep 3, we got a helicopter back to
Simikot, danced wildly and joyfully to Isha
songs (without any alcohol) and the next
Dr Sujeet Rajan
Dancing in joy
day a flight on to Nepalganj, and the same
afternoon an ATR back to Kathmandu.
Mobile phones started to buzz again - it
didn’t feel great to be honest, but happy
to be able to connect with family and
friends again. There is something about a
prolonged silence that makes your mind
more receptive to things not physical. You
have to leave everything you have behind,
your family, your possessions, and all