Across the Rann-1
Suddenly he scowled and howled like a jackal in the dark nothingness spread all around her.
"My friends, madam, they will come, you wait. It is bad omen to cross Rann without feeding them, it is customary since they are our guardians and guide us along with the eagles and the owls all across the Rann."
Suddenly, out of nowhere, there were glimmering eyes which soon walked closer and for the first time a jackal had actually swished its tail around Meher startling her out of nowhere.
They are big, grand and not at all bloody, murderous creatures, in fact Meher observed that they behaved with more dignity, they had a sense of wisdom spread across their face. As Roohab bend forward to greet them, they too, spread their legs and bent in response greeting him. The food was plenty and each took their turn to have it. Almost half an hour later by 01:30 pm, they left for the He mound.
"Usually they always find me madam, once they guided me back to safety saving me from Pakistani rangers."
"Seriously? You mean these jackals."
"Yes. Yes, they are very brave."
She felt for once again, as though she was wading through waters and not sand.
"Have you heard of Santiago de Compostellas, madam?"
"Yes, I have. My mother is of Spanish origin. Where did you come across this place?"
With the same smile strewn on his face, he said, "I heard that the chances to be lost, to go around one place again and again, was huge on that road. Rann is of same significance to us and has the same tenacity."
"Camino. The path leads to the tomb of St.James in Santiago de Compostela, which carries the ruin of the disciple after martyrdom in 44AD."
"Are you a disciple, madam?"
"Yes I believe in their good work, so I am a disciple, of course."
"Even, I am a disciple then, in fact how different is everybody from the others? After all, humanity is different from each other at a lower level, once you cross the lower level of humans and join the stairs of becoming or transforming into a being, all become same and boring. The fun lies in cheapness, thrill lies in shallow understanding and bliss lies in ignorance. When you cross all these barriers, and enter the tomb, all are boring, same and monotonous. They all begin looking same as their intellect has reached a common point where a man ceases to be a human and begins the journey of becoming a being, like the animals, all look quite similar than humans look to each other, all because, they all understand everything at similar levels, very unlike humans, hence animal kingdoms have less fight internally and more with outsiders, whereas we humans fight more internally, amongst us. It is also because perhaps, we have no competitors on earth, we fight amongst ourselves, look at animals, they are busy knowing how to fight another animal."
"Wow, such philosophy, did you attend college?"
"Do they teach all this rubbish in college, I don't think so. They create fools, except the doctors and the scientists, I guess. Since their art has to be taught from one generation to the other for sure."
"I am merely answering your questions madam, you might not have come across anyone who gives you such answers to such questions. But, I would say that these are mere answers to mere questions."
"Okay, yes, since our mind is stupid, it always works on comparisons, if it can't compare it gets scared, alarmed, juxtaposed."
"You are right, madam, mind is merely stupid, which cannot work without past data. But, the heart does not need such information, hence always follow your heart."
"Aye, aye Sir. As you say."
"Where all, in India, have you been madam?"
"Not much, some places in north and here."
"Have you been to valley of flowers and Hemkund Sahib?"
"No. Where is it?"
......To be continued.......
"My friends, madam, they will come, you wait. It is bad omen to cross Rann without feeding them, it is customary since they are our guardians and guide us along with the eagles and the owls all across the Rann."
Suddenly, out of nowhere, there were glimmering eyes which soon walked closer and for the first time a jackal had actually swished its tail around Meher startling her out of nowhere.
They are big, grand and not at all bloody, murderous creatures, in fact Meher observed that they behaved with more dignity, they had a sense of wisdom spread across their face. As Roohab bend forward to greet them, they too, spread their legs and bent in response greeting him. The food was plenty and each took their turn to have it. Almost half an hour later by 01:30 pm, they left for the He mound.
"Usually they always find me madam, once they guided me back to safety saving me from Pakistani rangers."
"Seriously? You mean these jackals."
"Yes. Yes, they are very brave."
She felt for once again, as though she was wading through waters and not sand.
"Have you heard of Santiago de Compostellas, madam?"
"Yes, I have. My mother is of Spanish origin. Where did you come across this place?"
With the same smile strewn on his face, he said, "I heard that the chances to be lost, to go around one place again and again, was huge on that road. Rann is of same significance to us and has the same tenacity."
"Camino. The path leads to the tomb of St.James in Santiago de Compostela, which carries the ruin of the disciple after martyrdom in 44AD."
"Are you a disciple, madam?"
"Yes I believe in their good work, so I am a disciple, of course."
"Even, I am a disciple then, in fact how different is everybody from the others? After all, humanity is different from each other at a lower level, once you cross the lower level of humans and join the stairs of becoming or transforming into a being, all become same and boring. The fun lies in cheapness, thrill lies in shallow understanding and bliss lies in ignorance. When you cross all these barriers, and enter the tomb, all are boring, same and monotonous. They all begin looking same as their intellect has reached a common point where a man ceases to be a human and begins the journey of becoming a being, like the animals, all look quite similar than humans look to each other, all because, they all understand everything at similar levels, very unlike humans, hence animal kingdoms have less fight internally and more with outsiders, whereas we humans fight more internally, amongst us. It is also because perhaps, we have no competitors on earth, we fight amongst ourselves, look at animals, they are busy knowing how to fight another animal."
"Wow, such philosophy, did you attend college?"
"Do they teach all this rubbish in college, I don't think so. They create fools, except the doctors and the scientists, I guess. Since their art has to be taught from one generation to the other for sure."
"I am merely answering your questions madam, you might not have come across anyone who gives you such answers to such questions. But, I would say that these are mere answers to mere questions."
"Okay, yes, since our mind is stupid, it always works on comparisons, if it can't compare it gets scared, alarmed, juxtaposed."
"You are right, madam, mind is merely stupid, which cannot work without past data. But, the heart does not need such information, hence always follow your heart."
"Aye, aye Sir. As you say."
"Where all, in India, have you been madam?"
"Not much, some places in north and here."
"Have you been to valley of flowers and Hemkund Sahib?"
"No. Where is it?"
......To be continued.......
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