We are in the first day of August. Wow 7 months have gone by 2005? Yes, Time and tide wait for none.My posts have come down from couple of times a week to once a week. I know some of you visit the website often and feel disappointed when not updated. Sometimes we all do enjoy the silence, isn’t it not? Sorry, I have been travelling a lot specially in the weekends and during the week I end up preparing for the weekend. Lol! I had my lunch pretty early in the day, we could call it brunch. Yesterday was my fasting day, Ekadesi. This falls 2 times a month and it is the 11th day after the full moon and new moon day. During the fasting we are supposed to abstain from rice, cereals, salt and can have a few glasses of milk and some fruits. Fruit and milk diet helps to cleanse the toxins from the body and rejenuvates the spirits. Foods are classified as Rajasic(hot, spicy, loaded with fat), Tamasic (salty,sour, bitter), and Sattvic (bland). The type of food that you consume alters your thinking pattern and hence is responsible for your actions. Interesting it is? Don’t worry, we will have a university from London and US conduct study on it, if not earlier.
Looks like the dark clouds decided to stay on top of Mumbai for a longer time. The city is inundated with water from the recent rains and is waiting for a break to breath. Mombai recorded 95cms on rain in 24 hrs, and has broken Cherrupunji’s record of 88 cms in a day, wettest place on earth. Almost a meter of rain (3+ feet) rain had fallen in the city of Mumbai within 24 hrs. After an early lunch this morning I went on a fruit break and was reading the news paper enjoying the fruit bowl. The news papers reported that there is a decrease in the no. of under graduates in computer science discipline in the US. It is the lowest since 1977, and students are apprehensive about jobs being outsourced to India. Interesting, huh?
I had been to Sringeri this weekend (http://www.mangalore.com/documents/sringeri.html) to visit the mutt started by Adi Shankara’s disciple. This place is surrounded by mountains, dense forest and is in the valley. Monsoon being very active over the west coast of India, it was pouring all 2 days. Moss and lichens had colored the bark and branches of the trees green. Mudslide and roads filled with potholes made commute long and at time nightmarish. River Tunga was wild and running. It was a weekend in soaking rain, lush greenery, without news papers, mobiles and computers. It was absolutely relaxing retreat for the tired mind and fingers.
For those of you who were not able to join me can visit http://photos.yahoo.com/arun_ri and peek into Sringeri album. How do you feel looking at the pictures? I feel so refreshed and charged after the weekend trip. The inner silence has to be understood, felt, and experienced.
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