Enthralling Trails

  “You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed”-Lucius Annaeus Seneca The evening was filled with colourful hues, but the sky was dark and grey. It was the first festival of the year, a festival everyone looked forward to. Ganesh Chaturthi commemorates the birth of Lord Ganesha. Goddess Parvati creates him from clay after Shiva slews him. As a consequence of the never-ending second wave of Pandemic and anticipation of the third wave, people hid for a moment, but the market was full of festivities nonetheless. We saw a few vagrants moving around with glass bottles that had lights inside a few days before the festival. As soon as the bottles were switched on, they lit up with bright colours. These little boys ran about in the traffic signals and convinced people to buy the brightly lit bottles. People have familiarised themselves with online shopping and there was a hesitation to

  “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”― Jimi Hendrix Peace is a spiritual goal that can never be achieved without love. A number of courses are available on health, happiness, joy, and mindfulness to create peace and tranquillity. I stumbled across a course on Udemy taught by Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, a world-famous peace activist, poet, and teacher who helps people find happiness and access God’s Kingdom. In the good old days, people did not possess lots of wealth but their peacefulness came through simplicity in life. In modern days, we find that it is easy to be successful and wealthy but it is difficult to be calm, unpretentious and humble. The egos and fits of anger are high and happiness is sought through work, food, alcohol, movies, shopping, money which is temporary. The sufferings, the crimes, and the protests around the world make one wonder how far we have come. Marcus Tullius once said, “Peace is liberty in tranquillity.” Rec