Arrey Samsara, Samsara!
Wearing a Rudraksha mala around my neck has become something of an issue.
The other day, I met a student of mine at the Yoga Institute. And the next day I was flooded with calls by my students asking me if it was true that I have taken up sanyaas (renunciation of the world)!
On that fateful day, I also happened to wear a saffron T-shirt, so I don’t blame the student for the misconstrusion.
A friend meeting me after almost 10 years, gave me the name of “yogi” because of my pre-occupation with Yoga for some time now. It was a joke and I loved the name yogi, and wonder now if I should use that name as a sign-off before my actual name.
My elder brother harassed me endlessly asking me if I have decided to take up Sanyaas with all my changed routine of Mantra-chanting, wearing the rudraksh mala, and Yoga-practice. So much so, that his “genuine care” became a constant harassment and a huge intervention in my daily routine and I fled his house sooner than planned.
I have been watching with amusement and bewilderment all these reactions all this while, and today morning decided to take off my Rudraksha mala and deposit it safely in the drawers of the Pooja-altar.
Anything that sets you apart in clothing can best be avoided. It saves you the need of much explanation and people leave you alone to pursue whatever it is that you are pursuing as long as they don’t know or see it.
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Now I have been put up with two guys in a rental apartment. The tragedy is that I have to sleep right between these two hot people! Imagine a straight guy having to spend the night sleeping between two hot chicks and be chaste! Understand my misery?
Dharma sankat (The test of patience!)
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This Samsara is a place of test, so says yogi Suresh, where being natural has to be suppressed!
Arrey Samsara, Samsara!
P.S: Also saw the movie ‘Milk’. It is a beautiful portrayal of the life of a Gay rights Activist and the historical revolution of this minority community against prejudiced anti-gay laws in the United States of America in the early 1970s. A movie not to be missed!
