Back to the motherland

I write to you from the 5th Floor of the Paradise Building on Nepean Sea Rd in Mumbai, India. I just arrived back here after attending a spiritual retreat in the state of Rajasthan with some 600 odd youths of the Shrimad Rajchandra Asharm group.

Though this is not my first trip to India, it is the first trip here where my focus is to go deeper into my spiritual practice. Not to be so stereotypical, but I know we’ve all heard a story of someone sick and tired of their western world, quitting their job in a heartbeat to embark on their inner journey in the mysterious and mystical country of India. I had no plans of doing such a thing like quitting my job, but less than 2 weeks into my trip I found myself in the computer room of the hotel where I was staying, typing an email to my boss that I had decided that my days of selling Naan (and other flat breads that they produced) had come to an end. Though this may seem like a very impulsive decision, especially given the state of the US and world economy at the moment, it had been something churning in me for some time now that my calling in life was something much deeper.

So I am back in Mumbai and writing you at the same time that I would have been just checking into my flight back to the US. What is next I am not sure, but for once in my life I am not so much concerned about having it all “figured out”. I am finding that life is tough when we try to go against the grain with our heart and with the signs the universe is constantly showing us. I am realize that my job isn’t so much to be the best I want myself to be, but rather be the best that God or the Universe wants me to be. If a tiger had the desire to be a lion, we would laugh and say “You are a tiger and can never be a lion. No matter how much you try or how much with modern technology that could alter your external appearance, your heart would always be of a tiger and never of a lion.”

I feel similar in the sense that is it not my job anymore to “choose” my path, but rather to realize it and go with the flow of the river of life.

I will be here in India for at least a few more weeks to possibly even a few months embarking on this inner journey and also exploring possible work opportunities in the booming economy of India. I am fortunate to have many friends and family here that makes a possible transition to India fairly smooth. I am excited to see what my stay here has in store for me. Whether I am in India or the US, my focus in life has undoubtedly changed.

It is now that I write you and will continue to write you of my experiences as I jump into this with both feet and no looking back.

-Vinit

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