Beyond "Why me". Beyond "Why Not Me".

Hope you're most well. The crash in Ahmedabad was such a wakeup call. And what's unfolding in the US isn't for the faint of heart either.

Received a short note from a friend and fellow volunteer from US. To which, I tried to quickly scribble little bit of what I’ve been holding in my heart ever since the news of air india plane accident reached us last week.

I know, I felt so hurt (in a somatic way) by this incident. It was a first of a kind experience for me of this intensity -- because ahmedabad felt so close to home. I could easily imagine that it could have been me or one of our retreat participants who come from all over the world to us. We think of them with so much love -- but to think something like that happening to one of them -- it's too strong (and complex) a feeling/body sensation. To watch the visual of that blast and the fire -- it somehow did something inside -- and I've felt stronger about my/our mission to offer whatever love we can to this world which is burning with suffering. There’s a very clear sense of responsibility — felt by many open-hearted folks — that it was merely a stroke of chance that it wasn’t them. In that sense, it feels as though life is asking us to remember this loss and sanctify it — not by retreating into illusion or delusion, but by offering ourselves more fully in service. And yeah, the whole world seems to be unravelling crazily — US has been in that direction since long now with Trump, also the latest war between Israel and Iran. Man!!!