Peace Peace and more Peace!

Location:Badminton Court of National College.
Program:Art of Living Workshop.
Conducted by:Mrs.Alka Vishwas and Ms.Seema

The workshop began with the 'lovely smiling' teachers telling us students the importance of peace in our day to day lives.The recent act of terrorism in the city caused an outburst of anger in Mumbai which needs proper channelization.They taught us some pranayams in the start along with full flegged explanations.Next they took us into a magically beautiful world created by our own mind!Mrs.Alka with her calm and soothing voice told us to start by closing our eyes......
I started with feeling our so called 'badi court',then the college,then the city,then the state,then the country,then the world and finally I was into space.And believe me I could actually see myself in many of the significant places.......I was lost into my own wonderful world!But unknown to me,this was just the beginning!Things got even more fantastic when I could feel Mother Nature around me.I had the sudden urge to remove my sandals and I did just the same!Now I could feel green luscious grass under my soft feet,it tickled!Next moment I was with my bare feet into the oceans...cold water swirled and splashed and played with my toes!No prizes for guessing where I was next....in the sky!!!!!I was sleeping on the cottony clouds and flying through the breezy fresh air looking at the faces of birds!They sure looked delightedly surprised to find me there!All my fantasies were filling my heart with joy and there I was on the Moon feeling cool n relaxed...sleeping on the surface!Yeah I dint bounce back into the atmosphere....my mind's the one ruling it!Next I was near the sun feeling the warmth!To be really frank I was scared of being burnt alive and so my mind preferred to only feel the warmth.Lucky me!!!
The places I went next were the most amazing ones....the peace it gave me was simply thrilling to the core!I was sitting with a lovely mat on the green patch of forest grass with lots and lots of bushes and trees surrounding me!I could hear the birds chirping and small animals watching me...a few squirrels even sat around me!I could feel the swaying breeze caress my cheeks.And the most amazing thing...I was drinking coffee!!!!It felt so alive,so full of energy in this real forest.....unlike the feeling in the real concrete jungle!My eyes dint want to open,I wanted to keep feeling this satisfaction!It reminded me of my evenings spent at Hinduja Park sitting on the bench and feeling the calm atmosphere!!!!!It was truly serene....so so very filled with solitude!
When i finally opened my eyes I felt really happy!A feeling which only peace and satisfaction can give flowed through my entire being....just plain joy which was devoid of any kind of cruelty or bad things!How much ever I try to explain it I know I am going to falter for words and phrases....it was enthralling!I can never ever thank the 'two lovely smiling' ladies enough for it.It was something known but after school ended it took real patience to try it out!They made me aware what my power of imagination can do....I felt ashamed than insipid of having such a creative and manifesting power i felt lazy to use it!Thank you so very much Mrs.Alka and Ms.Seema for this so very wonderful experience that has touched my soul!!!!!Peace.....