The car was dashing through the wildest parts of the grove. Yet there was a force unknown to them controlling the directions of where to guide the travellers, and this time the force wants the duo to reach its destination, a place which has been waiting for them for more than two decades. The rush wind has always been a source of news and this time to the royal couple would give away the wind of their whereabouts.
Soon the car halted in front of an unknown ashram; Anahita and Achyuta got out of the luxurious engine and inspected the place. One thing that fascinated both of them was that they never knew this place ever existed but now seeing this, it feels that they might not know anything at all!!
They entered the ashram soon, with a determination to discover its state. They believed it was abandoned, but upon seeing it, they realized how neat and clean the place was.
The premises of the ashram made them curious and after entering the place, it gave them a sense of belonging as if they belonged here, as if they were meant to be here, as if it was what it was to be called home. It almost felt unreal, both of them lost in the beauty of the ashram, forgetting their ulterior moves.
At that point, they were approached by an elderly man.
Who are you two? You don't look like you are the students of this ashram; are you the previous students who studied here and are here to visit the Guruji? If yes, then let me tell you beta that right now he is taking classes. Please follow me; I'll show you where to wait.
Oh! I almost forgot, I am Sashi, students here call me Sashi Kaka, even you can call me that. I am new over here, so that is why I don't know about the previous students, although I do know that they come here to visit the Guruji often. Accha bete, you both never told me your name? What is it?"
"Kaka, I am Achyuta and she is Anahita. We never studied at this ashram; an unknown force attacked us while we were alone, and we escaped the attack, mysteriously ending up here. Could you tell us more about the ashram?" Achyuta couldn't stop himself from asking.
"Acha beta, nice to meet you both, but let me tell you, this place is very sacred. The only people who can see, let alone come inside, are the ones whom the ashram choses, you both are destined to be here, and that is why you are here. Although both of your names seem familiar to me, as if I have heard it somewhere…. Uh… where was it?...uh… ummmm…. Sorry bete I am not able to remember where did I hear it?!!, but leave that and tell me do you both need a place to reside for tonight? It is already dusk, dear ones."
"Yes please, kaka, that would be really kind of you," this time Anahita said.
Sashi Kaka soon guided both of them to their respective rooms, which were technically cottages.
Both of them freshened themselves up and went out with the motive to roam around but since it was already dark, they could not configure much things and the day took a toll on them and before having their dinner they slept, with one thought in mind… Whatever this place is, it is mysteriously peaceful and has something hiding beneath it, which is what they need to discover.
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The next morning, both of them rose and did their chores and were on plan to leave the place, although they wished to see the guru once since it was his ashram, which gave them a shelter for the night. They ventured around the ashram, in-taking the beauty of the place and the peace that followed. There they saw a small temple in between and there they paid their respects to the deities and rang the bell.
The ringing of the bell at the temple entrance symbolizes positivity. Its vibrations are highly positive, thus making the listener more positive and preventing negativity from entering, for the moment, and helping inner negativity to escape.
As they were wandering around, they came upon a group of students gathered around the banyan tree where the guru was also present, he was teaching something and the curious eyes of the children were engulfing his teachings. As they went further near, they could hear what exactly the discussion was about.
'.... So, a person should always have patience in dealing with multiple tasks, for always getting what we desire is not possible and hence a person should accept it with a smile. Anger.. Anger is a key emotion of a person which makes people do wonders although some are good and some are bad, it all depends upon what the man decides.' and a girl interrupted the guru asking a question,
'But just like anger, even love does the same thing, doesn't it Guruji?' the guru smiled at the innocence and curiosity of the kid while the other pals burst out into laughter upon this, the guru spoke in his strict yet firm voice,
'Why are you all laughing, her question is valid and so is her curiosity, you all never implemented teachings in real life while she did, this question not only shows her curiosity but also her observation skills and her implementation skills about how much it processes in real life out of the class?' Then the guru turned towards the girl and answered her question with a fond smile, 'My dear, there are several differences between love and anger, and that makes those implementations different. You see, anger not only makes a person more determined to do something but in a lot of cases it becomes the reason for the hasty decisions of a person resulting into their failed outcome or attempt while when done out of love, it helps a person have positive intellect towards the decision and the decision taken out of love also helps the person in their growing passion, although there are several more instances but for now this much is enough, ask me some other day and I will for sure tell you other reasons.'
That is when one more doubt emerges from one student; "Guruji, what is the difference between love and obsession, then? I have heard a lot of people say that they are obsessed with something and then the others also say that they love something or the other.'
The intensity of the question took aback the guru, nevertheless he decided to answer…
'This is a deep concept, my child, and now that you have asked, I'll tell you the difference between Love, obsession, infatuation, empathy, attraction and manipulation.'
'You see, Love refers to something deep like an everlasting commitment to the significant one, Obsession with the other hand is an intense feeling something which is persistent which keeps on pestering you and making your thoughts pre-occupied although it is often connected with a person's inability to control their emotions, obsession doesn't consider the opposite's feelings, Infatuation is a short-lived yet strong and passionate attraction towards someone, Empathy is a thought of understanding someone, of being in their shoes and considering their feelings,Manipulation is more of a deceptive thought towards someone where the person having that specific feeling sees more for personal gain, lastly Attraction is a short-lived feeling of being drawn to a person which is very common, and one thing to always remember is that one should never misunderstand one feeling for the other or it may end up ruining a person to their very core. In simple language if I may tell you then, assume as if you saw a rose plant or any other flowering plant in this case and you like the plant so you plucked it means that it was simply attraction and liking towards it, if you had it for quite a time like where you keep it in fridge to keep it fresh for a few days then that would symbolize Infatuation, if you like or love the plant just because it has some emotions towards you like a significant memory in this case or something other than it is Empathy, if you are trying to grow the plant into multiple more than it might be because of your own gain where somewhere manipulation takes place, while if you just keep the plant like that and water it, nourish and nurture it then it signifies love, it is more of what you give to the plant and with what motive do you give it if there's none then it might be love and if there's one then what is it… That is something you need to understand and think about my dear, although right now don't pressure up much about this in your head.'
From a certain distance where Anahita and Achyuta heard all of this, made them fascinated about it, their hunger to learn more and more never died, they just had to suppress it, although the talks of the guru seemed a lot more understanding and satisfactory.
They knew a truth since their childhood that one can never have a hundred percent right answer; it is just that the answer seems right if it satisfies the reason behind them asking the question. And the guru's seemed a lot satisfactory.