Certain dates get etched on the walls of your conscience, and today is one such day; an ocassion like no other, a day to celebrate, to introspect and to be grateful about. The heavens had smiled upon me, and to this day I remain indebted to the luck I was then blessed with, for it did decide to smile upon me, it wasn’t just a roll of dice my destiny had played, perhaps it were a life changing experience that would go on to impact my life like nothing had ever done, it would assert itself, it would manifest itself and it would leave an indelible mark on my collective being.
The subconscious and the consciousness I had in me had for once seemed to merge, for once did I feel as if I were treading on the seventh heaven, admist the clouds; and for once did I seem to realise and appreciate all the darkness I had been through, I was led towards light, towards fulfillment and towards my own self, seldom does it happen that you come across your own being, I for one; for once had been face to face with the desires which were keeping me alive, and making me believe in the plan the universe had in store for me.
There are no accidents, you don’t meet someone by chance, there are no coincidences; the universe had then acted perfectly, played the perfect foil in setting my life in motion: thoughts, feelings and words which were long lost and had deserted me; now seemed to have come back to roost. This was no accident, this wasn’t by chance: just a glance, and I realised: the heavens were smiling upon me.
Sunshine had made it’s way, it had crept in through the seepages of my then debilitated spirit, it had awakened me: in walked someone who would go on to rewrite, reset, redo and retrace all the intrinsic issues I had never figured out; I had found my calling, something which to date remains the greatest among all the boons I have received.
I hadn’t been this moved by someone’s sight, I hadn’t experienced such ecstasy, as if it were a trance like state I was in, one vision and a light in sight, and the trail of it remains. It was a sight to behold, and I am still holding on to it, it flashes right infront of my mind’s eyes each time I take that trip on my memory’s boulevard, the thrill of it transports me to a different land altogether: bound and held by nothing, concious of nothing, yet focussed on that very source of light which had then washed over my soul.
I am still thankful, and the ecstasy of the moment I had then experienced captivates me to this very moment. They say; ‘a boon does away after the purpose is met’; the boon in question was itself a purpose, to live; to love and to hold to whatever remained of it; to seek and to follow; to think, to write and to treasure the treasure I had unearthed.
This day, that year: this day, this year, and this day, every year; will be celebrated within my heart, I shall wake up to the blessing I had received, I shall bask in the light which had passed by me, and I will remember the person who made it all happen. ”The conspiracy of the galaxies”; they don’t just happen, there are no accidents.
abhishek purkayastha 