Being just a novice in meditation, it dosen’t make sense to talk about it much, though I’ve ended up writing far too much already on this site! Anyone who comes here on their own can read it, but in person, I rarely ever say anything on the topic.
All my closest friends and family, who have known me since childhood, so many love, trust and respect me and we generally have good fun together. But even then, the few times I may even mention the word ‘meditation’ – all of them run away or change the chapter! 
I don’t blame them because maybe that’s the kind of image portrayed all over the tv and movies which are made just for entertainment. Some even sypmathise with me – “this is not appropriate for you at such a young age, you should be enjoying life, you are missing something”.
So felt its about time I clarify that I’m not really all that interested in meditation itself. Not that I need to justify, but I’m just writing this post in a weak attempt to build some understanding.
I love life immensely. So much that I want to live the uncompromisingly highest quality possible.
I’ve lived in rich classy places esp in my travels abroad. I’ve seen to a good extent the best that money can buy. They were all really nice and luxurious. But thinking that’s the ultimate would be the most unnecessary ‘sacrifice’ as they are petty and trivial compared to the deeper treasures Life has right out in the open!
I don’t recall when was the last time I ever felt bored about anything. “In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice” Richard Bach had written, and sacrificing boredom certainly isn’t that easy. Because its much more convenient to just curl up and watch some boring tv than do something that makes one feel more ALIVE!
Just one simple example looking around me, if I see some >ants, look at the way they communicate and build their entire colony, its so amazing! Or look at the way a spider builds its intricate web!
Or sharing a smile with a kid.
Its said that there are two ways to live life, as if nothing is a miracle, or where everything is.
Maybe in the former one we just satisfy ourselves with an abstract intellectual explanation like “everything is from God”. Say if I were to assume ‘God is up there’ then what about mother earth below our feet? So I prefer the latter one, where I don’t want to take the God concept just for granted. I want to be an intimate part of life’s deepest mysteries in the simplest of things.
And they are like secrets, as Suresh says, but all open secrets! The only reason they seem to be secrets is because that I’m just not receptive enough to listen. I need to empty myself, and become more receptive, more open, and less over-opinionated.
Anybody would be interested in the magnificient treasures of life – more than the key itself. The locks are my own narrowmindedness, selfishness, indifference – and so the key is needed to unlock my own heart – Meditation is merely the key! 
Usually there would be some or the other difficulties in leaving for these long trips. But this time I’ve not gotten any hinderances from my home nor office – colleagues, customers, family everyone who is in some way dependent on me is supporting me this time which is super cool – am deeply grateful to them!
Everybody have fun, will come online again in mid-August or so… bye for now, take care 
Past couple of days, he’s been crying a lot… not sleeping much even at night! Guess babies cry and there’s nothing we can do about it, but for the parents it can sometimes be quite far from easy to do any ‘root cause analysis’ 
…as Shruthi’s described in posts like Help! and The Sound Of Music.
