Let us vote, whenever voting happens. If not a voter, let us become one immediately.
Our Chief Guest for Republic Day is Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto. He quips that he has ‘Indian DNA’. It was revealed to him when he went through a genetic sequencing test, DNA test. According to him – India and Indonesia have a long, ancient history together. Civilizational links. The Indonesian language comes from Sanskrit. A critical part. Many Indonesian names are Sanskrit names. India and Indonesia share genetics too.
Uttarakhand becomes the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code, UCC. Equal property rights for son and daughter; no polygamy; marriage age for man – 21, and woman – 18; marriage to be registered; no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children; biological, adopted, surrogacy-born, assisted tech-born children – all are treated equally; equal rights to spouse, children and parents.
If we look at our life from the lenses of four scores of existence – brahmacharya, my schools: childhood, adolescence, teens, schooling, foundation, growing up; grahastha, my wanderings: being an adult, being married, learning, doing; vaanaprastha, my work ashrams: early-voluntary retirement, doing, mentoring; sanyaasa, my final journeys: building legacy, getting ready for death. These may not be equal, may not be fine divisions. Some gaps and overlaps are possible. It is possible that the first score comes all the way to fourth; the second score may start early in the first score itself; so on, so forth.
If I see it that way, I may be on the cusp of third and fourth scores. It may be time to reflect on the context and circumstances of our three scores and what drives us in the fourth. The schools, gurukulams – in the village, at Sarvail, Sagar, Warangal, Anand, K-school – lasting significantly at least till 27. Wandering and work – tribal communities, governments-government organizations at various levels-types-forms, collectives, bhaarat darshan, non-government civil society, self-help, livelihoods, enterprises, value-chains, participation-inclusion-communitizaton, impact-influence, pay back et al; at Guntur, Anand, Adilabad-Visakhapatnam, Anand (second time), Hyderabad, combined AP, Delhi, India across, Hyderabad; with several gurus on the way – lasting till 52. Mentoring, facilitating learning – staring at 21, but going strong even now. Journeys seems to have begun at 52, with peaking expected in the coming 10 years and more. Beyond us next, legacy thoughts are hitting. No one way, multiple strands in coexistence. No definite timeline, flexible parallel pathways. Natural, social, human, spiritual. Numbers multiply without conscious intervention(s). Some slowing down.
New paths tailored to these new evolutions have to be figured out. Maybe in parallel. Maybe with dedicated parallel time, energy, teams, processes. Does it make sense? Or should it be switch, complete switch, from an xx date? How much more time do we have to reach the xx date? What should we do till then? The preparation, readiness. Left out, ignored – we need to reverse. Reflections, meditations, visits, interactions, conversations, time for those who seek, classes, notes et al. Can we do this? Can we go on maha yaana?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. With the floating leaf. In N? chaturdhayoga for 7L.
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