Incident 1 :
This was one of my earliest memory. It happened in pudukottai, My father was sitting beside his Grand mother and was reading a devotional hymn from a small booklet.Tears were rolling down his eyes. The old women was in her death bed and some one asked my father to read the book so that she could die peacefully. For some reason this scene got struck in my mind. I should have been 3-4 years old at that time.
Incident 2 : We were travelling from Trichy to Erode in a bus. It was pre four lane days and I guess the average speed should be less than 50kmph. Suddenly the bus stopped on the highway. Outside of my seat window, There was a dead body of a man hanging from a tree. I could still recollect the scene. Everything looked so orderly, I can still recollect the bus driver's remarks "Somebody, might have killed and hanged this guy!..look at his slippers were placed just below the hanging body very neatly ...side-by-side". I felt the an uneasy feeling first time in my life. The feeling comes to me when ever I think about my and every one's eventual death. For several months, I nagged my parents about death. Asked several questions pertaining to death and did not got any satisfying answers. I should have been 6-7 years old.
Now when I look back, the second incident could have been a turning point in my life.That uneasy feeling about death might have drove me to spirituality.
Last week, As I was browsing thru the Internet. I happened to see an interview about Marana Gana Vij.Honestly, I was impressed. Then went to his site maranaganaviji.com, downloaded 2 of his books and read them.My verdict is, this guy is a different guy. In his life so for, he has seen everything Good, Bad and ugly.His story, if made into a movie properly, would be a classic. Above all, it eased my uneasiness about
death to great extent.
When you are free, Have a look @ maranaganaviji.com
This was one of my earliest memory. It happened in pudukottai, My father was sitting beside his Grand mother and was reading a devotional hymn from a small booklet.Tears were rolling down his eyes. The old women was in her death bed and some one asked my father to read the book so that she could die peacefully. For some reason this scene got struck in my mind. I should have been 3-4 years old at that time.
Incident 2 : We were travelling from Trichy to Erode in a bus. It was pre four lane days and I guess the average speed should be less than 50kmph. Suddenly the bus stopped on the highway. Outside of my seat window, There was a dead body of a man hanging from a tree. I could still recollect the scene. Everything looked so orderly, I can still recollect the bus driver's remarks "Somebody, might have killed and hanged this guy!..look at his slippers were placed just below the hanging body very neatly ...side-by-side". I felt the an uneasy feeling first time in my life. The feeling comes to me when ever I think about my and every one's eventual death. For several months, I nagged my parents about death. Asked several questions pertaining to death and did not got any satisfying answers. I should have been 6-7 years old.
Now when I look back, the second incident could have been a turning point in my life.That uneasy feeling about death might have drove me to spirituality.
Last week, As I was browsing thru the Internet. I happened to see an interview about Marana Gana Vij.Honestly, I was impressed. Then went to his site maranaganaviji.com, downloaded 2 of his books and read them.My verdict is, this guy is a different guy. In his life so for, he has seen everything Good, Bad and ugly.His story, if made into a movie properly, would be a classic. Above all, it eased my uneasiness about
death to great extent.
When you are free, Have a look @ maranaganaviji.com
