Think!
“So how many meters of saffron cloth should I order?” “What? You’re going into Chinmay mission? Did someone ditch you? Are you heart broken? ...” These were the kind of reactions I got from my family and friends when I decided to join a camp organized by Chinmaya Mission at Zambavli in South Goa. People looked at me with sympathy as if I was going to die, go away forever. What was the camp about? I did not really know. Why was I going there? Well, the company of ascetics would certainly be bearable than my mom’s chiding over my addiction to TV and the internet! Eat what they offer, hear out what they have to say and sleep as much as possible. Some minor misunderstanding with my parents had disturbed me a bit and I just wanted to be at peace. The last post I wrote is what I told at the selection interview for the camp. I had no idea that my guesses will come absolutely true! Gautam Buddha once said, “What we are now is the result of what we have thought. What we will become w