FULFILLING YOUR DREAMS BY TRAVEL IN MINDS

PURE POTENTIALITY

There are many rules to get success and the first rule of success says that our basic or fundamental state is one of pure potentiality like perception and it’s the field of all possibilities and creativeness. Our physical world, body anything in this universe comes from a ground of quiet, unmoving awareness from which everything is possible. There’s no division between the ground of energy, our spiritual essence and our self. This self is the ground. If we know that who originally gives us the ability to accomplish any dream we have.

Nature also uses the same ground to create a human body or galaxy. It is the ground of pure potentiality from where all powers, intelligence come from and where everything is possible and positive. So the success in life relies on knowing who we really are. First we have to cut our ego feelings because this ego is influenced by objects outside the self. This is a social mask; it’s the role we are playing. We have to control it by self and self power is the best power, based on the laws of nature. Practicing of silence and meditation is the best way to know and judge our self. 

There is another way to experience pure potentiality, which is nonjudgmental (by practicing). Judging constantly things as right-wrong, bad-good creates a lot of confusion in our mind and this confusion constricts the flow of energy in between us and the ground of pure potentiality. This question will arise in our mind that what is then actual awareness? That is, the silent space in between our thoughts where you we meet with our true power. So silence our mind and access our inner stillness by practicing of non judgment. To fill this power we can spend time in nature and by observing we begin to sense the sweet interaction of all the elements and the forces of life.

To experience the pure potentiality we can follow these simple rules:

. To connect with our inner energy and to just be we should take time each day to be silent.

. “We will judge nothing that occurs today” – start with this declaration by practicing non judgment and remind ourselves of that declaration every time we catch ourselves judging.

. Communicate with nature. Quietly observe the wonderful intelligence within everything. Watch a full moon, a rising sun, a sunset, follow the sound of ocean or simply smell a flower’s scent.

GIVE AND ACQUIRE

Giving and acquiring is a policy of nature. We can see that the world operates it self through dynamic exchanges. In human relationship we can also see the give and acquire policy. These (give & acquire) are the different elements of the flow of energy in the world. We must not interrupt this flow. There is a line known to all of us is, “without money there is no honey”. We have to know what this honey actually is. This is a flow of life energy. Exchanging of money provides services to us. Here, actually we are exchanging our needs through this media (money) and this is a continuous flow. By stopping this rotation or by holding on to our money and stockpile it, we actually stop its circulation back into our lives. 

Purpose is the main thing behind our giving. When the purpose of giving is joyful and from the heart then the power behind the giving multiplies many times over. But if it is not from the heart we will not get the gift of true joy. If we do something good for others from heart then life will pay us back with good. We have to keep it in our mind that everyone has something good in them. So loving all is the simple answer and for this we have to study how to give true love; how to sacrifice. Nature it self is the answer. It teaches us everything. For example- tree, crop, our hard labor, all these things are in the nature and it teaches us if we do good for others they will also do the same thing. Even an ant also tries to do something good for us. So just love and bless everyone and give everyone the costless gifts of caring, affection, appreciation and above all love.

Giving and acquiring are nothing but a flow of life. Every gift that comes to us is freely given by the universe and without any asking we get them freely. Seeking for need, desire, laughter, harmony, joy, love not only for us but also for others is the actual policy and nature also supports this. 

To experience the give and acquire policy we can follow these simple rules:

. To begin the process of flowing joy in our and other’s life, we have to give a gift of love, affection, appreciation, attention to everyone we meet.

. Always receive gifts from life with a joy even that would be a material gift like praise or a prayer. 

. Wish everyone's good.

MOUNT. EVEREST

MT. EVEREST

Each and every year many mountaineers come in love for Mt.Everest. It is a dangerous, tremendous life risking passion. One of the common routes for Mt.Everest trekking is via Kathmandu, Nepal and further journey towards base camp through Lukla. Everyday the mountaineers travel by day and some times in night also. I am describing the journey day by day.

TREKKING  ROUTE

1^st day:

Lukla is approximately 9,240 ft (above sea level). There is a place called Chablung located there where the trek route from Jiri converges. Proceeding a little lower from that place, flows the river Tharakosi. Phakding can be reached within half an hour after crossing the Tharakosi River by suspension bridge.

NAMCHE  BAZAAR  TO  JIRI  TREKKING

Phakding is a beautiful, picturesque village with very less population constituting hardly 30 lodge huts. Trekking up from Phakding, a place comes known as Jamfurty. Mt.Thamsherku 21,674 ft (above sea level) can be viewed from Jamfurty. A little trekking further up, comes Benkar (8,888 ft), from where moving a little further flows the river Dudhkosi. Trekking for about an hour after crossing the river, Monjo can be reached. Further proceeding, comes Sagar Matha National Park.

SAGAR  MATHA  NATIONAL  PARK

Trekking through the park and again crossing the river Dudhkosi comes a place called  Jorsale(9,339 ft). This is the point where the trekkers take interval after the first day trek and take rest for the next day journey.   

TREKKING

2^nd day:

The journey begins in the early morning. Advancing a little forward, comes a beautiful place where the river Dudhkosi, flowing from west meets the Votekosi river which flows from east.

DUDHKOSI  RIVER

Now the direction is towards north, proceeding through the pine forest in front and reaches Namche Bazaar (11,286 ft), which is the largest city in the route. Everything is available here like hotel, bakery, post office, police station, military base camp etc. It should be better if a two night halt is taken here to adjust with climate and altitude.

RIVER

3^rd day:

Rest

4^th day:

Rest

5^th day:

NAMCHE  BAZAAR

Thyangboche is about an hour distance from Namche Bazaar. Descending a little about (9100 ft.)  comes a route through the jungle. Traverse through the jungle watching its beauty, the trees like birch, conifer, rhododendron and reach a place called Devuche, crossing which comes the river Imja Khola. Cross the river and reach Pangboche(12,738 ft). The whole journey on this day takes about 5 hours, so it is better to have a night stay here.

THYANGBOCHE

6^th day:

There is a route from Pangboche to Dingboche. Crossing the river Imja Khola and going towards right, comes a place called Suro, from where the route to Dingboche falls on the right side (on the left falls the route to Everest through Feriche and Dugla). Proceeding towards right and advancing through Khumbukhola, reach Zingboche (14,388 ft).

KHUMBU  KHOLA  VALLEY

7^th day:

Trek to Dugla (15246 ft) after a 2 hrs journey from a little place called Zuma starting from Zingboche. A route from Feriche converges here at Dugla.

DUGLA  VILLAGE

8^th day:

Dhukpilhara can be reached after an hour trek from Dugla. Here are memorial dedicated to those Sherpa who were unable to make to Everest and finally lost their lives on the way. Proceeding a little west comes the valley Lobuche (16269 ft) where few lodge and hotels are available but comparatively costlier than Namche bazaar.

LOBUCHE

9^th day:

Journey begins in cold atmosphere, the route goes slowly ascending keeping Khumbu glacier on the right. This route is carefully maintained despite high altitude. After walking for 2 hrs and crossing Changorisar glacier, comes a place called Gorakshep (19,028 ft), where there is a lake which remains frozen all the time. Gorakshep is the best place in this route having accommodation facilities, with few hotels but good.

GORAKSHEP

 Take rest before proceeding to Everest Base camp (17,701 ft), which is 2 hrs walking distance from here. Himalayan monals can be watched from here.

HIMALAYAN MONAL

Most mountaineers take rest here for 2-3 days to adjust with climate and high altitude, night staying is on ground.

BASE  CAMP

10^th day:

Rest at base camp, arrange for sherpas.

11^th day:

Arrange for mountaineering equipments, check for medicines, oxygen cylinders etc. Make a possible plan to reach to the top of Mt. Everest.

12^th day:

Rest.

KHUMBU  ICEFALL

13^th day:

Khumbu Glacier is the first and biggest hardle in this route which starts from south of Nepal. Everywhere there are lacs of tons of ice scattered with hidden death trap and crevasces, through which goes the trek route discovered by the sherpas. Aluminium staircases are present on the ice over the crevasces, in some places the staircases are positioned on ice wall to climb-up. Avalanches are very common. The whole route is maintained by Sagarmatha National Park Society. Slowly the journey proceeds towards camp 1 (19,833 ft) after a trek of approximately 10 hrs. It is better to have a night stay here with altitude and climate and descend to the base camp next day.

CROSSING  KHUMBU  ICEFALL

14^th day:

Rest in base camp.

15^th day:

Rest in base camp.

16^th day:

Again the journey begins in the same route to camp 1 travelling all the way after crossing Khumbu Glacier. Take a night stay here and proceed towards camp 2 on the next day after wearing snow boot, crampon and other snow accessories.

EVEREST  NORTH  FACE

17^th day:

Walk over the staircases, cross the crevasces and after a 4 hrs journey reach camp 2 (20,944 ft) where most of the mountaineers take rest, in tents. It is very cold there and body requires more water with the increase in altitude .It is better to drink as much water as you can to avoid high altitude sickness.

TREKKING

18^th day:

Rest in camp 2.

19^th day:

Get ready very early because camp 3 is situated very high above , but the route is not so dangerous except that after climbing 2000 ft high , there is a ice wall which has to be crossed with the help of rope, carabineer , joomer etc . Slowly and slowly after climbing up and taking rest on the way , reach camp 3 ( 23,891 ft ) , where in the day the ultraviolet rays from sun roasts human body but by night , the temperature goes below the freezing point . Most of the mountaineers take night rest here and descend to camp 2 on the next day to adjust with climate and altitude and keep them fit.

CAMP  3

20^th day:

Camp 2

21^st day:

Camp 1

22^ndday:

Base camp

BEAUTY  OF  HIMALAYA

23^rd day:

Rest

24^th day:

Rest

25^th day:

Rest

26^th day:

Rest

In this prolonged period of rest, it is advisable to take the latest information about the possibility of the perfect period when the climate stays normal on the top of Everest. Then according to that, choose the correct day of journey from base camp. If the right information about good weather over Everest comes, then it is the right day to start the journey from base camp. Staircases, ropes etc are present throughout the route for the sake of mountaineers and for this the Sagarmatha National Park society charges dollar from each mountaineer. First reach camp 1 crossing Khumbu icefall and proceed towards camp 2 on the same day and take night rest, and if required rest can be taken on the 27^th day.

CAMP  2

27^th day:

Rest at camp 2.

28^th day:

Proceed towards camp 3 by climbing up 2000 ft high and cross the ice wall. Take night rest here.

29^th day:

Start journey towards South Call or camp 4. Climb up about 500 ft ice wall twice, and proceed forward to hard rocky soil. Traverse the rocky land with the help of oxygen cylinder and slowly reach South Call (26,025 ft) in about 8 hrs .South Call is the point where Everest and Lhotse ridge coincides. From here, South Lhotse looks beautiful and in the north is Everest. Nuptse looks very closer from here. Minimum 5 oxygen cylinders are required per head, extra cylinders are welcome to tackle any problem, and wait for the correct time and keep body fit which is most needed.

LOOKING  AT  THE  SOUTH  SUMMIT, LHOTSE  BEHIND WITH  IT'S  THREE  SUMMIT  VISIBLE  AND  CHAMALANG  IN  THE  DISTANCE

Right time comes with the right weather when the situation is in favour of the mountaineers to start the journey to the top of Everest. Ropes for climbing are present everywhere on the way. Joomering is done each and every time when the help of rope is taken for climbing. After a tideous journey and slowly progressing, reach South summit which is 500-600 ft below the top .Here the surrounding scenery is beautiful and picturesque. But progressing is to be kept on without wasting any time here. After advancing a little forward, rock climbing zone comes about 15-20 ft high with 8000-10000 ft deep gorge on both sides. This place is called Hillary Step. After very cautiously climbing up Hillary Step and advancing a little, comes the Summit or top of Everest.

HILLARY   STEP

All happiness, excitement, pain behind every failure, pleasure behind every success explodes in the mind at the same time. But not wasting much time, the journey starts descending step by step, capturing the memory and the moment of conquering the Summit.

TOP  OF  THE  MT.EVEREST

MOUNT  EVEREST

THE JUNGLE BEAUTY OF ARUNACHAL PRDESH ( INDIA )

 jungle beauty of Arunachal

I and my wife decided to visit Arunachal Pradesh. The beauty of that place is simply great. So we booked flight tickets through internet for Dibrugarh. First we will visit Namdafa. We decided to stay at Miodia Eco Camp. There is another reason behind this and that to visit the tribes of Mishmi.

TRIBES  OF  MISHMI

Still now they are far from the civilization with their own cultural and religious thoughts. Farming and cultivation is done with the help of elephants. Each village comprises two or three huts, maximum 12 to 15 people live there. Most of the time hills are covered by the clouds. We got so excited that we started taking our pre journey preparation following the check list.

DIBRUGARH  CITY

Our flight kisses Dibrugarh at the right time. We checked out and loaded our luggage and headed towards Arunachal Pradesh. On the way we got the news from the driver that it is impossible to reach Miodia due to excessive rainfall for the last 3-4 days. The rivers have become ferocious and it is impossible to cross the river along with the vehicle on ferry. But it is possible to reach beautiful place called Medo.

MIODIA  IN  WINTER

We took rest for a while and continued our journey. Another vehicle packed with foods, vegetables, generator set along with the cook is also going with us. We have seen cloudy sky when we started the journey. It started raining for a little so we stopped for a short period at a place called Makum where there is a market and everyone did necessary marketing for the journey. Slowly we reached Dirak Gate, the Arunachal Pradesh border where we all had to show our photo identity card because Arunachal Pradesh falls under inner line permit zone. We reached Medo by evening. Dinner will be late so we enjoyed the time by gossiping and planning our next day journey. After dinner we went to sleep listening to the melody of the nocturnal creatures.

Next day we woke late but got ready early for our that day journey. We went to a jungle where on side we saw lots of tree trunks cut down for the sake of civilization. Our next spot was Parasuram Kund on the way to Teju.

TUJU

We crossed many small rivers on the way but they do not seem to be small looking into their size. Rivers, hills, jungle, the cloudy sky looked so beautiful that we could not resist ourselves to do photography. Civilization has not yet destroyed the natural beauty. There is a long, wide concrete bridge over the turbulent waters of the Lohit River. On the right side of the bridge a small hill has risen up amidst the river. The area in between the river bank and the spot is known as Parasuram Kund where the sage Parasuram used to take bath throughout the year. On the other side of the hill there is a way to a temple.

PARASURAM  KUND

We stopped on the right side of the bridge at a caffetoria where we took coffee, tea and potato chips. Then we returned to Medo bungalow. Next day we started our journey towards Namsai to watch beautiful pagodas. After traveling for a little while on the main road, we took a less important by-road and reached Namsai after traveling for a short while. There is a beautiful Buddhist temple beside a small river.

PAGODA

After watching the temple we went to watch the pagodas which go by the name Buddhavihar where we saw lying Buddha. After taking lots of photos, we went to watch another pagoda enveloped in gold named as Golden pagoda on the other side of a small bridge .We automatically bowed our heads while watching it. The pagoda is situated in a beautiful garden inside which we saw bamboo huts where little boys were seen to be taught Buddhism, what a beauty!

GOLDEN  PAGODA

After dinner we went to village where elephants are tamed to help villagers in their daily work including ploughing. Every year more over 200 elephants are taken to Myanmar for helping people at their daily work and they return after completion of work. Again we returned to Medo. It rained that night from evening.

Next day we packed ourselves ready very early for Dibru-Saikhowa National park.

DIBRU-SAIKHOWA  NATIONAL  PARK

Our plan was to do boating at Guijan and after that take night stay at Banasree Eco camp.As per our planning we packed our lunch on the boat and went to watch the water flooded forest of Dibru-Saikhowa by boat.

GUIJAN

DIBRU-SAIKHOWA  NATIONAL  PARK

We saw fox-tel orchid almost on every tree, we trekked the jungle , took lots of photos and then at last we returned to Banasree Eco camp.The Eco camp comprises of 5-6 small beautiful cottages. We took our seat on the grassland situated in front of the cottage, but to our bad luck due to inadequate availability of fan, light and presence of excessive mosquitoes we did our night stay at a hotel in Tinsukia.

BORAJAN  FOREST

The next day we trekked to the Borojan forest where we trekked through the jungle, saw many beautiful places and returned to our hotel. Then came the time to return to home. On the next day after breakfast we headed for Dibrugarh where our scheduled to Kolkata was at 4:25 pm.

We returned to our home full of sweet memories of Arunachal Pradesh and always dream as if it is calling us “Come soon again”.