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Meditation is as beautiful as an autumn leaf,
and in its season, you too can embody this beauty. The revered Saint
Lahiri Mahasaya
once said,
"Seek God in the summer of life, so He will
be with you in the winter."
Bassi Gulam, flourishing spiritually at 110,
exemplifies that aging in meditation is indeed a graceful journey. In
contrast, Western culture often idolizes youth, aspiring to remain eternally
youthful, partying teenagers with wrinkle-free faces.
When I was a high school teacher I spoke with a student on her 20th
birthday, who lamented, "My youth is over! I am no longer as beautiful as
before." This highlights a profound truth: investing solely in physical
beauty is not a sustainable strategy. However, the good news is that by
tapping into the eternal source early, one can age with the grace of an
autumn leaf—beautiful and serene.
The three Human Harvest Seasons
A human life can thus celebrate three harvest seasons: the blossoming of a
perfect body, the flowering of emotional and intellectual intelligence, and
finally, the entrance into the hidden spiritual garden of old age.
Die 2 Live
Just two weeks after the photographs were taken, Sant Avaduth Bassi Gulam
consciously departed from his earthly body. While working in the fields, he
stumbled and broke his leg. This giant spiritual oak decided it was time to
let the leaves fall. For me, his passing was fertile ground, where cosmic
seeds from this ancient star gave birth to new constellations. Seated on his
couch in a yogic posture, accommodating his broken leg, he began to recite a
mantra:
Ram
ram
ram
ram ram
ram
ram
His voice softened
to a whisper, his consciousness turning inward, returning to the source. In
a split second, everything halted—it felt as though nature itself had
paused. In October 1999 Bassi Gulam left behind a breathless body .
Bassi Gulam Sant resting peacefully in
icecubes
waiting for his fellow yogi travellers to come
down from the Himalayan mountains
to cremate him. |
