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# Day 11- of 12 days Round Trip

This day became a milestone in my life. I read one of the most influential books of the world  - The Book of Nothing - Osho's commentaries on Zen master Sosan. Days before I had set on the journey, my mom had asked me to meditate and ask God, what is my purpose? After reading this book, I laughed at myself, because I always knew and yet it last few years of Material Race had made me blind to it. "The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences." Months before I had set on the journey, my mind had been clogged with the worldly game of Misery. I had forgotten my Wisdom- and my Heart's Voice, which would always speak Clearly in childhood. Remember, when heart speaks, Mind-logic are always wonderfully Silent. " Do not search for the truth; only cease to hold opinions " The whole day I was lost into Nothingness. A kind of Ecstasy , that even most beautiful words fail to express. And after that, slowly, softly, without noise, my life t...

The Seeker

From RD's feb issue , 2009 http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and- stories/helping-orphans-in-nepal/article108829-2.html There was an article in Reader Digest's feb issue about a man who dared to think beyond himself. Conor Grennan is a 32yr old American social worker. Grennan is a son of an Irish poet and American professor, he had grown up in Poughkeepsie, New York and graduated from the University of Virginia with a political science degree. After nearly a decade working for international NPO such as the East West Institute, a think tank in Prague, he was eager to trade in his briefcase for a backpack. During some volunteer work along the way, he thought he would enrich his travels, and a french-run orphanage just south of Kathmandu had welcomed his offer to help. But once he reached there and saw those 18 poor children who were lost during Civil War in Nepal. Grennan had never been with kids before and so it was a unique experience for him , he was really amaze...