While leading day-to-day life, one gets mentally tired. Sometimes frustration arises as to why I am doing this. What for? How long I should do this? What should I achieve? Where should I stop? What is this journey I am performing? What is the aim of my life? To earn, eat, and die? What do the animals do? What is the difference between them and me? There are a lot of questions. To find the answer it is necessary to stop, think, and introspect within yourself.
The Sanatan philosophy describes different ways to achieve self-realization. There are spiritual Gurus to guide you on this path of Spirituality. There are many places in the world, full of positive energy, which help you to attain peace of mind, and elevate energy levels. One feels charged here. Such experience changes your view of looking towards life and the way to face challenges.
Periodically I keep on visiting such places and experience the positive waves coming through. Such places are abundant in the Himalayan Range, and I recently visited a remote location in the Himalayas called Adi Kailash and OM Parbat.
Adi Kailash is a remote, all-time snow-clad mountain at the height of around 20,000 ft in the Uttarakhand state of India.
Beautiful view of Adi Kailash
This is also called Chhota Kailas or small Kailas. Bada Kailash or Larger Kailas is near Man Sarovar and situated in Tibet. According to legend, the god of gods, Mahadev, lived here before marrying goddess Parvati Devi. After marriage, god Mahadev shifted to Kails near Man Sarovar.
Just below, in front of the Adi Kailas, there is a small water basin called Gauri Kund. Ice water flowing from Adi Kails gets deposited here. The water is considered holy water and people carry this water to homes for worship. One can walk up to this Gauri Kund. On the hill opposite Adi is a big natural water reservoir called Parvati Kund where a beautiful small temple of Goddess Parvati Devi is located on the bank of this Kund. One can perform prayer and poojas here in the temple.
Parvati Kund with Parvati Temple.
On a small hill nearby is a place called âBhim ki Khetiâ which means the farm of Bhim. Bhim was one of the five Pandavas from Mahabharat. One Specific thing about âBhim ki Khetiâ is Bhim was growing grains here. Even now you will find crops automatically growing in that area but if you take them to another place, they will not survive.
Every religious place in India is well associated with stories from ancient books called Granth or Puranas. Surprisingly, the same stories have prevailed for thousands of years throughout India with minor local changes. Thousands of stories and sub-stories. Sub-sub-stories establish perfect links in all happenings. Nothing happens without reason. Every happening has some historical reason. All those thousands and thousands of mythological stories happening for generations together carry a perfect reason behind it. In this world, nothing happens without reason. We are confused because we donât know the ârealâ reasons or we know just current events. âSiddh Purushâ or the spiritually authoritative Gurus can easily decode the situation and scenarios to explain the reasons behind any important happenings.
You can meditate anywhere in this area in front of Adi Kailas. Sit straight, relax, close your eyes, open your senses, and start feeling the surroundings. Slowly, you will start feeling light, lighter⊠feather light⊠fresh⊠like energy pumping in, your mind will become thoughtless. At one point, you will feel the universe within you. After some time, depending on your patience, maybe half or one hour or more⊠you will open your eyes to feel extremely charged and very happy.
There is one more place in the exact opposite direction of Adi Kailas the OM Parbat. To reach OM Parbat, you have to come back and go in a different direction. It is one of the most wonderful places on earth. It is said that there are five such places in the world of which only this one is known.
Beautiful view of Om Parbat with a sign of à„
OM Parbat is clearly visible with the word âOMâ (à„) on it, as shown in the image above. The Om is more clearly visible when it is completely covered by snow. OM sound is also called Pranav which is supposed to be the first voice from which the universe took birth. Om word holds a lot of mythological and spiritual importance. Beautiful arrangements have been made to sit and enjoy the panoramic view of OM Parbat. All sides are covered with snow-filled mountain tops. The cold breeze flowing through the deep valley in front, and the serene and silent surroundings make you feel content. You can meditate here, and if you concentrate and relax, you may feel the OM sound vibrations around you.
One may find many similar places in the world but the difference is the positive energy accumulated around the place. This is due to the meditation and many Yadnya and Yagas performed by the Saints, Sages, Rishi, and Munis over thousands and thousands of years at that place because of which the place becomes sacred. Visiting such places and understanding their importance and the stories attached to them is a journey with a purpose, with a spiritual dimension that gives a new insight into life. I love such journeys.
A few years before going to Adi Kailash and Om Parbat was a very time-consuming and difficult task as one has to walk through mountains and unpredictable climates for months together. Now roads are available. Though roads are rough due to frequent landslides, during May, June, and late September to mid-November the journey can be comfortably completed from a place called Dharchula in Uttarakhand state of India. The nearest airport is Nainital.
Most welcome for any clarifications on this journey. Keep traveling and be happy.