Paths Links People

Paths Links People

Foot Prints

Thonigala Inscriptions are of the 2nd Century BC and carved on Rock. information courtesy;Internet

Thonigala Inscriptions are of the 2nd Century BC and carved on Rock. information courtesy;Internet
Tonigala. (a.) Parumaka Abaya puta parumaka Tisaha wapi acagirika Tisa pawatahi agata anagata catudisa sagasa dine. Dewana pi maharaja Gamini Abaye niyate acanagaraka ca [tawi] rikiya nagaraka ca. Parumaka Abaya puta parumaka Tisa niyata pite raj aha agata anagata catudisa sagasa

History; Path to future

History; Path to future
Reading Future through History, Nagala mountain and the Stupa of the Nagala Kanda Rajamaha Viharaya, Nikaweva, Polpithigama, Kurunegala District.

Monday, April 23, 2012

The JOURNEYS, and the PATHS visited and to be VISITED ..... .......




 I was a part of the other major travelers of my life that is my mother and father’s. I was a small travel partner of them. Travelled here and there holding there hands. That was so easy. No need to worry about the paths that you don’t know they take you to where ever they like or prefer. You go with them. But there comes a time that you need to find your own paths. You sometimes have to hold a hand of another a hand of a friend forgetting the hands of your parents ….

Even when i think of my past I really can not remember when and how I started walking alone in those paths that i traveled. I mean the exact date or time. At the initial stages of your walking you just walk and you really don’t realize the things that are around when you walk. … You just walk … walk … and walk…. You don’t even remember what was there at the beginning. What building, what tree was there or what was there just next to your house even.

You walk... Walk and walk… During this initial stage or the experience of walking and travelling you don’t really do not keep any notes in your mind or you remember very little  mainly because the experience is so new to you. You are so amazed with the things that you go passing or you see, you are so excited sometimes. Your eyes generally capture only the ‘big things’ the tiny things go unnoticed that does not mean that you ignore the tiny things. It is just time that teach you the importance of tiny things…… until the right time comes you don’t realize some of the things and the importance of many things I believe.

So these life journeys are so fresh at the beginning so is your brain heart and mind etc ….. So the things that you extract, absorb while traveling here and there you prefer to store them in your heart or in your mind but only the things that your heart caught or i can say only the things that attracted your heart. Do you really forget the other things i do not know. and i don't know whether your memory plays and important role at this point of your traveling in the paths you have chosen.  There is not too much of stuff in there, in our heart and minds at the very initial stage of our walking if we think a little. It is time that fill these of our brains, hearts and minds sometimes with good stuff and some other times with rubbish. 

At the very beginning of this travelling …you notice only the huge things, attractive stuffs, colourful things buildings or two or three storied houses why? i think that is because those things are bigger and taller than you are or those houses are comparatively bigger than yours … nothing else. At this childish period of your time of traveling you don’t realize the differences that those things visualize or the differences of those tiny houses and the big houses that you see or the houses.… you don’t understand or realizes the differences of some going in the bus or walk across foot paths while some others going in a car don't forget that you are a kid at this stage of your traveling ..… It is TIME THAT TEAH YOU THESE THINGS… the lessons about ‘differences’  

You still walk   … I really don’t think that you still understand the differences or even the similarities.

You go to your school there you see some differences for the first time of your life … you happen to feel and understand things little by little… you notice some differences, the way that your class mates dress and the things that they prefer to eat, the brand name of the pen or the pencil they use, the shoes they wear etc. It is the time that teaches you all these things ….

These differences of life teach you many different things at different times of this journey that you began at some point. I don’t think that you even realize the differences of the passengers that you meet or that shared the same bus with you, their looks, the things they like to discuss, the things that they observe. It is silly if i say that i remember the people who sat next to me, who traveled with me in the bus that took me somewhere for the first time alone. 

Here I m not just trying to remember the numbers or the faces what I m trying to understand here is the ‘time’ how long it will take people to understand something fully….

There were many things that I unnoticed and missed really. Was it because of my Ignorance or was it because of my silliness, or immaturity ???  No it is not just sloth. What is it then fate? NOOO!!! i believe.  You can say this and that and can analyze it the way you want but practically it is not easy I believe.

During all these times, moments, hours,days and the years of my walking I carried nothing but collated loads of things.

You may lose things while traveling alone and sometimes traveling together with someone. I sometimes wonder as to why one loses things on the way to ones final destination of traveling. I like to apply this to my own life did I lose anything? If so why may be I was carrying too many things unknowingly that I can not bear comfortably or the things were too heavy to carry.

There is a limit of things that you can really carry. The things that you can not carry or hold you lose … 

It is not easy to find answers for the issues you may face in your life time. 

Who says that one needs to find answers to 5 W’s before we write something accurately? That is only writing, academical writings, professional writings those theories only be applicable to such writings  … 

‘writing life is something very different i believe. Why is it important to know how to write paragraphs of ones life accurately and beautifully? What are the things that you need to learn, or you should know before writing 'life' it is good to know the things like with whom you are planning to walk or in what way towards which direction etc? ….  If you ask ‘when’ from somebody that can be a very stupid and an idiotic way of questioning  someone I believe. How is it possible to know?  Let me think again are these 5 W’s provide you enough of answers for life matters? …. If so lovely I like to add.

You give and take while you travel from place to place from person to person … from house to house from country to country. Some take but don’t give. Some give but don’t take. Some know both give and take fairly well. You exchange things like gifts of various kinds …. You exchange ‘flowers’’ dolly’s teddy bears some little, little beautiful gifts that entertain you sometimes.

‘Give and take is not a thing that we can discuss in a narrow minded way. You can give and take material and immaterial stuff. ‘Some things are related to marital and some outside marital boundaries.  Some things have no boundaries or the distances are irrelevant or unimportant. ‘During these times of our traveling from there to here and here to somewhere yes it is true that we exchange flowers and again at a different time some enjoy throwing stones to the face of the person that we enjoyed exchanging flowers. But sometimes unexpectedly those stones may become a flower and may come and stop before you  … this is what I m so amazed at thinking.

To be continued …………………………..

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