Let's explore your own self

A peaceful journey towards finding your own self (Himachal Diaries)

Here the journey begins in an unplanned manner...If you ever do plan about trips in your life then there is a very less probability that this gonna happen in such a particular way...So I just backpaced & booked flight suddenly to go for a trip as well as to experience the work from mountain...

Yeah, trust me, this definitely gonna work...You have your own workstation & you are amidst nature.What can be more exciting than this is! Someone told me once if you can only feel that mountain  calling,then only you can reach to them... Basically this time I felt the inner voice of mountains inside me & Probably this is my longest stay among all the solo trips I've done yet...

Now my story will start from foods picture of course as being a foody I can realise the necessity of good foods to start a good trip for getting motivation...😅😅😅

So this yummy foods from Starbucks in airport made my day to start a new journey...After overnight bus journey I reached Kasol,the hillstation in himachal pradesh...

Parvati river is originated from the popular Mantalai Glacier below the Pin Parvati pass in Himachal Pradesh.On her way the turbulent Parvati curls through the Himalayas to form a gracious valley which is now known as Parvati Valley...

I've kept the love locked in the corner of my heart...

In a long fairy tale 

Like a dream...

Time passed and I started looking for them

Within freedom,

having a burning pain inside...

One day,I fell in love with the greeneries,

And the stormy river,

& I saw the color of life ...

That day I found myself,

In the stories I use to live...

And it got opened suddenly

The fairy tale taught me 

Self love 💗

And gave me the most beautiful excuse to live the life

 And 

Love the life again❤️

Villages of kasol, Manikaran, Barshaini, Gargi, Tosh,Kalga, Pulga are dotted around the rich banks of the curvy Parvati. On our way to reach to Kalga village, it was a breathtaking experience for me to remember...During climbing up the tricky stairs of mountain , suddenly I felt like blackout & very short of breath...But fortunately other members of our trekking group helped me a lot to overcome & I could reach the beautiful village at last...

Your eyes will definitely get used to this white beauty of spring once you reach there. I felt like the spring blossoms are singing songs to welcome spring with all of their passion & love from the bottom of hearts...

They are also saying to accept the way we are..

Teach ourselves to love passionately

So that

One fine morning

When we wake up and see us amidst the nature,

We will start believing in blissful solitude...

And will smile every time whenever look at the cherry blossoms...

What if

We all keep changing like seasons

but we celebrate the new magical moments ?

What if 

We are going to be confused

Still cry with happiness in the heart?

What if

We fall like autumn

But still bloom again in spring?

What if

We keep ourselves waiting

And fall in love with the changing colours?

Coz winter is no more and it's evergreen spring to come,

in your life...

What if

You just can't feel it???

How could I even ignore the super cute little puppy 'kalki'? The peaceful Kalga village had a special power to attract people like us- mostly the dog lovers who love to play with these adorable, friendly & cute puppies... Actually we can learn from them as well how to shower selfless love...

Rain in the mountains is not as cool as we generally think of...but it's quite difficult to climb down during heavy rain.But you can listen to the gushing sound of the rain mixed up with stormy river...You will obviously get to know the super power of nature who actually regulates all the system...It's never in the hand of human beings however updated we are!

According to Hindu mythology Manikaran is the place where the serpent king Sheshnag stole Parvati’s earrings, or manikaran, while she and her husband Shiva were taking bath in the river. After interrogation, the snake flew into a rage and snorted the earrings out of Shiva's nose.Since then, boiling water has started to pour out of the ground. That's the story behind the hot spring in Manikaran...

The same place carries different story if we consider Shikh mythology...

Guru Nanak once lifted a rock and a hot spring appeared... 

The place is very much famous for its hot boiling sulphur springs & It is believed that the hot springs can cure skin diseases or even ease the swelling caused by gout. After a long trek in the rain we visited there and believe me,all our tiredness & lethargy just vanished away...

Believe it or not, if you stay patient & explore in your own way,one day you may find any hidden destination on your way as we came across this beautiful natural pool and waterfall after walking along the river trail for almost one hour...The road had its own charm with the vibrant red rhododendron.The nature dictated us to sit quitely on its lap to admire & look at it with love..The tallest pine trees made me remember a poem...

You should thank them

For leaving you,

For teaching you the meaning of life...

You should remember them

For making you strong

To raise your voice 

To tell your story to the whole world...

You should be grateful to them

For making you realize that

You are only important for yourself,

You can create your own fairy tale

& Prioritize your dreams...

Stories are confined to everywhere, you just have to find them & write!

Let me tell you a story.

Once upon a time,

There was a little girl who lived in the world of fairy tales...

She imagined herself as the pretty little princess ,

She Wanted to touch the horizon ,

& Desired of meeting a prince charming 

Who would come with his magic stick ...

To awaken her from eternal sleep...

The girl grew up...

Now she could understand the reality is not as beautiful as the fairy tale...

But she woke up from sleep,

She met her prince charming within her own self...

Who influenced her to touch the sky,

Just above the horizon...

So she found herself within freedom ,

Within the blue 💙

somewhere on the planet Earth 🌎

I could see the sunlight over sin,

Repress what I did once again...

She was running

Running fast

She was chased

Chased by yesterday

She was fleeing

Fleeing from the world

She was haunted

Haunted by uncertainties...

But She is loved

Loved in the sunrise...❤️

You can see the morning light

Coming your way...

You can learn how to survive

welcoming a new blissful day...

You will just forget the ups & downs

Throughout the way of your lives,

You will only remember the morning engulfed in the sunlight & vibes..💕

 Pointing towards that light

Which teaches me 

How to live with the reality,

How to make hope out of it...

& Last but not the least

How to shower love upon others...

I do mistake,but I learn..

I do feel tired still I roam around 

I get hurt but again love...

I accept this is the rule of life..🙂

You are here for a reason,

No matter where life takes you...

You might be late,

But right things take time to happen...

You might miss something earlier

But you will get it at your destined time...

There is never a stop where you will end

Remember every end is the new starting

And

So life is so strange with strangers....

And you are always there for a reason...

We meet up with strangers at different places and get to know about their cultures ,new perceptions & thoughts about lives...The perceptions can be variant but we learn to accept each other.This is what nature teaches us to treat every culture in a similar way, to respect every person in the way they are!

The snow covered majestic mountains inspired me to start long ride.As an adventure lover, I'm always super excited for bike rides.It just acts as therapy for me. Some call it as adventure on mountain whereas I call it life.If you really want to live your life,start off & then adventure Will carry your way...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” – T.S. Eliot

This quote motivates me a lot to go on a long ride which doesn't have any particular destination.

One day I'll tell you the tale of love between life & death when there will be no one except you & me..."

 The sky at sunrise said it to the infinite never ending road...Till then the road is waiting...

Life is so simple here without much complexity.People in mountain are happy with the works they do...They are simple,hard working, liberal, light minded...

The best day of my Himachal trip I spent in sissu in Lahaul valley. I was overwhelmed by the morning view with the cup of tea in the front of snow peaked mountain. 

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people of city really need to find out themselves within the wilderness.

I aspire to be liberated in the glorious lights 

lit up in the skies.

I aspire to be liberated in the specks of dusts 

spread on the grass. 

Far beyond the mind and body 

I tend to lose myself. 

Amongst the strains of melody 

I tend to rise myself....❤️💚❤️

The special foods always give you super energy to count your happy memories.In fact,each & every culture grows with the speciality in food. Food is not only about  relieving the appetite,it's about sharing too. As a solo Traveller you will definitely end up making new friends if you stay at hostels. You can truly find the unity among diversity.

We learn from our every experiences to deal with the most urgent question of the life: How much is enough? Is it really enough or still so much is left?

In every change, in every phase of life there is some pain along with some beauty.. And that's the way new leaves grow...Each young green leaf tells us a story.. the story of it's struggle.. the struggle against the storms that it faces in life...We all face this kind of struggle in our lives... 

In case you are alone,

The wilderness within you would meet you up,

But remember

Your wounded inner child would be healed...

You would talk to yourself,

Motivate yourself,

Accept yourself 

and most importantly

Love yourself!

Healing is a gradual process.

It takes time,

But trust me

Once the process begins,

It will go on & on...

For me, my stay in mountain gave me an unexplainable happiness & bliss of solitude which I was actually looking for...Nature heals the souls by its own melodious song if you only have the ears to hear it and feel within your heart...

As a nature lover and peace loving poet, I must say that this place fulfilled my search for calmness & peace .I had taken away myself from the daily city life and found my new entity discoving some hidden part of "me"...

I just hope that the canvas of our life story should be filled with beautiful variant colors and all of our emotions can be able to express themselves in the form of new creation...The stories of the souls should release themselves under the blue sky...and find their shelter whenever they need ...

We paint with colors 

On the canvas

To make it 

More beautiful

More lively

More attractive

More fascinating

And more clear...

Look at the morning sky 

when 

The colorful brushes of nature

Make it blue as your inner heart wishes to be..

Feel the gloomy sky

When 

Your heart cries for someone 

Without any reason...

Touch the golden moments of 

The afternoon sky

When

The amazing sunset stimulates you to

Become the lost wanderer...

Remember that every colors of nature

Will help you make your own home someday.

And the journey to search your own self will continue...❤️❤️❤️