Saturday, March 12, 2016

Hike to Murietta falls


When we started from San Jose on late Saturday morning(March 12 2016), I really didn’t feel like stepping out of home. I felt like sit down on couch and watch some good movies. But Gopi was ready to go with all his gears and his eyes were glittering with full enthusiasm. I’ve to step up and override my lazy feelings. We had wonderful breakfast at home and then we started to Del Vale. After getting park permit at Del Vale park entrance, we reached Del Vale Lake parking by 1pm. The weather was bit windy and chill. I’ve to wear 2 jackets and a cap to feel warm. We started hiking on Ohlone Wilderness Trail by 1.05pm. After 30min of hike, I felt really warm. I removed the big jacket and cap. We were talking and walking. There were lots of clouds in the sky and so were my mind with thoughts.

As we walked for about an hour, the cloud of thoughts just cleared within my mind. I became centered on deep silence within myself. At that time, I saw that there is very thin layer between me and this whole existence. I felt my body, mind and intellect are infinitely small in compared to this existence. It’s a beautiful experience to exist as a piece of life in tune with nature. People were rushing back from Murietta falls as the rain was going to come and they called it as bad weather. But I didn’t have any fear and we were marching steadily towards the falls enjoying the trees, small green plants, dark clouds, chill breeze and wet trail. Gopi said that it is like Western Ghats in India.  I felt very homely.

In between, we reached a creek with water flow. It was so beautiful and I instantly became very fresh by looking at the water.  I just wanted to stay there for long time. It’s a perfect place to meditate after a good hike. I closed my eyes and took few deep breaths. From there we hiked for another hour and reached Schlieper rock by 4pm. We sat there on the cliff and watched the vast valley for few minutes. It was so peaceful. Sunlight was coming down, drizzling started and wind became bit high. So we decided to go back. It was so much fun to walk in the light rain, muddy trail amidst of greenish trees. While walking back, we spotted couple of eagles sitting on branch for a long time. Just like a kid, I thought how lucky the eagles were. As I walked more, I was thinking how simple the life is and how complicated we made out of it with all these technologies and innovations. By 6.30pm, we reached down to the parking. I drove the car slowly without any music enjoying the silence. And it was raining all our way back to home. Overall, it became one of the most unforgettable day in my life.  








பட்டாம்பூச்சிப் பட்டாம்பூச்சி வட்டம் போடும் பட்டாம்பூச்சி
ஓடி வந்து முத்தம் வாங்கிச் செல்
ஓடியோடி ஆலம் விழுதில் ஊஞ்சலாடும் ஒற்றைக் கிளியே
காட்டு வாழ்க்கை நாட்டில் உண்டா சொல்

அந்த வானம் பக்கம் இந்த பூமி சொர்க்கம்
காட்டில் உலவும் ஒரு காற்றாகிறோம்
நெஞ்சில் ஏக்கம் வந்தால் கண்ணில் தூக்கம் வந்தால்
பூவில் உறங்கும் சிறு பனியாகிறோம்


திறக்காத காட்டுக்குள்ளே பிறக்காத பிள்ளைகள் போலே ஆனோம்
பறந்தோடும் மானைப் போலத் தோலைந்தோடிப் போனது எங்கள் நாணம்



கை தொட்டுத் தட்டித் தட்டி பூவை எழுப்பு
காற்றோடு ரகசிய மொழிகள் சொல்லியனுப்பு
அட என்ன நினைப்பு அதைச் சொல்லியனுப்பு







என் காலடியில் சில வீடுகள் நகருது இதோ இதோ இதோ இதோ இங்கே
ஆஹாஹா வீடுகள் இளை நத்தைக் கூடுகளோ அவை நத்தைக் கூடுகளோ
வீடுகள் இடம் மாறுமோ






காற்றோடு மூங்கில் காடு என்ன பேசுதோ
மண்ணோடு விழிகிற அருவி என்ன சொல்லுதோ
அது தன்னைச் சொல்லுதோ இளை உன்னைச் சொல்லுதோ
அட புல்வெளியில் ஒரு வானவில் விழுந்தது அதோ அதோ அதோ அங்கே
ஐயையோ வானவில் இல்லை வண்ணச் சிறகுகளோ அவை வண்ணச் சிறகுகளோ
வானவில் பறக்கின்றதோ

அழகு அங்கே இங்கே சிரிக்கின்றது - புதிய
கண்கள் நெஞ்சில் திறக்கின்றது
மேகம்போல் காட்டை நேசி மீண்டும் நாம் ஆதிவாசி
உன் கண்கள் மூடும் காதல் காதல் காதல் காதல் காதல் யோசி







புதிய வாழ்க்கை நம்மை அழைக்கின்றது
மனித வாழ்க்கை அங்கே வெறுக்கின்றது
நாட்டுக்குப் பூட்டு போடு காட்டுக்குள் ஓடியாடு

Friday, March 11, 2016

Stress sucks

One of my friends from EEE batch in my college passed away last week. We used to roam together in college hostel days. He was in coma for 2 months and had cardiac arrest. Reason is that he was working in high pressure project in TCS and he was so stressed. I felt very sad to hear that today. This is another sad example of stress taking life away. He was married and have 5 yrs old daughter.  Never take stress lightly and nothing is more important than us. Job, appraisal, promotion etc are nothing when compared to life itself. Worst thing that Indian parents do to their kids is pushing them into competition right from school and always education (marks) are more important than anything else. Then once the kid grow up and comes to job, same thing continue. Just human life wasted.  I'm extremely pizzed off with the parents, education institutions to create sick human beings.  Corporate dictates IT people lives and we give that control to them. We got accustomed to comforts that we got out of these jobs. But It takes a heavy toll on our personal lives. It's time to think and decide how much we want to give ourselves to these corporates.