This is the first time I've written this blog so much longer after a travel. Bhutan created a deep impression in my mind and as I wrote it (with the help of my mindmaps/ notes), I could recollect everything...in fact, I could actually see it, feel it, experience it. It's one of those places, I could go back again and again and again. And I could live there. I feel a sense of belonging in some places...in a lot of places actually when I go deep inside. With its rawness, I felt it there...I feel it for Bhutan. The country is rapidly changing, modernizing...it shows up with one of the highest growth rates in The Economist rankings (I think top 5 or 10 for 2013-14). With its changes, it'll also change its perception of happiness. I was curious to find out about this happiness thing...that's why I went. I can't say the people were happier than the rest of us...people are the same everywhere. I saw fear glittering in Sonam's eyes...that night when they trailed off the trail...I heard Cookie talk of his ambitions...I heard stories of uncles who had gone on up to mountains to meditate and never returned...the region is different...they are more calmer, people have an easier, more accepting view of life...but then they also have variations of the same emotions...fear, anger, love, hate, lust, contempt, greed and so on. How could it be any other way?
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(Below is what I wrote in my notes immediately after the trek)
I was in an Indigo plane after Everest Base Camp. Everything felt strange, difficult. This time not so much. My ear block (I remember now I even had this ailment!) seems to have just disappeared. I'm more adjusting - even accepting. The psychological burden of the trek was interfering...but what a bliss! Is Bhutan really the happiest place - I wonder? There is confusion there - all the basic human tendencies exist. Some are dealt with differently. Well...it feels strange to have my ear and hearing back. My throat....is vague - difficult to explain. Wonder about the Hyd trip - should I simply have gone back to Mumbai? I don't know.
(some random words...)
New way of organizing. Extreme attention to detail. Focus, narrow narrow narrow. Whiteness. Gross National Happiness? Design and priorities. Community. Remote working. Thinking ahead - making list, executing. Stability of mind. Trust. Presence is nice but something more? No fakeness. Fix fly. Tighten. Do less. Cut-out distractions. Empathy. Extreme attn to detail.
(And then I saw this doodle...)
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(Below is what I wrote in my notes immediately after the trek)
I was in an Indigo plane after Everest Base Camp. Everything felt strange, difficult. This time not so much. My ear block (I remember now I even had this ailment!) seems to have just disappeared. I'm more adjusting - even accepting. The psychological burden of the trek was interfering...but what a bliss! Is Bhutan really the happiest place - I wonder? There is confusion there - all the basic human tendencies exist. Some are dealt with differently. Well...it feels strange to have my ear and hearing back. My throat....is vague - difficult to explain. Wonder about the Hyd trip - should I simply have gone back to Mumbai? I don't know.
(some random words...)
New way of organizing. Extreme attention to detail. Focus, narrow narrow narrow. Whiteness. Gross National Happiness? Design and priorities. Community. Remote working. Thinking ahead - making list, executing. Stability of mind. Trust. Presence is nice but something more? No fakeness. Fix fly. Tighten. Do less. Cut-out distractions. Empathy. Extreme attn to detail.
(And then I saw this doodle...)
That's that.
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