03/01/2026
Sharing a little longer reflection about chaos and calm are merging.
Arunachala mountain– Full Moon day
Today aprox 100,000 People go around the mountain and its very alive.
Mantra chanting, bells, footsteps, conversations, prayers, traffic, devotion, noise, silence—all moving together.
From the outside, it looks chaotic.
From the inside, something else is happening.
Here, the practice is not to escape sound, crowds, or movement.
The practice is to discover stillness while walking through them.
Many visitors from the West often share something beautiful:
“In our countries, the outside is silent, but the mind is very noisy.
Here, the outside is noisy, but inside… there is silence.”
That silence is not created by changing the world.
It is discovered by turning inward.
If we wait for life to become quiet before beginning our inner journey, it will never begin.
It’s like sitting in your car, waiting for every traffic light in the city to turn green before starting the engine. That moment will never come.
The path here teaches something different:
Start the journey amid red lights, noise, distractions, and movement.
Walk anyway. Chant anyway. Be aware anyway.
Arunachala doesn’t demand perfect conditions.
It invites inner alignment.
The outer world may remain loud.
But the real walk happens within—
where the mind slows down,
the heart listens,
and silence walks with you, step by step in mid of chaos.
