Unplanned getaway by the beach

As I write this post, I am feeling gloriously lazy. Blame it on my surprise weekend getaway. The trace of that sweet, incorrigible, idle inertia that is typical of such escapes is still lingering and I am absolutely loving it! 

There is this clamouring scream from within to break out from my frazzled routine and layers of florid world around me and grasp at something real. Often, the eternal nomad in me emerges very strongly and invariably creates revolt when I can't leave Bombay due to personal and professional compulsions. I feel stifled and then it is impossible to stay within the confines of my home no matter how hard pressed I am for time!  

Fortunately, last week, hubby could sense those signs well before I was on the brink of losing my usual positive disposition and get into "life really sucks" mode. He planned a lovely weekend trip to Dahanu, Gholwad, and Bordi; beautiful, sleepy coastal  towns ideal for a weekend if you love doing absolutely nothing except unwinding and walking by the beach, feel sand on your bare feet, gathering beautiful sea shells, gaze at sky on a starlit night or the last loaf of evening Sun creating magical abstracts. 

 

Sea, like rain is an addiction for me. I simply love having a quiet dialogue with the waves while entire world is fast asleep, watching myriad colours and moods of morning /evening and realize in those tranquil moments what a divine luxury doing absolutely nothing and being immersed in Nature is!

Sand with dunes, soft peaks or patterns, creating abstract of different dimensions with every passing moment is always mesmerizing. There is something pious about seemingly lifeless sand, whether it is abundant desert sand or at beach. There is something sublimely fulfilling about watching Sunrise/Sunset by the beach! Listening to waves can be spiritually intoxicating experience! In those few moments I am invariably always transfixed, misty eyed with mellow opulence, contemplating the slow calming of the season. 

It is amazing to witness how the sea never holds on to anything that serves no purpose for it. Each glorious wave that reaches the shore brings something that sea does not need. And it makes me realize what all and how many unnecessary things we hold on to really! The attachments, labels, our roles, perceived identities, beliefs that we continue to be confined to for the sake of comfort of fallacy of security, permanence, stability or sense of belonging. And in those beautiful moments of epiphany there are no compulsions of how life "should be", no conceptual scheme for life, no need for life/circumstances to be "different", no requirement for any change, or fear of losing the control over my life. 

In those few hours spent by the beach with sea changing its rhythm I also witness each moment passing by with profound sense of stillness, reverence and peace. It is hard not to sense the timeless and eternal rounds of life, our place in the mystery of so much bigger than our usual separate sense of self at such tranquil moments! 

I feel rejuvenated in every single pore of my body, mind and spirit!