Arriving at the theorem

I stated a few days back,
"Given about a million things in the mind and other kazillion-people-you-know-and-hate-or-dislike thoughts, and qaudrobillionstiflingkollion things about other things, a walk with lose-yourself-in-the-din-around can clear your head completely"

Sounds really bad doesn't it. I'm really terrible at making stuff up. :P
Anyway, it does convey what I went through that day. I read this book, 'The Zen Commandments' during my stay at Mysore, for some forgotten ILI session and I remembered the meditation technique the author suggests. He writes, 'Just listen, absorb, and be aware of what's going on around you, try not to isolate sounds, just hear everything as is, don't close your eyes, see everything around you, feel everything you do as you do it.'
(Requoted in my words)

I said, "Hmmm! Sounds interesting, let's give it a shot!"

I begin to walk a little slower now, trying to feel the road under, the tarmac, the shoes acting like a divide between the heat and texture of the road and the feet's sole. Trying to feel all the differences in the terrain that change as each step is taken and at the same time, watching the vehicles go by, listening to the sounds accompanying them, a distant gear changing, someone's voice, a rattling can, footsteps behind, ahead, around...

The smoke slowly rises, dust swirls, you can hear a baby cry, a man abuse, another pray, a sweets shop make jalebis.

As you begin to slowly absorb each sound, touch/feel every thing around and see every sight. Suddenly something wierd happens.

Everything gets muted...

You see the same place you lived through for 6 months and you notice something different, the person praying at the small prayer hall, appears tense. You notice a polythene bag gently floating around in the air and you hear nothing. You see a woman pass by, one of the workers, her hands hardened by the tasks, her brow creased with the life she has lived, eyes sunken yet alive.

You see so much more, you feel so much more.

Then it overwhelms and you wake up from your reverie.

Location : Silk Board
Distance covered : 4-6km, not sure
Mind Status : Free of thought

The phone rings...

"Hello"

"Hi Ma..."