14th April 2018
I met up with my old art school friend Rob for lunch in Bath. The Indian restaurant was good and the Masala Dosa was wonderful. Rob has been spiritual from his early twenties, and traveled to India every year to join and involve himself in the teachings of his chosen guru. He had opened my eyes to the scale of his pilgrimage, where numbers of up to a hundred thousand people congregate to listen to the words of one man. Rob carries his beliefs like a cloak, it protects him, and he doesn’t try to indoctrinate those close to him. His view is that all people should wear a cloak to keep their personal soul inside.
The weather was good so we walked by the canal, young children are always fascinated by him thinking him as Father Christmas. He always plays up to them by saying he is on holiday, because it is cold in the North Pole. They soak it up, and he is happy to keep the magic alive. His knowledge of the city is immense, he led me to places I had not been to before, and I have lived in Bath all my life.
Over coffee we talked about our emotional lives, our loves and relationships. I learned that he closed his mind to have any form of female relationships because of his intense jealousy, and obsessive behaviour that he knew he suffered. He decided that for his own sanity he would lead a different life, and find contentment.
Another Lifetime to go 