India Part II - Family History X

Roots.

I guess returning back evoked a curiosity into my family's ancestry [lineage even]. Before making my way up to the Northern Kingdoms of India, where I type this now, I spent some time with my mum's aunt [who has happily taken on the role of Grandmother to us, and I couldn't be prouder]. She dropped serious knowledge on mum's side of the family, going into some detail on how my maternal grandmother and herself were raised in a family of 7 sisters and 7 brothers. My Grand-aunt was one of the youngest of the 14 siblings, and I sit here wondering how it's been for her watching them one by one slowly fade away into the path of the Sun. Your family, your culture, your heritage.. it's important.

My Grandmother. Left this world before I was born.

"When one leaves the physical body by controlling all the senses, focusing the mind on God and the bioimpulses (life forces or Prana) in the cerebrum, engaged in yogic practice, meditating on Me, and uttering 'Om' (the sacred monosyllable sound power of the Spirit) one attains the Supreme Abode (the path of the Sun)" - The Bhagavad Gītā 8.12-13