I had heard so much about him from the gang (my friends), I had never met him. I was told he is an old man and the owner of the house. I was not very excited but he was my mentors uncle, and he is 82 years old! . Well, I walked in to the house for the first time, opened the gate the new house we had availed on rent to jam up in the heart of Jayanagar 4th Block, Bangalore. The first thing I noticed was an amazingly laid out garden. It was a lineage of beautiful flowers I had ever seen. What a place to have right in front of your home, I thought. The landlord lived in the ground floor and we had rented the top floor flat. The door of the landlord was right infront of the garden. As i walked in to the compound, a small path amidst all the beautiful flowers laid out so well, it looked so natural. As if the plants had made way for people to walk in and out. There were all sort of plants, neatly potted, watered, raised to good health. The smell around that place was ecstatic. The place showed the passion this gardener (the oldman) had. It had the kind of aura, like you want into a place and for no reason you smile and feel peaceful. I had no idea that it was a day that would change my whole life. A day that can change my entire perspective, the way I thought, lived or looked at things. This is another story of my transformation. I was on my way to meet someone wonderful.
I saw a cute, fair old man standing with a kind of smile that is so epidemic, contagious. It was like - His smiling was making me smile! He had these wide open bright eyes, a face full of expression and energy and more over he was something different. He looked as if he had won a BMW in a TV show. It was as if he was very happy and excited seeing me, even though we had never met before or knew each other. I smiled my best, went upto him. I was hoping a shaking hand, and a boring long lecture which old people usually do. I extended my hand "Hello", he replied "Hi, I am Gopinath, I know who you are". I guess someone had already told him. He kept looking at me as if he is looking inside me. The silence kind of got awry, I added "Your garden is beautiful Sir", Gopinath replied "Thanks" and he kept looking at me as if he is reading me. I was thinking, usually people say "I did this whole garden myself" and take a bit of a credit, but this man didnt do that. It was not a big deal. Its just some garden. I thought this guy is crazy and old to keep staring at me like this. It was weird. Gopinath after a brief pause he replied "You think I am old and stupid, dont you". I was shocked, literally! I stood frozen. How the hell did he know what I was thinking? Was it a co-incidence? I wasnt sure! That kind of vodoo I had never ever seen. May be I had heard of it in the movies, but then, is this really happening to me? - I thought.
"Errr....Ebbbbb, mmmm, No sir, I wasnt actually...... " Gopinath interrupted "I like to wake up to this garden, there isnt fresh air these days". He was switching between topics. Well, fair enough. I escaped. Went to finish off some pending work. After a long day, I walked down, was very tired, irritated and sick, I met him again. "How was your day" and again he was smiling so bright, his smile was inflicting upon me. His handshake was very stable, unknowingly or surprisingly it made me feel better. "You worry too much, worry about parents? worrying never helps". How does he know? I thought. Then all of a sudden he asked "Do you drink Wine?, I have the best", he asked me. Surprise again. I replied "Isnt Wine bad for you?" He replied "You still think I am old", "No, No, I dont mean that, I mean, you should take care of your health". Gopinath said "I am 82, and for the last 18 years, I havent taken a single pill or went to a doc nor did I catch cold. I walk and jog even now. Health is 80% Vital Forces of Nature, 20% are by Drugs. I practice good health with 3 things only. 1. Meditation, 2. Pranayama and 3 Dietary control which people these days dont know of. Before they turn 30, they are older than me". He went on "My last medical checkup 3 days ago revealed no sugar, no BP, no heart trouble. I am perfectly healthy and still 18 at heart, wanna go to a disco with me?". We Laughed.
He kept saying many times similar to things what I was thinking. I was sure he could read me. I stood speechless many a times. The next 3 hours were the best of my life. I went through another transformation of Harmony, spirituality, Honesty, humbleness, hard-work, Health, Relationships, Friends, People, money etc.,., It was the best interesting talk I have probably ever had. He had a way to know what I am thinking, or what type of a person I am. His life experience is something I want to share to this world in my upcoming blogs. His wife had gone due to Cancer. His only daughter is in the US. He told me how he built the entire house from his own hands, how he built up and decorated the room for his mother, the way she wished it to be when she was alive. His mother had died of Cancer too. He added brief details on how he researched on Cancer and how he has made it curable now, written to many international universities and research institutions. He told me how busy he is these days. His took me inside and the whole house was astonishingly clean, and full of books. Books everywhere. Books on Medicine, Chemistry, Biology, Botany, Spirituality, Neuroscience, Phsyics. Books on Samuel Johnson, Sanskrit, Vedas, John Keats and many more. I learnt that I am talking to a Dr. Prof. Gopinath, a recipient of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India in Biochemistry in the erstwhile of All India Institute of Mental Health, now NIMHANS, Bangalore. He has also published many books to his credit. He is the founder-director of a popular pathological library in Bangalore. He also heads a Holistic Health care center, for integrating Yoga and Meditation with modern medical Practice. He is a Psychologies, Chemist, Pathologist and a Doctor. He reads minds, body and words. Other people of his same age, probably would be back broken, disease stricken, mentally prepared to go through hospitalization and death. I had this man who was in full rejoice, having fun, and really showing us all how to live every moment of this life.
He believes in the force of Nature. He mentioned about PRANA and JEEVA. How positive can attract positive. How one thinks something and attracts is based on how badly he wants it. How one is born crying, lives complaining and dies disappointed. He seemed to address something I needed to know, but I didnt know that I needed it. He asked me to practice this starting that minute "Everything I need to know is revealed to me. Everything I need comes to me and hence - All is well in my life" .And more than what words could speak, he had told me few ideals which I just know from him, he never said them to me and I cant explain. I felt touched after talking to him. I am sure many others would have felt the same too.
Then the entire gang met him. Rakesh, Kiran, Bharat, Jongky, Nandan, Guru, we all spoke to him. Laughed a lot, he shared many stories of learning, repention, how he survived his residential school when he was asked to vacate from St. Aloysius school. With no money at hand, no one to call to, how he sat at the Light Building in Mangalore near the Beach of Indian Ocean. Many things he said fascinated us all and took us a ride back to the 1930s. Got a glimpse of how the world was then. Oh it was memorable. He gave me two books he has written and said it will do a lot of good to me. Reading those books, I strongly feel so.
This man is no way 82. He seems just like any of us, rather younger and smarter than us. In the end he said "The Aura about you is that you bring people together and take them with you. I am able to communicate with you even in silence through Metaphysical reverberations that get exchanged between the living cell and the universe. Take this life a bit easy, you are way too loaded up in the head. Its not good". Most of what he said didnt enter my head, but everytime he looked at me, I heard him say what he meant without saying a word. Another firm handshake and I walked out as someone else not as the same person who had walked in the same gate sometime ago
I saw a cute, fair old man standing with a kind of smile that is so epidemic, contagious. It was like - His smiling was making me smile! He had these wide open bright eyes, a face full of expression and energy and more over he was something different. He looked as if he had won a BMW in a TV show. It was as if he was very happy and excited seeing me, even though we had never met before or knew each other. I smiled my best, went upto him. I was hoping a shaking hand, and a boring long lecture which old people usually do. I extended my hand "Hello", he replied "Hi, I am Gopinath, I know who you are". I guess someone had already told him. He kept looking at me as if he is looking inside me. The silence kind of got awry, I added "Your garden is beautiful Sir", Gopinath replied "Thanks" and he kept looking at me as if he is reading me. I was thinking, usually people say "I did this whole garden myself" and take a bit of a credit, but this man didnt do that. It was not a big deal. Its just some garden. I thought this guy is crazy and old to keep staring at me like this. It was weird. Gopinath after a brief pause he replied "You think I am old and stupid, dont you". I was shocked, literally! I stood frozen. How the hell did he know what I was thinking? Was it a co-incidence? I wasnt sure! That kind of vodoo I had never ever seen. May be I had heard of it in the movies, but then, is this really happening to me? - I thought.
"Errr....Ebbbbb, mmmm, No sir, I wasnt actually...... " Gopinath interrupted "I like to wake up to this garden, there isnt fresh air these days". He was switching between topics. Well, fair enough. I escaped. Went to finish off some pending work. After a long day, I walked down, was very tired, irritated and sick, I met him again. "How was your day" and again he was smiling so bright, his smile was inflicting upon me. His handshake was very stable, unknowingly or surprisingly it made me feel better. "You worry too much, worry about parents? worrying never helps". How does he know? I thought. Then all of a sudden he asked "Do you drink Wine?, I have the best", he asked me. Surprise again. I replied "Isnt Wine bad for you?" He replied "You still think I am old", "No, No, I dont mean that, I mean, you should take care of your health". Gopinath said "I am 82, and for the last 18 years, I havent taken a single pill or went to a doc nor did I catch cold. I walk and jog even now. Health is 80% Vital Forces of Nature, 20% are by Drugs. I practice good health with 3 things only. 1. Meditation, 2. Pranayama and 3 Dietary control which people these days dont know of. Before they turn 30, they are older than me". He went on "My last medical checkup 3 days ago revealed no sugar, no BP, no heart trouble. I am perfectly healthy and still 18 at heart, wanna go to a disco with me?". We Laughed.
He kept saying many times similar to things what I was thinking. I was sure he could read me. I stood speechless many a times. The next 3 hours were the best of my life. I went through another transformation of Harmony, spirituality, Honesty, humbleness, hard-work, Health, Relationships, Friends, People, money etc.,., It was the best interesting talk I have probably ever had. He had a way to know what I am thinking, or what type of a person I am. His life experience is something I want to share to this world in my upcoming blogs. His wife had gone due to Cancer. His only daughter is in the US. He told me how he built the entire house from his own hands, how he built up and decorated the room for his mother, the way she wished it to be when she was alive. His mother had died of Cancer too. He added brief details on how he researched on Cancer and how he has made it curable now, written to many international universities and research institutions. He told me how busy he is these days. His took me inside and the whole house was astonishingly clean, and full of books. Books everywhere. Books on Medicine, Chemistry, Biology, Botany, Spirituality, Neuroscience, Phsyics. Books on Samuel Johnson, Sanskrit, Vedas, John Keats and many more. I learnt that I am talking to a Dr. Prof. Gopinath, a recipient of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India in Biochemistry in the erstwhile of All India Institute of Mental Health, now NIMHANS, Bangalore. He has also published many books to his credit. He is the founder-director of a popular pathological library in Bangalore. He also heads a Holistic Health care center, for integrating Yoga and Meditation with modern medical Practice. He is a Psychologies, Chemist, Pathologist and a Doctor. He reads minds, body and words. Other people of his same age, probably would be back broken, disease stricken, mentally prepared to go through hospitalization and death. I had this man who was in full rejoice, having fun, and really showing us all how to live every moment of this life.
He believes in the force of Nature. He mentioned about PRANA and JEEVA. How positive can attract positive. How one thinks something and attracts is based on how badly he wants it. How one is born crying, lives complaining and dies disappointed. He seemed to address something I needed to know, but I didnt know that I needed it. He asked me to practice this starting that minute "Everything I need to know is revealed to me. Everything I need comes to me and hence - All is well in my life" .And more than what words could speak, he had told me few ideals which I just know from him, he never said them to me and I cant explain. I felt touched after talking to him. I am sure many others would have felt the same too.
Then the entire gang met him. Rakesh, Kiran, Bharat, Jongky, Nandan, Guru, we all spoke to him. Laughed a lot, he shared many stories of learning, repention, how he survived his residential school when he was asked to vacate from St. Aloysius school. With no money at hand, no one to call to, how he sat at the Light Building in Mangalore near the Beach of Indian Ocean. Many things he said fascinated us all and took us a ride back to the 1930s. Got a glimpse of how the world was then. Oh it was memorable. He gave me two books he has written and said it will do a lot of good to me. Reading those books, I strongly feel so.
This man is no way 82. He seems just like any of us, rather younger and smarter than us. In the end he said "The Aura about you is that you bring people together and take them with you. I am able to communicate with you even in silence through Metaphysical reverberations that get exchanged between the living cell and the universe. Take this life a bit easy, you are way too loaded up in the head. Its not good". Most of what he said didnt enter my head, but everytime he looked at me, I heard him say what he meant without saying a word. Another firm handshake and I walked out as someone else not as the same person who had walked in the same gate sometime ago
