“ Patrick, I always think of a way to escape from this mortal psyche temporarily and then return before it’s too late. I never discussed this with anybody else as I don’t want my belief to be laughed at and criticized. You may wonder why I'm telling all these to you. There is nothing special, but if my thought is to listen to by at least one, why not it’s you? You'll get thousands of answers to your hundreds of questions in the Shinpi Takina Road of Natsukashii Valley. This book is for you. ”
The crumpled piece of paper and the book was kept in a safe condition. It’s condition says that it was first tried to be damaged and thrown out, but for an unknown cause, it was preserved.
Patrick, a stern disciplinarian never thought the world can be like a world which he has never seen before. In his thirty-five years of Journalism career, he has visited almost all the parts of the world and believed he has known life better than anybody else.
Once, in his visit the snowy lands of Tibet, he got the chance to interview a centenarian monk. Patrick was aghast at the first sight of Khami the monk. He seemed to be much older than the oldest man but more energetic than a teenager. The way Khami the monk took his purpose in life, inspired Patrick to the extremes.
“But Khami, I can’t shave my head, wear orange or yellow robs, and leads a hermit-like life. I want to plunge deep into the world of energy. This was not my thoughts but these days I tried to see the world from your point of view and acknowledged it does exist.”
Patrick suddenly got up from his bed and looked at the clock, it showed 3:45 A.M.
“ It was just a dream, maybe I am missing my link in Natsukashii.
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Two years back
Patrick first entered the Shinpi Takina road of Natsukashii Valley to collect some information about the secrets of immortal life. His main intention was to prove it wrong as he believed in a karmic life and never got diverted to other’s thoughts and points of view. His workmate Haruto was in the lead of the mission and Patrick’s life was unknowingly governed by the principles of his workmate's view about life. He was an enthusiastic man but sees the scenery from a point of view of an unreliable source.
Haruto in passing time felt an attraction with the valley and preferred to stay in the valley.
“Patrick, you may be perplexed if I say immortal life does exist in the Natsukashii valley. When I had a strong belief that we can crack open the impossibilities of immortality here, you accepted my point of view and willingly agreed to be a part of my mission. But now I can’t return with you as have found my meaning of life here in the valley. Take this. When you feel you can adjust, you can check what’s inside, ” saying so Haruto handed him a sealed envelope.
“ But remember, this is not for the Patrick who enjoys dancing to another's the tune, who prefers to see anything from another’s view.
This is for an independent Patrick.”
For the first time, Patrick had to decide on his own. He was neither worried nor in the mood of looking the matter through Haruto's eyes. He didn’t try to go deep into the matter. Though he thought of surveying the valley for a week or two, as Haruto made his mind to stay back in Natsukashii, he too made up his mind to leave the valley immediately.
“ Thanks for your advice, Haruto but at present, I don’t want it. We came here for a different cause and you preferred not to go back. It’s not fair Haruto.”
Patrick’s mind was tussling between reality and fantasy. His plan became a failure when he had to return to his native place owing to an emergency. Besides, he felt it impossible to collect any information without the help of Haruto. Still, he remained adamant believing not to walk in a path shown by others, whereas unknowingly he put his first step forward.
In passing time, Patrick lost his connection with Haruto but developed a keen interest in learning the lifestyles of centenarian monks of Shinpi Takina road of Natsukashii Valley. He changed his thinking and made up his mind to see immortality through the eyes of Haruto.
The book, which Patrick thought will be of no use and just kept as a memory of Haruto connected him to a broken link. He found himself engrossed in some secret meditation and guided ba higher energy.
Present Day
Patrick suddenly got up from his bed and looked at the clock, it showed 3:45 A.M.
“ It was just a dream, maybe I am missing my link in Natsukashii.
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A magnetic pull attracted him to Natsukashii once again where he once left a task unaccomplished. A journey never Patrick thought would change his view about human life. Thousands of birth, if possible, is less to know it.
After a long journey, Patrick once again entered the Snowy Land of Natsukashii Valley, but with different thinking.
“ I don’t know why I traveled a thousand miles to reach such a place which I believe holds the secret to my dream. I never know, the Khami whom I saw in my dream do exist or not but now I am with a man whom I saw in the dream. How is it possible?”
The hall at the top of the snowy land witnessed a silent conversation connecting the soul with the psyche. To his luck, Patrick got permission to be with Khami, a centenarian monk in Natsukashii Valley for seven days and seven nights. Patrick came across a gain leap into the future and realized the reality of space and time.
Both went into a deep transcendental stage where death and birth have no difference. Their subtle body emerged out from their mortal psyche and a conversation in a higher astral plane started.
“ Khami, I can see myself and you in deep meditation. Is this the state of nowhereness and nothingness?”
A halo surrounded the entire hall. Patrick and Khami are still in a deep meditation stage.
“ This is how, the soul tries to escape from the psyche. It’s the bondage of the physical world that makes the departures tough. The soul never dies, it’s immortal. Here in Natsukashii, we meditate on immortality rather than immortality.”
Patrick couldn’t bear the extreme energy flowing within his inner core and opened his eyes instantly.
Patrick saw Khami still in deep meditation. He realized immortality do exists which he believed he saw through the eyes of Haruto. Patrick stayed in Natsukashii for a long period, adopted a Zen Monk lifestyle, and finally returned to his place believing in a thing which he never believed before