My pilgrimage A pilgrimage is that which changes the direction of life and the state of mind A pilgrimage is not only about going to a religious place, when the mind becomes a pilgrimage place, it becomes a pilgrimage everywhere. Which can be deeper than nature? When the mind took a bath in beauty and wore a veneer of purity, everywhere became the abode of truth. Something similar happened to me when I started visiting the Los Angeles lakes and hiking. Even the fallen leaf in the lake, introduced me to its beauty. The journey of the leaf falling from the tree started to look as if it had just come from Hajj and felt liberation of itself. Pictures of trees glistening from the water started to look as if I wanted to understand some incident of a Veda. And in the small waves of water, such a tale of ages is flowing, which gets absorbed into the depths within me. When I lift my eyes and look at the world, the circle of the world comes into my vastness, and that takes...