Goodbye Elmo

Elmo left us on April 2, 2014 at age of 16. For years every morning, rain or shine, I'd take him to the park for a walk, except last two days of his life while he was too weak to stand up.

Though he has left us, many times I felt his presence as if he was showing appreciation to me that he has had a good life. One example was when I was in ashram, TN for Samyama sadhana on April 16-20. Towards the end of the sadhana, I got "stuck" and can go no further. Elmo showed up and gently showed me the way, the way of non-doing, the way of life. He showed me what life really is, the life that  I have been searching for all over the world, but found it at the tip of my nose.

I went to Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore, India twice for Samaya program, twice I was "stuck" at the same place, no matter how hard I struggled, it was useless. This time I thought I was going to give up again, except Elmo came to help.

Thank you Elmo. Thank you for showing me how to breathe, what life is. You are my life.

"Life is not in our activity, not in our possessions, and not in what we touch, taste, see or smell. You are life- the rest are things"- Sadhguru