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The first and last goodbye
Kolita tells his father that everyone must follow his own destiny in order to fulfil soul’s purpose. It is a prelude to his immanent departure and a gesture of respect. Deep down, Kolita is ready to go. He understands he cannot live without passion and expect to be at peace with his soul. There are too many questions unanswered and too many problems left unsolved.
‘Because my consciousness is beginning-less I know that I have taken countless rebirths in samsara,’ he says to the man who once was his idol and a Brahmin well versed in the classics.
‘I have already had countless bodies… if they were all gathered together, they would fill the entire world, and all the blood and other bodily fluids that have flowed through them would form an ocean! So great has been my suffering in all these previous lives that I have shed enough tears of sorrow to form yet another ocean!
‘In every single life without exception… I have experienced the sufferings of sickness, ageing, death… being separated from those I love… and being unable to fulfill my wishes. If I do not attain permanent liberation from suffering now, I shall have to experience these sufferings again and again in countless future lives.
‘From the very depths of our hearts… can we not at least try to abandon our attachment to worldly pleasures and attain permanent liberation from contaminated rebirths?’
Question: What would you say to your son upon hearing that?
Geoffrey Wilson
Geoffrey began his career in Oriental medicine 30 years ago. Since then, he has devoted his professional life to the process of awakening people to soul’s purpose as when people are aligned with this, healing becomes a profound spiritual experience.
‘Art of Health’ was founded by Geoffrey in 2000. Prior to this, he long held the position of Principal of the Australian Institute of Applied Feng Shui. He also founded and was former President of the Oriental Health Practitioners Association of Australia Inc. He remains on the professional advisory board to this day.
Geoffrey’s teaching career extends to a number of leading natural health colleges in Australia including Nature Care College, College of Complimentary Medicine, Australian College of Natural Medicine, and the Australian Institute of Applied Feng Shui. He also held the positions of Head Lecturer and Head of Faculty for Oriental Health Science. Currently he is the Director of Art of Health Holistic Therapy Centre in Sydney.
