Little Magical

Despite my taking all precautionary steps as were being publicized by the Govt. of India, I got an infection. High fever and body ache to result in my Carona test being arranged. The result was positive. I was diagnosed with routine isolation rest for two weeks. Hectic efforts were made to get a bed or room in some private or government hospital but the outcome was nil. Bolack-marketing and money squeezing having become routine phenomena.

I had read a lot about naturopathy and the impact of nature on human beings. Initially, I remained bedridden for two days taking medicines advised by my well-wishers and routine family doctors but to no effect.

A dear friend, settled in Mysore rang me up and advised me to come to Mysore – where nature will heal me up and give me strength and cure without medical intervention. There was no need to go in for Quarantine for 15 days in a manner as was being counseled to almost every routine positive patient.

Nature was being accepted by me even otherwise as an anchor, a guide, teacher, and human savior by me. All these days and I happened to be a stout worshipper of nature. I found logic in my friend’s suggestion and after due consideration, I opted to visit Mysore and to spend a fortnight there.

All preparations were made and I along with my caretaker a Nepali boy left for Mysore. My body temperature was down and near to normal. Although some of my close relations had forbidden me to undertake the journey at this juncture I ignored and left Bangalore by my car for Mysore. One way I was thinking bout nature only.

While I was studying my graduation course for English Hon’s, I got the opportunity to know and learn about Nature in depth. I even wondered how at my young age I never admired such soul-satisfying beauty

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Nature has primarily been portrayed by eminent scholars and educationists as philosophers, preachers, and guides. Nature is worshipped. Even some have even personalities nature they not only adore nature but carve their destiny accordingly. Nature products provide healing outlets and act as a panacea, words worth a worshipper of Nature, and his poetry glorified the concepts of Nature. Similarly, John Keats equally contributed to literature the manifold advantages. The only exception being Thomas Hardy whose pessimistic views cast a violent stigma on Nature by implication.

I was given a separate room to live in. It was an airy room in front of which there were numerous trees and grass. The surroundings were highly enchanting, with open fresh air with nil pollution. Life was comfortable besides being tension-free. No anxiety. No stress Spending the time alone isolated was not cumbersome. Nature surroundings sang its sweet songs.

The Carona epidemic was spreading through the lock-down had been withdrawn yet its impact remained alive. People were scared to spend a free life. Constraints were there. I however remained carefree. My loneliness never haunted me.

After spending my days in quarantine, my tests were again carried out which showed negative results and I was free, I took relief. My program was to go back and after 3-4 days I was scheduled to return.

The same evening I got a message about serious sickness of my mother who had to be got hospitalized having developed chronic ailment of heart, I had to start back same night and could manage – a seat in Luxury Bus.

Perhaps I committed a mistake. The travel by bus proved fatal for me. When I reached Bangalore early morning. I started feeling feverish. Somehow I reached my home and immediately consulted my family doctor who paid a visit and on thorough examination ruled out the possibility of Covid but still advised to have Covid test performed if the medicines prescribed by him were not showing any result in 1.1/2 day.

I gathered strength and went to the hospital to see my mother – My doing so added more fire to the fuel. My situation because all the worse and I was finding myself unable to stand even. My temperature had also shot up. On return to the house remained in a stage of semi-unconsciousness for more than 4-5 hours.

When I got up, I was finding myself unable to undertake any work. My doctor attending to me advised me to get hospitalized immediately. I thought of Mysore again since the environment. There was pollution-free – charming more so in the spring season. The sweet chirping voice of birds used to provide a new lease of life to me and I used to contribute the secret of my betterment having chosen to be at Mysore in the spring season. I agree that being an orthodox believer in Mythology I reckon spring on the most powerful jean having a mythological impact on human beings.

Somehow, after a chat with my friend, I reached Mysore on the way my ill-health all the more deteriorated and when I reached there my friend got me admitted to some Nursing Home. I was not stable and my health condition had all the more deteriorated. After about a day of my arrival in the Nursing Home, the doctors attending to me had negated the possibility of survivorship. None and requested everybody to take me to my friend's house at Mysore as I desired to take my last breath in the lap of Nature.

Being my last desire, they obliged me and I( was taken to the house. It was just considered to be an issue of time. Any fatality could happen at any time.

I remained to lie at the house. The surroundings appeared to me colorful, enchanting, and lively. The environment was so refreshing that I forgot all my pains miseries and ailments. I even forgot that death is my possible outcome. My depression got vanished and eroded and I felt some miracle is there – some sort of divine power and energy dominating the scenario. I gathered holy divine vigor and energy as was a gift of Nature and slowly and gradually my condition started improving.