Born Again

Tania, upon entering her room, was thinking about the words her father had encircled in her comic book which she had deciphered and shown her grandparents.

Her grandfather had asked her to try to contact Sanya through her dreams. Sanya, was Tania in her first life during the Indus Valley Civilization. This girl, had visited Tania for the first time in her dream, when her relatives had landed up in Moscow. Her Dada ji was of the opinion that Sanya would surface in the next Past Life Regression session which was slated for the day after tomorrow.

Her father, before his demise in the car accident, had indirectly warned her not to trust her Igor Uncle. He had apparently realized that Igor was a notorious character and after their property. Igor had visited her mother, when she was in her mother's womb, and called the developing baby and her mother all sorts of names. He had even threatened to kill everyone in the family. Her mother had not told her father about this incident.

Her uncle, had apparently visited her father a few days prior to the car accident of her parents. He had threatened her father too, in a similar manner. Apparently, Igor Uncle seemed to be carrying a long standing grudge against him, as to why his sister had married an Indian. He was not happy with her marring a person from another religion, another culture and another country. The encoded message had further guided her to contact her paternal grandfather who would help her.

It was past 1 a.m. when Tania finally fell asleep. She had wished that Sanya would come to her in her dream or when she went for the therapy session. But there was no Sanya and Tania had a sound sleep. When she woke up in the morning, it was past 7.30 a.m. She was not aware of any dream. If there was any dream, it was probably meaningless.

Normally, Tania would get ready in the morning and take a 40 minutes brisk walk. But, since her relatives from both sides had landed up in her home to meet her, she had forgone her brisk walking routine. However, today, she was in two minds whether to start her walking again or to sit down to meditate. She decided to meditate as there was ample time before breakfast. After taking her bath and getting ready, she sat down and started to meditate.

As she looked inwards, her body became calm. Her heartbeat became slower than normal and her breathing became slow too. Soon her whole body was quiet and relaxed. She was in a trance like state and with her eyes closed, she could see a flashes of scenery passing in from of her eyes. First of all she saw some sort of a desert area, then there was some sort of a green forest area. Soon the forest area opened outward to a clear and clean light blue sea.

Thereafter, she was observing some sort of a coast line with a harbour and a breakwater in the distance. It was something one would find in a modern harbour. But here the rail mounted and wheels mounted cranes were missing. These cares in present day times are used to load and offload containers.

Instead of big ships at anchor far away or smaller boats anchored near land or pilot boats helping the smaller ship manoeuver the rocky waters, there were numerous dhow like boats. These dhows were teetered on the Jetty which is a piece of land jutting out into the sea. These dhows were quite similar to the ones the Arabs used to take a voyage on during the monsoon in order to trade with African kingdoms and the Indian ports.

She then saw herself, as Sanya, walking on the jetty with someone. The person Sanya was walking with was a young handsome man of about 28 years of age. They were dressed in Indian clothes and upon reaching the end of the jetty, they turned around and faced Tania. They both smiled and came towards her.

"It is good that you have come looking for us," Sanya said with a smile.

"Yes, at present I am sitting in meditation. You had visited me only twice and I need to know more about you." Tania responded.

"Hmmm, I can understand your plight. In every life you are seeing yourself dying. But in my life I did not die," Sanya said with a smile, " and that is why your uncle is coming again and again to settle scores with me."

"How do you know all this?" Tania inquired looking surprised.

"I know that you are attending Past Life Regression sessions and now your doctor feels that I should make an appearance to clear various issues." Sanya responded.

" We are the same soul but connected across time for an important matter. Don't worry, I will show myself in your next or the subsequent session or maybe in both. There are certain things left in the past which need to be cleared up."

"Wait I will clear something for you."

"You see, after the King, my father died, my uncle held a coronation ceremony for me. Many kings and princes were invited."

"I hope you can recall that day when you and I had entered the King's chamber and we hid behind the curtains to avoid detection, and also to hear what all was being said."

"Yes, I do remember," replied Tania and added, "I had heard what this uncle was plotting to do."

"Absolutely! so I knew what was going to be his next step at the time of the coronation."

"When you saw me at the temple, I had already decided to disappear."

"I had decided to run away on the day of the coronation itself. I could not inform you as someone came knocking at your door and I had to leave immediately."

"My uncle had the intention of announcing my engagement, immediately after the coronation ceremony but I had no intention to get tied up with the prince of the neighbouring country, who was my uncle's supporter and friend."

"I would never have been safe there."