I also remember that in the summer of 1999 I took the bus to Devprayag. The two head rivers that merge to form the river Ganga are Alaknanda and Bhagirathi. Alaknanda originates from the glacier of Satopanth and Bhagirathi originates from the glacier of Gangotri. The confluence of these two rivers is at Devprayag in Uttarakhand. I remember that I was walking back from that town to the road and that I was climbing the hills not to far from the bus station, I donīt know why I just didnīt took a bus back to Rishikesh, but ok, so I climbed a hill, it was at just becoming evening and the sun was setting and I climbed a hill and lied down on that hill, I lied my head down on a stone, and suddenly I got this feeling that I had no family anymore, I had no friends anymore, I was totally free, it was a wonderful feeling and it lasted about 30 seconds, but I felt very happy, you just wonīt believe how happy I was, no attachments anymore, nothing!
Luckily after this experience I stopped a truck driver and he had to go to the direction I wanted to go, he would pass Rishikesh, so I could travel with this truck back to Rishikesh, and it costed me only 50 rupees, but I will never forget this experience.
When I just posted this on my Facebook profile, I did get emotional and some tears were about to flow from my eyes, but I stopped all of this.
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