Day 33… Progress Inside (July 19)

“I still need to work to get to the finish line.” Vasu’s long endless summer of running is now drawing closer and closer to a sweet conclusion. Over the last 32 days he has run 2212 miles and so now has less than 900 more to go.

Something, at the pace he is currently running, he may well accomplish in a personal best and will allow him legitimately to be acknowledged as one who has self transcended himself. How he is judged for his extraordinary courage, fortitude, and sweetness is something that we fallible humanity have not the wisdom nor vision to properly assess. Though I for one am always awed and humbled to be in his presence.

It is with Vasu’s seemingly endless enthusiasm and dedication that I am most impressed with. When I speak to him about the work he is doing he says, “I get here much more joy and happiness. Because here it is so nice. We run here, we are inspired here, and we inspire other people, and they also inspire us.”

“For me alone it is not possible to do this race. We do it together. Some do it consciously and some do it unconsciously.”

“The runners here are one family. We try to inspire each other. It helps us and it helps everybody. I think the race this year is very important. If our consciousness is good we just fly if your consciousness is not so good then we must walk, or sleep, or do something else. I think we are making progress here. I think we must make progress inside. When you are in a good consciousness then you can run easily.”

Vasu feels that any experienced multi day runner should look seriously at taking part in this race. But their decision should be based on a deep inner feeling that they should participate.