What’s a moment when you realized you were officially an adult?
“You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action.” — Bhagavad Gita 2.47
My body had grown into adulthood, but somewhere inside, my mind had remained like a three-year-old child who never truly learned how to take control of its own life.For years, I allowed the power of that childlike mind to be given away. I was dragged by other people, their expectations, their influence, their decisions and their miserable worlds.
I kept moving without fully realizing that I had surrendered the steering wheel of my own life.I thought adulthood simply meant growing older. But one day, after intensely training myself through continuous sadhanas and kriyas, without giving up or taking a break, something became clear.
I finally looked at my life from a distance and saw how much of it had been spent being pulled in directions I had never consciously chosen.That realization was painful—but it was also the beginning of adulthood.
I understood that adulthood is not measured by age. It is measured by the moment the mind wakes up and says, “Enough. This is my life, and I must take responsibility for where it goes.”So now, I want to leave that miserable world behind.
I want to move elsewhere—not merely to change my surroundings, but to rebuild the system within me. The old patterns, the old fears, the old dependence on others and the old three-year-old mind cannot be allowed to run my adult life anymore.
I wish I had understood this much earlier. I wish I had recognized the mess before so many years had passed. But regret cannot rebuild a life. Awareness can.Now the task is to repair what can be repaired, strengthen what has become weak, and move forward faster than ever.
Perhaps this is what becoming an adult really means: not that the body has grown up, but that the mind finally takes back the responsibility for its own life.
And as I step forward, I remember Krishna’s final teaching:“Abandon all varieties of dharma and simply surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.” — Bhagavad Gita 18.66
I cannot change the years that have passed. But I can change what I do with the years that remain. The past can be left behind. The mind can be trained. The system can be rebuilt. And this time, I will walk forward consciously, instead of allowing my life to be dragged by someone else.
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