Parallel Journeys

by Anuradha Majumdar

The lives of Maitreyi and Yajnavalkya resonate across parallel lifetimes. One springs from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and Maitreyi’s question to Yajnavalkya. After Yajnavalkya left home, what did Maitreyi do? Did she follow him to the mountains? Did she go further? In another time, Maitreyi Sen, a young dancer, seeks after the intent from which each movement begins. Like the quest of the architect Yves Broca, that also brings him to the Himalayas. A journey of the spirit free of all dogmas.