During my high school and college, I used to listen to Trance and New Age music, and Enya and Enigma were some of my favourite artists. New Age music was a mix of western and eastern stuff - words and music. Then later I shifted my taste to Rock and then further down the road I started listening to Hindustani Classical music. And so I had stopped listening to Enigma and Enya for a long time.

When my mother passed away, there was a 13 day ritual as per Hindu customs, and the house was filled with cousins to ensure customs are followed and guests coming to give condolences. At such times, you really want to be left alone, with your solitary confinement, to find solace and peace. In the midst of all the hustle, 3 days after she passed away, suddenly in my head a familiar old words from an old song would start playing ‘Saubhagyataam Bhaagyataam’, and I would literally sing those few words from that song for the next 10 days, the tune of that song running in the background inside my head.

After everyone left, I searched for that song and quickly found it was from Enigma.

The Sanskrit words in the song means - Who is of smiling face, who bestows all fortunes, Whose hands, adorned by various ornaments with precious stones, Are ready to rescue anyone from fear

I was surprised initially that a song that I used to listen during my teenage years would ring in my head at the moment when I needed it, to calm my mind and self when nothing else could, to rescue me from any fearful thoughts that I was having at that time. Who knew that I needed this song at that moment in life? I hadn’t heard this song for ages, back then in school I didn’t even know Sanskrit, so when I was listening to the song back then, I really didn’t understand the Latin and Sanskrit lyrics of that song. And yet, the song with its relevant meaning helped me when needed.

According to Hindu philosophy, there is Purusha and Prakriti everywhere. Prakriti is the world, anything transient. And the Purusha is the soul, the intransient. So while the Prakriti performs all actions in the world, the Purusha experiences joy and sorrow. With eyes and ears everywhere, it sees and listens. It is the God within us, the Child, the One who experiences everything.

Also, Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Geeta, that He is the Smaran Shakti (the power to remember or recollect) in people. We recollect lot of information consciously, like Who was the first President of a country, who was the director of a film, which events happened at what date, names and faces of people we meet. But how do we recollect something that we forgot about or which is embedded deep within our subconscious, and needs to come forth at the appropriate time.

It is the Purusha who knows what is needed at what time. And help comes to you when required. There are many stories like Gajendra Moksha, Draupadi Vastraharan, Ajamila in Bhagavatam and Mahabharata, where Lord Narayana helped his devotees at the time of need. In such stories, the devotee cried for help and Lord Narayana comes to their aid. These stories are showing that when no one else can help you, it is only Lord who comes to your aid. No one else, means no one in the world or Prakriti - consisting of Body, Mind, Earth, and anything that is transient in the world. So when your troubles cannot be alleviated by your own brain, mind, senses, and people around you, it is only God or Purusha who comes to your aid.

Now, how does the Purusha, the Child within us, know this song? It is because He heard the song through me earlier in life. It is because during my teenage years I used to listen to such songs, and other holy songs, that later on in life the act of listening to good songs helped me. This is how Karma works. As you sow so shall you reap. When you do good actions, the results of those actions will come back to you some day. But when and how it comes back to you is not in your control. The Child within us is experiencing everything, but what experience we give to Him, is in our control. That is also why Hindu philosophy believes that the body is the temple, and the Purusha is the God within us.