Looking into 25 years of your life! Its such an amazing day on your 25th birthday for you! You have completed a quarter of centenary years...and what a life it has been! At the age of 25 years you have seen enough to at least engulf the truth of the life cycles in human beings. You have enough time beyond being matured now!
At the age of 25 years, you now try to reflect all that you have experienced in the general human life. And to give it an essence of being a nature's gift, lets try to relate the different stages of life with nature itself!
"Life is like the river. At its source the river is as small as the streamlet. However the water in it is crystal clear and very pure. It has huge potentials – and is ready to join other streamlets on the way. Similarly as a child; you have many hidden potentials and are filled with purity and innocence. Your actions, therefore are pure in conduct. You are ready to accept things more easily, make friends more easily, grasp things more easily. You believe in the concept of believing!
As the river starts from its source; it flows rapidly through mountains and huge terrains; gathering dust, sand and pebbles alongwith. Similarly we grow rapidly in childhood and collect all good and bad experiences along. We are breeding our nature – but the best part is that we ourselves don’t quite know about this (we are young enough to not understand that we are short tempered, or diplomatic, or lazy/crazy etc). The streamlets that joins the river add to the power flow. They are the friends and relatives we make. The larger rocks standing besides; are those special people whom we meet only a few times and who try to surmise what we would become. The water from these streamlets has helped to form the river. So also the good times and bad times with your set of friends and relatives, have brought about that nature of yours within you.
While going through the terrains; the river meets lots of hurdles. Stones and mud try to settle down the speed of its water, but the slope of these terrains and mountains help the river to carry on. This time of the journey characterizes YOUTHHOOD. While we are young and strong, we carry ourselves with full stamina and zeal against any problems that may arise. But the mud gathered due to our mistakes; tries to slow us down. The river however, knows how to deal with. It flows playfully and lets the mud accumulate on its banks, so that it can continue its journey. Similarly we tend to settle up; or ignore the consequences of our misdoings – and let it meet shores, so that we continue our youthful life.
As the river advances, it meets a plain land. It has flowed and grown from strength-to-strength. Even without a slope, the river continues to flow towards the sea. This is that part of transition in our life; where we become a responsible person. We have gained enough experience to become mature in behavior. We carry enough diverse experiences, learnings from the past, so can continue without a slope (a push from elders). This is that period of LONELINESS which everybody comes up with – that’s when the river learns its potential and also how much he needs the other river (eventually his/her life partner). In the plain region, the mud is settling; and water is clearer. As we mature, we learn from our mistakes, we become more rational and better individual, adapting to situations with our past experiences to help in better decision making. The amount of experiences gained; decides the spread area (or river bed) that the river occupies in the plain region. The wider the river, the more regions it can travel!
In its life; the river also experiences waterfalls. They are the symbols of sudden successes or failures in human life. These waterfalls erode the rocks on which they fall; creating further dents and making mud on the river bed. The waterfalls create sound and activity. These rocks here are those people who were closely affected during our success or failure. They are the people whom we may have hurt; in the ego during our success - or the people whom we have harassed out of the expectation of help and support during our failures. The dents symbolize those marks that are left while we experienced events learning the hard way out. The splatter and resounding voice of water hitting the rocks is the collections of emotions that come out and which affect our soul and its behavior with time. These dents are permanent; and every now and then; water keeps falling on the dent; which symbolizes how we always keep remembering our past.
At some stage the river passes through forests; where there is silence around. The sound of the flowing water is crystal clear and commanding. This time of the journey symbolizes the period of our supreme success. The trees and the greenery are the people around us who seem to be so good, during those success days. Your success makes you authorative and demanding in those moments. The clear clatter of water is the echo of your voice which is so demanding in the time of your success. Animals come to swim in, drink water from the river. It symbolizes those few people who have had some business association with you for sometime; or for whom you have done some favors in your life.
As you pass through; you embrace yet another river – your life partner. The other river has had its past; has gone through its share of hurdles, terrains, waterfalls and forests. When these rivers join the result is a covalent union of their flow rate - it’s their behavior in the combined sacred event of marriage. Now you face life in a covalent way, living for each other, even if you may complement in behavior and nature.
As the river is nearing the sea; it WIDENS. The water spreads and the mud settles down; as if it is never going to move. In our old age, we settle down. We cannot carry our mis-doings, ego or bad conduct any further. Small streamlets have found their source in the river. They are your children, breeding a new river further.
In the end, we meet the sea... our inevitable end. We are calm, unperturbed when we meet it. In our life as a river; we have always been accompanied with 2 characters; those about whose importance; we realize the least in our journey. That is the BANKS of the river, who are our parents and our SOUL which forms the RIVER BED. The banks of the river always follow the river. Our parents are our companions throughout the journey. When the river is overflowing, the mad rage of water affects the banks first. This symbolizes the times when a bad event or any decision made out of frustration, worsens situations in life, and more than anything or anybody else, our parents are affected the most. Still the river cannot flow or direct without the banks. The banks are like the two supports on which the river continues its journey.
The RIVER BED is always present, whether the river is dry or filled with water. It is our SOUL which remains with us always, even after our physical body leaves the ABODE of life.
Isn’t it so apt then; that life is like a river? That is why maybe after the death; the ashes of our body are put in the river GANGA. It is out of the hope that this human being, after his birth has gone through so many stages like the river; and is therefore worthwhile to live in the purity of the water of GANGA after his death.
It would thus be the best chance for him to experience REBIRTH.....the rebirth of his fine remembrance, his sweet memory in the heart of his relatives and his friends."
As the river starts from its source; it flows rapidly through mountains and huge terrains; gathering dust, sand and pebbles alongwith. Similarly we grow rapidly in childhood and collect all good and bad experiences along. We are breeding our nature – but the best part is that we ourselves don’t quite know about this (we are young enough to not understand that we are short tempered, or diplomatic, or lazy/crazy etc). The streamlets that joins the river add to the power flow. They are the friends and relatives we make. The larger rocks standing besides; are those special people whom we meet only a few times and who try to surmise what we would become. The water from these streamlets has helped to form the river. So also the good times and bad times with your set of friends and relatives, have brought about that nature of yours within you.
While going through the terrains; the river meets lots of hurdles. Stones and mud try to settle down the speed of its water, but the slope of these terrains and mountains help the river to carry on. This time of the journey characterizes YOUTHHOOD. While we are young and strong, we carry ourselves with full stamina and zeal against any problems that may arise. But the mud gathered due to our mistakes; tries to slow us down. The river however, knows how to deal with. It flows playfully and lets the mud accumulate on its banks, so that it can continue its journey. Similarly we tend to settle up; or ignore the consequences of our misdoings – and let it meet shores, so that we continue our youthful life.
As the river advances, it meets a plain land. It has flowed and grown from strength-to-strength. Even without a slope, the river continues to flow towards the sea. This is that part of transition in our life; where we become a responsible person. We have gained enough experience to become mature in behavior. We carry enough diverse experiences, learnings from the past, so can continue without a slope (a push from elders). This is that period of LONELINESS which everybody comes up with – that’s when the river learns its potential and also how much he needs the other river (eventually his/her life partner). In the plain region, the mud is settling; and water is clearer. As we mature, we learn from our mistakes, we become more rational and better individual, adapting to situations with our past experiences to help in better decision making. The amount of experiences gained; decides the spread area (or river bed) that the river occupies in the plain region. The wider the river, the more regions it can travel!
In its life; the river also experiences waterfalls. They are the symbols of sudden successes or failures in human life. These waterfalls erode the rocks on which they fall; creating further dents and making mud on the river bed. The waterfalls create sound and activity. These rocks here are those people who were closely affected during our success or failure. They are the people whom we may have hurt; in the ego during our success - or the people whom we have harassed out of the expectation of help and support during our failures. The dents symbolize those marks that are left while we experienced events learning the hard way out. The splatter and resounding voice of water hitting the rocks is the collections of emotions that come out and which affect our soul and its behavior with time. These dents are permanent; and every now and then; water keeps falling on the dent; which symbolizes how we always keep remembering our past.
At some stage the river passes through forests; where there is silence around. The sound of the flowing water is crystal clear and commanding. This time of the journey symbolizes the period of our supreme success. The trees and the greenery are the people around us who seem to be so good, during those success days. Your success makes you authorative and demanding in those moments. The clear clatter of water is the echo of your voice which is so demanding in the time of your success. Animals come to swim in, drink water from the river. It symbolizes those few people who have had some business association with you for sometime; or for whom you have done some favors in your life.
As you pass through; you embrace yet another river – your life partner. The other river has had its past; has gone through its share of hurdles, terrains, waterfalls and forests. When these rivers join the result is a covalent union of their flow rate - it’s their behavior in the combined sacred event of marriage. Now you face life in a covalent way, living for each other, even if you may complement in behavior and nature.
As the river is nearing the sea; it WIDENS. The water spreads and the mud settles down; as if it is never going to move. In our old age, we settle down. We cannot carry our mis-doings, ego or bad conduct any further. Small streamlets have found their source in the river. They are your children, breeding a new river further.
In the end, we meet the sea... our inevitable end. We are calm, unperturbed when we meet it. In our life as a river; we have always been accompanied with 2 characters; those about whose importance; we realize the least in our journey. That is the BANKS of the river, who are our parents and our SOUL which forms the RIVER BED. The banks of the river always follow the river. Our parents are our companions throughout the journey. When the river is overflowing, the mad rage of water affects the banks first. This symbolizes the times when a bad event or any decision made out of frustration, worsens situations in life, and more than anything or anybody else, our parents are affected the most. Still the river cannot flow or direct without the banks. The banks are like the two supports on which the river continues its journey.
The RIVER BED is always present, whether the river is dry or filled with water. It is our SOUL which remains with us always, even after our physical body leaves the ABODE of life.
Isn’t it so apt then; that life is like a river? That is why maybe after the death; the ashes of our body are put in the river GANGA. It is out of the hope that this human being, after his birth has gone through so many stages like the river; and is therefore worthwhile to live in the purity of the water of GANGA after his death.
It would thus be the best chance for him to experience REBIRTH.....the rebirth of his fine remembrance, his sweet memory in the heart of his relatives and his friends."
When your heart speaks,
- Chirag Khara
