PHOENIX
“If falling is your nature , then rising is your destiny.” Man is constantly vulnerable to falls, slips and trips during his eternal sojourn of success, peace , self realization and union with the supreme. Thankful should be the beings to whom god has endowed the ability to recognize such slips. There are several forces within a man which constantly prevent the soul from rising, i.e. anger , lust , pride , attachment, greed and so on. The cage with iron rods of such attributes suffocate the evolving spirits. The soul yearns for freedom , the soul time and again pines to be pure. Thus starts a struggle , called the battle of senses and enlightenment. Knowingly or unknowingly man takes part in this seemingly endless struggle. The apparent signs of this struggle are- absence of contentment even after several achievements, solitude amidst the crowds, searching extra power from within to do something wrong, doing something good spontaneously and so on.
This is the struggle which is most revered and which leads to self realization. This struggle breaks the mental bonds and crosses all limitations to make one feel integral with supreme.
I failed! I lost! I couldn’t perform! This world is scary! I wish I was dead! My life has no meaning! These are few of the commonest phrases one hears from pretty nice and capable people in this world. But why do they speak so ?? What makes them so hasty in making such conclusions so fast about life ? Moreover why to conclude a personality , why to restrict a life , what could be the need to mentally stop the process of self development so abruptly. Something has definitely gone amiss . For sure , the contingency system within has had a big blow. Something has seriously gone wrong within the combination of mind, body , heart and soul. The weaknesses, fears and loop holes have become larger than life . Even taking a step becomes pathetic , life seems a saga of pain and one eventually feels like a living corpse or a dying man.
But then most of the people are faced by a question – What Now ?
Lost in the bewilderment of situation, extremely sluggish in any approach, the soul
Softly pats you and ask – Are you there?
And what one says totally depends on what one is made of.
A quote says-----
“ A hammer shatters the glass,
Whereas same forges the steel.
So, depends what you are made of
Glass or Steel ?
The soul is just looking for affirmation from you. Just one ‘YES’, a soft ‘YES’. This becomes the most crucial moment of life when you decide to say ‘YES’ to life
Or to negate your existence by saying a brutal ‘NO’ or to neutralize your existence
By keeping quiet. The negation puts an end to the process of life, whereas silence makes you a wounded soldier in the battle field who has so badly surrendered that
He can’t even sigh when he is trampled by enemies.
There is no other way than saying “Yes to Life”. Just a gentle “Yes”, a tender “Yes” a silent “Yes” the “Yes” which is beyond the decibels of audiometry .
There does it begin. The soul takes over to disaster management.
Firstly it says you to sleep. Sleep like weary traveler. If there is no sleep, there would not be an awakening. The mind, the body , the heart sleep while the soul watches your beauty. Analyses You for the present situation. As soon as the soul
Feels that you are showing some sign of life within , slightest indication to redress,
Weakest shiver of resurrection, It starts talking to your heart and there the healing begins, all under the sole aeges of the drop of divinity, your soul.
The heart starts chanting the “Mantra” I am alive million times . Still the body and mind do not respond. It could be hours, days or months before the mind and body respond. In the mean time the acquaintance of heart with soul gets deeper and deeper. The heart with its every beat repeats the lesson of life.
The mind battles with all its negativity to decline all that heart has to say But the beats go on and on. Hammering ‘I AM ALIVE’ in the abysses of mind. Sooner or later the mind accepts yes the beats are real and the body is alive. There the Body, Heart , Mind and Soul celebrate the spirit of life and brief each other.
And Life springs , a new chapter , a new episode ....
