Our life cycle, divided in various phases, is like a flowing
river. One after the other, there are turns, twists but it flows without
stopping, till the point it meets the sea, like our soul meet the god. Our ‘aatma’
is just an ‘ansh’ of the ‘Paramatma’. Unlike rivers, which emerge as streams,
high in the mountains, our soul, originates from the divine and merges in it. The
holy spirit is our source as well as the destination. Life is like a cycle,
starting from our birth, till the point of death, our existence revolves all-round
the globe, our life, our relatives, friends, family, materialism, belongings,
but in the end, our soul merges back to the holy one.
Like the river, that flows thousands of miles to merge in to
the sea, our existence too, flows many years, in which we experience different
scenarios, situations and obstructions just like the river. The river in itself
is a strong force, which have the capacity to break any obstruction that comes
in its path. It cuts the mountains which try to obstruct the flow, and even do
not think of anything which comes in its way. We have seen a million times how
the power of rivers are enough to break down the human settlement and
establishments in the form of floods. Many a times we see the dams and
embankments which are meant to harness river’s potential energy are broken down
by river’s might which leads to destruction.
What do we learn from it? That we should not come in nature’s
way.
But have you thought about another point of view?
This pattern and behavior of river signify something. Doesn’t
it?
This shows a clear determination on the part of river to
make its journey to destination complete, no matter how much someone tries to
obstruct its movement. This shows hard work of river, which pays the return. This
shows that a mere determination can shake mountains. This shows that the river
itself, which starts as a small stream, has the vision to be mighty enough to
shake the world.
The river’s determination is exemplary. If a river, which
have nothing more than its water, can be dedicated to this level, can’t we, as
humans show a determination to achieve our goals?
Humans, since times immemorial, have lived to achieve some
form of happiness. Be it your any act, it is driven towards achievement of some
sort of happiness in your life. But the problem is, humans have forgotten their
real identity. The identity which god provided them, their spiritual identity. Everyone
is in the race to achieve materialistic satisfaction and happiness. No one
thinks about his true goal, the goal to achieve spiritual happiness. No one
remains at peace till the time they achieve their goal, the problem with
humans, they have forgotten their real goal.