We are all so used to feel the warmth of the cocoons we build around ourselves. Well, we forget that the cocoon is to be broken open one day and we are to emerge out as lovely colorful and bright butterflies, with the ability to fly high!
We hold on to one person and call it as ‘wife’…and another and call it as ‘son’ and a few houses here and there and mark our boundaries and stay inside cozy. Well, this cozy feeling does not last long…since these boundaries are impermanent. The only certainty is ‘uncertainty’. Feeling secure may be a good feeling, but deep down we are also aware that, any time insecurity may hit us. So, why still try to strengthen this feeling?
To be open is a great quality for any kind of growth, be it in the inner world or the outer world. Let’s try this simple example: let’s try to catch the flowing river in our hands…it is impossible. We need to just keep our hands open in the water; the river happily flows her way. Same way with our lives too. We just need to be like a hollow bamboo flute, for the Existence or the Divine can flow in and have her tunes emerging out through us!
What we often do is cling on to the identities to such a large extent and work so hard, day in and day out to protect it! (further reading) This identity, sadly is dull, dead and dry. These may look like shocking words, but if we look deeply, this is the truth; for we are something much much more than this tiny identity that we have woven for ourselves.
Let’s break open to fly out with radiating colours. Seeing us in this blissful flight, many others may take off from their cocoons too, Watch out!
We hold on to one person and call it as ‘wife’…and another and call it as ‘son’ and a few houses here and there and mark our boundaries and stay inside cozy. Well, this cozy feeling does not last long…since these boundaries are impermanent. The only certainty is ‘uncertainty’. Feeling secure may be a good feeling, but deep down we are also aware that, any time insecurity may hit us. So, why still try to strengthen this feeling?
To be open is a great quality for any kind of growth, be it in the inner world or the outer world. Let’s try this simple example: let’s try to catch the flowing river in our hands…it is impossible. We need to just keep our hands open in the water; the river happily flows her way. Same way with our lives too. We just need to be like a hollow bamboo flute, for the Existence or the Divine can flow in and have her tunes emerging out through us!
What we often do is cling on to the identities to such a large extent and work so hard, day in and day out to protect it! (further reading) This identity, sadly is dull, dead and dry. These may look like shocking words, but if we look deeply, this is the truth; for we are something much much more than this tiny identity that we have woven for ourselves.
Let’s break open to fly out with radiating colours. Seeing us in this blissful flight, many others may take off from their cocoons too, Watch out!
1 comment:
Atmasree, this post is amazing. The truth we all don;t want to know put in simple words. too good. I hit your profile in orkut and got this link today. U have some really good stuff here.
lots of love,
Anu
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