SPRING

Spring-the most beautiful of all the seasons. The word is so apt. It just springs out at you. All the flowers,all the colours,all that is beautiful,simply springs out. Spring also makes one feel very vivacious,everything is so new.
So clean.
Winter is over,all the gloom,darkness,short days have gone.
Summer is yet to come. Too much sun,too much sun burn,a lot of thirst and long long never ending days.
Monsoons in India are good too. Only due to our road conditions and poor drainage system it adds to our woes. So often the roads get flooded,and it becomes difficult to drive or walk.
In India we really dont have an autumn. Whatever we have is so short. I did see autumn in Srinagar(J&K) long long ago. The chinars which resemble the maple trees were so very beautiful,with all the different shades of red and yellow.
Year before last I saw the fall colours in New Hampshire(USA). It was simply amazing-I could never in my wildest dreams have imagined such vibrant colours in the entire forest. So brilliant,so beautiful. A single tree filled with foliage in all the shades of red and yellow and its combinations. WOW!
Vasant in India is such a joyful season. It is celebrated all over, Vasant panchami,Holi-all the colourful and happy festivals. Its the beginning-the advent,of everything new. New is always beautiful,it speaks of hope,brightness,colour,and purity.
Let us all enjoy the goodness of nature. Live life to its fullest.
Make every day worthwhile. Every moment full of life, joy and happiness.

ATONEMENT

With age a lot of people move towards spiritualism. They are in pursuit of God and godliness. Instead of phasing our life in different age zones and dividing pursuit of different goals and objectives, would it not be better to live our life, one day at a time, with correct goals and objectives?

In youth a person runs after materialism throwing everything else to the winds, then as old age approaches he starts worrying and preparing for the "life after".This is because we grow up with the belief that there is rebirth. We do not realise that we have only this one life to live. The day we die, it is all over. Finished. Kaput. Therefore with wrong information which governs our entire life, we start pursuing God and start making the pilgrimage rounds. We now start trying to undo all our past sins. One basic flaw in our belief is that we think that for every wrong that we do or for any action which we ourselves think was wrong-there is atonement available. We can fast, or bribe the God with offerings or just bathe in the Holy river Ganga and all our sins(Paap's) are washed away. Strange are the ways and teachings of our philosophy. For every wrong done there is atonement and eventual salvation.

The best way to deal with complexities of life is to be in pursuit of truth, honesty, patience, care and concern. Instead of getting into the rat race if we strive to do our best in all that we do, without elbowing out our neighbour or creating difficulties for another, who we see as our competitor, we will realize that there is enough space for everyone under the sun. We can all be happy and survive without malice. Life would be much simpler, happier and free of tension for each one of us.


Sounds very simplistic-I agree, but then often simple maxims and idioms which are overlooked by us in our race, often have a lot of depth and substance in them.