From 'the dust' to 'the all'.

When we become the Speck of Dust once again, we become 'The All'.

The dust once thought that if she

could ever fly 

she would never come back to

earth. 

So, she prayed and meditated and

chanted

and did all that was in her power

to make the Gods fulfill her desire.

And the Gods did listen.

The wind blew with such power

that it took the dust over the trees,

over the mountains, into the sky,

She travelled everywhere.

She felt she fulfilled her destiny.

The magic played on for some

time.

But now....she wanted to return

and rest.

Enough of this travel, enough of

this

sense of reaching somewhere.

Being this enlightened, self

awakened

dust particle, higher than the rest!

She wanted to be dust again.

She wanted to be.....just be.

And she cried from the deepest

core of her heart.

She cried till the Gods sent her 

back.

There back on earth, she rested 

like never before.

She realised she was always this.

Always perfectly herself but all that

journey

to the sky and beyond, was

perhaps

only to make her see so.

And how she smiled then.....looking

at the sky.

It was amazing.

All her knowledge had dropped.

All desires had dropped.

She was once again, a nothing.

But within that nothingness

there was this amazing Grace,

The Grace of Being.

And she settled. She finally settled

as she was.

No seeking, no searching.....Just

being, AS IS.

And then the winds smiled, the 

seeds dropped,

the sun shone, the rains showered

and flowers sprouted.

The dust had dissolved. 

She was no more.

She had become All.

 

Author unknown.

- Courtesy. What'sApp

Mismatch

Today, a friend had called up after what seemed to be a long time. In the course of our conversation, I'd asked him as to why he was hesitant to exchange 'morning greetings' and was flabbergasted to hear his reply and I quote, "See, we were taught and drilled in our school that we must wish everybody and exchange greetings. We were punished if we'd missed out on it. Now, I don't feel like wishing all and sundry simply because it takes me back to those days which made me do things rather mechanically.".

He has got a point because I realise now that I was boring him all this while by sending him morning What'sApp messages. 

I've taken him off my mailing list and from tomorrow he shall not receive any more of greetings!

Tailpiece.

Had got up around a trifle past 6, the chores and was ready by 10. Earlier, washing machinex was resorted to clear up the soiled clothes during the last trip. 

Took off then, to Auto Starke at Puzhakkal to hand over our Chevy for servicing. The air conditioner will be looked at.

It rained for about an hour and a half in the afternoon and consequently, the temperatures have come down.