Yes, You can fly !

There are these phrases that get us thinking.

I consider those best that get us till the very nature of human existence.

This one stayed with me for a while.

"Yes, you can fly!"

To fly, to the human, has probably been the deepest desire. To be able to fly as effortlessly as the eagle, surveying his habitat from a height, enjoying the cool weather up there and watching all of serene nature from a distance pleasing and comfortable to the eye.

To fly, is to the human, the ultimate challenge. Man has, for centuries watched with awe the flying objects, the kite, the paper airplane, the Frisbee, the boomerang, the birds…, for it is his constant complaint to his Maker for being partial towards those that are blessed with flight.

To be able to fly, is to the human, an idea of freedom… freedom from the shackles of his boring slow speed life, and the liberating entry into a world full of speed and charm, a free world where there are no physical boundaries, the dimensions of life are innumerable, the vision is that of a vast expanse, and free from the limitations of distance.

So this one, to me, was very refreshing, and reassuring that I am actually free. "Yes, you can fly!"

But the phrase went on. "Yes, you can fly! But the birds would lose their charm."

The statement was the ultimate betrayal. My dream was disparaged. Why should the birds lose their charm? If I fly ?

It took me a while to understand. Don't we often find that the things that we most crave for, when we get them, aren't as good as we expected? Don't we often land with dirty surprises with situations that we didn't visualize in our dreams?

The question is… Is it always about the other bank of the river looking green? In fact, it often is.

The many things that we yearned for… the bike, the car, the job, the destination… do we actually enjoy them for a fair length of time? Or do we get used to them pretty quickly?

May be… we need to be content with what we have, for there are troubles with all walks, and no path is free of hassles.

High Thinking, Plain living

How long has it been since you were at a seaside?

How long has it been since you visited the hills?

How long has it been since you cared for a stare at the stars?

How long has it been since you watched the birds in your own backyard?

Man has a constant urge to research. This urge meets its prey when you spare some time for nature.. and it grows on this food. When research leads you from one question to another.. and to another.. and until you find no answer to one, you actually succeed. You revel in the paradox of where loss is success.

Consider the variety of shells that you gather at the seaside. Or the variety of flora that you see at the hills. Or the insignificance that you feel at the expanse of the universe. Or the wondrous colours of birds... Have you wondered at the purpose of creation? Or the purpose of life? Or the need for all the variety in creation? Is this the Maker's way of showing off his creative affluence? If He has created the butterflies for us to see and enjoy, who has He created us for to see and enjoy?

Or may be.. may be.. it is all created to keep us attracted. May be.. the purpose is not to reveal the Truth. Or may be.. we need to think beyond the attraction.. and the conditioning that keeps us attracted.

While man has researched everything that is physically manifest, right until he found the atom.. and continued still.. until he found the quark, the world of the unmanifest and abstract appears much much larger. For instance, consider this question.

What is the mind composed of? Where does it sit?

Well many answers could come to our mind. But chances are that in the drowning flow of wild answers, we would be led nowhere, leading to more and more perplexity.

Such research of the abstract, of mind, of intelligence, of ego, of love, of lust, of anger and its cause, of greed and its source, of the soul and its nature, has been done by our ancestors when times were conducive for such research, and the results have been documented in the past. In our times, in the absence of a conducive environment for a fulfilling research of the abstract, not much could be availed by our research, but we could certainly look up to the scriptures, intelligently not trying to reinvent the wheel.

Regular inquisitive and benevolent study of scriptures reveals to us a world of knowledge, free from all the conditioning, unbiased and balanced. Indulge in the knowledge, and discover High Thinking and Plain Living, the TRUE WAY OF LIFE.