Wednesday, April 15, 2009

No.28 - Life is Beautiful


Life is Beautiful.
The blue sky, the ocean, the river, the swaying branches on a breezy day, children running and playing around, all the laughter, the busy traffic on the road… all these and millions of other things happening everywhere around us is about life.
We are lucky to be here, to experience every moment of our being. Everything is so unique and each of us is different from the other. All the variations and multiplicity of existence are indeed the emergence from one origin.
Everything is a form of energy that vibrates at certain frequencies. Everything is dependent on each other for survival, for existence. We are all indeed a part of each other. A part of the whole manifestation known as the universe.
The plants are here for us just as much as we are here for them. So if we can understand the role they play in providing us with food, the oxygen that we breathe, providing shelter and sustaining other forms of life, maintaining the balance in the ecosystem, should we then not protect and take care of them?

Shouldn’t we be less selfish and begin to learn and appreciate the contribution of others? Just try for one moment to figure out how we can have food on our plate if not for the fact that somebody had sacrificed his time and energy to grow rice, to catch fish, to grow vegetables or to rear cattle and so on.
Then you need people to transport them to wherever necessary, to a market for instance, where someone will be there to sell them to you or to whosoever needs them. Such is the chain or the network that links us to one another. So must we then not be kind to them or even bless them for all these that they are doing for us?
Realize this and start living at peace with a lot of consideration for all those around you. We make what we are and through the law of cause and effect, you just reap what you sow and when you are kind to others, they will do the same to you.
As man, we have come a long way through the ages to be where we are now. Life is an unceasing process of evolution that is always taking our awareness to a better horizon. Through the various developments and achievements accomplished by our understanding of the environment, the situation in the world has improved.
Going places has become a lot easier now and we can see how fast we can move from one place to another with the help of modern technologies. Everything that happens here or anywhere for that matter has a purpose that fits into the beautiful existence and creation of nature and of which we are a part.
As humans, we belong to one race and every one of us is subjected to the same law and order of the universe. That natural law does not pay favorites and it preaches equality to all. Wherever we are the principle is the same, the more you try to help the others the more of the good returns you receive in one way or another. They may not come to you directly but you may benefit from the good returns through your good health, your spiritual well being or the successful accomplishment of your children and so on. Such is the beautiful arrangement made possible to all of us conscious beings by the natural law that operates the universe. In order to have a beautiful life you give and help make it beautiful for others and your life too will be beautiful.
Bear no grudge against anyone. Be forgiving and learn to love every one around you as you would love your own self.
For they are not only your neighbors but they are also the other aspects of the same common ground which is life itself. When you are kind to each aspect of life, you are being kind to yourself.
It is about time now that we realize that we are all aspects of one lift that permeates the whole universe. We may be separate individuals but we share the same space, breathing the same air and living on this lovely planet together. What each one does effects on the other.
So the rule is to take care of one another. We can create a heavenly abode here by being best more humane and being at peace with the world and with everyone there is. Give the
best of yourself to the world, to the environment, to the people and to all forms of life. After all we are all One.
Imagine, if we are parts of one body where the hand as a part is trying to hurt the legs and the pancreas is not cooperating with the other parts in the system or the kidneys refuse to function and so on, what will happen to the body as a whole? There will be no harmony in the system and disease may perhaps sets in.
Is that what we want to happen in our society, in our country, in our beloved world? Do we have anywhere else to go to, other than the limited space around the globe that we have to share? Why can’t we take good care of that space together?
We are the ones that have been polluting the very space we live in. By polluting the space, we are polluting ourselves and one day we may be threatening our very extinction. In this way, and in so doing, the human race is not very smart after all.

Each individual has a specific role to play to benefit the creative system of life. You may be anything, from professionals to ordinary workers, from kings to the subjects, or from a businessman to consumers. So be it, yet wherever you are just do your best and also give your very best because you are doing that for the good of the entire human race. Whatever good we do now will yield a good return tomorrow or should I say that tomorrow will take care of itself in a good way.
The fact that people continue to hurt one another is because they are not aware of who they are in this universal system. They think they are separated from one another, adopting the attitude of my and mine. Some ceaselessly continue to cheat and harm others, producing the products that may result in the death of many and in the end they hope to be the only survivors in this world. But can they really survive in such an environment? Will they too not parish as well in the unhealthy situation that they have created?
Just remember that we are indeed one existence, of one origin, in one world and within one Universal Mind. There is only one force that flows through us all. That infinite beautiful life.
Be at peace with all there is and you will find peace in yourself. We have been long told to love our neighbors as we would love ourselves, yet we know not why. So, now we know that we are also our neighbors. Love and be considerate to them and you will discover that life is just beautiful. So let us all keep it that way, always.