…contd….
Without even turning her head she just said, “Look at the
leaf on that Banyan tree”. I did. There was nothing to ‘look at it’. I searched
for something to be there on or underneath it.
Nothing. I found it odd. I looked at it. She had a faint smile on her lips and she was looking at that
leaf. I looked again at the leaf. Again nothing!
I found it irritating but I had to follow her instructions
and so I stood beside her and started looking at the leaf. Sometime
passed. I looked at her. She was still
looking at the leaf. I sat down. But
having nothing much to do, I started looking at the leaf again.
Some time passed. A
breeze passed through me. I closed my
eyes and enjoyed it. And with a smile
that spread on my lips and that which had reached my eyes I opened my
eyes. There was ‘the leaf’. It looked beautiful. A tremor of joy spread all over my body.
“It’s beautiful” I said aloud. “Shh! Don’t talk. Just see!” my Guru said…
“Why can’t I share this beautiful joy with her?” I
thought. I felt sad the very next
moment. But, it didn’t seem to affect
her. Now the leaf didn’t hold that
beauty to me. With a frown on my face,
I kept looking at it without any interest.
It swaved in the wind. It’s
swaying seemed rhythmic. It sort of
looked cute. I smiled. And then I realized when it swayed it didn’t
bother or fear of falling down. It just
did. My God! What confidence. It just lived in the moment. I should learn this from this leaf. I wanted
to share this insight with my Guru but she didn’t seem to know of my existence,
so I continued looking at the leaf again.
…contd….
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