Humans need the earth & not vice versa.

I was reading a book which inspired me to think of myself as part of a greater ecosystem on this earth and not as a independent species. 

I was looking at this huge mango tree and imagining how it inhales what I exhale and i inhale what it exhales. Suddenly i felt how we are so interconnected with our surroundings and the earth. It made me realise how integral nature is for the human survival. It made me think how everything around us is so well planned by nature for it to accommodate us as a species and not vice vesra. 

Busy with our daily lives do we realise that we survive only because of nature. Do we realise we dont have to put much effort to survive since most of the things that we need to live our provided to us by nature and are free. We dont have to pay for the oxygen that we breathe, the sunlight that's so essential for our growth, the water from the lakes/rivers dont ask us to pay, the soil does not ask us for any money before it turns any seed to a plant or a tree. 

The human species does not want to acknowledge, that we eat what is grown from the soil but we want to cover it with concrete destroying all the plant life, we are free from diseases cause of the sunlight but we use sunblocks and dark glasses when we go out in the sun, our body is sixty seven percent water but we are polluting it and wasting it everyday, every minute, every second. 

Why are we not taught about the importance of nature at our schools or at home. Why do we not give this the most importance in our daily lives. Why cant we spare time for our own sake and grow more trees. Why do we take all these gifts for granted. The most important question we need to ask here is "Are we destroying nature or ourselves ?" "Do we really feel what we are doing, will aid to a better life ?". "Can we imagine living without oxygen, water and food ?". 

I think it's time we leave everything else and first teach ourselves and our children the importance of nature and how we require it more than anything else. 

Still waiting for the magic ?

We as a human kind are always intrigued with magic. We love to see it and get mesmerized, specially something that is almost impossible to us. Children's and adults both are equally excited to see the tricks alike. But we tend to ignore the magic happening around us every moment, everyday of our lives.

Have you ever thought about the sun, the moon and the stars. The various phenomena that occurs in the sea due to the moon. How the plants make their food from the sunlight and get their water from the earth. How the earth moves around its own axis and we get the perfect days and nights. The different seasons around the world. The scent of the earth during the first rains after the summer. The scintillating light and scorching heat during the summer. The beautiful autumn and winter season. Why dont we see the magic thats happening around us all the time or willing ignore.

The seed that gets transformed from a few millimetres into a tree thats almost sky high. The beautiful flowers and their fragrances that are beyond the imagination of the human mind. Different colours and shapes of the flowers and leaves as if someone designed them. The various variety of fruits, right from the big and ugly yet sweet and fragrant jackfruit. To the fruit like the mango, that is available to us in different shades of yellow, orange, red and green. The sweetness of a chikoo that's almost as if dipped in sugar and the different varieties of grapes, the pineapple, the papaya, the strawberries, the lichee and countless others. 

The different topography on earth the mountain ranges, the water bodies, the lakes, the rivers etc. The depth of the sea and a different world that it is, with all the different species of animals and plants. The sea is a different planet altogether with all the plant and animal life being under water. The variety of plants and animals are so well adapted to the sea life that they are completely different from the life on land. Some sea animals can breathe and live inside and outside of water too, like the crocodiles, turtles etc. I am intrigued by this magical world all the time. I am amazed to see the point where the rivers meet the sea. A place where u can see for yourself how you have salty sea water and the sweet river water embracing each other but still holding their individuality. 

I am sure you might have seen the perfectly stripped tigers & zebras, the dotted cheetahs, as though some artist has carefully painted them. The Lions with a perfect maine as if trimmed to perfection. The huge but docile elephants, insanely tall but handsome giraffes. The deadly but beautiful sharks, powerful but not so dangerous whales. The peacock with various colours but not looking gaudy instead looking beautiful. The ostrich, the hornbill, the cuckoo, the wood peckers, the eagle, the owl, the bat. Are these not magic ? 

And the biggest magic of all are "we humans". Apart from the creator thats created this universe we are the only species that are capable of creating and we did hell of a job.  But that is a topic for some other blog. But don't we see the magic every moment, every second. I think a life time is not enough if we start getting amazed at the world we live in. Incase we start appreciating each and everything we see around us every second, we ll be done praising the creator only for a fraction  of things during the whole of our lives. So let's start doing it now ... ;). 

A Miracle, less appreciated.

The most important and the least appreciated part of the human existence is the human body. We all know without the human body, the experience of human life is not possible. But do we really appreciate it as much as we should. Do we give it the due importance we should.

The human body is the most miraculous of the natures Or almighty’s gift to the humans. The food that we eat now, in a few hours it becomes flesh and blood. Do we have any technology in the world capable of doing such a thing. Our body takes air around us and extracts oxygen out of it for human existence.  We have all seen little cuts and wounds healing itself. Do we ever think how this happens.

We abuse our bodies by eating and drinking harmful substances like tobacco, alcohol etc … But our body works hard to a great extent to neutralize the effects of it, so that it can save us from any harm.

From tip to toe, when we closely observe from the hair, the nails, the skin, the five senses, the human brain, each & every part of the human body is a miracle in itself.  Lets appreciate our bodies more and more, with each and every passing day of our life.  

The lifes's greatest Miracle. 

Life Search in Word Search

We all might have played this game of word-search in our life time. We thoroughly enjoyed it too. Every word we got was like a small success, which would further boost our confidence to get all the other words in the list.

Slowly when we grew up, we thought the puzzle was not as challenging anymore and never bothered to do it again. Yet there were others who still find word search intriguing or just like it, as a good pass time. The other day I started solving a word search after a few years. Probably just out of boredom while travelling and I discovered a much deeper meaning to it. A side, that we normally don’t look at.

Have you heard of the phrase “Seek and you shall find”. Did this ring a bell? I started solving word search by first looking for random words that i could straight recognize and then if they are the same as in the list I strike them out. This would happen for a while and then I stop getting words at random. This would only mean I would have to go back to the list of words left and then start looking for specific words that are still pending. As soon as I know what words I am looking for, magically the words would start appearing.

With this phenomena only one thing came to my mind that until I was clear and aware what I was looking for, I would just keep getting random words (destiny) and couldn’t find all the words (target or aim) in the list. But immediately when I saw the list of words to be found, I was clear what I was looking for, and I started getting all the words in the list.

Hence I understood the deeper meaning behind word search & the phrase “Seek and you shall find”. When we are 100% clear about what exactly we want from life. Mind you, clarity like the list of words in front of you. You need not think about where you would get it from. You ll sure find it in the ocean of life with ease, without putting in much effort. Just like the word search.

So “Ask and you shall receive”. Did I just change the phrase here…

    

Have you ever seen animals beat their kids ...

“The human is a social animal!”. Does that mean we are Social & Animals. I have no doubt about being social but are we really animals, Or even worse. Hope this statement does not offend anyone Or should I really care.  

I have this habit of watching documentary channels and hence I do it as often as I get some time.  I have observed while watching Nat Geo, Discovery, Animal Planet Or observing animals on my visit to the National parks & Zoos, animals never discipline their kids. Never scold them, talk to them rudely Or hit them. And the end result is a perfect kid a Cheetah kid grows up to be a perfect Cheetah, a Tiger cub eventually grows up to be the majestic Tiger, A Zebra kid is a Zebra,  a Monkey kid is a Monkey and so and so forth. 

But the humans on the other hand, even when they are socially much more developed, scold Or beat up their kids for discipline, to conform to the norms of the society. The norms which are not officially laid up Or prescribed by anyone. The human wants to discipline his kid to his own individual idea of an ideal human or ideal society, forgetting the kid himself is an individual. 

Should we really force our views on the kids Or do we need to learn from the animals and let the kids learn their own lessons. Please do write and share your views. 

Shit Happens ..

Shit Happens …

Behind this absolutely simple phrase I found a profound thought. Interestingly it happened while shitting itself.

I was sitting on the toilet seat and was thinking why this phrase did actually come into existence, what would have been the thought behind it. As usual my brain started throwing weird ideas. Out of which one of them struck a chord. 

Shit happens in life and we keep getting frustrated, annoyed and tired in the bargain. Get carried away with the emotion and do things that should have never been done. Take some decisions that are life altering and mostly for the worst. We mostly do things in the heat of the moment and later repent on the wrong doing. The question here is should we really react in the manner we did, is there any other way to look at it. We all know it is not the right thing to do. But do we have a logical reason behind not doing so, which could prevent the entire self embarrassing situation.

I just found a simple way of looking through such situations. In life we shit regularly everyday without fail, infact without getting frustrated Or stressful about the same. Actually coping up with the shit in real life is the same as coping up with mental shit. Like we eat everyday and the next morning remove the unwanted shit from our body without getting stressed about the idea of doing it daily. In the same manner we should live life more consciously and cope up with the shit regularly without getting frustrated with the same. Just remove the frustration, the turmoil (the shit) regularly, daily and consciously from your life and lead a happy life.

Hope with this idea, no longer Shit happens …. in your life.