Life

I’m not in the best of my moods today. I’m disconsolate, very disconsolate. There is a feeling of heaviness in my heart and my breath seems to have lost its normal rhythm. There is a long grueling battle going on in my mind. A quest on the vagaries of human life and death seems to have risen in my mind from nowhere. Today, I heard the news of my colleague’s wife passing away in an accident. She’s is survived by her husband and a little baby. The news has been very painful and my heart felt condolences go out to my colleague and his family in these grievous times.

When we hear of such unforeseen tragedies in life, we literally slump into a mournful state. Even in the greatest of joys, such news’ wrecks havoc and we start pondering over the most obscure event in this universe- Death.

A chill does run down through the spine when we think about all this. Few people question the will of God and few accept it as their fate. A few get depressed and a few get a spiritual awakening. A few see this as a natural phenomenon and get over it quickly whereas a few take years together to come out of the grief.

Life is a precious thing. Our near and dear ones are more precious than anything else in this world. Their happiness, their joy, their satisfaction should mean the world to us. The best time to think of them and love them is when we are with them. Rest all is immaterial. Go to your near ones folks and tell them how much you love them and how much they mean to you.


Remember the following lines from Bhaja Govindam:
 punarapi jananam punarapi maranam
punarapi jananii jathare shayanam
iha samsaare bahudustaare
kripayaa apaare paahi muraare

 Born again, death again, birth again to stay in the mother's womb! It is indeed hard to cross this boundless ocean of samsara. Oh Murari! Redeem me through Thy mercy.


-Sandeep Mahagaonkar