A Drive Through Sun-set
Sun-rise brings hope for the day
and sun-set for another day
By Mukesh Sharma
Sliding through the neat, clean, broad and smooth road free
of any traffic snarl, this blogger enjoyed a thrilling drive through the
soul-soothing sight of sun-set yesterday evening in Phoenix, Arizona in the
land of America.
A Drive Through Sun-set
The sun is not only a source of light and life but also a
manifestation of God. Almost all religions accept the divinity of the sun. Even
scientists admit the indispensability of the sun for the existence of all the
planets in our solar system including earth.
Sun-rise and Sun-set
Though the grand spectacle of sun-rise and sun-set occurs
daily which is witnessed from the most of the parts of the earth, one always
finds it novel and new where one loses one’s self in the fathomless abundance
of sun’s grandeur and grandness, splendor and elegance, magnificence and
majesty. There is nothing except oneness.
In the holy Bhagavadgita,
chapter VII, Sloka 27, Lord Krishna illuminates
Arjuna:
“ All beings are born to delusions O Bharata (Arjuna)
overcome by the dualities which arise from wish and hate”
The slokasignifies
that it is not easy for the man to come out of ‘dualities’ - hope exists with despair, gain exists with
loss, happiness exists with sorrow, love exists with hate, the beginning exists
with the end, day exists with night, birth exists with death. Nothing is absolute.
However, the godly sun’s divinity is absolute – just light
and luminescence - no darkness. There is
no duality even in sun-set and sun-rise. Unless one has the cognizance of
following night or day, one can’t distinguish between sun-set and sun-rise.
Sun-rise brings hope for the day and sun-set hope for another day – there is
only hope no despondence.
The sun conveys the message that success in life comes when
one works for success only; one breathes for success only; one lives for
success only. Don’t let the fear of failure distract your mind from the well
defined goal.
Being a nature lover, I too feel the grand welcome of sun in morning and even grander bye to sun in evening. Both the sights are heartwarming and fill one with immense energy. Not only this, sunsets prove that whatever the day has been -ending can always be beautiful and grand.
ReplyDeleteउदय होना ओर अस्त होना यही जीवन चक्र है
ReplyDeleteYou are right the sun sets in to rise again and rises in to set in again. Sun rise and sun set continues to move in circle. And this is the crux of life too on the earth.
DeleteYes,Non duality is the reality. Most of the things and events, humans have defined from the point of their convenience and inconvenience only like joy and sorrow, good and bad etc.
ReplyDeleteWhat we call night is a period of activity for many organisms and similarly 'day' is a period of inactivity for many.
But being human we have evolved to a point where we can understand the reality. And then we can reach to a point where there is no hope or despair and there is no requirement for such.
All things on the earth follow Newton's third law-"law of action-reaction", which throws light on wholesome truth.The blogger explained it superbly by taking examples of the
ReplyDeletesun and the Bhagavad-Gita.More specifically in the concluding paragraph,the blogger emphasized on focus and clarity of our goals; that lays down the foundation stone of success in our life.In the words of Albert Einstein-"A perfection of means,and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem".So be clear about your goals and make your future bright.