The Sun Rising in West
So, the sun had gone to lighten up my India. What a great sacrifice! The sun burns itself to dispel darkness from earth. But when the man will come out of darkness of his ego. When the man will behave like a man
By
Mukesh Sharma
As an early riser, I am used to watching the sun-rising
almost daily. But the day, I landed in US, I was waiting for the most magnificent
moment of sun-rising after a few days of reclusive rest, usually, needed to get
over the jet-lag and for the adaptability of the body to the new geographical
time-zone – India’s day time is the night, and the night is the day time in
America. So I expected a different experience of watching sun-rising from the
amazing land of America - undoubtedly a country of intellectuals.
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| Sun-rising in West |
Geographically speaking, the sun never rises from the
West. It is always the East from where the sun rises – the sun, the moon, the planets,
and the stars all rise in the East, and set in the West because the earth spins
towards the east. But here, I wish to share my self-spawned thoughts while
watching the sun-rising from the western part of the earth.
Finally, the much awaited moment arrived. Since I am in
Peoria, Arizona, I set my eyes towards East. Well before an hour, the sky began
to lighten in East. At the scheduled time (sun-rise in the Peoria 6:47 and set
in 17:36 during winter) the sun began to peep from the cleavage of hills – Peoria
is surrounded by the hills. With all devotion and difference, I folded my hands
in the attitude of prayer, and chanted: Ohm Surya Namah. But when I opened
my eyes to have the glimpse of the mesmerizing sun-rising, I found it was not
at all different - shine and sheen was same. It was the same sun-rising, I used
to watch from my motherland, India.
To believers, the sun is the only manifestation of God on
earth; it nurtures life on earth. Existence of earth depends on the sun only. Though there is only one sun, one sky, one ocean, one earth, the wily man has divided the earth into 195
countries. We earthlings share the common sky, common sun, common ocean, common
air to breath, same color of blood, and the same physical structure, but still
we are Indian, American, Chinese, etc. We are everything but we are not the
man. We are no better than animals that have strong territorial instinct, and
fight for their ear-marked areas. Sovereignty and boundaries are the causes of
war in many parts of the world. All the claims of advancement sound phony and
flimsy, for, the so-called man has not evolved yet who can be differentiated
from animals. When the man will learn to be man? When the man will behave like
a man?
And with the sun sunk in the horizon, my thoughts floated
to India. So, the sun had gone to
lighten up my India. What a great sacrifice! The sun burns itself to dispel
darkness from earth. But when the man will come out of darkness of his ego? When
the man will behave like a man.
