Just Like the Rain Drop

 

Photo Credit: Quornesha S. Lemon

Just Like the Rain Drop….

If you sit and quietly observe the rainfall and introspect you will find that the rain drops which fall from the sky teach you a lot. Every drop which falls from the sky teaches you – whether it falls on the ground, stones, buildings or rivers; it has only one objective – that of reaching the vast ocean! Till that drop reaches the vast ocean it keeps on trying and trying! This is because every drop starts its journey from the ocean. When the drop left the collectivity it got lost and wanted desperately to merge once again with the collectivity of the ocean. The number of attempts the drop takes to reach the ocean will depend on its life experiences and collective attempts at merging with the ocean.

When it rains, the drop falls on a stone and within moments it vaporises; next it falls on hot sand and becomes steam, later it falls on the ground and is absorbed by the earth. All this is happening because the drop has forgotten why it is falling from the sky – and then one day it remembers its objective is to reach the ocean. That day it will discipline itself and start falling in collectivity with those drops who know their objective too! Then the drop maintains its self-discipline and control and stays with the collectivity. In this way as it falls in collectivity it forms a small stream, which transforms into a large one, then into a rivulet and then the river and ultimately reaches the ocean and loses its identity as a river!

The drop has completed its journey from the ocean where it had got separated and then again merged with the ocean after countless attempts. This happened because the rain drops ultimately remembered their objective and the importance of collectivity. Compare this to the souls attempts for self-realisation and it will ring a bell deep within your soul.

Souls who are on the path to self-realisation in this birth are those who have done severe penance in the previous birth but maybe did not have the discipline and self-control to complete the journey then. One needs to be disciplined and dedicated and have tremendous self-control to practice meditation. How on earth can one control one’s thoughts if one has no self-control over the body?

There are three categories of people – 1) those who have become the medium of negative energies – such people find bliss only in breaking the law. 2) These types of people are in the middle, if they are amidst a group of negative energy people they go with the flow and become negative, but if they get a positive group, they become positive – they have no control or discipline over themselves and follow a herd mentality. 3) The third category is those who have complete control and self-discipline, no matter what the situation or the collectivity, their soul has full control over their body. They are always in bliss and in a happy state of mind. So, where do you fall? Do introspect!