my faith in the crow

Rig veda mentions the four purushartha of Hindu life as…. dharma arth ,kam and mokash as the important tents of Hindu life.

We should be righteous in the conduct.

Gita is all focused on the karam theory. Life is a circle. Whatever goes around…comes around. These are some of the sayings supported by some religious scholars philosophers sages and saints.

Resorting to religious views we have often in the family as a part of socializing agent ,heard of the importance of good deeds.But often I keep wondering about what ever I am doing with my life…is it karma that are impacting my growth as an individual or destiny which is playing its own role in teaching me the lessons of life.

I believe in getting a lot of messages from the universe. The channels are varied…my friends, colleagues parents and my students who I think are the best source of give and take as far as hidden curriculum is concerned.

On a Monday morning ,I was just going by my usual habit of looking for a message from my collection of self enriching books. My eye balls refused to go beyond Quran by Maullana Wahududdin Khan.God expresses himself in the language of symbols.Symbols are useful only to the one who has the desire to read or interpret them.was the line that hit me.

My inner deep desire for these messages increased my inquisitiveness manifold. Desperately I was searching for a message or symbol for the day and in my subconscious mind trying to solve the dichotomy between freewill and destiny.

Thinking, introspecting, wrestling with varied stimuli, that were impacting my mind, I started to drive for my work place. My destination was just few meters way ,when I saw a crow in a reclining position on the footpath.I ignored and accelerated for my work place.Punctuality has always been a goal like Mahatma Gandhi.But the message from the Quran was weighing simultaneously. symbols are the language of god! I decided to do my bit of karma for one of the tiniest creations of the 100^th billions creations of the all mighty. Impulses convinced me to drive back to the crow. The crow’s injured wing was injured I discovered.Immidieately I took out bit of food and water from my car.

Well there are reasons more than the obvious why certain things happen in life.

As soon as I reached the crow, it just flew away. But how did it muster enough courage inspite of being injured? Anyhow I have done my karma…but destiny willed it otherwise!! I said to myself.

Being a hard core optimist I thought to myself,”Atleast my action gave enough strength to the injured crow to fly again….may be out of fear of the human attack.The crow definitely flied as high as a kite.I looked at the sky.The crow was high.

The only thing we have to fear is the fear.The worst situation brings the best in us.For the crow I was the worst.

I thanked god for giving the bird a chance to be on its own again.

But yes my mind is definitely asking….How high will I fly my kite?