Fragility Of Life

Good Morning Only very recently I realised that Speaking Tree is not about spirituality or mythology or philosophy. Those who write the columns there are ordinary human beings like you and me. They may have more knowledge or a better way of expressing themselves more convincingly. But the subjects they handle are of consequence to all of us. We can easily relate the experiences they share and the stories they tell with our day to day real life experiences. These thoughts came to mind while reading this piece by a senior media professional, Sivakumar Sundaram : When a master weeps, a seeker learns - The Times of India https://share.google/u0RWgHqxYL0ATxz3s Excerpts : "I am a seeker. Like every seeker, i walk into temples of faith with folded palms and unspoken questions. We go to seek blessings, to seek protection, to offer gratitude and to seek answers to questions no human being can answer. Kailash Manasarovar is where seekers have always taken such questions. That mountain does not belong to Hindus alone. Buddhists, Jains, Bons and countless wanderers of no fixed faith have circled it – one of the few sacred journeys on earth that no single religion can claim as its own. That is where the waters came: a flash flood on the Tibet-Nepal border. A group of pilgrims sent word at five minutes past nine that they had reached the immigration post. By fourteen minutes past nine, the building had been washed away. Nine minutes. Hundreds missing. Families in twenty countries waiting for news the telephone lines could no longer carry. And then a video, in which Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev broke down." M G Warrier