EMERGENCE

Flying above the clouds one can’t feel the vibrant world below. Looking at the lush green forest one can’t see the creatures dwelling in it. Sitting on the shores one can’t visualize the beauty of the aquatic world. Many things in life and nature keep on happening incessantly and go unnoticed.

Below the clouds winds blow, oceans reverberate, traffic commute, chimneys spew, hearts beat, life emerges and death engulfs. All of them happen in their own specific way.

Does the aquatic world have any concern with the terrestrial world? Does the aquatic world and terrestrial world together have any concern with the celestial world? Does the whale moving in the freezing water have any idea of the elephant roaming in the jungle? Do the both need to bother for each other? Their worlds are distances apart. May be, no creature may have concern with a world other than his own but one creature does have a concern with all three worlds and that creature is “MAN”

All creatures are driven by four basic factors of life. Food, Fear, Sleep and Sex.

Food provides energy, sleep helps refresh, fear provides safety and sex helps procreate. All creatures observe and act but man is different. He observes, interprets and acts. He builds models, he writes hypothesis and re-observes. Countless observations of the living and non-living, numerous theories of phenomenon, events and behavior of nature has given him control over many things but his quest for knowledge remains unabated. One can see him doing a space-walk, fathoming the darkest depth of the Pacific, reaching the frost biting peak of the Everest and exploring the primitive habitats’ of the Amazons.

Learning is inseparable in a man life. It may be formal or informal. While at school my Sanskrit teacher would make us recite Subhasitanis. They are verses of wisdom passed on from generation to generation. One such verse was

परोपकाराय फलंति वृक्षः परोपकाराय वहन्ती नद्यः

परोपकाराय दुहँती गाव्ह, परोपकरार्थमिदं शरीरम्           

To serve, the trees bear fruits; to serve, flows the river.                               To serve, the cows give milk; to serve, I should serve.

As a child while reciting this verse little did I feel the significance but now when I have grown up I understand the spirit behind these words. The central theme of this verse is serving, serving in whatever way one can. It can even be “Knowledge Sharing”

One can thing of Emergence as a volcanic crater that erupts lava filled with heat, light and fertility or else one can even think of it as a crack in the glacial ice sheet giving way to the elixir of life, nourishing soil, sapling, herds and human dwellings all along its path. 

I hope this blog “Emergence” serves its purpose of Knowledge Sharing