By Anup Singh
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24 Feb, 2020
I am a drop, just a drop of water I used to live alone in the deep ocean And darkness was my world Then I merged with the ocean and became the ocean itself One day the rays of light fell upon me and showed me the beauty of deep sea, I was thrilled ; which made me go deeper, many times, New aspirations started, followed Eventually I went inside a fish and with that I swam to a new world. New experiences and new destinations, my roles were changed with changing seasons. Summer turned me into vapour and I was united to the clouds, Stayed aloft until autumn, I used to think the clouds belong to a region, to a boundary, but learnt they travel far and wide, they belonged to everyone. Winter further changed me to snow and I was frozen on a mountain for long, Which hindered my wish to travel and I was disheartened, then I heard someone say “we have to wait for the right time, we can hope but the universe has its own plan” and just then then a beautiful light fell upon me and I became vapour once again. I travelled again far and wide, rode the clouds, then during monsoons I became the rain and was united with the sacred river I met some of my old friends there, some of them were overwhelmed with joy, Some were quiet, some started weeping, It was the divine union and we all shared our stories .. After sharing and hearing mine and other’s experiences a new fact dawned upon me: “nothing is permanent” names, experiences, tough times, everything is continuously changing. Only change remains unchanged. When I was river I was pure when I was flowing through dirty water- impure, Then came back to river again and was pure again, Pure and impure labels feel the same. I took my roles - inside trees, leaves, fruits, flowers and inside human. Inside human my roles changed from food to blood blood to sweat sweat to tears,saliva,semen... I travelled through animals, fishes birds, all the time even though my labels were different but I remained the same nothing is new here except the assembly of other atoms, Each assembly of atoms is called - birth and each dissipation - death all the contents existed here since the beginning nothing increases, nothing reduces No death no birth I learned a lot during my travels Moments of ecstasy, sorrow all emotions are temporary I came back to the ocean again, I went deep down saw some of my friends about to start the cycle I had just finished. I wished them luck I will take some rest now They think they will find their destiny, like how I did. They don't know where they are ! The starting is the end. Final destiny ... It is here at the starting point itself....