Just a thought

The one question that seems to follow me around where ever I go is ‘Why do you write?’
My answer usually is, ‘Why does anybody write?’

ADITI

In Hindu mythology, Aditi was the goddess of the boundless sky. Her name means "free from bonds" or "the unfettered" or "Limitless" and the Vedas hint that she was once all-encompassing. She undoubtedly pre-dates them, and was once the goddess of the past and the future, the seven dimensions of the cosmos, the celestial light which permeates all things, and the consciousness of all living things.

Aditi, is called the free one, because in Sanskrit her name means "boundless," and is considered an archaic Mother Goddess, depicted in Hindu, Vedic literature. She represents unlimited space and consciousness, hence infinity or eternity. According to the Rig Veda Aditi is said to be the wife of Kasyapa or of Brahma, and the mother of the Aditya, under whose constraint the universe is made possible; and she also personifies death because she consumes everything. Aditi, therefore, represents a caution already present in the Vedas about contributing the origin of the universe to a personal agent, such as a god. No other consort is mentioned in literature. She is also considered to be the mother of Hari, and other legends have her the mother of Indra. No human physical features of her are drawn, though she is sometimes identified in the guise of a cow. Aditi was believed to be a guardian goddess of prosperity and could free her devotees of problems and clear away obstacles. She does not appear in later Hindu traditions

Rv. I, 98, 10 says that "Aditi is the sky; Aditi is the air; Aditi is all the gods and the five tribes; Aditi is whatever has been born; Aditi is whatever shall be born."

Love you Mumma for choosing such a wonderful name ! J

Musing

Air is the most precious thing to life. We can live without food, and to some extent without water for an extended period of time. . adjust our bodies, our activities, to manage the lack of either, but almost nothing can be compensated for the lack of air. Breath is inevitable, breathing is involuntary. .

We take a breath in, and then carelessly let it leave our bodies; empty, even if for a fraction of a moment, of its vital life force.

Nature intended it to be so, we cannot replenish unless we let go; we cannot gain without losing.

That I have come to believe, is a fact of life that meets us at ever corner.

We do have to give up one thing to gain another; letting go is a part of growing up, growing mature, growing wiser, and finally of growing into something that is beyond what we are.

But, it’s not easy, this letting go business.

We tend to believe that everything we touch is ours to own, everything we create is forever ours.

We hold on to our possessions, making them more important than relationships; we hold on to relationships making them more important than ourselves; we hold on to our egos making them more important than the fact that all of it is but a gift to be treasured for the moment.

Then, like the breath that we take in and let out, it too will dissipate and disappear.

Dilemma

The correct words,
have never been so hard to find.
They're there,
Somewhere locked up in my mind.

Afraid of saying the unspoken,
How should I express myself!?

Should I remain silent?
Or, should I muster up some courage?

In life, when you chose to take neither path, you're not getting anywhere.