Is it really a fall of the meteor?

The Perseid meteor show was few days ago here in Long Island and there was so much excitement and unrest among many students who wanted to go and watch it, I guess the avid star gazers must be doing that each year.

I'd like to write about the meteor falling on earth and how scientifically, that only means that it's nothing save the cosmic debris which is falling on earth, something which makes the falling object glow, almost making it appear like a shooting star, brightest to each eye.

But how I wondered to myself, it is such a beautiful feeling and a beautiful thing, perhaps, we as humans should also learn to let go of our cosmic debris on this earth too, something which accumulated inside our consciousness for ages, past burdens, regrets, mistakes, memories, failures, frustrations, and shed it all as we journey through our life and enter a new phase.

We,  by shedding, will thus attain that brightness which will be a spectacle for all the viewers and who will, then wish upon us, knowing that we would then have power and glory to make their wishes come true as we  fade away into light.








Source of photo: http://i.space.com/images/i/000/020/498/original/perseid-meteor-kingham-620.jpg?1375803258

Shimmering light show - nature

Hi,
I could not stop marveling at the wondrous ways of nature. I had a chance to visit the beautiful duck pond in the Avalon Park here at Stony Brook. While I stood watching the humongous number of ducks in the pond, something else caught my eye.
It was the shimmering reflection which moved in a rhythmic pattern on the lush green leaves above. Watch the video to get what I am talking about: (Notice the leaves of the trees closely)

The reason why I write about this small thing which many would not even notice, is, partly because, it is rare to catch a sight like that, and also because I felt that was nature's way of exhibiting its customized light show, similar to the one which a specific marine species named cuttlefish also shows.
Yes, I am referring to the "king of camouflage" as it's often called, the cuttlefish, from the family of cephalopods, also does a light show as if to hypnotize its prey. Check out the following video to understand what I am relating to:

So, it turns out that, I would like to put this as the light show of flora, pitted against the light show of marine fauna, as a way to hypnotize the bystanders in a positive way. :)

Kudos to NATURE, you never stop amazing us!

The Taper and the Spiritual illumination

In this article, I would like to talk about the two opposite interpretations(as I perceive it)of a burning candle eventually melting away in thin air.

The first interpretation is that of the candle sacrificing itself to light up the surroundings.(true altruism and feeling of compassion for other beings makes them sacrifice themselves only to let the light burning, to let the show going on...laying out their own lives, eschewing their desires and material prosperity, and doing greater service to world by lighting up the darkness of the world, the darkness of abject poverty, scarcity, darkness of unwise minds, to name a few..)So in a way, when they have the right true intentions to give away the light, they chose to sacrifice and burn willingly and happily(and it is their fears, doubts and miseries which burn away thus cleansing them) and emanating the lasting light, the steady light, the true light, light of the Lord.
The light of sacrifice and love.


The second view is that of a lesser light/glow on candle's outside but inside melts away with each moment. The wax inside burns away and is symbolic of pain (like many people in today's world, glowing up on outside, shining their riches, proud of their bounties assimilated over time in this material world, but inside, hollowing out, burning, and dissolving away due to lack of the spiritual substance). So, here the light is just a reflection and does not has its provenance in candle in deeper sense.That light is just an impermanent light, a light whose glory wont persist long, or give away the true light to the world..
The light of selfishness and pride.

It is to the taper that burneth, sacrificeth, that the Lord shines its light through, making it as His Light.
While, those who hanker after the glow of material pleasures, cause its pseudo-light to enshroud His light. They ultimately burn away, without getting the "Spiritual illumination from the Lord", as they chose to serve themselves rather than the humanity and the Lord.

Does the wax in your taper have the spiritual substance in it?




Act now, chose to illuminate your soul with Him, because He is the Light. And then you shall find your darkest fears, sorrows, doubts, disbeliefs, burn away....



He is the oil which will keep your lamp burning; He is the wax for your taper to shine brilliant lights.




So, what do you choose to be...?
The taper which burns beautifully by free will, hoping for a healed, brighter world....
OR
The taper which, on the inside hollows out, reflecting the glow of its material riches..?.