I was with a group of faculty from CMC Vellore recently on a two day get together with them at Yelagiri. It was a delightful time to observe how different people receive and respond to nature's gifts!
During the two days, most of them naturally got formed in to different groups of nature explorers. There were trekkers, bird watchers, tree lovers, rock climbers, water conservationalists, etc.
At breakfast time this group, whose photograph is above, was engaged in watching birds and photographing them. Listening to them, I was fascinated by the information each of them contributed about Parrots. They had more information than what a bird would book would condense in a paragraph.
Following this conversation, I sat with three of them at breakfast table during which time the conversation continued on how their interest in bird watching grew from their childhood.
One of them mentioned that birds live from nature and nature is God's gift to them. They fend for themselves each day from nature's bounty. The nature has enough for millions of birds. Of course birds also have territorial control and can be protective from other birds invading their territory. However, birds live from the produce of the earth, which provides enough for all birds.
A surgeon mentioned that this consciousness helped him to share the surgical opportunities among his colleagues equally. This is unlike in many surgical departments, where some senior surgeons usurp the opportunities of others by their insistence to do all the major surgeries themselves. So his surgical team works cordially complementing each other. They share the joy of working together. There is enough for every surgeon teach day to do, to stay abreast with his operating skills.
It is when we are in touch with what is going on around us, something from what we observe can speak to us and initiate a change process.
Stay in touch the outside to grow in awareness of our inner self!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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