A movement Inward!

 

A purpose driven tree pie!

The third photo above of the Tree pie hopping, having noticed a twig, it wanted to gather for nesting, is a move I noticed only when I saw the photos in sequence at the time of editing!

Birds are known to be purpose driven for they have to find food, water, shelter, protection and a nesting place when the season has come!

I remember an earlier reflection on the behaviour of the Tree pie for its nesting. It was while revisiting the series of photographs yesterday, I noticed a precise planning and execution in its approach!

There was determination and effort in its behaviour!

Now the dialogue is active in the media about how much we depend on the Artificial Intelligence ! The Artificial Intelligence offers a lot. Even while I write this, there is an oft repeated pop up message in the screen, 'help for writing' ?

I paused to consider this issue! I felt awakened to appreciate the planning and executive skills of a Tree pie! It enthused me. I experienced a sense of wonder and marvel seeing this! It is about that personal experience, I write this reflection. 

I have an intelligent alternative to describe it effectively with the Artificial Intelligence tool! But that would not have given me the delight of a sense of wonder I experienced by pondering on the movements of a bird, bringing a new awareness of its purpose driven action!

It is when we allow ourselves to feel or reflect on an event to be touched, we discover the language of our own soul within! The human soul is aspirational for depth, meaning and wholeness!

What we encounter now in our situation is an inclination towards a fragmented or tangential or distorted view of life and situations! When the President of the United States of America is focussing to displace the immigrants and 'restore America for Americans', this distorted view is the driving force!

Humans are those who feel touched by the needs and state of affairs of others! Now the advocacy is, 'think about yourself first and last'!

The last message which Pope Francis publicly gave before his home call was, 'Think of the people of Gaza; they need a home and peace'!

I fear that the machine language which is going to dominate all walks of life might make humans distant from each other, task oriented and achievement driven!

The relational dimension of 'loving our neighbour as ourselves' is at a peril! 

We need prophets among us to show us the way of living as human beings with an heightened awareness of life and its fullness, arising from our grounding in relationships !

M.C.Mathew (text and photo)