There are some things we miss, since coming to live in a village in Kerala. That is the sea side of Pondicherry.
One of the regular places we would take visitors when they came to visit us was a sea side restaurant. It was refreshing to sit in the glass panelled restaurant overlooking the sea. Susan from New castle in fact, wanted to visit this place almost every day.
The sea has a therapeutic effect. It brings us closer to the origin of life. It was out of water space the earth was formed according to the Genesis account of the creation story.
There is a need to return to our origin. We are beings created for a purpose and mission. Life is a journey to discover and consummate it. It would also involve making revisions in our practices and making confessions
I realize from the confessions of Lance Armstrong, that any one can lose direction in life and get enticed by immediate gain, success or reputation and live pathologically suppressing truth and violating the integrity of conscience. What seems to break Lance's heart most was that he lied to his son, now thirteen years, Luke, who used to publicly deny that his father took performance enhancing drugs. It was to Luke, Lance told, first, ' Do not defend me anymore, I am guilty'.
We need space and setting to be in touch with ourselves. Many people find mountains or water shore at sea, lake or river, most suitable to be in touch with oneself. Being in such a setting helps us to feel surrounded by a vastness and beyondness. It is in such a setting of the infinite grace of love and acceptance that God pours upon our hearts, that we are enabled to discover darkness within and move towards the light that shall lead us on.
Anna and I were firmly engaged in the mission of Ashirvad at Chennai and we delayed any consideration of the invitation of Christian Medical College, Vellore in 1994 to relocate Ashirvad to start a Developmental Paediatrics facility at CMC. Theo Herren, a good friend from Switzerland visited us in the spring of 1995. We spent a long afternoon at the Marina beach. There was a prolonged conversation about this invitation and our reluctance, to which, Theo said, 'A voyager discovers more truth when he continues the journey..'. That was one of the seminal conversations which initiated a change in our attitude, that led us to finally move to Vellore in 1997. Those fifteen years at Vellore added a new quality and content to our lives
It was most interesting to listen to Susan and her own learning and growing experiences and through her moves.
It was in the sea shore we were made ready to receive a message. Have we found our own space and settings to receive messages that can lead us on in life!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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