When I walk in our garden, I find different stages of flowering in the Lilies.
This becoming process fascinated me. For several days there were scattered flowering lilies in the garden.
Soon it became a 'community' of flowers.
The becoming process has two phases. Each bud becomes a cluster of flowers. Followed by this, is the cluster of flowers formed by other lilies who are next to each other.
A similar pattern is seen in other plants as well. One flower is followed by more flowers.
This message is inspirational, instructional and transformative.
Inspirational, because humans too are companions in the journey of life and not just individuals or a just one family.
Instructional, because it is a call to be aware of the collective pilgrimage as neighbours and partners in shared living.
Transformative, because, each person or a family has an opportunity to feel connected and be relational to others.
Each of us is unique and yet part of each other because we are inheritors of a heritage created through cross cultural, inter racial and trans-national integration.
I think that human journey is moving away from a pursuit of individual wellness to collaborative wellness!
I wish this consciousness becomes the common ground for our being and doing.
A counter voice to the voice of competition, conflict and confrontation is what we need in an atmosphere where individualism seems to prevail over the collective consciousness of fraternity and fellowship.
I noticed a sticker on the table of a bank officer, 'speak to each other kindly'! In his conversation with us yesterday, that was what he practised. That was akin to seasoning the food with salt. He lit a lamp to share the light of enlightenment through his behaviour.
Each of us is more than just an individual; we are part of the collective!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
