It could be a manic Monday morning, a traffic jam, a lazy afternoon with a book or a slightly longish wait at the doc. But messages come to at the oddest of places
The Universe sends us gentle reminders all the time, to keep us afloat on our journey,or just to tell us we’re doing okay wherever we are at this moment.
2 weeks ago, I was back at my doc for the Homeopathy medicine that I’m trying to switch over to. The usual wait, meeting my doc, getting my packet of pills & powders before I head back home. That’s the routine. I paid for my visit and suddenly remembered that I had an unasked query, so I excused myself back into his cabin for a reply.
2 weeks ago, I was back at my doc for the Homeopathy medicine that I’m trying to switch over to. The usual wait, meeting my doc, getting my packet of pills & powders before I head back home. That’s the routine. I paid for my visit and suddenly remembered that I had an unasked query, so I excused myself back into his cabin for a reply.
Dr. Patel’s reply done with, I turned back to the door and I spotted the square calligraphic painting on the back wall with the syllable “Swa” hand painted in Sanskrit along with a collaborating quote….. “what does this say?” I asked him
He smiled, read out the 2 line Sanskrit quote (a personal favourite of his), and then loosely translated the essence for me. A gift from one of his patients, this quote said “be your own true self (Swa)….. trying to be like others, won’t make you like them and you will never be who you are completely. You as you, are perfect…. If you are merely a garden flower, be content in being a garden-flower. Don’t try being the rose. Roses are cut and sold in the market…. but the garden flower stays”
I head back home trying to grasp some more, asking myself questions. There was so much more revealed in those words…..
“The Universe has created a place and purpose for you! “
“You are so awesome – just as you are!!”
“When you do nothing, nothing is left undone” – Lao Tzu
My “AHA moment” of the week had arrived …. it had slowed me down and it had made me smile.
That little verse had fitted on a fabric of 1 ft x 1 ft, but there are still more layers of meaning hidden in it. Beautiful ancient wisdom that mirrors teaching from Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism and Tao all at once, as you taste a drop of contentment in its words
For that one moment, my doctor also became my teacher…..
Well! Well! ….
So?? what message has come to YOU lately?? :-)
He smiled, read out the 2 line Sanskrit quote (a personal favourite of his), and then loosely translated the essence for me. A gift from one of his patients, this quote said “be your own true self (Swa)….. trying to be like others, won’t make you like them and you will never be who you are completely. You as you, are perfect…. If you are merely a garden flower, be content in being a garden-flower. Don’t try being the rose. Roses are cut and sold in the market…. but the garden flower stays”
I head back home trying to grasp some more, asking myself questions. There was so much more revealed in those words…..
“The Universe has created a place and purpose for you! “
“You are so awesome – just as you are!!”
“When you do nothing, nothing is left undone” – Lao Tzu
My “AHA moment” of the week had arrived …. it had slowed me down and it had made me smile.
That little verse had fitted on a fabric of 1 ft x 1 ft, but there are still more layers of meaning hidden in it. Beautiful ancient wisdom that mirrors teaching from Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism and Tao all at once, as you taste a drop of contentment in its words
For that one moment, my doctor also became my teacher…..
Well! Well! ….
So?? what message has come to YOU lately?? :-)