When Hearts Embrace Hearts-16
Orbit of Love!
“O God! I am not seeking protection from dangers; my prayer is to keep my mind free of fear on the faces of lurking dangers,” wrote Tagore in his magnum opus, Gitanjali.
Rabindranath Tagore is a soul who crossed an ocean of woes. He married Mrinalini Devi in 1902. Blessed with a kid next year, despair struck hard and the bliss vanished. The kid passed away. Next year, his father Devendranath Tagore too departed. He could only have 13 years of blissful married life, his wife died in 1915. His three brothers too left him very soon - Somendranath Tagore in 1922, Jyotirindranath Tagore in 1925 and Dwijendranath Tagore in 1926.
Losing his entire close ones within 20 years - abandoning him in a summer of solitude - imagine the deprived soul making a prayer to the Almighty. Even, at that moment, he praying, “O God! Make me free from fear!” He got no grouses.
When fear departs, inner-self fills up with quintessence. How do we attain such purity and peace? Realization of a whirlwind of passionate experience that uproots all fears from mind will provide such erudition. Our inner-self reaches a spiritual bliss when we become conscious that there isn’t an addiction as strong as addiction to the Almighty.
Need is to realize that addictive love. In this short life, this realization prepares us to take on any challenge. In the rush of life, we, the unfortunate souls often forget to realize the One who gave us this life!
We fail to appreciate the One who designed us, moulded us, blessed us, consoled us, protected us, pardoned us, and passionately and constantly loved us.
When a Prophet during a phase of tribulation prayed, “I am persistently going through distress, yet You are most Merciful,” is that realization. It’s the hope that the One above us all will take care of us, when we lose the world below us.
The wandering mind gyrating around many distractions needs to be put back on an orbit of love. This pristine love can be attained only through fighting inner toxicity, varied hunger and thirst.
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