The Moss

 

Wake up and Connect! It was the hour to wake up from deep slumber; to connect and be connected; with self, environment and the supreme.

It must have been three past midnight when I woke up and walked into my small garden; my little heaven; looked around with happiness to find the twinkling stars and the shining moon. The sky was as clear as it can be and the freshness in the air was breathtaking. There was an occasional sound of a bird turning in its nest and flapping its wings in happy anticipation of dawn.

I sat in my usual place, closed my eyes and was transported into another world within no time; a world within world; a world within me. I saw myself having a stroll in a garden which was full children playing merrily. It was personification of life and happiness. A small stream which was flowing almost in middle of the garden was sounding like the gurgling incoherent sounds made by a fully fed infant. There was a small bridge on the stream and many children were sitting on it, swinging their legs in the water and seemed to be rubbing something with their feet. Their faces were lit up with happiness and excitement of having found something new.

It was The Moss! I walked closer to the children and what I saw was truly amazing. They were rubbing their feet on the small and big stones adorning the water bed and were removing the moss from the top of the stones. As the freed moss started drifting in the flowing water, small and big fish swallowed it gleefully and were gathering around the feet of the children for more. The children seemed to be enjoying it and were full of happiness when the fish touched their feet playfully.

The Discovery! Slowly and steadily, the stones freed from the moss started showing their shining surfaces and it was a great discovery for the children. One of them took out a shining stone and was holding it high as if it was the biggest diamond ever mined. I went up to the child, sat nearby and smiled in admiration. “Uncle, I never thought that there could be such a lovely stone under the moss. I am happy that I am able to unearth one” the child said.

So is with Humans! By now attention of all the children was turned towards me. As if speaking to self I said “It is so with Humans as well. There are many layers of ignorance, disbelief, mistrust and lack of faith which hide our true selves. It takes conscious efforts to rub all of them from the surface and discover true self; shining, happy, confident and trustworthy; be a beacon to self and pathfinder to others”. They nodded as if they understood all of it.

The Hidden Treasure! I am sure that they must have carried a lesson with them; there is hidden treasure in all of us; in all the creations of the God Almighty; one has to believe and endeavor to unearth it.