The Wave and the Sea

Waves in the ocean are born, rise and peacefully pass away, re-merging with the sea. No one cries for the wave - we only marvel at its beauty! The wave does not cry for itself either - it never considers itself quite so detached from the sea in the first place!

But yes, if the wave had a mind of its own - it may very well say - "Here I come, here I rise, and, sadly, here I die - does anyone know my story? Does anyone cry for me?"

But the wave that rose beyond the thinking phase of evolution will be exactly like the wave with no mind - rising when the time is right, and dropping back into the infinity of the sea. This rise beyond the mind lets the wave reconnect with its essence - which is nothing but the sea itself! ("Aham brahmasmi"). The wave recognizes what it is, and now, consciously enjoys the act of its being a wave, though forever connected with the sea, and merrily plays its role and passes on exactly at the right time.

So it is with us - there is a time for us to Be, and a time for us to not Be - though in essence - there is a never a time that we are not - for we are one with the Infinite, one with God.

The Upanishad (ancient Indian scriptures) says, quite simply: "There is a part of you that is undying, and a part that will surely die. Identifying with the undying is the seat of enlightenment".


So then, are you the Infinite? Is the Infinite, you?
Is the wave the sea? Or the sea the wave?

A saying in the Ramayana (ancient Indian epic poem) is: "A part of the whole, is whole itself - like fire, every part holds the whole within it".

Thou art the substrate on which the story of your life unfolds. Thou art not the story, neither art thou an actor. Thou are the witness of the story, the observer, and the awareness within which the story occurs. "Tat tvam asi".