Do You have enough Chlorophyll?

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Imagine a tree...
The roots provide water and essential nutrients from the earth.
The trunk and branches provide the transportation network.
Eventually, the terminal point of this network are the leaves. The leaves are in a way, the
starting point of this entire process which sustains the tree. The leaves take light from the sun
and CO2 from the atmosphere and does magic within itself to provide the sustaining energy
(food) for the whole tree. To do this magic, it needs to have a certain essential element,
known as Chlorophyll.
Without the chlorophyll, all the CO2 and all the sunlight in the world cannot be of any use to
it. Even the minerals and water provided by the roots will go to waste. What a shame it is, if
the leaf lacks chlorophyll. All the assistance from all directions will be of no use if it lacks this
essential green matter.

Now imagine You and I as humans...
We have access to Dharmic knowledge and the Technological knowledge from our ‘roots’ and
‘branches’... in form of ancestors, Shashtras, schools, temples and even Shakhas.
We are the leaves of this vast tree that is the global society. We are the terminal points of this
global tree. Moreover, we are the feeding and sustaining leaves of this tree. If we are to
provide the right food for sustaining the Global tree towards World Peace and Global
Harmony, then we will have to be noble like the leaves. Take in the right knowledge from all
the right sources. Then make magic within ourselves, by processing that information and
turning it into a wholesome nutrient and energy giving knowledge to the entire tree.
Everything is available to us. However, do we have that magic making element? ... Sanskaar.
If not, then all the knowledge and all the education in the world will be a complete waste and
will just pass us by. Let us make ourselves greener and greener with Sanskaar to nourish this
Global tree.

Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah
(1.89.1 Rigveda)

Let noble thoughts come to me from all directions

- Deepak Shir

Comments

  1. Unknown1 November 2018 at 11:27

    This blog is wonderful! Love the concept of resemblance of the tree to humans 👍

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