Living our lives as we do in the hubbub of city life, it is tough to find space to connect with our inner selves in a search for the meaning of life and inner peace. Since the past few years, I have consciously taken a step away from my usual routine to seek out an oasis of sorts, where no one knows me and I can walk around or just sit quietly admiring nature. Then as I mull over and try to quieten the conglomeration of thought storms, I work hard at turning my consciousness inwards. It is during such intervals from life that I dwell upon humankind and our place in the scheme of things. I mull over the wars we wage within - and without - senseless skirmishes over superfluous, man-made divides of religion, caste, creed, language, and even the colour of our skin. As my seeing eye watches the intricacies of nature’s creations - sometimes a spider’s web, at other times a termite mound - my mind’s eye is awestruck at how the right kind of focus has been harnessed so wonderfully by nature – so different from the senseless killings we see in the human world today. Can’t we try some kind of mass psychotherapy to move these twisted minds away from their ‘out of focus’ fights for the wrong cause, and bring peace into these minds? As the season of cheer approaches, I shall strive even harder to create a master plan for peace on Earth.
© Dr. Aparna Bagwe
