Water is a great teacher that shows us how to move through the world with grace, ease, determination, and humility.
The journey of water as it flows can be a mirror of our own paths through life. Water begins its life on earth as it falls from the sky or melts from ice and streams down a mountain into a tributary or stream.
In the same way, we come into the world and begin our lives on earth. Like a river that flows within the confines of its banks, we are born with certain defining characteristics that govern our identity. We are born in a specific time and place, within a specific family, and with certain gifts and challenges. Within these parameters, we move through life, encountering many twists, turns, and obstacles along the way just as a river flows.
Water inspires us to not become rigid with fear or cling to what’s familiar. Water is brave and does not waste time clinging to its past, but flows always forward without looking back.
At the same time, when there is a hole to be filled, water does not run away from it in fear of the dark; instead, water humbly and bravely fills the empty space. In the same way, we can face the dark moments of our life rather than run away from them. When a river breaks at a waterfall, it gains energy and moves on; as we encounter our own waterfalls (crisis), we may fall hard but we always keep moving on.
Eventually, a river will merge into the ocean. Water teaches us not to hold back from joining with a larger body; not to fear a loss of identity or control. It gracefully and humbly tumbles into the vastness by contributing its energy and merging without resistance. In its surrender, it gives up being a river and becomes the ocean. Each time we move beyond our individual egos to become part of something bigger, we too are emulating the surrender of the river.
Live like water, and you would have lived a life of mastery.
With love and light, I wish you Enlightenment,
Vikas Malkani
The Enlightenment Specialist
www.theenlightenmentspecialist.com
