Secular vis-a-vis Sacred

What is secular?
What is sacred?
Is there a watertight compartmentalization?

Coconut tree is sacred;
so are sand, boat, sea, waves and sky

You are a spark of divine
The sacred is very much within you
"Do you not know that you are
God's temple and God's Spirit
dwells in you" says St. Paul

"Aham Brahmasmi"
says the Indian Wisdom

Let us live in the present
and experience the divine
every bit.

Let us build up the mansion of our life
on the bedrock of hesed and Shalom
That is steadfast love and
Well being resulting from
harmonious co-existence.

life..!

life is going on.
just like that...
what is the purpose of life?
each one has to find out.

meaning making organism
human beings.

new day

angel, here and now..!

people observed the good friday:

women, men, young couples, children

so on and so forth.

at the end of the event

people lined up to kiss the crucifix:

women, men, young couples, children

so on and so forth.

at last there come a mother and child,

five year old child, but differently talented.

people scared at mother and child:

women, men, young couples, children

so on and so forth.

the child kissed the crucifix

with much difficulty,

mother and child went away

as the people watched:

women, men, young couples, children

so on and so forth.

i am quite sure that

God loves the child

through the mother..!

vanity....!!

it seems to me vanity pervades,

it encroaches the whole,

it is everywhere

it is real.

you and me

after the never ending goals

satisfaction,

then what?

end is the same,

the same destiny

we share,

death.

meaning,

you and i

form we.

meaning evolves,

when you live for the other.

the teacher.....!!

the teacher tries his/her best

to make a concept clear

the child does enquire,

what is it?

how is it?

why is it so?

who told it?

with a smile on the face

with untiring efforts,

with all good intentions

the teacher answers.

just like a ladder,

which helps others to go high

the teacher endures the pain

while the child is transformed.

the ladder is in the same place

the sign board is in the same place

the facilitator is so.

let us bow our heads

in respect to our teachers

who felt with us

who valued us

who motivated us

who inspired us.

freedom and responsibility...!!

indeed the bird is free,

what is freedom...?

'i want to be free'

says everybody.

absolute freedom is a myth.

freedom always presupposes a certain amount of responsibility.

here the bird is free. but it has to go in search of food,

the bird has to find ways and means for security,

the birt goes in search of a friend...

all these we call the responsibility of free bird.

there is no absolute freedom.

i 'm a student and i want to be free,

well and good

i 'm a teacher and i want to be free,

well and good

i 'm a doctor and i want to be free,

well and good

i 'm a housewife and i want to be free,

well and good

i 'm a person and i want to be free,

ofcourse all of us are free

but it is a qualified freedom

otherwise it won't work