Thursday, January 27, 2011

Ripples


Back to my dreams and my rambles from those dreams. Last night was peaceful, thoughts were settled, but there was an incomplete feeling. Was it a feeling or a thought? Somethings cause us feel, some others make us think.

What is the distinction? the real question is - if someone is feeling, is he thinking less? If parts of your brain are occupied by this feeling, then is there less space for thought?...thousands of questions, soon I drift into slumber..

Sitting by the lake, I see the water is shining bright embracing the rays of the Sun. The little boy right across was enjoying the freedom. He was following this butterfly as it floated around the bushes. Distracted every moment from one thing to another he was careless. The mother was busy packing the stuff and getting bag ready to leave. The boy sat down and crouched around a bunch of rocks. He picked one of them and tossed it.....

My eyes followed the stone into the water. Ripples... extend outward across the surface. The fishes sense the ripples and were spooked...there was a pause in the calmness!! One assumes the further away the ripples get from the center, the less impact they have. That's not so right, they have an impact as long as they last, sometimes they last a lifetime. The spooked fishes move away and get trapped in the net of a nearby fisherman...changes their destiny.

I wake up, ready to leave...this time I am sure these are thoughts. Thoughts about Actions caused by those Ripples...

Actions are in a way similar to there Ripples. One small act of kindness can encourage another person to act kindly, and a chain reaction starts. Similarly, if someone treats someone else poorly, the victim may lash out at another. The smallest disagreement can escalate quickly; this is how battles develop into wars. Every action leads to a reaction.

Think before you toss stones or hurtful words. They do have impact, and the ripples last a long time before they fade away. It is best to make ripples in a positive way because even the smallest ripple has the power to bring happiness to someone or something.

Our Mind in a way is like the lake and thoughts are the pebbles. Thoughts are tossed in and create the Ripples - makes us think, keeps us alive, help us grow.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Nice blog entry on ripples. Moments are also pebbles in the lake called our brain. The ripples are memories. Good moments lead to good memories and bad moment lead to bad memories.

The beauty in all of this is that lake is just a medium and often times is the one that gets the blame :)

Anand said...

Nice ! There is so much similarity in how humans and fishes respond to the ripple effect. Think of how many of us procrastinate with issues. The more one avoids it, the bigger mess one gets into. I wonder why it is not a natural instinct for someone to deal with an issue in situ and get done with it.

Thanks for sharing. Very thought provoking.

Pushpa said...

good one ram! very nice analogy of the lake-ripples-fish to our own lives.
i also liked jyothi's comment on the lake being the medium and not the culprit!
reg. thoughts versus feelings, as per me, they are one and the same. everything boils down to thoughts and the mind!