Self Realization

                                            January – Infant- Gross Body

Remember that the first stage in a soul’s one cycle of births and deaths begins with infancy.

Imagine a family of adults, say elderly father and mother, their son and their daughter in law. The daughter in law is pregnant.

Everything goes on like any normal household save for some extra special care meted out to the mother to be.

On D-Day she delivers a bonny infant.

 The atmosphere in the household changes immediately.

Now the life in this small family unit revolves around the new arrival.

Everyone is either thinking or talking about the infant.

Neighbors, relatives, friends and well wishers who till now were corresponding through phone or mail, make it a point to visit the family and look at the newborn.

Visits to doctors, medical shops, toy shops, and all places hitherto unknown to the family like shops selling baby food, diapers etc .are frequented by the adults.

The elders visit temples and shrines and pray for the welfare of the newborn.

The elders take turns serving the little angel and enjoying the experience.

Even the family vocabulary changes-   new words for simple things like food, dress, water, bath, sleep, play etc are coined and used generously.

And all through this commotion the angel is blissfully unaware of the beautiful storm it has created in the otherwise sedentary lives of its parents and grandparents.

Now study those born in January who you have come across in your respective lives. And you will understand them better.

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