Friday, March 29, 2024 | Ramadan 18, 1445 H
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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Casting a shadow or being under the shadow

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Lakshmi Kothaneth - lakshmiobserver@gmail.com - There is excitement in the air regarding the lunar eclipse. Imagine we would be casting a shadow on the moon. It is another moment of realisation that we are part of this whole wide universe.


Everything in nature goes with precision. The sun rises and sets on time and the moon appears on time to reflect light. Even the animal kingdom follows rules. Just like cormorants — birds which like to be together almost all the time. They stand together and swim together.


Yet, man, no matter where he is from, almost always, has the question. Why? “When we were young, we just followed orders. Children of today want to know why?” complained a senior friend of mine.


How much ever we want to give a thought process similar to human kind to our pets until proven otherwise most probably they are responding instinctively. But not man because he was given the power of mind.


Another friend explained how, at her age, she is finally feeling good. The journey we go through are in the mind — the insecurities, ego clashes and complexes that are varied throughout the decades and finally we arrive, if we are lucky, to accepting ourselves the way we are.


We also go through the stages of larva and pupa where we shed our insecurities and egos to finally become the butterfly.


Some learn to discard people who are more harmful than healthy. Just before we push them away, a thought — what if they are your responsibility? We do not just cross paths, do we? There must be a purpose and that could be to complement each other.


What if teachers across the world had ignored students who needed that extra help? Stronger souls never gave up.


So the earth casting its shadow on the moon for a few hours makes a lot of changes for a while but the moon will pass through and the earth will carry on its own path.


Just like us humans, there could be people who would want to overshadow others but nothing lasts forever.


They too would have to move on and the other person too will get his or her turn to shine. It all depends on patience.


Besides, there are others who prefer to be in the shadow of others for whatever reasons it could be. However, the world is colourful and brighter when everyone puts out his/her creativity because of a simple reason: the mind. Each mind is different.


The mind is dynamic. It has no particular organ to hold on to. The mind can expand unlimited. The only hope is the thoughts ought to be with beneficial qualities for oneself and the world. The base of the mind must be thoughts. Even the animal kingdom members practise memories.


But it must be only humans who flow with thoughts at speeds varying depending on the number of thoughts that are competing to enter the process that very moment. Then we have smells and hearing abilities that set off thoughts based on memories. It is the perfume in the air that takes you to a memory of a person or a song that could take you to a particular decade.


They say the moon also affects the mind. So one can only wonder the impact of lunar eclipse on our minds. Of course, there is the pressing question. People argue the mind is in our brain and others say it is situated in our heart.


May be the practical decisions and logic come from brain and emotions and creativity appears from the heart. That would be a great subject to talk with psychiatrists and neurologists. Now what if (for argument’s sake) mind is projected somewhere in our aura. The thoughts and possibilities are endless.


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