BEAUTY OF NATURE

WHAT IS LOVE ? IS IT ONLY AN IDEAL OR REAL ? IF IT IS REAL, HAVE WE EVER KNOWN WHAT IT IS TO LIVE IN A STATE OF LOVE, WHAT IT IS TO BE DEEPLY AFFECTIONATE, TO BE CONSIDERATE AND COMPASSIONATE ? IT IS A WONDERFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE OF SILENT, SERENE AND SACRED FEELING PERFECTLY BLENDED WITH COSMIC REALITY. 
THE SECRET OF LIFE IS REVEALED TO US WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE EXTRAORDINARY WONDER AND BEAUTY OF NATURE.
WHEN WE INWARDLY BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP AT THE FEET OF NATURE, SHE BESTOWS HER BLESSINGS ON US.
IT IS THE ART OF APPRECIATION THAT ENABLES MAN TO BE A LOVER OF THE UNIVERSE, NOT OF A PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE EARTH WHICH WE PROUDLY REGARD AS OUR OWN COUNTRY, STATE OR PROVINCE.
SINCE IT IS LOVE THAT LINKS US WITH ALL, A LOVE-LESS AND BARREN HEART, HOWEVER CLEVER AND CUNNING, MISSES THE WHOLE PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF LIFE.
WITH DEEP AFFECTION IN OUR HEART, BOUNDLESS COMPASSION AND CONSIDERATION FOR ALL, WE CAN LIVE FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT WITH AN ABIDING SENSE OF FULFILLMENT. 
LOVE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY STATE WHEN THE SENSE OF SELF AND SEPARATENESS ARE TOTALLY ABSENT.
LOVE DOES NOT DESIRE, DOES NOT DEMAND AND DOES NOT TAKE ANY ADVANTAGE OF ANOTHER.
WHILE ALL OTHERS REMAIN RESTLESS WITH CRAVING TO FIND PEACE AND HAPPINESS, MAN OF LOVE RESTS CONTENT WITH ETERNAL HARMONY.
WE MUST PITY THOSE WHO HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED LOVE AND WHO HAVE NO INTEREST, TIME AND PATIENCE TO TAKE A WALK ALONE IN THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE, TO GO ALONE INTO THE WOODS OR ON A BEACH OR IN A GARDEN.
HOW MANY OF US WOULD LOVE TO SIT QUIETLY ALONE IN A PLACE TO GAZE SILENTLY AT THE INESTIMABLE BEAUTY OF NATURE AND TO COMMUNE WITH PLANTS, FLOWERS, BIRDS AND TREES ?
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT MOST OF US ARE MUCH TOO PRE-OCCUPIED WITH OUR BROODING MIND AND MIND-MADE PROBLEMS EVEN TILL THE END OF OUR EARTHLY EXISTENCE.
HERE WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE OF NATURE LYING BEFORE US AS AN OPEN BOOK.
A FEW FABULOUS SCENES JOTTED DOWN BELOW ARE POISED WITH SPLENDOR AND SIGNIFICANCE, BUT NOT A MEANING AND BEAUTY INVENTED BY OUR CUNNING AND CALCULATING MIND.
WHEN ONE TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD, LIVING WITH ALL NATIONALITIES AND RACES, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND PARTICIPATING IN THEIR DIFFERENT MODES OF WORSHIP, IN THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUES, IN THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES OF VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS, IN THE CATHOLIC, THE GREEK AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES, IN THE BUDDHIST MONASTERIES OF DIFFERENT SECTS, IN THE MUSLIM MOSQUES, IN THE SIKH GURUDWARAS AND IN THE HINDU TEMPLES AND ASHRAMS, ONE IS MORE LIKELY TO LOSE ALL INTEREST IN THE OUTWARD FORMS OF WORSHIP, RITUALS AND CEREMONIES WHICH ARE DIFFERENT WITH DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
MOREOVER THESE EXTERNAL FORMS AND DIFFERENT BELIEFS ENJOINED BY VARIOUS RELIGIONS HAVE OFTEN PROVED TO BE HINDRANCES IN THE UNIFICATION OF ALL RELIGIONS.
THE WISE DO NOT HELP OR ENCOURAGE THE ERECTION OF BARRIERS BETWEEN MAN AND MAN.
WHEN THE EXTERNAL FORMS OF RELIGION ARE DISCARDED, WHAT IS LEFT OF IT ?
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BEING TRULY RELIGIOUS ?
WHAT CONSTITUTES THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY WHEN ALL THE DIVIDING BARRIERS SUCH AS RITUALS AND BELIEFS ARE DONE AWAY WITH ?
SURELY THE CREAM OF RELIGION CONSISTS IN LIVING WITH THE FEELING OF SACREDNESS, IN LIVING A WHOLE AND INTEGRATED LIFE SENSING THE SANCTITY OF EXISTENCE.
THIS IS THE WHOLE POINT OF RELIGION FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH ITS CORE.
LET'S MAKE TEA !