Winning Essay of our Winner Dr. Neha Tekwani
Title - If I met Lord Rama: A Mythical Absolution
By: Dr. Neha Tekwani
How many times do we obsess over the fact - if God walked on Earth today, then how would we recognise or interact with Divinity? This might come as a stupifying moment and a legendary divine orchestration to spot Lord Rama amongst humans.
The warrior who beheaded the demon King, Ravana, walked away from the supremacy of his throne to uphold the moral duty towards his father (King Dashratha), who was a human himself. The Lord who defines the wall of ‘Maryada Purshottam’ was the seventh reincarnation of Lord Narayana (Vishnu) and an ardent devotee of Mahadeva.
Valmiki, the author of the famous mythological epic ‘Ramayana’, throws light on the generous code of conduct of an ideal and virtuous man through Lord Rama in his verse.
Such is the aura of his righteousness and humanity that if I were to spot the great King of Ayodhya, Lord Rama, in this contemporary world, I’d rather seek and worship in silence. My Shiv Yog Spiritual Master, Dr Shivanand, often says, and I quote: “Silence is the language of God.”
I wouldn’t have been a believer either, had I not experienced His glorious grace upon me several times in my life.
The heaviness of life causes enough turmoil in our minds, and what’s an impactful way to release the sudden catastrophe? Surrender!
Surrendering to the Lord’s presence itself or he who wandered in the forest, drinking in the beauty of the epitome of the one who, for the welfare of his people, sacrificed his happiness.
Rama is the answer to the absolution of sins.
“Questioning the Lord is not my job, but inhaling his wisdom and practising his teachings is my priority.” In a world where evil has taken a deep dive, to even come across a man who exhibits even the tiniest of qualities of Lord Rama would be a wondrous wonder. In reality, to face the Lord and mumble with trembling lips and tears cascading down my cheeks would be a possible scenario, and if it’s not so, then it would be an impossible attempt of the ego taking over the moral conscience.
And it’s not unknown to any Hindu disciple that Ramayana is the clash of Ravana’s ego with Rama’s
divinity. Lord Rama harboured no hatred towards Ravana, but his love for his consort, Sita, overwhelmed him with a thirst to end the human ego of the biggest Shiva devotee.
He, who worshipped Shiva with all his heart, knew the way to appease the mightiest by lifting the Pinaka (Mahadev’s bow). How can he not know what it is that I need to be freed from to exhale the past karmic factors and liberate myself to live a two-hundred per cent life!
In his own mysterious ways, the Lord knows, and sometimes, all we need is to see him and become silent for him to relieve us and fill us with his illuminating love.
After all, ‘God is love!’
The ultimate truth of mankind.
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