Thinking of Trees on a Hot Summer Day
Riding my bike to office on a steely hot road where the sunlight bleaches the atmosphere around, I saw the words 'Nija Lingam' painted on a lorry coming opposite me. That set me off contemplating. Nija - Truth, Lingam - The Representative form of the Omnipresent Divine.
It seemed as though the heat of the Sun is exerting so much pressure collectively on all, just a way of experiencing the energy of the Omnipresent Reality when it is actually at work, manifesting itself.
As my bike turned into a cool and green College Road, "Ah, Trees," how lovely they are and what grace they shower. Each tree has an ambient micro-climate beneath its canopy. I thought of all the green zones in Chennai, parts of Nungambakkam, T. Nagar, Anna Nagar, Perambur, Adyar, Government Estate, a forest, the Governor's Bungalow and the IIT Campus at Guindy - they were mostly trees planted 50 to 100 years ago by people who are no more. And here we enjoy the shade in a hot summer time. May the Government really understand the need and plan more and more and more and more trees for a hot summer day.
Swahilya.
1 comment:
Hi Swahilya,
Sorry I could not call on you on Saturday. I was leaving for Kannur that day. Will call you sometime next week.
You rightly said that the trees indeed do magical wonders on a hot summer day. It is something the best of Air-conditioners cannot do. It does much more than cooling down our bodies, it works on our mind too.
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