Bedok Reservoir is a place where Mother Nature through her infinite manifestations, represents the core elements. Nature is our first teacher when we first set foot onto this world. She is stoic and silent. Tuning in with this Silence gives a sense of expanse and it removes all kinds of constrictions of the mind. Nature is our teacher and listening to her from the core of the heart, tunes us with the infinite. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” (“The Teacher as Evolutionary Energy” by Robert Bainbridge)
The Bedok Reservoir has a circular path around the water with its twists, turns and bends. With water on one side and greenery and trees on the other, the walking path in the middle when one traverses, is verily a meditation. It’s the very representation of life itself. It teaches us to live and not exist.
A bright sunny morning bringing the message of cheerfulness is what one could feel. A question arises, what is Sun after all? The Sun rising every morning brings forth a silent message – the illumination must gradually happen within, the more the receptivity, faster is the process. The sights and sounds were representative of the calm one could feel within. The students with their kayaks were testing their endurance. Another set of students practicing for the dragon boat race represented a team, the unison with which they were rowing their boat silently conveyed TEAMWORK – Means more WE and Less Me and togetherness has its beauty – TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More.
Communion with nature is therapeutic in a way. It revitalizes and invigorates us. One unconsciously promises to be akin with it more often. It is indeed in these pure moments of silence that pure thoughts are generated. And the concentric ripples of it spread around you. So during the brunch it was suggested that as the exercises before the walk culminating in a mindful walk, a circle time after the walk would refocus on what transpired.
Living in the consciousness of the Divine every single moment, we realise our present life as Sri Aurobindo says “just one life in an unending chain of existence”. A path on which we are traveling many have already traveled and many will traverse the very path. We leave our footprints on. As the group finished the walk and gathered to go to Mr. Lok’s residence a sense of unwinding was felt by the group.
So do join us ALONG THE WAY for the October walk. - Jaishree
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