We are familiar with the saying "dark at noon" & not dark at day time. This is very true and approximated the reality the other day which is May 24th, 2025 Saturday. The sun light was inhibited not due to eclipse of sun or moon but due to the dark clouds, strong winds and the rainfall gave some respite to the denizens of Jammu from the tad scorching heat. On Saturday the sun became invisible as dark clouds were hovering in the sky and the visibility was very poor due to the darkness, clouds and gushing winds which also uprooted some trees and electric poles and thus affected power supply and also water supply. Jammuites had a unique and peculiar experience on Saturday when all of a sudden there were gusty winds at high speed coupled with very dark clouds which were hovering the sky and turned Jammu into dark and it seemed that the night on Saturday had begun earlier and it was also an awkward experience for the people and they were taken by surprise as it was total darkness in the day time as all of a sudden the day became dark and there was no visibility at the day time.
One wondered what has happened and where had the day become hidden but after sometime everything was normal again with the visibility becoming normal and darkness was over and the day was seen again. This darkness at day time was a temporary phenomenon as the light of the day returned back and the day gave good bye to the darkness at the day and the people jostled here and there and came on the streets and experienced joy and became happy on seeing this phenomenon as the darkness which appeared at day time disappeared soon and day came into being with the disappearance of the darkness .The dark clouds has brought rain and gusty winds and it brought down the temperature of Jammu drastically and people of Jammu felt much relief from the biting and scorching heat and people jostled with joy and made merry as if enjoying and making merry is the ultimate aim of people while the fact is happiness is not the end of life but salvation and moksha that is liberation from the cycle of birth and death is the ultimate aim of the human life and people should strive for this higher aim in life. Therefore, men and women should not be content with the worldly pleasures as such pleasures are transitory and temporary and the real happiness lies in liberation from the cycle of birth and death.
We should consciously strive for this higher goal in life and not remain merely content with pursuing smaller goals which will in fact only entangle us in the cycle of birth and death. Therefore, all that we as human beings who are superior beings among all creatures should strive for the higher goal in life and this will only be possible if we will stay away from smaller and transitory goals in life but it is important to remain focussed on the ultimate goal of life and then and only then we will reach that goal and make our life purposeful and meaningful. The ultimate goal of human life is realisation of God and for achieving this goal of life one should strive hard and fix one’s mind and body on self-realization so that the goal of human life is achieved. It is more difficult than said and consistent and persistent efforts are required to attain God and become one with ultimate reality. God realisation is easier said than done as it is no child’s play but needs conscious and persistent efforts so that the God is realised and ultimate truth is known. But for self-realisation and salvation what is required is total and selfless attachment with the supreme reality and then and only then one can realise God not otherwise. Praying for worldly pleasures is lower form of worship and it is like a business and is selfish worship and can give you worldly pleasures but cannot give you peace of mind.
There are numerous diseurs' in life and one is entangled in these diseur’s and then there seems no way out to save oneself from these desires and therefore one should make genuine and serious efforts to see and get at the God realisation and therefore total attachment with supreme being and detachment with worldly life is all that can lead you to the higher goal of God realisation and you can thus realise the supreme truth which is the ultimate reality of this universe and to attain this higher goal of human life ,we should constantly and sincerely strive with the single end purpose of God realisation then and then only can one realise self and God while remaining in this materialistic world which is full of sorrows and desires. Coming back to the title of this write up one can say that what happened in the day time of May 24 is a mesmerising experience as it was dark at the day time with the dark clouds hovering over the sky and turning the day into dark day well before the darkness of the evening. One felt that sun set has come earlier in that day and evening had approached earlier and all this was a peculiar and unique experience for us humans, but this experience was short lived and after a small time it was day again. However, it rained cats and dogs and brought down the temperature of Jammu and people heaved a sigh of relief from scorching heat. We should thank God for bringing the showers of rain as a blessing for the people.
All this seems to be the curse of global warming and it is because of the greed and cunningness of the men that we are experiencing these extremes of climatic and weather conditions which are undesirable for the all living creation but affects the human life more intensely. People should realise their responsibilities and never exploit nature but rather preserve and protect nature for our well-being and also for the good of the future generations. We should not fell trees, intervene with the rivers and make them narrow and not encroach upon the bank of rivers and preserve all bio-diversity so that nature will not be angry with us but shower its blessings upon the people. Woods, water, natural vegetation, flora and fauna should be preserved for the good of the humanity. If we try to destroy nature, it will definitely destroy us and this is what is currently happening in the form of global warming and its adverse effects. Therefore, save nature to save ourselves should be our motto and it should not be a theoretical proposition but a practical thing and this is in the interest of the humanity.
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