A Contemplation on Life...

Just found this really amazing picture while browsing thru a photoblog www.catchycolors.blogspot.com... It sort of touched me in some strange way I can't put my finger upon... The rivulet of pure white streaking into the sky along the snaky path seemed to remind me of life - the life of any given soul which comes into existence from nowhere - from the depths of darkness - and journeys along its charted course, spreading its aura with the passage of time and finally evaporates into nothingness - back to where it came from...

A life materializes in the form of a teeny weeny baby - pure white innocence - like the little trickle of the cloud that seems to emerge from the black silhouette... Its perspective slowly widens as it gathers ideas, attitudes and impressions from its immediate surroundings - like the little trickle that gradually widens to become a thin stream... The rivulet further snakes its way upward, depicting the varying phases of life - the ups and downs that one faces - the choices people make and the paths they choose to travel on... Growing older and wiser, any soul reaches out, yearning to seek that truth which it had set out to realize... Building upon its experiences, it grows in strength and forms its own circle of influence, just as the once-thin-strand-of-cloud expands, dissipating its rich storehouse of wisdom, enriching its surroundings (or polluting it, depending on the nature and characteristics of the person in consideration)... Finally, the soul merges into nothingness, going back to where it came from, sometimes after having realized the truth it had set out to seek... This particular life form is remembered and lives through many more generations in the minds of people, depending upon the degree of its value-add to the society...

And somewhere, another little trickle of cloud emerges from nothingness to fill the void - to fulfill its own mission - to mark the birth of yet another person... and thus continues the circle of birth and death...