Workshop # 16  
Perspectives 
by Manjula Waldron

Mind Conflicts

Child –

Mother, I’m so glad to see you. Finally I found you!
The welcoming look in your eyes touches my heart. It fills me with joy. I run to you eager.

But then I am afraid you will be angry with me for losing my shirt and shoes. Mother dear, please don’t be angry. I wanted to not lose them, but I was so frightened that I had lost you that I panicked. I went looking for you and then I could not find my shirt or shoes.

I know you work so hard to clothe me and give me food, especially since father left. Things have not been easy for you. Mother dear please don’t be disgusted with me. I didn’t mean to be bad, but I get so afraid when I can’t see you. I forget everything. You are my entire world now. You are my life. Please mother, do not worry about money. When I grow up, I promise I will make up for everything. I will buy you a house bigger than uncle Henry bought for his mother. I will buy you a car bigger than Uncle Dave’s. I will grow up and do big things.

Please mother, do not look at my dirty feet and clothes. I will help you clean them. Just continue to gaze at me with your precious, warm hearted, generous smile. Feel my happiness at finding you. Embrace me for who I am, your son. I love you more than my life.

Mother –

Son, I’m so glad to have found you. I’m so relieved, so happy! Come to me, my darling boy, my heart’s desire. What a handsome and refreshing sight you make. I love you more than my life. I was so worried about you. I don’t know what I would have done if I had lost you. That very thought fills me with terror. Look at you, my son, so full of promise – a promise waiting to be fulfilled. You, who have given me meaning and purpose in my life, how can I be without you?

But why do you challenge me so? Where are your shoes and shirt? Look at you! You are so sun-burnt. You will be sore tonight and won’t be able to sleep. I have to go to work to keep food on the table. I do not mind. You are worth every sacrifice I make. You have to go to school to fulfill your promise. We will both be so exhausted. Then we will fight. I don’t like that.

The breeze is so cold. I’ve kept my clothes on. Look at your bare chest? What will I do if you catch a cold? Before you know it, it will be pneumonia, like always, and I will worry all night, hearing your labored breath, whether you will make it through the night. You are all I have. I am petrified of losing you. I have spent the past hour worrying about you. Where have you been? The water is freezing and you have no shoes. Where are they? They were new, we just bought them. How can you be so careless?

I’m so glad to have found you – that joy – no amount of worry can take away. Come to me, my joyful heart.

Gift of Love

Now –

Let’s be present in this moment, locked in our happiness at finding each other. Let’s treasure each other, not for the past, nor the future, but for the present, a divine gift given to us for we have each other.

Where you have been, I will never go
Where you will go I will never be.
In this moment we have come together
Let us cherish each other for who
You are and who I am, no promises made
Cherishing joy of the shared mindful NOW.

We lock our eyes and through them our hearts, those joined in the womb, and expand the universe. The song of the ocean sings in our hearts. The warm sand squishes through our toes anchoring us to the ground. The waves lap at our ankles and leave, but none of these detract us from the love we have.

Eternal

The blue sky smiles at us for we have found each other again. In life we will have many a time when we will be separated, but only for a while, until we find each other again. Age and time will separate us, fading the aged while the young thrives – wholesome. Over time, we will part becoming a memory for each other, happy to be together and a source of blessing when apart. Even when death strikes and the ashes are scattered far and wide in the ocean and the waves take every bit of them, the smile will be emblazoned between the heaven and earth and a gaze will bring it back. The arms will still be waiting patiently to embrace with the same loving come-hither look, blessing with wonder of a love that no force can cast asunder. We have the bond of a mother and son, a bond that transcends eternity. What is the need for fear and anxiety then? It matters not what is said, all that matters is the love that is shared. As we understand each other for our transgressions only the deep feelings that we share in life will remain, impregnating the horizon, all else will be washed away by the surf.   

January 20, 2006

Workshop # 16  
Articles  
Amma by Bhaskar Kolluri 
Any Good News? by Shyamala Sathiaseelan 
Childhood Innocence by Arya Bhushan 
Knowledge: The Role of an Initiator by Mahesh Sharma 
Mother – An Object of Reverence by Naira Yaqoob  - Winner # 1
Mommy and Me by Rajameena 
My Flesh and Blood by Pavalamani Pragasam 
Perspectives by Manjula Waldron 
That Singular Moment by Dr. Vidur Jyoti 
The Embrace of the Sea Goddess by Michael Levy  - Winner # 2

Stories   
A Year Since the Tsunami by Kanchan Mahesh  
Only for You by Mehru Jaffer 

Poetry 
A Mother's Joy by Michael Levy
A Son... by Rina Basu 
A Timeless Tale by Mahesh Jambunathan
Agony Of a Lonely Son by Jyothi Lakshmi. B
Boy! by NS Murty 
By The Sea by Dr. Uma Asopa 
Come by Frances Schiavina
Come On Hug Honey! by T.A. Ramesh 
Each Day is a Lifeline by Shane Taylor 
Eternity's Moments by Sudipta Chatterjee  
From Me to You by Ramendra Kumar 
How I Wish I Had My Childhood Back! by NS Murty 
Into the Arms of Mother Nature by Kanchan Mahesh 
Joy Meets Its Maker by Sugandha Indulkar 
Let's Run Together by Miryam Masih Nahar
Little Bird by Prashant Bhushan 
Mind's Window by Seema Banerjee-Ray 
Missing You by Kerry Lowe 
Mother by Anisa Chaudhary
Mother and Sea by AJ Rao  
Mother Calling by Rajeshwari Hemmadi 
Mother Embrace Child by Jayati Gupta 
Mother to her Child by Gaurang Bhatt, MD
My Child by Dr. Sirisha Dabiru
My Refuge by Vasanta Athilat 
My Sonny Boy by Ramendra Kumar 
Now and Then by Dr. Amitabh Mitra 
Ocean of Love by Shernaz Wadia  - Winner # 3
Sea of Love by Bibhudatta Dash  
Silent Expression! by Bollimuntha Venkata Ramana Rao
Someone by Naira Yaqoob 
Soul's Canvas by Seema Banerjee-Ray 
The Arrival by Sudipta Chatterjee 
The Child Within by Charlene Howard
The Gift of Bliss... by Joy A Burki-Watson 
The Sea is Calling by Smita Agrawal
The Theft by Saptarshi Das 
The Way You Make Me Feel... by Neha Girotra 
To Strangers! by Seema Banerjee-Ray
Tsunami by Frances Schiavina
Unconditional Love by Christine Redman-Waldeyer 
Untitled by Maneesha 
Water Polo by Seema Banerjee-Ray 
Where All Duality Ends ... by Sugandha Indulkar 
With Open Arms, I Welcome The Future by Sugandha Indulkar
Your Open Wide Arms by Rajender Krishan
 

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