The Destiny of Man-8.

There is a great cycle.

In this cosmic existence there is a great cycle.

The sun shines upon the oceans, upon the seas, upon huge lakes, upon all collections of water.

And when the heat of the sun intensifies, the water begins to evaporate, it gives up its substance, its thickness and rises up as vapour and ascends into the skies, and upward winds help its ascent.

Raising from oceans and seas and lakes millions of tons of water become vapour through the heat of the sun and they rise up into the higher atmosphere until they reach a level where the cold is intense and they cannot retain their vaporous nature.

Once again they become form and amass themselves in dense rain-bearing clouds.

And then starts the most interesting phenomena.

The upper winds begin to push these clouds and make them sail towards the land. And moving across the land these dense rain-bearing clouds become heavier and heavier and descend lower and lower until they meet an obstruction like the mountains and there they release their waters.

They release their waters, they fall in torrents, descend in heavy rains.

And the moment they hit the earth, they begin to flow, they become tiny rivulets, little streams, mountain streams, then they join bigger streams, they join rivers and they keep flowing, they keep flowing from the higher to the lower, overcome all obstacles, they twist and turn and bypass all obstacles—then ultimately where do they end?

What is the destiny of rainwater?

What is the destiny of rivers, what is the destiny of streams?

Ultimately?

They all join the ocean, they all join the sea.

The cycle is completed.

From where they came into being, from where they arose as vapour into the high skies, completing the cycle, they once again join and become one with their origin and source, the ocean.

Ponder this cycle!

SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA
To be continued .........