More on Water
Posted on 4/19/2006 Post Comment -
Water, so precious, yet so devalued. We think nothing of it going waste. So much is flushed down the toilet, so much from leaky taps, so much from garden hoses till faced with a situation of acute shortage. I remember this aspect when I perform the daily "Sandhya Vandanam" after bath in the morning and evening. The "mantras" (prayers) recited while doing "Tarpana" (pouring out water from cupped hands) are invocation to God to make water available, as ever, today also to the entire humanity. The point to be noted in this particular ritual, dating back some 5000 years to the early Vedic age, is that nothing is asked for oneself. It is for all that constitute the world""Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu" (Let the world be happy and at peace). Also, the fact that I feel connected to all my forefathers who may have performed this ritual through the centuries makes me happy. I find that I have digressed a little bit, somewhat like a river that changes her course once in a while. Returning to the main topic, water holds significance for every major religion. Christians are baptised with water, Muslims have to wash their face and feet before prayers and there are various rituals where the idols in Hindu temples are bathed in the elaborate ritual "Abhishekam". Coming to the present day, I think the Israelis deserve credit for developing drip irrigation and changing the face of the desert. It seems to be quite a miracle to think that little droplets of water could achieve so much.
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| The importance of water should be reminded to us frequently. The fact that it is so sacred to so many religions goes to show how highly God upholds it. | |||
| Posted by Soraya | |||
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| Hello Nandkumar, Out here in Australia one of the driest continents, water is an ever constant problem. As the population grows it will be a larger problem in years to come. We have permanant water restrictions all year round here in Melbourne and they will never lift. Some people have had large monetry fines for wasting water. Building new dams doesn't appear to be an option because dams eventually kill the rivers. We have had a lot of rain lately but the water catchments keep going down.So your little story is right on the money it i s a sacred resource to every culture and religion and without it there would be no life, so we humans will have to invent ways to reuse and recycle some grey water for the use on gardens, we cannot keep pouring pure clean drinking water around as if it is not worth much. But as usual the politicians talk a lot and put forward there grandiose ideas and then go quiet and hope we the ordinary joe blow citizens will forget what they promised, so they can promise something else and then tell you they don't have the money for the first promise way back. These politicians are painted with the same brush wherever they come from... I think it must have something to do with power sydrome and look aren't I great. |
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