Destiny is what happens in the end and we justify everything with what is destined for all of us, but then also we all dream of so many things. We speak in dream. We ache in dream. We sleep in dream. We move around in dream. Finally we realize that life itself has been a long dream. It has come and is slipping away without our knowing what is in store for us in the end. We are left with photo images of every moment that has passed.   This is the tale of all living beings. One who has come on this earth has to go. It is the law of the universe. Yet, it is the existence that gods have craved for. They have descended on the earth to live like humans.

If one goes by their experiences as narrated in Ramayana and Mahabharata one can only sympathize with them. Ram is banished to jungles for 14 years. He has to part with his most beloved possession, his virtuous wife who has stood by Him like a rock. He has an affectionate but helpless father and a cunning step-mother. On the plus side, He has devoted step-brothers. This sounds like a story of our own families with little variations here and there. The reality is that -greed, jealousy, betrayal and loyalty are all emotions associated with us. Some of us don’t like others to become rich. There is no dearth either of those who keep covetous eyes on the property of their kith and kin on which they have no claims otherwise.

One who overcomes all challenges and temptations while dutifully doing his father’s bidding is Ram. This is what the saints advise us to learn from the presence of gods among us. Over the centuries gods have told us after having assumed our form that we ought to   honor personal commitments but without compromising with our principles.  Krishna gave this message to justify liven a war to preserve self-respect. We have to pay the price for our sins but that does not seem to happen in the present times. Criminals have their strengths whereas the good doers suffer because of their pious beliefs. They fail or don’t feel like stooping more low and pay back in the same manner.

Generation after generations, people like Buddha and Gandhi emerged and the likes of them set standards to lend meaning to the precious human life. They strengthen our faith in the path of virtue. No purpose is solved by wasting time for petty mind thinking or deeds. It is better to stay alone than in bad company. Let us not be bothered by other’s dirty tricks and simply ward off their barbs and go ahead with our lives. After all we all have one life and we are given the power to dream, the power to live a dream, so why not channelize all our energies to realize the positive dreams and make this world a better place. No harm in dreaming that.