|| Love Life ||

"Where there is love, there is life," is a great quote from Mahatma Gandhi. Today, we humans are living a life in this universe. What happens when you mix living life with love? Love is not only between male and female or being close to someone of the opposite sex, but also between nature and nurture, nature and humans, parents and children, and citizens and their country. Love is for life. Imagine if there was no love in your life. Everything would have been monotonous and boring around you. Or imagine spending your entire life in a quiet or gloomy room. Everyone enjoys breathing in the open air. Rarely will you hear someone declare, "I adore being alone." Nonetheless, life has become self-centered, and you should enjoy your own company. But how long will this last? Even if you live alone, do you need to go out and communicate if you become sick or need to eat? You cannot thrive without interacting with others. Why not constantly speak frankly? Why not enjoy unfettered communication with others? Why not enjoy what you do? Why not enjoy what we do? Don't you believe that if you do what you love, you will be able to truly appreciate every moment of your life? For me, life is about loving Lord Krishna, myself, my family, my community, and my country.

Lord Krishna once communicated with Radhaji and asked her why "love in life" is so essential to her. What exactly is the definition of love? He wanted to grasp the true meaning of love. Radha stated that love has no definition, that it cannot be measured, that it is incomprehensible and precious. There is no comparison to love. Love knows no boundaries. It can only spread if given the opportunity. If you keep it, it will not grow, but if you let it go, it will be remembered forever. The best love, according to Radhaji, is the love of a mother. She added that we are a part of our father, but our birth occurs in our mother's womb. When we are in our mother's womb, her blood, muscles, bones, veins, and arteries all work together to ensure our healthy development. We don't even behave well in our mothers' wombs; we cause discomfort, we make a lot of motions, and even getting up and sleeping becomes tough for our mothers. Despite our difficulties, she always gives love, she pampers, she eats so that you get healthy, and she nurtures you in her womb with confidence and care for 9 months.

Our mother's body is our body, and so does her feelings and behaviour. A mother only teaches etiquette and discipline; we have faith in our mother from the moment we are born that she will take good care of us. We adore our father because our mother adores him. We love our parents because they teach us how to love. Our mother is supposed to be our first guru in this universe. When a mother gives birth to a child, it is also claimed that she reborns. After birth, the mother's blood is transformed into milk, and her milk contains the highest immunity and the best ingredients. A mother's love is so strong that even when we are in the womb, she enjoys the discomfort. She experiences pain when she delivers the baby. Her pain suddenly vanishes when she first sees her own child. What we discover is that no matter how painful the circumstance, a child's innocent smile can make everything better. She (the mother) feeds the infant with warmth and love so that he or she will remain mentally and physically healthy. When a child first talks or walks, the mother's excitement is at an all-time high. She is pleased when we are happy, and if we make mistakes, she is willing to assist us in fixing them.

Love is beyond explanation, as Radhaji described it so perfectly that Lord Krishna was speechless. Though Lord Krishna created us humans and the environment around us, Radhaji described how to live in the universe with love. Radha and Lord Krishna are true symbols of love, and learning from their stories about life, particularly about mothers' love, has enthralled me. The essence of love has such vast depth. We come and live in this cosmos. Do we really have time to think about love in this scientific revolution and rat race? Today, as I reflect on what I wrote after reading Radhaji's narration, I realise how fortunate I am to be the mother of two daughters. I've added a lot of respect and prayers for the goddesses' blessings that we have in our country. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have had affection from my mother, mother-in-law, my community, and my motherland, India. This understanding of suffering, love, and sacrifice, as well as being confident in giving birth to other human beings and remaining humble for your children, has added colour to my life.

Today, loving life means being self-centered or loving life means defeating, denying, or humiliating others. According to our forefathers or what we have learned from Bhagwad Geeta, enjoying life means serving others, protecting others, being with your loved ones, and being with those in need. Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that God exists and that God, like humans, has senses such as the ear, nose, eyes, head, and tongue. He claimed that there is only one creator and that the rest are minor creatures of the creator; that knowing values is similar to having good karma; and that you get what you serve. If you have faith in me or believe in me, I will lead and protect you. Those that believe in me enjoy life as much as I do. According to this belief, only soldiers or true unsung heroes of our country have received blessings from the Almighty and are still following our ancestors. What about the rest of us?

The world has expanded, we have more exposure, but life has become so limited today. We are growing in scientific terms, but shrinking in terms of emotions and sensations. For little minor concerns, fear, inability to accept pain, inability to sacrifice for one's own family, loss of patience, money is the criterion of loving life. On the other hand, those who are concerned about their physical health are becoming vegetarians (eating natural foods) in order to save food by going vegan, gluten-free, or avoiding non-vegetarian foods. Focusing on organic food, harnessing solar energy to prevent pollution, electric transportation, and numerous more technologies were some ideas that existed in mental form in earlier periods, along with providing warmth to our own people, being humble in what we do, being natural, and many other things.

Science has given different labels to the same result; when will we realise this? We recently had one mother come to our clinic. She wanted to see if we had the expensive equipment she saw on the internet. She was never interested in seeing what type of warmth we provided a child. She comes to us with a child from the same class, and every time the child comes, the entire clinic pays attention to him; every time he arrives with a new minor item, everyone starts discussing it. Sometimes the child goes to the kitchen and makes tea for everyone, and after three months of not communicating much, his language and speech have progressed to chatting excessively. That toddler and mother are literally having fun with us. Today's mothers are so engrossed with technology that they have forgotten how to teach their children to enjoy life. Who will educate children that true love is not based on romance, candlelight dinners, and walks along the beach, but rather on respect, compromise, caring, and trust?

    

Living life with love is really easy. Just pick up some of the vocabulary from our ancestors, comprehend it, and you'll be able to move forward with flying colours. I've already started doing it. What about you all?