Feel the River

Rivers are life.

It signifies dynamism in life.

Life is not static.

Like the flow, our problems too will pass.

Have you 'felt' a river?

Not just the cold water.

But its flow.

Does it flow past us?

Most of us will say yes!

But it doesn't really flow past us.

Then what?

If you 'feel' it, it flows through us!

(Inspired by John Muir's famous quote).

Here is a PQ- picturesque quote- on a recent picture taken by Ghumakkad's buddy Gopu. River Manas flowing with a strong current in the background. Does the PQ appear apt?

Previous PQs on related themes are linked below:

Rivers and Rocks

Does anybody thank a dry river bed?

Be like Water

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   - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad/14th November 2018

#rivers #PQ #Manas #assam #ghumakkadharsh #ghumakkadhb

Nature Gives More

Have you walked in a jungle alone?
Or, swum in the sea alone?
Or, traversed a hiking trail alone?
Have you heard the crickets sing?
Have you observed the placid waters of a lake?

Nature unfolds its magic at many of these places. Where Nature gives you more than what you seek. While at Kodaikanal last month, Ghumakkad took a picture of the lake. John Muir's famous words came alive. Here is the resulting PQ- picturesque quote.

Nature is a teacher. How much we learn from Nature, depends on us. Am sharing some of the PQs motivated by Nature:

"Life is like a wild flower" 


"Nature and Patience" Even Neem flowers have a lesson!



"Colours are the smiles of Nature"



Talking of the rivers, rocks and the sea, here are some more PQs motivated by Nature's creations:

"Voice of the Sea speaks to the Soul"


"Life is like a Sea"

"In matters of principle stand like a rock"


"Rivers flow not past but through us"

"Solitude is the place of purification"


Nature continues to inspire Ghumakkad. Do you also feel the same way? Your views are welcome.

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    - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad/ 15th July 2018

#Nature #River #Rocks #Sea #lake #PicturesqueQuotes #PQs #GhumakkadHarsh #GhumakkadHB #JohnMuir

Rivers flow not past but through us

How many times have we admired a flowing river-- be it in the Gangetic plains in India or rocky heights of the Grand Canyon in North America. Rivers cast a spell on the viewer. If viewed over the seasons, rivers teach us the meaning of contrasts in life. For example:
Calmness Vs turbulence
Wide Vs narrow
Deep Vs shallow
Danger Vs safe
Dirty Vs clean (water) 
Plenty Vs scarcity and so on.

These observations teach us a lesson or two. Like not to pollute a river either by throwing garbage or discharging a city's sewerage into the river or both! Many of our rivers and lakes in Indian cities have been polluted beyond redemption. 

Why has it happened this way? Because, most of us observe the river as it flows past. We do not feel that we are part of the river. How can we be part of the river? Sounds weird? Consider what John Muir said "The rivers flow not past, but through us". See the picturesque quote PQ created by superimposing this quotation on the scenic picture of Punakha river in Bhutan Himalayas.

If we all feel the river flowing through us--like our own blood and energy--we will neither abuse nor destroy the river. We never destroy our own life, do we? So, next time you are on a river bank, pause and feel the river flowing through you! And feel the transformation within you.

In case you want to see some more pictures of Punakha in Bhutan, click here.

A few more PQs related to Nature can be seen by clicking any of the links below:
Caterpillars teach us self-discipline
Nature and its marvels
Mist and mountain

More on flowing rivers in the next post.

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Your feedback or comments are always welcome

    Harsh-the-Ghumakkad/ 29th Nov 2015
    hbindia@gmail.com 

Postscript:
29th Nov: Animesh Bhowmick contributed the following:
"Rivers have always been a source of enigma and intrigue for mankind . (Hemant Kumar song on Ganga in Bengali is apt). Often it is difficult to locate the exact source of the river. Take for instance Nile considered the longest river, but now has been overtaken by Amazon through a series of satellite mapping technique recently developed to pin point the exact starting streams. Even in case of Ganges new studies discard Gomukh to b the starting point but trace it back further into under rock multiple crevices miles away,  flowing with glacier water from above. It's interesting to note that Chambal is the only river in India, whose source is not mountain rain water but underground springs . Also river Okavango flows hundreds of miles under ground surface, before emerging out at the delta spilling into Atlantic. Even Danube flowing thru Balkans into the Black Sea at Volga Bulgaria has interesting history- It's here that the Greeks discovered Amber (Shilajit) and coined the famous Amber route. Perhaps no other cultural sub group like the Hindu Bengalis of erstwhile undivided India, had so much impact/ influence on their daily life from the confluence of Ganga, Brahmaputra (called Jamuna), Teesta and Meghna flowing through it's heartland compositely called Padma."