Dream?

Some dreams are auspicious. They are wonders and can create wonders. They can teach life lessons, even make transformations in our lives.

I've always wanted to see heaven.  I've heard extensive tales of how infinitely beautiful the place is. Little am I rational to not believe that. For me, heaven is a wonder to be believed in without even attempting to rationalise it.

And once, I saw heaven. I was taken to witness my all time fantasy. A distant view itself of it was sublime enough to content me for the rest of my life. My greed for more thrill took me further. I was taken aback by the extravagant beauty. But what was more astonishing was that the place was not unfamiliar. It took me no time to identify that it was my home. It was the backyard of my house the very same place where I'd play all those childhood games with my brother and neighbourhood friends. But it hardly looked the usual. It was a beauty, marvellous. Unambiguously, the same place though. Iam telling this because Iam sure I would recognise every corner of it if I had walked around.

I didn't know when I slid back to my normal sleep. But it was very surprising for me when I woke up, for the fact that I memorised all the bits of my dream. I would recollect the very picture of my heaven - the stream, the plans , the blue tint of the whole space and almost everything . And that's one dream that I still remember even after these many years passed. May be because, that whole day I was bothered to do nothing after waking up from the dream other than wondering- heaven?  My house? But how?

Years passed. Time had me to move out of my village. Moving out was hard, but fantasies of a city took me ahead - it's pace the people the culture the language and all those fancy stuff. But it didn't last too long. Successively, it got monotonous. Rush was always rush. And more importantly nature was too bare to be seen, unlike the village.

Still, I would dream of my heaven. And it's the dream to return.  To go back home, feel the calm and chill in my backyard, having the closest of conversation  with nature. "Then I would merge with the divine, like we might, in heaven". I dream.

Yes ! Some dreams are auspicious. They are created in our soul. They are wonders. We just have to put faith in the magic of these wonders.

~ Appu Raveendranath
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