The Swirl of Suffering

I had a dream last night.

I was standing at a beautiful beach with huge coastline and tall, beautiful palm trees around me. The sea was equally hued blue and green. Tides appeared with rhythmic hum… balanced crest and troughs. The beauty and calmness of the area forced me to stay over there for ever. To absorb the serenity in my soul I took a deep breath and took two steps more.

As I came closer I saw the injustice of nature. The sun was not shining equally on that sea. The blue area was absorbing more sunshine. It was bright and fresh. The waves seemed to be dancing in synchronization. The sea life underneath was visible in clear jubilation. On the other hand, patches of green were murky and turbulent. The green scraps that occupied the major part of sea, was stagnant, dull…contaminated. Many fish were seen drifting along the current while few groups were noisy, violent and swimming vigorously with no direction.

I took few more steps to understand these hues more clearly. On a closer examination I felt not only there was sharp contrast in color, structure and behavior of water but the temperature of the two areas were distinctly in comparison too.
The water of green areas of sea was though much milder at the top but the water was boiling underneath. I could feel the heat radiating and few bubbles reaching at the top.

As the sun began to set, the sunlight shone at green area of sea darkened more. The water instead of getting colder developed strange behavior. It started moving in circles. Gradually heated turbulent waves, violent fish started whirling in crazy manner. Moment by moment…little by little…it all emerged as a humongous ‘Swirl’.

It was huge like the picture of sea monster. It was hot like ‘magma’. It engulfed everything in its proximity. But nothing seemed to fill its appetite. Its chaotic behavior disrupted everything. All the tranquility of the area vanished. The tumultuous circular motion of water rapidly spread to the calmer blue sea. The mad ‘Swirl’ had taken it all.

I witnessed the calamity. Then I thought I should save the sea life, the sea shore, the beauty…I should bring back that peace.

“But how could I do it? It was the injustice of nature that sun was brighter at blue areas of sea. But was that the only cause? Weren’t the visitors like me who had come and enjoyed the beauty of the sea, responsible for bringing the unfortunate catastrophe? Had we been the wiser enough to understand the difference in distribution of nature, the contrasting behavior of waves, had taken the measures earlier to neutralize the gap, the story of this sea would be totally different.”

I opened my eyes with heavy heart. Tears rolling from eyes had wet my face.

Thank God it was a dream…I thought.

But was it really a dream?