Wondrous

 This evening, after the Spanish lecture got over and since I did not have to conduct the French lecture, I could watch the fabulous demo's by the Indian Navy. Superb as usual they were, especially when in tandem with the air force. Some of the formations were literally spell-binding, absolutely breathtaking.

Yet much more fascinating was the sea itself. I think the allure of the sea is as deep and as wide as the sea itself. Sure this statement holds good when we are safely near the shore, yet somehow the sea appeals to our imagination.  May be, because we do not know much about it! In fact, we know more about the moon and the space than the seas! 

More than a dozen men have walked on the surface of the moon. As  yet nobody has managed to walk on the slushy surface of the Mariana trench, the deepest point of the deepest ocean, the Pacific, or its nearby sibling, the Challenger Deep. Anyways, only six people have managed to descend down there in a submersible, and as early as 1960's. In other words, our ignorance of the seas and oceans that surround us everywhere is as vast and as deep as the oceans themselves. 

May be, that is why the oceans, infinite as they appear as one stands by the shore watching the blue of the water merge with the blue of the skies as the very horizon seems to disappear in to eternity, hold the psyche in thrall.

Oceans are forever. Life began there. If human beings do not pay any heed to the rising water levels due to human interference in the environment, life would end there, too! 

I love the ocean as a symbol, too. Oceans may rage wildly. Yes, I have watched videos of storms, and they are terror itself. Oceans have ebbs and tides. Yet they never ever cross the bounds. Even a tsunami is the after-effect of a deep water earthquake. By itself, forget the sea, even the ocean, never goes off its limits. 

Like a genuine human being, who however much harassed, ill-treated, never leaves his/her own innate qualities, however much angered, right? So roll on, the deep oceans, ancient than the human history itself!

Pratima@ Oceans are mystic, majestic and magnetically mesmerizing! One of the reasons why I hold Raju in high esteem is his close acquaintance with these giants in all their moods!