BLACK is the color of the DIVINE!

By Bharath Adepu

Ananya is a modest girl with pretty looks. She is so fair that if we touch her, we may leave our fingermarks on her glowing skin. She just crossed three years and started going to school gracefully.

One day, she returned home, with a heavy face and had been looking into the mirror for a long time.

'What happened in school today?', her mother inquired.

‘Amma, why do I have many moles on my face while my friends have none? They are teasing me as if it is my fault,' said Ananya in a low voice.

She wants to know the answer to this question.

‘These moles indicate that you are the most beautiful girl!’, her mother told her with a big smile.

Ananya felt awesome to hear this but she is very excited to know more and tell her friends.

‘Amma, how is it related to beauty?’, asked Ananya, out of curiosity.

‘Do you know that there is an important Rule in Nature?’, her mother asked.

‘No, I don't know! What is it?’ Please tell me, said Ananya.

‘Nothing happens in Nature by accident and every event has a defined purpose,’ told her mother.

‘Amma, I want to know how these moles indicate beauty?’, Ananya asked impatiently.

‘Ok, let me explain. Do you know that Brahma is the creator of the Universe, including us?', asked her mother.

'Yes, you told a story about him,' said Ananya.

'While creating a baby girl, he takes many breaks especially when he wants to create a masterpiece like you', said her mother.

'So what? How is a break related to my birth mole?', asked Ananya impatiently.

'At every break, he puts a mole so that he can resume working from a specific point when he returns. It helps him to avoid duplication of work and improves his efficiency.’, her mother explained patiently.

‘So, he must have taken many breaks and an enormous amount of time while creating you into a masterpiece, as indicated by the number of birth moles!’, said her mother.

'WOW! That was so overwhelming!', said Ananya blissfully.

‘Look at the wings of the butterfly! The moles indicate her beauty and enhance her charm! Otherwise, her wings will be plain and dull,' her mother said.

Ananya is on cloud nine and blushing in silence. Being modest, she asked another question to get over this uncomfortable situation as she could not contain the bliss.

‘Amma, but why should the moles be black? Because I don't like the color,’ Ananya asked while still blushing.

‘Do you know that, black is the color of the Divine? And it is considered as the most sacred color because it is from where all the colors of the rainbow have formed,’ her mother said in an enlightened voice.

‘Could you please explain more about it?’ Ananya asked in an inquisitive tone.

‘Ok, listen to me carefully!' said her mother while taking a deep breath.

'I am ready!', said Ananya as she widened her eyes.

'Black is the zero state of the universe, from which all the other colors emerge when the Sun rises. It is manifested as a vacuum in the Universe. The vacuum is always dark as there are no particles to scatter light into our eyes. This ZERO STATE is nothing but Divinity' said her mother.

'Amma, it is a little difficult to comprehend', said Ananya.

'Don't worry! You are still a small kid and you have plenty of time to understand it.', said her mother.

‘Now, close your eyes and see what happens?,’ her mother instructed.

‘I can see only black color, as it is dark and nothing else,’ Ananya answered in a scared voice while opening her eyes.

‘Do you know that we are given eyelids to access darkness as it is the roadway to the Divine?' asked her mother.

'No, I don't have any clue about it!', said Ananya.

'Most of us experience darkness during sleep, at night and some do it voluntarily by doing meditation. Accessing darkness is the main reason behind rejuvenation after sleep and meditation as we feel the Divinity,’ her mother explained.

‘Amma, why is my friend dark skinned as she feels bad about it, while I am fair?,’ Ananya asked another question.

‘As you already know that black is the color of the Divine, God uses it wisely to create a very few blessed people in dark complexion and shows more affection for them!,’ her mother explained with a smile.

‘Does it mean that God has less affection towards me as I am fair?,’ asked Ananya in a low voice.

‘That’s why he sprinkled more color depicting moles as a symbol of his affection,’ her mother answered with a grin.

Ananya is blushing again. :-)

“The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.” -Rumi

By Bharath Adepu