{"id":786,"date":"2025-06-22T19:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T00:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=786"},"modified":"2025-06-22T19:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T00:29:07","slug":"whispers-of-the-bloom-lessons-in-mortality-from-kabir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/whispers-of-the-bloom-lessons-in-mortality-from-kabir\/","title":{"rendered":"Whispers of the Bloom: Lessons in Mortality from Kabir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cRemembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.\u201d
\u2014 Steve Jobs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kabir \u2013 The couplet<\/em><\/strong>
\u092e\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u0924 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0915\u0947, \u0915\u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0964
\u092b\u0942\u0932-\u092b\u0942\u0932 \u091a\u0941\u0928 \u0932\u093f\u090f, \u0915\u093e\u0932 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0965
transliterated:<\/em><\/strong>
M\u0101li \u0101vat dekh ke, kaliy\u0101n kare puk\u0101r |
Phool phool chun liye, k\u0101l ham\u0101r\u012b b\u0101r ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation:<\/em><\/strong>
Seeing the gardener (maali) coming, the buds (kaliyaan) cry out |
The flowers have been plucked; now it is our turn to die ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My understanding:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Kabir and Jobs, separated by centuries and cultures, arrive at the same piercing truth: Death is not an if, but a when. The gardener is always approaching. Yet this is not a message of fear, but of fierce urgency \u2014 and liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death does not wait for anyone. But that does not mean we wait for death. Life isn’t a countdown to the end \u2014 it’s a countdown to meaning. We mustn’t squander time imagining what comes after, for death is not an end, but a beginning we cannot yet comprehend. What we do know is this: we are alive now. This moment is ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this fragile space between birth and death, we are called to a delicate balance \u2014 to care for the soul, and yet tend to the demands of the material world. To maximize every moment, not just for personal gain, but to contribute value to the world and deepen our inner journey. The question is not “when will I be plucked?” but “how will I bloom while I am here?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So bloom brightly. Love deeply. Create boldly. Serve generously. And remember: awareness of death is not the end of joy \u2014 it is the beginning of purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cRemembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.\u201d\u2014 Steve Jobs Kabir \u2013 The couplet\u092e\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u0924 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0915\u0947, \u0915\u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0964\u092b\u0942\u0932-\u092b\u0942\u0932 \u091a\u0941\u0928 \u0932\u093f\u090f, \u0915\u093e\u0932 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0965transliterated:M\u0101li \u0101vat dekh ke,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy","category-philosophy-and-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":787,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions\/787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}