Hariharan...Hari...Hara

We have a new volunteer in our battalion with an outstanding qualification of a Chartered Accountant. Hariharan. Quite an ambitious lad. He surely has an enigmatic personality. Well read and well spoken!! I was wondering what the name, Hariharan, meant. Hari & Hara... alias names of Lord Krishna & Lord Shiva respectively. Well, thats when something beautiful struck me. That which is small, perishable and ephemeral needs protection and that which is big, vast and permanent does not. Like your body needs protection, your mind needs protection but your soul does not!! Also truth needs no protection. Protection means prolonging the time in that state, in other words, preventing transformation. When there is transformation, protection cannot happen and without protection you cannot achieve the desired transformation!! To illustrate, A seed needs protection to transform into a plant. But remember, protection can aid or hamper the transformation. Protector should be aware to what extent he should protect. Overprotecting the plant will hamper the growth of a plant into the tree. Protection should be seen in the aspect of time and the Transformation in the aspect of space. We are both, protected and transformed!! Hari is the protector and Hara is the transformer. जय गुरुदेव -- O.A.K. Tree