The ripe fruit

"பழம் பழுத்துடுச்சு. விழுந்திடும்."

"The fruit is ripe. It will fall shortly."

These were the words told by a friend's grandfather right before his passing. This grandfather had become a Shaiva Siddhar.

The Tamizh Siddhars say: "When the fruit is ripe, it will fall even in the darkest night."

There's a lesson here for all of us. 

The world has always been in turmoil. Only the level of turmoil in the world has changed over time. Sometimes, it has gotten better, sometimes, it has gotten worse. While we can do whatever little we can to try and push things in a positive direction, it is more important for us to first focus on ourselves. After all, unless we get our lives in order how can we get anything else in order? In this process, we will be helping ourselves and also others.

However dark the external world gets, we can still ripen ourselves, realize the ultimate truth and rise above all the external turmoil with inner peace. We can become the ripe fruit that falls in even the darkest night.