Fr. George Kandathil, Hussain Rampurwala and I were involved in discussing some TA topics including movement to script. The learning from that discussion is presented here.
Anchor belongs to the ship. It is an aid to the ship. It helps the ship to remain stable as and when it encounters rough weather or choppy seas. What relevance can this metaphor of anchor have to healthy successful living.
In the very early years of a child's life it identifies itself as being related to its mother. Later to its father. Still later to other members of the family. As individual grows in age the relating grows to persons across the globe. How does this child identify itself. When asked who are you?
The child looks at its mother and says: "I am my mothers child." That is the identity. We are committed in fidelity to our core identity. That connectivity to our core identity is our anchoring. It generates our value system, moral, ethical, social ... All relations are guided by this quality of fidelity. When times become difficult or challenging the person anchors to his core identity. In a spiritually evolved person this anchoring is to god.
Anchoring permits us to accept each other in essence. I am I, and you are you. Each one of us unique. We can have different views. As yet we can solve problems together. This orientation of offering, of giving arises when this anchoring is in place.
Ajit Karve: taforyouandme@gmail.com
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