Benevolent / Monstrous Wave

Benevolent / Monstrous Wave

I desperately wanted to reach the shore

I clearly see that, with my current strength and power,

It would be impossible to touch the coast.

All of a sudden, I found a big wave gently caressing and pushing me towards my goal

Thanks to the big wave, with this momentum, I believed I can.

As I continued the journey three quarters of my goal,

The gracious big wave collapsed and disappeared in the ocean floor.

I can't accept the fact such a thing could happen to a benevolent wave!

In my short span of life as a wave,

I had witnessed, a giant monstrous wave far away from me that devoured many waves.

To my bewilderment this dreadful wave reached the shore successfully. 

Even after several calculations and justifications,

It was unfathomable for my mind to settle down with these two incidents.

My mind has gone berserk, was restless and found it difficult to come to terms.

While the mind is afflicted with suffering,

My journey towards the shore didn’t stop for a moment, but continued!

Suddenly, I find that, I am graciously caressing and

Pushing a wave before me, towards the coast.

Instantly, I became the benevolent wave.

Wait a minute, can I be proud of myself?

I didn’t do anything really, things are happening in its own course.

How can I claim myself as the benevolent or monstrous?

On the same token, how can I judge others?

Who am I really?  What are all these so called actions?

The waves that are appearing in the water, seemingly perform actions

As the ocean, I remain there all the time, while the waves come and go,

Waves embrace and fight with each other in the plane of space and time,

With seemingly experiencing the resultant cause and effect.

In the grand scheme of Ocean,

Can there be a wave that is independent of Ocean?

Can a wave perform an action independent of Ocean?

If that is the case, how can a wave be judged as a benevolent or a monstrous?

Both the ballet and hip-hop movements appear and disappear in the ocean floor.

The mind cannot fathom these movements as they continuously change and come to an end.

Instead, focus the attention and be aware of the changeless behind all these movements.