The Beauty of Sadness

Almost everyone run away from sadness. Some even run into dangerous territories such as alcohol and drugs. And the reason behind, people consider sadness as mistakes and punishment. Any spiritual seekers who grow deep know, grief is similar to a nurturing mother who guide soul to be back home.

Sadness Is Not Punishment

One of beautiful soul who deeply explore the lake of sadness is Kahlil Gibran. While the ordinary person run away from grief or wounded by sadness, this widely known author peel layer by layer the onion of sadness. He smiled to every tear drop. He gently hugged every pain. He sprinkled each soul wound. The result was amazing, a beautiful holy book which is admired by the world (The Prophet).

It is understandable if all prophets and holy people should pass a long stairs of sadness. Some even lost their lives. And as everyone knows, after experiencing such deep and long sadness then beautiful light arise. In our age, Martin Luther aking Jr.,  Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, HH Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Mahatma Gandhi are great Gurus in this case. Bali island was in deep sadness when terrorist bombed the island twice, but few years later Bali was recognized as the best island in the world as tourist destination.

In short, sadness is not punishment. Sadness is not poison. Sadness is not intended to wound. Similar to cocoon which tries to comes out from the house. It is painful indeed, but as soon as cocoon come out from the house, pain transform it into a beautiful butterfly that fly to adorn the world.

Sadness As Nectar

In a quiet pond of silence ever heard a beautiful message like this: "Sometimes not getting what you want can be a beautiful blessing". It sounds against the mainstream, but when it comes to soul journey it's true. If the desire is continuously fulfilled, it will strengthen the ego. And at the peak of ego there will be soul disaster.

For that reason, the unfulfilled desire can be a blessing later, especially to prevent one to sink into a deep and dangerous suffering. More than just a blessing, as long as a person is sincere and surrender in the front of sadness, grief can be be transformed into a nectar that purifying the soul. In a language of a spiritual friend, tears of sadness washed away the soul, and finally from a clean soul a baby of compassion was born.

These babies of love, kindness and compassion who ever born from the womb of sadness then lighten the journey of Jesus Christ and Mahatma Gandhi. And as has been noted by history, this light is glowing for thousands of years and illuminating countless soul.

The Guiding Sadness

To be honest, the last baby of compassion was not born from the womb of happiness that most people look for, but it was born from the womb of sadness that most people fear. And anyone who is sincere and surrender in the front of sadness, instead of running, see the guiding light behind sadness, they will be guided back home.

A profound inner seeker who had long been guided back home by deep sadness ever heard a message like this: "being aware of one's fault is more meaningful than seeing thousand of mistakes in others". This is a beautiful soul who is back home. Sadness guides him/her to open layer by layer the inner self.

And at the peak of self-discovery one will understand, whenever we are in order inside the world is in order. Any souls who have returned home in this way will undergo a major transformation from fear to love. At this stage, it looks bright, life is similar to full moon. The bright part is love, the dark part is fear. Please make a note, both are the same full moon.