-- *Mar*Certainly. Below is a *refined and polished version* of your essay, keeping your original spirit and message fully intact — but with smoother flow, clearer phrasing, and a tone suitable for publication or academic submission. ------------------------------ *Creating Hope from Hopelessness*
*By YM Sarma* I once watched a scene in a Chinese cinema that left a lasting impression on me. A small pond, only seven or eight feet wide, had a single leaf floating on its surface. The teacher in the film instructed his students to use that fragile leaf as a base for one foot and then leap across the pond. Most failed, but the teacher urged them to try again and again. Eventually, a few succeeded. Then the teacher reduced the size of the leaf — and the students had to repeat the challenge. Finally, he removed the leaf altogether, asking them to leap as if the water itself were their support. The lesson was profound: to develop the character of persistence, to keep striving even when hope appears to vanish. One must learn to use every tiny support to continue fighting. When determination becomes unshakable, nature begins to assist. Success, then, is not a random event but the outcome of harmony between human will and the universe. There exists an immense universe beyond what our eyes can perceive. We see only a thin three-dimensional surface of a far greater reality. Because sight is limited, we must learn to *feel* — through breathing, smelling, and sensing — so that our awareness becomes a bridge to the unseen. When one breathes with focus and emptiness of mind, doubts subside, and the energy of inspiration flows freely. The universe, vast and infinite, can respond to our inner state. Its fundamental character — what science calls *quantum entanglement* — mirrors the truth that all things are interconnected. Through willpower and mindful breathing, we can align ourselves with this universal rhythm. In that alignment, the individual becomes one with the whole. The greatest problem of our age is the dominance of the Cartesian, mechanical approach — the belief that reality can be fully understood only through measurement, technology, and analysis. The holistic way of knowing — through direct experience, intuition, and sensory engagement — is often dismissed as unscientific. When one writes or speaks from this deeper, felt understanding, rationalists rush in with data and arguments, drowning original insight beneath waves of mechanical reasoning. Yet there is a vast, living universe ready to support anyone who dares to reach out without technological mediation. Go into free, untamed nature. Breathe deeply. Smell, feel, and sense directly. Let nature educate you. Universities have a moral duty to nurture this holistic approach. They must create spaces where students can study not only from books and machines but through communion with life itself. As a first step, every university should establish a *Free Nature Park* — a place untouched by human interference — where learning happens through direct participation in the rhythms of nature. Only then will education reconnect with its true source: the living universe that sustains and inspires all hope, even when hope seems lost. ------------------------------ Would you like me to format it for *academic publication* (with abstract, keywords, and references style), or as a *magazine/essay piece* with a more literary tone? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHC%2BO2V3wVB-4DeOBHbAZw0T2YznMfMnqo1D13pgwdNfZ%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
