Reflections from a Night Sky!

June 14, 2016 | Posted by Great Lakes << back to blog

Can we draw comparisons between the night sky and our lives? Balaji Iyer pens his thoughts on a starry night.

-Balaji Iyer (PGPM 2017)

The sight of a starry sky at night seems magnificent, doesn’t it? A choice of perspective gives us an insight into the vast, admirable and learnable side of the night sky.How often have we admired the moon glowing stunningly in the night sky? And how often have we realized that the moon has a ‘dark side’ too? It is dark, dusty, rough, cratered and pitted. Surprisingly the earth has never seen that side of the moon since its existence. The moon never chose to show the earth its other side ever. Can’t we humans be that way? Can’t we hide our ugly side and shine the light on our happier sides to make the world a happier place?

The sight or even the thought of a comet (shooting star) gives us goose-flashes.The grace of its existence lies in its fight for survival. The Sun burns it each minute, it rips its core and ice crystals apart. In fact, that is exactly what gives it its wonderful shape. A comet, in reality is not even sure if it would survive its journey round the Sun. Yet it keeps on fighting the Sun’s might. Doesn’t that very fight for survival define us as humans and make others admire us?

A star for that very matter fights its urge to explode if not for its own gravity. If a mighty star can control a universal stellar explosion, can’t we, mere insignificant humans, control our insignificant anger?

There’s a sweet romantic relationship going on between the Sun and the earth. The sun gives away light impartially to all bodies out there. Yet it has instilled life only on one- The earth. Doesn’t our love life work that way? We meet hundreds of people but we strike a chord with only one.

We always hear men are from Mars and women are from Venus. So very apt! On a lighter note, while Mars, just like a man, has been emptied of its ‘bank account’ – its atmosphere, in case of Venus, we’ve been trying to understand her – just like a woman – for decades, but have failed every single time.

The Tower of Reflection at the centre of Amphitheatre at Great Lakes too has a story behind it.The Tower made of stainless steel symbolizes the strength of steel in a Great Laker’s body and mind!The sides of the Tower are curved to reflect and these reflections symbolize the multiple roles a Great Laker plays through his life and career. There are 12 tiers in the Tower that represent 12 months of step by step learning. Most importantly, the tip of the tower is flat reflecting the importance of shared and inclusive leadership when one reaches the top

To come to an end, the sky above is not just a glamorous spectacle; it’s a reflection of our own self. So let’s admire it, learn from it and be a part of it.

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