Cry for Sorrow. Cry for Joy. # 69

Why do we humans cry?  Not the philosophical, emotional or circumstantial reason, those are deep and vast, both universal and specific. No, I mean why do humans cry, what is the mechanism that brings water to the eyes?  Why does it work in this manner?

I am not a biologist or whatever branch of science or medicine that explores this mechanism but it seems to me that perhaps we cry as an inner bath.  A ritual cleansing as it were; an attempt by the physical body to remove the sorrow and the sadness that is blocking our natural light.

In Sanskrit the word is snāna.  Snāna is the ritual bathing in sacred waters that cleanses purifies and makes ready.   It polishes and honors the highest essence.
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Perhaps this is why humans cry tears of water.  We need to cleanse, to release, to purify so that we can see and hear more clearly.  We need to bathe daily in the light of our purest Self.

Daily we bathe our bodies to cleanse and honor the physical self.  It is natural that we would do the same for our subtler inner being.  Especially when we consider it is this inner being that illuminates, supports and animates the physical self altogether.

So, next time you find yourself crying, let the tears flow knowing that with daily attention, in deep meditation, awareness is touching this source of purification, clarity and wholeness.  And in the process. we are truly refreshed. 

Cry for sorrow. Cry for joy.  Let your individual awareness bathe in its oceanic source.  Bathe in the water of highest consciousness.  Meditate.